Billionaire Blowup: NYC’s Catsimatidis Tells Rival to Quit – Pershing Square’s Ackman Admits He “Hates Wasting Money”
Catsimatidis vs. Sliwa: Divided GOP in NYC John Catsimatidis (often described as a “grocery and radio magnate” cbsnews.com) has been a longtime supporter of conservative causes. In recent days he threw his weight behind a unified effort to defeat Mamdani by clearing the Republican field. Catsimatidis – who employs Sliwa as a radio host on his WABC station – told reporters that Sliwa should “love New York more than anything else” and drop his mayoral bid to boost Cuomo’s chances abc7ny.com foxnews.com. Catsimatidis claimed New Yorkers would view Sliwa as a hero for “doing the right thing” by quitting abc7ny.com.