The City Room reports that Borough Prez Marty Markowitz has 774 friends on his Facebook page. He’s also saying that he plans to announe whether or not he’s going to run for mayor in the next month or so. Apparently his name recognition is higher than that of Antony Weiner’s, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the others who have officially or unofficially thrown their hat into the ring.

But, in an interview on Wednesday morning, Mr. Markowitz is taking
comfort in the early polling that shows his name recognition to be
higher than any of the other mayoral aspirants. But he also has one
other yardstick that has given him delight: He has nearly 800 friends
on Facebook — more, he says, than any of the other candidates.