Campaign Catch-up: Christina Greer on the Latest on the Race for NYC Mayor

WNYC News | Oct 21, 2025

Starting this weekend, people can cast ballots in early voting for New York City's next mayor. Election day is in just two more weeks.

Democrat Zohran Mamdani remains the front-runner, with former Governor Andrew Cuomo in second, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa polling third.

Christina Greer is a political science professor at Fordham University. She joined WNYC's Michael Hill to talk through what to expect in this weeks debates, the pressure on Sliwa, and whether Mamdani's age really matters to voters.

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