{"id":252748,"date":"2026-06-02T21:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252748\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:31:19","slug":"lander-and-goldman-face-off-in-first-ny-10-debate-key-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252748\/","title":{"rendered":"Lander and Goldman face off in first NY-10 debate: key takeaways"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad Lander and Rep. Dan Goldman faced off in the first debate<\/a> in their contentious Democratic primary in the NY-10<\/a> district.<\/p>\n

The rivals traded barbs<\/a> over Israel, immigration and even the Park Slope Food Coop in the hourlong televised showdown<\/a> that was tense but short on real fireworks and didn\u2019t produce any apparent knockout blows.<\/p>\n

Goldman, a two-term incumbent, accused Lander of being a job-shopping opportunist.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a moment for career politicians desperately seeking another job,\u201d Goldman said.<\/p>\n

Lander, who turned a losing mayoral campaign into an effective political alliance<\/a> with Mayor Mamdani, lumped Goldman in with the party\u2019s establishment that he said needs shaking up.<\/p>\n

\u201cit\u2019s time for new leadership in the Democratic Party. That\u2019s why I\u2019m running,\u201d Lander said.<\/p>\n

Here are five takeaways after the Spectrum News debate.<\/p>\n

Raining on Israel parade<\/p>\n

Lander hammered home his more progressive stance on Israel,<\/a> which most analysts believe could give him an edge in the district\u2019s many left-leaning neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

The former comptroller vowed to oppose military aid to the Jewish state<\/a> in Congress and said he\u2019s proud of his decision to shun the Israel Day Parade, which drew far right-wing ministers who support Israeli annexation of the West Bank and the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe won\u2019t recognize (the Gaza war) as genocide,\u201d Lander said of Goldman. \u201cHe\u2019s never used the word occupation to describe Israel\u2019s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BradBrad Lander, left, and Rep. Dan Goldman participate in the first debate in their contentious Democratic primary in the NY-10 district on Monday, June 1, 2026. (NY1)<\/p>\n

Goldman countered by noting that he has sharply criticized the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> even though he remains a staunch supporter of the Jewish state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael is not the most important issue in this district,\u201d Goldman said.<\/p>\n

Park Slope food fight<\/p>\n

The debate veered into the divisive dispute over the Park Slope Food Coop<\/a>, which recently voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli products.<\/p>\n

Goldman slammed Lander for what he derided as a mealy-mouthed stance<\/a> on the boycott push, which those in opposition assert boosts calls to wipe Israel off the map.<\/p>\n

\"BradBrad Lander, left, and Rep. Dan Goldman participate in the first debate in their contentious Democratic primary in the NY-10 district on Monday, June 1, 2026. (NY1)<\/p>\n

Lander opposed the resolution but said those who voted in favor of the boycott are not anti-semitic for launching a non-violent protest against Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of them are Jewish,\u201d Lander added.<\/p>\n

ICE, ICE baby<\/p>\n

The two candidates both touted their work pushing back against President Trump\u2019s mass deportation campaign. Goldman took credit for what he called results-oriented work performing oversight on an immigration jail in lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the one who is going to do the work and to make a difference,\u201d Goldman said<\/p>\n

He accused Lander of showboating with an attention-grabbing arrest<\/a> last year as he tried to protect an undocumented immigrant from detention.<\/p>\n

Lander said Goldman was late to the fight against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown, noting that the incumbent was quiet on calls to abolish ICE until the primary heated up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a \u2018Danny come lately,’\u201d Lander said.<\/p>\n

Go New York Go<\/p>\n

Both candidates said they would be rooting for the Knicks<\/a> when they start their NBA Finals series on Wednesday in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Goldman said he \u201cabsolutely\u201d plans to attend one of the games<\/a> at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

Lander got in a dig at his multimillionaire opponent by noting he\u2019ll be watching, but from a local bar, not the pricy courtside seats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no way I can afford those get-in prices,\u201d Lander said<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next in the race?<\/p>\n

Lander holds the lead in polls<\/a> of the district that spans lower Manhattan and a large swath of brownstone Brooklyn, where he is very well known and liked.<\/p>\n

The winner of the June 23 primary is almost certain to win a two-year term in the fall midterms over token Republican opposition.<\/p>\n

The next and last scheduled debate between the two rivals is planned for Monday, June 15 at 7 pm on WPIX television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brad Lander and Rep. Dan Goldman faced off in the first debate in their contentious Democratic primary in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[8069,98,5320,5200,10881,60,75,9,24,43847,63,94620,10783,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-252748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-brad-lander","tag-brooklyn","tag-dan-goldman","tag-debate","tag-democratic","tag-israel","tag-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny-10","tag-nyc","tag-park-slope-food-coop","tag-primary","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}