NEW YORK, NY – The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF) hosted an environmental forum at NYU Skirball on Thursday, March 6, with New York City mayoral candidates: former NYS Assemblymember and DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, State Senator Jessica Ramos, and former NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. The candidates discussed topics ranging from decarbonizing our buildings and transportation sectors, parks and open space, zero waste, public health, and more.
Photographs are available here (credit: NYLCVEF/Matt Capowski).
THE ENTIRE FORUM IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE AND CAN BE VIEWED IN FULL ON YOUTUBE HERE.
On the following video clips available for download, you will find the candidates discussing:
- Local Law 97 (Myrie and Lander)
- Mass transit and electric vehicles (Mamdani)
- Climate resiliency (Ramos)
- Fumes from buses (Stringer)
- Funding environmental justice measures (Blake)
Each year the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund works with partners to host nonpartisan candidate forums, allowing for voters to hear directly from candidates about their positions on environmental issues.
The 2025 NYC Mayoral Forum on the Environment was co-sponsored* by Regional Plan Association, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New Yorkers for Parks, Urban Green Council, Rebuild by Design, The Nature Conservancy, Waterfront Alliance, Transportation Alternatives, Solar One, Trust for Public Land, The Climate Reality Project, and Natural Areas Conservancy.
*All organizations listed as co-sponsors are 501(c)(3) public charities that cannot and do not take positions on candidates or political parties.