Overview
- At a Tuesday press conference, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa said he will not withdraw from the mayoral race under any circumstances.
- Sliwa claimed he was offered money to drop out and said he refused the offer.
- Billionaire John Catsimatidis publicly urged Sliwa to step aside for Andrew Cuomo, while also financing Sliwa’s job at WABC.
- County Republican chairs issued a joint statement declaring unified support for Sliwa, and party chair Andrea Catsimatidis continues to back him.
- Recent polling shows Zohran Mamdani leading in a three-way race, with a Gotham/AARP survey indicating a closer contest only in a head-to-head between Mamdani and Cuomo.