Scott Stringer doesn't want to end up like Betsy Gotbaum. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, wants the Charter Revision Commission to ensure borough presidents have independent budgets not subject to cuts by the City Council or the mayor's office. Former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum saw her budget slashed by 40 percent last year, and said Read More
Betsy Gotbaum, who has said that the budget at her public advocate's office was slashed by 40 percent because of her opposition to extending term limits, is introducing a bill to prevent further reductions.According to a bill introduced today, the funding for the public advocate's office will be "not less than nine thousands Read More
After their very public cup of coffee on Wednesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday that he'll float incoming public advocate Bill de Blasio $850,000 dollars in a November budget modification to prop up the public advocate's office through the end of the fiscal year.
It's an interesting shift for the humbled mayor. Just last month, the mayor Read More
The $4,950 check from New Yorkers for Betsy Gotbaum to Thompson's campaign was recorded on August 31 of this year.
When the two remaining candidates for public advocate met for the campaign's final debate on Wednesday night--to discuss whether they had ever been arrested and when they last cooked dinner--Queens Councilman Eric Gioia was not among them.
In the primary on September 15, Mr. Gioia finished a disappointing third, pulling only 18 percent of Read More
Representative Nydia Velazquez endorsed Cy Vance for Manhattan district attorney this morning, saying that he “has always been against the death penalty” and that “is, to me, a very big, fundamental position.”
Vance and Velazquez were joined by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on the steps of City Hall, surrounded by supporters carrying “Women for Vance” Read More
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced she was endorsed by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.
Gotbaum said in a public statement, “Having known Kirsten since before she became a Congresswoman, I know she is very bright, capable and extremely hard-working. Kirsten learned quickly now that she represents the entire state and has adapted very well to her role. Read More
That's how one woman prosecuted by Cy Vance described him after he steered her to treatment instead of jail. It's part of a new video from the Manhattan district attorney's campaign. It was sent out to supporters by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, who asks people to donate to Vance in advance of the July 11 Read More
It's part of a new video from the Manhattan district attorney's campaign. It was sent out to supporters by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, who asks people to donate to Vance in advance of the July Read More
The story is fine. The graphic, apparently, isn’t. On Friday, the New York Post ran a story about Betsy Gotbaum, which included an image of Gotbaum’s face on top of a baby’s body. Today, when the City Council press office distributed a clips packet to members, they included that July 3, 2009 story, but edited Read More
The story is fine. The graphic, apparently, isn’t.
On Friday, the New York Post ran a story about Betsy Gotbaum, which included an image of Gotbaum’s face on top of a baby’s body.
Today, when the City Council press office distributed a clips packet to members, they included that July 3, 2009 story, Read More
An interested reader pointed out that, according to this 2001 New York Times article, the public advocate’s office faced a “looming fiscal crisis” back in 2001 when Rudy Giuliani trimmed its budget by 15 percent and outgoing public advocate Mark Green gave “retroactive raises for several of the office's 45 or so staff members.”
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
--compiled by Azi Paybarah and Jimmy Vielkind
Christine Quinn defended the 40 percent cut to the public advocate’s office, telling reporters it simply wasn’t raised as a priority by any of the council members during the budget negotiating process.
“No delegation recommended restoring the public advocate’s office,” said Quinn, flanked by a number of those members.
Quinn said the members made Read More
