{"id":62762,"date":"2025-07-13T17:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/62762\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:29:09","slug":"up-close-with-bill-ritter-former-new-york-gov-david-paterson-rep-nicole-malliotakis-weigh-in-on-race-for-nyc-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/62762\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Close with Bill Ritter: Former New York Gov. David Paterson, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis weigh in on race for NYC mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; On this edition of Up Close, former and current New York officials weigh in on the race to be New York City&#8217;s next mayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is picking up more union support, with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) being one of the latest to endorse the state lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Meanwhile, the &#8220;Stop Mamdani&#8221; campaign is also kicking into high gear. There are growing calls to narrow the field of candidates running against Mamdani, in hopes of defeating him in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">But is anyone willing to drop out?<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">President Donald Trump in the meantime has issued warnings about what he says will happen if Mamdani wins the general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;If a communist gets elected to run New York, it can never be the same, but we have tremendous power at the White House to run places where we have to,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We talk to former Democratic New York Gov. David Paterson, who is among those pushing the challengers to Mamdani to unite. Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York also joins our program to discuss her view on the mayor&#8217;s race, the controversial Trump budget bill and a lot more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Up Close airs Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE TO THE UP CLOSE PODCAST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">WATCH: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Up Close on our Connected TV apps for Fire, Roku, Apple TV and Android TV.  Click here to learn more.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/upclose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch more episodes of Up Close<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WABC-TV. 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