Overview

• The three candidates laid out competing economic agendas at a Crain’s New York Business forum hosted at the New York Athletic Club.
• Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa challenged Zohran Mamdani’s online savings calculator, labeling its projections fraudulent or fantastical.
• Mamdani promoted affordability proposals and closer private‑sector partnership while standing by a rent freeze on stabilized apartments.
• Cuomo leaned on executive experience, proposing construction of 500,000 affordable homes and calling the city’s property tax system unfair.
• Sliwa highlighted a 100‑day plan focused on public safety and jobs and cited Rudy Giuliani’s endorsement, as reports say Trump advisers want him to bow out; recent polling still shows Mamdani with a clear lead.