Catsimatidis, Paterson continue to rip Sliwa over NYC mayor’s race: ‘Just shooting off his mouth’

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Metropolis billionaire WABC radio proprietor John Catsimatidis and ex-Gov. David Paterson took turns over the weekend pounding former show-host Curtis Sliwa for “taking pictures off his mouth’’ and ruining the mayoral race.

Sliwa, the Republican candidate for mayor, solely obtained 7% of the vote in final week’s election — however critics had beforehand demanded he drop out of the working to attempt to assist centrist Dem Andrew Cuomo beat the eventual winner, radical Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.

“I used to be very disillusioned in Curtis – how he was simply taking pictures off his mouth,” stated Catsimatids, the host of 77 WABC’s the “Cats Roundtable,” on Sunday. I've recognized him for a very long time. He’s a superb individual. However I used to be disillusioned.”

Now-former NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa arrives to vote on the Museum of Pure Historical past early voting middle on October 25, 2025. Robert Miller

John Catsimatidis, billionaire and proprietor of WABC radio in New York, addressed the media within the station’s studio about Sliwa. James Messerschmidt

Former NY Governor David Paterson joins Catsimatidis, the place he speaks to press and participates in early voting along with his spouse, Margot Catsimatidis, on the higher east aspect on October 27, 2025. LP Media

Catsimatidis was amongst those that tried to influence Sliwa, his former radio host worker, to droop his marketing campaign and again Cuomo.

Sliwa refused.

Paterson piled on Sliwa on Sunday.

“He didn’t even speak in regards to the points within the final couple of weeks. He talked about himself. And he talked himself into 7% of the whole vote,” Paterson stated of the Guardian Angel founder.

Sliwa along with his spouse, Nancy. Robert Miller

Catsimatidis speaks to press and participates in early voting along with his spouse, Margot, on the higher east aspect on the morning of October 27. LP Media

“Curtis has actually obtained to start out fascinated with what he says when he opens his mouth today. As a result of he’s actually antagonized lots of people and didn’t assist the chance [of Cuomo winning].”

President Trump, the defacto head of the Republican Occasion, even stated Sliwa had no shot to win and that his presence within the race would solely profit Mamdani — main him to endorse Cuomo, saying he most well-liked a “dangerous Democrat” over a “communist.”

However Sliwa scoffed in any respect the criticism to The Put up, declaring that Democratic nominee and now Mayor-elect Mamdani obtained simply over 50% of the vote so the extremist mayor-elect would have received towards Cuomo anyway.

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“They'll’t add. They should have failed math at school. They want remedial math,” Sliwa stated of Catsimatidis and Paterson.

“If each one in all my supporters voted for Cuomo, Mamdani nonetheless would have received. Disgrace on [Catsimatidis and Paterson]. I deserve an apology.”