So I moved on from there to now being threatened with my life and my wife's life. And so that's why I have to have armed security. I've never had armed security in my life, even after I got shot five times on the orders of John Gotti Sr. to John Gotti Jr. and the Gambino crime family. survived that, never had armed security. So this has become a very intense race where the billionaires think they're going to pick the next mayor. And they couldn't have been more hopelessly wrong. (01:40–01:49)
CLAIM
Asserts that Curtis Sliwa was shot on orders from the Gambino crime family and never had armed security until now.
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