Michael Bloomberg’s lead over Bill Thompson has grown, slightly, according to a Quinnipiac poll out today. Bloomberg leads Thompson 50 to 35 percent, up from the 47 to 37 percent lead in their July 28 poll.
Thompson’s numbers among African-Americans are lower than where they’ll probably be in November, meaning this gap will Read More
Bill de Blasio is up with his second ad, featuring every member of his family.
He’s put more public emphasis on his family than the other candidates, Mark Green, Norman Siegel, or Eric Gioia. Certainly, he’s the only candidate in the all-white field who can use the diversity of his own household as a direct Read More
Here’s a little bit more about Norman Siegel beefing up his campaign operation by signing on with Hank Sheinkopf.
“Michael Oliva will act as Sheinkopf’s senior strategic adviser to the Siegel campaign,” the campaign said.
That’s the same Michael Oliva who recently parted ways with another public advocate candidate, Eric Gioia, Read More
A WABC-TV poll has John Liu and Melinda Katz in a statistical dead heat for comptroller, and Mark Green easily winning the public advocate’s race without a run-off.
(The city Campaign Finance Board is making no such assumption.)
The WABC-TV poll surveyed 2,200 city adults, with 1,914 of them being Read More
Bill Thompson and Mark Green, who top the polls in their respective primaries, did not qualify for matching funds from the city’s Campaign Finance Board, which were issued today.
They’ll have another chance to qualify for matching funds on August 20.
Liz Benjamin has a good breakdown of who's up and Read More
A few weeks ago, Eric Gioia starting paying to advertise his slow-starting campaign for New York City public advocate online, through Google’s Ad Sense.
Type a Gioia-related search term into the box, and you’ll see slogans like “Feel like City Hall doesn’t listen? Vote for one advocate who does,” and “From working-class Queens. For Read More
Michael Bloomberg’s lead over Bill Thompson dropped when he was identified as a candidate on the Republican line, according to a Quinnipiac poll released today.
Thompson trails Bloomberg 47 to 37 among city voters, compared to the 54-to-32 spread in Quinnipiac’s June 16 poll. In the earlier poll, Bloomberg was identified as “Bloomberg Read More
At a press conference urging that Bill de Blasio be reinstated on the ballot, despite underreporting the number of petitions he submitted to the city Board of Elections, his supporters blasted one of his opponents for trying to poach union support.
De Blasio, speaking to reporters at a press conference Read More
Bill de Blasio was removed from the ballot for telling the city Board of Elections officials he had 131 pages of petitions, instead of the 132 pages he actually filed.
I reached out to de Blasio’s three opponents in the Democratic primary and asked if they thought he should be reinstated.
“This is Read More
Bill de Blasio was removed from the ballot for telling the city Board of Elections officials he had 131 pages of petitions, instead of the 132 pages he actually filed.
I reached out to de Blasio’s three opponents in the Democratic primary and asked if they thought he should be reinstated.
“This is Read More
