Bill Thompson (New York politician)

For other people named William Thompson, see William Thompson (disambiguation).
Bill Thompson
42nd Comptroller of New York City
In office
January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2009
MayorMichael Bloomberg
Preceded byAlan Hevesi
Succeeded byJohn Liu
Personal details
Born
William Colridge Thompson Jr.

(1953-07-10) July 10, 1953 (age 71)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseElsie McCabe
Children2
EducationTufts University (BA)

William Colridge Thompson Jr. (born July 10, 1953)[1][2][3] is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City; sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009. Instead he ran for mayor, and he was succeeded as comptroller by John Liu. On June 15, 2016, Thompson was appointed by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo as chairman of the board of trustees of The City University of New York; his term ended in June 2022.[4]

Thompson ran unsuccessfully in the 2009 election for Mayor of New York as the nominee of the Democratic and Working Families parties,[5] and he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in the 2013 election for mayor.[6]

  1. ^ "William Thompson's Challenges", The Brooklyn Rail, Apr-May 2003
  2. ^ "Rudy Choice Called a Can-Do Politician", Daily News, July 9, 1996
  3. ^ "Race for Bookkeeper in Chief: Dull but Significant", New York Times, Aug. 25, 2001
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Emboldened, Thompson Presses His Mayoral Bid", New York Times, May 27, 2009
  6. ^ "The Mayoral Primaries". The New York Times.