Fallen Angels
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa’s unsuccessful run for mayor of New York was a stark reminder of how much has changed in NYC since the dark days of the fiscal crisis — and how much remains the same.
Illustration by Sam Taylor
In all the improbabilities of the 2025 mayoral race, the role played by Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa ranks near the very top. Even his name is an echo from the 1970s, the punch line to a joke about red berets and old-school accents, a ghost from a formerly dangerous, broken city. This year’s election […]
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