The first New York City mayoral general election debate will take place at 30 Rock in a matter of hours. NBC 4 New York/WNBC, Telemundo 47/WNJU, and POLITICO New York will host the debate, after being selected to do so by the Campaign Finance Board.

New York City’s three mayoral candidates - Independent Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, and Republican Curtis Sliwa - faced off Thursday (October 16) night in the first general election debate i...

Mr. Mamdani drew attention to Mr. Cuomo’s attacks over his rent-stabilized apartment in Queens.

Thursday’s debate will also mark the first time the two candidates have met since it became public that in 2022, Jones sent texts to a Republican colleague speculating about a hypothetical scenario i...

But one matter overshadowed it all: Jones’ leaked text messages endorsing political violence toward a former colleague.