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By Steve Kornacki 4/14/09 1:47am

Mike Bloomberg: Independent, Except for All the Party Labels

Mike Bloomberg: Independent, except for all the party Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/06/09 8:01pm

Bloomberg Not ‘Chasing Windmills Again’ for Nonpartisan Elections

Michael Bloomberg said he still supports nonpartisan elections but doesn’t want to “chase windmills again” and for the first time noted that “editorial support” is among the things he needs to win over New Yorkers on this issue.

“I’d be happy to do it again but I don’t see how you would get it done Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/06/09 7:56pm

Bloomberg Not ‘Chasing Windmills Again’ for Nonpartisan Elections

By Azi Paybarah 4/06/09 1:44pm

Bloomberg Wonders Who Doesn’t Want Him Helping Obama

“We’re supposed to be working together,” Bloomberg said of elected officials in government, during yesterday’s meeting of the New York City Independence Party.
“Somebody the other day criticized me for trying to help President Obama. I thought to myself ‘What kind of sick person was it that wrote that? We should not all Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/06/09 1:22pm

Bloomberg Wonders Who Doesn’t Want Him Helping Obama

“We’re supposed to be working together,” Bloomberg said of elected officials in government, during yesterday’s meeting of the New York City Independence Party.

“Somebody the other day criticized me for trying to help President Obama. I thought to myself ‘What kind of sick person was it that wrote that? We should not Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/05/09 10:15pm

Bloomberg Shakes Hands, Earns Praise at the Big Independence Party Meeting

Michael Bloomberg told a room full of Independence Party activists that he wants to see nonpartisan elections "as much as you do" but added, " We have to see a road map before we start marching again."

Bloomberg spoke to New York City Independence Party leaders for about 30 minutes in midtown this afternoon, Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/05/09 10:14pm

Bloomberg Shakes Hands, Earns Praise at the Big Independence Party Meeting

Michael Bloomberg told a room full of Independence Party activists that he wants to see nonpartisan elections “as much as you do” but added, ” We have to see a road map before we start marching again.”
Bloomberg spoke to New York City Independence Party leaders for about 30 minutes in midtown this afternoon, Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/31/09 3:24pm

A Bloomberg-Supporting Republican on the Upside of Bloomberg’s Non-Republicanism

I asked Staten Island Republican chair John Friscia, a Bloomberg supporter and a party guy through and through, how he felt about the independent-registered mayor’s push for nonpartisan elections.
Friscia responded, in an email: “Maybe we could get more of our candidates elected……..!”

By Azi Paybarah 3/31/09 2:35pm

A Bloomberg-Supporting Republican on the Upside of Bloomberg’s Non-Republicanism

I asked Staten Island Republican chair John Friscia, a Bloomberg supporter and a party guy through and through, how he felt about the independent-registered mayor’s push for nonpartisan elections.

Friscia responded, in an email: “Maybe we could get more of our candidates elected……..!”

By Jimmy Vielkind 2/17/09 4:05pm

Working Families Party Backs Murphy, But Independence Line Still In Play

ALBANY—Which candidate will win what third party line is shaking out in the congressional race for Kirsten Gillibrand's seat, with Scott Murphy getting the Working Families Party nod this morning.

Murphy's Republican opponent, Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco,

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Mike Bloomberg: Independent, Except for All the Party Labels

Bloomberg Not ‘Chasing Windmills Again’ for Nonpartisan Elections

Bloomberg Not ‘Chasing Windmills Again’ for Nonpartisan Elections

Bloomberg Wonders Who Doesn’t Want Him Helping Obama

Bloomberg Wonders Who Doesn’t Want Him Helping Obama

Bloomberg Shakes Hands, Earns Praise at the Big Independence Party Meeting

Bloomberg Shakes Hands, Earns Praise at the Big Independence Party Meeting

A Bloomberg-Supporting Republican on the Upside of Bloomberg’s Non-Republicanism

A Bloomberg-Supporting Republican on the Upside of Bloomberg’s Non-Republicanism

Working Families Party Backs Murphy, But Independence Line Still In Play

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