Mike Marza and ABC News political director Averi Harper to break down the candidates' TV ad battles and how Adams’ possible endorsement could shake up the race.

Mamdani appeared on The View to sharpen his message on affordability and push back against Donald Trump, while rolling out his first upbeat TV ad. Cuomo countered with a self-deprecating, AI-assisted ad highlighting his government experience and secured new endorsements. Meanwhile, Sliwa aimed his ads squarely at both opponents while blasting the MTA over its fare hikes.

Mayor Eric Adams resurfaced publicly to tout historically low crime stats, while sources say he may even endorse Cuomo to block Mamdani’s rise.

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With just 35 days until NYC’s mayoral election, the heat is on. Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo are hitting the streets, trading sharp accusations. Meanwhile, candidate Curtis Sliwa says he’s staying in the fight.

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Mike Marza and ABC News Political Director Averi Harper analyze the fallout from Eric Adams' exit from the NYC mayoral race and President Trump's war on words with Zohran Mamdani. 

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On this edition of Up Close, we discuss the budget showdown in Washington and the latest updates in the race for New Jersey governor.

A government shutdown could happen next week if a short-term funding bill doesn't pass. The Trump administration now threatening to fire federal workers if there is a shutdown.

Will Democrats agree to a short-term spending bill, or will they fight President Trump and risk the fallout from a shutdown?

Up Close talks with two members of Congress from New York: Adriano Espaillat and George Latimer.

Meanwhile, the race for governor of New Jersey took an interesting turn, some even calling it dirty politics.

A new poll shows the race is now tied with the election just over a month away.

We talk with a political expert about how Republican Jack Ciattarelli has closed the gap against Democrat Mikie Sherrill and where the race goes from here.

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The murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is still shaking up the United States, with the shooting leading to new calls of lowering the political temperature.

On this edition of Up Close, we talk to two members of Congress on different sides of the aisle, with different politics: Republican Mike Lawler of New York and Democrat Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey.

They may not agree on what to have for lunch, but they listen to each other, and they say they are still willing and wanting to work together.

Most importantly, they want the hate to stop.

Also joining us on this episode is our political team.

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The assassination of Charlie Kirk has rocked the nation at a time when there is already heated political debate in the country about what direction we're headed in.

On this edition of Up Close, we talk to Congressman Tom Suozzi, a centrist Democrat, about the murder of Kirk, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, who had very strong opinions about that direction.

In addition, we analyze the latest polls in the New York City mayoral race.

Three new polls that have come out this past week all give Zohran Mamdani a big lead over his opponents, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Eric Adams.

Independent candidate Jim Walden dropped out more than a week ago, and he's urging some others to drop out and narrow the field to beat Mamdani.

Walden came to our studio after he dropped out and talked to Eyewitness News anchor Mike Marza.

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Mike Marza and political consultant Hank Sheinkopf analyze the new survey by The New York Times and Siena College and what the results could mean for the NYC mayoral race.

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Mike Marza has an update after NYC mayoral candidates met with constituents over the weekend, held press conferences, and addressed the media. Plus, N.J. Burkett sits down for a one-on-one interview with Mayor Adams.

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With less than two months to go in the race for New York City mayor, four candidates remain in contention, but there are reports that President Donald Trump may try to convince Mayor Eric Adams and Republican Curtis Sliwa to drop out.

That would make it a one-on-one race between former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, a scenario that could make the Democratic nominee's road to victory a little tougher.

On this edition of Up Close, we talk to one mayoral candidate who just dropped out of the race: Jim Walden.

We talk to Walden about why he left the race and why he's urging some of the other candidates to do the same.

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