{"id":459302,"date":"2022-06-08T05:30:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T02:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/suozzi-williams-fail-to-land-jabs-at-hochul-in-primary-debate\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T05:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T02:30:01","slug":"suozzi-williams-fail-to-land-jabs-at-hochul-in-primary-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/suozzi-williams-fail-to-land-jabs-at-hochul-in-primary-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"#Suozzi, Williams fail to land jabs at Hochul in primary debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df8e3ee034\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df8e3ee034\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/suozzi-williams-fail-to-land-jabs-at-hochul-in-primary-debate\/#%E2%80%9CSuozzi_Williams_fail_to_land_jabs_at_Hochul_in_primary_debate%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Suozzi, Williams fail to land jabs at Hochul in primary debate&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSuozzi_Williams_fail_to_land_jabs_at_Hochul_in_primary_debate%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Suozzi, Williams fail to land jabs at Hochul in primary debate&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul largely played defense during Tuesday night\u2019s first full Democratic gubernatorial debate, as city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Rep. Tom Suozzi both took shots are her plan to build a new Buffalo Bills stadium and the financial windfall it might bring her husband.<\/p>\n<p>The new governor was able to stave off most of the attacks, and seemed confident amid her more than 30-point lead in the polls and $18.5 million war chest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand people questioning this. I really do,\u201d Hochul said about the stadium deal. Her husband, William Hochul Jr., is the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> counsel of Delaware North, which runs the concessions at the current stadium. The new $1.4 billion stadium will be funded with $850 million in taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no connection between this company that does concessions,\u201d she said \u201cThey had nothing to do the negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hochul said her husband\u2019s company just sells beers and hot dogs, to which Long Island\u2019s Suozzi shot back: \u201cDelaware North sells $11 beers to people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi also said New York is \u201cthe most corrupt state in the United States of America\u201d and\u00a0listed off a roster of state politicians who have been sl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed with corruption charges,\u00a0including former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, who Hochul hand-picked.<\/p>\n<p>Still, an assured Hochul defended her short-tenure, saying she\u2019s done more for state gun control in her short tenure than her predecessors did in decades.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-309.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gov. Kathy Hochul defended her $1.4 billion stadium deal with the Buffalo Bills.\" class=\"wp-image-22571977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-309.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-309.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-309.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul defended her $1.4 billion stadium deal with the Buffalo Bills.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Populous<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve only been governor for nine months,\u201d she reminded the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The debate, hosted by CBS 2 in Manhattan, marked the first time all three candidates were on stage together to discuss the issues of their campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi is a former county executive and Glen Cove mayor, who has campaigned as a moderate, so-called \u201ccommon-sense,\u201d Democrat ahead of the June 28 primary.<\/p>\n<p>He has largely focused on his tough-on-crime platform that includes support for changing state bail laws to give judges more leeway to jail people pre-trial if they pose a threat to public safety.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-310.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Congressman Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., right, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, center, and New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, left, prepare to face off during New York's governor primary debate at the studios of WCBS2-TV, Tuesday, June 7, 2022,\" class=\"wp-image-22571980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-310.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-310.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-310.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Tom Suozzi agreed with Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s action to not enforce congestion pricing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Bebeto Matthews<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the opposite end, Williams is a longtime progressive firebrand who came within a few points of beating Hochul in 2018 primary for lieutenant governor, but has struggled to reclaim the same electoral magic.<\/p>\n<p>His fundraising has lagged behind his two competitors and polling has showed him locked in a race for second place with Suozzi.<\/p>\n<p>Williams came for Hochul right at the start of the debate and repeatedly tried to tie to her directly to her predecessor, disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul signed 10 bills into law on Monday meant to strengthen New York\u2019s gun laws in the wake of two horrific mass shootings \u2013 one of which occurred in the governor\u2019s hometown of Buffalo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-313.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NYC public advocate Jumaane Williams\" class=\"wp-image-22571984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-313.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-313.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-313.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams compared Gov. Kathy Hochul to her disgraced predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS2<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt reminded me of the Cuomo press conferences during the pandemic \u2013 and I\u2019ll tell you why. It was in the middle of the Bronx that has some of the highest shootings that we\u2019ve seen,\u201d Williams said, adding he thinks the efforts will do little to curb daily street violence.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, he said, won\u2019t stop gun violence by grandstanding in public, just like Cuomo didn\u2019t stop the COVID-19 pandemic from raging across the state and killing New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>The trio all agreed that New York should be a leader in safeguarding abortion rights amid speculation the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, but clashed on plenty of local hot-button issues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-311.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, left, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, center, listen as Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY), speak during New York's governor primary debate at the studios of WCBS2-TV, June 7, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22571981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-311.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-311.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-311.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul currently leading the polls by more than 30 points against her opponents.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Bebeto Matthews<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On New York City issues, Williams was the only candidate to say the Big Apple should enact congestion pricing \u201cnow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important not only because of the climate, but because of the revenue we need to deal with so many issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul dropped a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> when she said congestion pricing won\u2019t be enacted this year \u2014 which Suozzi said was the right call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in negotiations with the federal government that has the say on the next step and they have now put some other \u2014 let\u2019s call them hurdles \u2014 in the way that we have to overcome,\u201d Hochul said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-314.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Tom Suozzi vowed to focus on fixing New York state\u2019s bail law.\" class=\"wp-image-22571985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-314.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-314.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/ny-gov-debate-314.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Tom Suozzi vowed to focus on fixing New York state\u2019s bail law.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBS2<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On those new requirements, she added: \u201cThis is not going to happen in the next year under any circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the debate, her spokesperson clarified she was referring to delays caused by federal edits to the statutorily required assessment of the tolling program\u2019s potential environmental impacts, which the MTA had previous announced.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>However, any delay would be very costly for the MTA, which is banking on the tolling program to finance the multi-billion dollar effort to replace the decades-old subway signaling system with a new computer-driven network setup.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the candidates all seemed puzzled when asked by the moderators what they would do to \u201cprotect those adults and children who don\u2019t want to be exposed to and forced to inhale marijuana smoke\u201d amid statewide cannabis legalization.<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi\u2019s said \u201ceducation\u201d can teach people where it\u2019s legal and illegal to smoke weed, adding that there should be open-container-like laws that apply to pot-smoking outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul said she\u2019s working with the health commissioner to put out a PSA on the subject which will discuss \u201chow we have to respect each other\u2019s space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The debate ended with a bizarre lightning round in which the politicians were asked if they believed in ghosts and what their go-to karaoke song was.<\/p>\n<p>Williams performed a brief rendition of his favorite song, \u201cPretty Wings\u201d by Maxwell, but Hochul and Suozzi declined to sing their respective go-to songs, \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d by Neil Diamond and \u201cBeyond the Sea\u201d by Bobby Darin.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul, Williams and Suozzi will meet next on June 16 at a debate sponsored by NBC New York, Telemundo 47 and the Albany Times Union.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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