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Local Electeds Speak Up for Their Candidates Ahead of the Debate
This conversation is part of a series of interviews with representatives of each of the 2016 candidates. Click here to see more.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will debate at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday.
Here to preview the event: New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who supports Hillary Clinton, and New York State Senator James Sanders, Jr. (D 10th), who spoke on behalf of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.
The Speaker said she'll keep an ear out for any mention of HUD (that is, the Department of Housing and Urban Development), which New York City relies on to deal with housing challenges.
She also said she met with Clinton yesterday in a round-table discussion, and Clinton mentioned creating an Office of Immigrant Affairs out of the White House, which would centralize and improve access to federal resources and social services.
Senator James Sanders, Jr. said one of the issues he'd like to hear addressed tonight is income inequality and the big banks.
"My community was ravaged by predatory lending and the mortgage meltdown," he said, citing a figure that the black community in America lost 50% of its total wealth from 2008-2012.
The Senator wants to know: what will be done about these banks using illegal practices to take money from the community, and when will any of the responsible parties serve time?
For all you cord-cutters, @CNN will stream the debate live online (no cable subscription necessary!).
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) April 14, 2016@BrianLehrer@CNN@NY1 NYers can't afford to live in NY, what would the candidates do to keep nyc available to the middle & working class?
— Dana Rachel (@PardoArt212) April 14, 2016@BrianLehrer@CNN@NY1 I would like them the address the scourge of gun crime and how loose gun laws allow guns to flow into NY State
— Adrian Benepe (@Adrian_Benepe) April 14, 2016@BrianLehrer NY specific issues: Will the federal government help build sea walls along the NYC coast in preparation to rising sea levels?
— Rob Gunther (@RobGunther) April 14, 2016@WNYC@BrianLehrer -- how about a #climate question that has yet to be asked #DemDebatehttps://t.co/a8Uf0jW8JJ
— Rockaway 11694 (@Rockaway11694) April 14, 2016