With Mayor Eric Adams dropping from the program just hours before, DC 37’s members-only Mayoral Forum kicked off at 6 p.m. sharp on Feb. 26 at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan.

Adams’s absence proved irrelevant to the nearly 700 union members who packed the crowded theater to hear the declared candidates make their case for becoming New York City’s next mayor. The six candidates engaged in lively and direct responses to members’ questions, which were submitted prior to the event and moderated by Executive Director Henry Garrido.

Click HERE to view the recording of DC 37’s Mayoral Forum.