They stayed mostly on the same page in their calls for lasting reforms to the criminal justice system, especially in the wake of widespread demonstrations against police brutality.

“The NYPD cannot be trusted to investigate itself, nor can the mayor’s lawyer be trusted to investigate misconduct on the part of the NYPD," City Council Member Ritchie Torres said.

“I would definitely fight to defund and demilitarize police departments across America, and we need to do that with the NYPD," community organizer Samelys López said.

“There was a war zone on 136th and Brook Avenue, and instead of having PPE go to our health care heroes, we had it go to the cops there," State Assemblyman Michael Blake said.

“When it comes to the reduction of brothers and sisters in the prison system, I’ve been a champion together with my colleagues," Council Member Ydanis Rodríguez said.

Torres, Blake, former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Rodríguez and López — all progressives — faced off in a NY1 debate.

They’re running for a House seat in the Bronx up for grabs with the impending retirement of longtime incumbent José Serrano.

They sought to draw contrasts among themselves by speaking of their past initiatives on police reform, but at turns also had to defend their records.

“I was very proud to be one of the most vocal Council members in opposition to the stop-and-frisk policies of the Bloomberg administration," Mark-Viverito said.

She was later asked about her 2015 push for more police as Council speaker.

“It wasn’t just about increasing cops, it was implementing a community policing program specifically, to have better interactions," she said.

Torres answered charges he had watered down his Right to Know Act, which requires officers to notify civilians of their right to refuse a search.

“I negotiated a compromise that for the first time regulated police-civilian interaction, which is something the City Council has never done," he said.

The back-and-forth between Torres and Blake at points became personal.

Blake charged that Torres didn’t support the black community. Torres responded that he himself is black and has backing from African-American leaders.

Torres accused Blake of endorsing an anti-vaxxer to succeed him in the state Assembly. Blake said the candidate does indeed support vaccination.

Meanwhile, there were repeated references to conservative Democratic Council Member Rubén Díaz Sr. as their collective target and a threat to progressive values.

Díaz is considered a frontrunner in the primary but did not respond to NY1’s invitations to debate.

Twelve Democrats are on the June 23 ballot in the heavily Democratic 15th District.