5th Ward Candidates To Debate In Hoboken: 2019 Election

HOBOKEN, NJ — Get ready for some good, old-fashioned political debate in Hoboken’s 5th Ward.

On Tuesday, Oct. 15, Peter Biancamano of “The Pulse with Peter B.” will host a candidate debate for the 2019 election at the Mile Square Theater, 1400 Clinton Street. The event is open to the public. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the debate begins at 7:30 p.m.

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According to a news release from organizers, the event will feature the three candidates in Hoboken’s 5th Ward: Tim Crowell, Phil Cohen and Nicola Maganuco.

The debate will feature the candidates answering questions from Biancamano and the show’s political analyst, Joshua Sotomayor Einstein, as well as audience questions.

Candidates will be given 90 seconds for answers, 60 seconds for response, and 30 seconds for rebuttals. Audience questions will be taken in writing on index cards collected at the beginning of the debate and read to the candidates during the last half hour.

Einstein said the debate is an opportunity for the community in the ward and for the three candidates to “really have a dialogue on the issues.”

Biancamano, a born and raised Hobokenite, spent two terms as an elected Hoboken School Board Trustee.

“As someone who has been involved in the public conversation in Hoboken, I felt it important to really get into the issues in the only ward with no incumbents and three viable candidates,” Biancamano said. “It’s going to be a great night of solid questions and I’m sure the three candidates will bring solid answers.”

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