It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

The New York primary is right around the corner. You probably know that. And we will interview on this show both candidates in what might be

the most hotly contested Democratic congressional primary in the country right now.

The incumbent Jamal Bowman in this North Bronx and Southern Westchester District, New York 16,

and his challenger, the Westchester County Executive, George Latimer.

The Bronx section, after redistricting County Executive, George Latimer.

The Bronx section, after redistricting this year now includes Co-op City.

The Westchester portion spans the county east to west and goes up to about White Plains.

A lot of the coverage of the race has focused on their differences over the Israel-Hamas War.

We will talk about that for sure, but also about domestic issues like housing, abortion rights, and inflation to compare their views on those.

Our guest today is County Executive Latimer, who joins me now. County Executive, thanks for

coming on for this candidate interview. Welcome to WNYC.

Brian, it's nice to be back with you. I appreciate it. And listeners, we will take some of

your calls and texts for each candidate when they're on. We'll get to them after an interview

portion. But let me tell you all this in advance. We're looking for calls on a variety of issues

because we think that best serves the voters who won as full a picture of these candidates as possible.

So if you all call about the Middle East, some of you will get bumped to make room for other topics.

It won't be because we're censoring your views.

Got it?

But with that in mind, call or text, if you want to get in line with a question for County Executive

Latimer in the context of the congressional primary, 212, 433, WNYC, 433-9692.

And County Executive, I'd like to do the Mideast portion first, then we'll talk about domestic

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