Sentences with phrase «deputy public advocate»

A graduate of the University of Illinois, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law School, Saujani began her career as an activist and an attorney, serving as deputy public advocate for New York City.

The crowded field of candidates includes State Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Councilwoman Letitia James, former Deputy Public Advocate Reshma Saujani, Cathy Guerriero and schools advocate Noah Gotbaum.

Saujani, the former Deputy Public Advocate, who lost a bid to unseat Rep. Carolyn Maloney in 2010 in a landslide, took a softer tone.

Media Advisory: Reshma Saujani, former Deputy Public Advocate and Founder of Girls who Code, organizes a day of action and advocacy with elected officials, celebrities, nonprofits, tech startups and community leaders to not only aid recovery in Far Rockaway but give the families a day of Therapeutic Healing giving Hope & Love.

As Deputy Public Advocate, Reshma partnered with the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) to create New York's DREAM Fellowship to help hardworking undocumented immigrant students go to CUNY.

Former DNC official Laura Santucci will serve as the transition's executive director; and Ursulina Ramirez, who served as deputy public advocate and senior policy adviser to de Blasio, will serve as deputy executive director.

Both Mr. Squadron and former Deputy Public Advocate Reshma Saujani raised roughly $ 1 million while spending close to $ 200,000.

The crowded field includes Brooklyn Councilwoman Tish James, former attorney and deputy public advocate Reshma Saujani, Brooklyn State Senator Daniel Squadron and Columbia University professor Catherine Guerriero.

Reshma Saujani is a former hedge fund lawyer, New York City deputy public advocate and the first Indian - American woman to run for Congress (she lost a primary race in 2010).

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Gottlieb is a physician, medical policy expert, and public health advocate who previously served as the FDA's deputy commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs and before that, as a senior advisor to the FDA Commissioner.

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.

Potential candidates for public advocate are state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Council member Letitia James and Reshma Saujani, currently a deputy in the Public Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign copublic advocate are state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Council member Letitia James and Reshma Saujani, currently a deputy in the Public Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign advocate are state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Council member Letitia James and Reshma Saujani, currently a deputy in the Public Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign coPublic Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign coffers.

The five lawyers among James» 27 staffers — including Larry Schimmel, who was deputy counsel under former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum — are conducting the legal review, Brosh said.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Public Advocate Letitia James and Manhattan Deputy Borough President Aldrin Bonilla held a press conference Tuesday at the station — where elevators have broken down at least four times in two weeks, causing trains to bypass the station.

Mr. de Blasio, the city's public advocate, leads Mr. Lhota, a former deputy mayor and budget director in Rudy Giuliani's administration, 67 % to 23 % among likely voters, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate...

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.

Also at 6 p.m., NYC Public Advocate Leticia James, Manhattan Deputy Borough President Aldrin Bonilla and others hold town hall meeting on the epidemic of mold infestations in New York City, Taino Towers Gym, 240 E. 123 St., Manhattan.

(March 2012) Came to the campaign from the Office of the New York City Public Advocate, where he served as deputy advocate for economic policy and senior policy Advocate, where he served as deputy advocate for economic policy and senior policy advocate for economic policy and senior policy advisor.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Department of Consumer Affairs First Deputy Commissioner Alba Pico, Council Member Rafael Espinal and staff from Public Advocate Tish James» Office encourage eligible New Yorkers in East New York to file their taxes for free at their local NYC Free Tax Prep site, Happy Coffee Shop, 2729 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn.

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.

After Obama took office in 2009, Blake served in the White House as Associate Director of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he administered outreach to minority business owners, then oversaw Reshma Saujani's unsuccessful campaign for public advocate inPublic Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he administered outreach to minority business owners, then oversaw Reshma Saujani's unsuccessful campaign for public advocate inpublic advocate in 2013.

«I hope she'll evolve and do more oversight of and investigations into city services and corporate misconduct rather than coming across like merely a vice president or deputy mayor,» said Mark Green, the city's first public advocate and an endorser of one of Ms. James» rivals last year.

Lhota, a deputy mayor under former GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former head of the city transit authority, faced off against his Democratic opponent, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, in the first of three debates leading up to the November mayoral election.

According to a new NBC4 New York / Wall Street Journal / Marist survey, de Blasio, the city's public advocate, tops Lhota, the former chairman of New York's transit authority and deputy mayor to then GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 65 % -22 % among likely voters.

Invited participants include: Senator David Valesky; Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj; Councilman Ritchie Torres; Councilman Andrew Cohen; Public Advocate Letitia James; Deputy Bronx Borough President Aurelia Green; Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, James J. Hunt; FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Violent Crimes Division, Michael Osborn; Interim Medical Director of Behavioral Health at HHC, Dr. Charles Barron; NYC DOH Commissioner Mary Basset; NYC DCA Commissioner Julie Menin; President of NYSCOPBA Michael Powers; Representatives from New York, Queens, Kings and Bronx county district attorneys» offices; and parents dealing with the devastating effects of K2.

Several names known to the real estate industry have emerged as potential replacements, including Bill de Blasio's housing czar Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Public Advocate Letitia James, whose office has been sued for publishing the «worst landlords of New York City» list.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has hired a new policy director and deputy advocate: Madhuri Kommareddi, who has considerable connections to the Obama adminisAdvocate Bill de Blasio has hired a new policy director and deputy advocate: Madhuri Kommareddi, who has considerable connections to the Obama adminisadvocate: Madhuri Kommareddi, who has considerable connections to the Obama administration.

MANHATTAN — Public Advocate Bill de Blasio sent Mayor Michael Bloomberg a scathing letter, slamming him for «lying» about the resignation of Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldmsmith, who left office shortly after he was arrested for a domestic dispute in Washington, DC.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Public Advocate Letitia James and Manhattan Deputy Borough President Aldrin Bonilla blasted the MTA earlier this year for skipping a Transportation Town Hall in Washington Heights and a City Council Transportation Committee hearing to address the elevator crisis in the community.

This week, lawmakers met with Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett, commissioners from the departments of Social Services, Corrections, Public Safety, and Probation, and immigration advocates to discuss the proposal.

Representatives Hakeem Jeffries, Yvette Clarke and Adriano Espaillat, former Representative Charlie Rangel, Senator Mike Gianaris, a top deputy to Ms. Stewart - Cousins, and Letitia James, the city's public advocate, were among those who spoke at the event on Monday.

In a Quinnipiac University poll, de Blasio, the city's public advocate, leads Lhota, a former deputy mayor and ex-MTA chief, 66 to 25 percent among likely voters.

The former MTA head and deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani took his most personal swipe at de Blasio when the public advocate's proposal for universal pre-kindergarten was discussed.

Lynn April Hartline, deputy superintendent for the Orange County Department of Education board, listens to advocates for a proposed bilingual charter school in Tustin during a public hearing before the Orange County Board of Education on Thursday.

Prior to joining UCS in 2006, Ms. Stillerman served as deputy director of the Environment and Health Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, where for more than eight years she advocated for national and international policies to protect public health from pesticides and other toxic environmental pollutants.

In December 2013, Mackay awarded QCs to Simon Fothergill, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning, and Machinery of Government) and Counsel, Privy Council Office; Colonel P.K. Gleeson, Deputy Judge Advocate General Operations, Military Justice and Administrative Law, Department of National Defence; Claude Joyal, Senior General Counsel, (Quebec Regional Office), Department of Justice; Urszula Kaczmarczyk, Senior General Counsel, Ontario Regional Office, Department of Justice; Sandra Phillips, Associate Assistant Deputy Attorney General for Tax Assessments; Donald K. Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Justice; Brian J. Saunders, Director of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada.

We include the first openly lesbian judge in the nation; the first openly gay and lesbian appellate judges in California history; the founder of the National Center for Lesbian Rights; founders and former executive directors of Equal Rights Advocates and the East Bay Children's Law Offices; a former chief attorney in the San Francisco public defender's office, as well as several other former public defenders; a former California labor commissioner; a former chief deputy attorney general; and a former chief deputy city attorney and the lead counsel who successfully argued the historic gay marriage case that changed lives in our community forever.