Working Families Party Hosts Mayoral Forum Today

At 5:30 p.m., the Working Families Party is hosting a mayoral forum with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Comptroller William Thompson, and City Councilman Tony Avella. The WFP will stream video of the forum live on their website. The candidates were given questions in advance, because, the WFP explained to PolitickerNY's Azi Paybarah, it would give the candidates a chance to offer "serious answers." Paybarah got the questions through one of the candidates' staffers—read them here, but here's one, "Paid Sick Days: During the Swine Flu panic, public health officials urged New Yorkers to stay home if they felt sick. But thousands of working New Yorkers don’t have a single day of paid sick time. Should New York City pass an ordinance mandating paid sick days for everyone who works inside the city limits?"

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By Jen Chung in News on July 2, 2009 5:17 PM

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leftylib

Reverend Billy Talen, Green Party Mayoral candidate for mayor of NYC, states he applied for forum - application was ignored - WFP claims Talen didn't want to go through the process. http://tinyurl.com/n7g3a3

I've lost all respect for the WFP. They've turned out to be a tool of the matrix & the status quo and allowing Avela in doesn't make up for it.

leftylib

Reverend Billy Talen, Green Party Mayoral candidate for mayor of NYC, states he applied for forum - application was ignored - WFP claims Talen didn't want to go through the process. http://tinyurl.com/n7g3a3

I've lost all respect for the WFP. They've turned out to be a tool of the matrix & the status quo and allowing Avela in doesn't make up for it.

tsol

"Should New York City pass an ordinance mandating paid sick days for everyone who works inside the city limits?"

...thus greasing the skids for even more businesses to flee the city...