"Curtis Sliwa, the activist and Republican nominee for New York City mayor known for donning a red beret, quit his radio talk show on Wednesday after getting heated amid calls from the owner for him to drop out. Sliwa, who founded the nonprofit Guardian Angels crime prevention organization, has hosted radio programs for more than three decades and became a prominent conservative in the state."
""Curtis would make the best mayor of all the candidates ... but Curtis has to realize that he should love New York more than anything else," Catsimatidis told Sid Rosenberg on WABC radio Monday, according to the New York Post. "It certainly looks like Curtis should pull out right now," he added, claiming the city's can't "take a chance" that surprise Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani will win."
"On Wednesday, hours ahead of a high-profile debate, Sliwa lashed out. "He raged on the station's airwaves 'you will never see me at the studios of WABC again' as he accused colleagues of betraying him and complained to host Sid Rosenberg that the station was giving preferable treatment to independent candidate, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo," the Post reported, calling it a "fiery on-air showdown.""
Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and a longtime radio host, abruptly left his WABC talk show after a heated on-air confrontation. WABC owner John Catsimatidis and colleagues urged Sliwa to end his 2025 mayoral bid to avoid risking a surprise Democratic victory. Catsimatidis publicly suggested Sliwa should withdraw to protect the city, and Sliwa responded angrily ahead of a debate, accusing the station of betrayal and preferential treatment for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. Sliwa declared he will never return to the WABC studios and denied accusations of selfishness.
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