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Brooklyn Boro President Eyes Run For Mayor


The king of Kings now has his eye on all five boroughs.

Marty Markowitz is “strongly considering” a run for mayor in 2013, sources close to the Brooklyn borough president told The Post.

“He’s very serious about it but will take the summer to think it over,” one source said.

With Rep. Anthony Weiner “texting himself” out of New York’s mayoral race, political experts say the door is wide open for Markowitz to mount a successful campaign.

They say Markowitz’s enormous popularity in Brooklyn — whose 2.6 million residents are the most of the city’s five boroughs –and among minority voters are good starting points.

“He’s very colorful and attracts voters of all kinds — and he can raise money,” said veteran political analyst Hank Sheinkopf.

Markowitz, 66, has yet to set up a mayoral campaign committee to raise funds. But he recently hired a new communications director, Jon Paul Lupo, who has helped run major campaigns in four other states, including for two US senators.

As of Jan. 15, Markowitz had $896,046 on hand in a citywide campaign fund.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) so far leads the pack of potential mayoral candidates with $2.7 million. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is second, with $1.9 million combined in two campaign accounts.

Other potential Democratic mayoral candidates include city Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson.

READ MORE: NY POST



3 Responses

  1. A Markowitz would certainly be much different than the present Bloomberg administration. Marty’s a great cheerleader for Brooklyn, but I don’t know how he’s viewed by voters in Manhattan and the other “outer boros”.

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