Five Takeaways From The New York City Mayoral Debate

Our nonprofit newsroom relies on readers like you to power investigations like these. Join the community that powers NYC’s independent local news. Crosstalk, laughter and zingers peppered the live-and-lit final mayoral debate Wednesday night. Democratic Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, Republican Curtis Sliwa and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, sparred enthusiastically with each other in their last shared appearance before voters take to the polls on Saturday, when early voting starts. As Cuomo attempts to turn out Republican and independent voters, Sliwa has refused to suspend his campaign amid calls to drop out in order to unite anti-Mandani voters behind Cuomo.

Election Day is Nov. 4. Zohran Mamdani was pushed to provide specifics about his plans if he’s elected mayor of New York City in the campaign’s first fall debate, hammered by his two older rivals who painted him as... Much of the two hours on stage centered on Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist and clear front-runner in the polls. But there were so many back-and-forths that Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, started an answer just 15 minutes into the event by saying: “First of all, there’s high levels of testosterone in this room.” Mamdani didn’t answer exactly how he would afford his signature policies of freezing increases on rent-controlled apartments and making buses free, or how to square past comments on the police that he says don’t...

And he notably declined to back the reelection bid of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, one of the few major Democrats in the state to endorse him. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, said Mamdani’s “whole plan is based on a myth” of believing that Albany would pass new taxes to enable his... Sliwa called his ideas “fantasies.” But Cuomo had his own struggles to explain what new ideas he would bring to City Hall or the questions about sexual harassment and his handling of Covid-19 in... “What I don’t have in experience, I make up for in integrity,” Mamdani told Cuomo early on. “What you don’t have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience.”

With a large lead in voter polls, Zohran Mamdani fended off attacks from Andrew Como over Gaza, policing and his resume. With less than three weeks before the New York City mayoral race, the three leading candidates have squared off in the first of two televised debates. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani continues to enjoy a commanding lead in the polls, but the two-hour-long face-off on Thursday provided an opportunity for his rivals to make their case – and attempt to close... Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa levelled familiar lines of attack against the 34-year-old Mamdani, an assemblyman who emerged as a breakout star in the Democratic Party. While the contest is a municipal one, it carries national – if not international – implications. The first Democratic mayoral primary debate is in the books, with nine candidates coming to 30 Rockefeller Center to make their case to voters.

It marked the first time former governor Andrew Cuomo, who has been leading in the polls, squared off against the other candidates. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports. Nine Democratic candidates in the race to be the next mayor of New York City shared a debate stage on Wednesday night ahead of the June 24 primary. The candidates fielded questions about the future of New York City, including their plans to address affordability, public safety, education, artificial intelligence, the Trump administration and political regrets. Virtually every candidate (with the exception of Jessica Ramos and Whitney Tilson) went after the former governor after finally getting a face-to-face opportunity. Standing at the center podium, Cuomo seemed prepared to parry Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander, but appeared a little more caught off guard by Michael Blake, who re-centered the issue of the former governor’s...

The second and final mayoral debate on Thursday featured clashes between frontrunners Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani as Brad Lander, who’s polling in third place, sought to raise his profile after a New York... Cuomo and Mamdani traded attacks on age, experience and donor bases, with exchanges sometimes delving into the personal. Lander took jabs at Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations and handling of the pandemic as governor. The debate, hosted by NY1, WNYC Radio and The City, was the last showdown among the candidates before early voting begins Saturday. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, former Comptroller Scott Stringer and ex-hedge fund owner Whitney Tilson also appeared on the debate stage.

Here are five key takeaways from the evening: Cuomo, 67, attacked Mamdani as inexperienced and unprepared for the challenges of City Hall, a theme Cuomo’s campaign has been hitting hard in the final stretch of the campaign.

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