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NYC Mayoral Contender Hospitalized After He’s Hit by Yellow Cab

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Curtis Sliwa was “sent flying” an aide said.

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Curtis Sliwa, the Republican contender facing off against Eric Adams in New York City’s mayoral race, was hospitalized after being hit by a yellow cab on Friday. Sliwa was getting out of a van on his way to a radio interview when he was “sent flying” by the cab, an aide told WBCS Newsradio. He still did the radio interview but then went to a hospital to be checked out. His campaigning has been put on temporary pause, NBC New York reported. “I’d like to wish him a speedy recovery, and I hope to see him back out on the trail this weekend,” Adams tweeted.

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