LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- With less than three weeks until Election Day, it was a busy Wednesday on the campaign trail for the candidates, and the question still remains: who will pick up Mayor Eric Adams' endorsement now that he has dropped out of the race.

Republican Curtis Sliwa declared on Wednesday that he has a path to City Hall, speaking before a modest audience at the Association for a Better New York, the same group that hosted Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani last week, before an audience so large that it was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

"I am Curtis Sliwa, Republican populist, representing working class people, who's also running on the independent Protect Animals line. And I believe I will have enough votes to become the next mayor," Sliwa said.

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