1.   In other citywide races, Public Advocate Mark Green and City Comptroller Alan Hevesi were re-elected to second terms.

2.   Its hearings have been held in the dead of August, and the election in November has no citywide races to attract a cross-section of voters.

3.   Polls have shown a close citywide race, with Hahn holding a modest edge in some surveys.

4.   It was the first time the two men had spoken since Livingstone was declared the winner Friday of the first citywide mayoral race.

5.   That delay, in turn, could slow returns in the citywide races for mayor, public advocate and comptroller.