Historic Brooklyn Navy Yard site chosen for Dems’ Brooklyn debate
Each Candidate Claims the Other 'Was Wary of Doing This Debate'
Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to meet for a Democratic presidential primary debate on CNN and NY1 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday, April 14.
With the Brooklyn campaign headquarters of each candidate just a mile or so apart, Clinton and Sanders will be fighting over national issues in a historic Brooklyn setting that brings to mind other great battles.
For example, the famous Civil War ship the Monitor visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard to be commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1862 after being constructed at the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint. In addition, numerous famed World War II vessels were launched and refitted in the same setting.