Brian Lair on WNYC.

Now it's time for our weekly Wednesday visit from WNYC political reporter Elizabeth Kim

on the New York City mayoral race.

Today's appearance comes as the two televised debates are

coming in the race. One will be next Wednesday, which I'll be one of the questioners in on WNYC

in New York One. The first debate is tomorrow night on Channel 4. Liz has a newsletter coming out this

afternoon on five things to watch for in the first debate.

Let's see what kind of viewers guide she's got.

Hi, Liz.

Thanks for this as always, and happy Wednesday.

Happy Wednesday, Brian.

So as our listeners know, we emphasize issues here, not the constant polls.

We'll have one of our 30 issues and 30 days election series segments coming up later in the show.

But for the candidates, you remind us that their debate strategies are very much tied to where the polls stand.

Want to give us a brief thumbnail of where they are?

Sure. I'll just summarize a Quinnipiac poll that came out this month. And it shows that Mamdani still has a

double-digit lead. He's at 46% support from likely voters. And that's compared to 33% for Cuomo

and 15% for Sliwa. And so your first thing to watch for tomorrow night is headlined,

now or never for Cuomo. And you note a narrow path, but also a few signs of momentum.

Want to talk about each? Sure. So, you know, Cuomo has very much tried to portray this as a two-man

race. And he does have that argument because he is in second

place. And you can argue that he does have some decent momentum because he managed to shrink

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