119th Assembly candidates debate

Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon and Republican opponent, John Zielinski, debated the issues on WUTQ radio Wednesday.

The 119th assembly district.

Marianne buttenschon and john zielinski fielded questions concerning bail reform, utica's downtown hospital, economic development, and state funding to name a few.

Each candidate was given time to respond to the questions, and a thirty second rebuttal.

While both candidates feel the pandemic is presenting a number of challenges in many topics of discussion, they did stop to give their views on what they feel is the biggest concerns facing their local constituents.

Sot: assemblywoman marianne buttenschon, (d) 119th assembly district candidate unemployment is the most devastating.

In fact today, remington arms, so many talented workers are out of work, and i'm there to support them, and will continue to work with them to ensure they get what they deserve.

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None sot: john zielinski, (r) 119th assembly district candidate new york state is the highest taxed state in the nation again, and we have the challenge of trying to find companies to come in here, or companies that are here to expand rather than relocate elsewhere because of the high taxation, high utility rates, and the workmen's compensation situation.

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