Candidates Forum Sunday

With the Nov. 8 election looming, Concerned Citizens of Montauk will host its 46th annual meet the candidates forum on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Montauk School gymnasium. Peter Lowenstein of the group’s board will moderate the forum, which is free and open to the public. 

Representative Lee Zeldin, a Republican seeking re-election in New York’s First Congressional District, and his opponent, former Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, will appear in the event’s first hour. Mr. Lowenstein will question the candidates, with a focus on environmental issues. The forum will then be opened to audience members, who can question the candidates on any topic. 

Ms. Throne-Holst will appear on the Democratic and Working Families ballot lines. In addition to the Republican ballot line, Mr. Zeldin will appear on the Conservative, Independence, and Reform Party lines. 

The second hour will feature State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, the incumbent in the Senate’s District 1, and his Democratic opponent, Greg Fischer, as well as Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who is seeking re-election in District 1 on the Democratic, Independence, Working Families, and Women’s Equality Party tickets. Mr. Thiele’s Republican opponent, Heather Collins, will not attend. Mr. Thiele defeated Ms. Collins and Brian DeSesa, who ran on the Conservative Party ticket, in 2014.

Mr. Zeldin and Ms. Throne-Holst will face off again on Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Suffolk Community College’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center in Riverhead. The event is an environmental forum co-hosted by the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Defend H2O, and Save the Sound.