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per organizers of tonight’s mayoral candidate forum, @westsidedemsnyc, here’s the participants/timing:
7:30pm Eric Adams
7:40pm Shaun Donovan
7:50pm Kathryn Garcia
8:00pm Carlos Menchaca
8:10pm Dianne Morales
8:20pm Scott Stringer
8:30pm Loree Sutton
8:40pm Maya Wiley
7:30pm Eric Adams
7:40pm Shaun Donovan
7:50pm Kathryn Garcia
8:00pm Carlos Menchaca
8:10pm Dianne Morales
8:20pm Scott Stringer
8:30pm Loree Sutton
8:40pm Maya Wiley
. @ericadamsfornyc starts the forum off painting a very bleak picture of New York City, then transitions into some of his central message around the ineffectiveness & inefficiencies of city government.
"It's time for a mayor that's gone through a lot," Adams says of himself, who will help people in the city who are going through a lot.
"proactive" may be the word Eric Adams uses most in this mayoral campaign.
. @ShaunDonovanNYC stresses that he was there on the first day through the last day of the Obama administration.
Donovan says he's the best candidate in the race b/c he has the combination of bold, progressive vision & experience, including during crisis. (We don't yet know what that vision looks like.)
Donovan says he has a record of progressive accomplishment "not of talking or ideology."
He says he will repair the "civic fabric" by being "a mayor who's not going to demonize and divide New Yorkers," but be a mayor for all NYers.
He says he will repair the "civic fabric" by being "a mayor who's not going to demonize and divide New Yorkers," but be a mayor for all NYers.
Donovan talks about creating "21st century streets" in the city "without cars dominating our streetscape," but doesn't offer any specifics.
Donovan repeatedly says he wants to shift city's "right to shelter" to "right to housing." Says need to bring together health, labor, criminal justice, housing systems to have plans for ppl who need help w stable housing, plus big increase in investment into supportive housing.
Donovan asked re defunding the NYPD says he believes in reimagining police, including by rebuilding trust, removing police from schools, homeless outreach, open streets, and "focus them on guns and violent crime."
. @KGforNYC intros herself as "the go-to crisis manager for New York City," citing work at sanitation, emergency food, lead remediation & NYCHA. Also cites work on clean drinking water under Bloomberg admin.
Garcia says she's "an operations person" in discussing why she would best lead the city as New Yorkers need access to a covid vaccine, among other challenges.
Garcia says she's proposing "free child care" for 0-3 year-olds from all families earning less than $70K per year.
Garcia stresses protecting & delivering core services, streamlining gov't, and other cat nip for government efficiency lovers. She doesn't get into many specifics tho.
Ooh, Garcia gives a few examples of what she thinks can be tightened up in city gov't:
-too many tech offices/officers
-shouldn't be separate climate & resiliency offices
-says she's never understood what the "public engagement" division does
-too many tech offices/officers
-shouldn't be separate climate & resiliency offices
-says she's never understood what the "public engagement" division does
. @cmenchaca says he wants to "create pilot programs" of universal basic income in New York City.
Menchaca also hit several of the early themes of his campaign around bringing more voice to communities. More here: https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/9849-carlos-menchaca-announces-candidacy-2021-mayor-new-york-city
. @Dianne4NYC hits central themes of her early candidacy, stressing need for reimagining everything toward real equity. Says even with presidential election result there's so much more to do & it's still a transformative moment.
Asked about notion of NYCHA moving to being resident-run, @Dianne4NYC says "absolutely...with the proper supports" NYCHA "should be handed over to community ownership."
. @scottmstringer says next mayor must continue to be progressive but it's "time for some competence & management."
Stringer says New Yorkers want specific plans. Oh you're darn right buddy.
! Stringer on de Blasio:
"Cuomo plays chess, he plays checkers."
"No one is stealing my lunch money in Albany," he adds.
"Cuomo plays chess, he plays checkers."
"No one is stealing my lunch money in Albany," he adds.
Stringer highlights his affordable housing plan. Our deep-dive on that:
Scott Stringer is Putting Affordable Housing at the Center of His Mayoral Pitch — What's His Vision? https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/9760-scott-stringer-affordable-housing-mayor-campaign-2021
Scott Stringer is Putting Affordable Housing at the Center of His Mayoral Pitch — What's His Vision? https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/9760-scott-stringer-affordable-housing-mayor-campaign-2021
Stringer says his housing plan will remove the power from developers that de Blasio's gave them, and that his plan will integrate the city.
. @LoreeSuttonNYC says she's running for mayor to bring "sanity and leadership" to New York City.
Talking about where she gets her ideas from, @LoreeSuttonNYC talks about her experience & shouts out @CityJournal & @ManhattanInst, & @Partnership4NYC & @RegionalPlan.
You won't too often hear praise for @CityJournal & @ManhattanInst at a Democratic candidate forum, but @LoreeSuttonNYC is running a moderate campaign (she also did say she doesn't always agree with CJ & MI).
Sutton cites 5 New Yorkers that are her role models: Eleanor Roosevelt; Teddy Roosevelt; Shirley Chisholm; Bella Abzug; and Ed Koch.
Referring to Mayor Koch, Sutton says:
"to mayor is to walk around - mayor is a verb"
"to mayor is to walk around - mayor is a verb"
