Sentences with phrase «who ran for comptroller»

Trichter worked for Harry Wilson, a Republican businessman who ran for comptroller in 2010 against DiNapoli and bowed out of the race for governor this year.

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In 2010, Wilson nearly unseated Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who was running for a full term in his own right that year.

He was briefly almost challenged by Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci, but he has since decided to run for AG, which sets him up for a primary battle with Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who is announcing his candidacy this Sunday.

A reader forwarded this letter sent to fellow chairs yesterday by Franklin County GOP Chairman Jim Ellis, who calls Carvin's opponents for the GOP line, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, «real choices» to run against Gillibrand, but rejects the «hedge fund trader» supervisor as too liberal for Republican tastes.

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.

It was widely viewed as a major gaffe by Cuomo, who was at the time making a long - shot run for governor against Pataki and the Democratic Party's preferred candidate, then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

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.

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.

Faso, the 2002 Republican candidate for comptroller and 2006 nominee for governor, is vying for the congressional seat held by retiring Rep. Chris Gibson, who is weighing a run for statewide office in 2018.

But he also most recently worked with Harry Wilson, a Republican businessman who unsuccessfully ran for comptroller in 2010 against incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli.

Earlier this week, Harry Wilson, a wealthy investment manager who ran for state comptroller in 2010, said he won't run.

It was his first run for political office and his opponent was Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who had been appointed to the office three years prior.

Unlike most staffers who made that switch and then returned to City Hall, Botnick then went on to run David Greenfield's successful special election bid to succeed former Councilman Simcha Felder, who gave up his seat to go work for city Comptroller John Liu.

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.

Other names mentioned as possible candidates include Harry Wilson, a corporate restructuring expert who ran for state comptroller in 2010, and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.

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.

Harry Wilson, a corporate restructuring expert who ran for state comptroller in 2010, was exploring a run for governor in 2018.

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.

First: While the Indys backed Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo for governor (who stood with party leaders in Troy two weeks ago, but accepted their nod via teleconference today) and his preferred running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, they crossed over to the GOP line to back Harry Wilson for state comptroller.

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Garodnick is the first pol to formally announce he'll run for comptroller, but other possible contenders for the job include City Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr., who leads the council's powerful Finance Committee.

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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.

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.

County Comptroller George Maragos, who has held countywide office for eight years, is running as an outsider.

East Harlem Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito and City Comptroller John Liu, who is running for mayor, canvassed East Harlem Sunday handing out fliers to residents.

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.

Kristin Davis, a former madam who the New York tabloids have linked to Spitzer, is planning to gather signatures to run for comptroller on the Libertarian line.

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.

MANHATTAN — East Side City Councilman Daniel Garodnick has raised more than $ 1 million for a run at citywide office, posing a potential challenge to replace embattled City Comptroller John Liu, who is eyeing a run for mayor.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Other Republicans considering runs include Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who lost to Cuomo in 2014; Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro; and Harry Wilson, a former GOP candidate for state comptroller and a business consultant.

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.

InterMedia is run by Leo Hindery Jr., a prominent Democratic fund - raiser with longstanding ties to Mr. Ramirez, who arranged for a meeting between Mr. Hindery and the new state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, in early 2007.

If elected, Zach Cohen, who is running on the Democratic ticket for East Hampton Town supervisor, would add a comptroller and administrative officer to town government.

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

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.

If Spitzer runs for city comptroller, he will be the second New York politician who resigned in disgrace to seek redemption this year.

[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.