It is possible that as few as one in every 275 city voters tuned in to this week’s televised debates for the offices of public advocate and comptroller. Those who did turn it on saw exactly what a debate is supposed to show.
Our take as the debate between Michel Faulkner and Scott Stringer played out live.
The minister said the city’s budget was extremely vulnerable to an economic downturn, blamed big government for racial disparities and says he’d still vote for Donald Trump.
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