Sentences with phrase «election as public advocate»

Since her election as Public Advocate, Ms. James has shown her commitment to the Bronx, its communities and its leaders.

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Election - integrity advocates nationwide are celebrating a decision by a New York state appeals court that classifies electronic ballot images as public records.

According to the published reports, Heastie would support James, who would then back Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., a Heastie ally, as her replacement as public advocate, which would be a springboard for Diaz in the 2021 New York City mayoral election.

Now the Public Advocate's race has been somewhat overshadowed by the Mayor and Comptroller's race but this election is just as important, if not more.

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.

Borough President Eric Adams and state Sen. Daniel Squadron have been mentioned as potential candidates for a special election for public advocate, should James become DA.

DiNapoli, as well as advocates for public financing, have criticized the agreement for not including all statewide candidates and coming in the middle of an election cycle.

But contributions such as these made up a small portion of the nearly $ 2 million Gioia has raised in his bid for the public advocate seat in November's election.

The system prevents what can be costly and labor - intensive runoff elections, such as the one held in the 2013 primary election for public advocate.

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.

James, who just started her second term as public advocate in January, said she's focused on securing the Democratic nomination for the post ahead of the November election.

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.

In addition, appointing James to the job would create a major headache for city voters, creating as many as three elections for Public Advocate, a post that barely deserves one election every four years.

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.

Public Advocate James, who brought Brawley to the general election mayoral debate on Tuesday night as her guest, has also recently started calling for a much more ambitious overall program of building new affordable housing, putting forth ideas like building more over rail yards across the five boroughs.

The race to be the city's chief fiscal officer has, like the public advocate contest, been a sleepy one, with the incumbent Democrat holding major financial and other advantages, and heavily favored, as the higher profile mayoral race has sucked up the attention of most of whatever small number of voters is paying attention to the municipal elections.

Under the current system for the city's three citywide primaries — mayor, comptroller and public advocate races — if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, then the top two candidates face off in a runoff election, as mandated by state law.

As public advocate, de Blasio routinely voiced his opposition to the 2010 Supreme Court Citizens United decision, which allowed unlimited corporate spending in elections.

Known for its left - leaning politics and formidable voter turnout operation, the Working Families Party enjoyed a banner year in the 2009 New York City elections, playing 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.

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As he so often does when asked about fundraising, de Blasio stressed the need for campaign finance reform, advocating for full public financing of elections that would not only pull big moneyed interests out of politics but would also focus, «all that time that goes into fundraising now back into public service.»

NEW YORK, NY — Public Advocate Letitia James filed as a candidate for attorney general with the state Board of Elections on Monday, signaling her intent to run to replace disgraced former AG Eric Schneiderman.

The Bridgeport Board of Education race has garnered national attention and is now seen as proof that parents, teachers and public school advocates can use elections to beat back the corporate education reform industry.

Please be sure to check out / join the Florida Educators United group on Facebook, as well as share this podcast with other public education advocates who want to get involved to help foster change by voting in the upcoming election cycle.

With Election Day less than nine weeks away, Connecticut teachers, parents and public school advocates continue to wait for an indication as to whether any of the candidates for governor will truly stand up against the tide of the corporate education reform industry, including their absurd, unfair and expensive Common Core testing scheme.

The CEA election is for teachers, by teachers and about teachers, but as the most important voice in Connecticut for public education, students, parents and all public school advocates are eager to hear from those who are or may be leading the union in the year ahead.