The northern Manhattan Councilmember wants to restore voting rights for non-citizens and shield small businesses from rising rents.
Agenda 2019
Melissa Mark-Viverito Points to Her Track Record in Bid for Public Advocate
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The former speaker joined Max & Murphy to talk about NYCHA, the need for a woman’s voice at the citywide level, and what she thinks of the anti-gay comments of a Bronx Councilmember.
Agenda 2019
Video: Breaking Down the Race for Public Advocate
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Sixteen people are running for a post with a staff smaller than an NFL team’s active roster, a budget less than one-fifteenth of one percent of the police department’s and a funky assortment of duties and powers. Does the race matter?
Max & Murphy: Rookie Sen. Biaggi on Early Progress, Looming Tests for Albany Dems
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Will a looming budget crunch slow down the Empire State’s progressive wave?
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Get Your Public Advocate Special Election Voters’ Guide!
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Do your homework on the 16 candidates running in the February 26 election to be the No. 2 citywide official.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Benjamin Yee and Jared Rich Offer Distinct ‘Outsider’ Choices for Public Advocate
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There’s ‘outside’ as in out the parking lot, and then there’s ‘outside’ like outside in the woods next to the highway.
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The Long-Shot Case for Making NYC Public Transit Free
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It costs money for the subways and buses to collect and process fares. It creates a crime that we have to figure out how to fairly police. And, even with discounted fares, it makes transit an unavoidable cost burden to lower-income people. So why not make it free?
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Nomiki Konst Wants to Change the Role of NYC’s Public Advocate
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Job No. 1, the journalist and activist says, would be to take the public advocate out of the mayoral line of succession.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: As Public Advocate, Ron Kim Would Lead Aggressive Assault on Student Debt
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The Queens Assemblymember would ask Washington to forgive student debt, or transfer it to cities and states to administer. Barring that, he’d move to seize it using eminent domain.
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Proposed MTA Fare Hike Could Unfairly Impact Access-a-Ride Users, Advocates Say
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One of the MTA’s proposed fare hike options would raise the base fare to $3 a ride, which Access-a-Ride users say would unfairly burden them since they aren’t eligible for the MetroCard bonuses that subway and bus riders are.
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Public Advocate Hopefuls Offer Nuanced Differences On Transit Issues
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More than a dozen contenders participated in the debate, hosted by the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund at Brooklyn Law School.