THE CURRENT Issue 1084 · October 29, 2025

Mamdomination?

Zohran Mamdani appears unstoppable in the NYC mayoral race. An unlikely coalition has come together to do everything they can to stop him

Mamdomination?
From a no-name candidate polling at one percent, Zohran Mamdani appears to be unstoppable in the NYC mayoral race. An unlikely coalition has come together to do everything they can to stop him. Can they?
Curtis Sliwa

Curtis Sliwa is the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. An iconic New Yorker with legendary grit, he has hosted radio shows for over 30 years on the city’s leading political talk station, conservative-leaning 77 WABC. In 1979, Sliwa founded the grassroots crime prevention program Guardian Angels, organizing red-beret-wearing young adults to patrol high crime areas in 130 cities. The 71-year-old Sliwa survived an assassination attempt—shot five times with hollow-point bullets by the Gotti crime family, and more recently defeated stage-4 cancer and a host of other medical problems.

Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz is a high-profile constitutional lawyer, Harvard professor, and political analyst. Raised in Boro Park, the 86-year-old has spent 60 years battling anti-Semitism and writing 58 books, including his latest, Jewish Blood Is No Longer Cheap.

Hank Sheinkopf

President of a key strategic communications firm, Hank Sheinkopf is a 35-year veteran of over 700 election campaigns in 14 countries and 44 states. He founded Protect the Protectors, one political action committee (PAC) working to defeat Zohran Mamdani, and is a board member of another.

Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen is a lawyer, former assistant US Attorney and longtime aide to Andrew Cuomo in his various roles as governor and attorney general. He is a board member of Bank Leumi, and founder and president of Fix the City, a superPAC dedicated to defeating Zohran Mamdani.

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