Sentences with phrase «current public advocate»

Ms. James was similarly committed when we asked if she might follow the path of current Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and run for mayor after a term or two in office.

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 should be.

Before Cumbo, it was represented by current Public Advocate Letitia James.

For the first time in two decades, New York City may have a Democratic mayor in current Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Attendees included former congressman Charles Rangel and current Public Advocate Tish James, as well as family of NYPD shooting victims Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell.

Liu has bravely insisted he's still running for mayor in 2013, but that prospect will get even dimmer with the latest round of accusatory headlines; the biggest beneficiaries from Liu's decline are former comptroller Bill Thompson and current public advocate Bill de Blasio, both of whom would have tangled with Liu for labor union endorsements.

For more background on the role and structure of the office of Public Advocate, watch our interview with the current Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio.

Watch our discussion about the office and its powers with the current Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio, here.

The four leading Democratic candidates for Public Advocate speak highly of the current Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio.

Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green says his onetime rival and current public advocate, Bill de Blasio, has been «put in a box by institutional rivals.»

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.

Crain's has reported that former Fort Greene Councilmember — and current Public Advocate — Letitia James is interested in the AG post.

Her professional background includes primarily private sector experience, but she also ran for Congress in 2010 (against Carolyn Maloney) and was Deputy Public Advocate under Bill de Blasio, the current Public Advocate.

The city's current public advocate would need to pick off just 1 percent of the 8 percent who are undecided to get the 40 percent he needs to win the nomination without a two - candidate runoff.

The current Public Advocate held ONE meeting in his four years in office.

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

«No one knows what the public advocate should do,» said Reshma Saujani, who is running for the office she previously worked in under the current public advocate and mayoral candidate, -LSB-...]

The Democrat and current public advocate may be well in the lead in the polls for the mayoral race, but he lags far behind his Republican opponent Joe Lhota in the number of visits made to the borough.

The current public advocate said he supports universal pre-kindergarten and expanded after - school programs, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.