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Mangano, Suozzi Debate at L.B. Boardwalk?

Should the candidates square off in Long Beach? Let us know in the comments.

Howie Appel, better known as in Long Beach as radio show host “Halftime Howie,” suggested at Tuesday's City Council meeting that the city host a debate between Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his predecessor and challenger, Thomas Suozzi, at a certain newly redeveloped structure in town. 

“My idea is, to show that Long Beach is coming back, how about right around [the one-year anniversary of] Hurricane Sandy they have a debate right on the boardwalk in Long Beach,” Appel said to the council. “It would be the first-ever debate on the boardwalk. It would bring a lot of money and attention to Long Beach. People would patronize our stores, our restaurants.”

Mangano, a Republican, and Suozzi, a Democrat, are scheduled to debate on Oct. 29, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury at 8:30 a.m., and they will debate again later that day at the News 12 Long Island’s TV studios.

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