Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa speaks throughout a mayoral debate, in New York, U.S., October 16, 2025. Angelina Katsanis/Pool by way of REUTERS John Catsimatidis, the billionaire proprietor of WABC Radio and Purple Apple Media, has known as on Republican mayoral nominee and WABC host Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the election — citing considerations that the Guardian Angels founder’s candidacy might break up the vote and “inadvertently help another candidate.” The “another candidate,” as Purple Apple Media described in an Oct. 20 announcement, appears to be Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who Catismatidis beforehand labeled as somebody…
