NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Candidates vying to be mayor of NYC are gearing up for the final stretch.

Wednesday saw a flurry of campaign events-- with the dominant focus being on the issues of affordability, public safety, and if President Trump would put his finger on the scale of the race.

Democratic nominee for Mayor Zohran Mamdani rallied with hotel workers on the Upper East Side. Afterward, he took extensive questions for the first time in several days.

Mamdani has said he would not hire more cops, and de-emphasizing certain forms of aggressive policing, while using other resources to focus on the causes of crime, including gun violence, which has plagued the city in the past several weeks.

"The aggressive tactics I’ve taken issues with, are ones that have run afoul of the law," Mamda

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