Nexstar Televises Meeting With N.Y. Reps On Fed Response

Nexstar stations in New York put eight U.S. Representatives from upstate New York congressional districts on the virtual hot seat Tuesday night during a live town hall meeting.

Nearly 23,000 people in New York have died from the coronavirus,  three times higher than any other state.

COVID-19: Congressional Town Hall was live streamed and broadcast across Nexstar stations covering 49 counties of upstate New York, bringing together more than 6 million viewers.

The stations and websites that carried the town hall meeting:

Due to restrictions on large gatherings, the representatives appeared remotely.

The New York Representatives who appeared:

• U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-19)
• U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-20)
• U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-21)
• U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D-22)
• U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-23)
• U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-24)
• U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle (D-25)
• U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins (D-26)

Viewers were invited to submit questions to the representatives via social media, and preference was given to those questions submitted on social media as videos rather than texts.

“The unprecedented unique format of this Town Hall will bring together viewers across upstate New York, providing them with the latest information about the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak and giving them a chance to ask questions,” said Tim Busch, Nexstar’s president.

“We are grateful to each of these representatives for their participation and for allowing Nexstar Broadcasting’s vast New York market operations to deliver this special event to viewers across a significant footprint of the state.”