Four Conclusions About The Mayoral Election Results
1. Bill Thompson would not have done any better if Barack Obama had actively campaigned for him....
1. Bill Thompson would not have done any better if Barack Obama had actively campaigned for him....
Dan Collins | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York
For a normal mortal, Michael Bloomberg's 5-point mayoral win would be a healthy victory. For him, it looks like a desperate scraping of the barrel.
Jarrett Murphy | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York
If miraculously elected, will Thompson really "fix the economy" simply because some dude on 149th Street asked him too? Of course not. But at least he can't say he wasn't told.
AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York
NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent millions of dollars to get inside the head of every New York City voter, hundreds of thousands of w...
nytimes.com | Michael Powell | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York
Do you really want to go back to the bad old days of Mayor David N. Dinkins? Rudolph W. Giuliani, as he had done before, indelicately broached this rh...
nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID W. CHEN | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York
Michael R. Bloomberg, the Wall Street mogul whose fortune catapulted him into New York's City Hall, has set another staggering financial record: He ha...
newsday.com | Henry Goldman | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
New York Democrats prefer Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to Gov. David A. Paterson next year by a 3-1 margin, while blacks favor Cuomo 2 to 1 over the...
The New York Observer | Steve Kornacki | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
Eight years ago at this time, after he'd thrown more than $50 million at the mayoral race but still found himself trailing Mark Green by 16 points, Mi...
Schumer and Gillibrand Endorsing Thompson | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York
Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand will endorse fellow Bill Thompson for mayor at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Union Square, according to sources fam...
New York Daily News | Adam Lisberg | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York
New Yorkers can't decide whether they want Mayor Bloomberg to stick around for another four years: Half say they're tired of him, and half want him to...
New York Daily News | By Adam Lisberg and Frank Lombardi | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York
Days after officially becoming the Democratic candidate for mayor, city Controller William Thompson finally picked up the blessing of Gov. Paterson. ...
New York Post | DAVID SEIFMAN and CARL CAMPANILE | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
He wasn't on the ballot, but Mayor Bloomberg tossed the biggest rally of any candidate running last night in an awesome display of political might tha...
New York Daily News | Celeste Katz and Meredith Kolodner | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York
Mayor Bloomberg tried to distance himself Sunday from a hit his campaign launched at Controller William Thompson, his likely mayoral opponent. Bloomb...
Gotham Gazette | Courtney Gross | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home
The real estate market is reeling but that has not stopped the industry from doling out $2.5 million to candidate for citywide office this year and mo...
Examiner | Dan Mazei | Posted 09.20.2009 | New York
With the 2009 New York mayoral election in full swing, voters will be closely scrutinizing their own candidate's every decision - including those mad...
The New York Observer | Steve Kornacki | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York