The debate, hosted by WNYC and NY1, was largely civil but included a few feisty exchanges.
Clockwise: ex-prosecutor Daniel Goldman, Brooklyn Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Rep. Mondaire Jones, Manhattan Yuh-Line Niou, City Councilmember Carlina Rivera and former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman take part in the first televised debate for the 10th congressional district seat.Clockwise: ex-prosecutor Daniel Goldman, Brooklyn Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Rep. Mondaire Jones, Manhattan Yuh-Line Niou, City Councilmember Carlina Rivera and former Rep.
“You’re a walking campaign finance loophole,” said Rivera, whose City Council district represents parts of Lower Manhattan, at Goldman. “You are essentially trying to buy this election.” “Because he has spent all of the pandemic at one of his many summer homes,” Jones said, referring to athat found Goldman was away from the city during the height of the COVID-19 crisis.
Goldman made his own digs, mostly at Jones. He more than once referred to Jones as “the gentleman from Rockland,” a reference to where Jones grew up. “The root causes of crime is definitely poverty,” said Niou, who is the most left-leaning candidate in the race. Holtzman, a former Brooklyn district attorney, also left open the possibility of revisiting bail reform. But she began her remarks by invoking, the Bronx teen who was sent to Rikers Island after being accused of stealing a backpack. He later committed suicide in his home.
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