New Yorkers gather outside Pace University as gubernatorial debate gets underway

New Yorkers gather outside Pace University as gubernatorial debate gets underway

Crowds gathered outside Pace University’s Manhattan campus as Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Lee Zeldin faced off in the Empire State’s only scheduled gubernatorial debate ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Footage by Eman Rimawi-Doster shows supporters of the candidates standing opposite each other near the university’s entrance shortly before the debate started.