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  • bill de blasio joe lhota new york city mayoral candidates
  • Republican Joe Lhota on Wednesday released the New York City mayoral campaign's harshest ad to date, using footage of a recent biker gang attack to suggest that the city would return to its violent, crime-filled past if Democrat Bill de Blasio is elected.
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  • Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican Joe Lhota met in their first debate ahead of next month's New York City Mayoral election.
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  • new york city mayor comptroller debates
  • Eyewitness News wants your questions for tonight's New York City Mayoral debate on Channel 7.
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  • mayoral debate
  • The latest New York City mayoral debate was missing one thing - the race's front-runner.
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  • charles hynes
  • Brooklyn's DA, who lost the Democratic primary election, is actively campaigning on the Republican line.
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new york city politics, politics & elections, dave evans
  • Bill de Blasio has a huge lead in the polls in his bid to become the first Democrat elected mayor of New York City since 1989.
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  • A new poll shows Democrat Bill de Blasio leading Republican rival Joe Lhota with 71 percent of likely voters in the race for New York City mayor.
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  • public advocate runoff
  • In a runoff election marked by low turnout and high cost, Councilwoman Letitia James defeated state Sen. Daniel Squadron to become the Democratic party nominee for public advocate.
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new york city politics, election, politics & elections
  • new york city website redesign
  • The website is now fully accessible on smartphones and tablets. Improvements also have been made to its back-end technology infrastructure.
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new york city politics, politics & elections
  • bill de blasio
  • Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, endorsed the Democratic nominee last week.
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  • facebook
  • Job-seekers in New York City could keep their private lives on social media off-limits to prospective employers under a proposal local lawmakers are discussing.
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  • De Blasios past becomes focus of mayor race
  • Republican Joe Lhota is raising questions about the past of Democratic challenger Bill de Blasio, who just picked up an endorsement from the commander in chief.
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  • public advocate debate
  • The two Democratic New York City public advocate candidates have squared off in their final debate a week ahead of a runoff.
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  • bill de blasio joe lhota new york city mayoral candidates
  • WABC-TV will host the first of three debates between Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican Joe Lhota in October.
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  • bill de blasio
  • Democrat Bill de Blasio has a slight fundraising advantage over Republican rival Joe Lhota, according to the first fundraising report issued after they each became their parties' nominees for New York City mayor.
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  • Mayoral candidates debate on poverty in New York City
  • A new census report shows poverty is only getting worse in New York City, as is the income gap.
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new york city politics, politics & elections, dave evans
  • De Blasio waits to see if there will be a run off
  • New York City's teachers union is endorsing Bill de Blasio for mayor after first supporting one of his opponents in the primary.
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  • lhota sharpton
  • Tuesday night, Joe Lhota did something the man he worked for, Rudy Giuliani, would never do. He met with Al Sharpton.
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  • Bill Thompson has conceded the Democratic primary and dropped out of the New York City Mayor's race.
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  • The New York City Board of Elections is spending the weekend double-checking the counts on all those voting machines, and it plans to start counting paper ballots Monday.
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new york city politics, bill de blasio, politics & elections, kemberly richardson
  • The two Democrats vying for their party's nomination for New York City mayor are spending Saturday waiting as city elections officials recanvass the 640,000 votes cast in Tuesday's primary.
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  • bill de blasio
  • Bill Thompson has not yet withdrawn from the mayoral race.
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  • bill de blasio
  • New York City Public Advocate and expected Democratic candidate for mayor Bill de Blasio will resume campaigning Thursday after a one-day break to mark the September 11th anniversary, but he's still not sure if he's the official winner of the primary.
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  • anthony weiner new york mayoral primary
  • Public Advocate Bill de Blasio holds a commanding lead in the Democratic mayoral primary, but a runoff is still possible and Bill Thompson is vowing to continue with his campaign until all the votes are counted.
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  • Ken Thompson wins Brooklyn DA
  • Kenneth Thompson has won the Democratic nomination for Brooklyn District Attorney, unseating Charles Hynes, who has held the job more than 20 years.
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  • City Councilwoman Letitia James and state Senator Daniel Squadron each won about a third of the vote in Tuesday's primary.
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  • Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer won the Democratic primary for comptroller Tuesday night, ending disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer's surprise bid to reclaim his political career.
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  • GOP mayoral candidates face off on Primary Day
  • Joe Lhota easily defeated John Catsimatidis in the primary Tuesday to become the Republican Party nominee for New York City mayor.
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2013 vote, new york city politics, new york city mayor, election, voting, politics & elections, stacey sager
  • On Tuesday night, one of Weiner's former sexting partners, Sydney Leathers showed up at Anthony Weiner's primary party in Midtown.
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  • new york city primary results
  • Check results from the New York City Mayoral Primary and other races in New York.
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  • bill de blasio
  • New York City's Board of Elections reported scattered problems at polling sites during Tuesday's primary election for mayor and other offices.
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2013 vote, new york city politics, new york city mayor, election, voting, politics & elections, tim fleischer
  • 2013 vote election coverage
  • We are asking New York City voters for their thoughts about the election. When did you decide on your candidate?
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  • 2013 vote election coverage
  • We are asking New York City voters for their thoughts about the election. What issue was most important to you?
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  • Candidates persuade undecided voters before Primary Day
  • For all the candidates, one last chance to persuade those few undecided voters. On Tuesday, only about 700,000 Democrats will vote.
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  • republican debate
  • The top two Republican candidates for New York City mayor debated Sunday for the last time before the party primary on topics including the New York Police Department's policies and the city's handling of the emergency response on 9/11.
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  • bill de blasio
  • Mayor Bloomberg made the comment about candidate Bill de Blasio in an interview with New York magazine due on newsstands Monday.
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  • De Blasio tries to maintain lead entering campaigns final weekend
  • In the last couple of weeks Bill de Blasio has faced a barrage of hits, and with only three days to go before the vote, the hits keep on coming.
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new york city politics, politics & elections, dave evans
  • Cuomo, who is also head of the state Democratic party, said he has no plans to make an endorsement in the Democratic primary next week.
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  • anthony weiner and voter get in shouting match in brooklyn
  • Weiner was leaving the Weiss Family Bakery during a campaign stop when the shouting match began.
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  • bill de blasio
  • In a New Quinnipiac University Poll, Bill de Blasio has surged past the 40 percent needed to be the Democratic nominee for New York City Mayor.
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  • debate
  • The Democratic candidates hoping to become the city's next mayor fought on a debate stage one last time Tuesday night.
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  • quinn de blasio
  • Political reporter Dave Evans has more on the mayoral race
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  • council votes for nypd inspector general
  • Stacy Sager has more on the vote.
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  • new york city democratic mayoral primary
  • Political reporter Dave Evans examines the results
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  • new york city democratic mayoral primary
  • Five Democrats running for Mayor of New York City met in their first broadcast television debate at WABC-TV on Tuesday night.
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  • nypd to test body cameras
  • Jim Hoffer has more on the program
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  • new york city mayor comptroller debates
  • Eyewitness News wants your questions for tonight's Democratic New York City Mayoral debate on Channel 7.
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  • eliot spitzer scott stringer comptroller debate
  • Eliot Spitzer and his Democratic opponent Scott Stringer engaged in a sharply personal debate for New York City comptroller at our WABC-TV studios on Friday.
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  • republican mayoral debate at wabc-tv
  • Repbulican candidates for mayor, Joe Lhota, George McDonald and John Catsimatidis took part in their first debate at our WABC-TV studios on Friday.
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new york city politics, 2013 debates, 2013 vote, politics & elections, carolina leid
  • eliot spitzer
  • Stacy Sager talks with the former governor
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