Highlights from the Democratic Mayoral Primary Debate

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 24, 2017

Errol Louis, political anchor and host of Inside City Hall at NY1 News and director of urban reporting at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Laura Nahmias, who reports on City Hall and Mayor Bill de Blasio for POLITICO New York, recap the first Democratic mayoral primary debate between incumbent Mayor de Blasio and Sal Albanese.

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