{"id":2493483,"date":"2025-10-01T18:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-builds-for-sliwa-to-follow-eric-adams-in-exiting-nyc-mayoral-race\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:27:00","slug":"pressure-builds-for-sliwa-to-follow-eric-adams-in-exiting-nyc-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-builds-for-sliwa-to-follow-eric-adams-in-exiting-nyc-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure builds for Sliwa to follow Eric Adams in exiting NYC mayoral 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\">26<\/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%2Fpressure-builds-for-sliwa-to-follow-eric-adams-in-exiting-nyc-mayoral-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=2493483&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>Teh article discusses growing pressure on Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate for New York City mayor, to drop out of the race following incumbent Mayor Eric Adams&#8217; recent withdrawal from his reelection bid. With Adams exiting, the mayoral contest has narrowed to three main candidates: socialist Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Sliwa. Cuomo&#8217;s campaign and supporters are urging Sliwa to step down to consolidate the anti-Mamdani vote and improve Cuomo&#8217;s chances against the frontrunner Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>Sliwa, known as the founder of the Guardian angels, has resisted these calls, declaring that he will not surrender or retreat despite pressure, bribe offers, and appeals from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-assessment-of-georgia-voting-machines-signals-scrutiny-heading-into-2024\/\" title=\"Georgia voting machines face increased scrutiny ahead of 2024 due to security assessment.\">high-profile allies<\/a> like Republican billionaire John Catsimatidis. Sliwa has also distanced himself from former President Donald Trump, who favors Cuomo as the best candidate to defeat Mamdani but acknowledges Mamdani&#8217;s potential victory could benefit Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Polls show Mamdani leading with critically importent support, while Cuomo trails behind. Analysts are skeptical Sliwa will drop out as of his commitment to his agenda, including unconventional ideas like using cats to control rats in the city. If Sliwa were to exit, his supporters might back Cuomo, but it remains uncertain if that would be enough to overcome Mamdani&#8217;s lead. <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\">Pressure builds for Sliwa to follow Eric Adams in exiting NYC mayoral 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_2361791\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York <\/a>City Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Adams <\/a>ended his reelection bid last Sunday, narrowing the city&rsquo;s mayoral race down to three candidates. Socialist Zohran Mamdani has been favored for months to win, while former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has tried to gain support after his primary loss to Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>On the GOP side, Curtis Sliwa&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-risks-raising-stakes-of-debate-by-repeating-biden-blunders-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris risks raising stakes of debate by repeating Biden blunders - Washington Examiner\">campaign hasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t broken out behind Mamdani and Cuomo. The former governor has sought to consolidate support in the race, which he received with Adams&rsquo;s withdrawal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3833248\/ohio-gop-misses-deadline-new-congressional-maps\/\">Ohio GOP misses deadline for new maps, handing job off to redistricting commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3832563\/whoopi-goldberg-advises-zohran-mamdani-ensure-everybody-paying-fair-share-taxes\/\">Whoopi Goldberg advises Mamdani to ensure &#8216;everybody is paying their fair share&#8217; in taxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3832512\/ala-stanford-pennsylvania-third-district-democratic-primary\/\">Philadelphia pediatric surgeon enters crowded Democratic House primary field with Dwight Evans endorsement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Cuomo&rsquo;s camp wants Sliwa to follow Adams, which could give the former governor the best chance against Mamdani. However, Sliwa has opposed efforts to get him to drop out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t surrender,&rdquo; Sliwa said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >campaign stop earlier<\/a> this week in response to pressure for him to exit the race. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t retreat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit organization focused on unarmed crime prevention, said he has received large bribes to drop out, but he has declined them and threatened to name names if the offers continue. However, public pressure has continued to mount, especially from the Cuomo campaign and the former governor&rsquo;s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Former independent candidate Jim Walden framed Sliwa&rsquo;s possibly dropping out as &ldquo;saving New York.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Curtis Sliwa Can Save New York. Become the true HERO, &#8294;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurtisSliwa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@CurtisSliwa<\/a>&#8297;!!&rdquo; Walden posted on Tuesday on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa attends a New York Young Republicans Club vigil for Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk at Madison Square Park on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Kena Betancur)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>New York Daily News<\/em> editorial board, which endorsed Cuomo in the primary, also urged Sliwa to drop out, with one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/09\/28\/adams-was-right-to-drop-out-of-the-nyc-mayoral-election-now-its-sliwas-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> headline<\/a> saying, &ldquo;Adams was right to drop out of NYC mayoral election. Now it&rsquo;s Curtis Sliwa&rsquo;s turn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Among Sliwa&rsquo;s most high-profile supporters, there have been hints of unrest. John Catsimatidis, a Republican billionaire and close friend of Sliwa, said last Sunday that Sliwa should &ldquo;do the right thing&rdquo; if his campaign isn&rsquo;t generating momentum.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would say to Curtis, if he wants to run, to keep running another week, two weeks, three weeks,&rdquo; Catsimatidis said Sunday night on WABC radio. &ldquo;But if he reaches a point that he feels that he&rsquo;s not turning it around, then at some point he should do the right thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to Catsimatidis&rsquo;s comments, Sliwa said, &ldquo;John knows me as well as anybody. I don&rsquo;t drop out for anybody.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has expressed belief that Cuomo is the best person to beat Mamdani, whom he has called a communist. However, he&rsquo;s also acknowledged the possibility of a Mamdani mayoralty, saying it would be a &ldquo;gift&rdquo; to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure from Trump has also not yet buckled Sliwa, who told the <em>New York Times<\/em> that he doesn&rsquo;t expect Trump to back him and said he isn&rsquo;t &ldquo;aligned with all of the MAGA principles.&rdquo; He acknowledged that Trump knows Cuomo and has spoken with him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He certainly has talked with Andrew Cuomo, whom he&rsquo;s known for years. You know, I don&rsquo;t often agree with Eric Adams, but&nbsp;Cuomo is a snake and a liar. I&rsquo;d like to strap him up to a lie-detector test,&rdquo; Sliwa told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>If Sliwa does drop out, his supporters could flock to Cuomo, giving the former governor a better chance. However, it&rsquo;s unclear whether that would be enough for Cuomo to beat Mamdani. A recent Fox News poll showed that Mamdani had 47% support, Cuomo had 29%, Sliwa had 11%, and Adams had 7%.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo would tie with Mamdani if he could convert all of the support from Sliwa and Adams. However, absent Sliwa&rsquo;s support, he wouldn&rsquo;t be close to beating Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Max Burns told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he is skeptical Sliwa will drop out because he has expressed a belief in his agenda and has held firm so far. Burns also took a moment to admire Sliwa&rsquo;s interest in using cats to control the rat population in the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3828039\/nyc-mayor-race-down-to-three-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NYC MAYOR RACE DOWN TO THREE CANDIDATES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dropping out is an acknowledgement that you never cared that much about what you were supposedly fighting for,&rdquo; Burns said<em>.<\/em> &ldquo;I like to think Sliwa believes in his agenda, even if I disagree with most of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Besides cat patrols,&rdquo; he noted, &ldquo;that&rsquo;s f***ing based.&rdquo;<\/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>Pressure mounts on Sliwa to quit NYC mayoral race like Adams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2493484,"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\/10\/curtis-sliwa-republican.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3728,36661,41802,5894,58766],"class_list":["post-2493483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election","tag-eric-adams","tag-nyc-mayoral-race","tag-politics","tag-sliwa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/curtis-sliwa-republican.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493483","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=2493483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2493487,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493483\/revisions\/2493487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2493484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}