Sentences with phrase «for public advocate letitia»

Five Democrats are vying for the party's nomination to replace de Blasio, who is vacating his seat to run for public advocate.

Former Public Advocate Mark Green and City Councilman Bill DeBlasio (D - Brooklyn) are tied at 46 percent in the runoff race for public advocate, a Quinnipiac University poll showed.

Now there is a runoff between a black woman and a white man for public advocate.

Stein later dropped out before the primary and briefly tried a bid for public advocate against City Consumer Affairs Commissioner Mark J. Green, City Councilwoman Susan Alter, and State Sen. David Paterson, but withdrew from the race after a few weeks.

«I have never been as well known as some of the people I've run against, whether that's when I first ran for City Council, when I ran for public advocate or today,» de Blasio said in Brooklyn.

Still on endorsements, the Bronx Democratic Party has endorsed Melinda Katz for city comptroller, Bill de Blasio for public advocate, and Bill Thompson for mayor.

«I had been asked by many people over the course of years to consider running, and when Public Advocate Letitia James decided that she was going to run for Public Advocate, she encouraged me to do it.»

Normal Siegel, former director of the ACLU and a candidate for public advocate, said he and others were researching a possible legal challenge to the granting of a waiver.

September 20, 2017 (New York, NY)-- James Lane, the Green Party candidate for Public Advocate, is calling for at least five public debates with Letitia «Tish» James and his other opponents.

She is running for Public Advocate on a progressive platform of leveling the playing field for women and creating better opportunities for all New Yorkers.

September 19, 2017 (New York, NY)-- James Lane, the Green Party candidate for Public Advocate of New York City, called today for an end to costly primary elections by completely transformation our electoral processes.

One of those Brooklyn neighborhoods is in the district of Letitia James, a city councilwoman who is exploring a run for public advocate next year.

The Community Affairs Unit, which works with community organizations on local issues and is regarded as a political arm of the mayor's office, also hired Roberto Perez, Jonathan Viguers and Kicy Motley, all of whom worked for the public advocate's office before shifting to the mayoral campaign.

Blake, a former White House aide for President Obama, also managed Reshma Saujani's unsuccessful 2013 campaign for public advocate in New York City.

Days before his party's convention, Working Families Party leader Bill Lipton joined Errol Louis to blame Gov. Cuomo for public advocate Letitia James» decision not to seek the WFP nomination for Attorney General.

Citizens Union recommends 49 other possible reforms, such as independent budgeting for the public advocate and borough presidents, community boards and the Conflicts of Interest board.

In the 2009 runoff elections for public advocate and controller, less than 8 % of Democrats - representing 5 % of all registered voters - participated.

JC Polanco, a Republican running for Public Advocate, joined Max & Murphy to discuss his candidacy, explaining a variety of policy proposals and his overall mission to reform the position itself to give it more power, funding, and teeth.

«It's Bill talking out of both sides of his mouth, making a list that's supposed to help tenants but really it ended up becoming a campaign fundraising list for the public advocate,» Quinn said.

Tuesday's runoff for public advocate sparked...

In an email of his own, he shared his wife's suggestions for how best to disseminate a campaign brochure in the race for public advocate that featured the diverse de Blasio family.

Two members of City Council are demanding an end to pricey runoffs such as Tuesday's vote for public advocate.

Tuesday's runoff for public advocate sparked an uproar, since it cost $ 13 million to fill an office with a $ 2.3 million budget.

A blast from New York City's political past has emerged as the frontrunner on the Democratic side of the race for Public Advocate.

During Mr. de Blasio's run for public advocate four years ago, Ms. McCray sat in on focus groups in which minority voters talked about the strong appeal of the family's racial diversity — images of which Mr. de Blasio featured prominently in campaign brochures and mailers.

Garry donated a total $ 3,150 to de Blasio's 2009 campaign for public advocate and 2013 campaign for mayor, records show.

The group also found that the Democratic primary electorate for public advocate in 2013 was older than Democrats overall.

Since then, he's mulled running for public advocate and has been gabbed about in political circles as someone who could one day be the city's first Hispanic mayor.

When de Blasio ran in 2009 as a WFP - backed candidate for public advocate, his campaign paid $ 68,000 for Data Field Services» canvassing and phone - banking services.

In the Democratic primary for Public Advocate, incumbent Letitia James easily won.

The Cuomos even endorsed de Blasio in a 2009 primary for public advocate.

Other city officials are currently experiencing their highest approval - disapproval poll numbers ever, such as 44 - 16 percent for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, 54 - 16 percent for City Comptroller John Liu, and 55 - 25 percent for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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

She noted that the runoff election against her opponent, State Senator Daniel Squadron, ended up costing more than the yearly budget for public advocate.

Lappin, who grew up in the city and currently chairs the council's Aging Committee, had previously suggested she might run for public advocate, but she made her intentions clear in a January email to supporters announcing she had raised more than $ 600,000 for a run «for borough - wide office in Manhattan.»

In 2009, Bill de Blasio and Mark Green, both Democrats running for public advocate, were asked to name the most interesting New Yorker they knew.

They were joined on the forum by candidates for public advocate, Councilwoman Letitia James and Staten Island native Cathy Guerriero.

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

When running for public advocate, he campaigned to preserve and strengthen state laws that protect rent - stabilized tenants from evictions and rent increases.

And in the race for public advocate, there will also be a runoff between Bill de Blasio and Mark Green, who formerly held the position for seven years.

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

Preliminary results from the Democratic primary for Public Advocate have Letitia («Tish») James at 36 % and Daniel Squadron at 33 %.

«The good news for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is that he probably can start drafting his inauguration speech,» said Mickey Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Rebecca Katz, a spokeswoman for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, said the presumptive mayoral candidate has also been hard at work, with as many as 10 events over the weekend and through the filing deadline.

If James is appointed attorney general next week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio would have three days to call a special election for public advocate.

They were separated from another hopeful, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, by a seat occupied by State Senator Daniel L. Squadron, who is running for public advocate.

Republican notables attending, in addition to Dietl, Malliotakis and Turner, included Rockaway Republican Club President Alan Zwirn, Conservative Party candidate for public advocate Michael O'Reilly and Republican operative John Haggerty (convicted of grand larceny in a 2009 scheme to purportedly provide poll watching services to Michael Bloomberg).

[Notes: Daniel Squadron and Letitia James will be in a runoff election for the Democratic nomination for Public Advocate.

Tonight's vote is poof that Polanco is making serious moves to pin down support as he puts together a run for Public Advocate.

A spokesperson for Public Advocate James clarified that Intro 997 ensures that the pedestrian has the right of way at all times except when there is a constant, i.e., non-blinking, «don't walk» signal.