A judge Monday dismissed a summons against Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa for flinging legal papers at Mayor de Blasio’s departing motorcade.
The anti-crime activist and radio host wore his signature red Guardians jacket as he stood beside his defense lawyer, mayoral hopeful Sal Albanese, in Manhattan summons court.
Albanese told Judge Alfred Cooper that de Blasio ignored Sliwa’s attempt to serve him with a lawsuit, but first lady Chirlane McCray was far more genial.
“The mayor’s wife actually waved to him and said, ‘Hello, Curtis!’” the attorney said.
The suit sought to remove the Working Families Party ticket from the ballot on a technicality.
As the mayor hustled into his SUV outside Gracie Mansion July 25, Sliwa said he threw the papers at the departing vehicle, which landed him in cuffs on a disorderly conduct rap.
The judge Monday offered no reason for the dismissal, but Sliwa called the arrest political.
“It was obviously politically and personally directed toward me,” Sliwa said outside the courtroom.
The mayor was told by his police detail, ’You’re going to be served papers.’ It was when he found out it was Curtis Sliwa, that’s when he had a problem with it and said, ‘No, arrest him,’” the radio host claimed.
Sliwa said that the lawsuit was filed after de Blasio’s camp tried to block the New York State Reform Party from the mayoral ballot.
Sliwa is chairman of the Reform Party, which selected Albanese as its long-shot mayoral candidate.