With Election Day less than two weeks away, time is running out for New York mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa to take down frontrunner Zohran Mamdani — and that’s exactly what they tried to do at the second and final debate of the race on Wednesday night. Things repeatedly got heated. Here are some highlights and takeaways.

. Cuomo finally showed up

After what were widely considered lackluster, low-energy performances in his previous debate appearances this year, Cuomo showed a lot more fire and seemed less flummoxed in this final debate. His attacks on Mamdani had more bite, his policy answers were sharper, and in general he seemed more like the politician people probably remember from before he was forced to resign as governor. He also seemed to feed off the live

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