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How Budget Cuts at the Times Helped Give NYC Bloomberg III

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


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.

Why Did Obama Not Help Dems Win the NY Mayor's Office? It Was Probably Bloomberg's Money, Stupid

David Sirota | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

The Bloomberg campaign to silence Obama wasn't any act of tactical genius or some sort of "sophisticated strategy," as the New York Times insists. It was a basic financial transaction.

Bill Thompson Joins John Slattery In Fight Against Hudson Square Sanitation Garage

The New York Observer | Chloe Malle | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Last Thursday night mayoral candidate Bill Thompson braved the wind and rain to join residents of Hudson Square and North TriBeCa neighborhoods to ral...

Bill Thompson Wins Mayoral Primary, Takes On Bloomberg Next

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 11.15.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — New York City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. has cruised to victory in the Democratic mayoral primary and will face billionaire inc...

Bill Thompson Could Beat Mike Bloomberg: Six Strategies

New York Magazine | Jacob Gershman | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York


On paper anyway, the strategic contours of this year's mayoral election aren't that different from the last time around. Which proved, of course, disa...