Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa on Wednesday accused rival Andrew Cuomo of trying to bribe him out of the race, saying several billionaires allied with the former New York governor approached him with offers of cash or a job if he would help clear the field.

Cuomo quickly denied the bombshell charge, while Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani seized on Sliwa's accusation to attack Cuomo.

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Curtis Sliwa accused opponent Andrew Cuomo of convincing some billionaires to dangle cash bribes and job offers to Sliwa in order to get him out of the mayoral contest, as part of a continued effort to gang up on frontrunner Zohran Mamdani

Cuomo quickly denied the bombshell charge, while Mamdani seized on Sliwa's accusation to attack the former New York governor

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