{"id":2490816,"date":"2025-09-24T23:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curtis-sliwa-says-cuomo-campaign-tried-to-bribe-him-to-exit-race\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T23:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:50:27","slug":"curtis-sliwa-says-cuomo-campaign-tried-to-bribe-him-to-exit-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curtis-sliwa-says-cuomo-campaign-tried-to-bribe-him-to-exit-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Sliwa says Cuomo campaign tried to bribe him to exit race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcurtis-sliwa-says-cuomo-campaign-tried-to-bribe-him-to-exit-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2490816&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Curtis Sliwa, the New York city Republican nominee for mayor, accused former Governor Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s campaign of attempting too bribe him to drop out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-hospitalized-after-abdominal-pain-cancels-mayoral-race-events\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Hospitalized After Abdominal Pain, Cancels ...al ... Events\">mayoral race<\/a>. Sliwa claims that cuomo&#8217;s camp tried to influence the election to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-to-stay-in-race-for-new-york-mayor\/\" title=\"... to stay in ... for New York ...\">consolidate opposition<\/a> against the Democratic front-runner, Zohran Mamdani.Cuomo&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-liz-cheney-been-indicted-for-treason-and-other-high-crimes\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Has Liz Cheney Been Indicted For \u2018Treason And Other High Crimes\u2019?\">spokesperson denied<\/a> the allegations,calling Sliwa&#8217;s claims baseless adn accusing him of engaging in publicity stunts. Amid this controversy, Mamdani expressed that he trusted Sliwa more than Cuomo or current Mayor eric Adams, who are also candidates in the race. Recent polls show Mamdani leading significantly, with Cuomo in second and Sliwa in third. The article suggests that the split <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-reject-biden-infrastructure-bill-despite-reduced-cost\/\" title=\"Republicans Reject Biden Infrastructure Bill Despite Reduced Cost\">opposition vote<\/a> among Sliwa, Cuomo, and Adams may help Mamdani maintain his lead unless the opposition candidates consolidate. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NYC Republican mayoral hopeful Sliwa says Cuomo camp tried to bribe him to exit race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2239559\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>New York City Republican nominee<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3498978\/curtis-sliwa-dubs-eric-adams-and-andrew-cuomo-diet-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> for mayor Curtis Sliwa<\/a> says former Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andrew-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Cuomo&rsquo;s <\/a>campaign<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andrew-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>and others have tried to bribe him to leave the race.<\/p>\n<p>Sliwa is part of a trio of candidates, also including Cuomo and incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayor Eric Adams<\/a>, who are trying to beat mayoral favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>. Speculation has mounted for months that a one-on-one matchup would be the best shot for an opposition candidate to beat Mamdani, the Democrat in the contest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3822119\/new-jersey-police-union-backs-jack-ciattarelli-governor-after-endorsing-phil-murphy\/\">NJ police union backs Ciattarelli for governor after endorsing Murphy in 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3821900\/republican-jason-dickerson-wins-special-election-in-georgia-state-senate-race\/\">Republican Jason Dickerson wins special election in Georgia state Senate race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3820969\/tom-tiffany-campaign-governor-wisconsin\/\">Tom Tiffany launches campaign for governor of Wisconsin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This is classic Andrew Cuomo tactics. This has been steady, cumulatively around $10 million. Why don&rsquo;t you strap up Cuomo to a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lie detection machine<\/a> and ask him, and we&rsquo;ll all be blown to kingdom come because he&rsquo;s behind it,&rdquo; Sliwa said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Curtis Sliwa doesn&rsquo;t have a price,&rdquo; Sliwa told reporters. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all Cuomo. I know that I&rsquo;ve had conversations with them. &lsquo;Oh, come on, Cuomo is a flawed candidate, we all know that. But we all have to come together in order to defeat Mamdani.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi denied the accusations and attacked Sliwa in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichAzzopardi\/status\/1970989974062497899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So here&rsquo;s what a joke,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurtisSliwa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@CurtisSliwa<\/a> is: he &ndash; with no evidence at all &ndash; accuses our campaign of a crime. Hours earlier, his team was begging us &amp; the Adams campaign to join their publicity stunt lawsuit against <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABC7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@ABC7<\/a>. We decline, they lose their minds &amp; today Curtis pulls this,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani told Fox 5 News that he trusted Sliwa the most out of any other candidate in the race when told about his bribery allegations. &ldquo;I can tell you that out of Andrew Cuomo, Eric Adams, and Curtis Sliwa, I trust Curtis Sliwa the most,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/morganfmckay\/status\/1970931976510349518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-poll-unhappy-nycs-direction-voters-favor-mamdani-mayor-wide-margin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A recent poll<\/a> showed Sliwa in third place for the New York City mayoral race. Mamdani led the pack by 18 percentage points at 45% support. Cuomo came in at 27%, and Sliwa landed at 11%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3802455\/foreign-leaders-world-reaction-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOREIGN LEADERS REMEMBER CHARLIE KIRK AS DEFENDER OF FREEDOM AFTER ACTIVIST&rsquo;S ASSASSINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mamdani has led for months in the race, and the Democratic establishment has slowly embraced the socialist. Some, like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), remain skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>The city appears to be waiting to reckon with Mamdani as mayor, with the three other candidates likely to split the opposition vote. A consolidation of the opposition vote could help their cause, but it hasn&rsquo;t happened yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sliwa claims Cuomo&#8217;s team tried to bribe him out of NYC race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2490818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sliwa-nyc.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20427,64016,57915],"class_list":["post-2490816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bribery","tag-cuomo-campaign","tag-curtis-sliwa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sliwa-nyc.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490816"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490820,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490816\/revisions\/2490820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2490818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}