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With just under three weeks until New Yorkers choose their next mayor and socialist candidate, Zohran Mamdani, leading by double digits, the pressure was on independent candidate former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to break through to voters at Thursday night’s mayoral debate.

As such, much of the pressure throughout the 2-hour-long debate was on Mamdani.

Here were the top five moments from the debate.

1. Mamdani flips on Hamas

During the debate, Mamdani appeared to backtrack on his position about Hamas laying down their arms, saying, “Of course I believe that they should lay down their arms.”

Mamdani was responding to a question from a moderator who said his previous answer, which was made to Fox News anchor Martha MacCall

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