By Aaron Short
Courier-Life
Mayor: Nearly 70 years after it was first constructed through a federal Works Progress Administration project, McCarren Park Pool is nearly ready to once again play host to Brooklyn’s swimmers, bathers and skaters.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Andy Campbell
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: So much for that Daily News “exclusive” this morning.
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By Ivan Pereira
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: How much does it cost to win a third mayoral term in New York City?
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By Connor Adams Sheets
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 23: The city has fined City Councilman John Liu’s (D-Flushing) successful campaign for city comptroller more than $500,000 for illegally posting signs, according to the city Sanitation Department.
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By Stephen Brown
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: The mayoral election has been resolved, but Mayor Bloomberg is still bashing outgoing Comptroller Bill Thompson — this time over the controversial Brooklyn House of Detention.
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Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Though Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s support from Queens voters dwindled this year compared to the last election, he still carried the borough — in part buoyed by individuals who came out to vote for the three Republicans who won City Council seats in Queens, Executive Vice Chair of the Queens GOP Vincent Tabone said.
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By Ivan Pereira
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg won his controversial bid for a third term by a surprisingly slim margin. Part of the reason for his win may be that in southeast Queens, his Democratic rival, city Comptroller William Thompson, bested Bloomberg by wide margins in several state Assembly districts, city Board of Elections statistics show.
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Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens Borough President: Saying issues like crime, education and affordable housing drove them to the polls Tuesday, Queens residents helped to re-elect Helen Marshall as borough president and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the city’s highest office by a narrow, while sending John Liu (D-Flushing) to the comptroller’s office as the first Asian American to win a citywide office.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Mayor Bloomberg rolled to a third term on Tuesday, but he didn’t win Brooklyn.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Rachel Robinson, the widow of great Brooklyn Dodger and legendary civil rights pioneer Jackie Robinson, endorsed Mayor Bloomberg for re-election, chosing the white, non-Brooklynite over a black borough native. What would Gil Hodges think?
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By Will Yakowicz
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Downtown Democratic powerbroker Steve Cohn had his annual pre-Election Day breakfast at Junior’s, so we caught up with all the local poobahs to get their predictions about Tuesday’s mayoral election. Mayor Bloomberg may be up by 15 percent in the polls, but these Democratic pols are convinced that he’ll wake up on Nov. 4 as the outgoing leader.
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Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) crossed party lines last week to support Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s third bid against Democratic city Comptroller Bill Thompson for the city’s highest office, citing his support for the independent candidate’s environmental efforts.
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Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for spending about $85 million of his own money on his re-election campaign at a rally the Southeast Queens Clergy for Political Awareness held in St. Albans Saturday.
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By Daniel Beekman
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: Anthony Rivieccio is flabbergasted. On Monday, October 26, incumbent 11th Council District Democrat Oliver Koppell endorsed incumbent Republican Michael Bloomberg for mayor.
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By Daniel Beekman
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: Watch candidate Bill Thompson duck into Loeser’s Kosher Deli. Watch Thompson order a hot dog, knish and soda. Watch a Thompson sign appear in Loeser’s window.
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By Nathan Duke
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: The city’s only bilingual Hispanic theater company, based in Sunnyside, was one of six citywide institutions and individuals whom Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented with his annual awards for arts and culture at Astoria’s Frank Sinatra School of the Arts last week.
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By Ivan Pereira
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayoral candidate William Thompson has blasted Michael Bloomberg and the city Department of Education after a published report revealed failing students at a Cambria Heights public school were allegedly being promoted to the next grade level.
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By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper
Council District 34: The head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party and the party’s highest ranking elected official both turned against their party’s nominees for the Nov. 3 general election when they lent their endorsements to non-Democratic candidates.
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By Nathan Duke
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city Comptroller William Thompson each laid out their visions for the city’s future during a mayoral forum at the Bayside Jewish Center last week, touching on the city’s economy, housing, crime rates and senior services.
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By Aaron Short
Courier-Life
Mayor: Amid a cheerful crowd spilling out onto the street and chanting “Eight is Enough!”, City Comptroller and mayoral hopeful William Thompson officially opened his Williamsburg campaign office on October 2.
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By Aaron Short
for Courier-Life
Mayor: Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s endorsement of Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not sitting well with the borough’s Democratic leaders.
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By Daniel Beekman
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development Dennis Walcott extended a hand to City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson in the Bronx on Friday, October 2. Thompson took the hand, and then bared his teeth.
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By Nathan Duke
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he planned to paint the town white upon meeting with former Vice President Al Gore last week on top of a Long Island City YMCA, where the two made the roof more environmentally friendly by adding a coat of paint.
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Community Newspaper Group
Editorial: The Community Newspaper Group, and its 30 papers and Web sites in Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn, strongly endorses Mayor Mike Bloomberg for a third term. Here’s why.
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By Jeremy Walsh
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 30: The Republican challenger to City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) got a big boost to his campaign last week when Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped by to endorse him.
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By Stephen Witt
Courier-Life
Mayor: Extolling supporters to chant with him that eight years is enough, Comptroller William Thompson vowed a spirited campaign to defeat incumbent Mike Bloomberg in the November general election for New York City mayor.
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By Nathan Duke
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: City Comptroller William Thompson defeated City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) in the Democratic mayoral primary and will now go on to face Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the Nov. 3 election.
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By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson visited The Brooklyn Paper’s office last month to outline his vision for the city — and his plans differ from his Democratic rival on just about all counts.
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By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: The Queens lawmaker is a firebrand — and he wants to be your mayor.
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By Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: As public school students in Queens and throughout the city waved goodbye to the summer and prepared to head back to school this week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and members of his administration were busy touting what they said were increases in student and school performance and classroom seats.
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BY MICHÈLE DE MEGLIO
Courier-Life
Mayor: How’s this for a mayoral campaign stop — prance around in nothing but a pair of snug undies and ask a group of Brooklynites for their votes?
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By Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg looked at the crowd packed into his Sunnyside office that opened last week and noted the diversity.
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By Daniel Beekman
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson huddled with reporters at the downtown Brooklyn headquarters of the Community Newspaper Group on Monday, September 31 to discuss his five-borough plan.
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By Nathan Duke and Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Democratic mayoral contender Bill Thompson, the city comptroller, slammed the Bloomberg administration for not fighting harder to keep the now shuttered St. John’s, Mary Immaculate and Parkway hospitals open.
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BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Caribbean Life, a 101,000 circulation newspaper published by Community Newspaper Group, today endorsed — in the Democratic primary election — William Thompson for mayor, John Liu for comptroller, and Bill de Blasio for public advocate
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BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: The Bronx Times and Bronx Times-Reporter today endorsed William Thompson for the Democratic nomination for Mayor, Melinda Katz for Comptroller, and Bill deBlasio for Public Advocate.
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BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: TimesLedger Newspapers of Queens — a chain of 14 newspapers with a circulation of 73,500 copies — today endorsed candidates in the citywide Democratic Primary election.
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BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Courier-Life Publications, Brooklyn’s largest-circulation newspaper chain, today endorsed candidates in the upcoming Democratic primary election.
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By Philip Newman
for TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg and key administration members Tuesday rolled out the city’s battle plan against a probable H1N1 flu outbreak that includes keeping schools open but the mayor said it was uncertain when a new flu vaccine would be available.
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By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: The Democrat who wants to be mayor sits down with our reporters and editors.
With video … Comment.
By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper
By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Mayor: Brooklyn won’t be flooded with new cops anytime soon.
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By Nathan Duke and Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg dismissed Monday accusations the city used public funds to form a group headed by former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman to lobby on its behalf during the administration’s battle to push through the massive Willets Point redevelopment project.
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By Cristian Fleming
for The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Our cartoonist thinks so.
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By Daniel Beekman
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: It appears that The Related Companies will sign a community benefits agreement at the Kingsbridge Armory. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is none too pleased.
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By Daniel Beekman
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: Mayoral candidate Tony Avella let fly at incumbent Michael Bloomberg at a sit-down interview with Community News Group reporters on Monday, August 24.
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By Ben Muessig, Mike McLaughlin and Robert Voris
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Bloomy ain’t the only mayor in town.
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By Stephen Witt
Courier-Life
Mayor: Calling for the ouster of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council member Tony Avella faced reporters from the Community Newspaper Group last week to make his case for being the next mayor.
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By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Mayor: Coney Island could get revitalized a lot sooner than you think.
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By Mike McLaughlin
The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Mayor Bloomberg sat down with our editors and reporters on Monday — and he made news with practically everything he said.
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By Nathan Duke
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: “Let’s face it, it’s tough,” Avella said of running without the name recognition of his rivals, Mayor Mike Bloomberg and city Comptroller William Thompson. “But from the beginning, I decided not to sell my soul to raise large amounts of money. It would defeat the purpose of my campaign. ”
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By Nathan Duke
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: The city’s largest municipal union last week threw its weight behind city Comptroller William Thompson in the mayoral race, prompting Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign to question what his opponent promised in exchange for the nod.
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By Daniel Beekman
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: Love ’em or hate ’em, Mayor Mike is here. Bloomberg for Mayor 2009 hosted an open house at its new Pelham Bay campaign office on Thursday, July 30. The main objective of the event was to rally Mayor Mike supporters – potential volunteers – around the campaign, staffer Silvia Alvarez said. The office is at Middletown Road and Hobart Avenue.
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By Anna Gustafson
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s lead over City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and city Comptroller William Thompson in the bid for the city’s highest office has slimmed, although many city and Queens residents said they still do not know much about either of the mayor’s challengers, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.
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By Ivan Pereira
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: City Comptroller William Thompson joined a group of Queens parents last week in condemning the way Mayor Michael Bloomberg is overseeing public schools and vowed to make major reforms to the city Department of Education if he is elected to replace the mayor.
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