Curtis Sliwa's checkered past catches up to him as calls for him to ditch NYC mayoral campaign hit crescendo

He’s far from an angel.

While Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa has been enjoying the limelight on the campaign trail, his colorful past is catching up to him.

Former independent mayoral candidate Jim Walden , who dropped his own long-shot campaign and backed ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bid, rehashed a slew of scandals, allegations and sagas from Sliwa’s decades in Big Apple politics Monday. 6

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Walden’s “opposition research” dump came as Republican nominee Sliwa continued to buck the crescendo of calls for him to ditch his mayoral bid in an effort to unite voters behind Cuomo’s independent campaign — and against far-left Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.

“We need to unify to defeat @ZohranKMamdani,” Walden wrote on X. “For all the Curtis supporters likely to attack me, un