Streetsblog New York City

Election night without Dominic Carter. That must be a first.
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I voted to allow that weird upstate land transfer. Against the prison labor thing.

Bloomberg wins with more than 50 percent of the vote. Works for me. I think overspending cost him a few points. Let’s roll out some more protected bike lanes. Does Broadway on the UWS really need eight lanes devoted to the movement and storage of cars? Could it become car-free on weekends? How about some speed bumps at 96th St. from the Henry Hudson exit to Broadway?

One thing the talking heads are not saying about Corzine’s defeat is that his involvement in a speeding-related crash may have cost him. That and his association with Goldman Sachs.

Looks like the far right lost one in the upstate race between Owens and Hoffman. Scozzafava, the Republican who withdrew and endorsed the Democrat, deserves our thanks for routing moderate Republican votes away from the extremist. It was a gutsy and farsighted thing to do.

Scozzafava may deserve your thanks. I for one am shocked and dismayed that the Democrat won — though I much prefer him to Scozzafava herself, who was truly miserable.

Lander came in well under what I expected in my district; Bloomberg won by too slim a margin for my taste. And I don’t know anything about Jersey’s Republican because I didn’t expect him to win — all I know is that the Democrats called him a fatty. Now I have to go read.

Thompson just conceded on NY1; did anyone catch it?

BO is right that Thompson is now the heir in 2013, but he will have a lot more competition in the primary