Sentences with phrase «democratic public advocate candidates»

The two remaining Democratic Public Advocate candidates, Letitia James and Daniel Squadron, met in a televised debate last night.

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Now that she has taken herself out of the running to be considered as an interim replacement for Schneiderman, NYC Public Advocate Tish James is seen as a front - runner heading into the May 23 - 24 state Democratic nominating convention that will choose candidates to appear on the ballot for a full four - year term.

Her withdrawal still leaves a number of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, including Sen. Mike Gianaris, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James.

Abysmal turnout is expected for the runoff Tues., Oct. 1 to pick the Democratic candidate for Public Advocate.

Other potential Democratic candidates include real estate mogul Don Peebles, NYC comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, and Christine Quinn, the former council speaker now working for Gov. Cuomo.

Other potential Democratic mayoral candidates include city Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson.

They include Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, New York City Public Advocate Tish James and Zephyr Teachout, who was a Democratic primary candidate for governor in 2014.

Other politicians have also come out in support of legalization, including Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes, Public Advocate Letitia James, democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon, and others.

Here's your chance to meet the four Democratic candidates for Public Advocate.

And she, along with Public Advocate Letitia James, who arrived at the end of the town hall, both argued that Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is the best candidate for Democratic National Committee chairman in the internal election in Atlanta this weekend.

(The four Democratic candidates for Public Advocate would not present such a problem for de Blasio.)

The Community Free Democrats, an Upper West Side political club, hosted a candidate forum for the four Democratic candidates for Public Advocate.

The Queens Tribune and St. John's University hosted an unusual candidate forum Tuesday evening, putting Democratic and Republican mayoral, comptroller and public advocate candidates together on stage for two hours.

Now comes word that Cuomo «convinced» Public Advocate Letitia James to forgo the WFP's endorsement for attorney general or risk losing his support when the Democratic State Committee picks its candidate slate next week.

Several Democratic women were reportedly on the long list of potential replacements, including Brooklyn Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Public Advocate Letitia James, former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.

Actress and public education advocate Cynthia Nixon increasingly appears to be a Democratic candidate to challenge Cuomo in a primary.

Democratic NYC public advocate candidate Tish James is remaining loyal to the WFP, which propelled her to her City Council seat a decade ago, urging New Yorkers to vote for her on the labor - backed party's ballot line on Nov. 5.

On the Democratic side, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has so far counted a little over 40 percent of the primary vote, seemingly enough to avoid a runoff with the second place candidate, former Comptroller William Thompson.

In the overall race, after Quinn at 25 % and Weiner at 16 %, former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio both stand at 14 %, with the remaining Democratic candidates in single digits and nearly one in five undecided.

In a statement, the Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral candidate said, «Companies like Cerberus profit from the sale of deadly assault weapons and the NRA's obstruction of commonsense gun control — all while our communities are victimized.

Former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, the only announced Democratic candidate for mayor, was joined on the panel by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, current comptroller John Liu and public advocate Bill de Blasio.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn has slipped into third place among the Democratic candidates for mayor, while New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio leads the field and former Comptroller Bill Thompson is within striking distance, according to an amNewYork - News 12 poll released Thursday.

Among the winners it backed was Mr. de Blasio, an underdog Democratic candidate for public advocate.

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).

Congressman Carolyn Maloney and Public Advocate Letitia James today hit Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for his past votes on gun control bills — and touted Democratic front - runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on the issue as superior.

While they did not play a decisive role in the Democratic primary for mayor, the WFP spearheaded the elections of the City Council speaker, comptroller, public advocate and various City Council candidates across the city.

In fact, it was the Democratic mayoral candidates — former Congressman Anthony Weiner, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — who slept in a Harlem public housing complex overnight this wePublic Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — who slept in a Harlem public housing complex overnight this wepublic housing complex overnight this weekend.

Potential candidates for the Democratic primary include city Public Advocate Letitia James, Councilman Dan Garodnick and Queens state senator Mike Gianaris, several Albany insiders said.

While the Democratic Party's Public Advocate nomination has yet to be settled, the top two candidates, Daniel Squadron and Letitia James, have substantial track records in fighting for increased Government transparency.

That year, Senate Democratic candidates benefitted from well - run and wellf - unded independent expenditure campaigns from public financing advocates and the United Federation of Teachers.

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As the Democratic NYC mayoral candidates fight to claim the «progressive» mantle heading into the September primary, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has received the seal of approval from a well - known national liberal: Former Vermont Governor / presidential contender Howard Dean.

Another approach comes from Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio, who is also a mayoral candidate, leading one of the most recent polls of the candidates in the Democratic primary.

In the background, Reshma Saujani, Democratic candidate for Public Advocate, can be seen.

While all of the Democratic candidates have proposed reforms to the policy, frontrunners Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker: and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio sparred over the substance of how the controversial policy would change under their watch.

Explaining why he didn't want to weigh in on the matter, he pointed to one of the Democratic candidates, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and his role as Clinton's campaign manager in Hillary Clinton's first bid for the U.S. Senate in 2000.

Public Advocate Letitia James today became the latest leading Democrat to endorse Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou for ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat — spurning Alice Cancel, the candidate running on the Democratic line in the April 19 special election.

Reshma Saujani, Democratic candidate for Public Advocate, on Monday addressed a Bangladeshi community rally in Parkchester.

I asked both candidates whether they have asked the current Public Advocate, and Democratic mayoral candidate, Bill de Blasio for his endorsement.

Echoing more the calm and substantive public advocate debate from Monday than the rowdy, unproductive October 10 mayoral debate, on Tuesday evening the Democratic and Republican candidates for comptroller, incumbent Scott Stringer and Michel Faulkner, respectively, met for their sole debate ahead of Election Day, November 7.

The Democratic race for Public Advocate came to a close Monday night as the two remaining candidates attended their last joint forum.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Two weeks after her candidate in a Bronx State Senate Democratic primary fight went down to defeat, Public Advocate Letitia James met with members of the Stonewall Democratic Club, presumably to begin mending fences over the fact that her man in the race is a fiercely anti-gay pastor who recently traveled to Uganda to laud that nation's homophobic regime.

In the September 10 Democratic primary, she will face off against Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr., the 2009 Democratic candidate, and former City Councilman Sal Albanese.

New York, NY — Reshma Saujani, founder of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code and a Democratic candidate for New York City Public Advocate, today launched Up to Us, a new campaign to empower women voters to shift the political climate and conversation away from the sex scandals that have turned New York City's summer campaign season into a national spectacle.

Multiple Democratic Clubs have joined together to host the first Public Advocate forum with all five announced candidates in the Democratic Primary.

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Bloomberg's barbs, which came from an August 6 interview, were published four days after a Quinnipiac poll showed a surge in de Blasio's popularity among voters, with 43 percent of those polled favoring the public advocate over the other Democratic candidates, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who captured only 18 percent of the votes.

In the contest for the Democratic nomination for New York City's public advocate, 51 % of registered Democrats are undecided about which candidate to support.

Other politicians have also come out in support of legalization, including Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes, Public Advocate Letitia James, democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon, and others.