The Secret Campaign of Mayor Mike

Puritan Avenue in Queens leads through Forest Hills Gardens, a serene enclave in the city, where 100-year-old homes evoke the English countryside. At the corner of Puritan and Greenway North, shaded by an expansive beech tree, is a $1.8 million brick Tudor. Unlike the immaculate neighboring lots, the grounds on this house aren’t particularly well Read More

The Independence Party Tries a Buttoned-Down Appeal

It’s been two years since the chairman of the New York State Independence Party, Frank MacKay, cut his hair and removed his earrings. At the time, he was traveling around the country, trying to lay the groundwork for a potential presidential campaign, and he realized that he’d be taken more seriously if he looked less Read More

Independence Party Touts Bloomberg, Unaffiliated Voters

Here’s a mailer the Independence Party spokeswoman Sarah Lyons said the group is mailing out to voters, starting this week.
It features Michael Bloomberg at one of the group’s events (more recognizable Independence Party members like Lenora Fulani and Fred Newman aren’t seen in the mailer, but attorney Harry Kresky—bald guy in the glasses Read More

Independence Party Touts Bloomberg, Unaffiliated Voters

Here’s a mailer the Independence Party spokeswoman Sarah Lyons said the group is mailing out to voters, starting this week.

It features Michael Bloomberg at one of the group’s events (more recognizable Independence Party members like Lenora Fulani and Fred Newman aren’t seen in the mailer, but attorney Harry Kresky—bald guy in the glasses Read More

Independence Party: Bloomberg Is Our Obama

Here’s a video of Lenora Fulani and Jackie Salit of the Independence Party explaining how Michael Bloomberg is like Barack Obama. Their argument is that both men are independent and beyond partisan politics.

They were speaking at the group’s annual fund-raiser in Tribeca yesterday. Bloomberg seemed pleased.

“My mother will be pleased with that,” Bloomberg Read More

Independence Party: Bloomberg Is Our Obama

Here’s a video of Lenora Fulani and Jackie Salit of the Independence Party explaining how Michael Bloomberg is like Barack Obama. Their argument is that both men are independent and beyond partisan politics.

They were speaking at the group’s annual fund-raiser in Tribeca yesterday. Bloomberg seemed pleased.

“My mother will be pleased with that,” Bloomberg Read More

Mike Bloomberg: Independent, Except for All the Party Labels

Michael Bloomberg, the Democrat-turned-Republican who swore off the concept of party membership altogether in the summer of 2007, is now set to seek re-election this fall as the official candidate of the Republican Party. He will also run as the standard-bearer of the Independence Party and, if he gets his way, the Working Families Party. Read More