Curtis Sliwa, the Republican Party’s candidate for New York City mayor, has vowed to stay in the race, despite mounting calls urging him to quit just days before early voting begins.
“Let’s be very clear: I am not dropping out—under no circumstances,” Sliwa told reporters on Tuesday outside a Manhattan subway station. “I’ve already been offered money to drop out, I said no.”
Sliwa, who founded the Guardian Angels, a volunteer neighborhood watch group that patrols the city’s subways and streets, emphasized his grassroots ties and urged New Yorkers to vote for a candidate who represents ordinary residents rather than wealthy interests….