Tom Suozzi | The New York Observer

The Jay Jacobs Tour

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:49:12 -0500

ALBANY—Jay Jacobs will be in Albany today, meeting privately with party officials and lobbyists as part of an ongoing listening tour around the state.

Jacobs will have a private lunch with several lobbyists and interest groups and then meet this afternoon with the chairs of local county party organizations.

"This is all over the state, I'm trying my best to get acquainted with people who I haven't yet," Jacobs told me Tuesday night. This...

Poll: Paterson Job Approval Increases to 21

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500

ALBANY—After a concerted political blitz including a television ad campaign, a new poll finds David Paterson's approval and favorability ratings inched up this month, but he now trails Andrew Cuomo in a gubernatorial primary by nearly 60 points.

The Siena Poll found that 75 percent of registered Democrats surveyed would prefer Cuomo to Paterson, who garnered the support of just 16 percent. Among African-Americans, Paterson now trails Cuomo by a 2:1 margin. Paterson is...

Suozzi's Bank

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:11:59 -0500

Tom Suozzi said he didn’t expect his race – which he may now lose – to be so close.

One sign of how true that may be: 32 days before the election, Suozzi’s campaign was sitting on a giant war chest of $2,345,361.04. As election day grew closer – and the pressures of a rigorous campaign would, you’d think, become more costly and drain some of that money away – Suozzi’s war chest actually got...

Suozzi Lawyer: We're In 4th Quarter 'Down by Two Touchdowns'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:51:15 -0500

ALBANY—A Republican attorney said he was "cautiously optimistic" about the continued counting in the race for Nassau County executive while the Democrat acknowledged he's "going into the fourth quarter down by two touchdowns."

Incumbent Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, trails Republican Ed Mangano by 497 after a re-canvass of mechanical voting machines finished yesterday. On Election Night, Suozzi was leading by a few hundred votes.

Officials today are counting sip-and-puff voting machines used by disabled...

Suozzi Trailing in Nassau

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:37:00 -0500

Tom Suozzi's Republican challenger, Edward Mangano, is leading by 430 votes in the latest recount, according to Newsday.

If he lost, it would be a stunning defeat for Suozzi, a two-term county executive who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006 but still harbors aspirations for higher office. Suozzi's current predicament highlights a problem not just with his campaign, but with Nassau Democrats, according to Larry Levy, the former Newsday columnist who now teaches at Hofstra...

Cox: Westchester Was Huge, Dede Could Have Won

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:15:26 -0500

ALBANY—Ed Cox is all about Westchester County, and Rob Astorino's upset ouster of County Executive Andy Spano.

"If we can win Westchester, that is almost as big a win as the wins which I expected to happen, and which did happen, in New Jersey and Virginia," Cox told me during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon, noting the suburban county has a two-to-one Democratic enrollment advantage.

"That win by Rob Astorino was a huge...

Close Finish Is Not Good For Statewide Suozzi

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:43:11 -0500

SARANAC LAKE—One of the most shocking results last night was Tom Suozzi's marginal victory (or loss) to Ed Mangano in Nassau County and the Republican sweep of the legislature there, which removes the wind from the sails of a potential statewide run for Suozzi.

"Given his lackluster race for governor last time and his very tight race for re-election, I suspect people aren't going to see him as a major league contender for statewide...