The campaign finance system and the voters' guide are unrelated, but together are expected to result in record bills this year, because of the unprecedented number of candidates for mayor, borough president, comptroller, public advocate and, particularly, City Council, which is expected to replace two-thirds of its members because of term limits.
Mrs. Clinton picked up the support of John Olsen, the president of the Connecticut A.F.L.-C.I.O, as well as four fellow New Yorkers: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo; C. Virginia Fields, the former Manhattan borough president; Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli; and Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo.
Dennis Tortora, vice president and comptroller, said all 6,000 incandescent bulbs were replaced with energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs.
Ms. Moskowitz said she would run for Manhattan borough president, not comptroller, if Mr. Thompson decided against running for mayor.
As vice president and comptroller, Fisk used corporate funds to corrupt public officials, produce Broadway shows, and support Broadway beauties, especially the well-known Josie Mansfield, to such an extent that he was also called "The Prince of the Erie".
Mr. Green appeared later at a forum with two of the other Democratic mayoral candidates -- Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, and Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi -- at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in Greenwich Village.
"Ethnic considerations have always been primary in New York City politics," Mr. Glazer and Mr. Moynihan wrote, referring to the practice of dividing candidacies for what were then the three major citywide offices — mayor, City Council president and comptroller — among a Jew, an Italian and an Irishman (or an occasional white Protestant).
She was followed by the Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz (12 percent); Comptroller John C. Liu (10 percent); the former comptroller and 2009 mayoral candidate William C. Thompson Jr. (10 percent); the public advocate, Bill de Blasio (6 percent); and the Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer (4 percent).
In Brooklyn, a host of Democrats including Borough President Marty Markowitz, Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr., City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr., and former State Comptroller H. Carl McCall appeared with Mr. Kerry, who fielded questions on topics like Internet bandwidth, Iraq and freedom of speech.
Tells about ceremonies at City Hall where Mayor Koch, City Council President Carol Bellamy, and Comptroller Harrison J. Goldin, were sworn in by three different judges.
The president and the comptroller share party affiliation, race and a political pedigree.
