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5 hari yang lalu · Since their heyday 40 years ago, the Guardian Angels have become a figment of New Yorkers’ collective memory. The volunteer vigilante squad, led by Curtis Sliwa, was a mainstay in the city in the late 1970s and ’80s—a period when the police department coined the moniker “Fear City” for the five boro...
4 hari yang lalu · curtis sliwa Aug. 28, 2021 Original Guardian Angels on the wild early days of the long-shot Republican candidate for mayor. By Matt Stieb, Intelligencer staff writer Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In the late 1970s, when employees arrived for their shifts a...
4 hari yang lalu · July 9, 2024. Curtis and Nancy Sliwa started Rip and Read ripping Chicago mayor, Brandon Johnson, who was in New Orleans during the 4th of July celebration, while his city was under panic from the shooting that left at least 19 people dead on the same day.
4 hari yang lalu · When New York's crime went through the roof, the Guardian Angels took matters into their own hands and took back the streets. Like this gallery?Share it: And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: When Crack Was King: 1980s New York In Photos 44 Colorized Photos That Bring...
5 hari yang lalu · Curtis Sliwa, the charismatic if quirky Republican nominee in the New York City mayoral race, lives in a 325-square-foot apartment on the Upper West Side with his wife, more than a dozen rescue cats and no TV.He recognizes that few people believe he has a chance of winning the November general elect...
5 hari yang lalu · In 2021, with cursory understanding of the name Curtis Sliwa, you’d be forgiven if you thought of the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City as just that wacky red-beret-wearing, cat-loving Guardian Angels leader with hardly a prayer of winning.Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 7-to-1 in...
5 hari yang lalu · The Slatest By Jeremy Stahl July 13, 202111:59 AM Last week, Eric Adams claimed victory in the Democratic primary for New York City’s November mayoral election. That win was seen widely as an almost de facto triumph for the mayoral contest itself, as Democrats have a 7-to-1 registration advantage in...
