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Five takeaways from the fiery New York City mayoral debate Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa will face off again next week for a final showdown ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

Oct. 17, 2025, 2:33 PM EDT

By Allison Detzel

With just weeks until Election Day, the New York City mayoral candidates, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa , faced off in a fiery debate on Thursday evening, when they clashed over the affordability crisis, governmental experience, the Israel-Hamas war and Donald Trump , among other issues.

Here are some of the top moments from Thursday’s two-hour debate, hosted by NBC News New York and Telemundo New Yor

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