Cuomo and Mamdani Clash in Final N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate

“He’s never done any of the essentials. And now you have Donald Trump on top of all of that. And he’s never dealt with what I think is the greatest national threat that we face in this president. To put a person in this seat at this time with no experience, is reckless and dangerous.” “To Mr. Cuomo: I have never had to resign in disgrace. I have never cut Medicaid. I have never stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from the M.T.A. I have never hounded the 13 women who credibly accused me of sexual harassment. I have never sued for their gynecological records, and I have never done those things because I am not you, Mr. Cuomo. And furthermore, the name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I, you should learn how to say it.” “A valedictorian is going to come work at the Department of Homeless Services. I don’t want to have to tell her, ‘Don’t go work at City Hall because the mayor is a sexual harasser.’ I do want to tell you, though, about some immigrant New Yorkers that Andrew Cuomo screwed when he was governor. And we’re defending in my office a couple of hundred immigrant subway cleaners who he made clean the subway cars, but cheated out of the prevailing wages and health care that they were due.” “If anyone was undocumented or they didn’t pay the proper wages, I had nothing to do with it.”