DEP Invoice or Financial Record, September 30, 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

FERRER AND GREEN HEAD FOR RUNOFF IN MAYORAL RACE Bloomberg Wins Republican Vote in Primary Delayed 2 Weeks By ADAM NAGOURNEY Struggling to choose a new mayor would vote for him over any of the precisely two weeks after a terrorist Democrats who have spent the bet­ Mr. Green took the lectern last jet attack devastated the World ter part of the past four years pre­ night as Mr. Ferrer was talking, in a Trade Center, New York City Demo­ paring for this vote. departure from usual political proto­ crats yesterday apparently extended In apparently winning a spot in the col. in the midst of the 11 p.m. news. the primary contest an additional 16 runoff, Mr. Ferrer mobilized a grow­ And he took clear aim at Mr. Fer­ days by sending two candidates, ing Hispanic population in New York rer’s campaign theme about the Mark Green and Fernando Ferrer, as he succeeded at assembling a i “other New York,’’ saying that the into a runoff for their party’s nomi­ coalition of black and Latino voters central theme of his campaign would nation, according to a survey of vot­ behind his attempt to become New be unity. ers leaving the polls. York’s first Puerto Rican mayor. “That will be the basis of my cam­ There was no ambiguity on the More than half the black voters and paign: We are one New York and one Republican side: Michael R. Bloom­ almost three-quarters of Latino vot­ city,” he declared. berg, the billionaire communications ers chose Mr. Ferrer, the survey entrepreneur, trounced his opponent, “Our campaigns must be utterly found. Blacks and Hispanics made focused on the future,” he said. “We Herman Badillo, to become the Re­ up nearly half the primary elector­ publican mayoral candidate in the have to, and 1 am confident we will, ate, the survey said. avoid the kind of petty personal at­ general election on Nov. 6. Mr. Ferrer, who has been the The outcome on the Democratic tacks that divert the public. The pub­ side — with turnout as depressed as Bronx I borough president for 14 lic demands and has the right for us the spirits of many New Yorkers, on years, faces another longtime fixture to have a conversation about how we a gray day in which the smell of fire in New York government, Mr. Green, will rebuild New York.” still hung in the downtown air — who is finishing his second term as Mr. Hevesi, in conceding last night, appears to mean that a contest that the public advocate. said that he had lost the race, at least had stopped midvote on Sept. 11 They defeated Alan G. Hevesi, the in part, because “1 made some mis­ would continue through a runoff on city comptroller, and Peter F. Val­ takes, they came back to bite me, in det. 11. None of the Democrats ap- lone, the City Council speaker, ac­ this campaign, and we never recov­ peared to win more than 40 percent, cording to the survey. ered from it.” He added, “1 know we ^vjrich would have eliminated the re­ Mr. Ferrer, smiling broadly, sang are really good in government; we quirement for the second round of along with Frank Sinatra to a record­ weren’t as good in politics.” e&ctions. ing of “New York, New York,” as a Mr. Vallone, though, declined to i^XAs it was, the four Democrats had crowd of supporters waved small concede last night, noting that there bwn awkwardly grappling with how American flags in front of him, and, were still votes left to be counted. fa campaign, or whether to cam­ before declaring victory, asked his “New York is a city of five bor­ paign at all, in a city that had been supporters to join him in a moment oughs, not one,” he said. “And the iraumatized by the terrorist attack, of silence for the victims of the at- returns from the other four boroughs which occurred less than three hours lack. are not in yet, so this is not a conces­ ^er the polls opened on the first Mr. Ferrer, who had run a cam­ sion speech.” Noting what happened jprimary day. They had been grap- paign talking often about his advoca­ in Florida last year, he said with a pluig with the increasing popularity cy for “the other New York,” spoke grin, “Maybe you shouldn’t call an eJMayor Rudolph W. GiuUani as he last night of bringing New York to­ election before the votes are in.” has guided New York through this In a Green-Ferrer runoff, Mr. crisis, and with suggestions by Mr. gether, going so far as to praise Mr. Giuliani, who has been one of his Green would appear to be in a strong XSuliani that he was looking for a position, though it remained to be iray to circumvent the term limits favorite targets. “My friends, you can be sure of one thing: Together seen if Mr. Ferrer’s performance Jw that had prevented him from might result in what his aides have fSiming for a third term. we are going to rebuild New York,” he said. long predicted: galvanizing an un­ ■ In a survey of voters leaving the usually strong turnout among His­ polls yesterday, two-thirds of the “The people of our city said some­ panic and black voters. The survey Democrats declared that they ap­ thing more with their votes today,” proved of the way the Republican Mr. Ferrer said. “They said that of voters found that, given that even as we recover from this trage­ choice, Mr. Green was favored by mayor was handling his job. And dy, we must not forget that there are about half of all the Democrats who roughly 40 percent of the Democrats other pressing problems facing New showed up yesterday, compared with said that if a way were found to put Yorkers. Problems we must not ig­ 40 percent who supported Mr. Fer­ Mr. Giuliani’s name on the ballot in nore. The towers have crumbled. But rer. The survey showed that Mr. November — and Mr. Giuliani’s aides are looking for one — they our commitments have not. They re­ main strong.” PQQP.iritlJ , Mcfnmfis A-a6-0l NYC-WTC_000152312