CAMPAIGN CORNER

SEVERAL OF MAYOR’S APPOINTEES TO LEAVE ADMINISTRATION IF HE WINS

Several of Mayor Bloomberg’s top appointees are expected to leave if he wins a second term. According to today’s issue of Crain’s New York Business, the deputy mayor for operations, and one of Mr. Bloomberg’s closest professional confidants, Marc Shaw, is likely to move to the private sector if the mayor stays in City Hall for another four years, as is the president of the Economic Development Corporation, Andrew Alper. Although Mr. Alper has denied that he plans to leave, Crain’s says he is on his way out. The mayor’s campaign manager, Kevin Sheekey, and Mr. Bloomberg’s former communications director, William Cunningham, who is now a senior advisor to his campaign, are also expected to leave. According to Crain’s, the commissioners of “under-performing agencies” are expected to be pushed out. A deputy mayor for legal affairs, Carol Robles-Roman, will “probably be replaced,” as will as the commissioner for the Human Resources Administration, Verna Eggleston; several others are also on that list. The commissioner of the city’s Department of Transportation, Iris Weinshall, is also said to be looking for a new job. – Staff Reporter of the Sun

CITYWIDE

WEEKEND RAIN MAKES FOR NEW YORK’S WETTEST OCTOBER EVER

A light rain on Saturday made this month the wettest October ever recorded in the city, the National Weather Service said. Saturday’s rain accumulation was 1.12 inches, bringing the total for the month to 14.37 inches, the weather service said yesterday morning. The previous record of 13.31 inches was set in 1903.

– Associated Press

STATEWIDE

SOLDIER FROM NEW YORK KILLED IN IRAQ BLAST

LOWVILLE – A Marine from northern New York was killed in Iraq this week, according to published reports. Seamus Davey, 25, a Marine reservist based in Reno, Nev. died in an explosion, his mother told radio station WNYT in Watertown. Davey, a 1998 graduate of Lowville Academy in Lewis County, would have turned 26 next week. He is the second soldier from the village killed in Iraq in the past six months.

– Associated Press

LONG ISLAND

ONE PERSON DEAD AFTER PLANE CRASHES IN EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

A twin-engine airplane crashed in East Hampton Village yesterday afternoon, killing one person, local and federal officials said. East Hampton Village Police responded to the crash of a Cessna 411 at about 1:45 p.m. near Meadow Way and Mill Hill Lane in East Hampton Village. The victim’s identity was not immediately released. Firefighters quickly extinguished the burning plane, which was on fire when they arrived.

– Associated Press

POLICE BLOTTER

PEDESTRIAN DIES AFTER BEING RUN OVER – POSSIBLY TWICE

A man who crossed Sixth Avenue just south of a crosswalk at 52nd Street was struck by a vehicle yesterday, police officials said. The incident occurred at about 4:15 a.m. yesterday and the man, 40, was knocked to the ground and lost consciousness, police said. The driver of the vehicle that struck him allegedly fled the scene. A short time later, witnesses said they heard a loud bang and saw a yellow medallion taxicab speed up Sixth Avenue. Although it was not entirely clear, it appeared that both vehicles may have struck the man. The victim was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

SUBWAY CONDUCTOR ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING

A subway conductor was arrested late Friday night in Jamaica, Queens, for driving his car while intoxicated, police said. The conductor for the New York City Transit Authority, Anthony Phillips, 43, was arrested after his car was pulled over at the intersection of 108th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard. It was unknown if he had been working or was headed to work. A spokesman for the transit authority said the authority was unaware of the arrest.

– Special to the Sun