During this year’s final mayoral debate, Bill Thompson was said by the local commentariat to have made two grievous errors, which were only not said to be fatal in and of themselves because his candidacy was pronounced by the same wise-men to be in a state of extremis, for which [...]
According to a report from City Comptroller Bill Thompson's office, NYC has lost 30,000 jobs in "information services"—aka fields like traditional publishing, broadcasting and new media. According to the Post, "Thompson issued a report saying the industry -- one of New York's traditional leaders" [...]
The following is a quote from David Seifman's New York Post column of this morning:
Mayor Bloomberg's campaign crew's excuses for his shockingly close 4.6 percentage-point win over Bill Thompson go something like this:
* No matter that we consistently told everyone publicly he was leading by double [...]
City Comptroller Bill Thompson has no regrets about his mayoral campaign or his narrow loss, telling the Daily News, "I just stopped [the what if thoughts]. That's not helpful. When I woke up Wednesday, I would have liked to have woken up having won." [...]
The oh-so-close mayoral race continues to be thorn in many Democrats' side—and many are bitter. State Senator Eric Schneiderman (D-Manhattan) tells the NY Times, “Bill Thompson was always closer than people thought, and on our side, if people had been behind him' [...]
Mayor Bloomberg's narrower-than-expected election win over Comptroller Bill Thompson has left people wondering not only what could have been if Thompson got more support but what might have happened if Rep. Anthony Weiner had run against Bloomberg instead. Politico reports that when [...]
For the next four years, Mike Bloomberg will be joined in citywide office by Democrats Bill de Blasio and John Liu.Mike Bloomberg defeated Bill Thompson yesterday to claim a third term as New York City mayor, but no one except the mayor's own' [...]
The DN's Errol Louis flagged this interview Correction Officers' Benevolent Association President Norman Seabrook gave NY1 last night at Bill Thompson's party, which perfectly captures the anger among Thompson supports at Democrats who stayed on the fence.
Seabrook, whose union endorsed Mayor Bloomberg in 2001 and 2005, [...]
For a brief while in the Hilton Trianon Ballroom Tuesday night, there was a collective feeling that somehow, the widely held expectations of an entire city might actually be wrong.
The Hilton was host to Comptroller Bill Thompon's post-election party, where a healthy set of elected officials, Democratic Party [...]
I knew that the day Michael Bloomberg bought his way into City Hall back in 2005 was the end of the political process here in NYC. It's amazing how he's completely sucked the [...]
Michael Bloomberg is on pace to spend more than $100 million on his reelection campaign—more than anyone has ever spent to become mayor of anything, and many, many times more than his effectively resourceless Democratic challenger, City Comptroller Bill Thompson.
But even as his campaign blanketed the airwaves with [...]
Still mulling whom to vote for today? Well the ballot does provide choice for mayor beyond Michael Bloomberg and Bill Thompson. Also on the ballot are Stephen Christopher (Conservative); Dan Fein (Socialist Worker); Francsica Villar (Socialism and Libertarian); Dan Fein (Socialist Worker); Bill Talen (Green); [...]
Still mulling whom to vote for today? Well the ballot does provide choice for mayor beyond Michael Bloomberg and Bill Thompson. Also on the ballot are Stephen Christopher (Conservative); Dan Fein (Socialist Worker); Francsica Villar (Socialism and Libertarian); Dan Fein (Socialist Worker); Bill Talen (Green); [...]
It's Election Day. Today we as voters have an opportunity to elect a new mayor, but, perhaps more importantly, show [...]
Michael Bloomberg, who is outspending opponent Bill Thompson $85 million to $6 million, said he doesn't need to win by a landslide tomorrow--he just wants to win.
Outside a bakery on Staten Island this morning, the mayor said, "Maybe a win's a win, but you'd always like to have" [...]
That's the question the Working Families Party asks when deciding which policies and candidates to support in NYC.
And that's why, on Tuesday, we're backing Bill Thompson for Mayor.
Our current mayor has his own ideas about how New' [...]
Bill Thompson hops off his campaign truck at the corner of Fulton and Nostrand in Bed Stuy. Also pictured: Council Member Tish James, Comptroller favorite John Liu, and the frontrunner for Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio (facing away from camera).With extremely low turnout expected [...]
We re-elect the Mayor tomorrow. (Technically it's an "election," but come on.) The late hit on Bill Thompson in today's Post is that he remained silent as a radio call-in talker passed an ethnic s...
Continue reading "Thompson Slammed for Failing to Note Anti-Semitic Comment; Bloomberg" [...]
Yesterday, mayoral candidates Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Comptroller Bill Thompson campaigned with just days away until the election. And they made sure to encourage voters to get out the vote: NY1 reports that Bloomberg went to a "get out of the vote" rally [...]
A few hours after I posted yesterday's item about Bill Thompson's mysterious ties to the contractor implicated in the Deutsche Bank fire, I got an e-mail protesting the story from Ed Castell, the ...
Continue reading "Barrett: Bill Thompson Responds To Our Allegations, Sort Of" > [...]Bill Thompson recently spoke to a forum on poverty, hunger and homelessness in New York City.
What is all the fuss about Bill Thompson's giving Mike Bloomberg a D-- during the last Mayoral debate? In my October 3rd post I reached about the same conclusion.
In that post I noted that Bloomberg's economic development policies had failed the City miserably. Interestingly, The New York Times, a Bloomberg [...]
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo endorsed Comptroller Bill Thompson for mayor today, citing his "years of dedicated public service, his vision for a better future for our City, and his commitment to improving the lives of working families." Of course, reporters were more interested in knowing [...]
Officials from Bill Thompson’s campaign are pointing to a story about grade tampering at a Bronx high school as evidence that the city’s education data is unsound.
Yesterday, I reported that current and former teachers at Herbert Lehman High School are accusing principal Janet Saraceno of transforming the school into [...]
Andrew Cuomo walked a few blocks on Third Avenue in the Bronx this afternoon with Bill Thompson, and endorsed him for mayor.
The event was ostensibly to boost Thompson’s mayoral campaign, but it felt like a precursor to next year’s governor’s race. Thompson is trailing in the polls and [...]
Andrew Cuomo is expected to endorse fellow Democrat Bill Thompson today, possibly at an event in the Bronx, according to a person familiar with the event.
The endorsement comes late in the campaign, and it’s unclear if Cuomo, like other elected who have endorsed Thompson, will be any more [...]
In 2008, 3797 city employees called the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board and asked for a legal opinion about a transaction--or other action--they were thinking about doing that might ...
Continue reading "Barrett: Did Bill Thompson Get Ethics Clearance for His Bad Loans? " [...]The second — and final debate — between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Comptroller Bill Thompson featured a number of sharp exchanges between the two men, few flashes of affability or humor — and no lightening round. As Thompson struck a tougher stance and offered a more staccato delivery than [...]
