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Aug. 29: Where the Candidates Are Today

Planned events for the mayoral candidates, according to the campaigns and organizations they are affiliated with. Times are listed as scheduled but frequently change.

Kenan Christiansen and Nicholas Wells contributed reporting.

Event information is listed as provided at the time of publication. Details for many of Ms. Quinn events are not released for publication.Maps of all campaign events since April »
Events by candidate

Albanese

Carrión

Catsimatidis

De Blasio

Lhota

Liu

Quinn

Thompson

Weiner

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John A. Catsimatidis
Republican

10:45 a.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Ravenswood Senior Center, the first of three senior centers he intends to visit on the day in Astoria, Queens.

11:15 a.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Archbishop Iakovos Senior Center, the second of three senior centers he intends to visit on the day in Astoria, Queens.

11:45 a.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the JVL Dimotsis-Vallone Senior Center, the third of three senior centers he intends to visit on the day in Astoria, Queens.

8 p.m.
Continues his musical tour to serenade donors with another concert from Jay Black, this time in Coney Island.

Bill de Blasio
Democrat

11:30 a.m.
After a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday showed Mr. de Blasio with a 15 point lead over his closest rival, Christine C. Quinn, he holds a news conference to discuss how he believes Ms. Quinn will carry forward with a continuation of the Bloomberg administration’s policies, on Park Row and Centre Street in Manhattan.

3 p.m.
Is one of the three mayoral candidates to rally with fast-food workers protesting in Union Square for the right to unionize as well as a wage increase that would raise their pay to at least $15 an hour. Dissatisfaction with the bleak economics associated with entry-level wages began last November in New York, when about 200 fast-food workers went on strike in a one-day protest. Today’s demonstration, sponsored by the New York Communities for Change, is one of several protests expected to take place in major cities throughout the country.

John C. Liu
Democrat

4:15 a.m.
Accepts the endorsement of hundreds of yellow cab drivers in their own territory: the “Central Taxi Hold” at John F. Kennedy airport, in Queens.

7 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the Hunts Point Avenue subway station, at Southern Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue in the Bronx.

9 a.m.
Joins the man who hopes to replace him, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, for a meeting with the New York Hispanic Clergy in the Bronx.

11:45 a.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Prospect Hill Senior Services Center, the first of three senior centers he intends to visit on the day in Brooklyn.

12:15 p.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Fort Greene Hazel Brooks Senior Center, the second of three senior centers he intends to visit on the day in Brooklyn.

12:30 p.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the Grace Harewood Neighborhood Senior Center, the third of three senior centers he intends to visit on the day in Brooklyn.

1:15 p.m.
Holds a news conference to discuss his plans on how to deal with medical marijuana, outside New York Downtown Hospital in Lower Manhattan. Mr. Liu proposed legalizing marijuana earlier this month in an attempt to bring more revenue into the city.

3 p.m.
Is one of the three mayoral candidates to rally with fast-food workers protesting in Union Square for the right to unionize as well as a wage increase that would raise their pay to at least $15 an hour. Dissatisfaction with the bleak economics associated with entry-level wages began last November in New York, when about 200 fast-food workers went on strike in a one-day protest. Today’s demonstration, sponsored by the New York Communities for Change, is one of several protests expected to take place in major cities throughout the country.

5 p.m.
Greets evening commuters at the 14th Street A/C/E train subway station, on Eighth Avenue in Chelsea.

6:30 p.m.
Attends the New York County Democratic Committee Reception, at the 32BJ S.E.I.U. headquarters on West 18th Street in Manhattan.

7:30 p.m.
Participates in a mayoral forum on education, hosted by Brooklyn’s Community Board 17, at the Top Civic Center on Utica Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

8:45 p.m.
Is one of two candidates to speak at the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women Annual Scholarship Gala, at Tosca Marquee on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx. Mr. Liu’s deputy in the City Comptroller’s Office, Ricardo Morales, will be honored as “Man of the Year 2013″ at the ceremony.

Joseph J. Lhota
Republican

11:30 a.m.
Visits Broadway Stages, a full-scale film and production facility, on Kingsland Avenue in Brooklyn.

Christine C. Quinn
Democrat

6 a.m.
Rises early to join fast-food workers striking for higher wages and better working conditions, outside McDonald’s on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. This is the first of two demonstrations calling for better working conditions that Ms. Quinn will participate in on the day.

7:30 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the 125th Street 2/3 train subway station in Harlem. Ms. Quinn is joined by Councilwoman Inez Dickens and Jackie Rowe Adams, a Harlem activist who lost two sons to gun violence and now works for stricter gun control measures.

8:15 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the 110th Street 1 train subway station in Morningside Heights with Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell, whose endorsement she received on Wednesday.

Some of Ms. Quinn’s events may not be shown because the campaign declines to release her advance schedule for publication.

William C. Thompson Jr.
Democrat

10 a.m.
Accepts an endorsement for his candidacy from Assemblyman Robert Rodiguez, outside the Finishing Trades Institute of New York in Long Island City, Queens. Mr. Thompson will also unveil his plans to improve workforce training and reduce unemployment throughout the city.

12:30 p.m.
Holds his second news conference of the day, this time on the steps of City Hall, calling for the removal of trailers being used as classrooms throughout the city.

6:30 p.m.
Attends the New York County Democratic Committee Reception, at the 32BJ S.E.I.U. headquarters on West 18th Street in Manhattan.

Anthony D. Weiner
Democrat

12 p.m.
Visits with senior citizens at the East Midwood Jewish Center, on Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn.

2:30 p.m.
Holds a news conference on what his campaign bills as “Big Thought Thursday,” where he will discuss his plans for a luxury real estate tax on expensive properties. It will be held outside 15 Central Park West, home to some of New York’s most expensive condominiums and bold-faced celebrities, on the southwest corner of Central Park.

5:45 p.m.
Greets evening commuters at the Church Avenue B/Q train subway station, on Church Avenue and East 18th Street in Brooklyn.

7:15 p.m.
Participates in a mayoral forum on education, hosted by Brooklyn’s Community Board 17, at the Top Civic Center on Utica Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Sal F. Albanese
Democrat

7:45 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the Borough Hall 4/5 train subway station, at Joralemon Street in Brooklyn.

11 a.m.
Helps distribute food for Rosh Hashanah, at the Shorefront Jewish Community Center in Brooklyn.

4 p.m.
After participating in a similar rally on Saturday, Mr. Albanese reiterates his call for permanent ferry service to the Rockaways, on Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park, Queens.

7 p.m.
Participates in a mayoral forum on education, hosted by Brooklyn’s Community Board 17, at the Top Civic Center on Utica Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Adolfo Carrión Jr.
Independent

7:30 a.m.
Greets morning commuters at the Delancey Street/Essex Street subway station, on the Lower East Side.

George T. McDonald
Republican

6:30 p.m.
Participates in a mayoral forum on education, hosted by Brooklyn’s Community Board 17, at the Top Civic Center on Utica Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn.