Democrat Holden endorses Republican Sliwa for mayor, says Cuomo is 'not the answer'
Council Member Robert Holden has endorsed Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, touting the Guardian Angels founder’s “decades of public service and straight talk.”
Sliwa is trailing far behind Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a three-way contest in the 2025 election, according to most polls.
Holden, however, stated that Sliwa has “earned the trust” of New Yorkers through his “long record” of public service as head of the volunteer patrol.
A conservative Democrat who has long opposed Mamdani’s nomination, Holden said Cuomo is “not the answer” to defeat Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist who is the clear frontrunner in the mayoral election.
https://qns.com/2025/10/holden-endorses-sliwa/