Thursday's primary debate on NY1 will be a crowded affair, with a record eight candidates on stage.
For insight into how it will play out, we might look to 2013, when the primary featured five leading contenders and the debates were heavy on mudslinging.
At one debate, Anthony Weiner went after then-City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, saying, "The speaker refuses to apologizes for overturning the will of the people, for the slush fund scandal."
Quinn later shot back: "Neither me, nor anybody else on this stage, or any New Yorker, quite frankly, should be lectured by Anthony Weiner about what we need to apologize for."
Weiner's candidacy would ultimately collapse in the wake of new sexting revelations, and Bill de Blasio leapfrogged to the front of the pack, making him a target.
At a later debate hosted by NY1, former city comptroller Bill Thompson would go directly at de Blasio: "If we're going to have a real conversation, let's tell the truth, Bill. No more of the flip-flop, or saying things when it's politically convenient for you."
He later added: "Will the real Bill de Blasio please stand up?"
De Blasio, of course, would prevail, and face minimal opposition in the 2017 primary from former City Councilman Sal Albanese, a three-time candidate who first ran in 1997.
Weiner was another repeat performer, running both in 2013 and in 2005, a campaign that saw the Democratic candidates mostly attacking the incumbent mayor, Mike Bloomberg.
"Mike Bloomberg's administration has been governed by gimmicks," Weiner said then at a NY1 debate.
In 2001, a Democratic primary ultimately won by Mark Green, the candidates contrasted themselves to outgoing Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
"The dispute I'm having with the mayor right now is triggered by the mayor and his attempt to smear me," said then-city Comptroller Alan Hevesi.
It was a similar story in 1997, the first year debates became mandatory for those participating in the city's campaign finance program. Giuliani, then running for re-election to a second term, united Democrats in a race that went to a runoff, won by Ruth Messinger.
At a two-person runoff debate hosted by NY1, Rev. Al Sharpton said: "Our objective is to defeat Rudy Giuliani."
Messenger later held up a copy of the Daily News. "This morning, we woke up to this," she said. "The mayor denounces Rev. Sharpton. Rev. Sharpton responds. The mayor denounces me for not denouncing Rev. Sharpton. Well, I won't play."
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