Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that he won’t participate in any debates in the New York City mayor’s race other than two next month that were organized by the local campaign finance board.

In a video, the Democratic nominee said he’ll skip out on “unofficial” debates that pop up, but that his rival candidates can fight it out between themselves.

“In the meantime, I won’t be at this televised circus,” Mamdani added.

Instead, Mamdani said he would instead bring “town halls directly to New Yorkers struggling to afford their city.”

He is set to appear at a town hall in Brooklyn on Saturday with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leading progressive who endorsed Mamdani ahead of the primary.

The decision came as other candidates in the race — former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams an

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