Episode Transcript
From The Lever's reader-supported newsroom, this is Lever Time. I'm David Sirota. New York City is the home of global finance, the headquarters of the national media, and the wealthiest city in the world. It's kind of like the Capitol in the Hunger Games. It rules over us all, which means its upcoming mayoral election is a national event. And that...
Episode Description
Early voting in New York City’s mayoral primary race is well underway, and the rest of the country is watching. That’s because this year’s publicly funded city election is a battle for the future of the Democratic party, and the two frontrunners — a disgraced, corporate-backed Democrat and an upstart, young progressive — reveal a political schism that stretches far beyond the Big Apple.
Today on Lever Time, David Sirota speaks with one of the race’s surprising front-runners, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, to explore how he’s using campaign finance reforms and other innovative approaches to take on New York’s former governor, Andrew Cuomo. David also talks with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to understand what’s truly at stake in the election