funicello.ello: i would have to agree with both candidates. it's easy to split decision to do different things. one is security on college campuses. community policing is something we are trying to re-enter jacked into the discussion when it comes to some of our larger urban centers. i think we are doing it with marginal success and we have seen an increased example as we are militarizing our police forces of excessive force, brutality and outright killing. we need to make sure that our police are members of the community. this is an important idea. it goes back to the 1960s and it really needs to take root once again. if we are on a college campus and we actually start to look at outside forces coming in as gillibrand is suggesting with the military to invest these issues -- address these issues on a happen but the others a cultural issue and the objective is to women. we need to take a strong stance on schooling at a very early age that we actually are raising men and women who respect each ot

funicello. their first debate took place in albany and was courtesy of time warner cable news. it is an hour. ♪ benjamin.z i will be serving as moderator this evening along with my colleagues, brand fire -- brand fire -- brian dwyer and matt hunter. this debate covers more square miles than any other in the state. currently represented by democrat bill owens, but he decided not to seek reelection. three candidates are hoping to replace him, republican elise aaron woolf, and matt funicello. the debates will be one hour long. the candidates will begin one minute to answer and their each 45s will get seconds to respond. rebuttals will be at the discretion of the moderators. halfway through, the candidates will be allowed to ask one question to one or both of their opponents, then later there will be a lightning round, where the candidates will only be allowed to answer yes or no. candidate will get one minute for an opening statement and one minute for a closing statement and a chance to ask the ca

funicello? funicello: thank you. we've used the military in the united states for a number of decades really post world war ii as economic development which is a travesty. the united states military is there to defend the united states if it is under attack. at the bottom line is for drum has economic development within the district and its obviously unimportant. the fact is when we are looking at the government and threatening cards should we hide our heads in the sand and pretend that one congressperson is going to see that or talk about the intelligence transition that could allow us to economically thrive? i would point out that mr. mccue wasn't against the base in the midst of his congressional district before the redistricting and when the federal government decides that's what it's going to do, they are nothing to fix the problem and neither is a brand name green candidate so we need to look at a transition to a sustainable jobs that pay a living wage. >> fort drum has been a leader in the ideals on sustainabi

funicello. funicello: i was born and raised in wilton, new york.ave liveed other places in my life, but my home is definitely in c.d.21. i live in it now, i run two businesses there. my family works here, we play here, we play hockey here, we hunt here, we farm here. this is my home. it's not the only reason why you should vote for me. it's because i want single-payer health care, and that is -- the reality is we already pay for it, and we're not being given that health care. we're not aware of it. we need to start being aware of that. we need $15 an hour. we need a raise. we need to elevate workers because of corporate welfare. we're never going to stake away all of that entitlement that those people are getting for us in the form of economic development or pork which often comes from congress. what we have to ask ourselves is how is that going to happen. in 46 years what has congress done for you as a worker that you liked? i would say nafta and gat are really good examples of what they do when you vote for a lesser evil. stop doing it. start vot

funicello. should voters have any concerns on supporting a candidate that is outside of the 21st district? .. you just have to ask yourself this question, does it matter? do we have unique perspectives, the unique voice of people who were born and raised in upstate new york, in the district court's will that be will certainly congress edges becoming one of the group of democrats or a group of republicans were either individual voice will be totally lost. my supposition is green in congress we noticeable. national meet will pay attention. talk to issues that matter to workers. woolf: if you walk down the street in elizabethtown and ask almost anybody they're likely to know me. that's not just because of my for congress. my family has been there since i did safety. as i said in my opening my father's ashes are there. i've been there in every season for years and years. i rebuilt my home there. the kind of work i've done to the 20 in a north country sets me so part from a republican opponent. commu