Missed City Limits’ mayoral forum? Watch the full conversation here, where the candidates answered questions on how their administration would improve public housing, and address the challenges faced by homeless families with children.

Democratic mayor candidates at the April 7 forum, from left to right: State Sen. Jessica Ramos, former NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and former State Assemblymember Michael Black. City Limits’ Editor Jeanmarie Evelly, far right, helped moderate. Photo by Adi Talwar.

Early voting kicks off Saturday in the primary election for New York City mayor, where a slate of Democratic candidates are competing to get on the ballot for November’s general election against incumbent Eric Adams, who’s running as an independent.

Primary day is June 24. Earlier this spring, City Limits invited the candidates to share their plans with voters at an in-person forum focused on NYCHA and family homelessness. The event took place at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, in partnership with the National Public Housing Network and the Family Homelessness Coalition.

Couldn’t join us at the time? Fear not. You can watch the full conversation below, and hear directly from the mayoral hopefuls on what they’d do to fund repairs at NYCHA (including where they stand on the involvement of private managers), root out corruption in the housing authority, build more affordable housing, improve the CityFHEPS voucher program and more.

These issues couldn’t be more pertinent: NYCHA is need of an estimated $78 billion in capital repairs over the next 20 years, and more than 120,000 people sleep in the city’s homeless shelter system each month, including tens of thousands of children.

The candidates who took part in the April 7 forum were City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, former State Assemblymember Michael Blake, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander (who joined about halfway through the event, around the 40-minute mark), State Sen. Jessica Ramos and former NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and State Sen. Zellnor Myrie declined, citing the need to be in Albany for budget negotiations, which were ongoing at the time. Former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson also did not take part, citing a scheduling conflict. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign did not respond to City Limits’ invitations to the event.

Catch the full video below. We’ve included timestamped bookmarks for each question the candidates answered, if you’d prefer to skip around (summarized questions and where in the video they appear are listed below).

Questions the candidates answered, and timestamps for where they appear in the video above:

01:28 mark: Opening remarks
06:10 mark: What would you identify as the root cause of family homelessness, and what would your administration do to address the problem?
15:55 mark: NYC is experiencing a dire affordable housing shortage. What would you do as mayor to address this?
26:28 mark: How would you reduce the amount of time it takes CityFHEPS voucher holders to move from shelter into housing?
36:33 mark: What would you do to address late payments to the homeless services nonprofits the city contracts with?
40:22 mark: How would your administration root out corruption at NYCHA?
52:45 mark: Where do you stand on PACT (private management) and the Preservation Trust as options to fund NYCHA?
01:02:53 mark: How do you feel about the construction of non-public housing apartments on NYCHA property?
01:07:21 mark: What would you do to enhance homelessness prevention efforts?
01:12:30 mark: What would your administration do to ensure economic opportunities for NYCHA tenants?
01:17:03 mark: How will you as mayor work to prevent families from returning to shelter after they leave?

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Local veterans can learn more about benefits and healthcare options at a Veterans Resource Fair and Claims Clinic on Thursday.

The event, held by the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Ramsey County Veterans Service Offices, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Rondo Community Library, 461 Dale St. N., St. Paul.

Veterans can speak to representatives from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, St. Paul Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office and the Ramsey County Veterans Service.

In addition, veterans can work with Veterans Affairs claim processors on disability compensation claims and benefit questions.

Walk-ins are welcome but appointments can also be made online at va.gov/minneapolis-health-care/events. Veterans are asked to bring a copy of their DD214 and any recent VA claim correspondence they may have.

Officials say there are nearly 20,000 veterans in Ramsey County. Officials say that 11,000 of them are not using benefits or healthcare they are entitled to have.

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By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids and prompted President Donald Trump to mobilize National Guard troops and Marines have begun to spread across the country, with more planned into the weekend.

From Seattle to Austin to Washington D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices. While many were peaceful, some have resulted in clashes with law enforcement as officers made arrests used chemical irritants to disperse crowds.

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Activists plan more and even larger demonstrations in the coming days, with so-called “No Kings” events across the country on Saturday to coincide with Trump’s planned military parade through Washington.

The Trump administration said it would continue its program of raids and deportations despite the protests. “ICE will continue to enforce the law,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted Tuesday on social media.

A look at protests sprouting up across the country:

AUSTIN

Four Austin police officers were injured and authorities used chemical irritants to disperse a crowd of several hundred demonstrators Monday night that moved between the state Capitol and a federal building that houses an ICE office. State officials had closed the Capitol to the public an hour early in anticipation of the protest.

Austin police used pepper spray balls and state police used tear gas when demonstrators began trying to deface the federal building with spray paint. The demonstrators then started throwing rocks, bottles and other objects at a police barricade, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said. Three officers were injured by “very large” rocks and another hurt a shoulder while making an arrest, she said.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – JUNE 09: People march through downtown during an “ICE Out of Austin” demonstration on June 09, 2025 in Austin, Texas. People gathered during an emergency protest against the ongoing ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids and deportations across Los Angeles. Nationwide demonstrations in solidarity with Los Angeles are scheduled to occur this upcoming week as President Donald Trump continues preparations to send additional law enforcement to assist ICE raids in California. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Austin police arrested eight people, and state police arrested several more. Davis said her department is prepared for Saturday’s planned protest downtown.

“We support peaceful protest,” Davis said. “When that protests turn violent, when it turns to throwing rocks and bottles …. That will not be tolerated. Arrests will be made.”

DALLAS

A protest that drew hundreds to a rally on a city bridge lasted for several hours Monday night before Dallas police declared it an “unlawful assembly” and warned people to leave or face possible arrest.

Dallas police initially posted on social media that officers would not interfere with a “lawful and peaceful assembly of individuals or groups expressing their First Amendment rights.” But officers later moved in and local media reported seeing some in the crowd throw objects as officers used pepper spray and smoke to clear the area. At least one person was arrested.

“Peaceful protesting is legal,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, posted on X. “But once you cross the line, you will be arrested.”

SEATTLE

About 50 people gathered outside the immigration court in downtown Seattle on Tuesday, chanting with drums and holding up signs that said “Free Them All Abolish ICE” and “No to Deportations.” The protest was initially peaceful but protesters began putting scooters in front of the entryways to the building before police arrived.

Mathieu Chabaud, with Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Washington, said they were there in solidarity with the protesters in Los Angeles, “and to show that we’re opposed to ICE in our community.”

Legal advocates who normally attend the immigration court hearings as observers and to provide support to immigrants were not allowed inside the building. Security guards also turned away the media. The hearings are normally open to the public.

SANTA ANA

In Santa Ana near Los Angeles, armored vehicles blocked the road Tuesday morning leading into the Civic Center, where federal immigration officers and numerous city and county agencies have their offices.

Workers swept up plastic bottles and broken glass from Monday’s protests. Tiny shards of red, black and purple glass littered the pavement. Nearby buildings and the sidewalk were tagged with profane graffiti slogans against ICE and Trump’s name crossed out.

A worker rolled paint over graffiti on a wall to block it out. National Guard officers wearing fatigues and carrying rifles prevented people from entering the area unless they worked there.

Associated Press writers Martha Bellisle in Seattle and Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California contributed.

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican national soccer team will change hotels in Los Angeles ahead of their Gold Cup match on Saturday because of safety concerns amid the protests against immigration raids in the city, a team spokesman said Tuesday.

Mexico will play its opening match in the regional tournament against the Dominican Republic at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

The team had a hotel reserved in downtown Los Angeles but governing body CONCACAF has allowed for a change to an undetermined hotel, Mexican team spokesman Fernando Schwartz told The Associated Press.

CONCACAF, which runs soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, has not made an official announcement.

The protests began Friday in downtown Los Angeles after federal immigration authorities arrested more than 40 people across the city. On Sunday, crowds blocked a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire as police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.

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On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines to be sent to Los Angeles.

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre was reluctant to talk about the protests at a news conference on Monday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where the team is scheduled to play in a friendly match against Turkey on Tuesday.

“I’m not going to talk about Los Angeles, I told you no, we are talking about sports here.” Aguirre said. “I can’t express myself right now. We have a match against Turkey, and I don’t have any information. I know what we see on television. We’re thousands of miles away, and I can’t express myself.”

After the match against the Dominican Republic, Mexico will fly to Arlington, Texas, to play Suriname and then close out the first round of the tournament against Costa Rica in Las Vegas.