July 15: Where the Candidates Are Today Accepts the endorsement of the New York State Federation of College Republicans in front of John Jay College of Criminal Justice on 11th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Continues a campaign that got him arrested last week by attending a Rally to Save Hospitals with union officials from 1199SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association outside today's State University of New York's council meeting, at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. In his role as public advocate, calls on Saudi Arabian Airlines to end discriminatory practices that prevent Israeli nationals from booking passage on the airline from the United States, at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across from the Saudi Arabian Embassy. Makes brief remarks before the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series featuring Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Joe, at Wingate Field in Brooklyn. Accepts award from the Government Finance Officers Association on Centre Street in Lower Manhattan. Meets with Village Independent Democrats, a political club whose endorsement he gained in a May 9 runoff against Christine Quinn, at Second Avenue and 12th Street in Manhattan. Attends the cocktail reception before the first-ever "Demmy Awards," hosted by the Manhattan Democrats to honor "individuals and clubs who have made significant contributions to the Democratic Party and have worked to improve the lives of New Yorkers and people all across the nation," at the American Airlines Theater in Midtown Manhattan. Attends a funeral Mass, closed to the press, for former Councilman Walter McCaffrey, at St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church in Woodside. Greets voters outside of the Shop Rite on Hylan Boulevard on Staten Island. Greets riders coming off the Staten Island Ferry, at St. George Terminal. Greets morning commuters at the Jamaica Center subway station. Accepts endorsements from Brooklyn lawmakers including the State Assembly members Annette Robinson, N. Nick Perry and Walter Mosley, and discusses his affordable housing plan, outside Restoration Plaza in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Greets afternoon commuters at the Borough Hall subway station in Brooklyn. Attends the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Visits with seniors at Hebrew Educational Society's Senior Center in Brooklyn. Visits his second senior center of the day, in Coney Island. Meets privately with representatives from Housing First!, an affordable housing advocacy group, at the Bank of America building in Midtown. Attends the 2013 N.Y.C. Neighborhood Achievement Awards and reception hosted by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion.