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Advisory ************

Contact: Dan Levitan, (718) 222 3796 x237Working Families Party to Host First Open Mayoral Forum with Bloomberg,
Thompson, and Avella

Candidates to Vie for
Progressive Party’s Endorsement

Forum to be Livestreamed Online; Open to
Press

NEW YORK – With one of the last remaining major endorsements in the 2009
Mayor’s race at stake, the Working Families Party will host the first open Mayoral
Forum to include Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Comptroller Bill Thompson, and Councilman
Tony Avella this Thursday night.

The forum, to be held at the offices of the Hotel Trades Council, is expected
to draw hundreds of WFP supporters and will be open to the press.  Hundreds
more will watch a livestream of the forum online at the party’s website: http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org

The format calls for each candidate to take the stage separately, taking
questions from WFP members on the party’s priority issues – including issues
chosen online by thousands of WFP supporters.

The WFP, which has already announced
endorsements for Comptroller, Public Advocate, and dozens of City Council
seats, will use the forum to guide its mayoral endorsement decision.

When: Thursday, July 2,
5:30 - 8:00PM

Where: Hotel Trades Council
305 W. 44th Street
New York, NY

What: The Working Families Party’s
Mayoral Forum, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Comptroller Bill Thompson, and
Councilman Tony Avella.

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