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For the first time this election season, the five Republican candidates for mayor met without the Democratic candidates, during a debate at the Roosevelt Hotel on Wednesday morning.

With the Chinese Lunar New York celebration fast approaching, mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis is calling for the city to respect the Asian community by halting work for the weekend of Feb. 15-17.

A simplified version of five of the mayoral candidates’ views and backgrounds on education.