William Colridge Thompson, Jr. (born July 10, 1953), known as Bill or Billy, was 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 left office on December 31, 2009, having been succeeded by John Liu. Thompson was the nominee of the Democratic and Working Families parties in the 2009 election for Mayor of New York.
Thompson was born and raised in t...
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William Colridge Thompson, Jr. (born July 10, 1953), known as Bill or Billy, was 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 left office on December 31, 2009, having been succeeded by John Liu. Thompson was the nominee of the Democratic and Working Families parties in the 2009 election for Mayor of New York.
Thompson was born and raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. He is the son of Elaine Thompson, a New York City public-school teacher, and William C. Thompson, Sr., formerly a prominent Brooklyn Democratic Party leader, City Councilman, State Senator and judge on New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. Thompson attended Midwood High School, a public school in Brooklyn, and graduated from Tufts University in 1974.
Thompson has gone through two divorces and is currently married to Elsie McCabe Thompson, President of the Museum for African Art, whom he...
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