New York Debates
New York State Comptroller candidates Joe Hernandez ( R) and Tom DiNapoli (D) debate tonight at 7 PM
Reasons to watch this debate about NY’s fiscal watchdog:
In the last 20 years, NY State’s budget has grown from $121 Billion to $277 Billion. It is now more than twice Florida’s budget and Florida has more residents.
In the last 20 years, New York State’s Medicaid spending has grown from $46.5 billion to $112 billion.
In the last 20 years, combined debt of NY State, NY City and the MTA has grown from $132 billion to $260 billion.
In Fiscal Years 2025, New York City’s budget was $114.9 billion while the state of Florida’s budget was $117.4 billion. $2.5 billion more for the entire state of Florida, which has about three (3X) times more residents. *
New York Attorney General candidates Saritha Komatireddy ( R) and Letitia James (D) debate next Thursday (October 8th) at 7PM
New York Governor Candidates Bruce Blakeman ( R) and Kathy Hochul (D) debate in two weeks (October 15th) at 7PM.
Hernandez, Komatireddy and Blakeman have all spoken at SCOPE events
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