Excerpts from the InterviewIn most elections, voters focus on a few races, whether it’s for Mayor or a city council seat. This year, one of the most important races in NYC will be for City Comptroller. Today, we are honored to have with us, David Weprin - whom Baila will introduce shortly - is a man who has a long and distinguished history of public service and is running for Comptroller.Some of you may be asking, why do I care who the comptroller is, a position, which is usually behind the scenes. So let me tell you why it is imperative that every registered Democrat MUST vote for David Weprin, with early voting starting this Sunday.1.    David has more experience than any of his opponents.2.    Speaking of his opponents, and I hate to even mention their names, is Brad Lander, a supporter of the BDS movement against Israel and is endorsed by AOC, one of the MOST antisemitic members of Congress. A vote for Lander, or NOT voting for David, is a victory for AOC, Bernie Sanders, and every one of her Squad supporters in Washington.3.    Another opponent, whose name I would rather not mention, but we must know who will harm us to understand the importance of voting for someone who will support us, is Corey Johnson, who led the campaign to expel Chaim Deutsch from the City Council.4.    I DO NOT have to remind you about all the antisemitic attacks and vandalism against shuls, yeshivas, and Jewish owned businesses for you to understand that ANYONE who supports defunding the police is someone who will shrug their shoulders when Jews are attacked. David Weprin is the ONLY candidate who opposes defunding the police.How does an average citizen choose a candidate? The answer is to look and study the positions they take on as personal issues, issues because it affects their life and the lives of their loved ones, and also look and study the proven leadership qualities and experience they will bring to office. Assemblymember David Weprin is a lifelong New Yorker, born and raised in Queens, the son of a Cuban Jewish immigrant mother and Brooklyn-born father. He has dedicated his life to public service because he believes that throughout everything New Yorkers have been through, it’s about time someone stood up for us. In the City Council and State Assembly, he passed groundbreaking legislation to help seniors, children, and middle-class families. Now, with the City going through the worst financial crisis in history, he is the only candidate running for Comptroller with the relevant finance experience to get us through and emerge stronger than before. David is running to be our next City Comptroller to stand up for working and middle-class New Yorkers, protect pensions and get us back on track.David Weprin is an observant Jew, and a father and grandfather of Jewish children and grandchildren. He is the only candidate running for Comptroller with the necessary municipal financial experience, having balanced the City’s budget as chair of the city council’s finance committee for 8 consecutive years. He guided the city’s finances through the Post 9/11 recession and the 2008 recession. Previously in his public service career. Mr. Weprin served as the Deputy Superintendent of Banks and Secretary of the Banking Board for New York State. Currently Chair of the New York State Assembly’s Committee on Correction, Weprin has championed critical legislation reforming our criminal justice system. He has authored groundbreaking legislation including the Adoptee Bill of Rights and the Religious Garb Bill, and has made standing up for middle class New Yorker’s a central theme of his campaign for Comptroller. 

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