{"id":19009,"date":"2025-10-27T21:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/19009\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:23:06","slug":"up-close-with-bill-ritter-democratic-nyc-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/19009\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Close with Bill Ritter: Democratic NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; On this special edition of Up Close with Bill Ritter, we continue to count down to the New York City mayoral election, which is now just eight days away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ahead of the November general election, we are sitting down with the New York City mayoral candidates to have a conversation about issues facing the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Democratic candidate for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, joins us on this episode.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE UPDATES: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/live-updates\/vote-2025-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa-race-nyc-mayor-sherrill-ciattarelli-fight-nj-governor-more-live-updates\/18076803\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vote 2025 | Race for NYC mayor<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Watch &#8216;Up Close&#8217; Sundays at 11:00 a.m. on Channel 7 and wherever you stream ABC 7 New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo joined us earlier this month. You can watch his full interview with Eyewitness News anchor Bill Ritter below:<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/close-bill-ritter-independent-nyc-mayoral-candidate-andrew-cuomo\/18027786\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Up Close: Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On this special edition of Up Close with Bill Ritter, we continue to count down to the New York City mayoral election, which is now less than three weeks away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa also joined us ahead of Election Day. You can watch his full interview below:<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/close-bill-ritter-republican-nyc-mayoral-candidate-curtis-sliwa\/17931491\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Up Close: Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A special edition of Up Close with Bill Ritter this week, with the election now just more than four weeks away.<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE TO THE UP CLOSE PODCAST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Discover more podcasts from abc7NY here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">WATCH: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Up Close on our Connected TV apps for Fire, Roku, Apple TV and Android TV.  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