Sliwa took a number of pot shots at Mayor Eric Adams and Cuomo for their Support of \u201cCity of Yes.\u201d Cuomo, Sliwa said, has \u201cbillionaire friends\u201d and cozy relationships with real estate developers. <\/p>\n
Sliwa vowed to nix both speed cameras and congestion pricing, describing them as taxes. He said he plans to cut property taxes and eliminate them for seniors age 65 or older. Sliwa also said he is looking to eliminate income taxes for 10 years for adults in their 20s through 40s, Millennials and Gen Zers.<\/p>\n
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A rally to promote mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa was held at the Staten Island Republican Party headquarters on Richmond Road in New Dorp on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Here, Sliwa speaks at the rally.(Advance\/SILive.com | Maura Grunlund)Conversation with Trump<\/p>\n
Giuliani said he had a phone conversation with President Donald Trump in which the commander in chief made favorable comments about Sliwa. As with many Republicans, Giuliani questioned whether he should back Sliwa, given the possibility of Mamdani winning due to a three-way split in the votes.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me to vote my conscience,\u201d Giuliani said. \u201cHe said, long haul, that\u2019s going to help the city the most.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giuliani said the president referred to Sliwa as \u201ca really smart guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taking aim at Mamdani<\/p>\n
Malliotakis zeroed in on Mamdani\u2019s membership in the Democratic Socialists of America. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you listen to Zohran Mamdani, his policies are literally out of the Karl Marx communist playbook,\u201d the congresswoman said. \u201cSeizing the means of production, abolishing private property rights, defunding the police, closing jails. It is completely outrageous and scary that this man can be mayor in just a few days. This is serious. This will destroy our city\u2019s economy. This will eliminate public safety, everything that this city stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said that New York City was \u201cbuilt on the American dream\u201d of a free market and capitalist economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the economic engine for the country,\u201d she said of New York City. \u201cAnd we cannot have somebody who has these radical left-wing views lead it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She questioned Mamdani\u2019s associations with certain Muslim clerics and his relative lack of work experience at age 34. Mamdani has been a state assemblyman representing Queens since 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile Zohran Mamdani was a toddler in his diapers in Uganda, this man, Curtis Sliwa, was out patrolling our streets to keep our city safe,\u201d Malliotakis said of Sliwa\u2019s leadership in the Guardian Angels. \u201cThink about it. God forbid we have another terrorist attack, another pandemic, another Hurricane Sandy. <\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want a guy who\u2019s 34 years old, never had a job other than being a bad hip-hop artist managing this city? You don\u2019t. And that is why we have to go out Tuesday and vote for Curtis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assemblymen Michael Tannousis, Michael Reilly and Sam Pirozzolo, and City Councilmen David Carr and Frank Morano, City Council candidate John Shea and artist Scott LoBaido were among the speakers. Many of the speakers asked rally attendants to vote a straight Republican ballot and \u201cno\u201d for all the propositions.<\/p>\n
The event was delayed after a car crashed into a utility pole on Richmond Road outside nearby Moravian Cemetery. Police had to block the roadway for hours and a major traffic jam ensued.<\/a><\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Staten Island Republican politicians showed up in force on Saturday to get out the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-25435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}