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Curtis Sliwa has a plan to beat Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor's race — and it starts with apologizing to Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Curtis Sliwa, a Republican candidate in the NYC mayoral race, is focusing on addressing Jewish voters with apologies for past controversial remarks. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Identity PoliticsJewish VotersApologyIsrael CriticismOrthodox CommunitiesZohran MamdaniNyc Mayoral RaceGuardian AngelsCurtis Sliwa

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New York City, New York, United States
"Curtis Sliwa said in an interview this week that apologizing is his strength and will help him overcome his own vulnerabilities with Jewish New Yorkers to defeat his Democratic rival."
New York, United States
"The founder of the Guardian Angels volunteer safety patrol and longtime radio personality also said hes not interested in the anti-antisemitism playbook deployed against Mamdani by both former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came in second in the primary, and incumbent mayor Eric Adams."
Crown Heights, New York, United States
"Sliwa deployed the Guardian Angels to Crown Heights for a month in 1991, after a car in the Lubavitcher Rebbes motorcade struck and killed a Black child, sparking riots and the fatal stabbing of Jewish student Yankel Rosenbaum."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Despite the patrols, many Jewish voters, particularly in the Hasidic communities in Brooklyn, fixate on Sliwas record of inflammatory rhetoric."

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