NEW YORK − Republican Curtis Sliwa faces growing calls to drop out of the New York mayor’s race days before voters begin casting ballots. The calls are from a mix of strange bedfellows: New York conservative figures, moderate Democrats and billionaires, all eager to stop popular democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani, a state assemblyman, has been the frontrunner to lead America's biggest city since his shocking upset against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the June Democratic primary.
But as Cuomo, 67, has struggled to launch a comeback as an independent candidate against the telegenic 34-year-old, the former governor and his supporters have turned to Sliwa’s voters in hopes of amassing a winning coalition to defeat Mamdani before the Nov. 4 general election.
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Polls have shown a tightening matchup, but Cuomo still trails Mamdani by double digits in a three-way race with Sliwa, an activist and talk show host, a distant third. Cuomo appears to do better in a one-on-one matchup against Mamdani.
