NEW YORK (WABC) -- Election Day is less than two weeks away and the candidates are working hard to get their message out to voters as the clock ticks closer to November 4.
In New York City, all eyes are on the race for mayor as frontrunner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa are making campaign appearances and headlines regularly.
Meanwhile, the race for the governor of New Jersey is heating up after a recent poll put Mikie Sherrill ahead of Jack Ciattarelli by five points.
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Front-runner Zohran Mamdani says he was inspired to go into politics while working as a housing counselor, helping people fight eviction.
Now his message of affordability has resonated with voters.
Eyewitness News reporter N.J. Burkett digs deeper into the mayoral candidate, who is looking to become the city's first Muslim mayor.
Mayor Eric Adams hugged Andrew Cuomo before announcing his support in a shared effort defeat Zohran Mamdani.
The mayor said sometimes "brothers fight," explaining away his prior statements and said now is the time for the two to campaign together.
Painting the race in racial terms, the mayor called Zohran Mamdani supporters "gentrifiers" who are a clear and present threat to "Black and Brown communities,"
Adams then lambasted a person attempting to disrupt the news conference, calling her a "gentrifier" who needs to "shut up."
Andrew Cuomo also got the endorsement Thursday of the Staten Island Advance which said that while Curtis Sliwa speaks Staten Island, he won't be elected no matter how many Staten Islanders vote for him.
Zohran Mamdani released the following statement:
"Today confirms what we've long known: Andrew Cuomo is running for Eric Adams' second term. It's no surprise to see two men who share an affinity for corruption and Trump capitulation align themselves at the behest of the billionaire class and the President himself. We are going to turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas that these two disgraced executives embody and build a city every New Yorker can afford."
