Shouting and ready to ‘bump chests’ with Trump – but nobody moved the needle in the final New York mayoral debate

Andrew Cuomo belittled Zohran Mamdani's lack of experience. The Democrat countered that his much older opponents speak only in the past because that is all they know'

The second and final debate before early voting in New York City's mayoral race was a bitter affair, with sharp exchanges and few courtesies.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, worked to defend his polling lead while his chief rival, Andrew Cuomo, sought to puncture his credibility - dismissing the 34-year-old state lawmaker as a kid" who, he said, Donald Trump would knock on his tuchus".