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The Hill
5 hours ago
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- The Hill
NYC mayoral candidates respond to shooting in Midtown Manhattan
Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo all moved to comment law enforcement after at least two people, including an off-duty New York City police officer, were shot and killed in the lobby of a major Manhattan office building. The three New York City mayoral candidates all condemned the shooting, which took place Monday night in a building that houses the offices of Blackstone, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan. The shooter, who is believed to have acted alone, also fatally shot himself. 'I'm heartbroken to learn of the horrific shooting in midtown and I am holding the victims, their families, and the NYPD officer in critical condition in my thoughts,' Mamdani, the Democratic frontrunner, wrote on X. 'Grateful for all of our first responders on the ground.' Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for re-election, said he had been briefed on the situation and appeared on the scene in a video posted to social media, telling occupants of the building to remain inside as law enforcement conducted a search. He also said multiple people had been injured. Cuomo, who is running on a third-party ballot line, said he was 'horrified' by the shooting.' 'I'm grateful for the courage of our NYPD and first responders, and my prayers are with the victims and their families,' he wrote on X. Sliwa, the Republican nominee for a second cycle in a row, said he was 'disturbed' by the shootings. 'Grateful to our first responders who run toward danger to keep us safe,' he wrote on X.
New York Post
9 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Curtis Sliwa pledges — again — to hang up iconic red beret if he wins NYC mayoral race
He'll hang up his hat — if he wins. Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa pledged Monday to retire his iconic red beret if he's elected mayor. 'I was born without a beret, I'll die without a beret, I can take the beret off,' Sliwa said as he led an hourlong manhunt for a dog-hating maniac in Queens, that didn't end up sniffing out the suspect. Advertisement The Republican mayoral nominee has shed his ruby noggin topper more often in recent days as he aims to appeal to well-to-do New Yorkers wary of socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. 'If the people are good enough to elect me mayor, I'll retire the red beret. I won't wear the red beret. But for right now, I guess I'm going to have to switch on-and-off depending on what group I'm with,' he said. 3 Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa vowed to retire his beret if elected mayor. Michael Nagle Advertisement 3 He made the pledge as he led a manhunt for a monster who lit a pit bull on fire. Michael Nagle Sliwa has promised to ditch the beret before, during 2021's mayoral election, when he was also the GOP candidate. But Big Apple voters at the time evidently weren't jazzed enough by the prospect of a beret-free Sliwa — the bearer of quite the impressive tan line underneath his cap — and overwhelmingly voted Mayor Eric Adams into office. Sliwa wore a different hat, so to speak, for an hour Monday as he led an unsuccessful hunt across South Ozone Park for a monster accused of setting a helpless pit bull on fire last week. Advertisement He plastered fliers with photos depicting the suspect under car windshields and knocked on doors. 3 Sliwa's beret is so inseparable from his head that he has displayed a prominent tan line on the few occasions he has removed it. Stephen Yang The outspoken animal lover — who once showed off the 15 rescue cats inside his 320-square-foot Upper West Side studio apartment — vowed that animal abuse will be a priority if he's elected. 'I'm trying to get everybody to get involved to put this fiend in jail where he belongs,' he said.
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
NYC transit union threatens to sue GOP mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa over ‘defamatory' comments
The politically influential Transport Workers Union is threatening to sue Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa over 'defamatory and false' comments he recently made about the labor group. In a letter sent to Sliwa on Monday, John Samuelsen, the TWU's international president, wrote that the mayoral hopeful engaged in the remarks during a July 24 rally at City Hall organized by NYCLASS, a group advocating for a ban on horse-carriage rides in Central Park. Samuelsen, whose union represents horse carriage riders, wrote he came across Sliwa's speech in a video of the gathering posted on YouTube. 'In this video, you say, 'There is money under the table to the TWU leadership.' This statement is false and defamatory. The statement asserts bribery and/or corruption,' Samuelsen wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by the Daily News. 'By this letter, I demand that you issue a written retraction of the statement and offer an apology to the members of the TWU whose leadership you have slandered and defamed,' the union big continued. 'If you choose not to act honorably by retracting the false statement, we will commence legal action against you for your actions forthwith. We will seek damages commensurate with the harm done to my reputation and to the reputation of the TWU.' Sliwa, the Guardian Angels founder who has made animal welfare a big component of his mayoral campaign, rejected Samuelsen's demand, saying his remarks amounted to 'First Amendment protected speech.' 'I offered my opinion on an area of concern for New Yorkers regarding the horse carriage industry and the TWU,' he said. 'My statement was generic and not individual specific. I believe Mr. Samuelsen and the TWU have other things to focus on.' In response, Samuelsen told The News that Sliwa's comments aren't 'protected by the Constitution and he will pay for it.' In addition to horse carriage riders, Samuelsen's union represents tens of thousands of MTA workers. His union hasn't endorsed anyone in the 2025 mayoral race, but Samuelsen did appear at a June 14 rally for Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee, where he praised Mamdani's proposal to make public buses free in the city. The horse carriage industry has long been a source of controversy in New York, with animal rights activists condemning the practice as inhumane, while TWU and other supporters of workers say banning it would destroy livelihoods. The union has also maintained reforms can be taken to ensure the safety of the horses. Last week's City Hall rally was held to call on the City Council to adopt a bill that would ban the local horse carriage industry. The rally came days after a Manhattan jury acquitted a horse carriage rider who was indicted in 2023 on animal abuse charges for allegedly forcing his horse, Ryder, to work in scorching summer temperatures. As the Republican candidate, Sliwa faces long odds in November's mayoral election, given the city's heavily Democratic electorate. Sliwa, who also ran for mayor in 2021, has been especially upbeat about his prospects this year, though, as the field is more crowded than in a typical local election year. In addition to Mamdani on the Democratic line and Sliwa on the GOP line, Mayor Adams, Andrew Cuomo and Jim Walden are running as independents in November's contest, creating a vote-splitting scenario Sliwa hopes might benefit him. Solve the daily Crossword
CBS News
a day ago
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- CBS News
In NYC mayor's race, Republican Curtis Sliwa has no intention of dropping out
Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City, says he will not drop out of the race to help Mayor Eric Adams or former Gov. Andrew Cuomo defeat Democrat Zohran Mamdani. The Guardian Angels founder, who lost to Adams in 2021, told CBS News New York's "The Point with Marcia Kramer" on Sunday the idea of candidates strategically dropping out to block Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, from winning Gracie Mansion is unrealistic and possibly unfair to voters. "Everybody loves to play fantasy politics. If you've received matching funds and you drop out, you gotta give it all back," Sliwa said. "You think Cuomo's gonna give it all back? You think Jim Walden's gonna give it all back? Not gonna happen. You think I'm gonna give it all back? I'm not independently wealthy. Number two, you're still on the line. They don't take your name off." Sliwa said his supporters would not vote for Cuomo "under any circumstance." "So let the people decide. Nobody's dropping out. This fantasy idea of Jim Walden, who is really a surrogate for Andrew Cuomo, is not resonating with anybody," he said. Cuomo said he would drop out only if Adams is ahead of him in pre-election polls, and Walden made a similar promise. Adams said Cuomo should exit the race regardless because he already lost once to Mamdani in the Democratic primary. Sliwa said Mamdani proved his strength as a candidate in the primary, but he opposes his biggest campaign promises -- a rent freeze on stabilized units, fare-free buses and city-run grocery stores. "I wouldn't vote for a rent freeze because obviously you're gonna see an abandonment of properties," Sliwa said. "Half the people don't even pay the fare on the bus to begin with. We gotta talk about fare enforcement. Adams hasn't done any fare enforcement. Cuomo, when was governor, hasn't done any ... Somebody's gotta pay for the free buses, right? Nothing is free. You gotta pay for it. The point is, I'm the only one saying enforcement, everybody pays the fare. If you can't afford it, there's half reduction, a third reduction." "City-run grocery stores. Hey, how did that work in Kansas City recently? They imploded. I was in Havana, I saw. You walk in with a ration book if you're a citizen in Cuba. If you're a tourist, you get to walk to normal kinds of Walmart supermarkets where everything is set. It doesn't work," he continued. In his campaign, Sliwa is promising to slash the city's corporate taxes and property taxes in the outer boroughs. But reducing crime is still his top priority. "First off, you've got to have law and order, because you could cut people's taxes, you could make it more corporate friendly, and they're not gonna stay," he said. "I'm gonna add 7,000 cops. And guess who I am taxing? Jimmy Dolan, Madison Square Garden, you owe $43 million in property tax a year. He's had a sweetheart deal." Sliwa said he'd also tax Columbia University and New York University "only on their real estate holdings that have nothing to do with education." "They've become big real estate firms. They own so much real estate in Greenwich Village and Morningside Heights that has nothing to do with education. That has to be taxed," he said. Sliwa said he believes some Republican Party leaders would prefer a Mamdani victory because it could boost the GOP in the 2026 midterms. "I don't believe President Trump thinks that. He's a New Yorker, but there are others who hate New York," Sliwa said. "There are a lot of people, even Democrats, around the country, they hate, they despise, they loathe New York." Sliwa is attempting to become the first Republican to move into Gracie Mansion since Rudy Giuliani in 1994. Michael Bloomberg was a lifelong Democrat before he switched to the GOP and won the mayor's race in 2001. Bloomberg was an independent during his third term. Cuomo opted to wage an independent campaign after losing the Democratic primary. Adams chose to skip the primary and seek reelection as an independent. Walden also qualified to be on an independent ballot line. There was no Republican primary. Click here to watch Sliwa's full interview.
Fox News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Sliwa: I can't believe these guys!
New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to give an update on his campaign.
