Campaigns heat up

Livening up what has been a quiet election, City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel has opened an attack on opponent Nick Patsaouras in the race for city controller to be decided Tuesday. Daily News.

Greuel - who has raised $1 million in her campaign compared with Patsaouras' $100,000 - released a television ad that questions a past tax lien against him and his involvement with a failed bank.

The commercial begins lauding Greuel's background, then shifts in tone and says, "As the chairman, he drove Marathon Bank into the ground. Regulators stepped in. And, Nick Patsaouras had liens of over a hundred thousand dollars for not paying his taxes..."