NEW YORK (Reuters) - Howard Wolfson, a top campaign advisor to Hillary Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has joined the New York mayor's administration as counselor, Bloomberg said in a statement on Wednesday. The move could help energize Bloomberg's third term as he faces increased political resistance and huge budget problems, analysts said. "Howard played a critical role during ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who spent $108 million to win a third term, distributed more than $2 million in bonuses to campaign staffers, according to papers filed on Friday with the Campaign Finance Board. Three top staffers each received $400,000 bonuses, one got $150,000, and 91 others got a sum roughly equivalent to ...

At the mayor’s state of the city speech earlier this month, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz referred to Michael Bloomberg’s reelection campaign as a “job creation program.” For New York’s most prominent Democratic consultants and operatives, it’s been nothing less—an acquisition project so far-reaching that it actually threatens to dry up the market in experienced ...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a Republican the last time he campaigned for his job. Now as he prepares to run for re-election in his left-leaning city, he seems to be trying to bury his GOP past. The billionaire mayor, who was a lifelong ...