NYC Mayoral Forum

Thursday, May 8, 2025, 6 - 7:30pm

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The NYCLU, the NAACP New York State Conference, and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art will host a mayoral forum as part of The Cooper Union Gardiner Foundation Great Hall Forum Series. Candidates will be asked about their positions on a variety of civil rights, civil liberties, and good government issues, including immigration, policing, economic justice, criminal legal system reform, privacy and surveillance, protest rights, education, and racial and gender justice. Fordham University Associate Professor of Political Science Christina Greer moderates.

Registration required here. However, a ticket does not guarantee entry as this is a first-come-first-served free event.

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.