Sentences with phrase «race for city comptroller»

Primary day hosted a series of elections, including the Democratic and Republican mayoral contests, Democratic races for city comptroller and public advocate, and various council races.

(CNN)-- Eliot Spitzer's opponent tore into the former New York governor Friday as they faced off for the first time in the Democratic primary race for city comptroller.

City Councilman John Liu (D - Flushing) is leading City Councilman David Yassky (D - Brooklyn) by 6 percentage points in the runoff race for city Comptroller, according to a Qunnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

Spitzer's opponent in the Democratic race for city comptroller, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, was quick to pounce on the answers.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's new TV ad in his race for city comptroller is touting his support for women's issues as governor and attorney general.

A Wall Street Journal - NBC 4 New York - Marist College poll released this evening found a nine percentage point lead for former Gov. Eliot Spitzer over Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in the race for city comptroller.

But that doesn't seem to matter in the race for city comptroller when his Democratic primary opponent is the perfectly likeable, but little known, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

A new poll has Scott Stringer jumping to a seven - point lead over Eliot Spitzer in the race for city comptroller, after a glaring racial divide had both candidates campaigning furiously...

The race for city comptroller got nasty in the first televised debate Tuesday.

City Councilmen David Yassky (D - Brooklyn) and John Liu (D - Flushing) continued the citywide endorsement (and press release) war in the race for city comptroller Friday, with each announcing new Manhattan supporters for their campaigns.

In the CBS interview, Cuomo commented on fellow Democrat former Congressman Anthony Weiner's run for mayor of New York City as well as former New York Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer tossing his hat in the race for city comptroller.

NY1 hosts the first general election debate in the race for city comptroller, as Republican challenger and pastor Michel Faulkner faced incumbent and Democrat Scott Stringer from the CUNY Graduate Center.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer called on former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to cap his spending in the race for city comptroller at $ 4,018,000 as required by the city's public financing system.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is racking up a trio of endorsements today in his race for city comptroller: NARAL, NOW NYC and Planned Parenthood's Action Fund both backed him today over former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

A return to public office would seem out of reach (see Spitzer, Eliot, whose transgressions were nowhere near as bad as Schneiderman's, but who subsequently couldn't even win a race for city comptroller).

The race for city comptroller heats up with a pastry that has absolutely nothing to do with the position of city comptroller.

City Councilwoman Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) may be the only woman in the race for city Comptroller this year, but a quickly growing women's group said that does not mean she's the best candidate for the job.

The disgraced former governor stood outside the offices of the Board of Elections on Thursday night and revealed to a throng of reporters he had obtained more than enough signatures to get on the Democratic primary ballot in the race for city comptroller.

NEW YORK CITY — Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has made his leg of the race for city comptroller as difficult as possible, expert say — waiting until the absolute last minute to begin collecting signatures for his campaign.