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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.

Not exact matches

Other potential Democratic candidates include real estate mogul Don Peebles, NYC comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, and Christine Quinn, the former council speaker now working for Gov. Cuomo.

Other potential Democratic mayoral candidates include city Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson.

There were also plenty of politicos in attendance, including former mayor David Dinkins, public advocate Letitia James, U.S. transportation secretary Anthony Foxx, and former MTA chairman Joe Lhota.

Those variable aside, a range of names have surfaced within the last 12 hours of potential candidates who could run for attorney general, including former New York City Councilman Dan Garodnick, Sens. Michael Gianaris and Todd Kaminsky, New York City Public Advocate Tish James, Cuomo counsel Alphonso David, ex-Financial Services Superintendent Ben Lawsky, former gubernatorial and congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout and former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner.

Among those present were Barrett's family, including his wife, Fran, who works in Cuomo's office as interagency coordinator for nonprofit services, and a long list of elected officials, including: Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Carolyn Maloney, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David, Cuomo's Chief of Staff Melissa DeRosa, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and dozens of journalists.

Several Democratic women were reportedly on the long list of potential replacements, including Brooklyn Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Public Advocate Letitia James, former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas.

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.

Several contenders, including New York City Public Advocate Tish James, state Sen. Mike Gianaris and former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have said they would not take part in the process.

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.

His Democratic rivals in the mayor's race include city Comptroller John Liu, former City Councilman Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

That put him just behind Quinn's $ 1.32 million and well ahead of other candidates, including Stringer, former Comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Other contenders in the Democratic field, including Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former City Comptroller William Thompson, would also beat Lhota in the general election, according to the poll.

Other Democrats in the race include New York City Public Advocate Bill de Balsio's and former City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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...

Should Lhota win the Republican primary, Democratic challengers are likely to include City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, former City Comptroller Bill Thompson and current Comptroller John Liu.

The 29 members of the New York Electoral College unanimously voted to consign their compensation to the New York Immigration Coalition in a motion put forward by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and seconded by New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.Those electors included former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Liu had been expected to be a formidable challenger in the race for the Democratic nomination to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg, which includes City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2009 challenger, former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Her warm - up act included several female firsts: State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the first female legislative conference leader in the New York State, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the legislature's first openly lesbian member, and Public Advocate Letitia James, the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City, as well as city first lady Chirlane McCray and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who is now one of the country's best - known advocates for gun control.

The questions included favorable / unfavorable feelings for Weiner as well as for the five Democrats already running or assumed to be running for mayor — NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, NYC Comptroller John Liu and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson.

At 11:30 a.m., New York City's Police Athletic League hosts its annual Real Estate and Construction Luncheon; special guests include former Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau, supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, former NYPD Commissioner Robert McGuire, Arnold Fisher and NYC Public Advocate Tish James, Four Seasons Hotel New York, 57 E. 57th St., Manhattan.

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.

The revelation last Thursday that Goldsmith, the former mayor of Indianapolis, had been arrested for allegedly shoving his wife during a heated argument at their D.C. home sparked a flurry of criticism from local politicians, including Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Absent from the list are several potential candidates for attorney general in this fall's election, including Public Advocate Letitia James, state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Queens), law professor Zephyr Teachout, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D - Long Island).

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.

Quinn is expected to face a tough field of Democratic challengers, including Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, embattled City Comptroller John Liu and publisher Tom Allon.

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.

Stringer formally announced Sunday that he will instead be running for comptroller, after he failed to gain traction in a crowded field of hopefuls that includes City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, current city Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

Speakers included Senator Chuck Schumer, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, former council speaker Chris Quinn, Public Advocate Tish James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Council Members Corey Johnson, Jimmy Van Bramer and Rosie Mendez, Cynthia Nixon and Omar Sharif Jr..

The list includes: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Public Advocate Letitia James, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, former Speaker Sheldon Silver and state Senate Democratic minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

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.

Public Advocate Letitia James reminded the crowd that young people have been at the forefront of a number of movements, including women's rights, LGBT rights and the election of former President Barack Obama.

Other Democratic contenders in the mayoral race include former City Councilman Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

If Kelly's decision to absent himself from the run proves true, it will be good news for the Democrats poised to make the race, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former mayoral candidate William Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

The commission will have subpoena power and includes, among others, Robert Abrams, the former state attorney general; Cuomo aide Benjamin Lawsky, who heads up the Department of Financial Services; John Dyson, the former NYPA chairman; former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green; Cuomo ally and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice; and Rev. Floyd Flake, the politically powerful pastor of Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Queens.

His wife Alma by his side, he also called to the microphone high - profile supporters, including Public Advocate Tish James, Borough President Gale Brewer, Councilwoman Inez Dickens, and most prominent of all, former Mayor David Dinkins.

Attendees included former congressman Charles Rangel and current Public Advocate Tish James, as well as family of NYPD shooting victims Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell.

Not interviewing include likely candidates to run for AG, including public advocate Tish James, Senator Mike Gianaris and former gubernatorial and congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout.

Several other Democrats besides Rice and Gianaris may compete either in the internal process or the September primary, including Public Advocate Letitia James, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Nassau County state Sen. Todd Kaminsky and former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout.

Among the new staffers are several former de Blasio campaign aides, including one who made news for tweeting her skepticism of the police, and staff who worked for him when he was public advocate.

Several mayoral candidates — including Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker; Bill de Blasio, the public advocate; John C. Liu, the comptroller; and William C. Thompson Jr., a former comptroller — were quick to voice support for the workers.

Saujani's departure, first reported by Crain's New York Business, comes as Public Advocate Bill de Blasio gears up for an expected run for mayor against a crowded field that includes City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and former City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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 Advocate Reshma Saujani, Cathy Guerriero and schools advocate Noah advocate Noah Gotbaum.

The strategy not only turned attention to his policy plans, but helped Liu stand out from the crowded pack of presumptive Democratic contenders, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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.

From the other end of the ideological spectrum, school reform advocates including former Washington DC public schools superintendent Michelle Rhee have questioned whether the tentative deal is strong enough.

The appointees, each an expert and prominent voice in the field, included current and former education officials from all levels of government, academic and policy researchers, civil rights leaders, the presidents of the national teachers» unions, education policy advocates and associations, and public interest lawyers.

The Future of Food Law & Policy in Canada includes keynotes by GowlingWLG's Ron Doering and UCLA - Resnick's Food Law & Policy Clinic executive director Michael Roberts (UCLA and Harvard are having their 3rd annual food law conference October 21), and a public talk by food justice advocate, James Beard Leadership Award winner, Chef - in - Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora, and former Food and Society Policy fellow for the Kellogg Foundation, Bryant Terry.