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SocialDemocrat61

(6,128 posts)
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 09:26 AM Oct 18

I really want SNL to do a skit on the NYC Mayoral debate

with Hasan Minhaj as Mamdani, Chazz Palminteri as Andrew Cuomo and Joe Pesci as Curtis Sliwa.
And have Sliwa answer every question with 'I was shot' and then have Cuomo shoot him.

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I really want SNL to do a skit on the NYC Mayoral debate (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 Oct 18 OP
Whoever portrays Sliwa will have the most fun. no_hypocrisy Oct 18 #1
The importance of the New York City mayor's race comradebillyboy Oct 18 #2
The subway rats do! SocialDemocrat61 Oct 18 #3
Well New Yorkers do care about their city. comradebillyboy Oct 18 #4
And the rest of us care as well. yorkster Oct 18 #5
Most of us in NYC do. electric_blue68 Oct 18 #7
Exactly. Tommy Carcetti Oct 18 #6

comradebillyboy

(10,902 posts)
2. The importance of the New York City mayor's race
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 09:38 AM
Oct 18

is highly over rated. It's where political careers go to die. Next year nobody outside of NYC will care who the mayor is.

Tommy Carcetti

(44,313 posts)
6. Exactly.
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 11:13 AM
Oct 18

Every election it gets hyped up so much and we’re told whoever wins has a clear path to the White House.

Meanwhile, actual New York mayors always disappoint at the national level.

It might be the largest municipality in the country—larger than 38 states—but in the end, it’s still just a municipality.

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