Sentences with phrase «candidate running for comptroller»

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It was widely viewed as a major gaffe by Cuomo, who was at the time making a long - shot run for governor against Pataki and the Democratic Party's preferred candidate, then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

Nassau Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos announced he will run candidates for clerk and comptroller on his own ticket, making party primaries in September likely for all three countywide offices.

There's also a list called Levy's «10 shades of blue» that details all the things the country executive did to support Democratic candidates and / or positions, noting, for example, his backing of single - payer healthcare and early endorsement of former Long Island Assemblyman - turned - state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's first statewide run this year.

Faso, the 2002 Republican candidate for comptroller and 2006 nominee for governor, is vying for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Chris Gibson, who is weighing a run for statewide office in 2018.

MANHATTAN - Former city comptroller and failed mayoral candidate Bill Thompson has officially tossed his hat in the ring once again to run for city's highest office.

Other names mentioned as possible candidates include Harry Wilson, a corporate restructuring expert who ran for state comptroller in 2010, and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.

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Jim Kelly, the field director for two Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, posted this message on his Facebook page last Thursday: «Wanted: GOP candidates to run for gov, comptroller, attorney general, U.S. Senate.»

CM Garodnick entered the season with a huge war chest, accrued while he was mulling a run for Comptroller, and his committee could well afford the $ 21,825 he doled out to 14 individual Council candidates.

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Markowitz's top aide, Carlo Scissura, has been talking about making a run, and City Council Finance Chairman Dominic Recchia's name has been floated as a possible candidate, although he may for comptroller if John Liu decides to run for mayor.

Some political observers have even named Harry Wilson, the party's 2010 candidate for comptroller and an independently wealthy businessman, as potentially interested in running.

Maragos, serving his second term as comptroller, said he is screening candidates to run for his current post.

Other speakers included Michel Faulkner, a former mayoral candidate now running for comptroller, Harry Wilson, a past New York State comptroller candidate who is gearing up to run for governor, and Council Member Eric Ulrich.

Candidates are already plotting to run for city comptroller next year — assuming that incumbent Scott Stringer will give up the post to challenge Mayor de Blasio, The Post has...

But Cahill, who's been as close as 16 points behind, compared to the race for governor and state comptroller where the margins are much wider, says he hopes to benefit on Election Day from congressional and state Senate races where other GOP candidates are running strongly.

Nassau Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos announced Wednesday that he will run candidates for clerk and comptroller on his own ticket, making party primaries in September likely for all three countywide offices.

Other Republicans considering runs include Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who lost to Cuomo in 2014; Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro; and Harry Wilson, a former GOP candidate for state comptroller and a business consultant.

The former Columbia County assemblyman who was the Republican candidate for governor in 2006 and who also ran unsuccessfully for comptroller in 2002, said he believes a primary this year helps Republicans.

There hasn't been a major - party black candidate for governor since then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall ran in 2002.

(He ran for governor in 1998 and was one of the candidates to succeed the disgraced Alan Hevesi as state comptroller following Chauffeurgate, losing out to ex-Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli).

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There are only three citywide positions in New York and, as several white candidates are jockeying for the mayoralty and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer runs unopposed for comptroller, the public advocate's office is viewed by some Democrats as an opportunity to have demographic diversity on their ticket.

Last month, AG Schneiderman and Comptroller DiNapoli announced the arrest of former Bronx city council candidate Albert Alvarez for allegedly accepting straw donations and stealing at least $ 4,500 in New York City Campaign Finance Board public matching funds during his unsuccessful 2013 run for Council.

Last week, Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrest of former New York City Council candidate Albert Alvarez for allegedly accepting straw donations and stealing thousands of dollars in New York City public matching funds during Alvarez's unsuccessful 2013 run for Council.

But now that he's decided to run for comptroller against Councilman Dan Garodnick instead, he's suddenly a much more competitive candidate, with a host of high - profile endorsements (including Ed Koch, Gloria Steinem, and current Comptroller John Liu) and $ 4 million already raised, which is eligible focomptroller against Councilman Dan Garodnick instead, he's suddenly a much more competitive candidate, with a host of high - profile endorsements (including Ed Koch, Gloria Steinem, and current Comptroller John Liu) and $ 4 million already raised, which is eligible foComptroller John Liu) and $ 4 million already raised, which is eligible for matching.

ALBANY — Jim Kelly, who was the field director for two Republican candidates for Senate, posted this message on his Facebook page last Thursday morning: «Wanted: GOP candidates to run for gov, comptroller, attorney general, U.S. Senate.»

Comptroller John Liu, for example, told reporters that he was fine with Mr. Weiner running, but jokingly urged the potential candidate to stay away from Twitter — lest he run into a scandal similar to the one that infamously ended his congressional career in 2011.

The Republican race for the gubernatorial nomination is a potentially crowded one next year: The party's 2014 nominee Rob Astorino is expected to run and businessman Harry Wilson, a 2010 candidate for state comptroller, is also weighing a campaign for governor.

Only 9 percent of those polled had favorable opinions of Howie Hawkins, the Green Party's candidate running for governor, and Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller running for state comptroller.

In 2013, when John Burnett, a financial services executive, decided to step into citywide politics as the Republican candidate for New York City Comptroller, I was immediately impressed by him and believed he was the best qualified person to run -LSB-...]

New York, NY, May 7, 2017 — Michel Faulkner, formerly a Republican candidate for Mayor of New York City, announced today his candidacy to run for NYC Comptroller against Scott Stringer.

He has also called for publicly financing the campaigns of candidates running for all four statewide offices, starting with the comptroller and attorney general in 2014.

Prominent businessman and investor Harry Wilson, the GOP's candidate for state comptroller in 2010 and a onetime official in President Obama's Treasury Department, says he is «seriously» considering running for governor in 2018, and will make up his mind next year.

While the mayor is not running for re-election, Mr. Howell said his church could help candidates, adding that John C. Liu earned votes after appearing at the church last year in his winning bid for city comptroller.

The races for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and City Council members may be currently overshadowed by the presidential election, but the new city campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising efforts.

Bill Curry, the former state comptroller who twice ran for governor as a Democrat, said the rise of candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump has led to a flood of people running on populist platforms.

Today, the Richmond County Republican Committee (SIGOP) issued the following statement inviting prospective candidates interested in receiving the party's endorsement to run for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, State Senate, State Assembly, Surrogate Court Judge and Supreme Court Justice to contact Chairman Brendan Lantry to arrange an interview with the SIGOP Executive Committee: «In -LSB-...]

While all the bills would cover candidates running for governor, six of the individual measures would also close the loophole for different sets of statewide and legislative offices: all legislative races in one bill, Senate - only or Assembly - only in two others; the races for attorney general and comptroller in one bill, those contests individually in two others.

Ulster County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach invites you to a reception and fundraiser to honor Democratic candidates: Andrew Zink, Legislative District 14, Julius Collins, Legislative District 15, Lynn Archer, Legislative District 23, and all those running for Town offices.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Former governor and current city comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer said Monday that Anthony Weiner should not be running for mayor in the wake of his latest sexting scandal.

The only other candidate now expected to run for comptroller is City Council Finance Chairman Domenic Recchia, whose Coney Island district was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

During approval of the state budget in March, Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to create an option for candidates to obtain public financing for running for state Comptroller.

Liu, the Democratic candidate for city comptroller, criticized Bloomberg's bid to overturn term limits last year, which allowed the two - term mayor to run again.

In 1961, at the age of 55, Mr. Beame ran for office for the first time — as the candidate for city comptroller on a ticket headed by Mr. Wagner, who had been mayor for eight years and, though opposed by party leaders, was seeking a third term on a «beat the bosses» slate.

A group of first - time candidates is running to replace term - limited Bronx Councilwoman Annabel Palma: Democrats Elvin García, 30, former Bronx borough director for Mayor Bill de Blasio; Amanda Farias, 27, who served as director of special projects for Queens Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley; and community organizer Michael Beltzer, 31, who has served on the NYPD 43rd Precinct Community Council and volunteered on former City Comptroller John Liu's citywide campaign.