Mamdani repeated his campaign promise to raise taxes on the wealthy 1% to provide more free services to New Yorkers. Cuomo says tax hikes will cause people to "flee" to Florida, Sliwa agreed. When Mamdani won the Democratic primary last June, it sparked an outpouring of alarm among the city’s business class.

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo lobbed attacks at each other during the first of two general election debates in the New York City mayoral race on Thursday, as Cuomo seeks to chip away at his opponent’s comfortable lead.

During the first mayoral debate of the general election, Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo discussed rent freezes and rent stabiliation.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo entered Thursday evening’s first New York mayoral debate trying to blunt Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s momentum. Instead he spent much of the contentious face-off on defense,

The post “My focus is New York”: Mamdani refuses to take the bait on Fox News appeared first on Salon.com. Zohran Mamdani stopped by Fox News on Wednesday, deftly refusing to be baited into talking about the war between Israel and Hamas.

The New York Times sent a wide-ranging survey to the candidates for mayor about the big issues facing New York City and what they hope to accomplish if elected to lead it.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James struck a defiant tone Monday during her first public appearance since being indicted on federal fraud charges related to her purchase of a home in Virginia.

The Republican mayoral candidate tells Fox News Digital that New York City is “locking up toothpaste instead of criminals" and losing its best and brightest to low-tax states.