NYC mayoral debate live updates: Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa face off
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Break out the boxing gloves.
The three remaining candidates for New York City mayor — Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa — will face off Thursday in the first debate of the general election.
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The city that never sleeps is holding its breath as a mayoral election — just two weeks away, on Nov. 4 — could put New York City on a completely new trajectory.
Thursday night will be the first debate with the winnowed field of three candidates: Democratic nominee Mamdani, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and independent Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York.
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Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani has clarified that his public apology for calling NYPD cops racists was more about the “language” he used at the time.
The Democratic socialist, who recently offered an apology of sorts for his past harsh criticism of New York’s Finest, addressed the controversial remarks in an interview with “The Daily” podcast that aired Thursday.
“What I’m apologizing is for the language that I’ve used,” Mamdani said when asked to clarify whether he was expressing regret over “the language” or “the thinking” behind his prior attacks on cops, in which he labeled them “racist” and “a major threat to public safety.”
Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani has gone from backbencher in the state Legislature to being on the verge of leading the Big Apple in a matter of months after a dominating campaign.
The 33-year-old Queens assemblyman clinched the Democratic mayoral nomination after wiping out a series of establishment pols – including ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo – in the June primary.
Mamdani clinched the Democratic Mayoral nomination following a heated primary. James Keivom
The proud socialist is now polling ahead of his foes in the Nov. 4 election, leading up to the two debates in the general race set for Oct. 16 and Oct. 22.
Andrew Cuomo is set to unleash a barrage of attacks on Zohran Mamdani during the first mayoral debate of the New York City general election Thursday — as the political veteran tries to catch up to the front-runner.
The former governor will likely try to jump-start his struggling, second-place campaign by pouncing on the far-left Democratic nominee, including over his pro-prostitution stance and his controversial photo posing with an anti-LBGTQ Uganda official, pundits said.
Pundits said Cuomo is likely to attack Mamdani (above) over his photo with an anti-LGBTQ Uganda official, among other things. Evan Agostini/Invision/APExperts said Cuomo will have to balance his attacks during the debate with not coming off as an arrogant blowhard. Paul Martinka
“Cuomo will be working feverishly to throw Mamdani off balance and expose him as the radical he says he is,” said Andrew Kirtzman, a longtime communications strategist.
“But I have yet to see Mamdani get tripped up on anything significant this campaign — he’s phenomenally fast on his feet.”
