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Quinn Gains 20-point Lead in Dem Primary Race Poll

Dominic Carter | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: City-Comptroller-John-Liu, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, Marist Poll, Run-Off in Race for NYC Mayor, Lee Miringoff, Mark Green, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, NYC Race for Mayor, Fernando Ferrer, Candidate for Mayor Alan Hevesi, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, New York News
Dominic Carter

If you're City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the race for NYC Mayor can't get here fast enough. But historically, good news for front-runners can also be bad news.

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FRONTRUNNER

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Christine Quinn, Ray Kelly, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, Nyc Mayor Race 2013, John Liu, Tom Allon, New York News, Nyc Mayor Race, Bill Thompson, Scott Stringer, New York News

The 2013 race to succeed three-term New York City Mayor Bloomberg has a frontrunner. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) has a 20 p...

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10 Must-See Painting Shows: April 2012

Steven Zevitas | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Peter Saul, Art, Dan Walsh, Matt Rich, Jonas Wood, Abstraction, Jaqueline Humphries, Contemporary Art, Carroll Dunham, William Bailey, Franklin Evans, Painting, Bill Thompson, David Rathman, Arts News
Steven Zevitas

There are dozens of notable painting exhibitions on view in the United States this month. In an art world that is overly obsessed with the next hot th...

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Is Christine Quinn the Next Mayor of NYC?

Dominic Carter | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Christine Quinn, Michael Bloomberg, Dominic Carter Ny1, Bill Thompson, Race for NYC Mayor, Dominic Carter, Dominic Carter Ny1news, First Mayor Openly Gay, Politics News
Dominic Carter

Quinn does have an interesting background. I have interviewed her on NY1 News many times over the years, and have been impressed, literally watching her go from an outsider to one of the most powerful positions in the city.

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David Moye

WATCH: Pumpkin Chuckers Aim To Squash Football As Top Thanksgiving Sport

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Mythbusters, Dawn Thompson, Video, Fat Jimmy, Punkin Chucking, Punkin Chunkin, Pumpkin Chucking, Kari Byrson, Thanksgiving, Weird Delaware, Weird Photos & Videos, Bill Thompson, Weird Sports, Pennsylvania Weird, Weird News News

One of the highlights of Thanksgiving is gathering around the TV to watch an oblong spheroid fly through the air. For millions of Americans, the ob...

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Pulling the Trigger: U.S. Supreme Court Threatens Campaign Finance Reform in NYC

Morgan Pehme | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law, John McComish, Arizona Clean Elections Act, Trigger Funds, Michael Bloomberg, William Maurer, Janos Marton, Atlantic Yards, Mccomish v. Bennett, Citizens United, Vornado Tower, Bill Thompson, Jerry Skurnik, Eric Friedman, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, Kevin Kim, Jan Brewer, Janet Napolitano, New York City Council, David v. Federal Election Commission, Anthony Kennedy, Daniel Halloran, New York City Campaign Finance Board, Elena Kagan, Cfb, Campaign Finance, New York News
Morgan Pehme

New York City's campaign finance system, often lauded as the best in the nation, is under attack. The United States Supreme Court may be about to severely curtail the role of public financing in elections.

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A Train Wreck Named Desire

Henry J. Stern | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Bertrand Russell, Bill Thompson, Anthony Weiner, Michael Bloomberg, Fernando Ferrer, Fiorello LaGuardia, Weinergate, New York News
Henry J. Stern

The teachable moment that emerges from this personal tragedy is that, with many people who we think of as leaders, emotion can overpower reason, and people can and do perform incredibly self-destructive acts.

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Will Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, New York Daily News, Bill De Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, The New York Times, Bloomberg, John Liu, Media, Bill Thompson, New York City, New York News
Will Schwartz

Within hours of winning their elections, Bill De Blasio, our future public advocate, and John Liu, our comptroller-elect, each demonstrated their own distinct styles of ineptitude.

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The Tremendous Potential (and Ultimate Limitations) of Buses

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Manhattan, Fordham Road, Bus Rapid Transit, Brooklyn, New York Magazine, Robert Sullivan, Bill Thompson, Norstrand Avenue, New-York-City-Department-of-Transportation, Transit, The Bronx, New York City, Select Bus Service, New York News
John Petro

Improving bus service is the low-hanging fruit, the missing link in the city's transportation network. But there is still considerable opposition to Select Bus Service in New York City.

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Why New York and Massachusetts Say No to Obama

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Harold Ford, Howard Dean, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Jack Kennedy, David Patterson, Mayor Honey Fitzgerald, H.L. Gates, 9/11, Obama, Bill Thompson, Ted Kennedy, Martha Coakley, Politics News
Barbara Probst Solomon

The lesson Obama should have learned from the Kennedys is that you need to know how and when to be tough and how to use your power well.

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NYPD Intel's J. Lo Connection

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harold Ford, Paul Browne, Marc Anthony, NYPD Intelligence Division, Ray Kelly, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Bloomberg, Major League Baseball, Nypd, 9/11, Eddie Maldonado, Bill Thompson, New York News
Len Levitt

Intel's head of Dignitary Protection has so much time on his hands that he's moonlighting as security muscle for both baseball and Ray Kelly's new pals, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony.

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Thompson Outspends Bloomberg ... in Tennessee

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Thompson, Mayoral Campaign, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Campaign Finance, Bill Thompson, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

Thirty million to repair the Brooklyn Bridge? The mayor spent more than that on television ads. Ten million for fixing Head Start centers? The mayor topped that on campaign consultants.

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Rudy Giuliani Stumps For Bloomberg, Raises Fears Of Crime

nytimes.com | DAVID W. CHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nyc Mayoral Race, Rudy Giuliani, Bill Thompson, Rudy Giuliani Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Nyc Mayor, New York News

Raising the specter of a return to higher crime and greater anxiety, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani warned on Sunday that New York could become a mo...

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An Open Letter to Mayor Moneybags

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Mayoral Election, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Naral, Bill Thompson, Bloomberg Campaign Contributions, Reverend Al Sharpton, New York Republicans, New York News
Alan Singer

Dear Mayor Bloomberg: For $10,00, cash or personal check, I will vote for you, pure and simple. For $50,000 plus expenses, I will have my car (a 2001 Toyota Echo) painted with your picture.

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More People Voted For Term Limits Than For Bloomberg

nytimes.com | CLYDE HABERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Term Limits, Mayor Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, Bloomberg Term Limits, Bloomberg Mandate, Michael Bloomberg, New York News

According to a standard set by one prominent New Yorker, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's re-election ought to be dismissed as inconsequential. That stand...

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Obama Endorses Thompson: Bloomberg Responds

NY Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nyc Mayoral Race, Bill Thompson, Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg, Nyc Mayor, New York News

Brawler Frank Lombardi was on scene with Mayor Bloomberg today at the Gowanus Canal pump station in Brooklyn, where the incumbent independent fielded ...

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Bloomberg's No-Shows

Joyce Purnick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Mayoral Election, Bill Thompson, Voter Turnout, Fernando Ferrer, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Third Term, New York News
Joyce Purnick

How could everyone have gotten it so wrong? Mayor Bloomberg was supposed to win re-election big. He was supposed to waltz easily, effortlessly back into City Hall with a big fat mandate.

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Bill Thompson Concession Speech (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nyc, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, Bill Thompson Concedes, Bill Thompson Concession Speech, New York, Bill Thompson Loses, Bloomberg Wins, New York City, Video, New York News

Minutes before Mayor Bloomberg announced his victory, Bill Thompson delivered his concession speech to a disheartened crowd. After a brief surge of...

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Sad I Ran

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Democracy, New York, New York Times, New York City Politics, Bill Thompson, Michael Bloomberg, Gentrification, New York News
Reverend Billy

"Corruption" now means "Democracy." "Affordable housing" means "Eviction." And New York City's imitation Greatness is polished.

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Bill Thompson Eyes 2013 Mayoral Race

nytimes.com | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Thompson, 2013 Mayoral Election, Bill Thompson 2013, New York City Mayoral Race, Bill Thompson Mayor, New York News

Former Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr., who lost to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in an unexpectedly close race in November, said on Tuesday that he ...

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Why Us? How the Commuter Tax Chips Away at the Self-Sufficient Self-Employed

Samantha Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Albany, Manhattan, Self-Employed, Bill Thompson, Mta, Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, New York, Fare Hike, Small Business, Freelancers-Union, Freelancers, New York News
Samantha Marshall

What makes state legislators -- along with hapless mayoral candidate Bill Thompson -- think we're the perfect source of revenue to close the MTA budget gap?

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How Budget Cuts at the Times Helped Give NYC Bloomberg III

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comptroller Bill Thompson, Bloomberg, Newspapers, Election Day, Bloomberg Third Term, The New York Times, Mike Bloomberg, Poll, Bill Thompson, Bill Thompson Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch, New York News
Steven G. Brant

Why weren't Bloomberg's well-known plans for global business news domination a bigger issue in the recent mayoral race? There was a failure of reporting at the Times caused by budget cuts.

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NYC's Record Homeless Shelter Population and How to Tackle the Crisis

Mary Brosnahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Section 8, New York Mayoral Debate, Homelessness, Michael Bloomberg, Coalition for the Homeless, Homeless Shelters, Bill Thompson, Linda Gibbs, Affordable Housing, New York News
Mary Brosnahan

Compared to 2002, 45% more New Yorkers are sleeping in municipal homeless shelters each year. Homelessness is rising -- so change the city's policy.

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Frank Rich: White House Doesn't Seem To Understand Public's Wall Street Rage

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Summers, ny23, Regulation, Obama, Teaparty, New York 23, White House, Dede Scozzafava, Finance, Gop, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Bill Owens, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Financial Reform, Election Day 2009, H1N1 Vaccine, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Bill Thompson, Main Street, Elections, Anger, Tim Geithner, Banks, Bonuses, Too Big to Fail, Executive Pay, Republicans, Politics News

The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many --...

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Thompson Pushes Obama Endorsement In New Campaign Literature

nydailynews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Literature, New York Mayoral Election, Obama Thompson, Bill Thompson, Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg, New York Mayor, New York News

As we reported, Team Thompson moved quickly to get the word out about last week's endorsement by President Obama, beginning to print palm cards featur...

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