Sliwa said he was offered $10 million to drop out, adding that “Eric got the same offer,” referring to Mayor Eric Adams.

Curtis Sliwa refuses to step aside in the New York mayoral race despite multiple lucrative offers. His accusations against Andrew Cuomo's camp have stirred fresh controversy in the election.

Sliwa has long been a memorable character in New York City life. In the 1970s, he donned a red beret and began patrolling the subways with a group of civilians as the head of the Guardian Angels. In the 1990s, he escaped a murder attempt by leaping out the window of a moving taxi that had been stolen by his would-be assassins.

The Republican mayoral candidate tells Fox News Digital that New York City is “locking up toothpaste instead of criminals" and losing its best and brightest to low-tax states.

The candidates for New York City mayor face off Thursday in their first debate of the general election. Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa are set to take the stage at Rockefeller Center.