The floundering mayoral campaign of City Comptroller Bill Thompson got a boost last night with the backing of the Working Families Party.
The left-leaning party’s support for Thompson, who scored its backing for comptroller in 2001 and 2005, was uncertain until moments before the vote was cast.
Mayor Bloomberg, an independent running for reelection on the GOP line, was pushing hard to get the support of the party or, at least, to persuade the 50 voting members not to back Thompson, who is likely to be theDemocratic nominee.
It was one of Bloomberg’s few political losses this year.
“As in last November’s election for president, it’s time for a new direction,” the party’s executive director, Dan Cantor, said after the vote, which sources said was close.