Curtis Sliwa Has the Spotlight. He’s Not About to Give It Up.

Even for Curtis Sliwa, the lifelong Republican showman running for mayor of New York City, it would be hard to imagine a more head-spinning 72 hours.

Soon after Mr. Sliwa stepped off the debate stage on Thursday, the president of the United States mocked him on national television. The billionaire patron of his radio career, John Catsimatidis, urged him to drop out to consolidate opposition to Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner.