Video: Candidates Making Their Final Pitch On Primary Eve

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The candidates for mayor and comptroller of New York City, took the day ahead of primary day to make the last pitch to voters who’re still indecisive about their choice.

Surrounded by supporters, UFT union members and surrogates on the steps of City Hal, Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson urged voters to ignore the polls and promised that victory is within in reach if they get out to the polls.

“Let’s be honest, we’re looking at others who are coming up with imaginary proposals. Who are out there promising the world to the people of the City of New York and we know it’s not serious,” Mr. Thompson declared. “We know that they’ll say anything to get a vote. They’ll say something at one time, change their opinion at another time when it’s politically-expedient.”

At a press conference with Adolfo Carrion, Monday morning on the steps of City Hall, long-shot Erick Slagado sought to speak to the hearts of voters in the Latino community in a last attempt to rally his base ahead of primary day.

“I have been pushed by the media — not all of them — and excluded from many forums for many reasons and excuses,” Mr. Salgado charged. Commenting on Mayor Bloomberg’s charge that Bill de Blasio is running a racist campaign, Mr. Salgado said, “It is a racist campaign. It’s racism that [Bill de Blasio] refused to campaign in the Latino media. Taking us for granted. The Quinnipiac poll also decided to exclude me out of the 7 seven candidates and every time I open my big Porto Rican mouth they call me a racist. They call me a racist for claiming the Latino vote. But it is what it is. I am Latino and I am proud to be Latino.”

“I was born in the Bronx. I belong to the city and my Latino community will stand with me tomorrow,” he added. “I don’t care what any poll says, we will all stick together. And tomorrow, we are urging every Latino to come out and vote. They must vote for Erick Salgado – the only Latino candidate in the Latino community.”

Frontrunner Bill de Blasio, speaking last night at a rally outside of Satmar Shul in Williamsburg, promised the community’s empowerment if elected as mayor of NYC. “I need your help, but I want to ask you to vote for another reason: For the empowerment of this community, because it is so important that this community show its real vital importance to New York City by representing its strength at the voting booth,” Mr. de Blasio said.

“People make assumptions. But one thing is a fact: When you come out and vote you show the full strength of the community. I need your help but your vote will also help to make sure policies change for the benefit of the community,” he added.

“I will never forget the support you’ve given me,” he further pledged.

In a pretty bizarre format on the steps of Borough Hall, Eliot Spitzer summarized a long campaign for Comptroller of the City of New York by addressing energized supporters and volunteers of his comeback as an independent voice. “They are trying to tell us who to vote for. We are telling them where to go,” Mr. Spitzer told the crowd of 300 assembled at the rally. “We don’t need them to tell us who to vote for. They (Wall street and the establishment) don’t want somebody that stands up to them. We are telling them where to go.”

“If we are going to make the votes count, we are going to do it by voting in an independent voice,” he added.

Republican mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis sponsored a free concert in Manhattan as a GOTV effort in hope of beating his rival Joe Lhota, in the Republican primary for mayor.

“We can win tomorrow and we can win in November. That’s the importance of this election,” Mr. Catsimatidis told a crowd of over 1000 Republican voters. “I urge everybody to vote. This is going to be a close elections.”