‘Saturday Night Live’ spoofs Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo in NYC mayoral debate

“Saturday Evening Stay” (SNL) targeted on the New York Metropolis mayoral race on Saturday, as this system held a mock debate between the three candidates.

Comic Ramy Youssef performed Zohran Mamdani, described because the frontrunner within the race, Shane Gillis appeared as Curtis Sliwa and actor Miles Teller performed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo within the mock debate.

Kenan Thompson portrayed Errol Louis from debate host NY1 and requested the candidates to make opening statements.

“You all know me. I obtained us by means of COVID, after which yada yada yada, honk, honk, pinch, pinch. Anyway, I am again. I am a born and raised New Yorker. I adore it right here. I do know this metropolis just like the again of a lady, Mama Mia!” Counter when Cuomo began.

Miles Teller throughout SNL promotions on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC by way of Getty Photos)

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Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 amid a number of scandals. The previous governor was accused of sexual harassment by a number of ladies who labored for him, however he repeatedly denied the allegations.

He was additionally underneath investigation for his dealing with of the COVID pandemic, amid accusations that his administration undercounted COVID-related deaths in state-run nursing houses.

Youssef then spoke up, joking that he was completely happy to be there and ready to listen to his opponents say his title in “methods you possibly can’t think about.”

Gillis then stated: “I am very completely happy to be right here and never be shot 5 instances at the back of a yellow cab by the Gottis and Gambinos, like I used to be, famously, in 1992, 1993 and ’94.”

Democratic New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani greets his supporters in Hell’s Kitchen on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. (Fox Information Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

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He additionally referred to Mamdani as “Zoltar Ramzombie.”

Thompson requested the candidates why they needed to be mayor of New York Metropolis.

“I need to be mayor so I can present a greater New York, free healthcare, inexpensive housing and free Wi-Fi. Can I make that occur as mayor? I am unsure but. However collectively we’ll discover out that the reply is not any,” Youssef’s Mamdani responded.

The mock debate additionally featured a shock look by James Austin Johnson as President Donald Trump.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks throughout a mayoral debate, Thursday, October 16, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis/AP Photograph)

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“They’ll faux this election is about housing and taxes, however everyone knows it is about me, proper? As a result of I’ll be very concerned and really hands-on,” Johnson stated, commenting on the candidates.

Johnson joked about Sliwa’s hat earlier than turning to Mamdani.

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“He is too younger to guide, people, he is too younger,” Johnson stated of Mamdani. “He would not stroll wobbly. Or actually, the thoughts I’ve, good mind. I took a cognitive take a look at. I did so nicely on my cognitive take a look at that they instantly gave me an MRI.”