Live Tonight: The final 2025 mayoral debate on WNYC

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WNYC News | Oct 21, 2025

WNYC is co-hosting the final mayoral debate at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and you can listen live on wnyc.org or on the WNYC app.

Video can also be streamed from NY1 and NY1 Noticias.

Brian Lehrer will moderate alongside NY1’s Errol Louis and The City’s Katie Honan.

Democratic nominee Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, will answer questions just days ahead of early voting beginning on Saturday, Oct. 25. The debate will last 90 minutes.

Read all of our latest election coverage on Gothamist, subscribe to our free Politics Brief newsletter and tune in to the Brian Lehrer Show Thurs. at 10 a.m. for a full recap of the debate.

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