Democratic mayoral candidates attend the New York Metropolis Democratic Mayoral Major Debate on the John Jay Faculty of Legal Justice within the Gerald W. Lynch Theater, in New York Metropolis, U.S., June 12, 2025. Vincent Alban/Pool by way of REUTERS
Because the Nov. 4 basic election quick approaches, the town Marketing campaign Finance Board (CFB) unveiled on Tuesday the dates when citywide candidates will face off in televised debates.
The CFB — in partnership with WNBC, NY1, and PIX11 — will host a sequence of televised debates between the candidates for mayor, comptroller, and public advocate all through the month of October. Candidates who opted into the board’s beneficiant public matching funds program and who meet sure standards to make the talk stage are required to take part.
“At a moment when trust in government is eroded and many people don’t know where to get trustworthy information about elections, the official New York City debates give New Yorkers the opportunity to hear directly from the candidates who are running to represent them,” CFB Government Director Paul Ryan mentioned in an Aug. 26 assertion.
The place to look at the NYC mayoral debates
The primary debate within the closely-watched mayor’s race will happen on Thursday, Oct. 16, in a program hosted by WNBC, Telemundo 47 New York (WNJU), and POLITICO. The second mayoral debate is ready for the next week, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, and might be hosted by NY1, Spectrum Noticias, WNYC/Gothamist, and THE CITY.
The competition consists of Democratic nominee and Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani, impartial former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, impartial incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, and impartial lawyer Jim Walden.
The applications will mark a dramatic dwell rematch between Mamdani and Cuomo, who had a number of fiery exchanges throughout the two June main debates. It would even be the primary time Mayor Adams is on the identical stage as his challengers this cycle, after skipping the Democratic main.
In response to the board, the dates the CFB supplied are topic to alter primarily based on what number of candidates meet the factors to make the stage by the Oct. 3 marketing campaign finance submitting deadline. An official debate could also be cancelled if just one candidate qualifies for the stage by that date.
The board will launch the ultimate schedule after figuring out who’s eligible.
Candidates have to be on the poll and have raised and spent a specific amount, which varies between every of the three positions, to qualify for the primary spherical of debates. The identical standards maintain for the second spherical, with extra particular added necessities, akin to elevating not less than $1,000 in matchable donations of $10 or extra for the mayor’s race.
Tentative Normal Debate Schedule
Public Advocate – 1st Normal Election Debate (NY1) Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m. | Rebroadcast on Sunday, Oct. 12
Comptroller – 1st Normal Election Debate (NY1) Tuesday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m.
Mayoral – 1st Normal Election Debate (WNBC) Thursday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.
Public Advocate – Main Contender Normal Election Debate (PIX11) Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m.
Mayoral – Main Contender Normal Election Debate (NY1) Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
Comptroller – Main Contender Normal Election Debate (PIX11) Thursday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m.
