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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:47 PM

Bill Thompson

Type: Person

Name: Bill Thompson

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Bloomberg Takes The High Road

Mayor Bloomberg declined to take a shot at his erstwhile opponent, Comptroller Bill Thompson, who is continuing to make trouble for the administration on his way out the door by refusing to support a plan to reopen and expand the Brooklyn House of Detention. ... [The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Michael Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, JOHN LIU

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Mayor is political about spat with Thompson over Brooklyn jail expansion

A proposed expansion of the Brooklyn House of Detention has become the center of a war of words between Mayor Bloomberg and his former rival, William Thompson.Mayor Bloomberg took the high road Thursday in a public spat with vanquished rival William Thompson ... [New York Daily News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: William Thompson, Bill Thompson, Michael Bloomberg

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

NYC Lost 30K Communications Jobs Since 2000

According to a report from City Comptroller Bill Thompson's office, NYC has lost 30,000 jobs in "information services"—aka fields like traditional publishing, broadcasting and new media. According to the Post, "Thompson issued a report saying the industry ... [Gothamist - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bill Thompson, Recession

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Early Addition

Photograph by LaurenFae on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pediatric burn victim at 196th St & Hollis Ave in Queens, a double stabbing at West 171 St in Manhattan and a water rescue at Gerritsen Ave & Abbey Ct in Brooklyn. Even Supreme ... [Gothamist - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kidney, Bill Thompson, Steven Tyler, Presbyterian, Aerosmith

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Michael Bloomberg

Reelected, Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Have to Pretend to Not Be Rich Anymore

To be fair to Michael Bloomberg, anyone who just won a major contested election will probably go out to a nice dinner to celebrate. But had, say, Bill Thompson won the mayoral election earlier this month, that dinner probably wouldn't have been ... [Daily Intel - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Michael Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, Verdict

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Worlds apart

I once got told off by the manager of the BBC's Heritage Collections for publishing a photograph of Alistair Cooke's typewriter in its display case on the second floor lobby of Bush House, home of the World Service.It seemed that photography on BBC premises ... [BBC - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Alistair Cooke, Peter Carey, Bill Thompson

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 2 Documents

Paterson's Olive Branch To Labor: Too Little, Too Late?

Here's a copy of the draft IDA reform bill that Gov. David Paterson is preparing to propose in an effort to shore up his sagging relationship with key labor unions - a move that is part of his ongoing effort to resurrect his political future.The bill ... [New York Daily News - 11/18/2009]

Entities: David Paterson, Kingston (Jamaica), Bill Thompson

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Odds And Ends

Council Speaker Christine Quinn is in Ireland. Mayor Bloomberg is donating $125 million to reduce deaths and injuries from traffic accidents in developing countries. Doug Hoffman has gained 344 votes in the NY-23 recanvass, but Rep. Bill Owens ... [The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Andrew Cuomo, Michael Bloomberg, Janele Hyer-Spencer, Micah Kellner, Richard Brodsky

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents

Steven G. Brant: How Budget Cuts At The Times Helped Give NYC Bloomberg III

Bloomberg (the Business) Conquers The World I was struck on Saturday by The New York Times' long (nearly 3000 word) article entitled "At Bloomberg, Modest Strategy to Rule the World". Some choice excerpts: ...the data behemoth that ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Michael Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, Clark Hoyt

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

News Of The Day

The license plate mandate appears dead and everyone is taking credit. State lawmakers are due back in Albany this afternoon to try again on a deficit reduction plan deal. Sen. Carl Kruger will present Gov. David Paterson with an "ultimatum" today, ... [The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Carl Kruger, Rudy Giuliani, David Paterson, Andrew Cuomo

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Social media challenges society

Old social rules don't seem to work online, says Bill ThompsonLast week I sat around a large table on the top floor of Bush House in London with about 20 other people while we talked about the ways radio is changing and tried to imagine how English-language ... [BBC - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Social Media, Bill Thompson, Fort Hood

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

That Corruptin' Town -- By: Conrad Black

A merican politics is suffering acutely from the gridlock of entrenched officeholders and election financing controlled by special interests. Over 300 of the 435 congressional districts almost never change partisan hands. Most congressmen have safely ... [National Review - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Chicago, Conrad Black, Franklin D Roosevelt

Quotes

...that he was let down and that, yes, it could have helped if President Obama had campaigned with him," one senior Thompson adviser said last night. "but that's not who bill thompson is. he has not been bitter." Bitter or not, the question remains.

NY Daily News: What if the White House had actually helped Bloomberg's Democratic opponent? [AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the t ... - 11/04/2009]

...(D-09), who lost the Dem nod for mayor in '05 and considered running again this year before giving way to Thompson, told the New York Times . "and a lot of people, whether they said it to pollsters or not, were offended by the term limits fight." Thompson had received only a tepid endorsement from Pres. Obama and the WH. And other statewide Dems -- Gov. David Paterson and Sens...

NYC Mayor: $100M Just Doesn't Buy What It Used To [Hotline On Call - 11/04/2009]

More Content

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Mayor is political about spat with Thompson ove... [New York Daily News - 11/20/2009]
Youth gone legit [The Hill - 11/20/2009]
Mayor is political about spat over Brooklyn jai... [New York Daily News - 11/19/2009]
Thompson On The Cash Advantage [New York Daily News - 11/19/2009]
Paterson's Olive Branch To Labor: Too Little, T... [New York Daily News - 11/18/2009]
Worlds apart [BBC - 11/18/2009]
Story of Jobs: Administration Faces Credibility... [ABC News - 11/18/2009]
Digital world has feet on ground [BBC - 11/18/2009]
Suspect in killing of Owensboro store clerk arr... [Louisville Courier-Journal - 11/18/2009]
DiNapoli: 'I Told You So' [New York Daily News - 11/17/2009]
Kappstatter: Mayor Bloomberg on living wage: Dr... [New York Daily News - 11/17/2009]
That Corruptin' Town -- By: Conrad Black [National Review - 11/16/2009]
Social media challenges society [BBC - 11/16/2009]
Labor To Quinn: Time For Paid Sick Time [New York Daily News - 11/13/2009]
Paterson Predicts: Obama Will Campaign For Me [New York Daily News - 11/12/2009]
France on the Hudson [Weekly Standard - 11/12/2009]
Letters: Afghanistan [The Independent - 11/12/2009]
Thompson eyeing Gillibrand challenge? [Politico - 11/11/2009]
Industry Excellence Award is the Icing on the C... [Individual.com - 11/10/2009]
Bill Thompson, writing in BBC [SmartBrief - 11/10/2009]
Column: Twitter era requires new etiquette norms [SmartBrief - 11/10/2009]
Kappstatter: Mayor Bloomberg could step in on A... [New York Daily News - 11/10/2009]
Campaign update: Dede resigns post, Bill Thomps... [The Hill - 11/10/2009]
Social media challenges social rules [BBC - 11/10/2009]
Finally, Bloomberg Pushes The Senate On Same-Se... [New York Daily News - 11/10/2009]
Benjamin: Could Thompson's next stop be D.C.? [New York Daily News - 11/09/2009]
Tough times: Nature of crime turning more serio... [Individual.com - 11/08/2009]
Barack has a truth ache [New York Post - 11/08/2009]
Bank blunder stiffs 60,000 ex-teachers [New York Post - 11/07/2009]
The porous walls between Mayor Bloomberg, Bloom... [Online Journal - 11/06/2009]

Blogs

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Early Addition [Gothamist - 11/20/2009] Photograph by LaurenFae on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pediatric burn victim at 196th St & Hollis Ave in Queens, a double stabbing at West 171 ...
NYC Lost 30K Communications Jobs Since 2000 [Gothamist - 11/19/2009] According to a report from City Comptroller Bill Thompson's office, NYC has lost 30,000 jobs in "information services"—aka fields like traditional publishing, ...
Bloomberg Takes The High Road [The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - 11/19/2009] Mayor Bloomberg declined to take a shot at his erstwhile opponent, Comptroller Bill Thompson, who is continuing to make trouble for the administration on his way ...
Reelected, Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Have to Pret... [Daily Intel - 11/19/2009] To be fair to Michael Bloomberg, anyone who just won a major contested election will probably go out to a nice dinner to celebrate. But had, say, Bill Thompson ...
Odds And Ends [The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - 11/18/2009] Council Speaker Christine Quinn is in Ireland. Mayor Bloomberg is donating $125 million to reduce deaths and injuries from traffic accidents in developing countries. ...

Audio/Video

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Bill Thompson's Thumbs-Up Vote [ABC News Video: Politics - 11/03/2009]
Bloomberg Votes and High-Fives [ABC News Video: Politics - 11/03/2009]

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