There are only six days left to convince voters who should be the next mayor of Mount Vernon.

Candidate Ruth Hassell-Thompson insists she's on a roll. The longtime state senator who is running on the Working Families Party line admits to being an underdog, but she says she has the experience and the judgment to be the kind of leader the city needs.

Deborah Reynolds, a city councilwoman who is running on the Conservative line, says cutting taxes is her top priority. She says she is working around the clock in the waning days of the election to let voters know what's she's all about.

Democratic nominee and presumed frontrunner Richard Thomas says he's not taking anything for granted. He held a roundtable Wednesday for residents on how to reform the Buildings Department.