After owner John Catsimatidis said the future of Curtis Sliwa at 77 WABC was up to the longtime radio host, it appears as if we know what that future will entail.
Catsimatidis, along with various other WABC Radio hosts, have called for Sliwa to drop out of the race for mayor of New York City in an effort to enhance the chances Andrew Cuomo beats Zohran Mamdani.
Sliwa didn’t respond kindly to those calls.
During an appearance with 77 WABC morning host Sid Rosenberg, Sliwa said that he will never return to the station after the way it has treated him during his campaign.
“Let me just say, Sid, I am directing my comments to everybody at WABC,” Sliwa said. “They have said I’m selfish. Selfish? Are you out of your mind? … But that’s why you will never see me at the studios of WABC again, never, no matter how this election turns out.”
Sliwa added that he feels attacked by his colleagues.
“I feel personally offended by what my friends and colleagues, many of whom I trained at WABC, many of whom wouldn’t have a job at WABC without me, have done,” Sliwa said.
His comments come after Catsimatidis called for Curtis Sliwa to exit the race, adding that his future with the station is “up to him.” It had been previously reported that Sliwa had taken a leave of absence from the station in order to run for the office. However, his campaign has recently insinuated that he actually resigned his position with 77 WABC to seek the office.
In the most recent polling, Sliwa only holds roughly 20% of the vote in the election. Mamdani currently holds a double-digit lead over both Sliwa and Cuomo. However, other data shows that if he were to drop out of the race, Mamdani’s lead over Cuomo drops to only 4%.
“Look, I love Curtis,” Catsimatidis said. “But Curtis has to realize that he should love New York more than anything else. And it certainly looks like Curtis should pull out right now.”
The New York City mayoral election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 4th.
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