New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani (D), Curtis Sliwa (R) and Andrew Cuomo (I) are set to face off in the first of two general election debates on Thursday in the race to succeed New York City Mayor Eric Adams — the first time all three are convening after the mayor exited the race.

Mamdani, Sliwa and Cuomo will participate in a debate hosted by NBC 4 New York/WNBC, Telemundo 47/WNJU and Politico starting at 7 p.m. EDT. A second debate is scheduled for Wednesday.

Adams announced in late September that he would be forgoing reelection, consolidating the field largely into a three-person race. The New York City mayor has yet to endorse Cuomo, though recent polling has suggested the former New York governor enjoyed a small bump from Adams’s exit.

But Mamdani is still comfortably

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