It’s Debate Night for New York City’s Next Mayor
Howard Wolfson interviewed the top Democratic candidates running for the city’s top job. Now, they go head to head with one another for the first official debate.
A new day is coming.
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Tonight, after months of campaigning on Zoom and participating in forums large and small, New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidates will meet for their first official debate in advance of the June primary. The city’s consequential Covid election boasts a highly qualified, remarkably diverse and, well, expansive field of candidates. Over the last several weeks, Howard Wolfson, a senior adviser to Mike Bloomberg and a former New York City deputy mayor and political consultant, has conducted extensive interviews with the top candidates. For voters who want to get up to speed on the men and women vying to lead New York City’s post-pandemic recovery — and the contest remains wide open thanks to ranked-choice voting — the following conversations are a good place to start.
The debate will take place at 7 p.m. New York time Thursday, May 13, on the radio at WNYC and streaming live on NY1.