The Upper West Side got a little show outside ABC Studios on Tuesday, October 26, with supporters of Republican Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa assembling to advocate for him. Eric Adams had a handful of advocates amongst the crowd as well, mostly on the outskirts though. Thanks to Benjamin Eliopoulos for the tip.
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At 5:15pm, roughly 100 people were gathered outside ABC holding signs that read, “Improve, Don’t move, Curtis Sliwa,” and “Curtis Sliwa for Mayor.” Eric Adams supporters were sprinkled amongst the Sliwa crowd as well, also touting signs.
The general tone of the crowd was tame, all things considered; nothing disorderly. It was a lot of action for a typical evening though, and posting up outside ABC was probably Sliwa supporters’ best chance for recognition with about 100 people assembled.
As the sun was setting around 6:30pm, who appeared to be an organizer of the Sliwa demonstration, pictured below, proclaimed to the gallery that they should head south to West 54th Street where the rally would continue. ILTUWS followed the procession as far as Columbus Circle
Sliwa, a resident of the Upper West Side, is the founder of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit organization for unarmed crime prevention that was created in 1979. The group was originally named Magnificent 13 when it got its start in 1977.
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On Sunday, October 24, Democratic Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams was at Verdi Square for a rally alongside Congressman Jerry Nadler and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.
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I was considering skipping this no-contest race but Sliwa might motivate me to get out and vote for Adams.
Go for it! As the inscription on the side of the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State says, “INDIFFERENCE TO INJUSTICE IS THE GATE TO HELL”. Never take victory for granted; the universe can surprise one in a multitude of unpleasant ways.
ANY person running as a Republican is supporting a party of sedition and lawlessness.
Amercan fascism is here.
Complacency is deadly.
Loh Phat, wake up and smell the urine, feces, vomit courtesy of a Dumbocrat De Blahblahsio and you probably voted for him TWICE!!! And thank you for helping ruin this once livable city .
How tragic, how true!
We may not always end up with very admirable Democrats (Sinema, Manchin, the ineffectual de Blasio, et al.), but when is that not preferable to a Republican (i.e., a Nazi with twice the syllables but lacking the tall, shiny boots)?
Interesting – and sad – that most of the comments here are more divisive and insulting than anything that happened in the crowd outside ABC. We can disagree without resorting to name-calling and denigration.
I personally feel sad for Sliwa, given that he is a Republican running in an overwhelmingly Democratic city. He will win the same places that all Republicans win (S.I., parts of Queens, small parts of the other three boroughs), but will probably actually get fewer votes than Republican predecessors since he has zero political experience and even less management experience; i.e., he is simply hopelessly unequipped to run the most difficult city in the country.
Still, despite my strong disagreement with him and most of his positions, I wish him well. It will be interesting to see what he does when he loses; i.e., where he ends up, and what kind of projects he will become involved in.