NYC Mayoral Debate Dramatic Moments: Cuomo & Mamdani Trade Blows while Sliwa Criticizes Both

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The first New York City mayoral debate of 2025 saw frontrunners Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis Sliwa clash over key issues including housing, city noise, Trump, and policy priorities. Mamdani and Cuomo repeatedly confronted each other on their records and visions for the city, while Sliwa criticized both, making the debate a fiery showdown of ideas and personalities. The event set the tone for a high-stakes race to lead America’s biggest city, with sharp exchanges and dramatic moments keeping viewers on edge.    #NYCMayoralDebate #ZohranMamdani #AndrewCuomo #CurtisSliwa #NYCPolitics #Election2025 #Trump #HousingCrisis #CityNoise #Frontrunners #PoliticalShowdown #BreakingNews #NYCElection #DebateHighlights #MayorRace

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00:00First, thank you very much for sponsoring the debate and having all of us.

00:04The one headline, how many characters in the headline?

00:08You know, you're familiar with headline length.

00:10Rent down, comma, crime down, comma, education scores up, comma, more jobs in New York City.

00:21Now we're getting maybe a little over the average headline length, but...

00:25Optimism high.

00:26Good.

00:27Thank you very much, and thank you for the question.

00:30First, you are right, I left office.

00:34There was a report that was done that had allegations of harassment.

00:37I said at the time it was a political report and that there was no basis to it.

00:44It was then sent to five district attorneys.

00:46They all reviewed it.

00:47They found nothing.

00:48It was then litigated for five years.

00:51I was dropped from the cases.

00:53So none of that came to anything.

00:55When it comes to executive experience, I've run the Department of Housing and Urban Development, built housing all across the nation.

01:02I was governor for 11 years.

01:04The budget is double what it is in New York City, and I got government to work.

01:10I passed groundbreaking laws, minimum wage, paid family leave, built projects that had never been built before.

01:17This is no job for on-the-job training.

01:21And if you look at the failed mayors, they're ones that had no management experience.

01:26Don't do it again.

01:27If I can, I think I was invoked.

01:30In other words, what the assemblyman said is he has no experience.

01:34And this is not a job for someone who has no management experience to run 300,000 people, no financial experience to run, $115 billion budget.

01:43He literally has never had a job.

01:45On his resume, it says he interned for his mother.

01:47However, this is not a job for a first-timer.

01:52Any day, you could have a hurricane, you could have, God forbid, a 9-11, a health pandemic.

01:58If you don't know what you're doing...

01:59Thank you, Mr. Paul.

02:00Okay.

02:01First, I never had a conversation with the president that the assemblyman's talking about.

02:06But he has a distant relationship with the truth.

02:10I would say to the president in the first conversation, look, we have had many, many battles.

02:15I fought with, we fought together every day during COVID.

02:19And the battles were bloody.

02:23And I'd like to avoid them.

02:25You know, if you come after New York, you know what I'm going to do.

02:29You know it's going to be ugly.

02:31And, you know, my chances are almost 50-50, even though you're the president.

02:36I'd like to work with you.

02:38I think we can do good things together.

02:40But, number one, I will fight you every step of the way if you try to hurt New York.

02:45Do you have other questions on this issue that you may be able to address?

02:47Go ahead.

02:47I did applaud President Trump and his administration.

02:51I think it was a great accomplishment.

02:52I hope the peace holds.

02:54The assemblyman will not denounce Hamas.

02:56The assemblyman will not denounce Hassan Piker, who said America deserved 9-11.

03:02The assemblyman just said in his response, well, it depends on occupation.

03:08That is code, meaning that Israel does not have a right to exist as a Jewish state, which he has never acknowledged.

03:17That is from the river to the sea.

03:19That's why he won't denounce Globalize the Intifada, which means kill all Jews.

03:24The answer in the subways is not more National Guard.

03:27I put National Guard in the subways also.

03:29It's more NYPD is the answer.

03:31But the National Guard is not, he's not sending in the National Guard to do any real function.

03:37It's control.

03:38It's power.

03:40He's trying to say these Democrats don't know how to run these cities, and it's a political gesture by sending in the National Guard.

03:46He has said if the assemblyman is elected, he will take over New York.

03:52Forget the National Guard.

03:53But this is the question.

03:54He has said I'm going to take the funds.

03:55The question is, if they order the troops to come here, what would they do?

03:58Yes.

03:59Well, I went through this with him.

04:01He sent the National Guard to 20 cities when I was governor.

04:05You know what city he didn't send them to?

04:07New York.

04:08Why?

04:08Because I said to him, don't you dare.

04:11We don't need it.

04:12And he backed down.

04:13And he will again.

04:14Because I believe my name was invoked.

04:16A very brief response.

04:17And then a question from you.

04:18I dealt with ICE.

04:20I stood up with ICE.

04:21I had a war with ICE here in New York when I was governor.

04:24And I stood them down, and they moved out.

04:27What the assemblyman is saying is, he doesn't believe in law and order.

04:32He believes in defunding the police, disarming the police, disbanding the police.

04:36That's who he is.

04:37Mr. Koma, we have to move on.

04:38Abolish jails.

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