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Photos From the Sunday, April 10 Legislative Forum 2005:
Our Mayor & Those (All) Who Would Be Our Mayor
Sponsored by: Newsday, Queens Civic Congress, Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, The Samuel Field/Bay Terrace YM&YWHA, Queens Region-Hadassah, Flushing Jewish Community Council, & Jackson Heights-Elmhurst Kehillah

Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council Executive Chairman Corey Bearak (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council President Jeff Gurdus watches as Queens Jewish Historical Society President Jeff Gottlieb discusses the essay contest both organizations sponsored (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Michael Rosenblut, President and CEO of Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, welcomes the audience. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields accompanied by Arnie Linhardt greets community members and Rabbis Michael Miller and Robert Kaplan of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater New York (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Congressman Anthony Weiner makes a point as Rabbis Miller and Kaplan watch (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Speaker Gifford Miller accompanied by Rabbi Manny Behar works the audience, including NEQJCC VP Ethel Levine, before the proceedings begin (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Former NEQJCC VP City Council Finance Committee Chairman David Weprin, Speaker Miller, Rabbis Miller and Behar (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

NEQJCC Executive Director Gail Eisenberg and Speaker Miller (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

former City Councilman Thomas Ognibene (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

William Rapfogel, CEO of Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, opens the mayoral forum (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Ferrer, Field and Miller (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Mayor Michael Bloomberg arrives and is greeted by his opponents. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Moderator Dan Janison, City Hall Bureau Chief for Newsday, explains the groundrules as Bloomberg and Ferrer look on. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Mayor Bloomberg addresses the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Speaker Miller addresses the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Manhattan Borough President Fields addresses the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Congressman Weiner addresses the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Former Bronx Borough President Ferrer addresses the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Former Councilman Ognibene addresses the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Councilman Weprin greets brother Mark Weprin the Assemblyman. In background in NEQJCC VP Helene Zaro. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Candidate Steven Shaw addresses the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Weiner, Ferrer Fields. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Southeast Queens District Leader Elmer Blackburne asks a questions. Also in picture are NEQJCC Pres. Jeff Gurdus, Samuel Field Y Exec. VP Steve Goodman, Rapfogel and Janison. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Candidates who stayed on fielded questions from the community. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Many television cameras and reporters set up behind the audience. In foreground at right is Queens Israel Action Committee's Susan Davis-Stemp. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)

Ferrer and Carol Cohen, a volunteer who helps at all of our forums, from Queens Village. (Photo by Jack Cohen, NEQJCC)

Speaker Miller with Clarice Hoffer and Carol Cohen. (Photo by Joseph Levine, NEQJCC)