Two Polls Find Eliot Spitzer Ahead in Comptroller’s Race
Eliot Spitzer. (Photo: Getty) Eliot Spitzer's success in the citywide comptroller's race is a tale of two polls today. In a Wall Street Journal/NBC 4 New York/Marist poll, Mr. Spitzer definitively...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Hunts for Votes in Brief Bronx Visit
Eliot Spitzer joyously returns to the Bronx. A group of six campaigners standing on the corner of 149 St and 3rd Avenue in the Bronx offered flyers to pedestrians with mixed results as they awaited for...
View ArticleScott Stringer Battles Eliot Spitzer for the Outer Borough Vote
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer stumps in Flatbush, Brooklyn. A long train ride away from his Upper West Side home, comptroller hopeful Scott Stringer stumped at a bustling Brooklyn...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Says Anthony Weiner Shouldn’t Be Mayor
Eliot Spitzer. (Photo: Getty) As the city's Democratic establishment rallies against ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer's comptroller candidacy, it turns out there's something they can both agree on: Anthony Weiner...
View ArticleChristine Quinn Wants to Talk About Historic Firsts, Not Second Chances
Christine Quinn on CNN this morning. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is getting sick of all the talk of second chances. "You know there's a been a lot of discussion about second chances in this...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Brushes Off New Ad Campaign Against Him
Eliot Spitzer in Chinatown today. Eliot Spitzer took his comptroller campaign to Chinatown today, brushing off both his past indiscretions and new political action committees created solely to defeat...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Finds Some Fans in Downtown Brooklyn
Eliot Spitzer today. Eliot Spitzer took his comptroller campaign to Downtown Brooklyn today and found an overwhelmingly positive reception as voters shuffled out of Brooklyn Borough Hall's subway...
View ArticleKristin Davis Arrested on Drug Charges
Kristin Davis. (Photo: ManhattanMadam.com) The circus surrounding this year's electoral season doesn't end. Kristin Davis, who claims to be the former madam for ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer and is now running...
View ArticleEx-Manhattan Madam’s Consultant Urges Her to Drop Comptroller Bid
Kristin Davis and her attorney this evening. Kristin Davis was arraigned today in Manhattan federal court on charges she sold hundreds of prescription pills illegally, hours after her "stunned"...
View ArticleSlideshow: Scott Stringer and Lena Dunham Make Municipal Finance ‘Sexy’
Scott Stringer may not have his rival's personal fortune or notoriety, but he can throw a pretty swinging bash if the occasion calls for it. Last night, a group of mostly 20 and 30-somethings gathered...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer’s Ad Barrage Wages Onward
A still from Mr. Spitzer's ad. Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is continuing to leverage his personal fortune in his bid to become New York City's next comptroller. After already releasing a handful of...
View Article‘Pensions Sell Newspapers’: Spitzer Asks for Policy Questions in Crown Heights
Eliot Spitzer talking business in Crown Heights. Eliot Spitzer was chomping at the bit for policy questions in Crown Heights this evening. Arriving in a slight drizzle in the fading sun, Mr. Spitzer...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Draws a Comparison to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Eliot Spitzer speaking with Rev. Youngblood Under the glow of a dangling chandelier in Brooklyn's First Baptist Church this morning, Eliot Spitzer was forgiven. Mr. Spitzer's candidacy in the city...
View ArticleScott Stringer Has Some Very Specific Instructions for Debate Watchers
Scott Stringer (Photo: Wikimedia) Comptroller rivals Scott Stringer and Eliot Spitzer are set to face off later this morning in their very first debate, hosted by WABC--and sparks in the studio are...
View ArticleComptroller’s Race Reaches New Negative Heights During First Debate
Scott Stringer and Eliot Spitzer on WABC. Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned because of a prostitution scandal and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer wants to make darn sure everyone remembers it....
View ArticleWar of Words Emerges as Spitzer and Stringer Both Declare Debate Victory
A photo of a victorious-looking Eliot Spitzer. (Photo: Getty) The city comptroller's race was ratcheted up a few notches with a particularly nasty televised debate this morning. But the rhetorical...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer and Scott Stringer Really Do Not Like Each Other
Stringer and Spitzer sparring at the first debate. Sometimes sequels really are better than the original. Facing off at the second debate of the comptroller's race, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and...
View ArticleSpitzer Widens Lead in Poll as Stringer Goes on Air
A scene in Scott Stringer's new ad. On the day Scott Stringer debuted his first television ad of the comptroller's race, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer opened up a 19-point lead over the Manhattan borough...
View ArticleThe Stringer Family Hits the Comptroller Campaign Trail
Elyse Buxbaum and Miles. It was time for Scott Stringer's wife and baby to shine. Elyse Buxbaum--a.k.a. Mrs. Stringer--officially hit the trail for the first time this morning on behalf of her...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Courts Orthodox Jews in Boro Park
Eliot Spitzer enjoys the Judaica superstore in Boro Park. Wearing a yarmulke and a wide grin, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer stopped by Brooklyn's Boro Park neighborhood Friday, visiting two businesses and...
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