Staten Island Boy Scouts rallied on the City Hall steps this afternoon in an effort to save Pouch Camp from being sold to developers. Among the people in attendence were the two Republican congressional candidate who want to unseat Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon: Mike Grim and Mike Allegretti.I asked both of them if Read More
Two former candidates from last year's city elections, plus a Democratic operative, got into a back and forth exchange on my Facebook page when I asked readers who were the winners and losers from the health care vote last night.Alex Zablocki, a Republican who ran for public advocate, said, "we already have health insurance Read More
Michael Bloomberg, who has already cut the budget for the public advocate drastically, said he’d be okay if the office were done away with entirely.
“A lot of people have proposed getting rid of the public advocate’s office,” Bloomberg said at the Columbus Day parade this morning. “I think if you have a charter revision Read More
Betsy Gotbaum and the candidates running to replace her were joined outside City Hall this morning by four good-government groups to protest the 40 percent cut that’s slated to hit the public advocate’s office next year.
Joining the protest were representatives from Common Cause, NYPIRG, Women's City Club of New York City, and Citizens Union, Read More
Eric Gioia said he wants a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants opening up within 500 feet of public schools. “This has a direct impact on our children’s health” and represent “a clear and present danger” to their health, Gioia told reporters on Sunday. Like his publicity-savvy friend, Morgan Spurlock, who built a career on sounding Read More
Eric Gioia said he wants a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants opening up within 500 feet of public schools.
“This has a direct impact on our children’s health” and represent “a clear and present danger” to their health, Gioia told reporters on Sunday.
Like his publicity-savvy friend, Morgan Spurlock, who built a career on Read More
A few interesting bits from the campaign finance filings of some of the public advocate candidates:
In this latest filing period, from January 12 to March 11, Mark Green raised $143,285, but has only paid two bills so far, totaling $17,621. Those bills were for a campaign office and for a $16,006 poll Read More
A few interesting bits from the campaign finance filings of some of the public advocate candidates: In this latest filing period, from January 12 to March 11, Mark Green raised $143,285, but has only paid two bills so far, totaling $17,621. Those bills were for a campaign office and for a $16,006 poll by Greenberg Read More
The organizer of a forum for public advocate candidates at Fordham Law School is disputing a report on City Room saying the G.O.P. candidate, Alex Zablocki, wasn’t invited because organizers “thought it was unlikely that he had a serious chance, as a Republican.”
When asked if this was an accurate description of his Read More
Mr. Gioia, 35, has been preparing for higher office since his election to the Council seven years ago, and has raised more money since then than all but three of his Council colleagues. Mr. de Read More
Norman Siegel, one of the recognizable names in next year's public advocate’s race, said that if his third bid for the office is unsuccessful, he won't try again.
“I told my wife and we had a conversation, and this is it,” Siegel said.. “That’s why it’s more Read More
