The New York City mayoral general election debate came and went, with three candidates looking to make a big impression in the leadup to Election Day. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa faced off.

The New York City mayoral debate was less than two minutes old before the first mention of U.S. President Donald Trump.Asked to imagine an ideal headline a year into his hypothetical term running the largest city in the country,

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman called on NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the race on Friday, citing a Polymarket graph showing Mamdani with 90% odds to win.

Three candidates have qualified for tonight's debate - state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa - the founder of crime-fighting volunteer group the Guardian Angels. Mamdani is leading by double digits according to several pre-election polls. Cuomo reignited his campaign as an independent.

Harry Enten declared the New York City mayoral race is "pretty much over" following Thursday's debate unless Andrew Cuomo pulls off something "unprecedented."

President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to major American cities loomed large over Thursday night’s New York City mayoral debate.