Sentences with phrase «said running for comptroller»

McDonough said running for comptroller was «not even on my radar» until she heard late last week that Quigley was pulling out.

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.

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.

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.

But Spitzer said Weiner's candidacy influenced his decision to run for comptroller «virtually not at all.»

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.

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.

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.

«If Liu does run for mayor and opens up the comptroller seat or needs to resign... Garodnick is in a really good spot,» he said.

«No one runs for comptroller so he can spend his life in the comptroller's office,» he said.

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.

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.

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci began his new life as a nominee for state comptroller pledging to run a positive campaign on Wednesday, saying that it was «crucial» considering he will participate in a public matchiComptroller Bob Antonacci began his new life as a nominee for state comptroller pledging to run a positive campaign on Wednesday, saying that it was «crucial» considering he will participate in a public matchicomptroller pledging to run a positive campaign on Wednesday, saying that it was «crucial» considering he will participate in a public matching program.

«This is honestly the most diverse slate we've ever seen,» Balletto said, citing several Asian - American politicians competing for statewide seats this cycle as well as state Comptroller Kevin Lembo, a gay man who is running for reelection.

Maragos, serving his second term as comptroller, said he is screening candidates to run for his current post.

But Cahill, who's been as close as 16 points behind, compared to the race for governor and state comptroller where the margins are much wider, says he hopes to benefit on Election Day from congressional and state Senate races where other GOP candidates are running strongly.

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

The former Columbia County assemblyman who was the Republican candidate for governor in 2006 and who also ran unsuccessfully for comptroller in 2002, said he believes a primary this year helps Republicans.

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.»

East Harlem state Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez also is considering running for comptroller, sources said.

The New York Post also reported that Spitzer plans to run for comptroller, citing sources who said the multi-millionaire will fund his campaign himself if necessary.

While he insists he's only focused on re-election in 2018, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has taken steps to prepare for a run for governor — and a possible Democratic primary challenge to Cuomo — in two years, said a source close to DiNapoli.

Political insiders say Republican Nassau Comptroller George Maragos has met with Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs about the possibility of running for county executive as a Democrat next year — though neither will confirm the discussions.

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.

The NY Post's Fred Dicker reports that Democratic activists say state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli may run for governor in 2018 at the urging of progressives, regardless of whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks a third term.

«After months of consideration and conversations with my family, friends, and colleagues, I have decided not to run for Comptroller in 2013,» Recchia said.

The comptroller insisted that most state pension plans are sustainable for the long term, and said New York's fund is among the «best - funded and best - run» in the US.

And his friends reportedly have said that he's thinking about running for state comptroller.

Police and fire unions as well as the construction trades union said their contributions were given to support Schroeder as city comptroller, and were made prior to any talk of Schroeder running for mayor.

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.

But despite what the local tabloids (and this blog, we admit) may indicate, there are other people — decent, qualified, breathing, although some might say boring people — running for the offices of mayor and 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.

But observers said it makes sense for Quinn to be pounding the pavement and laying the groundwork for her presumptive 2013 run, which will likely be decided in a cutthroat Democratic primary against former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and embattled City Comptroller John Liu.

Despite a federal fundraising investigation, City Comptroller John Liu says he is contemplating a run for mayor and would live in Gracie Mansion.

But when Maturo indicated in 2010 that he planned to run for mayor again, he received a letter from an official in the state comptroller's office saying that if Maturo were to become mayor again, his pension payments would be cut off while he was in office — under a revised interpretation of the law.

«During the run off primary in 2009 for comptroller and public advocate, he was very involved in figuring out polling operations, what tactically made sense,» said a Brooklyn Democratic operative.

Prominent businessman and investor Harry Wilson, the GOP's candidate for state comptroller in 2010 and a onetime official in President Obama's Treasury Department, says he is «seriously» considering running for governor in 2018, and will make up his mind next year.

«It's disappointing that the comptroller's office, which spent close to a year on this audit, has chosen to ignore every metric put into place to measure the effectiveness and impact of the multiple advertising campaigns run by ESD,» said Jason Conwall, a spokesman for the agency.

Eliot Spitzer says he has no regrets about his public service or his campaign to run for New York City comptroller.

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.

Asked last night at state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's fundraiser at the Roosevelt Hotel whether he wants to see the marriage bill brought to the floor of a Senate, Gov. David Paterson adopted a hands - off approach, saying: «I supported same - sex marriage legislation when I was running for lieutenant governor with Governor Spitzer, and we had advocated for its passage and we are ready to have it passed at any time.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos is switching parties and says he will run for county executive as a Democrat in 2017.

Bill Curry, the former state comptroller who twice ran for governor as a Democrat, said the rise of candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump has led to a flood of people running on populist platforms.

State comptroller Carl McCall, who would later run against Pataki for governor, said he'd seek to block the relocation.

A person close to former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer says he is planning a return to politics with a run for New York City comptroller.

«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.

She and Fisher have said Antonacci is acting outside his duties as comptroller and courting media attention in order to elevate his name so he can run for a higher office.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, said to also be weighing a run for City Hall, raised $ 346,385 from 457 contributors.