In their last face-off before New Yorkers vote, US Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa sparred bitterly over credibility, integrity and leadership. The debate, their second and final one, saw fiery exchanges and personal attacks, as each tried to prove they were best suited to lead the US city.

Mamdani, the frontrunner and a democratic socialist, sought to stay above the rest by focusing on affordability and housing. Cuomo, running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, leaned heavily on his experience while trying to shake off the sexual harassment allegations that ended his governorship.

Sliwa, the Republican founder of the Guardian Angels, presented himself as the straight-talking alternative to both.

While the deba

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