In tonight's NYC mayoral debate, Scott Stringer attacked Andrew Yang’s response on homelessness as “the greatest non-answer” he'd ever heard and pressed Yang on how much his proposal would cost. Watch:
Democratic mayoral candidates took the stage Wednesday night at NBC’s fabled studio 8-H Wednesday — the longtime home of "Saturday Night Live" — fixated on using that spotlight to leave an impression on voters in the last major event before polls close next week.
The debate is of heightened consequence with such a large field of candidates all trying to take advantage of a new ranked-choice voting system, which has left no clear frontrunner with just days before polls close. The candidates on Wednesday evening piled on, trying to get in every possible attack line. Just one breakout moment or flub could scramble the field.
“New Yorkers didn't tune in tonight to hear us fight with each other," Donovan, a former Obama administration cabinet secretary, said, using a well-worn tactic of underdogs trying to get a word in. Another spirited moment came when candidates were asked what they consider to be the worst idea proposed by their competitors.policing strategy and Kathryn Garcia, a former city sanitation commissioner, lamented the "Defund the Police" movement.Morales and Ray McGuire, who sparred over McGuire’s characterizations about Black and brown communities' views on policing.
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