It wasn’t exactly unexpected, but the insults flew as the three mayoral candidates–Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa–duked it out in New York City’s first televised mayoral debate this week.

Mamdani and Cuomo were mostly focused on jousting with one another, while Sliwa (sans his iconic red beret) took the opportunity to antagonistically jab at both of his opponents.

“Zohran Mamdani seemed poised, prepared, and forward looking. He focused like a laser on the issues that New Yorkers care about like affordability. He had plans, he was ready to describe how he wants to implement those plans,” said Maurice Mitchell, national director for the Working Families Party (WFP) at a civics bingo night held at Bunnan restaurant in Brooklyn on Oct

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