Hi, my name is Sarlay. I'm four years old. My parents got the vaccine. I'm just so excited to get it.

I thought I could try to trick my doctor by thinking I was 12 so I could get my vaccine,

but mom said it couldn't work. This podcast was recorded at...

207 PM on Wednesday, July 7th. Things may have changed by the time you hear it. Okay, here's the show.

Oh, that kid is going places. Can't you tell?

Exactly. Trying to do the doctor that she's grown what eight years? So I love that, though. That is

probably one of my favorite times down to your pet in a while. I love that. Four going on 40.

Hey, there. It's the NPR Politics podcast. I must my colleague. I cover the White House.

And I'm Kerry Johnson, National Justice correspondent. Let's start today's show with New York City

Mayoral Politics. It's been a couple weeks and we now finally have a result in the New York City

Democratic primary race, which means Bridget Bergen of WNYC is back with us on the podcast.

Welcome, Bridget. Great to be here. So Eric Adams has been declared the winner.

If he were to win the general election, he'd become only the second black mayor in New York City's history.

Bridget, can you remind us what has been the focus of his candidacy?

Well, Osma, he really has run a campaign about public safety and his ability as someone with a

background in law enforcement to be able to provide both a solution to some of the crime that we're

seeing across the city while also improving the police department's operations in increasing police

reform. Eric Adams is a former NYPD captain who then went on to become a state senator and now

currently a Brooklynboro president. You know, while we've heard a lot of talk across the country

and here in the city about efforts to defund the police department, he has been really openly

opposed to that type of rhetoric and talks about not needing less policing but needing better policing

and wanting to make sure the people who are out policing the city's streets are doing it fairly

...