Six mayoral candidates talk LGBTQ issues at Red Eye NY forum

The same group of candidates who participated in an LGBTQ mayoral forum earlier this year gathered at Red Eye NY in midtown on May 31 for another discussion about how to tackle issues facing queer and trans New Yorkers.

The forum, hosted by Queers for Action and a group of non-profits, covered topics ranging from efforts to shore up funding for gender-affirming care to candidates’ plans to bolster the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), which is an independent, civilian agency tasked with investigating, mediating, and prosecuting police misconduct. The event came less than a month before the candidates square off in the June 24 Democratic Primary.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, Comptroller Brad Lander, former Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Jessica Ramos, former Assemblymember Michael Blake, and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams were on hand for the forum, which was split into two rounds: Adams, Blake, and Lander participated in the first part of the forum, while Mamdani, Ramos, and Stringer closed out the event.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a clear frontrunner in several mayoral polls thus far, did not attend the forum, and Mayor Eric Adams is not running in the Democratic primary.




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