Less than two weeks after a former volunteer on a past campaign accused him of sexual harassment, Scott Stringer, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, is being buoyed up by some of his most ardent Jewish supporters. Outside Fairway Market on the Upper West Side Sunday, flanked by Congressman Jerry…
Scott Stringer, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, took his campaign to one of the most heavily Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn on Monday to improve his standing among a group of voters aggressively courted by other leading contenders. Stringer, who is competing for second place in the June 22 Democratic…
Ruth Messinger, who in 1997 became the first woman to win the Democratic nomination for New York’s mayor, has announced her support of Scott Stringer for the job. In a press release on Thursday, Messinger called Stringer, the city’s comptroller, a leader “who is tested, serious, and up to the task at hand” to manage…
Days before Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017, Scott Stringer, the New York City Comptroller, sought to position himself as the new president’s chief opponent. “The way to beat Trump is to solve the homelessness crisis in New York City,” Stringer, who was already eyeing a run for mayor, declared during a Jan. 16 rally to…
Scott Stringer, who announced his candidacy for New York City mayor on Tuesday, has more campaign donations from Manhattan’s heavily Jewish — and wealthy — Upper West Side than anywhere else, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board data. Stringer, currently New York’s comptroller and former borough president of Manhattan, has built a…
“Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are here to stay,” thousands chanted in New York City’s Washington Square Park Wednesday night. As The Huffington Post reported, the protestors united to rally against President Donald Trump and his impending executive order that calls for a significant reduction of Muslims allowed in the United States. The…
Eva Moskowitz has long been a controversial figure in New York, mostly because she has championed charter schools and feuded with liberals, including Mayor Bill de Blasio. She recently invited more wrath by meeting with Donald Trump amid speculation that she could be in the running for a spot in his Department of Education. Now…
Eliot Spitzer, trying to rebound from a sex scandal that cost him the New York governorship, promised to work for a dollar a year while his opponent tried to sing a chorus from David Bowie’s “Heroes” as part of Wednesday’s debate between the two Democratic candidates for New York City’s comptroller. Spitzer now also has…
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