The three New York City mayoral candidates met up for their first debate that saw them trading sharp jabs.
Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa went at it for two hours Thursday night. Topics included public safety, affordable housing, and the ability to stand up to President Trump.
There were many terse exchanges, but mostly the candidates stuck to their familiar themes. Mamdani took on Cuomo repeatedly and again and again brought things back to affordability, Cuomo touted his experience and Mamdani’s lack of it, and Sliwa took aim at both Mamdani and Cuomo and complained early on that he was being marginalized…