The three candidates for NYC mayor — Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa — lobbed sharp attacks at each other during Wednesday’s second, and final, mayoral debate in Queens.
Mamdani , the Democratic frontrunner, came into the evening with polls showing him solidly in the lead. Cuomo, an independent candidate, was seeking to tear into lead wherever he could, often attacking Mamdani’s lack of experience in government.
Cuomo accused Mamdani of being immature and of sowing division in New York City, while Mamdani knocked Cuomo as a “desperate man lashing out” and “Trump’s puppet.”
Republican Sliwa, who’s been facing pressure to drop out of the race with the aim of handing his voters over to Cuomo, played a spoiler role, doling out attacks to both candidates.
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