Republican in New York’s mayor race: eccentric street vigilante who could secure Mamdani’s win

Curtis Sliwa is unlikely to run the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But his willingness to defy Trump and billionaires could leave a big impact

With less than a month to go, the race to be New York City's mayor is continuing to fascinate and bemuse: and in an election that could have political ramifications across the country, it's a beret-wearing, cat loving vigilante who seems like he could have the final say.

Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the crime-fighting group the Guardian Angels and the Republican candidate to run the largest US city, has little chance of winning the election in November. But his presence may be the thing that helps confirm Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, as New York's next mayor.