--- description: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continued to spar on Saturday about scheduling a debate in New York ahead of the state's primary title: Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Proposed New York Debate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef49c6d89725e807/69888d800a4a2271499c913c/clinton-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Proposed New York Debate  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2016 7:19 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton speaks in Madison, WI, in March 2016 (L); Bernie Sanders speaks in Seattle, WA, in March 2016. Hillary Clinton speaks in Madison, WI, in March 2016 (L); Bernie Sanders speaks in Seattle, WA, in March 2016.Scott Olson—Getty Images (L); Matt Mills McKnight—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2016 7:19 PM CUT Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continued to spar on Saturday over discussions about scheduling a debate in New York next week, [ahead of the state’s April 19 primary](http://time.com/4278071/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-gun-control-new-york/ "undefined"). Clinton’s campaign accused Sanders’s camp of rejecting three possible dates for a debate and using the ongoing discussion to attack the former Secretary of State. Sanders’s campaign, in turn, accused Clinton of rejecting other dates they proposed, [ABC News reported](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-campaign-accuses-bernie-sanders-playing-games/story?id=38106197 "undefined"). “Over the course of the last week, we have offered three specific dates for a debate in New York, all of which the Sanders campaign rejected,” Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said in a Saturday statement, according to the network “The Sanders campaign needs to stop with the games.” The talks began after the Sanders campaign [called for another debate](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-next-debate-221379 "undefined") ahead of the contested New York primary, Politico reported this week. Clinton’s campaign offered to debate Sanders during the coming week on Monday night, Thursday night or Friday on “Good Morning America.” “Unfortunately, the dates and venues she has proposed don’t make a whole lot of sense,” Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs shot back in a statement. “The idea that they want a debate in New York on a night of the NCAA finals—with Syracuse in the tournament no less—is ludicrous. We have proposed other dates which they have rejected. We hope we can reach agreement in the near future.” Syracuse is one of the schools competing in the March Madness Final Four games on Saturday. The winners will advance to Monday’s championship game. Fallon spoke out again against Sanders in a series of Tweets on Saturday, accusing the Vermont senator’s campaign of using the debate talks to “falsely attack Clinton to get headlines.” > [](https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/716290294635999232) > [](https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/716300771311140864) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/"},"headline":"Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Proposed New York Debate","datePublished":"2016-04-02T19:19:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:25:13.761Z","description":"The candidates are tussling over a possible new debate ahead of the state's primary","url":"https://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef49c6d89725e807/69888d800a4a2271499c913c/clinton-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef49c6d89725e807/69888d800a4a2271499c913c/clinton-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"clinton-sanders","caption":"Hillary Clinton speaks in Madison, WI, in March 2016 (L); Bernie Sanders speaks in Seattle, WA, in March 2016.","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images (L); Matt Mills McKnight—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/","name":"Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Proposed New York Debate"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch the CNN Univision Democratic Debate in Under 3 Minutes","description":"Watch the Democratic Debate in Under 3 Minutes","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UdzXOxuL/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-03-10T04:53:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UdzXOxuL.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/","duration":"PT2M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4279989/clinton-sanders-new-york-debate-schedule/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```