Carrion ended up
not running for comptroller, opting instead to become director of the newly created White House Office of Urban Affairs with the White House Domestic Policy Council.
Not exact matches
Nassau County
Comptroller George Maragos, who has been
running for about a year now and has sufficient county support to get onto the ballot on Friday (assuming all the committee pledges he has received hold), did
not attend, either.
And last but
not least, some
not - so - fabulous news
for former Gov. Eliot Spitzer if he was perhaps mulling another comeback attempt — maybe a
run at state
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli?
His former
running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated
for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County
comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although
not today).
Earlier this week, Harry Wilson, a wealthy investment manager who
ran for state
comptroller in 2010, said he won't
run.
Jacobs once criticized Maragos
for challenging Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) after barely six months as
comptroller and said he «didn't measure up» to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), when Maragos
ran against her.
Mark - Viverito's New York campaign account could
not be used
for a
run in Puerto Rico according to officials in Oficina del Contralor Electoral (the Office of the Electoral
Comptroller) in Puerto Rico.
While
running for office this year might be too soon — there has been speculation he could
run for state
comptroller or United States Senator — Elkind noted that Spitzer «is
not a patient man.»
But Spitzer said Weiner's candidacy influenced his decision to
run for comptroller «virtually
not at all.»
The fraud convictions of two former campaign aides to city
Comptroller John Liu has
not helped his
run for higher office, but the jury's decision may influence whether the Queens Democratic Party will endorse the lawmaker's mayoral bid, borough political observers said.
A number of top - tier Democrats have opted
not to challenge de Blasio in the September primary, so far leaving him to face State Sen. Tony Avella of Queens, who handedly lost the Democratic mayoral primary in 2009 to then -
comptroller Bill Thompson and Sal Albanese, a former City Council member from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn who
ran for mayor in 1997 and 2013.
When he
ran for the Senate in 2004, he was
not the party's pick — well - connected state
Comptroller Dan Hynes and wealthy businessman Blair Hull split that distinction — but managed to win when Hull imploded.
While the councilman has
not yet officially declared his candidacy
for any position, sources close to him said he's eyeing a
run for comptroller if Liu leaves the post, setting up a potential challenge with fellow Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr., who currently heads the Council's powerful Finance Committee.
She was a driving force — albeit as an advisor and
not as a paid campaign member — behind his political comeback in 2006 when he
ran a successful statewide campaign
for AG just four years after a disastrous and short - lived gubernatorial primary challenge against then - state
Comptroller H. Carl McCall.
There hasn't been a major - party black candidate
for governor since then - state
Comptroller H. Carl McCall
ran in 2002.
Faso was
not totally enthused with Jonathan Trichter, the Democratic consultant who is
running for the Republican line
for state
comptroller.
Speaker Sheldon Silver Although he pointedly did
not make any comments about
running for office as a Democrat, that was implied by the presence of Crowley and his allusions of having worked closely with Democrats, such as Assemblymember Grace Meng (D — Flushing) and City
Comptroller John Liu.
This reasoning by Woman officials (Men as well)
runs right through the politics of our State even touching Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand who also won't say what a disgrace former Gov. Eliot Spitzer really is, but has recently endorsed Scott Stringer
for City
Comptroller.
Cuomo has done DiNapoli no favors so far this election cycle, making it clear he will
not be endorsing the
comptroller even though he is the only Democrat
running for his statewide office.
Brooklyn Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr. released a statement early this morning confirming widespread speculation that he will
not run for NYC
comptroller next year after all.
City
Comptroller John Liu, a former Flushing councilman who some in the borough have speculated would
run for the city's highest position, did
not file with the city.
«After months of consideration and conversations with my family, friends, and colleagues, I have decided
not to
run for Comptroller in 2013,» the Brooklyn councilman announced in a statement early Tuesday morning.
«After months of consideration and conversations with my family, friends, and colleagues, I have decided
not to
run for Comptroller in 2013,» Recchia said.
State
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office, however, did
not actually approve the contracts allowing Crystal
Run to claim up to $ 25 million in reimbursement
for building expenses until December 2016.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg can
not run for re-election because of the city's term limits law, while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and
Comptroller John Liu are both
running for Mayor rather than seeking re-election to their current offices.
Both Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and State
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli are expected to seek re-election unless Governor Andrew Cuomo decides to
not run for a third term, opening the field
for either Democrat to possibly succeed him and clearing the way
for Garodnick's
run.
Multiple sources tell us long - suffering Silda — who, he last night admitted, will
not be joining him on the campaign trail — «has had enough» and plans to start divorce proceedings after his
run for New York City
comptroller is over.
During his club pitch to D.I.D., he said he chose
not to
run for reelection as city
comptroller four years ago because he thought it would have been wrong — in an unstated but obvious dig at opponent Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who backed Bloomberg's push to extend term limits on city officials.
Scott Stringer made it official yesterday evening: He's
not running for mayor in 2013, and instead will try to become city
comptroller.
State
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli thinks Cuomo has «made every indication that he's
running for re-election» next year, and won't directly say whether he'll
run himself if the governor doesn't.
Nassau
Comptroller George Maragos, a Republican - turned - Democrat who's
running for county executive, testified that Republican County Executive Edward Mangano's 2017 proposed budget has nearly $ 115 million in risky assumptions, including new fees that may
not be approved, sluggish sales tax growth and understated police overtime expenses.
McDonough said
running for comptroller was «
not even on my radar» until she heard late last week that Quigley was pulling out.
In a move that has long been speculated and was most recently reported to be in the offing by the New York Times, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has announced he'll be
running for NYC
comptroller next fall, and
not for mayor as originally planned.
This afternoon, Politicker noted that due to an obscure state law, Eliot Spitzer might actually need to collect 7,500 signatures to
run for city
comptroller,
not just the 3,750 required by the city.
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 former congressman, who had a good chance of succeeding Mayor Bloomberg before all that unpleasantness, was recently said to be considering a
run for city
comptroller — a race that is currently locked up by Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer — but he's
not saying whether the aforementioned spending means that he's planning a late - in - the - game entry to either race.
«To be honest, she'd probably rather he didn't do it,» Wall Spitzer's friend Karen Finerman said of Spitzer's decision to
run for city
comptroller.
Ubiquitous Ulster
Comptroller Elliott Auerbach isn't
running for Congress anymore but seems to be everywhere.
Among Democrats, City
Comptroller Scott Stringer, who hasn't filed to run for re-election as comptroller but is still raising money for an unspecified race, has the largest war chest — an estimated $ 1.7 million in cash -
Comptroller Scott Stringer, who hasn't filed to
run for re-election as
comptroller but is still raising money for an unspecified race, has the largest war chest — an estimated $ 1.7 million in cash -
comptroller but is still raising money
for an unspecified race, has the largest war chest — an estimated $ 1.7 million in cash - on - hand.
As
for the timing of Abedin's first public appearance on his behalf, Weiner insisted it wasn't to draw contrasts with Eliot Spitzer (whose wife hasn't weighed in on his
run for city
comptroller and may or may
not be living in a different building).
It was a fine plan, but
for the better - established Democrat standing between him and the nomination: Carl McCall, the broadly (if
not wildly) popular state
comptroller who was
running to become the state's first African - American governor.
A little over three months ago, the Post reported that Eliot Spitzer was mulling a return to politics by
running for state
comptroller, a position currently held by
not very popular Democrat Tom DiNapoli.
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.
In mid-February, Mark — who once endorsed David, the quieter Weprin,
for city
comptroller by saying that he wasn't
running as «Mr. Personality» — was the only elected official to appear at the official roll - out of the Move NY plan.
Former Gov. Mario Cuomo's dislike
for Republican
Comptroller Edward Regan was
not much of a secret - Regan was considered a possible serious challenger, though he never
ran for Governor.
In the wake of the FBI investigation and his struggles in the polls, it's reasonable to wonder if Liu didn't have some regret
not just
running for reelection as
comptroller.
But he believes that, just like Trump, he can appeal to voters with the «truth and sincerity» that he brings to the equation and that, again like Trump, experience in elected office is
not a necessity to
run for Comptroller.
According the News4New York government affairs reporter Melissa Russo, disgraced former Governor Eliot Spitzer told her off - camera that he has
not ruled out
running for city
Comptroller in 2013.
Mr. Galla said County
Comptroller Joe Sawicki of Southold has withdrawn his name from consideration
for a county executive
run, and County Legislator Ed Romaine, who represents the North Fork, was present Friday but has
not asked to be screened.