Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo was attacked by his opponents Curtis Sliwa and Zohran Mamdani during a New York City mayoral debate on Thursday.

The former governor is trying to topple the front-running Democratic nominee’s lead in polling to become New York City mayor.

Democrat socialist and self-described “nepo-baby” Zohran Mamdani fronted the first general mayoral election debate desperately wanting voters “to see him as tough,” a body

The two candidates meet Thursday night in their first general election debate after having debated twice during the Democratic primary. Republican Curtis Sliwa joins them.

Mamdani, the clear polling front-runner, was unfazed, and the first poll released since the debate indicates he’s on a glide path to Gracie Mansion: 49 percent of registered voters back Mamdani as opposed to 28 percent for Cuomo and 13 percent for Republican Curtis Sliwa,

As he pleaded for support from conservative voters Friday, Andrew Cuomo acknowledged it will be “very, very, very hard” for him to win next month’s mayoral election as long as