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An attorney with the Reform Party, Richard Luthmann, said he plans to file an objection to the WFP's endorsements in races for mayor, public advocate and city comptroller.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics in January rejected disclosure exemptions for Family Planning Advocates and New York Women's Equality Coalition, which back abortion rights.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

If you are, or plan to be, a Republican candidate for Public Advocate, please let us know — we would like to talk with you.

At 4:30 p.m., de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray, actor Cynthia Nixon, Joan Malin of Planned Parenthood NYC Votes, and NYC Public Advocate Tish James launch «Women for de Blasio,» steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

NYC Public Advocate Tish James slammed Cuomo's $ 2 billion tax cut plan for favoring «corporations and the wealthy.»

Council members, including the present Speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, and the current public advocate, Letitia James, filed suit to prevent the Infill plan from going forward.

The cocky pol is also open to the post of public advocate as a backup plan, said sources, who described the Queens Democrat as «desperate» to get back into politics.

He plans to announce his endorsement in the Public Advocate runoff Thursday at 11 am.

It is an urgent plea for direct assistance that has resonated with city officials and service providers, many of whom gathered with Public Advocate Letitia James on October 12th to unveil a plan for helping those displaced by Hurricane Maria.

Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military — industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science - based public policy by what he called a «scientific - technological elite».

Advocates for statewide system, as well as Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein are pushing for a broader public financing proposal in the final spending plan.

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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, along with other officials, held a press conference at the site Thursday night to press the city to halt its plan for mandatory cleaning.

Carl H. McCall will chair a commission composed of experts from the financial services industry, consumer advocates, public officials and State regulators to study available options for the creation of a state - administered retirement savings program for workers whose employers do not offer a retirement plan.

The Public Advocate is also charged with appointing members to various boards and commissions, including one member of the New York City Planning Commission.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration plans to dedicate 750 apartments a year in public housing to homeless families, officials said Tuesday, a number that council members and advocates say isn't enough to address record levels of homelessness.

De Blasio's administration plans to dedicate 750 apartments a year in public housing to homeless families — a number that Council members and advocates say isn't enough to address record levels of homelessness.

The ranks of the anti-Cuomo protestors were stronger, with more than 1,000 teachers and public education advocates marching through the Empire State Plaza concourse, clogging security checkpoints into the Capitol and rallying on the Million Dollar Staircase in a boisterous protest of the governor's plan.

At 11:15 a.m., environmental, public interest and transportation advocates will call for the release of a final plan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, outside LCA offices, Albany.

At 8 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Planned Parenthood, NOW and others gather to protest Donald Trump's treatment of women, in front of Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave., Manhattan.

At 10 a.m., Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, along with local elected officials and advocates, will announce his comprehensive plan to prevent and punish public corruption — a package of laws called «Restoring New Yorkers» Trust» — Kennedy Plaza, 1 West Chester St., Long Beach.

Also at 3 p.m., National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson convenes the latest in a series of public forums on taxpayer service, held to obtain public comments on the in - development «Future State» plan, alongside Democratic Rep. Jose Serrano, Hostos Community College, the Bronx.

At 1 p.m., Real Affordability for All, top elected officials (like NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Tish James), union leaders, workers, and local residents, will call on de Blasio to make substantial changes to his housing plan to ensure real affordability and good union jobs for residents who live in neighborhoods that will be rezoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 10 a.m., the Asian American Federation will partner with the Biking Public Project, Transportation Alternatives, and other advocates to hold the E-Bike Rally to Protect Immigrant Food Delivery Workers to protest de Blasio and the NYPD's planned enforcement of electric bicycle regulations starting in January, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Mayor de Blasio, Council Speaker Mark - Viverito, and Public Advocate James will draft legislation that would enable any New Yorker working at a business with ten or more employees to automatically enroll in an employee - funded retirement plan.

Top city leaders, including Public Advocate Letitia James, Council Speaker Corey Johnson and city Controller Scott Stringer, were there backing a plan that implicitly highlights the mayor's failure to right NYCHA's listing ship.

To union leaders and public education advocates, it looks as if Cuomo negotiated the bill in order to appease the political left before a tough campaign season and then waited until after he won re-election to announce plans to veto it, exacting revenge on teachers, who are among his biggest critics.

Knight will join six other mayoral appointees on the City Planning Commission, as well as one appointee from each borough president, and one appointee by the public advocate.

Candidates for the General Assembly will get their hands on nearly 12 million taxpayer dollars to reach voters in 2016, as planned, after public financing advocates fought back a threat at the state Capitol.

We spoke with Public Advocate - elect Letitia James about her transition and plans for the office of Public Advocate.

The mayor was flanked by members of DC 37, a public union that endorses de Blasio for reelection; his MTA board appointee David Jones, who has criticized NYPD fare evasion arrests; Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Transportation; former City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod; and a slew of elected officials and transit advocates.

2:00 PM — New York City Public Advocate Letitia James holds kick off rall to announce plans to run for state attorney general this fall.

At 11 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Letitia James joins the state Nurses Association and Planned Parenthood to announce recommendations to protect New Yorkers from the Zika virus, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 1 p.m., state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, Assemblyman Walter Mosley, Public Advocate James and NYC Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo voice their objections to the Department of Education imposed changes planned for Medgar Evers College Preparatory School, Nostrand Avenue and Carroll Street, Brooklyn.

At 8 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Letitia James and New York City Economic Development Corporation President and CEO James Patchett attend the first Hindsight Conference, a forum to encourage diversity in urban planning, Hunter College, 2180 Third Ave., second floor, Manhattan.

At 1 p.m., state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, Assemblyman Walter Mosley, Public Advocate James and NYC Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo object to NYC Department of Education imposed changes planned for Medgar Evers College Preparatory School, DOE headquarters, 52 Chambers St., Manhattan.

Michelle de la Uz — appointed to the City Planning Commission by de Blasio when he was public advocate, and reappointed by current Public Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it shoupublic advocate, and reappointed by current Public Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it shadvocate, and reappointed by current Public Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it shouPublic Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it shAdvocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it should be.

Public Advocate Letitia James expressed disappointment in the lack of ambition from the Department of Education's plans for improving school diversity.

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James is expected to announce her run for New York Attorney General on Wednesday, said people familiar with her plans, amid a scramble to fill Eric Schneiderman's former role.

Nearly three quarters, or 74 percent, of low - income private sector workers in New York City don't have access to a retirement savings plan, Public Advocate Letitia James said Thursday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to curb homelessness in New York City is exacerbating the housing crisis, according to New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, who is calling on the mayor to stop allowing landlords of rent - stabilized apartments to turn their buildings into homeless shelters.

The races for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and City Council members may be currently overshadowed by the presidential election, but the new city campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising efforts.

In February, Public Advocate Letitia James announced plans to file a complaint with the New York State Human Rights Divison against Stonehenge Village's management company, which permits only its market - rate tenants to use the building's gym, as previously reported.

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James is expected to announce her run for New York Attorney General on Wednesday, said people familiar with her plans.

Whether due to cutbacks of public pensions, the lack of retirement plans offered by private employers, or workers forced to raid their savings, it appears to a growing number of advocates and politicians that many Americans will be forced to keep

As a result of the success of these events, the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, local domestic violence advocates and community volunteers worked together to plan and create a Tribute Garden - a permanent, public tribute honoring fallen victims and survivors, while also raising awareness.

The fight has escalated in recent weeks, with Cuomo claiming the mantle of charter - school advocate to position himself against de Blasio, who halted plans to allow three of eight charter schools run by former councilwoman Eva Moskowitz to move into traditional public school buildings and share space with other students.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to curb homelessness in New York City is exacerbating the housing crisis, according to New York City Public Advocate...

The groups, including the pro-choice Family Planning Advocates, and the Christian conservative New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, had argued that making their donor lists public could pose a danger to their contributors because they lobby on controversial issues.