New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa find common ground rejecting billionaire influence despite their contentious campaign rivalry.

“I’m in it to win it,” Sliwa, donning his trademark red beret, told reporters during morning rush hour on Oct. 21, outside a subway station near his home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. His wife stood by him as straphangers both jeered and applauded.

"What the City of Yes is, is the biggest giveaway to developers you’ve ever seen in the city’s history, with very little community input.”

Former independent mayoral candidate Jim Walden, who dropped his own long-shot campaign and backed ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bid, rehashed a slew of scandals, allegations and sagas from Sliwa’s decades in Big Apple politics Monday.

Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, in a fiery radio show appearance on WABC Wednesday morning, disavowed the station, saying he would never return, and shut down any idea of joining Andrew

The Republican nominee to lead New York City is projecting a more serious outlook, but his longtime organization shows signs of a flawed stewardship.

Joe DiGangi, of Mario’s Meats and Gourmet Deli in Middle Village, lauded the infamous Guardian Angels founder as “the only true New Yorker candidate,” as he revealed the stomach-churning hypothetical concoctions he’d put together for the other mayoral hopefuls.

It isn’t often that you see Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa without his red beret. It’s the iconic symbol of the Guardian Angels – a nonprofit aimed at curbing violent crime with volunteer patrols in New York City.