Several canvassers told the outlet they were promised wages that never materialized, leaving them owed thousands of dollars after weeks of door-knocking and phone banking during the final stretch of Sliwa\u2019s campaign<\/a> against Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani<\/a>.<\/p>\n One former worker interviewed by The Post said he is owed about $2,000, calling the situation “disappointing for someone who claimed to run on honesty and reform.” Another canvasser, Alonzo Henderson, said he felt misled. “When someone is promised something, you need to live up to that end of the promise \u2014 especially when you\u2019re running on reform,” Henderson told the outlet.<\/p>\n Republican operatives in the city told the paper the issue has become a major point of frustration among lower-level staffers. “The biggest source of complaints is from the hourly paid canvassers. They need the money,” one GOP insider said.<\/p>\n SPARKS FLY AS CUOMO, MAMDANI TEAR INTO EACH OTHER DURING FIERY DEBATE: ‘TOXIC ENERGY’<\/a><\/p>\n Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, Curtis Sliwa, campaigns on November 2, 2025 in the Manhattan borough in New York City (Stephanie Keith\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Sliwa\u2019s campaign is rejecting the allegation that workers won\u2019t be paid. Spokesman Rob Cole told The Post that “everyone is going to get paid,” insisting the process takes time because wages must be verified by the New York City Campaign Finance Board.<\/p>\n Sliwa echoed that explanation when pressed by the outlet, saying any worker who can produce timesheets will be paid by Dec. 1. He described the verification process as “standard protocol” and denied that his campaign stiffed anyone.<\/p>\n The controversy comes despite the campaign\u2019s sizable budget. According to the Campaign Finance Board, Sliwa raised nearly $7 million, including more than $5 million in public matching funds \u2014 leaving roughly $1.7 million in cash remaining at the end of the race<\/a>, The Post reported.<\/p>\n NYC MAYORAL RIVALS UNITE AGAINST BILLIONAIRE \u2018ELECTION INTERFERENCE\u2019 AS CAMPAIGN ENTERS FINAL STRETCH<\/a><\/p>\n Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, speaks at a press event at City Hall on September 30, 2025, in New York City. After the current mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the race, there is growing pressure on Sliwa to drop out as well so that Andrew Cuomo has a better chance of defeating Zohran Mamdani in the November general election. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Sliwa ultimately received just 7% of the vote<\/a> in the Nov. 4 election, trailing Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/a>, who ran as an independent.<\/p>\n The pay dispute has renewed attention to a series of financial controversies that have followed Sliwa in recent years.<\/p>\n In 2023, The Daily Beast reported<\/a> that Sliwa\u2019s ex-wife, Mary Paterson, sued him for more than $530,000 in unpaid child support<\/a>, alleging he unilaterally cut his court-ordered payments. Her attorney accused Sliwa at the time of “disregard for legal process.”<\/p>\n CURTIS SLIWA VOWS TO BE ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S ‘WORST NIGHTMARE’ IF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST WINS NYC MAYORAL RACE<\/a><\/p>\n Curtis Sliwa, New York City mayoral candidate, during a mayoral debate in New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Millions of dollars are pouring into the mayoral election with less than two weeks to go until New Yorkers go to the polls. Photographer: Hiroko Masuike\/The New York Times\/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Photographer: Hiroko Masuike\/The New York Times\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n Politico\u2019s Playbook noted<\/a> in October that a corporation registered under Sliwa\u2019s name owes nearly $4,000 in unpaid state taxes, according to New York State tax warrants. Sliwa\u2019s campaign blamed the issue on an old clerical error involving a dissolved company and said he has paid all personal taxes.<\/p>\n The allegations have sparked anger among Republican activists still reeling from Mamdani\u2019s upset victory. Some party officials told The Post the situation has “further eroded trust” in Sliwa\u2019s populist messaging, arguing that stiffed canvassers undercut the image of a candidate who billed himself as a champion of ordinary New Yorkers.<\/p>\n![\"Republican](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/curtis-sliwa-november-2025.jpg\")
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