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The gloves are off. With less than three weeks until New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, the eight leading candidates came together on Wednesday night for their first in-person debate -- a salty affair that included a series of tense, often personal clashes that underscored just how wide open the race remains after months of campaigning.

It was the first time the candidates had been in the same room for a debate, as opposed to the earlier ones done virtually, which set up an at-times cacophonous...

Discussion of public safety and recovery from the pandemic — mixed with plenty of personal attacks — dominated a Wednesday night debate among the eight leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor.

The three leading candidates in the Democratic primary are decidedly supportive of charter schools — a dramatic shift from when Mayor Bill de Blasio was elected eight years ago.

The gaggle of about eight demonstrators followed the mayoral candidate as they rained chants of “no more cops” and “hedge-fund mayor” on the hopeful.

The gaggle of about eight demonstrators followed the mayoral candidate as they rained chants of “no more cops” and “hedge-fund mayor” on the hopeful.

“Andrew is a lovely person but this is a hard job,” Garcia said with a slight smile on her face. “You don’t want anyone in there looking for the light switch.”

New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia, who’s enjoyed a recent surge in the polls, trashed rival Andrew Yang on Wednesday as too inexperienced to run the biggest city in the country. In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the former city sanitation commissioner said Yang just isn’t ready to run the sprawling metropolis and managing its 8 million residents. “Andrew is a lovely ...

“We’re fed up, but all New Yorkers should be fed up,” Andrew Yang said.

In an echo of the "rent is too damn high" rallying cry from years past, Wiley decried the high cost of living on Tuesday.