We were so glad to see everyone at our annual Christmas & Chanukah Party on December 4th hosted by the Queens Village Republican Club. We had a great time, great food, and plenty of dancing with Jimmy James our DJ, and the ideal time to honor Curtis Sliwa, the true People’s Mayor, who was presented with a special certificate and heartfelt reading presentation to thank him for all he has done and is doing for the people of NYC. It was a joyous celebration of the spirit of the season: Christmas the season of hope and joy, and Chanukah, the Miracle of Lights! It was a night to say thanks to all of you who helped at our beautiful Campaign HQ, who made 1000 phone calls a day, knocked on doors, put up posters, donated money, attend rallies and events, talked to your friends and neighbors. You rose to the call of duty and for this we are grateful. God Bless you all! See meeting videos below. Thank you to our videographer, Jim Doukas.
Project Civica’s Steve Gillan Speaks at QVRC Holiday Party
Project Civica is a citizen-powered, non-partisan organization of everyday New Yorkers, grassroots groups, experienced mentors and national partners. We work together to educate, organize, and activate communities to defend liberty and hold government accountable. We believe informed citizens have the power to lead real change—starting right here in New York. projectcivica.org
Certificate of Appreciation Presentation to Vinod Patel
Vinod Patel, a big supporter of Curtis Sliwa, manages numerous properties in Floral Park which is where we were able to set up a sparkling new campaign HQ for Curtis Sliwa, in his new building on Hillside Ave. We thank Vinod for the campaign HQ, and for his patriotism and service to the community, and to Curtis Sliwa and the Republican Party.
From the Queens Village Republican Club……and from everyone who ever believed in Angels
Special presentation by Arlene Schlesinger on behalf of the Queens Village Republican Club to Curtis Sliwa at the QVRC Christmas Chanukah Party on Dec 4, 2025
Curtis Sliwa Speaks at the QVRC Christmas/Chanukah Party
Restoring Excellence, Merit, and Free Thought in American Schools
America’s schools and universities were once the envy of the world. As the Carnegie Corporation noted, “For most of the 20th century, the U.S. had the best higher education system in the world.” Students traveled from every continent to study here, producing generations of innovators, scholars, and leaders.
Today, those same institutions have tragically deteriorated into centers of anti-American indoctrination, ideological conformity, and politicized curricula. We intend to reverse this decline.
The Queens Village Republican Club is launching the Academic Freedom Committee to restore freedom of thought, remove political activism from the classroom, and bring back excellence, merit, critical thinking, and intellectual honesty—core American values that built the greatest education system in history. We dedicate this mission to the children of America who are our future.
Special presentation by Arlene Schlesinger on behalf of the Queens Village Republican Club to Curtis Sliwa at the QVRC Christmas Chanukah Party on Dec 4, 2025
We want to begin by thanking you….. for the brave and incredible way you put yourself out there, day after day, alongside Nancy, to save our city.
You never stopped showing up, you never stopped telling the truth, and you never stopped doing what was right.
You were more like the Energizer Bunny…… you kept going, and going, while the rest of us needed a nap just watching you.
Every day, you were out in the streets, bringing hope, humor, insight, and a lifetime of knowing this city better than anyone.
At every rally, you moved people, not with scripts, but with heart.
The Queens Village Republican Club meeting on November 6, 2025 was just two days after the disappointing results of the General Election, but it was still proudly billed as a Victory Party. Why? Because what we built together was far greater than any single election outcome. Special guest speakers Professor Nicholas Giordano and Rabbi Sensei Gary Moskowitz both nailed it with their post-election assessments and prescriptions for energizing the party. Read more of the club’s “Post-Election Statement” and see the guest speaker’s videos below. Thank you to our videographer, Jim Doukas and Mike Ferrara: videopronut@gmail.com.
Professor Nicholas Giordano’s Post-Election Analysis
Professor Nicholas Giordano gave an astute post-election analysis of the mayoral election at the Nov. 6th QVRC Club Meeting. Prof Giordano is a distinguished political science professor and political commentator with an extensive background in government, politics, emergency management, and homeland security, and host of The P.A.S. Report Political Podcast @PASreport.
Rabbi Sensei Gary Moskowitz on how to energize the Party
Rabbi Gary is a former NYC police officer and counter terror trainer, high school history/law teacher, principal and social worker, TV producer, and 7th Deg. Black Belt Ju-Jitsu/Karate. He is the director of Public Policy Institute and Moskowitz Media divisions of Mitzvah USA, a NYS not for profit. Rabbi Gary spoke at Nov 6th QVRC meeting offering an assessment on the results of the mayoral election and how to energize the party to pursue a new generation to join the Republican Party.
From Defeat to Determination: The Spirit of Victory Lives On
By Phil Orenstein, President of the Queens Village Republican Club
As we gather for our club meeting on November 6, 2025—just two days after the disappointing results of the General Election—we are still proudly calling it a Victory Party.
Why? Because what we built together was far greater than any single election outcome.
It was a victory for the hundreds of dedicated volunteers who stood proudly with us for months—making thousands of phone calls and texts, knocking on doors, putting up posters, donating, rallying, and chanting “Curtis! Curtis! Curtis!” with unshakable faith and energy. They fought until the end, and many have now joined our club family, ready for the battles and campaigns ahead. That is our golden victory.
It was a victory because we remained loyal to Curtis Sliwa—the “rebel with a cause,” the People’s Mayor, the true New Yorker who has dedicated his life to serving others without seeking title, power or profit. From his youth as a volunteer crime-fighter to the founder of the Guardian Angels, Curtis has embodied courage, compassion, and selfless devotion to his city. We are proud that we stood behind a man who stood up for what was right—because he cared deeply for his fellow New Yorkers. That loyalty, that integrity, is a victory in the eyes of God and in the hearts of every volunteer who gave their all, and every voter, who voted Curtis Sliwa.
Yes, many mocked him for his red beret and sneered at his compassion for the forgotten and voiceless—people and animals alike. Some so-called allies turned their backs, abandoning friendship and principle and surrendering to the false comfort of compromise. They convinced themselves they were choosing the “lesser of two evils,” but in the end, they only empowered “the greater evil.”
The uninformed herd voted the “D” line on the ballot, and too many weak-willed Republicans followed them off the cliff. The immature voters were seduced by revolutionary slogans, blind to the fact that socialism—however beautifully packaged—always leads to human misery and loss of freedom. History has proven this again and again: from Stalin to Mao to Castro, charismatic promises end in death and despair, not deliverance.
But the story does not end here.
Curtis will keep fighting the good fight—and so will we. The Queens Village Republican Club will continue to lead with courage and conviction, as we have since 1875. We will rebuild and strengthen our Republican Party from the ground up. We will recruit, educate, and empower a new generation of patriotic Americans—County Committee men and women in every Election District—who will educate and inform their neighbors and fight for the city and nation we love.
This is our mission. This is our calling: “Educating and Informing all New Yorkers since 1875.”
We have not lost. We have learned. And with renewed faith and determination, we will rise again—stronger, wiser, and more united than ever before.
As we approach the final days before the general election, we are re-releasing our earlier article on mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, “From Neighborhood Bully to Tyrant: Cuomo Now Sets His Sights on NYC.” We thought it would take years for Democrats to forget the crimes and corruption Cuomo inflicted upon New York State—and that he would remain where he belongs, in the dustbin of history. Unfortunately, we were wrong. It took barely a month for political amnesia to set in—and, regrettably, even some weak-kneed Republicans have forgotten and surrendered their values.
This reprint serves as a wake-up call to those Republicans and Democrats alike who have forgotten who Cuomo truly is and what his leadership cost our state, and why we must never forget, and never vote for Cuomo in the mayoral election.
By Philip Orenstein
In a shocking statement made in 2018 while serving as governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo declared that America “was never that great,” positioning himself for a rumored presidential bid against President Trump in 2020. However, his ambitions came crashing down when he resigned in disgrace in 2021 amid multiple sexual harassment allegations. Now, just a few years later, with the hope that the public has forgotten his past transgressions, Cuomo is rebranding himself as a leader of integrity and competence in his bid for New York City mayor. Shockingly, he leads the Democratic primary polls, earning praise from prominent figures across the political spectrum, including some Jewish leaders and the American Jewish Congress.
I am disappointed to hear that Sid Rosenberg and the owner of WABC 770 AM radio, Catsimatidis, are arguing for our Republican candidate for NYC Mayor, Curtis Sliwa to leave the mayoral race and to throw his support to the Independent candidate, Andrew Cuomo – father of No Cash Bail; speaker of the words, “America was never THAT great”; chargee of THIRTEEN women who claimed Cuomo committed sexual assault, abuse, etc., and the architect of sanctuary status in New York City and State.
Cuomo also received notoriety for issuing administrative orders that compelled nursing homes to accept COVID patients into their facilities, where over 16,000 seniors eventually died of the virus – arguably due to Cuomo’s ill-conceived mandates.
On a related matter, when President Trump moved boats into NY harbor that had been converted by Trump into floating hospitals for patients, Cuomo requested that the boats be refitted to meet the specific needs of COVID patients. Once this was accomplished, Cuomo redirected all Covid patients to be transferred to existing and over-filled city hospitals and nursing homes rather than utilizing the floating hospitals provided by Trump. And so, the Covid floating hospitals remained empty until Trump reluctantly and finally moved the ships to a city that was more likely to utilize them.
I believe that Cuomo considers his game playing and his self-perceived showmanship in refusing to utilize Trump’s floating hospital facilities, that would have saved Covid sick New Yorkers from death, as an example of “standing up to Trump”. During this time, too many New Yorkers died, and too many New Yorkers were left to mourn their loss of loved ones.
And in Cuomo’s typical outrageous over-zealous hubris, he wrote a book touting his “leadership” during the Covid pandemic and profited off his direct involvement in the death of too many New Yorkers. In fact, the New York Joint Commission (JCOPE) found Cuomo guilty of using taxpayers’ money, public-servant time and government staff to help write and promote his self-serving book. As a result, Cuomo was ordered to pay back $5.1 million of his book profits to New York State.
Cuomo and Mamdani seem to agree on no cash bail, the “City of Yes”, other real-estate legislation that takes away decision making from local elected officials and places decision-making squarely in the hands of landlords and investors who have the capital to knock down single family houses and replace multiple lots with big buildings regardless of the zoning restrictions that previously existed. In other words, both Mamdani and Cuomo support practices guided by greed that will ultimately destroy the character of neighborhoods throughout New York City. Cuomo and Mamdani also support Local Law 97 which was passed in 2019 as part of the Climate Mobilization Act. In short, this law requires all condos and coops in NYC to convert by retrofitting for full electrification or no reliance on fossil fuels in different stages from now to 2050. The exorbitant cost of these conversions will be passed on to apartment owners, substantially increasing in their monthly maintenance charges over the course from partial to full implementation.
It’s hard to determine if Cuomo still supports Affirming (trans) Care and boys in girl’s locker-rooms in public schools. I’m guessing that both Cuomo and Mamdani support these policies including medical transitional practices that mutilate and scar our children by use of “Nazi-like medical experimentation procedures” that do irreversible harm.
New York Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa on the other hand, holds more conservative and humane positions. Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa is against No Cash Bail, Open borders, and sanctuary cities. In addition, he vehemently opposes defunding the police, stripping the police of insurance that is afforded to all city workers, closing Rikers and moving prisons to local neighborhoods. Sliwa also stands alone in opposition to the City of Yes and to Local Law 97.
So generally, Cuomo and Mamdani hold very similar positions with the exception that Cuomo does not support the ideology behind Islamic extremism.
In my opinion Mamdani is clearly an antisemite who supports Global Intifada because he refuses to denounce such practices. He also refuses to denounce Hamas or to support the existence of the only Jewish state surrounded by many countries that harassed, evicted or killed their existing Jewish population. He has threatened to arrest the Prime Minister of Israel but apparently would welcome to New York the Mullahs of Iran and the leaders of Hamas. He has been known to take selfies with Ugandan leaders who introduced and implemented legislation that promotes the death penalty for lifestyles such as homosexuality and for all other non-traditional sexual relationships and alternative gender identifications.
It’s noteworthy to mention that, during the debates, both Cuomo and Mamdani proudly promised to fight Trump. This pathetic strategy is very different from the stance that Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa described, emphasizing negotiating with the president to achieve a balance of policies that are good for Americans and that greatly benefit New York City residents.
Given the above, I have decided that the new face of the democrat party is at least more forthright in representing the socialist, the antisemitic and the anti-American ideologies of the Democratic party. At least with Mamdani, we know exactly who and what we’re dealing with – an extreme progressive, Marxist, Communist who hates the USA, Jews and embraces organizations that chant, kill the infidels. For those college and high school students who may not know this, an infidel is anyone who doesn’t believe in and doesn’t practice Islam in a prescribed manner.
If elected and based on the plans he has presented to the public, it appears that Mamdani will take steps to continue the steady decline of our city. If New Yorkers vote for the likes of Cuomo or Mandani, the damage they leave behind will be attributable to the voters who put them in office.
It is not clear if what Mamdani says is what he will do. But here are my best guesses on this matter: Higher rents for those who earn a salary including seniors who receive monthly social security checks; substantial raises in costs for condominium and cooperative owners to pay for full conversions from gas to electric and increases for all real-estate owners in the form of property taxes; less prisoners in jail and more of them let loose on the streets hurting you and your children; because Mamdani is planning to invest millions of dollars in affirming care, more children in NYC will be buying into the propaganda on transitioning from their gender of birth to their gender by identification. You may have missed that the democrats and voters in NYS have passed legislation that clearly indicates that parents do not have rights to interfere with affirming care of their children.
Also, there will be a coordinated effort by Mamdani and the UFT to wage war against charter schools and to firmly cap their expansion, regardless of the thousands of children and their parents who are on a waiting list for admission. In addition, more indoctrination in the schools, perhaps justifying Hamas as freedom fighters and Israel and the United States as colonizers. Don’t be surprised if an increasing number of students believe that the Holocaust was just a farce.
The state education department, along with the unions, are doing their very best to shield students from standardized testing. With little or no measures of accountability except for subjective criteria, it will be difficult to determine student progress. No need to worry though; according to the powers that preside over the school system, you can be confident that they will report that all the children are doing just fine.
Taxes on earners will go up as well as other indices such as sales tax, city tax, state tax and perhaps even a tax on the taxes. Afterall, when the rich and upper middle class flee the city for more favorable living and earning conditions, it will be up to the diminishing middle class to shoulder the responsibility of making their earnings available for redistribution to the needy and to the ever-growing stream of illegal aliens into our marvellous sanctuary city.
Reasonably, even illegal aliens need free hotels, culturally appropriate food, new clothes, dry cleaning, laundry services, social security and health care and free education. So, kiss-goodbye reduced class size and welcome all discretionary and redirected funds to English as a Second Language initiatives.
In my opinion, with illegal aliens on the social security payroll and on the Medicare and Medicaid caseloads, anticipated reductions in Social Security benefits and health-care services may move back from 2034 to 2030. I also suggest that you don’t delay going to the doctor because your social security funds and health benefits may go bust sooner than later.
If you vote for Mamdani or for Cuomo, don’t complain when no cash bail continues, when unrehabilitated prisoners are released because Mamdani believes that the responsibility for crime is with the society and not with the individual. Along these lines, Mamdani refers to crime as a social construct. Also, as expected, Cuomo takes no responsibility for the city’s crime, for the homeless situation and for the invasion of illegal aliens in New York City. It is not surprising that Cuomo blames Trump for all of Cuomo’s missteps and devastating decisions. With these two candidates do you really have any choice? If either Mamdani or Cuomo become the mayor, our city will suffer. If you vote for either one of them, you will be complicit in the downfall of our city. Better to fight it than to join it. Given all the above, win or lose, I strongly endorse Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa for New York City Mayor.
This letter was written in response to a friend who made an appeal to vote for Cuomo over Sliwa to stop Mamdani.
I live my life every day with a lot of unknowns, but I know this much: I will stick to my principles and let the chips fall where they may. I will never vote for Andrew Cuomo. He talks down to people; you can hear it in his voice. I’m not going to be sold a bag of garbage wrapped up and marketed as gold.
By Ira Harris
The question I keep asking is this: why have so many powerful figures — Catsimatidis and others — chosen to back Adams first and now Cuomo, instead of supporting Curtis Sliwa from the start? If Cuomo is truly the “savior” they now claim, why did they ignore him when the city needed saving? And if they think Mamdani is dangerous, why rally behind someone who has already caused so much harm to New York State and City?
Let’s not forget who these people really are. Eric Adams — once a leader of the racist “100 Black Law Enforcement Officers” group — is the same man who stood at bus depots welcoming illegal migrants into New York, handing out $500-a-night hotel rooms, and proudly calling himself “the Biden of Brooklyn.” Cuomo is no better. He promised to look into fracking, then banned it the moment he took office while neighboring states prospered from it. He lectured us daily during COVID while his disastrous nursing home policies killed thousands of seniors.
When Governor Hochul handed out outrageously overpriced COVID test contracts to her donors — double what California paid — Cuomo said nothing. When a woman was set on fire in the subway, Cuomo said nothing. When Adams refused to unleash the police on violent rioters and antisemitic mobs on college campuses, Cuomo said nothing — while Curtis Sliwa was out there getting his jaw broken defending small businesses and everyday New Yorkers. Cuomo said nothing as Adams packed illegal migrants into Creedmoor and other city shelters. Yet now Cuomo rides in on a shiny horse as if we’re supposed to forget his record — and we’re expected to sell out our values to vote for him?
Where was Cuomo when the socialist wing of his party was taking over? He was being wined, dined, and pocket lined like every other corrupt New York politician.
Yes, I understand the fear — people say we must vote for Cuomo to stop Mamdani, especially because of how dangerous Mamdani would be for the Jewish community. That emotional appeal tugs at us. But are we really going to abandon our values and reward corruption just because we fear something worse?
Maybe I’m an idealist — or maybe I just have a long memory. I believe even if Mamdani wins, there’s a limit to how far he can go before New Yorkers rise up and demand change. If that happens, the backlash will be fierce. The people will wake up, and pressure will mount on Albany — maybe even paving the way for leaders like Elise Stefanik to step in next year. And I believe President Trump will keep a watchful eye and do his part to limit the damage.
But who knows — maybe Curtis Sliwa will shock them all and win this race, and everyone will have to eat crow.
I live my life every day with a lot of unknowns, but I know this much: I will stick to my principles and let the chips fall where they may. I will never vote for Andrew Cuomo. He talks down to people; you can hear it in his voice. I’m not going to be sold a bag of garbage wrapped up and marketed as gold.
“….it is imperative for us, as working-class New Yorkers, to boycott WABC. John Catsimatidis has betrayed a true Conservative New Yorker who worked at his station for 35 years in favor of a man who stated that people like us who believe in traditional values have no place in New York.”
On March 25, 2025, US President Donald J Trump signed an executive order “PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS”, which starts with section 1 stating “Purpose and Policy. Despite pioneering self-government, the United States now fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections employed by modern, developed nations, as well as those still developing. India and Brazil, for example, are tying voter identification to a biometric database, while the United States largely relies on self-attestation for citizenship. In tabulating votes, Germany and Canada require use of paper ballots, counted in public by local officials, which substantially reduces the number of disputes as compared to the American patchwork of voting methods that can lead to basic chain-of-custody problems. Further, while countries like Denmark and Sweden sensibly limit mail-in voting to those unable to vote in person and do not count late-arriving votes regardless of the date of postmark, many American elections now feature mass voting by mail, with many officials accepting ballots without postmarks or those received well after Election Day.
Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election”.
The Executive Order has total 11 sections which includes Enforcing the Citizenship Requirement for Federal Elections, Providing Other Assistance to States Verifying Eligibility, Improving the Election Assistance Commission, Prosecuting Election Crimes, Improving Security of Voting Systems, Compliance with Federal Law Setting the National Election Day. Preventing Foreign Interference and Unlawful Use of Federal Funds, Federal Actions to Address Executive Order 14019, Severability, and General Provisions
Now, many across the aisle have raised the question, whether the Purpose mentioned in President Trump’s Executive Order is really the need of the hour or not.
