Cuomo<\/a>, but repeatedly stated that he would remain in the race.<\/p>\nIn the end, Sliwa\u2019s presence in the race did not impact the outcome as Mamdani claimed a clear majority, winning by 50.3% to Cuomo\u2019s 41.6%, a margin of almost 200,000 votes at the time of writing.<\/p>\n
But in a fiery address at Arte Cafe on the Upper West Side, a teary-eyed Sliwa, arm-in-arm with his wife Nancy, blasted the \u201cbillionaires\u201d who \u201cdecided\u201d that he did not have the right to represent the city\u2019s Republican base.<\/p>\n
Sliwa wanted to be the \u2018voice of the voiceless\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, decided that I should not have the right to represent all of you, to be the voice of the voiceless, the working class people who are the backbone of this city,\u201d Sliwa told his supporters Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
He alleged that he had been offered $10 million to drop out of the race and boost Cuomo\u2019s campaign but insisted that he did \u201cnot have a price.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Sliwa declared Mamdani the Mayor-elect and wished him luck, stating that is in the interests of the city that the Queens lawmaker should succeed in City Hall.\n<\/p>\n
But Sliwa, who had erstwhile dismissed concerns about the potential election of a democratic socialist by noting that the city had survived socialist mayors in the past, dialed up the rhetoric against Mamdani Tuesday night and said voters would not tolerate a socialist mayor.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me warn our new leader, if you try to implement socialism, if you try to render our police weak and impotent, if you forsake the people\u2019s public safety, we\u2019re not only organizing, but we are mobilizing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will become the Mayor-elect and his supporters\u2019 worst enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n
He expressed hope that the electorate voted against ballot proposals 2-4 that would reshape how the city approves housing projects, which he said would empower Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 City of Yes and \u201cdestroy\u201d quality of life in the city. All three ballots are set to pass at a margin of around 55-45%.<\/p>\n
Sliwa described his defeat as a setback but said he was proud of the more than 2 million New Yorkers who voted in the 2025 election, the largest such tally since 1969.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to applaud all New Yorkers, because men have died in battle so we could have this right,\u201d Sliwa said.\n<\/p>\n
Well wishes from a former New York governor<\/p>\n
He vowed that Republicans in New York would have their day at the ballot box again and called on members of the Republican opposition to keep the Mamdani administration in check.<\/p>\n
He did not, however, confirm whether or not he would run for mayor again in four years. Former Gov. George Pataki, who attended Sliwa\u2019s election party on Tuesday night, described the election results as disappointing but said he remained optimistic about the city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
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Former New York Governor George PatakiPhoto by Shane O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully, despite the outcome, tomorrow will be better and we\u2019ll have a good future,\u201d Pataki said.<\/p>\n
Pataki, like Sliwa, said he hopes Mamdani can be a success and said he wishes him well in City Hall.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wish him well,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we all should. It\u2019s in all of our interests for whoever\u2019s in office to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa delivered an impassioned address after conceding the election to Democratic nominee and apparent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[314,18087,18088,9,56,63,65,16585,64,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-29182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-assembly-member-zohran-mamdani","9":"tag-curtis-sliwa-conceeds","10":"tag-george-pataki","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-mayors-race-2025","16":"tag-nyc-news","17":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29182","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=29182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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