DEP Invoice or Financial Record, September 30, 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Setting the table for a likely runoff, leadership skills to unite and rebuild Mr. Ferrer had not provided spe­ Mr. Green had already begun ad­ New York,” Mr. Green said last cific proposals for how he would gov­ dressing how he would govern the night before the polls closed, sitting ern the city under these newly city during this crisis, outlining ways on a yellow couch in his suite on the changed circumstances. But he has to rebuild Lower Manhattan and im­ 44th floor of the Sheraton Hotel, next repeatedly emphasized that he would prove security. It is a theme that he to his wife, Deni, and his children, not abandon the central appeal of his Jonah and Jenya. “That’s urgent, campaign — to represent the inter­ said he would stick to in the days and we have done so much to talk to ests of New Yorkers who, he said, did ahead. “Democrats and all voters should the voters of New York that I am not benefit from the good economic select the person who has the best serene and confident.” times under Mr. Giuliani. An aide said Mr. Ferrer’s advisers were now considering how they would conduct the campaign from here. Mr. Green has a financial advan­ tage in a runoff: he has already raised enough money to spend the maximum allowable in a runoff un­ der the city’s campaign finance law. By contrast, Mr. Ferrer would need, in the days ahead, to spend time raising money to be financially com­ petitive with Mr. Green.

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