Thursday, February 21, 2013

Bloomberg Endorses Healy for Mayor of Jersey City

Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in on a contentious political race across the Hudson River Thursday and endorsed the incumbent mayor of Jersey City for re-election.

?America needs mayors like Jerramiah Healy and he has earned another four years to keep the progress going in Jersey City,? Bloomberg said in a statement.

Healy was one of the original 17 members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition started by Bloomberg and the mayor of Boston in 2006. The two have appeared together at events against illegal gun trafficking since, and Bloomberg held a fundraiser at his home for Healy?s last race in 2009.

Bloomberg also praised Healy as a ?thoughtful leader? on economic development and the environment in his endorsement.

?Mayor Bloomberg?s internationally recognized leadership of New York City has helped advance our metropolitan area and I am proud to have his endorsement,? Healy said.

In another connection, Bloomberg?s late mother, Charlotte, was born in Jersey City and graduated from high school there in 1925.

Jersey City?s non-partisan mayoral race has become one of the marquee political contests in New Jersey this year. Healy?s main challenger, city Councilman Steven Fulop, has mounted a serious contest in the race, in part, by courting residents in the city?s rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.

Fulop, a former Goldman Sachs worker and Marine, had $566,300 in cash on hand for the race and raised $108,700 during the last three months of 2012, according to his most recent campaign filing.

Healy was first elected in a special election in 2004 and has since served two full terms. He had $306,500 cash on hand and had raised $233,700 during the last months of 2012.

The race will be held in New Jersey?s second largest city on May 14.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/02/21/bloomberg-endorses-healy-for-mayor-of-jersey-city/?mod=WSJBlog

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