State Sen. Toby Stavisky (l. to r.) joins her campaign opponents, John Messer and Isaac Sasson, in a candidates forum at a meeting of the Queensboro Hill Civic Association. Photo by Connor Adams Sheets

Stavisky stands by her record during forums

The Democratic candidates in the race for state Sen. Toby Stavisky’s (D-Whitestone) seat appeared together twice in Flushing last week to air their views, answer questions and take jabs at one another as the Sept. 14 primary draws near.

For the first couple months of the campaign, Stavisky, Oakland Gardens attorney John Messer and New York Lottery winner and former chemistry professor Isaac Sasson of Flushing largely avoided appearing at events together, but they verbally sparred Aug. 24 at a MinKwon Center-sponsored event, then again at the Aug. 25 Queensboro Hill Civic Association meeting.

The candidates’ forums, as they were dubbed by the host groups, allowed the three rivals to...

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