Curtis Sliwa is married to Nancy Sliwa and lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 

Meet the candidate: Curtis Sliwa

Curtis is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime prevention organization. He previously worked as a manager at a McDonald’s in the Bronx. He also hosted radio shows on WABC-AM, WNYC, and WNYM-AM 970.

Curtis previously ran for New York City mayor in 2021 but did not win. 

Supports negotiating contracts that provide "fair and competitive pay" for city workers.

Wants to increase investment in boroughs outside of Manhattan.

- Supports negotiating contracts that provide "fair and competitive pay" for city workers.
- Wants to increase investment in boroughs outside of Manhattan.

Economy

Plans to improve waste management by collaborating with the Department of Sanitation and City Council members to identify areas in need of cleaning.

Plans to improve trash management by identifying areas in need of cleaning and fining people for littering.

Plans to increase NYC Parks department funding to 3% of the city budget to enhance local green spaces, parks, and recreational facilities.

Proposes increasing funding for local green spaces, parks, and recreational facilities to 3% of the city's budget.

- Plans to improve trash management by identifying areas in need of cleaning and fining people for littering.
- Proposes increasing funding for local green spaces, parks, and recreational facilities to 3% of the city's budget.

Public Services

Supports maintaining the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote vocational training.

Supports keeping the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote more career and technical training.

Supports higher pay for teachers and providing school supplies for teachers.

Supports higher pay for teachers and providing school supplies.

Believes in reviving arts, sports, and environmental programs in public schools to engage students and reduce dropout rates.

Believes in creating better arts, sports, and environmental programs in public schools.

- Supports keeping the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote more career and technical training.
- Supports higher pay for teachers and providing school supplies.
- Believes in creating better arts, sports, and environmental programs in public schools.

Education

Supports enforcing MTA and transit rules to prevent loitering, harassment, and unsafe behavior.

Supports enforcing rules to prevent loitering, harassment, and unsafe behavior on public transport.

Believes in deploying more NYPD Transit Bureau officers in subway stations and on trains to create a visible and consistent police presence, deterring crime and protecting riders.

Supports increasing police presence in subway stations and on trains to deter crime and protect riders.

Believes in enforcing fare evasion laws aggressively, saying "fare-beaters are often connected to larger patterns of lawlessness."

Supports enforcing fare evasion laws aggressively, focusing on busy stations.

Believes in providing specialized instruction for transit policing, including subway-specific tactics, surveillance, crisis response, and de-escalation in confined spaces.

Believes in specialized instruction for transit policing, including subway-specific tactics, surveillance, crisis response, and de-escalation in confined spaces.

Supports improving lighting in stations, stairwells, and platforms.

Supports improving lighting, expanding camera coverage, and upgrading turnstiles to prevent jumping in subway stations.

- Supports enforcing rules to prevent loitering, harassment, and unsafe behavior on public transport.
- Supports increasing police presence in subway stations and on trains to deter crime and protect riders.
- Supports enforcing fare evasion laws aggressively, focusing on busy stations.
- Believes in specialized instruction for transit policing, including subway-specific tactics, surveillance, crisis response, and de-escalation in confined spaces.
- Supports improving lighting, expanding camera coverage, and upgrading turnstiles to prevent jumping in subway stations.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Plans to hire 7,000 additional NYPD officers.

Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to dismantle violent street gangs.

Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to address violent street gangs and opposes deleting its gang database.

Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal firearm carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.

Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal gun carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.

Plans to direct the NYPD Office of Crime Prevention and District Attorneys to launch an aggressive, citywide crime education campaign.

Supports a citywide campaign to educate people about common frauds and scams.

Supports expanded impound authority and public destruction of seized vehicles.

Supports giving the city more power to take and publicly destroy illegal vehicles.

Plans to "create deterrents for organized retail theft crews and push for full prosecution."

Plans to stop organized shoplifting by creating stronger punishments and pushing for full prosecution.

Supports requiring Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) investigators to participate in police ride-alongs.

Supports requiring Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) members to ride along with officers during their shifts to help them "understand police work."

Supports adding more current and former police officers to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).

Supports increasing staffing for serious allegations while reducing resources for "minor frivolous complaints."

Supports hiring more staff to handle serious complaints about police while spending less time on minor ones.

Supports merit-based promotions in the NYPD.

Supports giving promotions in the NYPD based on performance, not political favorism.

Supports eliminating the New York City residency requirement for police officers to expand the recruitment pool and allow officers to live in more affordable surrounding counties.

Supports letting NYPD officers live outside the city to help with hiring and make housing more affordable for them.

Supports addressing the overtime crisis by creating a flexible system that allows officers to volunteer for additional hours, with limits, while ensuring those with family obligations aren’t penalized.

Plans to fix NYPD overtime by letting officers volunteer for extra hours, with limits, and protect those with family responsibilities.

Supports 10-12 hour tours for patrol officers.

Supports 10–12 hour shifts for officers, saying that it is favored by officers and gives them more time off

Supports implementing a predictable scheduling system to eliminate last-minute, mandatory overtime requests for special details and events.

Supports a set schedule for police to avoid last-minute overtime for special events.

Supports hiring more Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) and investigators to combat drug-related crimes and dismantle fentanyl trafficking networks.

Supports hiring more prosecutors and investigators to address drug-related crimes and fentanyl trafficking.

Supports giving district attorneys more autonomy to pursue cases without being restricted by external political pressure.

Supports letting district attorneys decide how to handle cases without pressure from politicians.

Aims to prevent case dismissals due to underfunding or staffing shortages.

Supports addressing funding and staffing shortages that lead to case dismissals. 

Opposes the Diaphragm Law, which prevents officers from "properly restraining violent criminals."

Opposes the Diaphragm Law, saying it makes it harder for officers to "properly restrain violent people." The Diaphragm Law makes it illegal for police to press on a person's diaphragm, neck, or back while making an arrest.

Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which discourages proactive policing.

Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which requires NYPD officers to document and report more details about every police stop.

Believes in improving police resource deployment to reduce response times and deter crime.

Believes police response times to emergencies need to be shorter.

Supports improving NYPD work conditions by offering competitive salaries, a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, predictable overtime, and childcare vouchers, while ensuring fair family leave policies for all officers.

Supports offering police officers a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, childcare vouchers, and a better family leave policy.

Believes keeping Rikers Island open is essential for public safety and opposes closing it in favor of unworkable borough-based jails.

Supports keeping Rikers Island open with renovations and improved conditions.

Believes in rolling back the punitive segregation ban, arguing that segregation is essential for controlling violent inmates and maintaining order, and that removing it has increased inmate-on-inmate violence and attacks on correction officers.

Believes in rolling back restrictions on solitary confinement, arguing that it is essential for controlling violent inmates, and that removing it has increased inmate violence and attacks on officers.

Supports harsher penalties for inmates who assault correction officers.

Supports harsher penalties for inmates who assault officers.

- Plans to hire 7,000 additional NYPD officers.
- Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to address violent street gangs and opposes deleting its gang database.
- Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal gun carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.
- Supports a citywide campaign to educate people about common frauds and scams.
- Supports giving the city more power to take and publicly destroy illegal vehicles.
- Plans to stop organized shoplifting by creating stronger punishments and pushing for full prosecution.
- Supports requiring Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) members to ride along with officers during their shifts to help them "understand police work."
- Supports adding more current and former police officers to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
- Supports hiring more staff to handle serious complaints about police while spending less time on minor ones.
- Supports giving promotions in the NYPD based on performance, not political favorism.
- Supports letting NYPD officers live outside the city to help with hiring and make housing more affordable for them.
- Plans to fix NYPD overtime by letting officers volunteer for extra hours, with limits, and protect those with family responsibilities.
- Supports 10–12 hour shifts for officers, saying that it is favored by officers and gives them more time off
- Supports a set schedule for police to avoid last-minute overtime for special events.
- Supports hiring more prosecutors and investigators to address drug-related crimes and fentanyl trafficking.
- Supports letting district attorneys decide how to handle cases without pressure from politicians.
- Supports addressing funding and staffing shortages that lead to case dismissals. 
- Opposes the Diaphragm Law, saying it makes it harder for officers to "properly restrain violent people." The Diaphragm Law makes it illegal for police to press on a person's diaphragm, neck, or back while making an arrest.
- Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which requires NYPD officers to document and report more details about every police stop.
- Believes police response times to emergencies need to be shorter.
- Supports offering police officers a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, childcare vouchers, and a better family leave policy.
- Supports keeping Rikers Island open with renovations and improved conditions.
- Believes in rolling back restrictions on solitary confinement, arguing that it is essential for controlling violent inmates, and that removing it has increased inmate violence and attacks on officers.
- Supports harsher penalties for inmates who assault officers.

Public Safety

Plans to reinstate the NYPD's Homeless Outreach Unit to address homelessness.

Plans to bring back the NYPD's Homeless Outreach Unit to respond to homelessness.

Believes in empowering community boards, local residents, and City Council members to guide housing decisions, ensuring development serves residents and not corporate interests.

Believes community boards, local residents, and their City Council members should decide on housing and development decisions.

Supports rehabilitating vacant rent-controlled units to increase housing supply.

Supports renovating empty rent-controlled units to increase housing supply.

Supports expanding rent-stabilized units for working families and seniors on fixed incomes.

Supports additional rent-stabilized units for working families and seniors on fixed incomes.

Supports legislative efforts to prevent squatters from receiving tenant protections.

Opposes squatters receiving tenant protections.

- Plans to bring back the NYPD's Homeless Outreach Unit to respond to homelessness.
- Believes community boards, local residents, and their City Council members should decide on housing and development decisions.
- Supports renovating empty rent-controlled units to increase housing supply.
- Supports additional rent-stabilized units for working families and seniors on fixed incomes.
- Opposes squatters receiving tenant protections.

Housing & Urban Development

Plans to expand mental health response teams to address individuals in crisis and direct them to immediate and appropriate care.

Plans to expand mental health response teams for people in crisis.

Plans to invest in hiring more psychiatric nurses across NYC’s public hospitals and create new incentives to attract skilled mental health workers.

Plans to encourage hiring more psychiatric nurses by creating new incentives.

Believes nonviolent individuals should be offered direct support and safe shelter, while those who are dangerous to themselves or others should be transported to psychiatric care facilities.

Supports expanding mental health treatment for inmates.

- Plans to expand mental health response teams for people in crisis.
- Plans to encourage hiring more psychiatric nurses by creating new incentives.
- Believes nonviolent individuals should be offered direct support and safe shelter, while those who are dangerous to themselves or others should be transported to psychiatric care facilities.
- Supports expanding mental health treatment for inmates.

Public Health

As of July 15, 2025, Curtis Sliwa ’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Ethics & Conduct

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Believes the city only "helps" those in need when there are profitable contracts and kickbacks, citing the mandate of "modernized" garbage cans instead of effective solutions for safe, litter-free streets.

Promises to prevent any neighborhood from declining, criticizing the city's spending of billions in taxpayer dollars with "no accountability or noticeable improvement."

Promises to keep neighborhood streets and subways clean and safe. 

- Plans to improve trash management by identifying areas in need of cleaning and fining people for littering.

Plans to improve subway safety and functionality.

- Supports enforcing rules to prevent loitering, harassment, and unsafe behavior on public transport.

- Plans to hire 7,000 additional NYPD officers.
- Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to address violent street gangs and opposes deleting its gang database.
- Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal gun carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.
- Supports a citywide campaign to educate people about common frauds and scams.
- Supports giving the city more power to take and publicly destroy illegal vehicles.
- Plans to stop organized shoplifting by creating stronger punishments and pushing for full prosecution.
- Supports requiring Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) members to ride along with officers during their shifts to help them "understand police work."
- Supports adding more current and former police officers to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
- Supports hiring more staff to handle serious complaints about police while spending less time on minor ones.
- Supports giving promotions in the NYPD based on performance, not political favorism.
- Supports letting NYPD officers live outside the city to help with hiring and make housing more affordable for them.
- Plans to fix NYPD overtime by letting officers volunteer for extra hours, with limits, and protect those with family responsibilities.
- Supports 10–12 hour shifts for officers, saying that it is favored by officers and gives them more time off
- Supports a set schedule for police to avoid last-minute overtime for special events.
- Supports hiring more prosecutors and investigators to address drug-related crimes and fentanyl trafficking.
- Supports letting district attorneys decide how to handle cases without pressure from politicians.
- Supports addressing funding and staffing shortages that lead to case dismissals. 
- Opposes the Diaphragm Law, saying it makes it harder for officers to "properly restrain violent people." The Diaphragm Law makes it illegal for police to press on a person's diaphragm, neck, or back while making an arrest.
- Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which requires NYPD officers to document and report more details about every police stop.
- Believes police response times to emergencies need to be shorter.
- Supports offering police officers a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, childcare vouchers, and a better family leave policy.

- Plans to expand mental health response teams for people in crisis.
- Plans to encourage hiring more psychiatric nurses by creating new incentives.

Supports increasing Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) staffing for serious allegations while reducing resources spent on "minor frivolous complaints that waste time and taxpayer dollars."

Curtis is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime prevention organization. He previously worked as a manager at a McDonald’s in the Bronx, where he created a group called 
"The Rock Brigade" to make the borough clean and safe. In 1979, he started a new safety group, "The Magnificent 13," which later evolved into the Guardian Angels. He also hosted radio shows on WABC-AM, WNYC, and WNYM-AM 970.

Plans to lead a long-term effort to "roll back harmful policies and stabilize public safety underground."

Supports expanding the NYPD's gang unit to dismantle violent street gangs.

Supports enhancing proactive and intrusive policing strategies to target illegal firearm carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals before crimes occur.

Supports providing immediate benefits to encourage long-term service for police officers.

Supports increasing the starting salary of police officers.

Supports implementing a 20-year retirement pension option to encourage long-term careers in the NYPD.

Supports 10-to-12 hour tours for patrol officers.

Wants to end "last-minute, mandatory OT requests for special details and events" by implementing a predictable scheduling system.

Supports providing childcare vouchers for police officers.

Supports giving district attorneys more autonomy to pursue cases without external political pressure.

Supports providing adequate funding and staffing for the District Attorney's office.

Supports creating deterrents for organized retail theft crews and advocates for full prosecution.

Supports re-establishing precinct-level anti-shoplifting units in areas with high theft.

Believes in reforming the Professional Standards Bureau to emphasize "meaningful professional development."

Supports developing a performance coaching program within PSB to identify training needs and career growth opportunities.

Believes in reforming the Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) to emphasize "meaningful professional development, not petty rule enforcement."

Supports appropriate funding and staffing levels for the office of the city clerk.

Supports hiring more assistant district attorneys, paralegals, and staff to manage rising caseloads.

Supports establishing defined benchmarks for promotions, including peer review, leadership evaluations, and training achievements.

Believes in modernizing recruitment strategies to attract a broader and more capable pool of candidates.

Supports improving family leave policies to provide adequate maternity and paternity leave for officers without depleting their vacation days.

Supports introducing staggered work weeks and flexible scheduling for better work-life balance.

Wants to prevent case dismissals due to underfunding or staffing shortages.

Opposes the Diaphragm Law, which prevents officers from properly restraining violent criminals.

Supports  to encourage long-term NYPD careers.

Supports reinstating the NYPD’s Anti-Crime Unit and Conditions Teams to prevent violence.

Supports creating separate career tracks within the NYPD to attract highly qualified candidates with guaranteed paths to the detective squad or management roles.

Supports improving family leave policies for police officers to provide adequate maternity and paternity leave without depleting vacation days.

Supports increasing the starting pay of police officers, offering full police pensions after 20 years, and paying for officers' childcare.

Supports requiring police oversight investigators to ride along with officers during their shifts to help them "understand police work."

- Plans to hire 7,000 additional NYPD officers.
- Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to address violent street gangs and opposes deleting its gang database.
- Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal gun carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.
- Supports a citywide campaign to educate people about common frauds and scams.
- Supports giving the city more power to take and publicly destroy illegal vehicles.
- Plans to stop organized shoplifting by creating stronger punishments and pushing for full prosecution.
- Supports requiring police oversight investigators to ride along with officers during their shifts to help them "understand police work."
- Supports hiring more staff to handle serious complaints about police while spending less time on minor ones.
- Supports giving promotions in the NYPD based on performance, not political favorism.
- Supports letting NYPD officers live outside the city to help with hiring and make housing more affordable for them.
- Plans to fix NYPD overtime by letting officers volunteer for extra hours, with limits, and protect those with family responsibilities.
- Supports 10–12 hour shifts for officers, saying that it is favored by officers and gives them more time off
- Supports a set schedule for police to avoid last-minute overtime for special events.
- Supports adding more current and former police officers to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
- Supports hiring more prosecutors and investigators to address drug-related crimes and fentanyl trafficking.
- Supports letting district attorneys decide how to handle cases without pressure from politicians.
- Supports addressing funding and staffing shortages that lead to case dismissals. 
- Opposes the Diaphragm Law, saying it makes it harder for officers to "properly restrain violent people." The Diaphragm Law makes it illegal for police to press on a person's diaphragm, neck, or back while making an arrest.
- Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which requires NYPD officers to document and report more details about every police stop.
- Believes police response times to emergencies need to be shorter.
- Supports offering police officers a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, childcare vouchers, and a better family leave policy.

- Supports keeping the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote more career and technical training.

- Plans to bring back the NYPD's Homeless Outreach Unit to respond to homelessness.

- Plans to expand mental health response teams for people in crisis.

Plans to improve waste management by identifying areas in need of cleaning and fining people for littering.

- Plans to improve waste management by identifying areas in need of cleaning and fining people for littering.
- Promises to keep neighborhood streets and subways clean and safe. 

Supports requiring police oversight investigators to ride along with officers during their shifts.

Supports increasing the starting pay of police officers.

Supports offering full police pensions after 20 years to encourage long-term NYPD careers.

- Plans to hire 7,000 additional NYPD officers.
- Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to address violent street gangs and opposes deleting its gang database.
- Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal gun carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.
- Supports a citywide campaign to educate people about common frauds and scams.
- Supports giving the city more power to take and publicly destroy illegal vehicles.
- Plans to stop organized shoplifting by creating stronger punishments and pushing for full prosecution.
- Plans to bring back the NYPD's Homeless Outreach Unit to respond to homelessness.
- Supports requiring police oversight investigators to ride along with officers during their shifts.
- Supports hiring more staff to handle serious complaints about police while spending less time on minor ones.
- Supports giving promotions in the NYPD based on performance, not political favorism.
- Supports letting NYPD officers live outside the city to help with hiring and make housing more affordable for them.
- Supports increasing the starting pay of police officers.
- Supports offering full police pensions after 20 years to encourage long-term NYPD careers.
- Plans to fix NYPD overtime by letting officers volunteer for extra hours, with limits, and protect those with family responsibilities.
- Supports 10–12 hour shifts for officers, saying that it is favored by officers and gives them more time off
- Supports introducing staggered work weeks and flexible scheduling for better work-life balance.
- Supports adding more current and former police officers to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
- Supports hiring more prosecutors and investigators to address drug-related crimes and fentanyl trafficking.

2025 New York City mayoral election - Wikipedia

Curtis Sliwa is from Canarsie, Brooklyn. He attended St. Matthew's in Crown Heights, P.S. 114, Bildersee Junior High School, and Brooklyn Prep, a Jesuit high school. He did not graduate from Canarsie High School.

Curtis Sliwa's campaign for New York City Mayor in 2021 and 2025 is his first entry into politics. 

Curtis Sliwa is from Canarsie, Brooklyn. He attended St. Matthew's in Crown Heights, P.S. 114, and Bildersee Junior High School, both in Canarsie. He did not graduate from Canarsie High School.

Curtis Sliwa's campaign for New York City Mayor in 2021 was his first entry into politics. He was the Republican nominee for the 2021 New York City mayoral election, losing to Democratic nominee Eric Adams. Sliwa is the Republican nominee for the 2025 New York City mayoral election. He ran unopposed in the party's primary.

Supports boosting investment in boroughs outside of Manhattan.

Supports having public restrooms with attendants.

Supports charter schools but wishes they would include vocational training in their curriculum.

Supports maintaining the specialty test for elite high schools and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote vocational training.

Plans to reinstate the NYPD's Homeless Outreach Unit.

Supports "intrusive policing" strategies to target illegal firearm carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals before crimes occur.

Supports expanding CCTV coverage and integrating surveillance systems with NYPD intelligence.

Supports refining the "Raise the Age" law to prevent violent juveniles from escaping accountability.

Plans to lead a long-term effort to "roll back harmful policies" and stabilize public safety in the subway system.

Plans to create deterrents for organized retail theft crews and push for full prosecution.

Supports expanding mental health response teams to address individuals in crisis and direct them to immediate and appropriate care.

- The city mayor is responsible for a city's public services and its smooth functioning. 
- The mayor signs or vetoes legislation proposed by the city council, drafts the city budget, and appoints and oversees department heads in over 40 city agencies. 
- City mayors receive an annual salary. In New York City, the mayor is paid $258,750. 
- The mayor is elected to a four-year term and can serve up to two consecutive terms. ​