Congressman Zeldin Slams Hochul After She Still Has Not Accepted a Single Debate Request

NEW YORK – Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), the Republican Party and Conservative Party nominee for Governor, once again challenged Hochul to join him on the debate stage for a minimum of five televised debates throughout New York prior to the general election. Congressman Zeldin has accepted multiple debates so far, while Hochul has failed to accept any.

Last week, after accepting the first two debate requests made to him – CBS2 and PIX11 – Congressman Zeldin called on Hochul to do the same.

“What is Kathy Hochul so afraid of? She could easily accept the CBS2 and Pix11 debate requests today! Voters deserve the ability to make an informed decision about the future of our state, to learn first hand where the two candidates stand on the issues most important to them and cast their vote accordingly. New Yorkers have told me time and time again that their top concerns of this race are crime, the economy, quality of education, corruption in Albany and more. The status quo isn’t cutting it, and they know it’s going to take common sense, balance, and new leadership to bring New York back from the brink and save our state.”

Congressman Zeldin is calling for at least 2 debates in the New York City media market, at least 1 debate in the Buffalo or Rochester media markets, at least 1 in the Capital Region, and at least 1 in the Syracuse, Elmira, Binghamton, Ithaca, or Watertown media markets. He is willing to do debates in every media market.

He also believes at least 2 of these debates should happen prior to the start of absentee voting and at least 3 more should be prior to the start of early voting.