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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, Bruce Blakeman will face off in single debate in gubernatorial race

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Golden, V. (2026, September 22). NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, Bruce Blakeman will face off in single debate in gubernatorial race. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/us-news/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-bruce-blakeman-will-face-off-in-single-debate-in-gubernatorial-race/

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Governor Kathy Hochul and her Republican opponent Bruce Blakeman have been scheduled to participate in a single televised debate on October 13 at 7 p.m., hosted by Spectrum News and broadcast across New York state via NY1 and Spectrum News channels as well as streamed live on YouTube. The debate will be moderated by Errol Louis and Susan Arbetter, addressing the gubernatorial race where Blakeman recently criticized Hochul for declining other debate invitations.

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Kathy Hochul, the Democratic incumbent governor of New York, will participate in a single televised debate against Bruce Blakeman, the Long Island Republican running for governor, on October 13 at 7 p.m., hosted by Spectrum News and broadcast statewide on NY1. The event, which was announced Tuesday, marks Hochul's acceptance of one of several challenges from Blakeman to debate over various platforms. Moderating the discussion will be Errol Louis, host of NY1’s "Inside City Hall," and Susan Arbetter, anchor of "Capitol Tonight." Additionally, Spectrum News is hosting debates for other New York state races: a comptroller debate on October 1 between incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli and Republican Joseph Hernandez, and an attorney general debate on October 8.

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🔮 I will share funding away from government to faith-based organizations, who work in the community, who live in the community.”

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🔮 AI chatbots will be banned from feigning human emotions in conversations with kids, under a new law signed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday.

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🔮 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman warned New York voters that congestion pricing could come to a “community near you” if Gov. Kathy Hochul wins reelection Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, vowed to kill the program outright if he beats the Democratic incumbent in the Nov. 3 election as he claimed Hochul could have a menu of new taxes she could unleash if she secures another term. “Doesn’t matter whether it’s New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Binghamton or any town in between,” Blakeman claimed while speaking on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan Tuesday.

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🔮 Hotel bills were for her entire team, and may have included multiple stays for multiple nights.

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🔮 Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani will finally hit the campaign trail with Gov. Kathy Hochul — with less than two weeks before Election Day, the incumbent Democrat announced Thursday.

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🔮 Kassay, who is seeking a second two-year term to the Assembly’s third district in Suffolk, is facing Republican Will Sussman in the Nov. 3 election.

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🔮 New York state’s rosy mid-2026 economic picture could come crashing down if a potential AI-fueled market bubble bursts, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Budget Director Blake Washington warned recently.

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🔮 “People will say elections are term limits.

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🔮 Rep. Tom Suozzi will snub a Long Island campaign event with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday because of a scheduling clash — as other down-ballot New York Democrats distance themselves from the unpopular Empire State leader.

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🔮 Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, also hammered Hochul for her infamous 2024 claim that “young black kids in the Bronx” don’t know what a computer is — insisting youngsters in the borough “know more about a computer” than the governor will “ever know.”

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Gov. Kathy Hochul will face her GOP opponent, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, in a single debate next month, organizers announced Tuesday. asserted

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Hochul, the Democratic incumbent running for a second full term, will go toe-to-toe with the Long Island Republican during a primetime televised debate hosted by Spectrum News on Oct. 13, the company said. asserted

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The face-off, set for 7 p.m., will be broadcast on NY1 and Spectrum News statewide in addition to being streamed live on YouTube. asserted

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Errol Louis, host of NY1’s “Inside City Hall” and “Capitol Tonight” anchor Susan Arbetter will moderate the program. asserted

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Blakeman has blasted Hochul recently for not agreeing to more televised engagements after challenging her to debate him on other networks. asserted

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Spectrum will also host an Oct. 1 debate in the state comptroller’s race between incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli and GOP candidate Joseph Hernandez. asserted

Spectrum → host → DiNapoli

The debate between incumbent state Attorney General Letitia James and her Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy will take place Oct. 8, Spectrum said. asserted

Spectrum → take → place

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, Bruce Blakeman will face off in single debate in gubernatorial race

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