New York City mayoral election, 2017 thread

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Sen. Tony Avella is mulling a bid

Gross.

[Suburbia]

Sen. Tony Avella is mulling a bid

Gross.

I like him. He's a white outer-borough ethnic. He may win some white moderates. What do you have against him?

http://www.qchron.com/editions/north/avella-considering-run-for-mayor/article_a55e945e-acf6-11e6-a55d-c323ccc5d277.html

[Suburbia]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is endorsing and fundraising for Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich, who seems likely to run for Mayor in NYC. If Ulrich runs, does the NYC Republicans keep his seat red? They are only 3 NYC Republicans in the City Council (Matteo, Borelli, and Ulrich). Borelli is a Trumpite and probably wanted to serve in Trump's administration, Ulrich wants to be mayor, and Matteo probably wants to be mayor as well someday, maybe in 2017.

http://observer.com/2016/12/john-kasich-fundraises-for-queens-councilmans-mayoral-run/

[Progressive]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is endorsing and fundraising for Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich, who seems likely to run for Mayor in NYC. If Ulrich runs, does the NYC Republicans keep his seat red? They are only 3 NYC Republicans in the City Council (Matteo, Borelli, and Ulrich). Borelli is a Trumpite and probably wanted to serve in Trump's administration, Ulrich wants to be mayor, and Matteo probably wants to be mayor as well someday, maybe in 2017.

http://observer.com/2016/12/john-kasich-fundraises-for-queens-councilmans-mayoral-run/

This will be a swing seat in the City Council. There will probably be a contentious Democratic primary. The district is heavily Italian, with a large Jewish, West Indian (mainly Guyanese) and Latino population. Interesting place.

[Progressive]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/state-sen-tony-avella-takes-de-blasio-mayoral-race-article-1.2910979?cid=bitly

State Sen. Avella will run in a primary

[Mike67]

Spike Lee should run for Mayor of New York

[The Other Castro]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/state-sen-tony-avella-takes-de-blasio-mayoral-race-article-1.2910979?cid=bitly

State Sen. Avella will run in a primary

Lol congrats Mayor de Blasio on winning your 2nd term.

[The Other Castro]

Well, this just got interesting...

"Grand Juries Said to Hear Testimony on Inquiries Into de Blasio Fund-Raising"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/nyregion/bill-de-blasio-investigation.html?_r=0

[Suburbia]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/state-sen-tony-avella-takes-de-blasio-mayoral-race-article-1.2910979?cid=bitly

State Sen. Avella will run in a primary

I like Tony Avella. He's tough, brash, and no nonsense, but appeals to outerborough ethnics, especially the Giuliani Democrats.

Avella, Albanese and Dietl could make things interesting in outerborough ethnic areas like Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Forest Hills, Queens, and Riverdale, Bronx. Yes, the black and Latino base in Central Brooklyn, Manhattan, and North Shore, Staten Island may help him win reelection, but his fundraising scandal may prove badly for him.

Christine Quinn and Scott Stringer may run against de Blasio. If that happens, then it would be Tossup.



http://nypost.com/2016/11/17/sal-albanese-hopes-to-run-for-mayor-for-the-fourth-time/

http://nypost.com/2016/12/14/bo-dietl-to-de-blasio-im-running-right-against-you-head-to-head/

[Suburbia]

Avella officially announced today. He's a outerborough white guy.

http://www.wnyc.org/story/avella-announces-mayoral-bid-front-symbolic-queens-site/

http://observer.com/2016/12/angry-white-guy-from-queens-now-running-to-oust-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio/

[Suburbia]

I am not from New York, I don't ever want to be, but Bo Dietl is by far the best man for the office of Mayor.

There's a lot of conservative areas in NYC, dude. Throgs Neck, Whitestone, Bay Ridge, Staten Island. Other than that, if Dietl can appeal to black and Latino voters, he could make it competitive.

[LLR]

I am not from New York, I don't ever want to be, but Bo Dietl is by far the best man for the office of Mayor.

There's a lot of conservative areas in NYC, dude. Throgs Neck, Whitestone, Bay Ridge, Staten Island. Other than that, if Dietl can appeal to black and Latino voters, he could make it competitive.

Why would he be able to do that though? You have yet to offer a coherent argument

[CatoMinor]

What are De Blasio's current approval ratings?

[Suburbia]

What are De Blasio's current approval ratings?

An NY1/Baruch College poll shows De Blasio has a 51 percent approval rating and a 36 percent disapproval rating, but he is very unpopular with white voters. (The Staten Island, Queens, City Island, Bronx white ethnics, and some disillusioned white liberal base voters.)

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/bill-de-blasio-trump-new-york-214513

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/12/12/poll-finds-slim-majority-of-new-yorkers-approve-of-mayor-as-he-positions-himself-against-trump-heading-into-election-year.html

[Suburbia]

City Comptroller Scott Stringer may run for mayor if De Blasio is indicted, the New York Post reports. Stringer could attract conservative Jews in Forest Hills, Queens, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, etc. He'd have to attract black voters.


http://nypost.com/2016/12/21/stringer-says-hell-run-for-mayor-if-feds-indict-de-blasio/

[JMT]

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/766889?section=John-Gizzi&keywords=New-York-city-mayor-Bill-de-Blasio&year=2017&month=01&date=04&id=766889&aliaspath=%2FManage%2FArticles%2FTemplate-Main&oref=www.google.com

Hillary Clinton for mayor? Apparently she's being urged to consider.

[Shadows]

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/766889?section=John-Gizzi&keywords=New-York-city-mayor-Bill-de-Blasio&year=2017&month=01&date=04&id=766889&aliaspath=%2FManage%2FArticles%2FTemplate-Main&oref=www.google.com

Hillary Clinton for mayor? Apparently she's being urged to consider.

From Presidency to Mayor???

[Tintrlvr]

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/766889?section=John-Gizzi&keywords=New-York-city-mayor-Bill-de-Blasio&year=2017&month=01&date=04&id=766889&aliaspath=%2FManage%2FArticles%2FTemplate-Main&oref=www.google.com

Hillary Clinton for mayor? Apparently she's being urged to consider.

She's never lived in the city and doesn't now. I don't think it would work, at least in the primaries, unless somehow she's already in the race with only de Blasio and Avella (lol) as the other candidates, and de Blasio gets indicted for one of the various nebulous corruption scandals a week before the primaries. Maybe I'm wrong, though. I do think she could clear the field of everyone except de Blasio and Avella.

She'd easily win a general election, but so would a fish (D) against the pathetic candidates like Ulrich the Republicans are putting up.

[Tintrlvr]

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/766889?section=John-Gizzi&keywords=New-York-city-mayor-Bill-de-Blasio&year=2017&month=01&date=04&id=766889&aliaspath=%2FManage%2FArticles%2FTemplate-Main&oref=www.google.com

Hillary Clinton for mayor? Apparently she's being urged to consider.

From Presidency to Mayor???

It's almost like she genuinely cares about serving the public.

[CatoMinor]

If she ran and won it would be impressive, moving from carpetbagging statewide to carpetbagging in the city level. Maybe after that she could run for a State Senate seat in Buffalo.

[Suburbia]

I don't think Hillary Clinton will run for New York City mayor in 2017. Michael Bloomberg wanted her to run in 2013 after she left as Secretary of State. She may run for governor in 2018 if Cuomo is indicted for something. Her electoral political career is over, but she'll still be influential in the Democratic Party.

Ulrich is a competitive GOP candidate, if he runs. He could win Queens from De Blasio, if De Blasio is in trouble this year. His base, Howard Beach, Breezy Point, etc. did not turn out in 2013 because they were not enthused with Joe Lhota, the former Giuliani protege. Another Republican that could make it competitive is Paul Massey or Ray Kelly, the former NYPD commissioner. He'd win Queens, Staten Island, and even make Brooklyn competitive if De Blasio's poll numbers are declining. However, De Blasio is still favored to win reelection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3oN932tl5I
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bik4nlHRN7c
(These are videos I found of Howard Beach, Queens, for some who don't know of the Republican stronghold).

https://www.k2intelligence.com/en/people/professionals/Kelly-W-Raymond

[justfollowingtheelections]

She isn't going to run but if she did she would easily win.  Bill too.  So what if they don't live in NYC?  The Clinton Foundation is there.  That's where they operate.

[7,052,770]

My first thought on this is "wow, I would feel so bad for her if she lost 😕"

[Deblano]

Mayor Hillary Clinton.

I don't know who would be worse. Her or DeBlasio?

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Endorsed enthusiastically, if it gets Billy Boy out of there before he can parlay this into a Presidential race and push the Overton Window further.