{"id":2129883,"date":"2025-11-02T04:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2129883"},"modified":"2025-11-02T04:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:09:07","slug":"snl-cold-open-mocks-nyc-mayoral-election-2025-race-between-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/snl-cold-open-mocks-nyc-mayoral-election-2025-race-between-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; cold open mocks NYC Mayoral Election 2025 race between Mamdani, Cuomo, Sliwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Saturday Night Live roasted the New York City mayoral candidates in a mock debate choc-ful of New York references that sent-up the characteristic foibles of each of the Gracie Mansion hopefuls.<\/p>\n<p>Host Miles Teller, of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d fame, portrayed a thick-accented Andrew Cuomo, comedian Shane Gillis acted the part of a zanier Curtis Sliwa, and comedian Ramy 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\u201churt [his] face.\u201d<br \/>Gillis\u2019 Curtis Sliwa made repeated references to his many run-ins with mafia families as he did during the last mayoral debate.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>SNL veteran Kenan Thompson acted as NY1\u2019s Errol Lewis, joking the local TV host was the \u201cleast famous person\u201d ever to be impersonated on SNL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut believe me, the resemblance is uncanny,\u201d Thompson joked in a quintessentially Lewis-manner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Mentioned during the Big Apple-centric skit was grocery chain Gristedes, which they joked sold \u201cwet sandwiches\u201d and joked about the danger of NYC bikelanes.<\/p>\n<p>A mock Donald Trump crashed the proceedings, roasting each of the candidate before breaking into a verse of \u201cPhantom of the Opera.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> 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