Sentences with phrase «of public advocate candidate»

Quinn's proposal is similar to the platform of Public Advocate candidate Reshma Saujani, founder of the non-profit Girls Who Code.

In City and State, former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin writes approvingly of Public Advocate candidate Cathy Guerriero.

Not exact matches

Public Advocate Letitia James, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Comptroller Scott Stringer — three rumored 2021 mayoral candidates — as well as the district attorneys of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx were also at the rally.

Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and current candidate for NY Public Advocate, keeps a busy schedule with husband Nihal Mehta, the co-founder and CEO of tech startup LocalResponse.

Podesta is for abortion, on demand, and its public financing (his candidate advocates disposing of the Hyde Amendment).

It should not be a shock to me or anyone else he's going to advocate for the policies of his candidate, however misguided they may be, including public financing of campaigns and tuition for illegal immigrants and things of that nature.

Now that she has taken herself out of the running to be considered as an interim replacement for Schneiderman, NYC Public Advocate Tish James is seen as a front - runner heading into the May 23 - 24 state Democratic nominating convention that will choose candidates to appear on the ballot for a full four - year term.

Her withdrawal still leaves a number of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, including Sen. Mike Gianaris, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James.

Other politicians have also come out in support of legalization, including Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes, Public Advocate Letitia James, democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon, and others.

They also, however, said that they hope to make a unified choice of a candidate, suggesting that they hope that one of the current mayoral candidates ends up as the Republican Public Advocate candidate.

And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

And she, along with Public Advocate Letitia James, who arrived at the end of the town hall, both argued that Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is the best candidate for Democratic National Committee chairman in the internal election in Atlanta this weekend.

Rich Cirino for Mayor of Glens Falls Campaign Details Alex White, Mayor, Rochester (Monroe County) Campaign Details 1579 votes 5.35 % https://enr.monroecounty.gov/flashresults.html Howie Hawkins for Syracuse Mayor Campaign Details 3rd / 5 for one seat; 970 votes, 4.05 % https://ongov.resultscaster.com/start.aspx?usersessionid=none James Lane for New York City Public Advocate Candidate Details 18465 votes 1.76 % https://enrweb.boenyc.us/OF12CY0PY3.html

A number of high - profile potential candidates for this year's election, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, are not on the list of those to be interviewed.

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.

Dan Isaacs of Manhattan and Craig Eaton of Brooklyn both confirmed that they do not know of any publicly declared Republican candidates for Public Advocate.

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

Over the weekend, Dan Padernacht, the candidate who had refused to heed Samuels» call and pressure from a plethora of Rivera backers (WFP, 1199, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, state Demoratic Party Executive Director Charlie King et al) to quit the race, finally decided to throw in the towel, saying King had played a key role in helping him get there.

In the last general election, the Republican candidate for Public Advocate received about 14 % of the vote, and in the two prior elections Republicans did not even have a candidate on the ballot.

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.

In a show of unity, the trio was flanked by a swarm of elected officials who had endorsed both candidates, including State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, State Senators Bill Perkins and Gustavo Rivera, Assemblymembers Marcos Crespo, Mark Gjonaj and Luis Sepulveda, and Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilmembers Ydanis Rodríguez, Inez Dickins, Mark Levine, and Andrew Cohen, and Public Advocate Letitia James.

Many of the high - profile candidates for the job — including Public Advocate Letitia James — are skipping the process.

The New York Post's David Seifman reported Sunday that developers left without a candidate in the 2013 mayoral race after the demise of Rep Anthony Weiner might support Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

Joe Mendola, a Republican candidate for city comptroller, blasted the City Council for approving large cuts to the office of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum last week, calling the decision «a grave error.»

In 2013 he was the Green Party candidate for New York City Public Advocate and in 2015 he ran for Congress against the Republican candidate Dan Donovan who was the District Attorney that failed to indict anyone in the killing of Eric Garner.

Potential candidates for public advocate are state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Council member Letitia James and Reshma Saujani, currently a deputy in the Public Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign copublic advocate are state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Council member Letitia James and Reshma Saujani, currently a deputy in the Public Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign advocate are state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Council member Letitia James and Reshma Saujani, currently a deputy in the Public Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign coPublic Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign coffers.

But Lhota would face a much tougher fight against a Democrat were the election held today, according to the poll, losing by a margin of at least a 3 - 1 against any of the top three candidates: 62 - 17 to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, 55 — 19 to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and 57 — 17 to former City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

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.

On the Democratic side, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has so far counted a little over 40 percent of the primary vote, seemingly enough to avoid a runoff with the second place candidate, former Comptroller William Thompson.

In this case, the rest of the names happen to be black: mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, public advocate candidate Letitia James, Brooklyn district attorney candidate Ken Thompson and Brooklyn borough president candidate Eric Adams.

The question before progressive advocates of public campaign financing in New York State is whether we push for full public campaign finance on the Clean Money model of equal and sufficient funding grants for all qualified candidates, or whether we settle for partial public campaign financing on the Matching Funds model used for presidential primaries since 1976 and for New York City local elections since 1989.

Runoffs are currently only required in the three citywide races, for Mayor, Public Advocate, and Comptroller, and occur among the top two vote - getters if no candidate hits 40 percent in the first round of the primary.

In a statement, the Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral candidate said, «Companies like Cerberus profit from the sale of deadly assault weapons and the NRA's obstruction of commonsense gun control — all while our communities are victimized.

Letitia James, 59, of Brooklyn: New York City public advocate since 2014 and a potential 2021 candidate for mayor.

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John C. Liu.

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.

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John Liu.

The statewide emergence of New York City Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, who Wednesday announced her bid for attorney general following widespread mention as a future mayoral candidate.

But Schneiderman has gone above and beyond the efforts of his rivals, sending out multiple e-mails (I've seen one from NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and another from NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio before the coup de grace appeal from the candidate himself).

«His dedicated work in safeguarding public education, fighting drug abuse, promoting economic growth and advocating for the people of Dutchess and Putnam counties, makes clear why he is the best candidate in this race.

Early on in the race Mr. de Blasio, then a candidate for mayor, even tried to persuade Reshma Saujani, a James opponent and staffer in Mr. de Blasio's public advocate office, to drop out of the contest to clear a path for Ms. James.

That model has been upended in the past few months, as New Yorkers, in something of a post-therapeutic moment, have been braced by jarringly detailed disclosures about the marriages of one Democratic mayoral hopeful (Public Advocate Bill de Blasio) and one likely candidate (former Rep. Anthony Weiner).

Congressman Carolyn Maloney and Public Advocate Letitia James today hit Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for his past votes on gun control bills — and touted Democratic front - runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on the issue as superior.

Much of the current city council (not to mention the new public advocate) was recruited and bolstered by the party — and in many cases, the WFP - backed candidate defeated county machine candidates expected to glide to victory.

Asked about the Education Department's policy, however, de Blasio as public advocate and a mayoral candidate said that «common sense and fairness» trumped concerns over separation of church and state.

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.

While they did not play a decisive role in the Democratic primary for mayor, the WFP spearheaded the elections of the City Council speaker, comptroller, public advocate and various City Council candidates across the city.

De Blasio jumped into the debate about P.S. 811 last June, when he was the city's public advocate and a mayoral candidate, at the behest of parents who contacted his office.