Sentences with phrase «blasio as public advocate»

Letitia James, of Brooklyn, became the first WFP - backed candidate to win a City Council seat, in 2003; last November, the party broke through citywide, helping to elect Bill de Blasio as public advocate and John Liu as comptroller.

ASTORIA — The five candidates to replace Bill de Blasio as public advocate faced off for the first time Wednesday night in Queens, making their cases for why they should be the city's next chief agitator.

► Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James easily won the contest to succeed de Blasio as public advocate, with 84 percent of the vote, based on 99 percent of the results.

Asked about the Education Department's policy, however, de Blasio as public advocate and a mayoral candidate said that «common sense and fairness» trumped concerns over separation of church and state.

Indeed, in the 2013 race to replace de Blasio as public advocate, Democrats Letitia James and Daniel Squadron went to a runoff election that was estimated to cost around $ 13 million.

Pinny Ringel, who served as a community Liaison for Mr. de Blasio as Public Advocate, is also employed at the Mayor's office for a yearly paycheck of $ 65K, yet with a position yet to be determined.

Not exact matches

Hip - hop icon and activist Russell Simmons endorsed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio for mayor — and promptly slammed his top Democratic rival, Quinn, as beholden to special interests and another as «too quiet.»

As Public Advocate, de Blasio constantly bombarded Bloomberg with criticism, and many of the ex-mayor's former staffers — Elon Musk and Stu Loeser among them — have actively combated the current mayor.

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, Public Advocate James, Congressmembers Jeffries and Maloney and 21 Democratic Elected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committee vote.

Fink, who Mayor de Blasio counts as one of his most trusted advisors, was chief of staff to State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky; he served as director in Anthony Weiner's district office, handled the campaign of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley for Congress and most recently was deputy chief of staff in the public Advocate's office and a senior adviser to Mr. de Blasio's mayoral campaign.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has not filled up his administration yet, but Twenty - four of the 32 people who worked for him as Public Advocate got a free entry to the Mayor's office, according to payroll records released Friday.

«Mayor de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and now myself as the City Council speaker all are affirming and are an example of what the electorate has said they want, which is a new direction in the way that the City of New York in lead,» she told the crowd.

The pressure on New York City mayoral contender Bill Thompson to end his candidacy to avoid a divisive Democratic runoff is mounting as former supporters of NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn announce their support for the frontrunner, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Though he has since tempered his rhetoric, Mr. de Blasio was often hostile toward charter school expansion and Ms. Moskowitz when he served as public advocate and ran for mayor.

Leaving aside the fact that the family income was likely close to $ 300,000 at the time of Chiara's crisis, Public Advocate de Blasio, as a city employee, had access to excellent health insurance that covers unlimited inpatient rehab at nominal cost... and that's with the HMO option.

Open FOIL is inspired by the 2013 recommendations of Public Advocate de Blasio, and we urge Mayor de Blasio to join with Council members Kallos and Vacca, and Manhattan Borough President Brewer to pass this bill as soon as possible.

Councilmember Mendez filed a COIB complaint two weeks before the election, questioning whether Public Advocate de Blasio was using his «worst landlords» list as extortion for campaign donations, a move that the de Blasio camp saw as going too far.

Political insiders suspected that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio would have landed her endorsement, as he managed her 2000 US Senate campaign.

As Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio strongly pushed for voting reform in New York, but as Mayor, it has not been high on his list of prioritieAs Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio strongly pushed for voting reform in New York, but as Mayor, it has not been high on his list of prioritieas Mayor, it has not been high on his list of priorities.

Public Advocate (and potential mayoral candidate) Bill de Blasio also praised the move, as did several hunger advocacy groups.

As Liu continues to fight his fines, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, one of the other contenders for the 2013 Democratic nomination for mayor, has given up his battle.

It played a critical role in the election of Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, and John C. Liu, the city comptroller, as well as several members of the City Council.

Despite her earlier career as a «radical» on the far left of city politics, first as a campaign manager for Council member Tom Duane and then later a Council member herself, Quinn has emerged as the real estate community's favorite for mayor, besting Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, co-sponsors of a rent control bill that has plagued the industry.

Mayor Bill de Blasio first created the list in 2010 while serving as the city's public advocate.

Blake's encounter hit close to home for Williams and Kirsten John Foy of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, who previously served as director of intergovernmental affairs for then Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

His opponents spent the final weeks of the primary race unleashing everything they had against de Blasio, from his association with slumlords that he had gone after as public advocate, to his support for overturning term limits when he wanted to be the City Council speaker in 2005.

He also slammed de Blasio for staying silent on the independent expenditure while railing against the flow of corporate money in elections for years in his role as public advocate.

Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, as public advocate, sat on the board of trustees of NYCERS, which approved the investment strategy.

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John C. Liu.

That would certainly come as a relief to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who's been given $ 1.75 million to cover his first year.

I am honored to stand with Mayor de Blasio as we work together to end the stop - and - frisk era and safeguard the civil liberties of all New Yorkers,» said Public Advocate Letitia James.

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John Liu.

Even for those not surprised, there is still a desire to see and hear de Blasio think through whether as mayor, and at the top of the chain of command, he should react differently than he would as a council member or public advocate.

Schneiderman has so far won endorsements from labor unions 1199 / SEIU United Healthcare East and 32BJ, as well as elected officials including U.S. Reps. Jerry Nadler, Charles Rangel and Jose Serrano, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Sikora argued there is no conflict with a super P.A.C. helping de Blasio, who used his current role as the city's public advocate to fight against corporate campaign donations.

Before joining the Cuomo administration in 2011, he served as the communications for then city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who went on to become New York City mayor and one of the governor's arch political foes.

In 2012, Mr. de Blasio, as public advocate, proposed piloting a fine - reduction program that emphasized compliance education, required city agencies to report fine revenue and streamlined the adjudication process for business owners to contest violations.

The watchlist, first implemented in 2010 by then - Public Advocate Bill de Blasio in 2010, is intended as an information - sharing tool to allow residents, advocates and public officials to identify which buildings and property owners are in constant violation of the law and hold landlords accounPublic Advocate Bill de Blasio in 2010, is intended as an information - sharing tool to allow residents, advocates and public officials to identify which buildings and property owners are in constant violation of the law and hold landlords accounpublic officials to identify which buildings and property owners are in constant violation of the law and hold landlords accountable.

Sworn in as public advocate in 2010, the city's second highest elected office, de Blasio's past work includes managing Hillary Clinton's first U.S. Senate bid from New York in 2000 and serving in the City Council for eight years, representing Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Wednesday's testimony also included mentions of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who Singh said he met through Nassau County Democratic Party vice chairman Thomas Garry in 2011 or 2012 when de Blasio was serving as the city's public advocate.

De Blasio was sworn in as public advocate in 2010, the city's second highest elected office.

Other names being floated around as rumored candidates include Public Advocate Letitia James, Queens State Senator Michael Gianaris, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Congresswoman Kathleen Rice and Alicia Glen, de Blasio's deputy mayor for housing and economic development.

Even the city's Environmental Control Board, which Mr. de Blasio pilloried as public advocate, kept projections flat, at $ 89.8 million over each of the next four years.

The questions included favorable / unfavorable feelings for Weiner as well as for the five Democrats already running or assumed to be running for mayor — NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, NYC Comptroller John Liu and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson.

NYC Public Advocate Tish James said that her office should have increased authority as City Hall's watchdog because de Blasio wields «too much power.»

Wadleigh librarian Paul McIntosh, who has secured West, Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio as part of a speakers program at the school, said students, faculty and parents know they are facing a difficult to nearly impossible fight to keep their middle school open.

She has recently split with the mayor by supporting equal disability pensions for city uniformed employees, and by advocating for free school lunches for all public school students, both proposals Mr. de Blasio views as too expensive.

That model has been upended in the past few months, as New Yorkers, in something of a post-therapeutic moment, have been braced by jarringly detailed disclosures about the marriages of one Democratic mayoral hopeful (Public Advocate Bill de Blasio) and one likely candidate (former Rep. Anthony Weiner).

Mr. de Blasio also appointed Wiley Norvell, 33, and Maibe Ponet, 39, two of his top aides in the public advocate's office, as deputy press secretaries.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is from there, as are such rising political stars as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Public Advocate Letitia James, currently the only woman to hold citywide office and the first black woman to do so.