Congressional District 10 Environmental Candidate Forum

Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 6 - 8pm

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Forum 10

Hear from the candidates running for the newly-created 10th Congressional District — which consists of Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn — as part of a special forum about their environmental policies presented by The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF) and The Cooper Union. The forum will be moderated by POLITICO New York reporter Danielle Muoio Dunn.

Registration is required.

Proof of complete COVID-19 vaccination and booster and masks required. 

*Confirmed candidates to date include: Quanda Francis, Dan Goldman, Elizabeth Holtzman, Yuh-Line Niou, Carlina Rivera, and Jo Anne Simon.

NYLCVEF is a nonprofit committed to educating, engaging, and empowering New Yorkers to be effective advocates for the environment.

*Subject to change

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Located in The Great Hall, in the Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues

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  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.