Bill Thompson
De Blasio: J'Ouvert won't be shut down Mayor de Blasio — terrified of possibly angering his crucial Brooklyn power base in any way — reversed course and vowed Tuesday to continue the J’Ouvert festival despite two deaths...
Raccoons terrorizing ex-mayoral candidate's neighborhood Former mayoral candidate and city comptroller Bill Thompson has faced his share of political sharks in his career, but he is now facing an unexpected menace in his own backyard...
NYC's pension funds lag peers in private equity returns New York City’s public pension funds fall near the back of the pack when it comes to private equity investments performance — a key area as they chase market-beating returns....
Another high-profile Rangel ally defects to endorse Espaillat WASHINGTON — Veteran Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel suffered another high-profile defection as former city Comptroller Bill Thompson threw his support Wednesday to Rangel’s Democratic rival, Adriano Espaillat. It’s the latest...
Top cop Kelly: Candidates betrayed me In a new interview with Playboy magazine, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says he felt betrayed by the Democratic mayoral candidates, who he claims used him and the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy...
Race is irrelevant The Post’s sclerotic column (“Not the End of NYC’s Ethnic Politics,” PostOpinion, Eric Fettmann, Sept. 22) deplores the return of ethnic politics — surmising foolishly that Bill de Blasio’s African-American...
Not the end of NYC's ethnic politics Just when we thought New York was finally out of the age-old game of ethnic politics, they’re pulling us back in. Bill de Blasio’s victory in the Democratic mayoral primary...
United labor supports de Blasio for big payday New York’s left-wing political establishment and its public-sector unions are rallying behind Bill de Blasio now that he’s locked up the Democratic nomination for mayor. Think of it as the...
If only Obama were just a fake Dear Mr. President, It didn’t seem possible, but you shocked me. After lowering my expectations for you, from very high five years ago to bottom-of-the-barrel now, I figured you could...