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Bill Thompson

  • News

    January 11, 2012

    100 Most Powerless New Yorkers

    A 'power list' for the rest of us

  • News

    January 12, 2011

    NYC's Computer-System Cash-Dump Disaster

    New York City threw away a mountain of cash over a new computer system. Now, finally, someone is going to pay.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2010

    Tom DiNapoli's Appointment Logs: He's Just Too Nice a Guy

    ​Tom DiNapoli is too nice a guy. The state comptroller apparently can't say no to anyone who wants to meet with him, though he has a mixed record when it comes to delivering what his bellringers want. I've been reading half a foot of DiNapoli's appointment schedules from 2007 to now an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Museum for African Art Sued by Shaken and Scared Tenants Next Door

    Crack problem: Tenants next door to construction of Museum for African Art can feel their whole world falling apart.When Charlie Rangel, Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson and other bigwigs broke ground on Fifth Avenue for the new Museum for African Art in September 2007, they didn't know that their shov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Mike Bloomberg Broke Election Law, Admit His Own Lawyers

    Things are looking slushy, Mike​Even Mike Bloomberg's lawyers say he broke election law when he gave $1.2 million to the Independence Party right before the November election. The mayor's media guru, Howard Wolfson, and his elections lawyer Ken Gross told the Daily News that Bloomberg's two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Video: New Orleans Mayoral Candidate's "Are You Shitting Me?" Ad

    Who knows if James Perry has any chance to be elected Mayor of New Orleans? But we like his style. The executive director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center sued Ray Nagin for hiring expensive lawyers. And he has this ad going around which is like Millie Jackson meets Tyler Perr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Council Gives Veto-Proof Vote to Parking Meter "Grace Period"

    Despite threats of a mayoral veto, the city council approved a five-minute parking ticket grace period in some circumstances. As their vote was 47 to 2, it is expected they will override the mayor's veto. Daniel Garodnick of Manhattan and Tony Avella of Queens voted no. Maria Baez, as is her custo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Barrett: It's a Rotten Time for Paterson To Promote Bogus Budget Numbers

    ​It's hard to imagine a worse time for a governor to lapse into lazy lies. But with the state in its most troubled fiscal condition in decades, facing daunting deficits, David Paterson has become all spin all the time, putting his own concocted narrative ahead of the state's need for crisis cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    After the parade. Twitpic by Mzthicknflychic. Theeeee Yankees won! Doooooouuug Hoffman lost! The week was a mixed bag -- half fire, half dog poo. How 'bout them Yanks? They won one in Philly, then another, and were back home at the climax. Local merchants didn't get much out of it -- nor, Tom R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    With Thompson Done, Union People Consider Their Options

    Photo (cc) eliotwb. By Steve Patrick Ercolani. As a crowded elevator car ascended to the third floor of the Hilton on Sixth Avenue Tuesday night, a campaign aide informed former Democratic mayoral nominee Fernando Ferrer that WCBS wanted an interview. "It seems like just yesterday I was at the W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Reverend Billy's Last Stand (of the Campaign)

    By Kate Rose.With a huge Ed McMahon-style check worth $100 million and 99 cents and a bullhorn, Reverend Billy Talen of The Church of Life After Shopping stood in Washington Square Park and announced his miraculous news: "Politics is serious business, and you need $100 million dollars. I won the lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    Twitpic by StWiltshire. The last full week of the election campaign was sorta fun -- as it should have been with Mayor Bloomberg spending $37,000 an hour on it. And it worked: the big papers endorsed him, as did another Democrat, and polls showed him way out of Bill Thompson's reach. We still su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Bloomberg Campaign Spends $37,000 an Hour for Three Weeks

    Michael "Money Bags" Bloomberg managed to spend $18.6 million on his campaign in just the past three weeks, according to campaign records released this afternoon. That's more than $37,000 an hour, or $900,000 a day! In all, he's spent more than $82 million, putting him on course to dish out more tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Mayor Thompson Could Mean "Fear of Going Out at Night" (Giuliani), "Detroit" (Bloomberg)

    The Bloomberg-Giuliani victory tour of friendly city territories began with a bang in Borough Park, where the former Mayor told the annual Legislative Breakfast of the local Jewish Community Council that if Bill Thompson were elected, the city "could very easily be taken back to the way it was with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Weekly Rallies Continue Against Bloomberg Homeless Move-Ins; Thompson Joins Fight

    When the city quietly transformed a brand-new Bronx building into an emergency homeless shelter in August, it incited a lawsuit and a blitz of rallies. Last Saturday -- the fifth in a series of Saturday protests that, organizers say, with continue up through the election -- more than two dozen an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    ​ Twitpic via DanaBoscorelli. Up, Up and Awry! The Balloon Boy and his wacky father helped keep our minds off the real world, which sucked even more than usual. In national news, the Nobel Peace Prize continued its deadly rampage across America. But don't despair, rightbloggers: President O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Mayoral Debate's Little Fibs

    ​Debates are always a great temptation for cheap shots and resume inflation and last night's match between Mike Bloomberg and Bill Thompson did not disappoint. The Times has its own tick-tock this morning of swings and misses but a couple other bits of revisionist history that caught our ear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Barrett: My Favorite Nugget from Last Night's Debate

    ​My favorite nugget from last night's mayoral debate was Mike Bloomberg's smug smile as he pronounced Joe Bruno a better majority leader of the state senate than Pedro Espada. Democrat Bill Thompson had already picked the-sometime Democrat Espada as the better of the two. By 3:12 a.m., the Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Barrett: My Favorite Nugget from Last Night's Debate

    ​My favorite nugget from last night's mayoral debate was Mike Bloomberg's smug smile as he pronounced Joe Bruno a better majority leader of the state senate than Pedro Espada. Democrat Bill Thompson had already picked the-sometime Democrat Espada as the better of the two. By 3:12 a.m., the Po ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2009

    A Bloomberg Score Card: The Mayor's Hits and Misses

    ​My favorite nugget from last night's mayoral debate was Mike Bloomberg's smug smile as he pronounced Joe Bruno a better majority leader of the state senate than Pedro Espada. Democrat Bill Thompson had already picked the-sometime Democrat Espada as the better of the two. By 3:12 a.m., the Po ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 13, 2009

    Mayor Bloomberg's School-Snack Bungle

    Vending machine politics

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Barrett: Bloomberg's Hypocrisy On View in Ad Slamming Thompson

    It was a sports weekend on the Barrett tube and my only companion, throughout the hours of playoff baseball, was Bill Thompson. Not his ad, of course, but the latest one Mayor Mike has on every channel endlessly about Thompson, railing about the comptroller's supposed flip-flop on a millionaire's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Not Dead Yet? Thompson Only 8 Points Down on Bloomberg, Poll Says

    This is remarkable, considering the hopelessness that has become attached to the campaign to unseat Mayor Bloomberg, but PolitickerNY reports that a SurveyUSA poll shows Bill Thompson just eight points down. Last time we checked, Quinnipiac had Bloomberg up by 16. (In July the spread was shown to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Primary Afternoon with Katz & Diaz

    By Steven Thrasher. Melinda Katz, Democratic nominee for comptroller, was joined by Ruben Diaz Jr. at the Parkchester 6 train exit in the Bronx. She looked somewhat tired and run down,but joked today's "been easy! I woke up at noon, watched some soap operas" between greeting commuters. The Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Debate Cringe Moment: Katz Dumps Hevesi

    Last night's Democratic comptroller candidates' debate had a moment that made at least a few of us cringe -- and searching for the replay button to make sure we heard what we thought we heard. The moment came during the perennial "Lightning Round" - those "Yes" or "No" zingers from NY1 host Do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    We Answer New York's Ways to Beat Bloomberg With Our Own, Including Puppet Warfare, Anarchy

    ​New York magazine has a short list, based largely on the suggestions of Democratic operatives, of ways Bill Thompson could beat Mike Bloomberg in this year's mayor's race. It is a noble effort but unconvincing. Its first item, for example, is "Keep repeating 'Mayor for life, mayor for life'. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Mayoral Candidates' Drinks: Jack & Coke "in a Dirty Glass," Tap Beer, Coke Straight

    ​ We tip our hat to the Examiner's alcohol reporter Dan Manzel for asking the leading New York mayoral candidates what they like to drink. Bill Thompson campaign spokesperson Janet Dickerson, obviously in a good mood, tells Manzel, "Bill would order a Jack and Coke in a dirty glass... We'll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    ​ Twitpic by ethanvk. Well, our week was awful, but apparently we were in good company. Mayor Bloomberg came up with a wide-ranging, expensive transit plan including crosstown buses that would move slower than ever. He slapped back Bill Thompson's schools charges -- not convincingly to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Bloomberg Shops Tape of Man Calling Christine Quinn a "Whore" in Front of Bill Thompson

    We see Mayor Bloomberg is getting serious about his election campaign. The Post says his operatives sent them a tape of Bill Thompson not reacting when the co-owner of the delightful West Village Brit boite Tea and Sympathy called Christine Quinn a "whore." Restauranteur Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett also s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Press Finally Notices Tony Avella, Portrays Him as Madman

    Councilmember and mayoral candidate Tony Avella is finally getting some press attention, albeit of the dismissive look-at-this-nut variety. "Mr. Avella knows where he wants to take the city," says the Times, "and that place is back in time." Ha! Look at the funny man, not marching bravely into our s ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 22, 2009

    The Bloomberg Dilemma: Favorite? Or Just No Obvious Alternative?

    Being for the mayor while against him

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    NYC June Unemployment: 9.3%

    Earlier this week Bill Thompson predicted New York unemployment would get to 9.5 percent by the end of the year. He must be feeling pretty good about his chances, because the State Department of Labor has announced that city unemployment went to 9.3 percent in June. (The more dramatic, seasonally-a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Bloomberg, Avella and Thompson at WFP Mayoral Forum: Some Highlights

    Last night three candidates for Mayor of New York -- Michael Bloomberg, councilmember Tony Avella, and comptroller Bill Thompson -- attended the Working Families Party Mayoral Forum at the Hotel Trades Council on West 44th Street. (We should mention that Green Party candidate Reverend Billy wanted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Barrett: All Bloomie's Rich Friends

    Mayor Mogul stepped on his own tongue yesterday while explaining away the Grand Poobah confab he attended with buddies Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, the Rockefellers and Oprah, revealed in the Times today. "All my friends are philanthropic, or they probably wouldn't be my friends," he said ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Report: 3 Years, $342 Million in No-Bid Schools Contracts

    We all get upset when government officials award contracts to their friends' companies, bypassing what should be a competitive bidding process for taxpayer dollars. Actually, it turns out that the government awards many contracts with no bidding at all -- and the whole thing is legal. Take the NYC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    Well, some cowboy's Goin' Galt in Brooklyn Heights, anyway. Photo (c) Charles D Rightbloggers decided President Obama is a fascist. Despite this, and the aid and comfort he gives to pirates, the voters like him anyway -- which figures, since many of them are apparently socialists. Which may be wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Candidates for Council, Comptroller, DA Pitch at VID

    Democratic candidates for city council seats in districts 1, 2, and 3, district attorney, and comptroller came to the Village Independent Democrats last night to make their cases, under strict time limits and with screened questioning, for the venerable club's endorsement. In District 1: Pete Gle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Bill Thompson Files to Run for Mayor

    There was already a "New Yorkers for Bill Thompson" website urging us to support his mayoral bid, and he's been dropping hints and -- most significantly -- standing up to Bloomberg, but today comptroller William C. Thompson put in his papers with the Campaign Finance Board and made it official. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Inside Mayor Bloomberg's Hiring of Hillary Clinton Aide Howard Wolfson

    There was already a "New Yorkers for Bill Thompson" website urging us to support his mayoral bid, and he's been dropping hints and -- most significantly -- standing up to Bloomberg, but today comptroller William C. Thompson put in his papers with the Campaign Finance Board and made it official. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Term Limits Team Announces Lawsuit at City Hall

    There was already a "New Yorkers for Bill Thompson" website urging us to support his mayoral bid, and he's been dropping hints and -- most significantly -- standing up to Bloomberg, but today comptroller William C. Thompson put in his papers with the Campaign Finance Board and made it official. The ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 23, 2008

    The Backstory of the Financial Collapse

    Call it Gall Street. How else to describe an industry that applauds nearly $500 million in bonuses for executives taking an entire economy down with them?

  • News

    February 5, 2008

    The Long Swab of the Law

    If Bloomberg doesn’t run for the Oval Office, he’d fit in at the FBI

  • News

    September 25, 2007

    The Yanks Got Balls

    City Documents Show Team Billed Taxpayers for Souvenirs, Bar Tabs

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2007

    Corp v. Comptroller: Dodging the Question

    City Documents Show Team Billed Taxpayers for Souvenirs, Bar Tabs

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2005

    NYC Pols Play Numbers Game

    City Documents Show Team Billed Taxpayers for Souvenirs, Bar Tabs

  • News

    April 20, 2004

    Snapple in the Apple

    Gulp! How Mayor Bloomberg's business pros dribbled their marketing mission

  • News

    July 29, 2003

    Billy's Boondoggle

    The Comptroller's Payroll Becomes a Political Playground

  • News

    June 3, 2003

    Prelude to a Campaign?

    Mayor Mike and Potential Foes Test Union Waters

  • News

    September 4, 2001

    Green for Mayor

    Public Advocate Is the Best Choice

  • News

    July 3, 2001

    High-Priced Consulting for a Low-Service HMO

    Public Advocate Is the Best Choice

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