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NYC Community Media to host Council District 1 candidates debate

Councilmember Margaret Chin, left, and District Leader Jenifer Rajkumar will debate on Aug. 22 at New York Law School.
Councilmember Margaret Chin, left, and District Leader Jenifer Rajkumar will debate on Thurs., Aug. 22, at New York Law School.

NYC Community Media will sponsor a debate for the two candidates running in the Sept. 10 Democratic primary for the City Council First District race — Margaret Chin and Jenifer Rajkumar — on Thurs., Aug. 22, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, near Leonard St.

The seating capacity will be at least 120 persons, but possibly may be greater than that. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Suggested questions from the public for the candidates will be accepted before the debate at the venue, written down on index cards or pieces of paper.

Suggested questions for the candidates can also be e-mailed ahead of time to the debate’s co-moderators, Lincoln Anderson, editor of The Villager, at lincoln@thevillager.com, and Josh Rogers, editor of Downtown Express, at josh@downtownexpress.com.