Sliwa goes on the attack, Mamdani and Cuomo lay down their arms

And then there were three.

Roughly 24 hours after Mayor Eric Adams announced he was ending his bid for a second term, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa assembled in Harlem Monday evening for one of the first mayoral forums of the general election.

Unlike the official televised mayoral debates to come next month, the three men took to the stage one at a time, avoiding any explosive face-to-face confrontations. In fact, both Cuomo and Mamdani steered clear of attacking each other, directing their ire toward the Trump administration instead. Sliwa, the first founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, had no such reservations. He seemed to relish the opportunity to attack his fellow candidates on several occasions.

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