Arab, Asian leaders to co-sponsor congressional debate
In a sign of the growing political clout of the borough’s Arab and Asian communities, organizations representing the two groups are joining forces to co-sponsor a debate featuring two of the three candidates for the Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island seat in Congress.
A coalition of non-profit community-based, advocacy, and social service organizations will host what is being termed as a non-partisan candidate forum on Sunday, April 19, at the Happy Healthy Adult Daycare Center, 1874 86th Street, at 2 p.m.
Two of the three candidates in the race – Democrat Vincent Gentile and the Green Party’s James Lane – have confirmed their attendance at the forum. Republican-Conservative Dan Donovan was invited but is not participating, according to the debate’s organizers.