As early voting begins, Vice President JD Vance and business leaders press Curtis Sliwa to drop out and unite against socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.

NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani slammed President Trump and Republican lawmakers nationwide, saying their "only agenda" is "cruelty and punishment"

“I’d go half-and-half,” Cuomo said, trying to appeal to both sides. Laughter erupted inside the room as Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa, the republican nominee in the debate, both threw their hands up.

While some critics decry Zohran Mamdani's vision for New York City as far-fetched, experts noted that they build off progressive foundations laid by past policies.

Joel Rubin, who ran Jewish outreach for Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign and is a strategist for Democratic candidates, said Mamdani is a “huge deal” among U.S. Jews, in part because competition has been heating up between Democrats and Republicans in recent years for Jewish votes. The GOP has been more aggressively pursuing Jews, he said.

The New York City mayoral race is commanding national attention, with major policy, demographic and ideological shifts at stake.

In New York City, Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has been busy hitting the campaign trail. Along the way, he’s made a few surprise musical stops, including his cameo at PinkPantheress’ show on Friday at Brooklyn’s King Theatre.

In an era of ever-diminishing bipartisanship, it seems that Islamophobia has emerged as one of the few areas of agreement.”