City comptroller candidates Mark Levine and Justin Brannan engaged in a Tuesday morning debate that played more as a tame conversation on managing the city’s finances.
Offering a rare reprieve from an election season dominated by the heated Democratic mayoral primary, the nearly 90-minute event at the New York Law School saw Levine, the Manhattan borough president, and Brannan, the City Council’s Finance chair, speak about their qualifications and vision for the fiscal watchdog post. The job opened up after current city Comptroller Brad Lander launched his own campaign for mayor last summer.
