Sentences with phrase «ran for comptroller of»

And his grandson, Paul Hobby, ran for Comptroller of Public Accounts in 2002 and is likely to seek office in the future.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer collects signatures from citizens to run for comptroller of New York City on July 8, 2013.

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 08: Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer collects signatures from citizens to run for comptroller of New York City on July 8, 2013 in New York City.

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is back in the spotlight this week as he has declared a run for Comptroller of the City of New York.

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In addition, the Democrats lost two members of their conference: Mark Schroeder's seat (145th AD) out in Western NY up for grabs, as the WNY Democrat (and thorn in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's side) stepped down to run for Buffalo comptroller; and Republican - turned - Democrat Mike Spano (93rd AD) will be giving up his seat to start his new job as mayor of Yonkers.

Turner, one of three Republicans who will face off in the June 26 primary for the right to run on Row B against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall, is making his first return upstate since last month's GOP convention in Rochester when he, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos were all voted onto the ballot.

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).

He was also floated as a primary challenger to either state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and also as a LG running mate for Cuomo — both of which he rejected, although his presence on the ticket would have gone a long way toward adding some racial balance and quelling the concerns of black and Latino leaders.

At the time, as you'll remember, it was Cuomo who was trying to redeem himself after a near career - ending failure of a gubernatorial run in 2002, when he challenged the party favorite for the Democratic nomination, then state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

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.

Still, Stringer has been forced to bat down persistent speculation that he might switch gears and run for comptroller himself in 2013 — a rumor reportedly being spread by allies of the Democratic field leader, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, though that allegation has been denied.

Republican Michel Faulkner, a former NY Jet - turned - Harlem minister, is dropping out of the race for NYC Mayor, but says he's run for comptroller instead.

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.

Garodnick is a former securities lawyer who ran for speaker of the City Council against Melissa Mark - Viverito five years ago and at one point considered running for city comptroller in 2013.

Insiders expect allies of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who had been running unopposed for the Democratic nod for comptroller, to challenge the validity of Spitzer's signatures.

The winner of the Nov. 3 general election will replace Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside), who was first elected in 2001 and opted to run in the Democratic primary for mayor against city Comptroller William Thompson, who defeated him.

So far I've heard Matt Walter (who departed the state GOP to run Rick Lazio's campaign after a pre-primary shake - up and never returned), Chapin Fay (campaign manager for state comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson), Free Enterprise Fund Executive Director E. O'Brien Murray and (here's a new one) John Rogers, who's currently managing the campaign of Bob Cohen in the yet - undecided 37th SD race where Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer is currently leading by 504 votes.

Former Comptroller Bill Thompson, one of the four leading Democrats running for City Hall, accused Bloomberg of «pushing all of the hard decisions off to the next administration.»

He's sharp, credible and wealthy, has friends in high places, and he made a strong run for state comptroller last year,» said one of the state's GOP leaders.

Mr. Recchia — who served as chairman of the City Council's powerful finance committee — was term - limited out of office last year and decided to challenge Mr. Grimm after failing to secure support in his party to run for City Comptroller or for borough president of his native Brooklyn.

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.

Wilson, who ran a close race for comptroller in 2010, had told party leaders that he would put $ 10 million of his own money into the race.

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.

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.

In his State of the City speech — the first by a City Comptroller in recent memory — Liu, who is widely expected to run for mayor despite being the subject of a federal investigation, jumped on the «Lin - sanity» bandwagon.

ALBANY — A Democrat who is a financial consultant said he is running for state comptroller as a Republican against three - term incumbent Thomas DiNapoli so that he could wield the untapped «superpower» of the job and reign in Albany's spending and corruption.

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonocci has sent a letter to Onondaga and Cayuga County Republican Party members announcing his intention to run for the 50th state Senate district seat, which covers parts of Onondaga and Cayuga counties.

He's currently jockeying with Quinn, former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson and Comptroller John Liu for one of two spots in an almost - certain Democratic primary run - off.

She also contributed $ 4,950.00 of her own cash to the campaign in October 2011 — the maximum contribution for either a mayoral or comptroller run.

Stringer was originally campaigning for a mayoral run this year but switched to the comptroller race out of a sense of pragmatism about his chances.

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.

Curran, who has sent out mailers from her legislative office with her photo, was critical of mailings by Republican County Executive Edward Mangano — including an eight - page document last November touting his record — and Comptroller George Maragos, a Democrat also running for county executive.

During Spitzer's abortive 2013 run for New York City comptroller, Trump took to Twitter to call him «a horrible Governor and A.G. who ruined many good people and cost the Country billions of dollars in losses (and jobs).»

Attendees at Weprin's birthday party included Public Advocate Letitia James, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (who spoke about Weprin's expertise on financial matters), Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the Queens County Democratic Organization, and Queens borough president Melinda Katz, who served with Weprin in the Council before running in a crowded primary against him for City Comptroller in 2009.

He has won elections to the City Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vote.

Comptroller Scott Stringer — who in 2012 flirted with the possibility of running for mayor — announced this week he's auditing the city's much - maligned Build It Back program.

Comptroller Scott Stringer took Mayor Bill de Blasio to task on just about every plan he has to address the city's most pressing issues — including affordable housing, homelessness and the lack of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses — in a speech that sounded like a platform for his rumored mayoral run this morning.

Speaking to 1010 WINS, City Comptroller John Liu questioned that use of funds, and said Weiner should run for mayor instead.

Mr. Weprin, who ran and lost races for Congress and city comptroller in recent years, has a war chest north of $ 150,000, however.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer stopped just short of ruling out a run for mayor in 2017 during a radio interview Thursday, saying «it's safe to assume that I will continue to be doing the job that I truly love, which is serving as comptrolComptroller Scott Stringer stopped just short of ruling out a run for mayor in 2017 during a radio interview Thursday, saying «it's safe to assume that I will continue to be doing the job that I truly love, which is serving as comptrollercomptroller.»

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.

[From The WSJ] John Liu, a former New York City comptroller who ran unsuccessfully for mayor last year, accused the city Campaign Finance Board in a federal lawsuit of unlawfully denying his campaign millions of dollars in public matching funds.

Perhaps they would be familiar with Scott Stringer, Spitzer's main rival, or Kristin Davis, the woman who actually supplied Spitzer with escorts and, in a bizarre twist of fate, is also running for comptroller.

The Thompson campaign has pointed out throughout the city comptroller's run for mayor that he has worked hard on environmental efforts, including attempting to stop natural gas drilling within or near the city's upstate watershed, which provides drinking water to the city's residents; calling for the preservation of wildlife space in the Ridgewood Reservoir; and issuing a report documenting the impact of airport congestion at the city's three major airports; and the rise in airport runoff, especially the flow from Kennedy Airport into marshes in Jamaica Bay.

In a series of media interviews, Spitzer attempted to explain his surprising revelation from Sunday night that he plans on running for city comptroller in this year's election.

Were his many years in the State Assembly, failed run for mayor, and years as city comptroller all part of a plot to reach a perch just high enough to do evil but just low enough that no one would notice?

Mr. Clinton headlined the election rally for Mr. Cuomo, the star attraction in a night that also drew a wide array of elected officials like Congressman Charles Rangel, Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and Mr. Cuomo's running mate, former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul.

(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).

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.

Tedisco, who is running for the Senate this year, adds new disclosure requirements for state contracts is also needed, enhancing the powers of the attorney general and restoring the power of the comptroller.