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Article: 'You need a comptroller who wants the job.' (New York State Assemblyman and New York City Comptroller candidate Alan G. Hevesi) (Interview)
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- The Bond Buyer
- Article date:
- September 13, 1993
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New York State assemblyman Alan G. Hevesi says he's the only candidate in tommorow's Democratic primary for New York City Comptroller who really wants the job. Hevesi, who unsuccessfuly sought the post in 1989, says both of his opponents, the current comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman, and former deputy mayor Herman Badillo, want the post only as a consolation prize. Holtzman, says Hevesi, is more concerned with affairs in Washington. While city comptroller, she ran for a U.S. Senate seat in 1992. Badillo, on the other hand, sought the comptroller's post after dropping out of the mayor's race.
Despite winning a critical endorsement from The New York Time, Hevesi, ...