It's the Brian Laris show on WNYC. Good Friday morning, everyone. For today's show, we will

re-air most of the Democratic mayoral primary debate that I co-moderated last night

with Errol Lewis from New York One and Katie Honan from the news organization, The City.

Then near the end of the show, we'll open up the phones for you to name something that you learned

in the debate or if it changed your mind on anything. And our political reporters, Bridget Bergen

and Elizabeth Kim, will share some analysis.

The seven candidates were lined up on the stage in alphabetical order, from left to right

on your radio dial. They were City Council Speaker Adrian Adams, former Governor Andrew Cuomo,

current Comptroller, Brad Lander, State Assembly members, Iran Mamdani, state senators,

Ilner Myri, former Comptroller, Scott Stringer, and former hedge fund manager and a Teach for

America founder, Whitney Tilson.

We'll dive right in now with the first section of the debate that followed their opening

statements.

The first topic was dealing with President

Trump as mayor of New York, given what's happening in Los Angeles and on other issues.

Then came a crucial section about resumes and experience pros and cons. One thing to listen

for in this Trump section, Brad Lander has always been considered a major progressive candidate in this field.

He's ranked number two by the Working Families Party right behind the Ramam Dani. But he's been

running a distant third in the polls. Last night, to my eye, he worked very hard to break out

for the viewers and listeners more than he did in last week's debate.

He speaks third in this Trump section, and you'll hear how he tries to take it to Andrew Cuomo

on a related issue. And then you'll hear the experience and resume section of the debate,

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