The veteran lawmaker says the HQ2 deal presents precisely the kind of issue where a public advocate’s voice can be critical. And he argues that he’s been clearer on that issue than others in the race.
Now in his third term in the Assembly, the former Obama campaign official hopes to continue a rapid rise with a victory on February 26.
‘I think the mayor really is a policy and politics wonk and he thinks he has something to contribute to a national conversation.’
Eric Ulrich presents himself as Republican enough to challenge the power of the mayor as public advocate, but not so Republican that any voters should think he’s part of President Trump’s wing of the party.
We tend to get our presidential candidates fully grown and painted in the broadest strokes. But when we examine a politician we have seen for years in granular detail, it requires us to decide what we think it takes to run for president.
At midnight on January 1, a ball dropped in Manhattan, former Public Advocate Letitia James became the state attorney general, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson became the acting public advocate, and a race to fill James’ seat that had been stewing for months came to a boil.
Jessica Ramos will be one of 15 rookie State Senators joining a 40-member Democratic majority in charge of the upper house of the state legislature for the first time in a decade.
What were the truly transformative stories of 2018, and why did they matter? What are the stories really worth watching in 2019? Ben Max and Jarrett Murphy give their two cents.
The comptroller said he didn’t want to be a ‘rubber stamp’ for the legislature.
The Senate sponsor of the New York Health Act and a critic from a conservative think tank size break down the rationale for the bill and the risks it faces.
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