It's the Brian Lear Show on WNYC.

I'm Matt Katz from the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom, filling in for Brian today.

Coming up on today's show, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand,

she'll give us her take on the Democratic Party's moves to quickly coalesce around Kamala Harris

as the nominee, and she'll take your calls. That's in about a half hour. Plus, later in the show,

why election insecurity can be a risk for national security. And any self-identified

childless cat ladies or cat gentlemen out there want to respond to the resurfaced comments

that Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance made criticizing you will want to hear from you

and get your take on this moment in the campaign.

That'll be near the end of today's show. But first, we start today with city politics and a scoop

from our very own, Bridget Bergen. You know Bridget from sitting in this chair that I'm in right now,

filling in for Brian Lair, and you know her from years of political reporting in New

York. I'm particularly fond of Bridget's work when she's breaking news about corruption and

elections, which is exactly what happened this week with her story, available now on Gothamist,

headlined Mayor Adams' 2021 campaign flagged for $2.3 million gap in fundraising records.

Bridger found that Mayor Adams, who's up for a re-election next year,

faces significant financial penalties, which could gravely affect his re-election

war chest after he fell to document campaign expenses, including some questionable ones.

Bridget read through a 900-page draft audit that she obtained through a public records request,

and it gave her a look into the spending of a candidate who used taxpayer funding matching money

to fuel his election victory.

Bridger, good morning. Great story. Thanks for

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