NEW YORK — The residential whereabouts of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams was the first topic on Thursday night's debate on WCBS-TV.

"I was asked by Mr. Yang to produce my EZ-Pass, I did. Then he started to say produce what milk you have in your fridge, produce what type of vegan cheese you has, this is silly. I live in Bed Stuy. I am A Brooklynite," Adams said.

Once that was out of the way it quickly devolved into a political food fight with candidates sparring over policing and rising gun violence, whether bicycles should be licensed and their plans for how to best get along with Governor Andrew Cuomo.

"My focus is making sure that we get guns off the hands of criminals so we don't lose anymore children," said candidate for mayor Kathryn Garcia.

"No. I wouldn't license bikes. That opens the door for more unnecessary police interaction," Adams said.

"I've had a number of calls with Governor Cuomo, I've worked with his brother at CNN, but I can work with anyone," said candidate for mayor Andrew Yang.

"This is not how Albany works, Albany will go after you, Albany will collapse you if you don't understand that the forces around the state do not want us to get the funding that we deserve," said candidate for mayor Scott Stringer.

Former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, who has seen a bump in polls but has struggled to break out of the pack, was on the attack — a change from her last performance. This time she interrupted to highlight her interracial family.. 

"Foster care, that's very personal to me. I was adopted and two of my siblings were adopted," Garcia said.

And she accused Scott Stringer of using his office for political gain.

With the party’s left flank coalescing around her campaign, Maya Wiley declined to answer a question about whether she would take guns from the NYPD.

"I am not prepared to make that decision in a debate," Wiley said.

And Andrew Yang and Adams attacked each other's records and residences, Adams critical of Yang for leaving the city during the pandemic.

"I live in Brooklyn, New York. I'm proud of that," Adams said.

And Yang critical of Adams after Politico published a story this week questioning his living arrangements. 

"He's spent months attacking me for not being a New Yorker, meanwhile he was attacking me from New Jersey," Yang said.

Thursday's debate was not sanctioned by the Campaign Finance Board. The last debate of the primary cycle is scheduled for June 16. It will be as early voting which begins this Saturday is in full swing.