Salgado In Pitch To Orthodox Jewish Voters: Religious Values Under Sustained Attack By NYC Gov't

Long shot Conservative Democratic mayoral candidate, Erick Salgado, addressed Tuesday night the Rabbinical Alliance of America, a national rabbinic organization based in New York, in an effort to reach out to Orthodox Jewish voters from a standpoint of religion, faith and common values.

"We are living in a time when the values of people of faith are under sustained attack," Mr. Salgado started off. "whenever there is a person who believes, who wants to preserve his culture, his customs and his values, that person seems to be strange. And many of the elected officials don't respect the different communities.. that's the reality " he said.

Some Mayoral Candidates Playing It Cool In Welcoming Weiner To The Race

The mayoral candidates are not shvitzing, or playing it cool, about the possibility of a Anthony Weiner mayoral candidacy. Ross Barkan and Colin Campbell from Politicker, caught up with some of the candidates this afternoon, following a candidate forum in the Bronx. 

"My strategy is set, I’m comfortable with it,” Mr. de Blasio said “I believe in a vision for change for this city. Obviously I’ve been a champion for the outer boroughs. I’m a Brooklynite; I believe the city government during the Bloomberg years became less and less fair to the outer boroughs … I think I’ve made clear what it looks like to have a five-borough government that respects every borough he said.” 

Quinnipiac Poll: Quinn and Lhota Remain Beatable Favorites; GOP Candidates Unknown

The dream of the Democrats avoiding a runoff could be put to rest, as the fight for second place is all open. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's chances of inching ahead to the magic number has dealt a severe blow, following a barrage of criticism and attacks in recent weeks, the latest Quinnipiac poll shows. 

Councilman Greenfield Takes Weiner To Twitter Test

NYC Councilman Greenfield isn't a big fan of Anthony Weiner. Well, we know that. 

@bcolbyhamilton @gracerauh @billdeblasio Agreed. However, Weiner went on a very public campaign where he lied to everyone. That's dishonest.

— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) April 10, 2013

As the world woke up to the morning of a possible Weiner comeback, NYC councilman David Greenfield, who's an effective Twitterverse leader, took it to the place where Weiner ended up in disgrace - to assess the impact his comeback trial had on New Yawkers.

Weiner Eyes Mayoral Comeback: "It's Now or Never."

Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner has confirmed the growing speculations of him considering a run for mayor, according to an extensive interview he and his wife Huma gave to the the New York Times magazine.

“I don’t have this burning, overriding desire to go out and run for office,” Weiner told the Times.. “It’s not the single animating force in my life as it was for quite some time. But I do recognize, to some degree, it’s now or maybe never for me, in terms of running for something."

AUDIO: Brian Lehrer Auditions Mayoral Candidate Erick Salgado

Read my Tweets: Carrion Is In Until The Very End

Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, who's hope of running for mayor as a Republican has been dashed by the Brooklyn GOP county's endorsement of John Catsimatidis, vowed today to stay in the race until November. 

@jacobkornbluh @squarepeg_dem @gracerauh I'm in this race till Nov. I'm on the ballot w/ @ipnyc and believe NYC wants independent leadership

— Adolfo Carrion, Jr (@AdolfoCarrion) April 9, 2013

Following a mayoral forum this morning, Dana Rubenstein asked Carrion if Eaton's decision would impact his plans to run for mayor. "You know, it doesn't, because I'm an independent candidate for mayor, I always was," he responded. The Republicans, he said, "wanted to explore a fusion candidacy...And I was happy to entertain and talk to them."

Public Advocate Candidate, Letitia James Urges Perpetrator To Turn Himself in Before The Jews Get Their Hands on Him

Surrounded by elected officials, Public Advocate candidate Letitia James condemned the hate crime In williamsburg. James issued a call to the individual or perpetrators who have committed the crime to turn himself in "before anyone from this community (The Jewish community) gets their hands on you. It's in your best interest... You should do it now.. again.. before anyone gets to you first," she said.

James also had a slip of the tongue, caused by her overwhelming bold statement: "You should do it because it was the wrong thing to do, and we are sending a wrong message to you - that if you don't turn yourself in, we will get you."

Quinn and Bill de Blasio Strongly Condemn Acts of Hatred Against Brooklyn Jewish Community

Speaker Christine Quinn visited the Mezuzah burning hate crime this morning in Williamsburg, and held a press conference at the site with other elected officials. "Make no mistake that was a coordinated hate crime," Ms. Quinn said alongside Rabbi Moshe Duvid Neiderman, the organizer of the press conference, and Rabbi Jonathan Mentzer. "This is clearly an act designed to spread hatred and fear into the hearts of New Yorkers. In particular the Jewish community, and in particular the Jewish community in Williamsburg."

Quinn Send Letter Urging Candidates To Condemn IE Groups; BDB Responds: Legal is Legal

As the first target from outside attack dog groups,City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is calling on her rivals in the mayor's race to condemn any spending by outside groups.

In a letter to all of the  candidates running for City Hall, Quinn wrote, "I am asking you to join me in a pledge to condemn and reject all independent expenditures in this race. New Yorkers deserve to hear from candidates directly, not through SuperPACs attempting to circumvent our New York Public Finance system."