Other leading contenders include Manhattan Councilman Dan Garodnick and Queens Councilman Mark Weprin — although other hopefuls are campaigning and keeping their names in the mix by RSVP» ing to an upcoming
speaker candidate forum.
At 3 p.m., VOCAL - New York hosts a New York City Council
speaker candidate forum on affordable housing, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.
Also at 6 p.m., the New York Immigration Coalition and New York State Immigrant Action Fund host a NYC Council
speaker candidates forum, 131 W. 33rd St., Manhattan.
Not exact matches
Also at 6 p.m., the National Action Network, in conjunction with the NAACP, the New York Urban League and the Hispanic Federation hold a
forum for New York City Council
speaker candidates, National Action Network House of Justice, 106 W. 145th St., Manhattan.
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Also at 8:30 p.m., Make the Road New York, El Diario, and Univision 41 will host the only Spanish - language
candidates»
forum with NYC Council
speaker hopefuls, 92 - 10 Roosevelt Ave., Queens.
Also at 6 p.m., National Organization of Women New York City hosts a
forum for New York City Council
speaker candidates, focusing on women's issues, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Hunter College, 47 - 49 E. 65th St., Manhattan.
Thursday April 11, 2013, 7:00 PM *
Candidate Forum / Endorsement Meeting St. John's Lutheran Church 83 Christopher Street ● City Council 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Districts (
Speakers:
candidates + VID members) ● Comptroller (
Speakers:
candidates + VID members) ● District Attorney (
Speakers:
candidates + VID members)
Unlike the New York City Council's
speaker's race of 2013 and early 2014, there were no
forums for the
candidates to state their positions to the public.
At a recent
forum for
candidates running for
speaker, who will be elected by the 51 - member Council in January, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D - Manhattan) broached the idea of a third term and the rest of the field said they'd support it.
All the
speaker candidates who spoke at a
forum Monday night said they'd back giving Council members a third term, up from the current two.
The
speaker was one of five Democratic
candidates making their case to voters in the early stages of the election year at the
forum sponsored by the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Center Memorial and Educational Center and uptown political clubs the Northern Manhattan Democrats for Change and Barack Obama Democratic Club.
At a recent
speaker's
candidate forum on criminal and social justice issues, Rev. Al Sharpton said he would like to see a black
speaker some day but that he is looking for the best
candidate.
On the day it sponsored its
speaker's
forum, it also released the findings of the questionnaires victorious Council
candidates completed earlier in the year, which it said demonstrated «widespread support for reforms previously thought to be unachievable.»
The seven leading
candidates for City Council
speaker clustered at a
forum in Brooklyn earlier this evening, where they spent much of the time boasting about their their left - leaning credentials.
Discussing proposed reforms at the Baruch
forum, the
speaker candidates were most tepid on this last category, which — unlike proposals for decentralizing power from the
speaker to the other members — would instead require sacrifice on the part of the Council's rank and file.
Arch Coal and other coal companies invited former Florida Governor and likely presidential
candidate Jeb Bush to be the keynote
speaker at the 2015 Coal and Investment Leadership
Forum, an invitation - only retreat that brings together coal industry executives, Republican donors, and other «stakeholders,» according to an invitation obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy and reported on by The Guardian.