Curtis Sliwa wins Republican primary for Mayor of New York City after defying NYC Mayor DeBlasio’s ‘no swimming’ pandemic order on 5/24/20. Officials at the beach spoke with Sliwa but made no arrest

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6/22/21, “Curtis Sliwa wins the G.O.P. primary for mayor. He faces long odds in November," NY Times…5/24/2020, “Curtis Sliwa defies de Blasio no-swimming order in front of Parks cops,” NY Post, R. Fenton, K. Sheehy…”Mayoral hopeful and founder of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa heads to Coney island to take a swim, going against current Mayor Bill de Blasio’s city wide no swimming orders.”

Above screen shots about Sliwa swimming on Sun., May 4, 2020 in defiance of DeBlasio from following two sources. Top 3 and bottom 3 from Chasing News; Images 4-12 from FN tv

Freedom News TV, “Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa Defies NYC Mayor, Buries an Effigy , Goes for Forbidden Swim,” FN tv, posted on You Tube 5/24/20

Chasing News, “Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa defies de Blasio’s no-swim order at Coney Island,” posted on You Tube 5/26/20

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6/22/21, “Curtis Sliwa wins the G.O.P. primary for mayor. He faces long odds in November," NY Times, Ed Shanahan

“Curtis Sliwa won the Republican primary in the New York mayor’s race on Tuesday [6/22/21], setting up a long-shot challenge in November to the Democratic Party’s eventual nominee….

The Manhattan, Queens and Bronx Republican Parties endorsed Mr. Mateo;

Mr. Sliwa had the backing of the Staten Island and Brooklyn parties….

With a significant portion of votes counted, Mr. Sliwa was beating Fernando Mateo by over 40 percentage points, according to The Associated Press.

“I am a populist,” Mr. Sliwa thundered to a roaring, well-dressed crowd of about 200 people at a Midtown Manhattan steakhouse after the race was called.”…

“Sliwa, 67, benefited from superior name recognition and key endorsements from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, the sole Republican in the New York City congressional delegation.”…

 

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