Sentences with phrase «former public advocate»

SL Green founder Stephen Green (brother of former Public Advocate Mark Green) is also a Governor of the Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY), the main lobbying group for landlords.

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.

The event took place at the Flatiron loft of former Public Advocate Mark Green.

Kallos, who previously served as director of policy and communication for former Public Advocate Mark Green's 2009 campaign, heads up Kallos Consulting, which has the tagline «Where Technology, Politics and Law Come Together.»

Other members include former Public Advocate Mark Green — who once ran against Cuomo for state attorney general — Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and the Rev. Floyd Flake of Queens.

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-...]

But at least one former public advocate believes Ms. James is using the office exactly how it was intended.

«I see no good reason for the [City Council] speaker to have a detail, since [they're] not in the line of succession [to the mayor],» said former Public Advocate Mark Green, reacting to The Post's Thursday front page.

Polanco Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking Bronx attorney and former Public Advocate J.C. Polanco inadvertently took it on the chin in today's NY Post editorial shaming Public Advocate Letitia James for unnecessarily taking public matching funds in her blowout against Polanco.

All told, the campaign contrasts sharply with the equally crowded Democratic primary four years ago, a far less ideological race and one dominated from the start by the battle between two outsize personalities: Mr. Cuomo and Mark Green, the brash former public advocate.

Former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum says she'll gladly pay back the city pension system for trips she took to Northern Ireland and Israel.

Friends said Cuomo had hit rock bottom after the two electoral and personal blows but regained his bearings and came back strong to win a four - way primary that included former Public Advocate and mayoral hopeful Mark Green in the race for the Democratic nomination for attorney general.

At a press conference at the Manhattan Municipal Building accepting the endorsement of former Public Advocate Mark Green, Ms. Teachout told reporters that she recognized historical, social and religious ties connecting the Jewish state to the Empire State — home of the largest Jewish population in the diaspora.

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 public matching funds in her blowout against Polanco.

The Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club held a splashy Pride Awards ceremony at the Flatiron home of former Public Advocate Mark Green on June 5.

... that would be Mark Green, the former public advocate and unsuccessful AG contender the former governor was widely speculated to prefer over the eventual primary and general election winner, Andrew Cuomo, in 2006.

We hope that Mayor (and former Public Advocate) de Blasio will recognize his fiduciary responsibility to City taxpayers, and determine a sale price for valuable Willets Point Phase One land that at least recoups all of the public funds spent to acquire it.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate President Malcolm Smith, former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and the Rev. Al Sharpton secured meetings for people in the investment world with DiNapoli.

«As a former public advocate, I'd advise her to spend more effort being an ombudsman over city services rather than looking like she's itching for a mayor - of - the - day contest,» said Green, who noted he had just two lawyers on staff during his tenure.

The civil liberties attorney is running against City Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside), former Public Advocate Mark Green, City Councilman Bill de Blasio (D - Brooklyn) and Staten Island Republican Alex Zablocki, an aide to state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R - Staten Island).

I wanted to get things done,» Ms. Gotbaum, the former public advocate, said.

The guest list included an odd assortment of political misfits: former Public Advocate Mark Green, former candidate for lieutenant governor Tim Wu, former Councilman and State Senate candidate Oliver Koppel.

Councilman Joel Rivera wrote to former Public Advocate Mark Green, who is running for that office again, to chastise him for referring in this video «letter to New Yorker» to single parents in the Bronx.

Attorney General: Former Public Advocate Mark Green has long been supportive of our agenda and has long made himself available to us.

Former public advocate Mark Green and Teamsters 237 president Greg Floyd hovered by a long wooden table set with trays of stuffed mushrooms, vegetables and cheese and crackers.

Errol Louis speaks with former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, former Assemblyman Keith Wright, and former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum about the campaign for state attorney general, and the expected candidacy of Public Advocate Letitia James.

Current Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat and former Public Advocate, officially became mayor of the Big Apple on New Year's Day, easily defeating Republican Joe Lhota in November by running a campaign that rejected Bloomberg's politics.

She has also snagged endorsements from officials including former Mayor Ed Koch, State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields.

Betsy Gotbaum, the former public advocate, takes home $ 65,208 annually, city records show.

Former Public Advocate Mark Green has penned a tell - all book about New York politics that savages Mayor de Blasio as a pandering phony, Gov. Cuomo as a pompous elitist and Al Sharpton as a lying con man.

Albany, NY — Alan Chartock talks to former Public Advocate for New York City, Mark Green.

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.

Former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, executive director of good government group Citizens Union, expressed concerns about the definition and said everyone, including good government groups, should be covered.