Overview

• In a WABC radio interview Sunday, Andrew Cuomo said Curtis Sliwa cannot win and argued that a vote for Sliwa effectively helps Zohran Mamdani.
• A Quinnipiac poll released last week showed Mamdani leading Cuomo by 13 points, while a September Suffolk survey had Mamdani up by 20 with Sliwa at 9 percent.
• Coverage of Thursday's first debate indicated Mamdani fended off attacks and maintained his advantage as Sliwa struggled to break through.
• Suffolk's polling director said voters rate affordability, crime, and the economy as the top concerns driving the race.
• Mamdani is campaigning on a rent freeze, free bus service, universal childcare, and city‑run grocery stores, proposals Cuomo criticizes as unworkable.