ByEyewitness News 
Last updated: Monday, September 8, 2025 5:07PM GMT
Lauren Glassberg reports from Harlem.
NEW YORK (WABC) — The election for New York City mayor is less than two months away and the candidates are working hard to get their message out to voters as the clock ticks closer to Election Day.
Frontrunner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa are making campaign appearances and headlines regularly as November 4 nears.
Check back for daily live updates on the candidates in the race for New York City mayor.
Key Headlines
Here’s how the news is developing.
Curtis Sliwa’s first TV ad features his wife
Curtis Sliwa released his first TV ad and his wife Nancy is doing the talking.
“They say New York City is safe. Women know better,” says Nancy Sliwa, a longtime public safety and victims’ rights attorney.
The ad is part of a part of a $350,000 ad buy
2 hours and 18 minutes ago
Up Close: Jim Walden on why he dropped out of race for New York City mayor
On this week’s Up Close, we spoke with one mayoral candidate who just dropped out of the race: Jim Walden.
We talked to Walden about why he left the race and why he’s urging some of the other candidates to do the same.
Click here for more.
2 hours and 18 minutes ago
RECAP: Last week’s headlines
Click here for what you may have missed last week in the race for New York City mayor.
2 hours and 18 minutes ago
1-on-1 with Zohran Mamdani
Fresh off claiming victory in the Democratic mayoral primary, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani sat down for a one-on-one conversation with Eyewitness News anchor Bill Ritter.
Mamdani went from being a relatively unknown state lawmaker to the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in just a matter of months.
Bill Ritter sat down for a one-on-one interview with Zohran Mamdani, less than 24 hours after declaring victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary.
Click here to read more about the full interview.