Catsimatidis clears path for Malliotakis to run for mayor
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis made it clear when she was toying with the idea of running for mayor that she would not run if her friend and fellow Republican John Catsimatidis entered the race. “John and I are not looking to run against each other,” she recently told the Brooklyn Eagle.
On Monday, Catsimatidis, the billionaire supermarket mogul, announced that he is sitting out the race for City Hall this time around.
“I have often said I have one more race for office in me. But, after careful consideration and consultation with my family, friends and advisers, I have decided the 2017 race for mayor of New York will not be it,” Catsimatidis said in a statement.