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Here's a quick program note about a special we're going to do on Tuesday night.

Some of you know that once a year, we honor organizations and individuals who are strengthening the community in different ways through good work with what we call the Lera Prize for Community Well-Being. I was honored a few years ago

when the station established this. In my name, it comes with a small cash grant to a few individuals

or organizations who are doing good community building work. And we're going to do a special

Tuesday night at 7 announcing the winners of this

year's Lera Prize and hear from them about what they do that uplifts members of our community

and supports community health and well-being. So that's the Lera Prize for Community Well-Being,

2025 special Tuesday night at seven here on WNYC.

I hope you can join us.

Now, we continue to interview all the major candidates in the primaries coming this June

for mayor of New York and governor of New Jersey as we invite them on to answer my questions

and yours.

The mayoral primary is shaping up to be a fierce contest, so many candidates.

And in this growing field, mostly but not only from the left, seeking to unseat Mayor Eric Adams,

one candidate is aiming to carve out a path as a political outsider.

Whitney Tilson, many of you have never heard the name until I just said it right there. Whitney

Tilson is a former hedge fund manager and philanthropist who describes himself as a pro-business

Democrat, among other things. This is the first public office he is run for. Hello, Mr. Tilson. Welcome

to WNYC. Thank you very much for coming on with us. My pleasure. It's an honor

being on your show. And we'll get to some of your specific policy proposals for sure. I know you have

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