Sliwa Says He Won’t Quit NYC Mayor’s Race Unless Hit by a Truck

Curtis Sliwa said he won’t drop out of the race for New York mayor, regardless of the pressure applied or incentives offered to the Republican candidate.

“They have come up with all kinds of ways to get me out of the race. And truly the only way would be if something unfortunate happened to me, like me being hit by a Mack truck,” Sliwa, 71, said in an interview Wednesday. “That’s not happening.”

Sliwa, the red-beret-wearing radio host and founder of the Guardian Angels, has coveted the job for years, despite a Republican not winning the race in heavily Democratic ...