Welcoming 2026 NFL Draft festivities to Pittsburgh next spring will be a good thing for the region, but the two candidates seeking to take over leadership of the city government in January say they want to make sure it’s more than a big party on the North Shore.

Republican candidate Tony Moreno and Democratic candidate Corey O’Connor faced off in a debate broadcast on WPXI-TV, a little more than a week before voters go to the polls Nov. 4 to choose a successor to Mayor Ed Gainey, who Mr. O’Connor defeated in the May Democratic primary. The two candidates also debated earlier in October, an event hosted by KDKA.

The discussion touched on a range of subjects from public safety and the next police chief to taxes, affordable housing and working with the city’s large nonprofits. For the most

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