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New York City Public Advocate
Incumbent: Betsy Gotbaum (D)
Gotbaum will not run for re-election.
Challengers: Bill de Blasio (D), Alex Zablocki (R), Maura Deluca (Socialist Workers), William Lee (C), Jim Lesczynski (Libertarian).
Queens sends Marshall, Bloomy back for another round, hands Liu a landslide
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens Borough President: Saying issues like crime, education and affordable housing drove them to the polls Tuesday, Queens residents helped to re-elect Helen Marshall as borough president and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the city’s highest office by a narrow, while sending John Liu (D-Flushing) to the comptroller’s office as the first Asian American to win a citywide office. Comment.
Tall in the saddle: De Blasio elected Public Advocate
Courier-Life
Public Advocate: Brooklyn’s own Bill de Blasio was elected in a landslide to become the city’s next public advocate. Comment.
Brooklyn, you win one, you lose one
The Brooklyn Paper
Public Advocate: Park Slope’s Bill DeBlasio trounces Mark Green for the Democratic runoff for public advocate while Brooklyn Heights’s David Yassky fails — and falls bad — to John Liu in the comptroller runoff. Comments (1).
De Blasio wins! Park Slope pol bests Green in fight for Public Advocate
Courier-Life
Public Advocate: Bill de Blasio has always been a bit of a pain in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s side. Come this January, it looks like he’s going to get paid to do that and then some. Comments (1).
Get ready for a runoff: De Blasio beats Green, but not by enough
Courier-Life
Public Advocate: Showing a surge toward the end of the campaign season, Brooklyn City Councilmember Bill de Blasio bested former City Public Advocate Mark Green in the Democratic primary for public advocate. Comment.
Gioia falls as Green, de Blasio head to run-off
TimesLedger Newspapers
Public Advocate: City Councilman Eric Gioia’s (D-Sunnyside) run for the public advocate’s seat ended in defeat when he finished third in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, which resulted in a run-off between rivals Councilman Bill de Blasio (D-Brooklyn) and Mark Green. Comment.
Siegel and Green fight each other
The Brooklyn Paper
Public Advocate: All four the candidates — Councilmembers Bill DeBlasio (D–Park Slope) and Eric Gioia (D-Queens), civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel and former Public Advocate Mark Green — clashed in a spirited debate held by The Brooklyn Paper in conjunction with Brooklyn Independent Television. Comment.
Advocate candidates plead their case
Courier-Life
Public Advocate: Public Advocate candidates Eric Gioia and Mark Green traveled to Canarsie last week to defend their spot in the race, as well as the city position overall. Click on to read about the fireworks! Comment.
Gioia leads rally to help immigrant
TimesLedger Newspapers
Public Advocate: City councilman and public advocate candidate Eric Gioia (D-Sunnyside) and close to 100 Queens residents rallied outside City Hall Saturday in support of a pillar of the Woodside community who is facing what elected officials are calling an unjust deportation. Comment.
Caribbean Life endorses Thompson in Democratic Primary
BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Caribbean Life, a 101,000 circulation newspaper published by Community Newspaper Group, today endorsed — in the Democratic primary election — William Thompson for mayor, John Liu for comptroller, and Bill de Blasio for public advocate Comment.
Bronx newspapers endorse Thompson, Katz, deBlasio
BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: The Bronx Times and Bronx Times-Reporter today endorsed William Thompson for the Democratic nomination for Mayor, Melinda Katz for Comptroller, and Bill deBlasio for Public Advocate. Comments (1).
Queens newspapers back Thompson in Dem mayoral bid; Liu for Comptroller, Gioia for Public Advocate
BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: TimesLedger Newspapers of Queens — a chain of 14 newspapers with a circulation of 73,500 copies — today endorsed candidates in the citywide Democratic Primary election. Comment.
Brooklyn’s Courier-Life publishes Democratic primary picks
BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Courier-Life Publications, Brooklyn’s largest-circulation newspaper chain, today endorsed candidates in the upcoming Democratic primary election. Comment.
Watch our public advocate debate now!
The Brooklyn Paper
Public Advocate: Last week, we taped a scintillating debate with the four public advocate candidates — and you can watch it right now by clicking the link above! With video … Comment.
Sparks fly over Willets Point eminent domain at public advocate TV debate
TimesLedger Newspapers
Public Advocate: Hundred-watt personalities clashed under the studio lights as the city’s four Democratic public advocate candidates faced off at a televised debate last week. Comment.
Super Mario stumps for tall Bill
The Brooklyn Paper
Public Advocate: Former Gov. Mario Cuomo, a giant in the Democratic party, on Wednesday endorsed Councilman Bill DeBlasio (D–Park Slope), a life-sized giant, in his bruising race for public advocate. Comment.
Candidates waste big chance to be king of Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Paper
Politicrasher: Only two candidates showed their Brooklyn street cred at last night’s Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce debate. Comment.
Borough Park breakfast brings out Brooklyn pols
Courier-Life
Council District 43: Baby kissing, hand shaking, back slapping and good old shmoozing was in the house as several elected officials and citywide candidates woke with the birds to attend a legislative breakfast in Borough Park. Comment.
Democracy in action — DeBlasio is back on the ballot!
The Brooklyn Paper
Public Advocate: Front-running public advocate candidate Bill DeBlasio fought his way back onto the ballot at a hearing on Tuesday, convincing the famously Kafka-esque Board of Elections that the agency, and not his campaign, had caused the error that had knocked the Park Slope councilman off the ballot last week. Comment.
DeBlasio off the ballot in bizarre bureaucratic bungle!
The Brooklyn Paper
Public Advocate: The front-runner for the hotly contested public advocate race — Park Slope Councilman and ultimate political insider Bill DeBlasio — has been knocked off the ballot because of a technical error with his campaign petition signatures. Comments (1).
Marty likes Bill and David — two borough pols — for higher office
The Brooklyn Paper
Politicrasher: Surprise, surprise: Borough President Markowitz has endorsed the only Brooklynites in the races for public advocate and comptroller. Comment.
