On this special edition of Up Close with Bill Ritter, we continue to count down to the New York City mayoral election, which is now less than three weeks away.Ahead of the November general election, we are sitting down with the New York City mayoral candidates to have a conversation about issues facing the city.

As New Yorkers cast their ballots for the next mayor, here's a look at the candidates' positions on key issues and their pitch to voters.

Andrew Cuomo has been widely accused of Islamophobia after a radio interview Thursday with Sid Rosenberg, a Jewish conservative shock jock. (We profiled Rosenberg last year after he emerged as one of Donald Trump’s leading Jewish surrogates.

I would have more respect for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo if he were willing to call out racism and Islamophobia against his opponent.

J ust two days before early voting starts in the New York City mayoral race, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo seemed to agree with a radio host who suggested that Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani would be “cheering” if a terrorist attack occurred.

Andrew Cuomo torched mayoral rival Zohran Mamdani as a rich kid trying to “play politics” — and attempted to woo the audience on influencer boxer Logan Paul’s podcast by dropping a

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, stood outside a mosque Friday and slammed independent candidate Andrew Cuomo for laughing at the suggestion Mamdani would cheer a terror attack.

Volunteer canvassers for Zohran Mamdani gathered over the weekend in hopes of combatting Andrew M. Cuomo’s closing pitch to Jewish voters.

“Republican voters are not going to vote for Andrew Cuomo,” the city’s five GOP county chairs said in a joint statement, which included Manhattan GOP Chair Andrea Catsimatidis, John Catsimatidis’ daughter.

"You don't have to like him, you just have to save New York City, so I urge you to vote for Cuomo," said Dov Hikind.