Pro-Cuomo PAC launches six-figure anti-Sliwa effort, targeting Russian-speaking voters
For the first time in this year’s mayoral race, a pro-Andrew Cuomo super PAC is launching an attack ad campaign targeting Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa — and the effort is aimed, in particular, at luring Russian-speaking voters away from the GOP nominee.
The web of pro-Cuomo super PACs active in the 2025 race have so far spent tens of millions of dollars mostly on efforts advocating for Cuomo’s candidacy or railing against Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani.
The shift to an anti-Sliwa posture from the New Yorkers for a Better Future Mayor 25 super PAC comes as Cuomo and others have pressured the GOP nominee to drop out of the race, arguing he needs to do so for the ex-governor to have a real shot at defeating Mamdani in the Nov. 4 election.
Sliwa has been steadfast in rejecting the calls for him to pull out, saying he will stay in no matter what. Early voting in the Nov. 4 contest starts Saturday, and polls have consistently shown Mamdani defeating Cuomo by double digits, with Sliwa trailing both of them in third place.
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