{"id":5019,"date":"2021-10-29T23:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T03:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coldfury.com\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2021-10-29T23:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T03:38:41","slug":"new-york-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/new-york-tough\/","title":{"rendered":"New York tough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much as I’ve enjoyed myself poking fun at DeBalledZero-era NYC, I still do think fondly of it as a sort of alternate Old Home Place for me. And if there’s one guy who might possibly save the Big Rotten Apple from itself a la<\/em> Giuliani, it would have to be the great Curtis Sliwa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This cat\u2019s got nine lives.<\/p>\n

Feline-friendly GOP\u00a0mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa\u00a0\u2014 who once survived a botched alleged mob takedown \u2014 was hit by a cab Friday, breaking his left arm, but still proceeded on his way to a radio show before going for treatment at Lenox Hill Hospital, the pol and his wife said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I was running here to fulfill the hour that I had purchased for this expose on Eric Adams, I was hit by the cab driver, thrust about 6 feet in the air right outside Rockefeller Center, where the Rockettes perform,\u201d Sliwa said on WABC radio Friday afternoon during a paid spot he\u2019d taken out on a show to go after his\u00a0opponent, Democrat Eric Adams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a feeling this cab driver and others thought that I was dead,\u201d Sliwa said about 45 minutes after the run-in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI flew in the air about 6 feet, scurried up and started running in order to get here in time. I just want to relieve that cab driver because I\u2019m sure that cab driver thought that he had killed me. \u2026 I was trying to beat the light and get to the other side before the changeover,\u201d Sliwa continued.<\/p>\n

His wife, Nancy Sliwa, later issued a statement saying, \u201cCurtis has been diagnosed with a fractured left arm, which requires a sling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, he has swelling on his left knee, which will require an ace bandage wrap.\u00a0 There is no internal bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The candidate\u00a0quipped on Twitter\u00a0after the accident, \u201cDon\u2019t worry, everyone. The taxi is okay.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s about as Noo Yawk a story as Noo Yawk stories come, as well as being one hundred proof vintage Sliwa too. Godspeed, Curtis, and good on ya. NYC needs you, about as badly as it’s ever needed anybody. If you can’t get the job done, the only hope left for The City is probably Batman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much as I’ve enjoyed myself poking fun at DeBalledZero-era NYC, I still do think fondly of it as a sort of alternate Old Home Place for me. And if there’s one guy who might possibly save the Big Rotten Apple from itself a la Giuliani,…<\/p>\n

Would you like to know more? New York tough<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,16,20,48,59,84,85,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alt-american","category-balls","category-believe-it-or-else","category-brilliant","category-flotsam-andor-jetsam","category-heh","category-passthepopcorn","category-patton-would-be-proud","category-or-losing","wpcat-5-id","wpcat-12-id","wpcat-16-id","wpcat-20-id","wpcat-48-id","wpcat-59-id","wpcat-84-id","wpcat-85-id","wpcat-125-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5022,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5019\/revisions\/5022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}