Curtis Sliwa Vows to Stay in NYC Mayoral Race Despite Pressure to Quit

A Republican billionaire donor has urged Sliwa to withdraw from the race and unite behind former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Founder of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa at the Queens Village Republican Club’s 150th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner in Queens Village, N.Y., on March 2, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Curtis Sliwa, the Republican Party’s candidate for New York City mayor, has vowed to stay in the race, despite mounting calls urging him to quit just days before early voting begins.

“Let’s be very clear: I am not dropping out—under no circumstances,” Sliwa told reporters on Tuesday outside a Manhattan subway station. “I’ve already been offered money to drop out, I said no.”