Mayor
The Queens Tribune endorses Anthony
When Anthony D. Weiner thinks about the future, he occasionally dwells on the past — 1977, to be specific, when Edward I. Koch was in last place against a crowded field of better-known Democratic mayoral candidates, only to surge ahead in the primary’s final days, beat Mario Cuomo in a runoff and then beat him again to become the city’s 105th mayor.
THE DEMOCRATIC RACE for mayor may be turning into a two-man race between Fernando Ferrer and Rep. Anthony Weiner. Weiner zoomed into a statistical tie with Ferrer, capturing 30% of likely Democratic voters, compared with Ferrer’s 32%, according to a WNBC/Marist poll released yesterday.
Standing in front of a shuttered firehouse in Brooklyn, the city’s firefighters union yesterday endorsed Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner for mayor.
Suddenly we’ve got a race for city hall on our hands! A stunning new poll yesterday showed Rep. Anthony Weiner has caught fire and zoomed into a statistical dead heat with Fernando Ferrer ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Weiner skyrocketed 10 point, to 31 percent, in a week’s time and looks likely to force Ferrer, who is at 33 percent, into a runoff.
Weiner, who represents communities in Brooklyn and Queens, has run the most effective campaign of the four candidates, overcoming a lack of name recognition to rise to second place.
Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner appears to be gaining ground in his quest to force a runoff with front-runner Fernando Ferrer, a new poll revealed yesterday.
Anthony Weiner, after seven years in Congress, aims to move to Gracie Mansion.