Run-off Election Night
"Congratulations to Bill de Blasio for a very skillful and smart campaign. Were he to do as well as public advocate, it would be a good and a boon for the whole City.
"He had a strategy that correctly assumed that a great field operation in [an] unprecedentedly low turnout was the best route to victory. I had hoped that my record as an advocate would be a strong levee holding back the rising tide [of] political endorsement and unions and street organizers.
"It wasn't. He was proved right and won and deserved to. I wish him great success...





