Last night's parent-led Mayoral forum: how did they do on the hot-button issues?
The parent-led mayoral forum last night at Murry Bergtraum High School was terrific, with parents asking incisive yes/no questions, investigative reporter Juan Gonzalez doing inspired follow-up as only he knows how, and all the candidates giving thoughtful responses. Below is the livestream video; we will have sharper video uploaded next week, but the audio is quite clear.
The coalition of individuals and groups that put this together, which included Class Size Matters and NYC Kids PAC (the full list is on the flyer) asked some very challenging questions, and developed a scorecard by which the responses of the candidates could be marked off yes or no. Here is a pdf copy of scorecard, with all the questions listed and how each of the candidates responded.
Or you can click on the images to the right and below.
Carrion, Thompson and Liu came late and so didn't have a chance to answer all the questions, so they are marked "L" for those questions. However, at the end of the forum, Juan
The coalition of individuals and groups that put this together, which included Class Size Matters and NYC Kids PAC (the full list is on the flyer) asked some very challenging questions, and developed a scorecard by which the responses of the candidates could be marked off yes or no. Here is a pdf copy of scorecard, with all the questions listed and how each of the candidates responded.
Or you can click on the images to the right and below.
Carrion, Thompson and Liu came late and so didn't have a chance to answer all the questions, so they are marked "L" for those questions. However, at the end of the forum, Juan
