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The attacks started early, with City Councilman David Weprin bringing up the controversial term limits vote.

"Melinda Katz and David Yassky voted to overturn your rights," Weprin said.

Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky saw himself under attack over member items he took - public dollars Council members distribute to pet projects in their districts.

"You've given out more discretionary funding, more than 48 out of 51 council members. And now in the middle of the campaign, you want to eliminate, ban discretionary funding," said City Councilman John Liu.

"I've been on record from my first days in the council saying it was a bad way to distribute funds," Yassky said.

Liu had some explaining to do himself, when he was questioned over allegations that he embellished his story about working in a sweatshop as a child.

"I did work in a sweatshop, I worked in a factory," Liu said.

Campaign contributions also came front and center, specifically ones Councilwoman Melinda Katz accepted from developers.

"How can you be independent of the real estate industry when your finance committee, which is on your website, is a who's who on the Real Estate Board of New York," asked Weprin.

"I know looking through your campaign contributions that we probably don't wanna have this discussion. But at the end, ultimately what it is, is about being the comptroller of the city of New York. Ultimately, saying that I'm the chair of the land use committee, therefore I shouldn't take money, is a cheap shot," Katz responded.

The candidates have all endorsed the current officeholder, Bill Thompson, for mayor, but they said he could have done a better job of detecting the infamous council slush fund.

During the debate's lightning round, all of the candidates admitted to listening to Beyonce.

All of the aspiring chief financial officers but Weprin also said they have not been audited by the IRS and only Katz said she hasn't bounced a personal check, though she did admit to running up some serious credit card debt in college.

The candidates will be out campaigning over the next several days. If no one gets 40 percent of the vote on primary day, there will be a runoff election between the top two candidates.