Sandy anniversary causes postponement of mayoral debate
Lhota, de Blasio agree to wait a day
The final debate between mayoral rivals Bill de Blasio and Joe Lhota will be postponed 24 hours in deference to the victims of superstorm Sandy. The face-off was originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29. But that is the first anniversary of the hurricane and communities ravaged by the historic storm reached out to both campaigns and expressed disappointment with the idea of politics as usual on that date.
Instead, de Blasio and Lhota will face each other on Wednesday, Oct. 30 in their debate, to be broadcast on WNBC-TV.
The New York City Campaign Finance Board, the debate’s sponsor, agreed to the one day postponement after de Blasio and Lhota issued a joint statement requesting the date change to commemorate the one-year anniversary of superstorm Sandy.