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New York Post
a day ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Curtis Sliwa pledges — again — to hang up iconic red beret if he wins NYC mayoral race
He'll hang up his hat — if he wins. Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa pledged Monday to retire his iconic red beret if he's elected mayor. 'I was born without a beret, I'll die without a beret, I can take the beret off,' Sliwa said as he led an hourlong manhunt for a dog-hating maniac in Queens, that didn't end up sniffing out the suspect. Advertisement The Republican mayoral nominee has shed his ruby noggin topper more often in recent days as he aims to appeal to well-to-do New Yorkers wary of socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. 'If the people are good enough to elect me mayor, I'll retire the red beret. I won't wear the red beret. But for right now, I guess I'm going to have to switch on-and-off depending on what group I'm with,' he said. 3 Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa vowed to retire his beret if elected mayor. Michael Nagle Advertisement 3 He made the pledge as he led a manhunt for a monster who lit a pit bull on fire. Michael Nagle Sliwa has promised to ditch the beret before, during 2021's mayoral election, when he was also the GOP candidate. But Big Apple voters at the time evidently weren't jazzed enough by the prospect of a beret-free Sliwa — the bearer of quite the impressive tan line underneath his cap — and overwhelmingly voted Mayor Eric Adams into office. Sliwa wore a different hat, so to speak, for an hour Monday as he led an unsuccessful hunt across South Ozone Park for a monster accused of setting a helpless pit bull on fire last week. Advertisement He plastered fliers with photos depicting the suspect under car windshields and knocked on doors. 3 Sliwa's beret is so inseparable from his head that he has displayed a prominent tan line on the few occasions he has removed it. Stephen Yang The outspoken animal lover — who once showed off the 15 rescue cats inside his 320-square-foot Upper West Side studio apartment — vowed that animal abuse will be a priority if he's elected. 'I'm trying to get everybody to get involved to put this fiend in jail where he belongs,' he said.
New York Post
5 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Curtis Sliwa finally gets sit-down with NYC business leaders as mayor race heats up
The business community is finally opening its doors to GOP NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa – but will it open its wallets? Following my Sunday column in the Post on Sliwa's surprising strength in recent polling, and how business leaders are ignoring him, the NYC Partnership scheduled a meeting with the Guardian Angels founder on Thursday morning, On The Money has learned. The meeting at Partnership offices in Battery Park Plaza will be led by the group's chief, Kathy Wylde, though it's unclear how many business leaders will actually attend as most of the city's fat-cat class start to pick sides between current Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. 3 The NYC Partnership is meeting with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. 'Because of you and your column I will be meeting with Kathryn Wylde today and her group,' Sliwa said in a text message, adding that he won't be wearing his trade-mark red Guardian Angels beret today amid criticisms that his sartorial flair often detracts from his message. That message will offer a heavy dose of crime-fighting to support big business and small businesses alike, tax cuts and slashing the city's massive bureaucracy – including in the Education Department, which does a lousy job teaching basic skills but employs swaths of needless administrators. Wylde declined to comment, but these are all issues that should appeal to business types, who have for years complained about high taxes and regulations, and since the tenure of former left-wing Mayor Bill de Blasio floundering quality of life issues like rising crime. Their fears have been compounded by the rise of Zohran Mamdani, the uber-leftist (some would say communist) assemblyman from Queens who recently beat Cuomo in the city Democratic mayoral primary and is now the favorite to win the general election in November. 3 Uber-leftist is now the favorite to win the general election in November. / MEGA Sliwa will be accompanied by Ed Cox, chairman of the New York State Republican Party and some staffers of conservative Democratic City Councilman Robert Holden, whom Sliwa has said would hold a position in his administration if he is elected. The sit-down comes as Sliwa's appeal grows. A recent HarrisX poll put him in a statistical tie with Mandami (26%) and Cuomo (23%) in a four-way race, according to the margin of error. Sliwa's 22% share easily beat Adams (13%), the poll found. 3 The sit-down comes as Sliwa's appeal grows. A recent HarrisX poll put him in a statistical tie with Mandami (26%) and Cuomo (23%) in a four-way race. Yet, Sliwa has raised just $169,000 in the last reporting period, compared with $1.5 million for Adams. Mamdani — who met with the Partnership last week — has spoken about government takeovers of grocery stores, defunding the police and wouldn't denounce the left-wing rally cry of 'globalizing the intifada' despite its anti semitic overtones. Business leaders expressed a high degree of skepticism after listening to him address questions on those issues. That said, they have yet to fully coalesce behind either Adams or Cuomo, who bring their own baggage to the race. Adams' tenure as mayor has been marred by significant corruption scandals. Cuomo was forced to resign as governor in 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations that he has denied and were never prosecuted. Sliwa brings different baggage. He has never held elected office (he lost handily to Adams four years ago running as a Republican). He is best known for his decades of work leading the Guardian Angels, a crime-fighting organization that made its name in the 1980s patrolling NYC's crime-ridden subway system.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Zohran Mamdani visiting Uganda during NYC mayoral campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is visiting his native country of Uganda to celebrate his recent marriage, taking a short break from the campaign trail ahead of the November election. Mamdani announced the visit in a video posted to social media on Sunday and said he would return to the city by the end of July. The trip comes as Mamdani, a 33-year-old member of the state Assembly, is facing a crowded field of opponents in the city's general election, including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who are both running as independent candidates. In his video, Mamdani joked that he had decided to heed the 'consistent advice' of some of his critics online who have told him to return to Africa, showing a screen full of posts that called for him to leave the U.S. 'I hear you, and I agree: I'm going back to Uganda,' he said. 'I'm headed there in a personal capacity to celebrate Rama and I's marriage with our family and friends.' "But I do want to apologize to the haters, because I will be coming back," Mamdani added. Mamdani announced his marriage to Rama Duwaji, an animator and illustrator, earlier this year. He was born in Kampala, Uganda to Indian parents and moved to New York when he was 7, becoming naturalized as an American citizen in 2018. Mamdani defeated Cuomo in the city's Democratic primary election but Cuomo later relaunched his campaign to run as an independent candidate. Adams is a Democrat but skipped this primary to instead run as an independent because of the political fallout over his now-dismissed federal corruption case. Jim Walden, a former prosecutor, is also running as an independent. Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the anti-crime Guardian Angels patrol group, is running on the Republican line. Solve the daily Crossword
21-07-2025
- Politics
Zohran Mamdani visiting Uganda during NYC mayoral campaign
NEW YORK -- New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is visiting his native country of Uganda to celebrate his recent marriage, taking a short break from the campaign trail ahead of the November election. Mamdani announced the visit in a video posted to social media on Sunday and said he would return to the city by the end of July. The trip comes as Mamdani, a 33-year-old member of the state Assembly, is facing a crowded field of opponents in the city's general election, including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who are both running as independent candidates. In his video, Mamdani joked that he had decided to heed the 'consistent advice' of some of his critics online who have told him to return to Africa, showing a screen full of posts that called for him to leave the U.S. 'I hear you, and I agree: I'm going back to Uganda,' he said. 'I'm headed there in a personal capacity to celebrate Rama and I's marriage with our family and friends.' "But I do want to apologize to the haters, because I will be coming back," Mamdani added. Mamdani announced his marriage to Rama Duwaji, an animator and illustrator, earlier this year. He was born in Kampala, Uganda to Indian parents and moved to New York when he was 7, becoming naturalized as an American citizen in 2018. Mamdani defeated Cuomo in the city's Democratic primary election but Cuomo later relaunched his campaign to run as an independent candidate. Adams is a Democrat but skipped this primary to instead run as an independent because of the political fallout over his now-dismissed federal corruption case. Jim Walden, a former prosecutor, is also running as an independent. Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the anti-crime Guardian Angels patrol group, is running on the Republican line.
San Francisco Chronicle
21-07-2025
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
Zohran Mamdani visiting Uganda during NYC mayoral campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is visiting his native country of Uganda to celebrate his recent marriage, taking a short break from the campaign trail ahead of the November election. Mamdani announced the visit in a video posted to social media on Sunday and said he would return to the city by the end of July. The trip comes as Mamdani, a 33-year-old member of the state Assembly, is facing a crowded field of opponents in the city's general election, including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who are both running as independent candidates. In his video, Mamdani joked that he had decided to heed the 'consistent advice' of some of his critics online who have told him to return to Africa, showing a screen full of posts that called for him to leave the U.S. 'I hear you, and I agree: I'm going back to Uganda,' he said. 'I'm headed there in a personal capacity to celebrate Rama and I's marriage with our family and friends.' "But I do want to apologize to the haters, because I will be coming back," Mamdani added. Mamdani announced his marriage to Rama Duwaji, an animator and illustrator, earlier this year. He was born in Kampala, Uganda to Indian parents and moved to New York when he was 7, becoming naturalized as an American citizen in 2018. Mamdani defeated Cuomo in the city's Democratic primary election but Cuomo later relaunched his campaign to run as an independent candidate. Adams is a Democrat but skipped this primary to instead run as an independent because of the political fallout over his now-dismissed federal corruption case. Jim Walden, a former prosecutor, is also running as an independent. Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the anti-crime Guardian Angels patrol group, is running on the Republican line.
