Citizens Union hosted a Speaker Candidates Forum with Baruch College School of Public Affairs, co-sponsored by City & State and the New York Public Interest Research Group, on Wednesday, November 20, 2013.

Participating Candidates were Councilmember Inez E. Dickens, District 9 (Manhattan), Councilmember Daniel R. Garodnick, District 4 (Manhattan), Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, District 8 (Manhattan/Bronx), Councilmember Annabel Palma, District 18 (Bronx), Councilmember James Vacca, District 13 (Bronx), Councilmember Mark Weprin, District 23 (Queens), and Councilmember Jumaane D. Williams, District 45 (Brooklyn).

The event was moderated by Doug Muzzio, Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/80211903

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Moderator Doug Muzzio addresses the candidates	Councilmember Mark Weprin answers a question
Councilmember Inez Dickens responds to a question	Councilmember Jumaane Williams makes closing remarks
Participants from left to right: Jumaane Williams, Dan Garodnick, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Doug Muzzio, Annabel Palma, Jimmy Vacca, Mark Weprin, and Inez Dickens	Over 250 members of the public, including the press, attended

For a transcript of the Speaker Candidates Forum held in 2005, see the coverage on Gotham Gazette.