With just over two weeks away from the New York City mayoral election, all three candidates continue to forge their own path on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n
Democratic nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is still looking for a very important endorsement.<\/p>\n
Mamdani has a commanding lead over Cuomo in the polls, but was out in Queens on Sunday looking to put a nail in the coffin.<\/p>\n
“What I’m hearing from New Yorkers time and time again is that they want a change in their politics, they want a city that can be more than a place where they struggle and they’re seeing that no matter – for all the discussion of who’s on the ballot – it’s more of a question of what’s on the ballot,” said Mamdani.<\/p>\n
On that ballot is also going to be Curtis Sliwa. The Republican candidate joined the Sheepshead Bay community on Sunday in protest of a shelter on Coyle Street.<\/p>\n
“My opponents – they want to destroy residential neighborhoods with the ‘City of Yes’ — both Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo,” said Sliwa.<\/p>\n
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, joined Bill Ritter on ‘Up Close’ this week<\/a>, trying to swat away Curtis Sliwa as if he was a gnat disrupting his campaign.<\/p>\n “Curtis Sliwa cannot win the race. He was put on by the Republican Party bosses. I believe he’s there as a spoiler,” said Cuomo, “A vote for Curtis Sliwa is, in my opinion, in essence, a vote for Zohran Mamdani.”<\/p>\n Sliwa said that Cuomo ‘needs to blame himself.’<\/p>\n “For the last nine days, he hasn’t even been campaigning,” said Sliwa.<\/p>\n Cuomo continues to position himself as the most effective leader in dealing with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n “My opponent says well we will sue. Go look at Portland, look at Chicago. Suing doesn’t work. President Trump gets sued 17 times a day before he brushes his teeth. You’re not going to slow him down by suing the federal government. You have to stop the action from happening,” Cuomo said.<\/p>\n Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist who has the backing of several major Democrats, has been missing a key endorsement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.<\/p>\n “We’ll certainly more to say about the mayor’s race and about our democratic nominee prior to early voting beginning,” Jeffries said.<\/p>\n Jeffries had previously referenced some policy differences he has with Mamdani, specifically on the Democratic party’s economic vision.<\/p>\n Early voting is set to begin on Saturday October 25.<\/p>\n ———- Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n
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