The first televised mayoral debate on Thursday offered little surprises or new insight into the candidates’ positions, as front-runner Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo stuck to their platforms while trading barbs at each other for two hours.

Sliwa and Mamdani took turns taking jabs at Cuomo, who has a longer governing resume as the former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Governor of New York. Cuomo, running as an Independent, had to defend his sexual harassment lawsuits and his relationship with billionaire donors and President Donald Trump.

“If you want more of the same, vote for Andrew Cuomo,” Mamdani said, noting Cuomo’s “lack of integrity.”

However, Cuomo and Republican nominee Sliwa also repeatedly mentioned Mamdani’s lack of experi

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