Sen. Chuck Schumer agrees to televised debate with GOP opponent ahead of 2022 election

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will debate his Republican opponent, 39-year-old Joe Pinion, just over a week before the November midterm election.

Although Schumer has never formally acknowledged his opponent in the press, the Democrat powerhouse has agreed to face off against Pinion in a televised debate on Spectrum News moderated by "Inside City Hall" host Errol Louis and "Capital Tonight" host Susan Arbetter, the cable network tweeted.

Pinion's campaign said he looks forward to pressing Schumer on his "leadership failure," which he claims contributed to an "uptick in crime" and led to a rise in the number of New Yorkers moving out of the state. 

A 2022 study released by national moving company United Van Lines ranked New York as third in the country for highest rates of outbound migration, with the number of residents leave the state almost double the number moving in.