The Congressional primary season is ramping up. In today’s Congressional Corner, Tuxedo Park Mayor Tom Wilson — a Democratic candidate for New York’s new 18th Congressional district seat currently held by Republican Nan Hayworth — tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that he thinks the district needs a mayor as representative.
Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.