The Republican candidate for New York City mayor has been aggressively ramping up his campaign, even if it’s to the benefit of Zohran Mamdani.

Curtis Sliwa says he’s charging into the final stretch of New York City’s mayoral race like Braveheart — confident, defiant and ready to die on his sword for the city he loves.

Once a street patrol leader who took on crime with his “Magnificent 13," Sliwa now hopes to become the next mayor of New York City. Here's everything to know about him.

Most Trump voters are sticking with Sliwa, with 66 percent saying they would support the Republican candidate in next week’s election, according to the Emerson poll. But Cuomo, a former Democratic governor running as an independent, is winning over 32 percent of them.

I T’S EVERY New Yorker’s lament: the city is full of yellow cabs, except when you really need one. And so, when Curtis Sliwa saw an empty one near his apartment just before dawn one morning in 1992, he felt like he had “hit the lottery”.

Curtis Sliwa stands little chance of becoming New York’s next mayor. But when asked what it would take for him to drop out of the race, the red beret-wearing Republican left no room for ambiguity. “A Mack truck hits me and I get turned into a speed bump, and they can’t recover me in the ICU. That’s the only way.”

Republican candidate for New York City Mayor Curtis Sliwa tells Dana Bash President Trump “has bigger issues to deal with” than getting involved in the mayoral race. Sliwa also invokes Gandhi’s teachings about animals after President Trump said Sliwa “wants to make Gracie Mansion a home for the cats.

John Catsimatidis, one of the wealthiest men in New York City, is calling on Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the mayor's race.

Miles Teller portrayed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the "Saturday Night Live" cold open, which poked fun at the NYC mayoral debate.

The distinctive headpiece traces its origins to a time when both crime and Mr. Sliwa’s public profile were on the rise.