while in office in Uganda that allowed <\/a>for severe penalties against gay people in the country<\/p>\nCuomo and Mamdani will be sharing the stage with the beret-wearing GOP firebrand Curtis Sliwa \u2014 whose years of on-air experience as a radio host will set up plenty of pithy zingers.<\/p>\n
A potential unusual alliance between Cuomo and the Republican nominee could rattle Mamdani, politicos opined.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething to watch for is can Curtis and Cuomo coordinate \u2014 intentionally or unintentionally \u2014 and put Mamdani on his back feet,\u201d the insider said. <\/p>\n
Cuomo and Sliwa could rattle Mamdani, politicos opined. Robert Miller<\/p>\n
\u201cCurtis is a good debater, and he\u2019s got some good one-liners,\u201d they added. \u201cBut if it\u2019s just a slugfest between the three, it\u2019s not going to move the needle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other pundits also said they believe the political sparring will do little to change voters\u2019 minds \u2014 but that the debate will make for some good TV.<\/p>\n
\u201cCandidate impressions are set. So the debates probably won\u2019t move the polls,\u201d said longtime Democratic strategist Ken Frydman. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut they will be good political theater,\u201d Frydman said. \u201cCuomo will jab Mamdani, the socialist, Israel-hater, who\u2019s old friends with an anti-gay politician in Uganda. Mamdani will counterpunch with Cuomo\u2019s COVID failure and sexual harassment allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite his commanding lead in the polls, Mamdani has yet to crack 50% of support from New Yorkers in any survey. Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n
Viewers should note, NBC will carry only the first hour on cable before switching over to a three-hour block of \u201cLaw & Order\u201d at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
To continue watching the debate between the candidates vying to run the largest city in the country, New Yorkers will have to shift over to a digital stream.<\/p>\n
When and where is the debate taking place?<\/p>\n
The debate will start at 7 p.m. Thursday and will be hosted at 30 Rockefeller Center studios.<\/p>\n
A general view of an NBC peacock logo sign as seen at NBC Studios Headquarters located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, NY on June 4, 2025. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n
It is hosted by NBC 4 New York\/WNBC, Telemundo 47\/WNJU and POLITICO New York.<\/p>\n
How to watch the debate:<\/p>\n
The first hour of the debate will be broadcast on cable on NBC and Telemundo. At 8 p.m., it will air on NBC\u2019s digital streaming service only. Poltico and the Campaign Finance Board will also stream the full debate.<\/p>\n
Who is participating?<\/p>\n
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/p>\n
Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa<\/p>\n
Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo<\/p>\n
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Will there be another debate?<\/p>\n
Yes. There will be a second debate next Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. on NY1. <\/p>\n
Will there be an audience?<\/p>\n
No. NBC will not have a studio audience or any journalists in the crowd, similar to how it structured the debate during the primary.<\/p>\n
What do the polls say?<\/p>\n
The most recent survey had Mamdani in first with 46%, Cuomo in second with 33% and Sliwa in third with 15%. Roughly 14% of voters remain undecided, according the Quinnipiac University poll<\/a> released last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Cuomo is set to unleash a barrage of attacks at Zohran Mamdani during the first mayoral debate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80,154,4117,57,9,56,63,65,1093,563,64,58,82],"class_list":["post-4658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-curtis-sliwa","tag-debates","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-mayoral-election","tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","tag-nyc-news","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}