Curtis Sliwa

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Curtis Anthony Sliwa ( SLEE-wə; born March 26, 1954) is an American politician, activist and radio talk show host at 710 WOR Radio in NYC. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime-prevention organization headquartered in New York City. Sliwa was twice the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Mayor of New York, being defeated in 2021 by Democratic nominee Eric Adams and in 2025 by Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
In 1977, Sliwa founded the safety group “The Magnificent 13” to patrol the Bronx and the New York City Subway overnight. As crime rates spiked across the five boroughs, the group enrolled hundreds of recruits and gained prominence throughout the city. In 1979, it was re-established as the Guardian Angels. Since then, his leadership has expanded domestically and internationally, covering fourteen countries and over 130 cities. The Angels specialize in crime prevention, self-defense training, youth mentoring, and homeless outreach.
Sliwa has hosted talk shows on local New York radio for over thirty years, on WABC, WNYC, WNYM, and others. He began his radio career in 1990 on WABC-AM and stayed with the station until the 2025 mayoral…