With 16 days to go before the election, the candidates are trying to take advantage of every remaining second on the campaign trail to convince voters they're the best person for the job.

New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa tried to blunt Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani's momentum during a contentious first general election debate Thursday.

The first mayoral general election debate was two hours filled with attacks, jibes and wild stories as Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo went all out to make their mark.

New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa tried to blunt Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s momentum during a highly contentious first general election debate Thursday evening.

With Election Day in NYC just 14 days away, the pressure is building on Republican Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the mayoral race in order to set up a one-on-one matchup between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo.

Curtis Sliwa says he's staying in the race. Last week, Andrew Cuomo said Sliwa staying would make it very hard for him to beat frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

New York City’s mayoral candidates have duked it out in their first general election debate, with contenders Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa sparring over everything from the Israel-Hamas war to the city’s education system.

The New York City mayoral debate was less than two minutes old before the first mention of U.S. President Donald Trump.Asked to imagine an ideal headline a year into his hypothetical term running the largest city in the country,