The mayoral money game
As the race for City Hall heats up, candidates cultivate distinct bases for fundraising
View ArticleMayoral candidate can accept contributions over city limit — for now
Republican George McDonald wins round in bid to overturn campaign finance rules
View ArticlePreservationists pressure Quinn to broker downtown landmarking deal
With City Council set to vote on development west of Soho, neighbors call on Speaker to secure historic-district protection
View ArticleCouncil prepares to trump mayor on political-influence law
Following Bloomberg veto, council readies rollback of campaign-spending disclosure rules
View ArticleCity Council braces to restore cut child care funding — again
Last year, the mayor and members made an 11th-hour deal to save funding to serve thousands of preschoolers. Is a rescue possible this time around?
View ArticleBloomberg and Liu’s losing investment
How the mayor and the comptroller who wants to replace him fumbled a chance to save the city billions
View ArticleMysterious money
Bill Thompson's mayoral campaign leads the field in leaving out details on sources of funds
View ArticleSmall donors flock to Liu campaign
Undeterred by a campaign scandal, modest contributors have a big impact on the comptroller's prospects for mayor
View ArticleBill Thompson’s well-paved private sector path
Mayoral candidate prospered as exec of bond firm whose city business boomed during his stint as comptroller
View ArticleINTERACTIVE: Introducing the Mayoral Matrix
Find out where each candidate stands on urgent issues facing New York City
View ArticleWeiner’s declaration of city independence
Mayoral candidate vows to extract Albany from key decisions on the city's affairs
View ArticleAdding up a comptroller’s power
Candidate Eliot Spitzer seeks to regain influence over Wall Street — if the city's fractured pension system will let him
View ArticleSpitzer’s petition challenge
New York's election laws make it easy for the comptroller candidate's rivals to attempt to throw him off the ballot
View ArticleBrash talk on MTA openness from candidate Lhota
The former MTA chair calls the authority the most transparent government agency in the nation. Rider advocates acknowledge progress but beg to differ.
View ArticleVIDEO: The midnight sprint to the ballot
In Spitzer's shadow, unknown candidates rush their petitions to the Board of Elections at the 11th hour, and beyond
View ArticleSurprise gift for Spitzer: thousands more petition signatures
A dropout candidate for comptroller offers a stack of precious ballot ink
View ArticleLeading campaign funds by small margin, Brooklyn DA in for fight of his career
Charles J. Hynes defends his prosecutor's perch against celebrity-funded upstarts Ken Thompson and Abe George
View ArticleRunning on Sandy
They helped neighborhoods weather the storm — and now they're campaigning for City Council
View ArticleWeiner admits sending lewd messages after his resignation from Congress
Mayoral candidate vows to stay in the race, amid rivals' calls for his exit
View ArticleOn the Trail — 42 days until primary
Each weekday, The New York World chronicles the campaigns for mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and City Council
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