Apollo, Athena, Drop Foot, Little Big One, Wolverine, Tuna, Tiny, Crooked Head...
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: John Lamparski/Getty Images/Twitter “I’ve been in Gracie Mansion before. There is easily room in there for 60 cats,” says Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate for New York City mayor, who knows a thing or two about how many pets can fit inside an enclosed space.
The campaign spotlight has largely overlooked Sliwa because of the trouncing he will most likely face in November by Democrat Eric Adams: The eight-to-one ratio of cats to humans in the apartment he shares with his wife is almost the same as the city’s ratio of registered Democrats to Republicans. But Sliwa attracted some attention this summer for keeping what is almost definitely an unhealthy amount of animals in a 320-square-foot pad.
Sliwa doesn’t feel he has crossed a line just yet; after all, he can still name each of his feline roommates. When faced with a pop quiz — “Can you name all 16 of your cats?” — he passed on the first go. “The patriarch is Apollo, the matriarch is Athena, and my very best friend is Ajax,” he rallied. The mythological theme does not hold, however. “Then there’s Drop Foot, Little Big One, Hope, Wolverine, Tuna, Tiny. The newest, four weeks old, that’s Gizmo.
The sheer number of tabbies and tuxedos creates some logistical problems for a man campaigning about town. In addition to changing the litter three times a day, Sliwa says he and his wife, Nancy, are like “short-order cooks” who have mastered the varied diets of the cats, many of whom were taken in because they have disabilities and were on a list for euthanization.
With Sliwa confident that he can win in the face of great odds, he believes he’ll soon be able to accommodate an even bigger brood. “Oh yeah, there’s room for more,” he says. “That’s why I got to get into Gracie Mansion: to get more room for the cats.”
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