Westchester County's longest-serving local elected official, Paul Feiner, is seeking to continue his three-decade-plus run leading the town of Greenburgh.

Most years, he hasn't even faced a challenge, but this June, he might be up against his toughest opponent to date.

Ardsley Village Trustee Barry McGoey has thrown his hat in the ring, hoping to be the first new supervisor since 1992.

We spoke with both candidates about their campaigns.

Here are some of what they had to say about a wide range of issues that impact residents in Greenburgh.

An independent financial audit done in January revealed concerns about the economic strength and transparency of the town's spending.

That report found widespread issues with the town's money management. Following that, the town board called on the New York State Comptroller's office to investigate.

Feiner was the lone vote against the study.

"I have always welcomed scrutiny," Feiner said. "Every aspect of the audit has been corrected. There was no money missing or stolen, there were no funds that had been lost and I feel that the board has used this audit as a political weapon."

McGoey has blasted Feiner over the report and called for stronger financial integrity moving forward.

"The results of that forensic review are quite troubling," McGoey said. "My concern is that it's so permeated in so many departments that there are other departments that could be affected as well."

For years, residents in the unincorporated census-designated place of Edgemont have petitioned and fought to incorporate as their own village.

McGoey said he is opposed to the Edgemont incorporation plan.

"We're all facing the affordability crisis; we should be going the other direction as opposed to creating additional levels of inefficiency," McGoey said. "I really think the town, we should be doing everything we can to do more shared services to lessen the burden on our taxpayers and creating another level of government is going to be inefficient and it could have a bad financial impact on the rest of the unincorporated parts of Greenburgh.

Feiner has been an outspoken critic of the plan and has repeatedly rejected those efforts. He said the town has made major efforts to try and be responsive to Edgemont concerns.

"It could be very, very damaging to the town," Feiner said. "If there's another petition, the supervisor will have the ability to rule on the validity of the petition, and my feeling is my opponent...many of his campaign workers are leaders of the Edgemont incorporation movement and I think that he's move inclined, if he's elected, to look the other way."

For years, News 12 has reported on several neighborhoods in Greenburgh that are close to brooks and rivers that experience life-altering floods during major storms.

Feiner said the town continues to invest in resources to help protect those properties.

"We've appropriated funds every year for flood mitigation and very gradually we've been helping some neighborhoods with flooding-related problems," Feiner said.

McGoey said the town needs a new strategic town-wide approach to addressing these vulnerable areas, including an overhaul of the town's flood plan.

"We have to recognize that floodwaters don't know political boundaries," McGoey said. "Our underlying infrastructure needs to be improved."

We asked both candidates to share other parts of their campaign platforms that they feel define why they're running.

Feiner told us it's about doing the little things that improve people's quality of life and being accessible.

McGoey said the goal is to modernize and professionalize the office of the town supervisor.

More than 80% of the Greenburgh Town Democratic Committee backed McGoey in his challenge against Feiner.

McGoey said it definitely gave his campaign a boost, while Feiner tried to brush it aside.

"That says a tremendous amount about me, my character and my candidacy," McGoey said. "People believe in me."

"When I first ran for office over 40 years ago, I said, ' Choose Paul Feiner or get a politician," Feiner said. "I am proud of the fact that even though I've been in office for a long time, I still am an independent thinker. I'm probably the only member of the town board who is independent."

With such a strong Democratic base, the winner of the June primary will be highly favored to win the two-year term in November.

You can hear the full answers from both candidates below.