Tag: Marty Markowitz
Tentative Primary Endorsements
by Joshua Malbin on Sep.08, 2009, under New York, Politics
The New York City Democratic primary is in one week, and in every race other than Mayor, it’s the election that counts. Here’s my current thinking about who I’m going to vote for. If you disagree with any of these, please talk me out of whatever mistake you think I’m making.
Mayor: Tony Avella. This one matters very little, since Avella’s going to get crushed by Bill Thompson, who will in turn get crushed by Bloomberg. I just like Avella’s rabble-rousing rhetoric about luxury developers.
Comptroller: John Liu. Mainly on the strength of endorsements, in particular that of the Working Families Party.
Public Advocate: Norman Siegel. Mark Green has already shown he’s enough of an obnoxious publicity-hound to be good at the job, and Bill de Blasio seems like a decent enough guy. But I love me some fightin’ NYCLU.
Brooklyn Borough President: Eugene Myrick. A protest vote for the only other candidate on the ballot. I’m sick of Marty.
City Council District 39: Brad Lander. We went over this already.