His Democratic opponents also include Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu and the Rev.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, endorsed the proposal and supports the city's decision to appeal.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson both followed with 10% of the survey.
Her two closest rivals, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former Comptroller Bill Thompson, had 15% and 14%, respectively.
One of them, Democratic Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, held a news conference on the inspector general issue Tuesday morning.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has been leading the field, while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Mr. Thompson trail her.
Besides Quinn and Weiner, they include City Comptroller John Liu, former city comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a rival for the Democratic mayoral nomination, has made the sick-pay issue a cornerstone of his campaign.
Democratic contenders include former City Councilman Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the Rev.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, said the mayor is "out of touch" and didn't outline any bold ideas to tackle the city's knottiest problems.
Also boycotting are Ms. Quinn's Democratic rivals: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, Comptroller John Liu and former Council Member Sal Albanese.
Bratton said he has met with mayoral candidates including former Comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, both Democrats, and Republican publisher Tom Allon.
If his campaign is weakened, that could be a boon to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who has sought to win some of the same liberal voters.
Several city officials called on the department to cancel its contract with Pearson, including Public Advocate Bill De Blasio and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, both mayoral candidates.
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Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who is running against Ms. Quinn for the Democratic mayoral nomination, said the speaker had long stood in the way of "progressive" legislation.
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His Democratic rivals in the mayor's race include former City Councilman Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a rival Democratic mayoral candidate who spent months criticizing Ms. Quinn for blocking the bill, agreed with the speaker that the bill's passage is a step forward.
And there are a roster of Democratic contenders, including City Councilman Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.
That rival, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, stood alone before television cameras near the steps hours later to criticize Ms. Quinn for watering down the bill and excluding many New Yorkers from its benefits.
"The mayor can't cut out a third of this office's budget and still claim to be respecting its Charter-mandated role as a citywide watchdog, " said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate.
The anti-Quinn group was formed by a trio with seemingly divergent interests, but Ms. Quinn's campaign said it was the work of supporters of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a rival for the Democratic nomination.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio were also among those calling for the marathon to be postponed or canceled, as well as several others from hard-hit areas in Queens and Staten Island.
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Quinnipiac University and Marist College polls released in the last week have shown him polling behind four fellow Democrats: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former Comptroller William Thompson and former Rep. Anthony Weiner.
Mr. Murphy, a former aide to city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, has the support of some of the city's largest and most politically powerful unions, such as 1199 SEIU, which represents health-care workers, and the Hotel Trades Council.
Both Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Comptroller John Liu, Democrats who as City Council members voted for the plan that created the facility, said at a forum in the neighborhood that superstorm Sandy had made them re-evaluate their support.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate, said strengthening the middle class requires "more than lofty words" and he criticized Ms. Quinn for hurting working New Yorkers, citing her opposition to requiring employers to pay workers for sick days.
"If Bill de Blasio spent more time reading The Wall Street Journal and less time writing us useless letters, he would know that the City is not even considering doing the things he urges us not to do, " mayoral spokeswoman Julie Wood said in an email.
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Other Democratic contenders, such as Bill Thompson and John Liu, issued statements lauding the deal, while Mr. de Blasio said it wasn't good enough.
"Every New Yorker deserves the protection of guaranteed paid sick leave including the 300, 000 workers still left behind, " said Mr. de Blasio, referring to workers who won't be covered by the bill.
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