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NYC Mayoral Candidates Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa. <\/p>\n
Photos by Jonathan Portee<\/p>\n
With just under two weeks to go until the start of New York City\u2019s early voting period, the three major candidates for mayor<\/a> are beginning to make their final pitch to voters.<\/p>\n The remaining candidates \u2014 Democratic nominee and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa \u2014 are looking at a narrower field since Mayor Eric Adams dropped his independent bid for reelection.<\/p>\n Here is how the candidates spent Sunday on the campaign trail.\n<\/p>\n Cuomo endorsed by 70 faith leaders<\/p>\n Cuomo, who is looking to redeem himself in November\u2019s general election following an unexpected primary defeat at the hands of Mamdani, boasted on Sunday of the endorsements of 70 reverends, pastors, bishops, and apostles across New York City\u2019s five boroughs.<\/p>\n The former governor, who normally makes public church visits on Sundays, celebrated the endorsements in a news release.\n<\/p>\n \u201cFaith leaders are the backbone of our communities: they feed the hungry, lift up families, and help heal our city\u2019s soul,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cI am honored to have the support of so many respected pastors, bishops, and apostles who share a mission to make New York safer, stronger, and more compassionate. Together, we will rebuild this city from the ground up, with faith, hope, and action.\u201d<\/p>\n The endorsers include 18 leaders from Brooklyn, 36 from The Bronx, seven from Manhattan, three from Queens, and three from Staten Island. In the primary, Cuomo was the top vote-getter in Staten Island and The Bronx, losing to Mamdani in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew Cuomo has always shown up for our communities \u2014 in good times and in crisis,\u201d said Reverend Dr. Renee F. Washington Gardner of Memorial Baptist Church in Sunday\u2019s news release. \u201cHe understands that real leadership means bringing people together, not dividing them. We need a mayor who listens, who respects faith, and who knows how to deliver results for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to endorsements from faith leaders, the former governor boasted an endorsement<\/a> from the New York State Italian American Political Action Committee.<\/p>\n Cuomo did not make any public campaign stops on Sunday. Although the candidate\u2019s polling has improved since Adams partially cleared the field late last month, Cuomo is still polling significantly behind Mamdani with 23 days to go until Election Day on Nov. 4.<\/p>\n Mamdani criticized for foreign donations<\/p>\n Mamdani had no public campaign schedule for Sunday, a break from his routine of publicized church visits and canvassing events. However, he made an early afternoon address at Riverside Church in Morningside Heights and was scheduled to speak at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n The democratic socialist took heat Sunday morning for campaign finance documents reported by the New York Post, revealing that Mamdani\u2019s campaign had received<\/a> about $13,000 in donations from individuals with addresses outside the United States. By law, any contribution provided to a campaign by foreign nationals must be returned, except for those made by legal permanent residents of the US.<\/p>\n Mamdani\u2019s campaign, which has returned about half the donations, according to the documents, told the Post it would \u201cof course return any donations that are not in compliance with CFB law.\u201d<\/p>\n The Queens assembly member continued on Sunday to criticize Cuomo\u2019s response to last week\u2019s federal indictment of New York State Attorney General Letitia James.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump\u2019s authoritarianism,\u201d Mamdani wrote in a Sunday X post<\/a> about Cuomo\u2019s Friday remarks on Pix11.<\/p>\n Mamdani is holding a comfortable lead in most polls<\/a> with just over three weeks until election day.<\/p>\n Sliwa attends Columbus Day wreath-laying<\/p>\n Sliwa \u2014 who is consistently polling in third place out of three major candidates \u2014 continued his high-energy campaign on Sunday, joining the Columbus Citizens Foundation, the NYPD Columbia Association, and the National Council of Columbian Associations in Civil Service in the annual Columbus Day wreath laying at Columbus Circle.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 1892, Italian Americans raised funds to build and gift this monument to the City at a time when they faced open discrimination and fought for respect and inclusion,\u201d Sliwa wrote in a Sunday post on X<\/a>. \u201cCalls to remove their gift are disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n