Would-be mayors: No public funds for stadiums

Staying close to the Democratic Party line, four New York mayoral candidates pledged they wouldn’t support city funding for private business development, such as sports stadiums unlike the man they want to unseat in November, Republican incumbent Michael Bloomberg. Bronx borough President Fernando Ferrer, Manhattan borough President Virginia Fields, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, and Congressman Anthony Weiner made the pledge at a forum Thursday afternoon sponsored by the Union Square Partnership. more [GlobeSt]