Incumbent U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat and challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier sparred Thursday morning over ICE, campaign finance and foreign affairs in a candidate forum on a local radio show as their battle for the Democratic nomination in this month’s primary heats up.
The two Democratic primary candidates for the district representing the northernmost part of Manhattan and parts of the west Bronx took questions from listeners on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, with each accusing the other of taking corporate money. Avila Chevalier charged that Espaillat is being soft on ICE, while Espaillat hit his democratic socialist challenger over past controversial tweets.
