Anthony D. Weiner

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• Letter: Don't return pols we can't trust

  Weiner running for the mayor of New York City and Eliot Spitzer for comptroller -- what a sorry tale for the city ["Into the fray," News, July 9]. Both of these politicians have violated the public trust and now they want to be elected to new offices.The fact   Read more »

• Dolman: Give Eliot Spitzer a second chance

  Actually, we should. For starters, this isnt the weirdest political proposition weve heard lately. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner locked that distinction down a few months ago when he announced for mayor. Not only had Weiner been publicly disgraced, he   Read more »

• Spitzer, Weiner: Worth noting the differences

  great, you may well think. Now, New York City's Democrats could choose a ticket with ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner running for mayor and ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer running for comptroller. With ex-Assemb. Vito Lopez looking to win a City Council seat, you figure skeptically,   Read more »

• Quinn courts black voters at Queens church

  visit to black churchgoers in the outer reaches of Queens, a demographic more actively courted by her rival for mayor, Anthony Weiner.She condemned gun violence and highlighted the area's flooding programs in a short speech at Maranatha Baptist Church in Queens   Read more »

• Anthony Weiner featured in Museum of Sex exhibit

  -- Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner figures prominently in an exhibition at New York's Museum of Sex.That's no surprise.The former congressman left office two years ago amid a scandal in which he tweeted himself out of his job by sending a photo of his bulging   Read more »

Around the web

• From Murder to Mob Ties, Three N.Y. Politicians Who Made Unlikely Comebacks

  men are only recent examples in a long history of New York politicians who have had to redefine their careers after scandal. Anthony Weiner photo by Mario Tama/Bloomberg/Getty Images. Before Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal, before Anthony Weiner's ill-fated 28 m ago from Newshour With Jim Lehrer Read more »

• Trailside: Poll Finds Quinn, Weiner and Spitzer Are Out Front

  D. Weiner and Christine C. Quinn remain at the front of the pack among Democratic candidates for mayor, and Eliot Spitzer holds a comfortable lead in the Democratic primary for comptroller, according to a new poll released on Monday by Quinnipiac University. 4:06 PM from The New York Times Read more »

• From Disgrace To Head Of The Race: Eliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner Lead In Latest Quinnipiac Poll

  up 48% to 33% over Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in a Democratic controller primary faceoff, and ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner leading City Council Speaker Christine Quinn with 25% support to her 22% and former Controller Bill Thompson in third at 11%. 4:05 PM from New York Daily News Read more »

• Huma Abedin borrows from Michelle Obama's lookbook

  from Michelle Obama's lookbook, opting for a bargain frock from ASOS as she played the adoring wife campaigning with Anthony Weiner Sunday. Weiner’s wife selected the same style worn by Mrs. O when she joined her husband on the campaign trail in 2012, a red 1:59 PM from New York Daily News Read more »

• 'Hypocrite' Rupert Murdoch ridiculed for tweeting that 'contrition is out of date' after two disgraced New York politicians run for office

  out of date.' Eliot Spitzer, left, was governor of New York until 2008 when he was caught using prostitutes and Anthony Weiner, right, is running for mayor of New York after a sexting scandal in 2011 forced him out of Congress The response was immediate with 12:16 PM from Daily Mail - UK Read more »