A
public advocate is someone who speaks up for and represents the interests of the general public. They work to ensure that the public's rights, needs, and concerns are heard and addressed by the government or other entities.
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The
city public advocate race does not get as much attention as the mayoral contest does, and one candidate thinks the office needs a makeover.
The system prevents what can be costly and labor - intensive runoff elections, such as the one held in the 2013 primary election
for public advocate.
«Given the challenges that we've taken on in this office, my full focus is on being the
best public advocate I can be,» she said in a recent statement.
That victory made the
future public advocate the first candidate to win office solely on the labor - backed third party's line.
He had «privately dismissed at
least public advocate,» leaving only the comptroller's race apparently on the table.
The vital position of communications director to the vital office
of public advocate should not be left in these difficult times.
In September, New York City
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, running on a platform of taming inequality, routed his Democratic mayoral rival, Christine Quinn, known for her ties to Michael Bloomberg's finance - friendly administration.
«I am disappointed by today's dismissal, but I am encouraged that the merits of our case were not brought into question,» said
NYC Public Advocate Letitia James.
A state appeals court has granted a request by NYC
Public Advocate Tish James and others to reconsider whether the grand jury proceedings in the case of Eric Garner should be made public.
For the most part, however, all the candidates — Quinn and Albanese, as well
as public advocate Bill de Blasio, comptroller John Liu, former Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrion, and former comptroller Bill Thompson — focused on contrasting themselves with Mayor Bloomberg.
My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Holder's family, loved ones, and the entire NYPD during this incredibly difficult time,»
said Public Advocate Tish James in a statement.
In 2015, Parkash was listed as the worst landlord in the city
by Public Advocate Letitia James.
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.
Bloomberg dismissed that criticism and slammed the other expected candidates, which
include Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, his 2009 challenger Bill Thompson and City Comptroller John Liu.
Rodriguez is sponsoring a package of bills
with Public Advocate Letitia James and Councilman Jumaane Williams — known as the «Housing Not Warehousing Act» — intended to keep track of empty units and hold landlords accountable to register these empty lots.
So far nearly 300 people have said they're going to the Facebook event «I'm voting for Reshma Saujani for NYC
Public Advocate on 9/10/2013,» though nearly 7,000 have been invited.
Sworn in as
public advocate in 2010, the city's second highest elected office, de Blasio's past work includes managing Hillary Clinton's first U.S. Senate bid from New York in 2000 and serving in the City Council for eight years, representing Brooklyn neighborhoods.
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.»
Mr. Cuomo's vow of support comes on the heels of an endorsement
from Public Advocate Tish James and an NY1 / Siena College poll showing Mr. Rangel with a 13 - point lead over Mr. Espaillat.
For the first time in two decades, New York City may have a Democratic mayor in
current Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
Public Advocate Letitia James, who has assiduously cultivated a progressive profile in her years in government, is digging in her heels against calls that she break her ties to Bronx City Councilman Fernando Cabrera, who ---- in a YouTube video that surfaced this week ---- is seen in Uganda lavishly praising -LSB-...]
A graduate of the University of Illinois, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law School, Saujani began her career as an activist and an attorney, serving as
deputy public advocate for New York City.
Blake's encounter hit close to home for Williams and Kirsten John Foy of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, who previously served as director of intergovernmental affairs for
then Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.
FDNY Gay Officers Action League The New York City Council Mayor Bill de Blasio
Public Advocate Leticia James Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
Guardian Angels founder and New York Reform Party head Curtis Sliwa wants to do away with the city's
public advocate position.
And
while Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio is now calling for Weiner to get out — pleas he reiterated in remarks after the debate — none of the major Democrats in the field seem especially comfortable playing the role of Puritan buzzkill in a city that prides itself on being fearlessly liberal.
An organization from the Bay area
called Public Advocates released a report on Thursday, November 20 that highlighted and called into question charter schools across the state with parent involvement policies.
So, I asked him what did he say, and Shelly says: «I told him she was running for
public advocate not Grand Rebbe.»»
Tragedy struck the office of
new Public Advocate Letitia James as one of her senior staff was found hanged to death in his Crown Heights apartment Thursday.
In the 2013 Democratic
public advocate runoff election, turnout was seven percent, compared to 18 percent in the primary, according to data provided by FairVote, a nonpartisan group that pushes for electoral reforms.
Multiple Democratic Clubs have joined together to host the
first Public Advocate forum with all five announced candidates in the Democratic Primary.
In the September 10 Democratic primary, she will face off
against Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr., the 2009 Democratic candidate, and former City Councilman Sal Albanese.
The Campaign for Quality Education suit was filed by
Public Advocates Inc., which represented five nonprofits serving low - income, minority families.
In Renee v. Spellings, filed in a federal district court in San Francisco,
Public Advocates argued that the department had flouted the law by permitting employment of teachers still in training.
While I was a law student at Hastings, I was selected to be a member of the International & Comparative Law Journal, interned at the Court of Appeal for Judge Poche, worked
at Public Advocates (an impact litigation law firm), and also worked at Farella, Braun & Martell (a defense insurance firm).
Councilmember Mendez filed a COIB complaint two weeks before the election, questioning
whether Public Advocate de Blasio was using his «worst landlords» list as extortion for campaign donations, a move that the de Blasio camp saw as going too far.
As Crain's New York Business noted earlier this year, Mr. Rivera has repeatedly broken from many of his Bronx colleagues, backing State Senator Daniel Squadron for
public advocate over Tish James, who won her race, and endorsing former Council Speaker Christine Quinn for mayor over the county's pick, Bill Thompson.
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