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New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa slammed President Donald Trump indirectly for commuting former Rep. George Santos’s seven-year prison sentence. Sliwa said he “dreamed” of Santos being cellmates with New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman called on NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the race on Friday, citing a Polymarket graph showing Mamdani with 90% odds to win.
The morning after a contentious debate, Andrew M. Cuomo ramped up his attacks on Curtis Sliwa, the Republican mayoral nominee, as he continued to hunt for Republican votes.
The Republican nominee, polling a distant third in the New York City mayoral race, is becoming a scapegoat for the former governor and his deep-pocketed allies.
As he pleaded for support from conservative voters Friday, Andrew Cuomo acknowledged it will be “very, very, very hard” for him to win next month’s mayoral election as long as
Sliwa said he was offered $10 million to drop out, adding that “Eric got the same offer,” referring to Mayor Eric Adams.
Republican Curtis Sliwa should drop out of NYC mayoral race to give former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo a better chance to win against frontrunner Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.
Curtis Sliwa faces MAGA backlash after refusing to call Donald Trump the 'best president,' igniting Republican infighting and exposing new fractures in the GOP's 2025 New York City mayoral race.