Democratic Primary Results
The Democratic primary, held yesterday, was, in many ways, about Democratic Party leader Vito Lopez—whether his hand-picked candidates would get pushed through to run for City Council on the party ticket. Steve Levin, from team Lopez, won in the 33rd District with 33.7 percent of the vote (Jo Anne Simon was his closest competitor, with…
The Democratic primary, held yesterday, was, in many ways, about Democratic Party leader Vito Lopez—whether his hand-picked candidates would get pushed through to run for City Council on the party ticket. Steve Levin, from team Lopez, won in the 33rd District with 33.7 percent of the vote (Jo Anne Simon was his closest competitor, with 20.2 percent); Maritza Davila, endorsed by Lopez, lost in the 34th District to Diana Reyna, a former Lopez staffer who fell out with the party boss. Incumbent Letitia James won in the 35th District with 81.2 percent of the vote, and Brad Lander took the 39th District with 41.1 percent due to, he told The Brooklyn Paper, his stances on “affordable housing, livable communities, jobs, and good schools.” In the race for comptroller, Councilman John Liu of Queens came out 8 points ahead of Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky, but with 38 percent of the vote, did not have the 40 percent required to win outright. Thus there will be a runoff election held September 29. For more primary results, check out the Eagle’s coverage of the State Senate race.
33rd District: Levin Wins Handily [Brooklyn Paper]
35th District: James Steamrolls Yards-loving Foe [Brooklyn Paper]
39th District: Lander Crushes Four Rivals [Brooklyn Paper]
Liu and Yassky Headed for Runoff [NY Times]
State Senate Primary Results [Brooklyn Eagle]
“He also makes a big deal about how “green” he is and how he takes the subway to work, but he was BUSTED by the press taking his SUV to the subway!”
Who cares, he still on the subway from 59th street to brooklyn bridge.
What exactly has Michael Bloomberg done to improve – or even impact – race relations? For that matter, how has he improved waste handling (garbage)?
MM- You posted on a message board, of course you dont have to respond to my questioning of your point but since your post was simply conclusions, your point would be better made by pointing out specifics (like BxGrl did).
Bxgrl – I’ll give you the term limits thing – very high handed for sure, but I dont see that the firehouse issue (which certainly hasnt seen to be a major issue in terms of public saftey) proves him to be manhattan centric, nor do I see that he directs city services to below 110st.
IMO People dislike Bloomberg simply because he is rich, white and doesnt run on the democratic line.
His accomplishments are stunning
Education, Crime, Garbage, 311, race relations, 2d ave subway begun, fiscal stability, parks, smoking ban, health dept (restaurant inspections & flu crisis), tourism/convention biz, etc, etc, – Virtually anyone of these would be grounds for relection if he wasnt Bloomberg (and the term limits thing) – Dinkins almost won a second term and I cant think of a single accomplishment of his administration.
And lets not forget that he did this in some not so easy times – Post 9/11, Dot Com/1st Wall St crash, Blackout (crime free BTW), 2nd Financial collapse…..
” He’s also an elitist,”
how? I mean in practice?
“and very Manhattan (below 110th St) centric.”
Again based on what? (policy wise)
Posted by: fsrg at September 16, 2009 12:15 PM
1. He’s seeking to close the primary Manhattan homeless intake shelter and through a less-than-transparent process push the people into the armory in Crown Heights.
2. He’s displayed his elitist attitude in many ways, fsrg. I recall two winters ago when frozen snow and ice encased thousands of NYC cars, which were ticketed. When thousands of NYers complained that the cars were virtually unmoveable, he accused them of being lazy. He reversed his decision and rescinded the tickets the next day after some reasonable person in his office let him know the mistake he was making. He’s also defended Con Edison after that poorly performing utility blew up a few people in Midtown, electrocuted a number of ordinary NYers and their dogs. He also makes a big deal about how “green” he is and how he takes the subway to work, but he was BUSTED by the press taking his SUV to the subway! He also engineered the term-limits reversal after earlier campaigning on the basis that he’s independent and “different” from the usual politicians. I could go on. I agree you on some things fsrg but on this it seems we totally disagree. I’ve had enough of this guy.
Wasn’t crazy about WTs speach last night. Seems to be more I’m not bloomberg so give me a chance. The devil you know….and while the eight is enough chant is catchy I wouldn’t build a platform on it.
NYC is pretty much a democratic town but if anyone thinks the Republicans don’t make robocalls, you are delusional. Think back to the robocall fiascos of the campaign run by Republicans. Everyone makes robocalls. Everyone. I’ve gotten tons of them from Bloomberg and I am sure as hell not a Republican.
fsrg- c’mon! Bloomberg is without a doubt a good mayor in many respects but he is high handed. That term limits thing was disgusting- especially after all the lip service he gave it when he first ran and won. Remember Guiliani trying to hang on by his fingernails? Who kicked him off the mayoral ledge? Mike.
Voters voted twice to retain term limits- what does that tell you when a sitting mayor decides to get it overturned? What it doesn’t tell me is that he really cares about what the voters think unless its to keep him in office. That was the clearest, most concise means he could have used to show how elitist he is. And yes- Manhattan centric. From closing firehouses to spending big bucks on Manhattan services- Manhattan below 110th is all he cares about because he doesn’t consider the other boroughs to be anything more than a suburb of Manhattan.
Fsrg, I’m don’t have the time or the energy to go point to point with you. If I said the sky was blue, you’d be there to point out that today it looks a whitish grey.
I don’t have to justify my criticisms of Bloomberg. I never said he was the Antichrist, either. There are legitimate issues many people have with the man, legitimate enough to make many believe that for all the good he’s done, it’s time to sing the last aria, and get off the stage. Bill Thompson is not the strongest candidate in the world, no doubt about it. But he is what we got, and I give him his props for winning the primary.
Yeah, the crazy wife part is just based on a bad personal experience…
But Bill De Bla Bla (if he wins) will have bought that position with very unsavory corporate donations from developers in his district.
“I’m not negating Bloomberg’s many accomplishments,”
But isnt that the most important thing- by far?
“but let’s face it, he does not have the common touch.”
So what – and does Bill Thompson? Bill is hardly came up the hardscrable way…
“He’s also filthy rich,”
So? he earned it, doesnt that show his competence? and given his self-made status, I fail to see whats “filthy” about it
“and since he doesn’t have to answer to anyone, he’s a wild card”
Wild card? – he’s been in office for 8yrs – I think we pretty much know what we are going to get. And personally I’d rather have someone answerable to no one than to the Democratic machine that essentially made Bill Thompson
” He’s also an elitist,”
how? I mean in practice?
” a control freak”
Based on what? and compared to who – seems like its working- NYC municipal Government has never been better in my lifetime (albeit a low bar)
“and very Manhattan (below 110th St) centric.”
Again based on what? (policy wise)
“I think he’s going to find out that 3 times is not the charm. Every politician who overstays their welcome, think Ed Koch, for example, finds that the good will and popularity they enjoyed before, evaporates fast.”
Likely true – but that may say more about the electorate than the candidate.
If a democratic mayoral candidate could simply cite the Mayor’s education results (whether you beleive them or not) they would be re-elected in a landslide
Same for the crime reduction or Waste Management plan, or relative fiscal health given Wall St collapse, or the dozens of other accomplishments that he’s had.