Watch Live Streaming 8 PM Tonight Of Democratic Party Primary Debate To Represent Roosevelt Island In Congress With Representative Carolyn Maloney, And Challengers Suraj Patel, Lauren Ashcraft & Pete Harrison

Happening tonight - join us, especially if you live in NY-12

Debate will stream here: https://t.co/YTVfjrubYe pic.twitter.com/k8zMvJoG8W

— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) June 8, 2020

Empire State Indivisible is hosting a Democratic Party Primary Congressional 12 District (which includes Roosevelt Island) Debate this evening:

Mon, June 8, 2020

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT

Leading up to the June 23rd Primary Elections, Empire State Indivisible will be hosting a candidate debate for New York's 12th Congressional moderated by Ben Max of the Gotham Gazette. Join to hear from candidates Representative Carolyn Maloney, Pete Harrison, Suraj Patel, and Lauren Ashcraft.

Due to the incredible interest in the event, we will live streaming the event directly on our Facebook page and our twitter account to allow for the most amount of views.

Here are the links: https://www.facebook.com/EmpireStateIndivisible/ and https://twitter.com/es_indivisible.

More info on the candidates at their web sites:

Incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney,

ICYMI: I’ve compiled a growing list of the proposals I support to combat the police brutality crisis.

For more information and updates, visit my website here: https://t.co/LpZQetRGtp

— Carolyn B. Maloney (@RepMaloney) June 8, 2020

Suraj Patel,

I believe in:

✅Defunding ICE
✅Medicare For All
✅Criminal Justice Reform
✅LGBTQA+ Equality
✅Protecting Sex Workers
✅Police Demilitarization, Defunding
✅A Green New Deal
✅Universal Child Dividend
✅No Corporate PAC Money

The NY primary is June 23rd. Join me.

— Suraj Patel #BlackLivesMatter (@surajpatelnyc) June 8, 2020

Lauren Ashcraft

Defunding the police does NOT mean lawlessness. It means not handing the police a huge budget, military weapons and equipment, and sending them to train on violent techniques in other countries.

Instead, we can use that money on restorative justice, mental healthcare, education.

— Lauren Ashcraft for NY-12🌹 (@VoteAshcraft) June 8, 2020

and

Pete Harrison.

4. Provide Safe Housing for All ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

Housing justice=racial justice

That’s why I’m proud to have worked on the #HomesGuarantee which protects all tenants, builds social housing, stops racist zoning + bank lending + displacement, ends homelessness, and bans Wall St landlords https://t.co/RBTSZY1hyz

— Peter 🔥#CancelRent🔥Harrison for New York (@PeteHarrisonNYC) June 8, 2020

Here are the links: https://www.facebook.com/EmpireStateIndivisible/ and https://twitter.com/es_indivisible to watch the debate.

UPDATE 6/11 - Here's video of the debate.



Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney did not participate due to illness.

Over the past 24 hours I have found myself feeling unwell. Out of an abundance of caution and after consultation with medical professionals, today I was given a COVID test & am self quarantining as I await the results.

— Carolyn B. Maloney (@RepMaloney) June 8, 2020

There will be another debate on June 12.

This Monday, June 15, we're hosting a virtual forum with the primary candidates for NYC's 12th Congressional District: @RepMaloney, @VoteAshcraft, @surajpatelnyc, and @PeteHarrisonNYC. Join us on Facebook live at 7 pm! pic.twitter.com/7bL7FNCoQJ

— Freelancers Union (@freelancersu) June 11, 2020