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The Asian American Federation presents our 2021 NYC Mayoral Forum.
In this virtual forum, mayoral candidates shared their plans and visions for the City, focusing on issues important to the Asian American community.
The following candidates participated:
Eric Adams, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia, Ray McGuire, Scott Stringer, Maya Wiley, and Andrew Yang.
This forum was moderated by Mitra Kalita, veteran journalist, publisher of EpicenterNYC and co-founder of URL Media.
Questions came from a panel of mainstream and ethnic media journalists and community leaders:
Arthur Chi'en, Anchor/Reporter at Fox 5 WNYW
Lotus Chau, Chief Reporter, Sing Tao Daily
Thomas Yu, Co-Executive Director, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)
Diya Basu-Sen, Executive Director, Sapna NYC
The Asian American Federation presents our 2021 NYC Mayoral Forum.
In this virtual forum, mayoral candidates shared their plans and visions for the City, focusing on issues important to the Asian American community.
The following candidates participated:
Eric Adams, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia, Ray McGuire, Scott Stringer, Maya Wiley, and Andrew Yang.
This forum was moderated by Mitra Kalita, veteran journalist, publisher of EpicenterNYC and co-founder of URL Media.
Questions came from a panel of mainstream and ethnic media journalists and community leaders:
Arthur Chi'en, Anchor/Reporter at Fox 5 WNYW
Lotus Chau, Chief Reporter, Sing Tao Daily
Thomas Yu, Co-Executive Director, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)
Diya Basu-Sen, Executive Director, Sapna NYC




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