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• Appelbaum Unrepentant

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 684
  RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum doesnt think he needs to apologize to his labor brothers and sisters for his role in killing the Kingsbridge Armory project . In fact, he doesnt think hes at fault at all. "I don’t think we’re responsible for Kingsbridge going down," said Appelbaum, pictured here at his unions ...
  2 days ago

• ACORN, the Working Families Party and Political Corruption: Part 3, Who’s Paying the Rent?

  
  Big Government — Authority: 819
  [Ed: This excerpt is Part 3 from a series originally reported by City Hall. Part I can be seen here , Part II can be seen here . Lead reporter on the investigative series was Edward-Isaac Dovere.] The Working Families Party has irregularly reported rent payments over the years on its state campaign finance ...
  2 days ago

• Thompson way ahead of Gillibrand

  
  POLITICAL TRUTH-THE BLOG THAT ROCKS — Authority: 136
  Former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson would win the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in a landslide according to a new poll from Quinnipiac. According to the poll, Thompson leads Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, 41% to 28%. According to pollsters in New York, if Thompson can raise money and get in the ...
  4 days ago

• Poll Watch: Quinnipiac New York Political Survey

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 614
  Quinnipiac New York Political Survey ( Among registered Democrats ) If the 2010 Democratic primary for United States Senator were being held today and the candidates were Kirsten Gillibrand and Bill Thompson, for whom would you vote? Bill Thompson 41% Kirsten Gillibrand 28% If the 2010 election for United ...
  5 days ago

• Poll Alert: Siena Research Institute 2010 New York U.S. Senate Poll

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 614
  Siena Research Institute 2010 New York U.S. Senate Poll 2010 Senate General Election Rudy Giuliani (R) 49% Kirsten Gillibrand (D) 42% Kirsten Gillibrand (D) 46% George Pataki (R) 43% 2010 Senate Republican Primary 57% Giuliani 26% Pataki 7% Balboni 6% Feld 4% Blakeman 2010 Senate ...
  5 days ago

• Siena Has Gillibrand Up

  
  Mouth of the Potomac - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 593
  It’s not quite dueling polls, but a Siena survey has Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand leading the Democratic pack on the same day that Quinnipiac has her losing to Bill Thompson. The reason it’s not quite dueling is Quinnipiac’s survey is head-to-head, while Siena presents a four-way contest. In it, Gillibrand gets ...
  5 days ago

• Q Poll: Thompson Trumps Gillibrand, Giuliani Beats Them Both

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 684
  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrands would-be primary opponents are dropping like flies , but outgoing Comptroller Bill Thompson has so far remained mum on whether he will heed the urging of fellow Democrats like Rep. Jose Serrano and take her on in 2010. In discussing his next move, Thompson has refused to rule anything out ...
  5 days ago

• Audio Memories of Panama

  
  Born Again Bird Watcher — Authority: 119
  If the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words is indeed true (and I think it is), then how many words is an audio snapshot of a once in a lifetime experience? I had the opportunity to consider this question at length when I downloaded and played the recently published episode #24 of Bird Watcher’s ...
  1 week ago

• kaleidoscope / kashya hildebrand / zürich

  
  art splash — Authority: 135
  bill thompson hc berg kate dineen kathy müller-moser klari reis robert schaberl kaleidoscope / group exhibition / kashya hildebrand / zürich / 10 december 2009-20 february 2010
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• Looking To 2013 (Take II)

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 684
  The law firm of Genova, Burns & Vernoia is asking the Campaign Finance Board to revisit the rules it established for 2013 after the extension of term limits turned the 2009 election cycle on its ear. After Mayor Bloomberg signed the term limits bill into law on Nov. 3, 2008, the CFB issued an avisory opinion ...
  1 week ago

• Between Andrew Cuomo and a Balanced Ticket

  
  The New York Observer — Authority: 755
  ALBANY-Tom DiNapoli is in a bad place. Its not the fact that, as state comptroller, hes forced to preside over a state pension fund spiraling down with the overall stock market. Or that a recent poll showed that voters are inclined to pick "someone else" over him for a full term. Worse than any of that is the fact ...
  1 week ago

• Bloomberg, Liu, Thompson Staffers Dish on Campaign

  
  The Wonkster — Authority: 496
  So what does a behind the scenes look at the campaigns for comptroller and mayor reveal? For one, John Liu’s campaign staff was never aiming for the endorsements of the city’s three major dailies, they were, at times, trying to separate the campaign from its Working Families Party ties and Liu started ...
  1 week ago

• Not Waiting On Thompson, Stringer Backs Gillibrand

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 684
  Manhattan BP Scott Stringer this morning became the first of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrands ertswhile primary opponents to formally endorse her bid to retain her seat in 2010. In doing so, Stringer is basically signaling his accord with the widely-held belief that Comptroller Bill Thompson, whose name was floated as ...
  1 week ago

• Bill Thompson considers U.S. Senate bid in New York

  
  POLITICAL TRUTH-THE BLOG THAT ROCKS — Authority: 136
  Former New York City Comptroller and 2009 NYC Mayoral Democratic nominee Bill Thompson is considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Kristen Gillibrand. According to senior Thompson aides, taking on Gillibrand is one of three options being discussed by the former Comptroller. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thompsons Options: Senator (Risky), Comptroller (Safer), Mayor (TK)

  
  The New York Observer — Authority: 755
  On Election Night, I called Bill Thompson the Christie Whitman of New York politics, since his startlingly narrow, 4.6-point loss to Mayor Bloomberg represented perhaps the biggest near-miss shocker since a then-unknown Whitman came within two points of unseating Bill Bradley in 1990. And now hes doing exactly what ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bloomberg Sues Thompson (Again)

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 684
  Mayor Bloomberg filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court late this afternoon against his former opponent, Bill Thompson, over the comptrollers blocking of the expansion and reopening of the Brooklyn House of Detention. Just over two weeks after his closer-than-expected loss to Bloomberg, Thompson refused for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Richard Sambrook leaving the BBC

  
  Thoroughly Good Blog — Authority: 125
  Im feeling a little sad. Consider this therapy.
  2 weeks ago

• More On That Harold Ford Jr. Poll

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 684
  A veteran Democratic activist who lives in Midtown Manhattan reports receiving the Harold Ford Jr.-vs.-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand call in the middle of last week and was able to provide a bit more information. According to this Democrat, who asked to remain anonymous, Ford was not the only potential Gillibrand ...
  2 weeks ago

• Jacobs: Thompsons Not Owed Anything

  
  The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 684
  Bill Thompsons boosters have suggested he earned the right to run for statewide office if he so chooses because his closer-than-expected challenge to Mayor Bloomberg might have gone the other way had he enjoyed more enthusiastic Democratic support. State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs isnt buying it. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rev Billy prophetic: Reports say Bloomberg spent $102 million dollars

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 437
  On election day, November 3, 2009, a whimsical post appeared at the Reverend Billy for Mayor of NYC website. Reverend Billy’s campaign claimed that, since he had just won $100 million dollars in the lottery, Reverend Billy now had a fair chance to beat Mayor Bloomberg for Mayor. Here is the headline: “REV. BILLY ...
  3 weeks ago

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