Sentences with phrase «for the public advocate post»

UPDATE: Another reaction to Spitzer's news — and reiteration of support for Stringer — was sent out by Sen. Daniel Squadron, a Brooklyn Democrat who is running in a primary for the public advocate post that de Blasio is vacating.

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Often when I post about a woman who has been harassed while breastfeeding in public or a blog post advocating for the fair treatment of breastfeeding women I see comments such as these:

But who the candidate will ultimately wind up being remains up in the air as the party could select a placeholder for the post after New York City Public Advocate Tish James confirmed she would not seek the party's line in her bid for AG.

Advocates» proposals include posting all unrestricted government documents, including underlying budget information, online for easy public viewing and access.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader positions.

But for the moment, amid a sea of names being floated — New York City Public Advocate Tish James, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas among them — lawmakers are still working out more thorny legal questions of a joint session of the Senate and Assembly, which would be required to fill the post.

Outside of the Legislature, former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout may consider running for the post, as could New York City Public Advocate Tish James.

The buzz in political circles is that the sext - happy Weiner has a better shot at public advocate — a $ 165,000 - a-year job viewed as a «cleansing» post where he could put his character issues further behind him as he prepped for a 2017 mayoral run.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Public Advocate Letitia James launched her Democratic campaign for state attorney general Wednesday, casting herself as «the people's lawyer» as she looks to become the first woman of color to hold the post.

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.

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.

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James has filed paperwork to run for attorney general, a posting on the state Board of Elections website shows.

The offices up for election are the three citywide posts of mayor, comptroller, and public advocate; the five borough president positions; all 51 City Council seats; and two district attorneys (Manhattan and Brooklyn).

And several people expected to be electoral contenders for the post in November, including state Sen. Mike Gianaris, New York City Public Advocate Tish James, former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout, and ex-U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, have declined to participate in the process to fill out the post for the year.

The offices of Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito could not come up with a defense for the ongoing practice, first exposed by The Post two months ago, and passed the buck to the NYPD.

Bronx Political Buzz: Polanco Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking Bronx attorney and former Public Advocate candidate Juan Carlos (J.C.) Polanco inadvertently took it on the chin in Sunday's NY Post editorial shaming Public Advocate Letitia James for unnecessarily taking -LSB-...]

He recently left his post as communications director for NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Advocates» proposals include posting all unrestricted government documents online, including underlying budget information, for easy public viewing and access.

Still, while serving as public advocate, Mr. de Blasio called for Mr. Paterson's resignation, leading black leaders to vent their frustration with his position in a closed - door meeting, according to the Associated Press and New York Post.

After a Staten Island grand jury decided in December not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the July chokehold death of Eric Garner, a request for disclosure of the transcripts and evidence presented to the grand jury was brought before the court by Public Advocate James, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and The New York Post.

Meanwhile, New York City Public Advocate Tish James announced Wednesday she will be seeking the Democratic nod and immediately received support from a number of legislators including a one - time applicant for the post, Senator Mike Gianarais.

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Public Advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Scott Stringer have both called for Mr. Silver to step down, as has Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright, another possible contender for the speaker's post.

Read, for example, the response to dianeravitch posted by Linda174, part of which says: «I think it's good they're not longer pretending to advocate on behalf of existing public schools

In an op - ed column in The Washington Post, the superintendent of the Prince George's County (MD) Public Schools advocated for leadership training that has resulted in «tremendous achievement gains.»

Today, the nation's leading public education advocate, Diane Ravitch, writes about the lawsuit in a post entitled, «California: Districts Object to $ 1 Billion for Common Core Testing.»

In this guest post, public school advocate and retired Connecticut educator explores the reasons why Governor Malloy and legislators are cutting funding for Connecticut's public school children while still increasing support for charter schools.

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«You are», he said to the prosecutors, «a key advocate of the public interest and an advance post into society for justice.»

I am not an advocate of e-cigarettes nor did I understand much about them prior to doing some research for this post, but my understanding of some of the logic behind this intended ban on e-cigarettes in public places is that they promote the use of real cigarettes........

The following guest post comes to us via Kelley Dupps, public policy manager for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona.

The following guest post comes to us via Kelley Dupps, director of public policy for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona.

So the Competition Bureau and all its advocates, including a strong and well - funded lobby group in Ottawa, have proclaimed that what we've been doing in providing an excellent facility for posting listings is now unfair to the public and we must bend or else!