HAPPENING TONIGHT: How to watch the NYC Mayoral Debate

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Who will be the next mayor of the largest city in America?

  • Zohran Mandani, 33 – A Muslim man born in Uganda who has only been a US citizen since 2018 and is a Democrat socialist
  • Andrew Cuomo, 67 – A former Democrat governor now running as an Independent
  • Curtis Sliwa, 71 – A Republican who is currently polling last in the race

They will all be on stage for a fiery debate, starting at 7:00 p.m. ET TONIGHT.

From the New York Times: Coming just over a week before early voting begins in New York City, Thursday night’s mayoral debate will provide one of the last chances for the candidates to shake up the race.

Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman and the Democratic nominee, will walk onto the debate stage with a double-digit lead in polls that may prove difficult for his challengers to surmount.

Both of his rivals — former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is running as an independent after losing the primary to Mr. Mamdani, and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee — are hoping to gain ground. They will be looking to create major moments that could resonate with voters, particularly in the wake of Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to end his own independent campaign.

By this point, all three candidates are familiar to many voters, but the debate, which is being hosted by NBC 4 New York/WNBC, Telemundo 47/WNJU and Politico New York, will bring them onto one stage for the first time.

The debate is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. Thursday. It will take place at WNBC’s 30 Rockefeller Center studios, but there will not be a live audience.

NBC4 New York announced: Each broadcast will be translated into Spanish for WNJU audiences and will also include a sign-language interpreter and closed captioning access for the hearing impaired for both WNBC and WNJU audiences.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In March 2025, an appeals court struck down a noncitizen voting law that allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections. The Court of Appeals ruled the law is unconstitutional.  ABC7NY News had reported that, since 2022, about 800,000 noncitizens had been able to vote for mayor, city council members and other local officials.

NBC New York has posted a video on YouTube where the debate is supposed to be will be live-streamed:

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