City Comptroller William Thompson picked up a pair of newspaper endorsements today in his quest to become mayor. El Diario and the Amsterdam News both announced that they are backing the Democratic candidate. In endorsing Thompson, El Diario cites Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “gross abuse of power on extending term limits.” The Amsterdam News says of [...]
The New York city comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr., is staking his mayoral campaign on his skills as a financial manager, which he says are exemplified by his supervision of the nation’s largest municipal pension system. But a review of how the $80 billion system has performed since he took office shows it has consistently [...]
Controller William Thompson is expected to fall short of a key fund-raising goal Thursday, costing him $1.5 million in public matching funds in his race for City Hall. His campaign told election officials he had raised $251,836 in small donations from New Yorkers – just over the $250,000 minimum to qualify for six-to-one matching funds. But [...]
The Rev. Al Sharpton is endorsing Democrat William Thompson Jr. for mayor of New York City. Thompson is the leading Democrat competing to run against billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent. The civil rights leader plans to campaign with Thompson over the weekend. Thompson is the city’s comptroller. Even though he’s backing Bloomberg’s challenger, Sharpton [...]
New York City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. says his office will save $1 million by rejecting raises Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently approved for non-union city workers. The Democratic mayoral candidate says he is forgoing raises for more than 100 people on his staff. Each makes more than $90,000, and the staffers’ average salary tops $121,000. [...]
Working Family Party Executive Director Dan Cantor announced to his supporters that they will be endorsing William Thompson for Democratic candidate for mayor. Citing the Mayoral Forum as one of the key components in why he best represents the WFP’s choice. “Thompson has a clear message. He believes that city government must always put the [...]
City Comptroller Bill Thompson has picked up the support of LGBT New Yorkers for his mayoral bid. At a rally Saturday in Bryant Part, hundreds of LGBT New Yorkers and four of the largest LGBT clubs in the city backed Thompson, citing his support for marriage equality. Assemblyman Micah Kellner, one of four LGBT members [...]
City controller William Thompson wants to tweak mayoral control to create more transparency and give parents a greater voice. “It is time to put the ‘public’ back in public education,” the mayoral hopeful told state Assembly members at the fifth and final in a series of hearings on the law giving the mayor full reign [...]
City Comptroller William Thompson, a Democratic mayoral hopeful, has received more than $83,000 in donations to his war chest from lobbyists with city business during the time he has been considered a likely contender for City Hall, a review of records shows. And in the last 10 years, donations to his various campaigns from lobbyists [...]
The city so urgently needs the $2 billion from deadbeats who’ve skipped out on taxes and fines that Controller William Thompson is calling for amnesty on interest and penalties. “We need every dollar right now,” Thompson said after making his proposal in a letter to the mayor Thursday. “We’ll lose the interest and penalties but [...]
