Six of the candidates running in the 2025 NYC mayoral race against Eric Adams will speak about their plans for leading New York City during a bilingual forum hosted by Rev. Kirsten John Foy this Saturday.
The bilingual forum, co-sponsored by Schneps Media, will have the theme “Tearing Down Walls.” Foy—president and CEO of The Arc of Justice—and US Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/Bronx) will ask candidates questions about connecting with the Big Apple’s sizable Latino community.
Foy told amNewYork Metro that the bilingual forum aims to connect the community to the mayoral candidates and spark discourse over hot-button issues like the city’s sanctuary city status, affordability, public health and safety.
“In this time of great peril and uncertainty, it is ever more critical that we as a city understand the stakes and respect and protect our neighbors who are particularly vulnerable to aggressive and dehumanizing policies coming out of Washington,” Foy said. “This first-of-its-kind bilingual forum will accomplish three goals: first, connecting the community to those that seek to lead our city; second, enabling and embellishing the public discourse around kitchen table issues like New York City’s Sanctuary City Status, affordability, public health and safety and education to name a few; and finally, to affirm the largely immigrant and bilingual community of Washington Heights’ right to reside, redress grievances and remain a vibrant and productive contributor to the fabric of our city, state and nation. No matter our lands of origins we are all New Yorkers!”
City Comptroller Brad Lander, his predecessor Scott Stringer, state Sens. Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn) and Jessica Ramos (D-Queens), Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens), and former Bronx Assembly Member Michael Blake are all scheduled to attend.
However, Mayor Adams will not be in attendance.
The event will take place at the nonprofit Direccion de Cultural Dominicans del Exterior at 2406 Amsterdam Ave. in Washington Heights on Saturday, March 1. The venue is about two blocks east of the 181st Street station on the 1 line. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
