Here's what the candidates said in the first and only New York special election debate

Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi and Republican Nassau County legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip squared off last week in the first and only debate of their race to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos — a heated affair that underscored the contest’s national stakes.

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