Michael Blake and Jose Vega faced off in a virtual debate on Tuesday for New York’s 15th Congressional District, which covers a majority of the Bronx.
The event was hosted by OneNYC Action, the advocacy arm of OneNYC, an independent expenditure group that spent nearly $220,000 last year supporting mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. The debate was moderated by public defender Dalourny Nemorin, who recently suspended her own campaign for the seat.
Yasser Salem, chairman of OneNYC Action, emphasized the urgency of holding the forum, pointing to overlapping crises including the nation’s multi-trillion-dollar debt, the city’s $5.4 billion budget deficit, and an ongoing war with Iran that he said “doesn’t seem to have a natural ending.”
