Early voting begins this weekend in the critical 2025 NYC mayor's race between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.

One of these three men, once all the votes are counted on Nov. 4, will become the 111th mayor of New York City on Jan. 1. amNewYork sought to interview all three candidates in order to inform readers of the choices — giving them a sense of what each candidate stands for, and the kind of leader they hope to be at City Hall the next four years.

For each interview, amNewYork brought together a team of editors and reporters from this publication and other citywide outlets in Schneps Media, our parent company, to meet with the candidates individually. Ahead of each meeting, the team formulated

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