NYC Mayor's Race: Republican county chairs reaffirm 'unequivocal support' for Sliwa amid calls to drop out
The five Republican Party county leaders in New York City have reaffirmed their “unequivocal support” for their party’s mayoral nominee, Curtis Sliwa, ahead of the Nov. 4 general election.
The vote of confidence issued in an Oct. 21 statement responded to numerous public calls for Sliwa to drop out of the election to give former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a better chance of beating Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in a one-on-one contest. The GOP leaders maintained that they and their party faithful would never support Cuomo under any circumstances.
“Republican voters are not going to vote for Andrew Cuomo,” the party chairs said in a joint statement. “He lost his own party’s primary, badly, and is not even appearing on the ballot on a major party line. Republicans should not have to clean up the mess Andrew Cuomo and the Democrats created, and we will not allow the political class to interfere with voters or hijack our ballot.”
Richmond County Chair Assembly Member Michael Tannousis; New York County Chair Andrea Catsimatidis; Bronx County Chair Michael Rendino; Queens County Chair Anthony Nunziato; and Kings County Chair Liam McCabe all announced their support for Sliwa in Tuesday’s joint statement.
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