Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition,’ spokesperson says
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized in critical condition, his spokesman said Sunday.
“Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we speak,” spokesman Ted Goodman wrote in a social media post, saying that Giuliani was in “critical but stable condition.”
“We do ask that you join us in prayer for America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani,” Goodman wrote.
It was not immediately clear where Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized or what sent him to the hospital.
He hosted his web show, “America’s Mayor Live” from Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday night.
President Donald Trump called Giuliani a “True Warrior” who was “the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR” in a social media post published about 30 minutes after Goodman shared the news.
“What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radial Left Lunatics, Democrats … and now, look at Rudy. So sad!” Trump wrote.
After serving as one of the nation’s highest-profile prosecutors, taking on mobsters and crooked Wall Street traders, Giuliani was elected mayor of New York City in 1993 and served two terms.
Giuliani’s performance as mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan was widely praised and raised his national profile.
Trump’s former personal lawyer, he became one of the president’s most vocal supporters in spreading false information about voter fraud in the 2020 election.
He was disbarred in Washington, D.C., and New York over the issue, and lost a $148 million defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers.
Giuliani was indicted in 2023 for what prosecutors said at the time was a scheme to overturn the 2020 electoral votes in Georgia in favor of Trump. Last year, Trump pardoned Giuliani and dozens of other allies who promoted theories about the “stolen” election.
In September, Giuliani was hospitalized after a car crash in New Hampshire in which he suffered a fractured vertebra and other injuries.
He abandoned his 2000 race against Hillary Clinton for the U.S. Senate representing New York after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
With The Associated Press
