Mr. Hevesi is finding his way into the headlines, drawing mayoral attacks that raise his profile and that his supporters argue help to counter the notion that he has been too cozy with Mr. Giuliani.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called the criticism from Mr. Miller, a mayoral candidate, an attack from a less experienced political opponent.
Two political allies pleaded guilty in May for their roles in paying a minor mayoral candidate to attack Mr. Fenty publicly during the campaign.
At the same time, Ms. Quan, a pugnacious former community activist, alienated many officers during her mayoral campaign by attacking former State Senator Don Perata, her pro-law enforcement opponent, who had promised more money for the police.
Alan G. Hevesi released the first negative television commercial of the mayoral campaign yesterday, attacking not his rivals for the Democratic mayoral nomination but the lame-duck Republican incumbent he is seeking to succeed -- Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
Making the school system more equitable has been a running theme in this year's mayoral election, with candidates attacking Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for the lack of diversity in gifted programs as well as at the city's elite public high schools.
In her boldest attack yet, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel Wednesday criticized the city's leaders, including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, for failing to bring economic growth to Los Angeles.
NEW YORK -- Bill de Blasio's plan to tackle inequality by taxing high-income New Yorkers, a centerpiece of his mayoral campaign, came under attack from a fellow Democrat Monday who alleged the public advocate was "pandering" to win votes.
IN THE NEWS At a contentious debate, mayoral candidates focused their attacks on Christine C. Quinn.
She has been the target of attacks at mayoral forums, and her methods in distributing money to Council members — which some say has been vindictive at times — has come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of last week's corruption arrests.
