Sentences with phrase «now running for comptroller»
He was speaking at a news conference at City Hall with an erstwhile rival in the Republican race, the Rev. Michel J. Faulkner, who is now running for comptroller.
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Davis personally nominated Lhota at a party convention in Queens Tuesday night and is now running for comptroller instead of mayor.
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.
Not exact matches
Despite what appears to be a new effort to convince Carl Paladino to run for New York Comptroller the Buffalo Businessman says he has one focus right now.
He also dismissed the effort to convince him to run for Comptroller, for now.
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.
The mayor, running for a second term, for now faces a relatively easy path to the Democratic nod amid speculation he would be challenged from rival Democrats, including Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz or Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
Republican Harry Wilson, a wealthy investor and friend of Mayor Bloomberg who ran a strong, but losing, campaign for state comptroller last year, said yesterday he's giving «serious consideration» to challenging the once - moderate but now ultra-liberal Gillibrand in the 2012 balloting.
MANHATTAN — Now that Dan Garodnick has officially declared his plans to run for city comptroller, challengers are lining up to vie for his City Council seat.
Even outside the district he served, his name's been on the ballot enough to rack up some name ID — he left his Assembly seat to run for State Comptroller in 2002, losing a close race to now - disgraced Alan Hevesi and then in 2006 won the GOP nomination for governor, where he lost in a W - fatigue landslide to now - disgraced Eliot Spitzer.
The assemblyman is running for the 23rd Council seat now held by his brother, Councilman David Weprin (D - Hollis), who chose to make a bid for the comptroller's job instead of seeking a third term.
Other Democrats who were immediately mentioned are Assemblywoman Addie Russell, who hails from Watertown; Darrel Aubertine a former state senator and agriculture commissioner who now works for Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and opted against a run in 2009; and longtime Plattsburgh town supervisor Bernie Bassett.
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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.
«I now intend to run a vigorous general election campaign for Comptroller against Scott Stringer.»
Weiner, the former congressman who is one of Quinn's chief rivals for the Democratic mayoral nomination, and Spitzer, the former governor who is now attempting to run for comptroller, both sought refuge in the private sector following what Quinn describes as their «fall from grace.»
Carrion reportedly is now reconsidering a run for comptroller in 2013.
MANHATTAN — Political consultants who helped run city Comptroller John Liu's campaign are now lobbying for money managers who want a piece of the city's $ 103 billion pension fund, which Liu's office controls, the New York Post reported Sunday.
Now that we're a little closer to decision time, the Post brings word that Spitzer is... mulling a run for comptroller!
The two, seen here in an undated photo, now share the same party line as Mr. Fischer runs for state comptroller.
That leaves Joel Rivera alone with a frozen account, now why would you freeze your account if you thought Carrion was running for Comptroller???
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.
In 2001, Graziano ran on the Green Party line for the 20th Council District, a seat that eventually went to now - city Comptroller John Liu.
And now, reports The Wall Street Journal, he's been definitively linked to someone with a proven track record of using such sketchy measures: During his 2009 campaign for comptroller, Liu relied on Nathan Hsu, a Democratic fund - raiser who ran afoul of the law, and went to prison, when a man and woman testified that he'd used their names to mask the identity of the actual money - givers.