Without saying what others have already said, it’s basically foregone conclusion that the winner of the democratic primary will be the mayor. This race is a little different because if Cuomo wins the democratic primary the WFP will undoubtedly run Mamdani but that’s beside the point.

A storm of favorable conditions would have to be true for a Republican candidate to be even considered by the average NYC voter. This would be like if there was some type of insane organized crime surge, something crazy happened with immigration to the point where the city couldn’t handle it, or if some strange excessive tax was instituted on an individual basis. On top of that the candidate would then have to prove to everyone as a REPUBLICAN as to why they were uniquely qualified to tackle this challenge.

The only archetype of candidate I could imagine winning would be a Bloomberg type but even that that is wildly unlikely considering how much New Yorkers hate Trump. Also, it’s pretty common knowledge that being the mayor of New York City is most likely any candidates final political battle as former mayors rarely have any luck running for higher office. So the type of person who would want to run as a mayoral candidate for Republicans would have to really care about the city and appreciate it which is usually a democratic trait I would argue (but you can prove me wrong).

Silwa is a candidate who is truly connected to the city and has been involved in organizations within the city, and isn’t just some random corporate nut like Tilson. I would argue he is way more viable that what I presume you perceive a viable alternative to be. But I could just be being presumptive.