Marty: Will He or Won't He?
An article in today’s Daily News examines whether Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is going to run for mayor and, if he does throw his hat in the ring, how he might fare in the race. Markowitz has raised around $750,000 and is going to start meeting with Brooklyn politicians about the possible run over…
An article in today’s Daily News examines whether Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is going to run for mayor and, if he does throw his hat in the ring, how he might fare in the race. Markowitz has raised around $750,000 and is going to start meeting with Brooklyn politicians about the possible run over the next few weeks, according to the article. Some critics say that Marty would have a tough time campaigning for citywide office since he’s so closely linked to Brooklyn and that the borough president’s rep as Brooklyn’s cheerleader will turn off voters looking for a candidate with more gravitas. “I am somewhat comical. That’s who I am, says Marty in response to charges that his persona isn’t serious enough. I’m not going to deny that and I’m not going to change if I seek this office. ” Political strategist Norman Adler says that if Markowitz does decide to run, it won’t be a shot in the dark for him. He’s been around too long for that.” Think he’ll go for it?
Markowitz Mayoral Bid Could be Tough [NY Daily News]
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“I remember when he was first running for borough president and they asked him if he wanted to be mayor. His answer?
“Yech. No way. I’d have to deal with Staten Island!” ”
Really? Wow. Definite mayor material right there–what a chubby schlub.
Marty lost me with his support of Atlantic Yards project. Time to get off the government payroll and work for Ratner.
Marion
Following up on jlansner’s comments: The Board of Estimate was abolished because it violated the doctrine of one-man-one-vote. One solution was to give the borough presidents a proportional vote based on the population of each borough. Imagine what it would be like to be Brooklyn Borough President if you had the single largest vote on a revamped Board of Estimate!
Marty is a knucklehead schlub–nothing more. As a resident of a borough other than Brooklyn, I’d NEVER ever ever ever vote for him for Mayor.
Robert Wagner was Manhattan BP from 1950 to 1953, then Mayor from 1954 to 1965.
1:40, I don’t know where he lives now, but Billy Thompson is a Brooklyn boy.
Puhleeze DON’T!
after string of mayors who live in Manhattan (Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani, Bloomberg) I very ready to support Marty or anyone else not manhattan-centric against Quinn who is obviously is gunning for the position.
jlansner, besides David Dinkins, can you name a sitting borough president who ran for and was elected to City Hall?