New York City is at a breaking point. Hardworking New Yorkers are being told to accept more corruption, more chaos, or more ideological extremism. But there is a real alternative: me.
Zohran Mamdani is a radical socialist with ideas so reckless that even old Democrats are worried.
In 2021, I warned everyone that Eric Adams, our current mayor, would be corrupt. People didn’t listen. Instead, we got firings, arrests, indictments, and a pay-to-play culture that hollowed out City Hall, while basic services fell behind and working New Yorkers paid the price.
As for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, he resigned in disgrace after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations that are now being settled with taxpayer money. He helped bring us the crime wave New Yorkers are now living with by ushering in bail reform, Raise the Age, Less Is More, and the HALT Act.
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Cuomo’s rental laws punished small property owners, his energy decisions shut down Indian Point and drove up energy costs, and his congestion pricing system charged you just for trying to get to work.
Here’s the truth New Yorkers already sense: Cuomo and Mamdani are two sides of the same coin – different labels, same results: higher costs, weaker security, and ideology over common sense.
I’m Curtis Sliwa. I am not a career politician. I’ve been walking these streets for more than 45 years: riding the subway, patrolling neighborhoods, and standing up for people when no one else would. I founded the Guardian Angels with perseverance, courage and a red beret. As I once said, “If you don’t do anything, it just gives the gangsters more power.”
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I have been to every neighborhood – all 350 of them – including places where Mamdani was strong, because I am not afraid to participate and listen.
As mayor, I will restore public safety and make New York affordable again. I will hire and pay for 7,000 police officers by cutting agency budgets, rooting out contract corruption, and diverting money from political cronies to essential services.
Within the NYPD, we will end cronyism, end political promotions, and build careers based on merit and leadership.
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Affordability must be central. Families are being squeezed by taxes, fees, fines and rising costs that City Hall is only making worse. I will cut taxes across the board by cutting waste and returning savings to taxpayers. We will simplify permitting and reform the property tax mess, protect seniors with stronger lighting, and rein in water rates and city-imposed fees.
Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, center, speaks during a mayoral debate with independent candidate former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, left, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis/AP)
Our education system needs fair change. We spend over $42,000 per student per year, yet too many students cannot read or do math at grade level. I will cut the bureaucracy of the Ministry of Education and put that money into classrooms. I will restore merits, raise standards and prepare children for the future. I will also create parent-controlled education accounts so that families can take advantage of the exorbitant per-pupil funding and receive a rebate for approved education purposes – including private schools, if they wish.
I’m ending the developer “City of Yes” free for everyone. We will build smarter where the infrastructure can handle it and protect one- and two-family neighborhoods that are already stretched to their limits. We will cut the red tape that blocks good projects and put an end to giveaways that only help insiders.
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Quality of life is important. We will clean up the streets, remove illegal vending machines blocking sidewalks, crack down on illegal smoke shops, return the subway to passengers, and ensure that animal abusers see real prison sentences.
Curtis Sliwa, the Republican mayoral candidate of New York City. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The city government lives within its means and provides the services you pay for.
The government must be accountable to the people. I will publish a citywide performance dashboard so every New Yorker can see what’s working and what’s not, open the books on contracts, ban pay-to-play, and audit every agency for results.
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I will appear and continue to appear in every community.
New Yorkers want safety, affordability and basic competencies back at City Hall. I am the only one in this race who has gone decades without holding office.
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These elections are not about left or right. It’s about right and wrong. You don’t have to choose the lesser of two evils. You don’t have to choose between the architect Cuomo and the student Mamdani. You can choose change.
You’ve seen what I did for decades without a title. Imagine what I’ll do with it.
