Sentences with phrase «qualified candidates for public advocate»
Two qualified candidates for public advocate faced off in a runoff last week, with Councilmember Letitia James defeating State Senator Daniel Squadron.
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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.
In order to qualify for public matching funds from the Campaign Finance Board, a public advocate candidate must raise at least $ 125,000 from 500 donors living in New York City.
Three prospective mayoral candidates called on Lopez to resign Friday, without hesitating or qualifying their remarks: Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer («he should step down immediately»), City Council Speaker Christine Quinn («Because of the seriousness of these findings, Vito Lopez should immediately resign») and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio («Today's findings have serious implications... It is time for him to resign»).