Bill Thompson quitting mayor’s race

Bill Thompson is quitting the race for mayor.

Sources said the former comptroller will throw in the towel Monday morning at a "unity" press conference on the steps of City Hall with Democratic rival Bill deBlasio and Gov. Cuomo — who thus far hasn't taken a public position in the contest.

The sources said Thompson is confident enough with the results he's seen so far in the re-canvass of voting machines to believe that de Blasio has cinched the nomination with more than 40 percent of the vote needed to avoid a runoff.

The city's Board of Elections completed its re-count of more than 5,000 voting machines at about 9 p.m. Sunday night and is set to begin counting some 78,000 paper ballots Monday.

"We've finished the machines and we are updating the report," BOE spokeswoman Valerie Vasquez said.

Thompson and de Blasio stationed observers at the recount and didn't need to wait for the official report.

Thompson's campaign has run out of money and the Campaign Finance Board refused to send him $463,000 in matching public funds he requested for
the runoff, saying it wasn't clear one was necessary.

de Blasio ended up with 40.3 percent of the vote in the initial, unofficial results — leading Thompson to say he couldn't leave the race until every vote was counted.

But Thompson's appearances Sunday were subdued in comparison to de Blasio's campaign events and Thompson supporters were beginning to defect in droves.

Top Democrats were calling for the hostilities to end so the party could present a united front against Republican nominee Joe Lhota.

"The sooner we find a Democratic candidate the better, as far as I'm concerned," said Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who won the primary race for city comptroller.

"You know, we've got to think about November. We've got to unite the Democratic Party, so I hope that continues to play out in the coming days."

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