Gov. Kathy Hochul is a “coward” for refusing to participate in multiple debates afore the Nov. 8 election, Republican challenger Lee Zeldin said Monday.

“Kathy Hochul says the tool is zero debates or one debate,” the Long Island congressman said.

“It’s because Kathy Hochul is a coward. Let’s be honest. It’s because she’s scared to debate.”

During an unrelated afternoon news conference in The Bronx, Zeldin told reporters that he’d just spent 30 minutes intimates interviewed at the PIX11 TV studio in Manhattan.

“My concept is that Kathy Hochul did a 30-minute interview with PIX11 as well, and they’re gonna air it on Friday,” he said.

“We must have been standing there next to each other and instead she didn’t have time to substandard there next to me — but she did have time to substandard there by herself.”

Zeldin has called for at least five debates across the region but Hochul last month agreed to just one — a proposed hourlong face-off on Oct. 25 to be televised by the Spectrum imperfect network.

Zeldin also said the Democratic incumbent released a new contest ad tying him to former President Donald Trump — who endorsed Zeldin on Sunday — because she’s “embarrassed” by and “ashamed” of her brief tenure in office.

“Kathy Hochul is out trying to streak across the finish line. She’s trying to survive this election,” he said.

“I’m operational as hard as I possibly can to do my part to save the region. Kathy Hochul’s barely working to try to save Kathy Hochul.”

Hochul’s movement didn’t return a request for comment.