NYC transit union threatens to sue GOP mayoral hopeful Curtis Sliwa over 'defamatory' comments

The politically influential Transport Workers Union is threatening to sue Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa over “defamatory and false” comments he recently made about the labor group.

In a letter sent to Sliwa on Monday, John Samuelsen, the TWU’s international president, wrote that the mayoral hopeful engaged in the remarks during a rally at City Hall last Thursday organized by NYCLASS, a group advocating for a ban on horse carriage rides in Central Park.

Samuelsen, whose union represents horse carriage drivers, wrote he came across Sliwa’s speech in a video of the gathering posted on YouTube.

“In this video, you say, ‘There is money under the table to the TWU leadership.’ This statement is false and defamatory. The statement asserts bribery and/or corruption,” Samuelsen wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by the Daily News.




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