… my voters and wanted to delay the special election, you know, until they wanted to have it for months. For nine months they were going to delay it. Even though In New York State the law is very clear that it happens to happen within less than 100 days. The law is specific between 70 to 90 days since the vacancy. But it was Kathy Hochul working with Hakeem Jeffries, who wanted to literally not allow my consent constituents to have a member of Congress to vote on their behalf. (11:29–11:35)
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Asserts that New York State law requires special elections to occur within 70 to 90 days of a vacancy.
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