Mamdani rejects Cuomo debate challenge and unexpected counterproposal

Andrew Cuomo challenged his New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, Five different debates were held in all five New York City boroughs during a press conference Thursday.

The challenge was because the former governor slammed Mamdani at a press conference on Manhattan’s Upper West Side because he didn’t “reply the reporter’s questions directly” and said everything about him during the campaign.

“When you try to ask [Mamdani] He wouldn’t answer a question at all, he was confused. And, frankly, you guys got him out of it,” Cuomo told reporters on Thursday. “I won’t let him get out of it. And the New Yorker won’t let him get rid of it. ”

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A few hours after Cuomo challenged Mamdani, the challenge of self-proclaimed democratic socialist shot his own proposal: Debate the President Donald Trump.

“Let’s cut the middleman. Why debate Donald Trump’s puppet when I can debate Donald Trump himself?” Mamdani’s campaign told Fox News Digital in a statement. “If Donald Trump takes the mayoral campaign seriously, he should come New York City And directly debate why I cut tax benefits for hungry New Yorkers in order to provide tax breaks for his wealthy donors. ”

It is speculated that President Donald Trump is weighing whether his administration’s work is a back-and-forth between current New York Mayor Eric Adams and New York Mayor Curtis Sliwa, a Republican candidate, Cuomo and Mamadani. The move to provide jobs to both candidates was reportedly to clear Cuomo’s territory, with multiple sources of in-depth knowledge of the matter.

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The former governor noted in a Thursday news conference that he understood media coverage about Trump’s possible work on New York City’s mayor’s rival, and later cleared the area for him, but added that if the report was accurate, he “don’t know.” Cuomo says he hasn’t yet Mayor Eric Adams Or President Trump about this.

“I know nothing about this speculation,” Cuomo told reporters on Thursday, without responding to requests for comment.

New York City mayoral candidate former Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized President Donald Trump (left) on Saturday night for strikes on Iran without Congress’ approval. (Getty Image)

Neither Adams nor his team responded to an inquiry on Thursday at Fox News Digital, but media reports said Thursday that Adams met one of the president’s closest advisers in Florida to discuss potential work with the Trump administration.

News of the Adams meeting comes after news last week that Trump personally called influential businessman John Catsimatisis, Adams Ally, for the deadline for the mayor and Sliwa to drop out.

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this White House There was no immediate response to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.

Cuomo positioned himself as a moderate left-wing alternative to Mamdani in the game, describing Thursday’s policy proposal as “absurd,” “in the mainstream” and “inconsistent with the beliefs of New Yorkers.”

Shortly after the independent bid for the mayor last month, Cuomo proposed that all other candidates in the competition promised to agree that no one was leading in the polls by mid-September, who would resign due to Mamdani’s exclusion. Cuomo pointed out that the purpose of the commitment is to ensure that under the most favorable conditions, there is the best chance to beat Mandani’s candidate.

New York City mayoral candidates from left to right: Zohran Mamdani, Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa. (Getty Image)

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However, the proposal has been rejected by Adams and Sliwa, telling Fox News Digital Thursday that Cuomo and Adams are not even the main leaders New Yorkers want to win.

“It’s a race between two major party nominees, myself and Mamdani, and New Yorkers know I’m the only one with experience and bring it to him,” Sliwa told Fox News Digital Digital. “I’m running to save New York City from decline and bring the future it deserves for the working people.”

Sliwa specifically responded to Mamdani’s response to Cuomo’s debate challenge, adding that Mamdani “desperately wants to distract himself from his radical agenda, so he hides behind cheap theaters.”