Bridget Bergen
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65 appearances
8 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 24 Jun
Bridget Bergen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Democratic nominee Zoran Mamdani's youth and short tenure in government have been persistent lines of attack from his rivals.
Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who's running as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the primary, continues to make it an issue.
Mamdani says Cuomo's experience, including resigning as governor in 2021 following a series of scandals, is not what the city needs.
Republican Curtis Lewa says he's just glad he's not a career politician like his opponents.
For NPR News, I'm Bridget Bergen in New York.
His closest rival is Andrew Cuomo, the former New York state governor running as an independent.
He's criticized Mamdani's lack of experience.
A poll last week showed Mamdani leading Cuomo by 13 points.
They'll be joined by Republican Curtis Sliwa, who founded the red beret-wearing subway safety group the Guardian Angels nearly 50 years ago.
He's currently polling at 15 percent.
The city's current mayor, Eric Adams, will be absent from the stage.
He suspended his reelection bid last month after polling in the single digits.
The boat hit the bridge shortly before 8.30 p.m., according to police. All lanes on the bridge were briefly closed to traffic, and the Coast Guard says commercial activity in the area has been suspended. Videos posted on social media show the boat's masts striking the bridge and toppling over. The ship then nearly careens into the waterfront at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Officials say the ship, which had 277 crew members, is a Mexican Navy vessel that arrived in New York last week as part of a training cruise. The Coast Guard said all personnel had been accounted for. For NPR News, I'm Bridget Bergen in New York.
Yeah, he was charged in September in a five-count criminal indictment. Prosecutors allege that Adams accepted about $100,000 in luxury travel perks, as well as illegal foreign campaign contributions from people connected to the Turkish government in exchange for official acts from City Hall.
Adams, as you said, has pleaded not guilty to those charges and has been really pretty vocal about calling the case politically motivated without really any evidence. He says it was payback for speaking out against the Biden administration's handling of the migrant crisis. And since President Trump's election, he's been very careful not to criticize him.
He visited him at Mar-a-Lago, attended the inauguration. Adams even held a meeting yesterday with heads of city agencies, according to sources at the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on behalf of the administration. They were also told not to publicly criticize President Trump.
So they sent a memo to federal prosecutors outlining two very specific reasons. First, it says the charges were filed too close to the mayor's reelection. And the second reason relates to the Trump administration's ongoing immigration enforcement actions.
The memo states that the pending prosecution has, quote, unduly restricted the mayor's ability to devote his full attention to illegal immigration and really his ability to support the Trump administration's efforts. The memo also seeks to have the mayor's security clearance restored and says that no further steps should be taken as it relates to the investigation, at least for now.
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