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Swipes from Yassky
September 22nd, 2009

Are things getting nasty in the comptroller’s race?

Nasty is most likely an overstatement, but they are definitely heating up.

This afternoon Councilmember David Yassky’s communications director released a statement (in full after the jump) berating Councilmember John Liu for skipping a debate scheduled to be taped Friday and aired Sunday on WABC. This, the Yassky campaign says, comes after a call to debate in all five boroughs (a similar line Bill de Blasio is taking in the public advocate race).

When I asked Sharon Lee of the Liu campaign about it earlier this afternoon, she laughed and said they had no idea what they were talking about. “There was never a debate scheduled for WABC,” said Lee. “I have no idea what they are talking about.”

Technically, the WABC discussion is being cast as a forum, and participation is not mandatory, unlike the Campaign Finance Board debate scheduled for Thursday evening at NY1.

“We’re not calling it a debate since there will be commercial breaks,” said Seung Suh of WABC in an e-mail. “It’s more like a candidates’ forum. We had asked both Yassky and Liu to appear together. Liu declined.”

They will be taping a similar forum for the public advocate’s race.

Here is Yassky Communications Director Danny Kanner’s statement from this morning:

“On Friday, our campaign formally requested a series of debates in all five boroughs between the two candidates for New York City Comptroller. The Liu campaign refused to reply. Now, John Liu has pulled out of a debate scheduled to air this Sunday on WABC.

What is John Liu trying to hide? This is a critically important job at a critically important time for all New Yorkers. Voters deserve to hear where the candidates stand on the issues critical to their economic future and see who has the honesty and integrity to protect our money.”

By Courtney Gross on September 22, 2009, 2:17 pm
In category: City Hall, Electoral Politics, Gotham City, Governing, nextNY | 1 Comment »

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One Response to “Swipes from Yassky”

  1. Queen of the Click Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 10:23 am

    Mr. Yassky is grasping at straws trying to find a way to smear Mr. Liu. Yassky’s commercials show a lack of professionalism and don’t highlight his accomplishments because there aren’t enough. Yassky let his own borough of Brooklyn down in Downtown when he sided with developers and when he voted for extending term limits.

    DeBlasio and Liu are appearing together on many handouts because people are supporting men that are like them and will work for them.

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