On Thursday, October 16, New Yorkers and people watching the city’s mayor, Democratic Nominee Mamdani, former New York Gov. Andrew Nominee Curtis Sliwa discussed New York City’s November 4 election.
The debate will begin at 7:00 pm tonight at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. NBC 4 New York / WNBC, Telemundo 47 / Wnju and Politico New York are partnering to host the debate.
The hotly contested three-way race is between Mamdani of a state act; Cuomo, who ran as an independent after losing the Democratic primary; and Sliwa, 71, founder of the Guardian Angels, a group that patrols the city for crime. Mayor Eric Adams, a former independent candidate, ended his bid for re-election at the end of last month.
A win for Mamdani could inform how Democrats will rate carts in the upcoming national elections and next year.
Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, managed to name Cuomo in New York, now a household name in New York, and currently a household name on the ballot. (Both Cuomo and Sliwa hope to regain that ground and connect with voters tonight.)
Mamdani is running on a platform that addresses some of the key economic issues that are some of the key terms of Trump’s second term: high inflation, high living and high housing prices. Mamdani wants to reduce housing costs in New York City by raising rents, building more affordable housing and catching bad landlords. It also wants to address rising food prices with a chain of city-owned grocery stores.
How can I watch the NYC mayoral debate?
Traditional television subscribers can catch the debate on WNBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza, WNBC-TV, and WNBC’s and WNCU-TV’s streaming and digital platforms, including streaming channels N.BC 4 New York and Telemundo Noreste.
Only the first of the two hours will air on WNBC and WNJU. The debate will be broadcast in its entirety on the streaming platforms of NBC 4 New York and Telemundo.
Each broadcast will be translated into Spanish for the WNJU audience and will include a sign language interpreter and closed captioning for the hearing impaired for both the WNBC and WNJU audiences.
Many news outlet websites also discuss, including politics and controversy New York TimesIt will also provide real-time commentary and analysis from its correspondents.