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Sal Albanese Formally Announces Long-Shot Mayoral Bid
(Photo: Brooklyn Daily file photo) Former Councilman Sal Albanese, who said last month he'd be officially kicking off his campaign for mayor by December 18, announced his bid this morning. In a...
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Sal Albanese: Don’t Call Me a ‘Long Shot’
(Photo: Callie Lipkin/Albanese Campaign) Earlier this month, former City Councilman Sal Albanese kicked off his third campaign for mayor on the Democratic line, where he will go head-to-head with a...
View ArticleAnd They’re Off: A Crowded Pack of Candidates and Crazies Races Toward City Hall
New York City’s last two mayors each left an indelible mark on the city. Rudy Giuliani’s eight years are remembered for his crime crackdown, the Disneyfication of Times Square and millions weeping as...
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A Muslim Democratic Club Rises in New York
Club organizers. New York City's first Muslim club is looking to have an impact on the mayor's race. And organizers of the group, the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, cited current Mayor Michael...
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Live: The New York Observer and 92nd Street Y Mayoral Debate
(Photo: 92Y.org) With less than six months to go until the primaries, the New York Observer and the 92nd Street Y have teamed up to host an evening of discussion with all of the major mayoral...
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Mayoral Hopefuls Discuss Their Role Models
The scene right before John Liu arrived. Across the breadth of policy issues, the Democratic candidates for mayor this year tend to share similar viewpoints. However, there are some notable exceptions,...
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Christine Quinn Won’t Be Sitting at Chris Hayes’ Mayoral Roundtable
Christine Quinn (Photo: YouTube) On Sunday, MSNBC host Chris Hayes is hosting a roundtable featuring many of the main Democratic mayoral candidates on his eponymous show, Up With Chris Hayes. However,...
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Rivals Use Dan Halloran to Hit Christine Quinn
(Photo: Facebook) It hasn't even been a full day before Councilman Dan Halloran was arrested on corruption charges, but he's already become a political football in the mayoral race. Accordingly, former...
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Mayoral Candidates Say They Aren’t Worried About Weiner
(Photo: Getty) If Anthony Weiner campaigns for mayor this year, he'd likely shake up the race's dynamics due to his name recognition, campaign war chest and the widespread media interest in his...
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Mayoral Candidates Debate Faith, Pot and Police in the Bronx
The candidates on stage. Cops resemble "slave catchers." Sal Albanese never smoked a joint. The Bloomberg Administration has locked the men of God out of City Hall. These were all arguments presented...
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Democratic Mayoral Candidate Suggests Rudy Giuliani as Police Commissioner
The Democratic candidates sparred during their first televised debate. (Photo: NY1) Longshot mayoral candidate Erick Salgado wants to bring Mayor Rudy Giuliani back to City Hall-- this time as the new...
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Bike and Pedestrian Advocates Activate New PAC to Influence Elections
StreetPAC formally launched its efforts Thursday. (Photo: Jill Colvin) After more than 11 years of new bike lanes and public plazas, pedestrian advocates are getting nervous. Few of the mayoral...
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Critics Question Christine Quinn’s Embargoed Campaign Schedules
A passerby and Speaker Quinn had a spirited discussion about term limits during her campaign launch. (Photo: Hunter Walker) Christine Quinn's mayoral campaign scheduling arrives with a caveat that her...
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Sal Albanese Explains His Beef With ‘Broadway Bill’ de Blasio
Sal Albanese. (Photo: Facebook) There are two Italian-American, relatively liberal men from Brooklyn in this year's race for mayor. One, both literally and figuratively, looms as one of the...
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Not Everyone Is Returning Anthony Weiner’s Calls
Anthony Weiner at a basketball game. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) After jumping late into a race they've been running in for months, ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner decided to break the ice with his...
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Anthony Weiner’s Wise-Cracking Continues at First Mayoral Debate
Anthony Weiner speaks at the first debate of his mayoral campaign. During the first debate of Anthony Weiner’s once-improbable mayoral campaign, the former congressman openly wondered whether he had...
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Anthony Weiner Ducks a Shot at Debate
Anthony Weiner. (Photo: Getty) Anthony Weiner's Democratic rivals in the mayor's race have generally done their best to avoid talking about the sexting scandal that led to his downfall two years ago....
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The Green Party Smacks Around Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner and Sal Albanese at a Staten Island mayoral forum. Anthony Weiner took a beating on his first official stop in Staten Island Monday night. Mr. Weiner was repeatedly hit by his rivals,...
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Thompson and de Blasio Ditch Charter School Forum Where Quinn Is Fawned
Christine Quinn posing with charter school kids outside the forum Tuesday night. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former Comptroller Bill Thompson both pulled out of a mayoral forum hosted by charter...
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Mayoral Candidates Clash Continuously at Latino Debate
A demonstration outside the Bronx mayoral forum in support of the Upper East Side transfer station. It appears the gloves are finally off. At a forum in the Bronx on Wednesday, Sal Albanese accused...
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