Sliwa, a radio host and state chairman of the fledgling Reform Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two
other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot line.
Hogan and Denno,
as citywide candidates, must gather 1,000 valid signatures from Democrats to get on the primary ballot.
Sliwa, state chairman of the fledgling Reform Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other
citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot line.
The labor union 32BJ announced a slate of early endorsements for New York City candidates, including backing the bids
of citywide candidates for re-election.
New Yorkers have a highly selective pallet for
citywide candidates espousing «faith» in politics, sometimes it's a positive and other times it's the equivalent of developing political leprosy.
Lancman is also considered a
potential citywide candidate who would benefit from the higher - profile seat in Congress compared to a relatively obscure Assembly seat in Albany — even though it would be short - lived.
The only
other citywide candidate to criticize Lopez is local publisher Tom Allon, who said Lopez should step down from his party position.
Three 2009
citywide candidates (two of whom are now office - holders) face hefty fines for illegal campaign posters.
As
a citywide candidate, you can make a thousand phone calls yet it is unlikely that one political club or one Republican county organization could have a major impact.
The absence of strong challengers de Blasio and other
citywide candidates is reflected in the absence of independent spending.
And we discovered a large number of $ 4,950 contributions — the maximum allowed for
citywide candidates — from people involved in real estate.
Yet there was Mantello on Tuesday, racking up more votes than any other
citywide candidate.
Last night we received an e-mail from Koppell that read, in part,»... your report of my endorsement of Thompson and other
citywide candidates is not accurate.