Budgets, housing and police rosters at issue in Pittsburgh mayoral race debate

Budgets, housing and police rosters at issue in Pittsburgh mayoral race debate

Incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey, left, shakes hands with opposing mayoral candidate County Controller Corey O’Connor at the mayoral candidates forum on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University in Downtown. Both are Democrats. Gainey is seeking his second term in office. (Photo by Anastasia Busby/PublicSource) Democrats incumbent Ed Gainey and … Continued

Pittsburgh mayoral candidates debate budgets, housing, police

Pittsburgh’s two Democratic candidates for mayor showed little ideological difference during a debate Downtown Tuesday night, both embracing platforms of securing the city’s finances, creating more affordable housing, promoting clean air and water and stabilizing the city’s police force. The debate at the Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University featured few back-and-forth disputes and none of the animosity that characterized some encounter…