DI IORIO SECURES SPACE TO MAKE UP 17TH PRECINCT CANDIDATES FORUM WHICH MALONEY SKIPPED; MALONEY STALLS
NEW YORK, NY -- Congressional candidate Nick Di iorio secured space Thursday to offer opponent Carolyn Maloney (D-NY-12) the opportunity to make up Tuesday's 17th Precinct Community Council Candidates' Night forum, which Rep. Maloney skipped. Di iorio offered a Friday 6pm forum or anytime Saturday. The 17th Precinct Community Council and the Maloney campaign took no efforts to reschedule the Di iorio - Maloney portion of the Tuesday event after Maloney's cancellation. The 17th Precinct Community Council originally told the Di iorio campaign that a member of Maloney's team would reach out to the Di iorio
campaign regarding rescheduling, however, this never happened. Therefore, the Di iorio campaign sought out space in the interest of giving any interested press and public at least one opportunity to hear from the two candidates before Election Day.
At Thursday evening's debate at The National Herald - which only allowed a handful of attendees and turned away many members of the public - Di iorio personally asked Maloney if she would attend the forum on Friday or Saturday. She said her staff would get back to the Di iorio campaign. As of Friday morning, the Maloney campaign had not responded.
Maloney has taken great lengths to avoid Di iorio. In late September, The National Herald invited Di iorio and Maloney to debate - Di iorio immediately accepted and Maloney refused. In early October, Columbia University College Democrats and Republicans jointly
invited Maloney and Di iorio to a debate, suggesting a range of dates in October. Maloney rejected the invitation. The Columbia University College Republicans followed up by inviting Di iorio to speak, which he did Monday. Rep. Maloney's campaign manager attended that closed talk and secretly videotaped him. Rep. Maloney also missed Tuesday's 17th Precinct Community Council Candidates' Night, which she had attempted to pass off as a debate.
Nick Di iorio, the Republican nominee, is the sole challenger running in New York's 12th Congressional District against longtime incumbent Carolyn Maloney. Di iorio has also received support from members of the Independence Party, Libertarian Party, and Conservative Party. The district includes the east side of Manhattan, Astoria, Long Island City, Greenpoint, & Williamsburg. More at: www.nickfornewyork.com.
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