Posted on 10/22/2025 11:40:27 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa angrily quit his radio gig at 77 WABC on Wednesday in a fiery on-air showdown after its owner and one of the station’s most recognizable hosts called on him to drop out of the race.
He raged on the station’s airwaves “you will never see me at the studios of WABC again” as he accused colleagues of betraying him and complained to host Sid Rosenberg that the station was giving preferable treatment to independent candidate, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “Let me just say Sid, I am directing my comments to everybody at WABC,” Sliwa told Rosenberg, who is nudging Sliwa to move aside so Cuomo has the best shot at upsetting Democratic nominee and front-runner Zohran Mamdani.
Station owner, Republican John Catsimatidis, also urged a defiant Sliwa to raise the white flag this week, but appeared to back off his plea in an interview with The Post following the on-air blowup.
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He would do a better job than either one of the other candidates.
If only Curtis would get that worked up on the campaign trail.
His campaign is a big snooze.
He’d do well in an advisory position. He’s not going to be mayor. He’s just being an unnecessary martyr.
His beret is on too tight. Silwa could never really be taken seriously anyway. He hasn’t done crap to prove to NY he would be a good mayor.
But he can’t win.
He wouldn’t do better than Adams. Also, Sliwa is not a Republican, he just switched his registration to run for office. Cuomo is terrible, and Mamdani is beyond terrible. Crime could jump under Sliwa, because he is so nonfunctional. I don’t think you know how much of a wackadoo he is - including a faked kidnapping in 1983, which he admitted to. He is okay at some things, but who knows what he would do, and he’s never getting elected.
What would he advise on?
If you read his actual history, he’s crazy. Which is okay in a radio host. Not so much mayor. I doubt he would last all four years.
He has 17 cats, or at least he used to.
Sucks to be a New Yorker...leave while you still can.
As he should. GTFO.
I heard last night that he had them in s Studio Apartment!
That’s nuts...
Maybe broken windows crime prevention.
I don’t know. HOwever, I’d rather keep him busy in a policy than have him throw the election to the Muslim.
Like me, he's a cat lover, but I prefer one at a time.
He might be the perfect personification of the quintessential New York clown — sort of like a Republican version of Woody Allen.
Why does everyone assume that if he drops out Cuomo would win? He got beat by Mamdani already.
What if Sliwa voters stay home? What if they vote Mamdani? Cuomo is a proven loser. Murdering sex abuser as Gov.
Wait. Didn’t Madmani already beat Coomo in the primary?
We don’t assume it; but Sliwa has no chance at all. A lot can happen in two weeks, and at least Cuomo is a lot closer to winning than Sliwa is or will be.
This!
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