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  • stop and frisk
  • One of the main issues in the race for Mayor is the stop and frisk. On Monday, Speaker Christine Quinn walked a tight rope.
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  • Most New Yorkers watching Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer in political races dominated by sex scandals want to forget about them, according to a poll released Monday.
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  • Tobacco cigarettes are banned from most buildings in New York City, and now it appears the Bloomberg administration has its sights set on electronic cigarettes.
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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 mayor comptroller debates
  • Eyewitness News wants your questions for Tuesday's Democratic New York City Mayoral debate on Channel 7.
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  • anthony weiner
  • New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner called a political rival "Grandpa" during a heated confrontation at a mayoral forum.
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  • john liu
  • The New York City Campaign Finance Board on Monday denied public matching funds for Comptroller John Liu, dealing a severe financial blow to the Democrat's campaign to become New York City's first Asian-American mayor.
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  • thompson de blasio
  • Bill Thompson's critics accuse him of not going far enough on calling for reforming Stop and Frisk.
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  • eliot spitzer interview
  • Eliot Spitzer is facing a powerful coalition that's worried he could very well win the race for city comptroller.
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  • A new poll puts former City Comptroller and 2009 mayoral challenger Bill Thompson in the lead among likely Democratic voters in the race for New York City Mayor.
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  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vetoed the most ambitious new oversight proposed in years for the city police department. His move sets the stage for an override showdown with lawmakers.
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  • brad lander
  • Brad Lander, a Democrat, was elected to the council in 2009 and represents Brooklyn's 39th District. He'll be named a "Champion of Change" at a Tuesday ceremony at the White House.
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  • mayoral sleepover
  • Democratic candidates for New York City mayor spent the night at a public housing project in Harlem as part of an unusual campaign event.
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  • malcolm smith arrested
  • There's been a lot of evidence to sort through, and it's been three months since state Sen. Malcolm Smith and five co-defendants have been in court in the federal bribery case that alleges a plot to buy Smith the Republican line on New York City's mayoral ballot.
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  • Scandal-tarnished ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer is digging into his pockets to finance his bid to become city comptroller, and information released Tuesday shows those pockets are deep.
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  • If Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner are turning the city's elections into a turnoff, someone might want to tell the voters.
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  • spitzer on leno
  • Eliot Spitzer, whose 2008 resignation as New York's governor amid a prostitution scandal provided no shortage of fuel for gibes to late-night TV comics, appeared Friday on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
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  • eliot spitzer
  • Eliot Spitzer's leading rival said Friday he wouldn't challenge the tarnished ex-governor's petitions to run for city comptroller.
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  • eliot spitzer
  • Stacy Sager talks with the former governor
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  • eliot spitzer
  • Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who stepped down in 2008 over a prostitution scandal, is planning a return to political life with a run for New York City comptroller.
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  • eliot spitzer
  • Lisa Colagrossi reports on Spitzer's run for comptroller
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  • new york city paid sick days
  • New York City is becoming the most populous place in the United States to make businesses provide workers with paid sick time, after lawmakers overrode a mayoral veto early Thursday to pass a law expected to affect more than 1 million workers.
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  • stop and frisk
  • The Rev. Al Sharpton has called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to apologize for comments he made Friday about law enforcement and race.
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  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg and top law enforcement officials Monday urged the City Council to vote down proposed legislation creating an outside watchdog for the New York Police Department, saying it would threaten public safety by inhibiting policing.
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  • New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council on Sunday announced an agreement on a $70 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 that does not raise taxes and avoids major layoffs.
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  • anthony weiner
  • Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner is being criticized for his soft reaction to a woman who used a slur when describing his Democratic opponent Christine Quinn.
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  • New York state lawmakers have green-lighted a plan to allow New York City to use older lever voting machines in the mayoral primary and expected runoff election.
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  • New York City's massive teachers' union is backing former City Comptroller Bill Thompson for mayor.
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  • The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.
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  • Former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. will spend five years in prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud charges.
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  • A state legislative commission levied a $330,000 fine against a once-powerful assemblyman accused of groping, intimidating and manipulating young female staffers.
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  • Removable flood walls would be set up for much of lower Manhattan, a levee up to 20 feet (6 meters) would guard part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees would protect a Brooklyn creek as part of a nearly $20 billion plan that Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed Tuesday.
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  • The projections paint an unsettling picture of New York's future: a city where by the 2050s, 800,000 people could be living in a flood zone.
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  • anthony weiner
  • Lisa Colagrossi reports on Anthony Weiner's entrance to the race for New York City mayor
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  • new york city sick leave deal
  • Kristin Thorne reports on a controversial deal on paid sick leave for employees
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  • christine quinn launches mayoral bid
  • City Council Speaker Christine Quinn launched Sunday what she hopes will be a history-making bid for New York City mayor.
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  • Lisa Colagrossi reports on several green initiatives the mayor will introduce
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  • If you live in New York and want to vote in November or you want to cast a ballot in next year's mayoral primary, Friday is the last day to register.
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  • Running a small business like a restaurant is never easy. City hall makes it even tougher with lots and lots of rules.
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  • Feminist leader Gloria Steinem is urging New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to bring a sick-leave bill to a vote.
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  • It means a pay hike to $11.50 an hour for people who work at companies that receive $1 million or more in city subsidies.
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  • Dave Evans has the latest on the congressional race in Brooklyn
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  • Christine Quinn, New York City's first openly gay council speaker, married her longtime partner, Kim Catullo Saturday.
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  • Business leaders and the mayor don't like the living wage bill one bit. Liberal and some labor and religious leaders love it. City council Speaker Christine Quinn ended up supporting the law that passed on a vote of 45 to five on Monday, but not without some last-minute drama.
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  • NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says he's flattered by all the talk, but he's given no hint he's seriously thinking about running for mayor and so the speculation goes on.
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  • Dave Evans has the latest on the scandals following Liu's campaign.
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  • Art McFarland reports
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  • Meanwhile, the National Action Network is calling for disciplinary action against the officers.
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  • Darla Miles reports
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