In a letter sent today, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio urged the federal government to halt the expansion of its “Secure Communities” program to New York...
In response to Mayor Bloomberg’s insistence on publicly releasing evaluation data on individual teachers, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called on the Mayor...
Last week, City Council members from all five boroughs spoke out against imposing yet another fee on cash-strapped nonprofit organizations. They have since...
With its “Homeless Hotspot” campaign, BBH has crossed a line from cynicism to exploitation. The campaign’s use of vulnerable people as WiFi hotspots in...
In a letter to Mayor Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, Public Advocate de Blasio used his authority under the New York City Charter and called on the...
I am deeply troubled by the dramatic projected loss of child care seats attributable to the EarlyLearn initiative, which would restructure Head Start Program,...
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has sent the following letter to New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden in support of an AIDS Memorial at the former...
Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their government is doing. The City should take measures to make the HPD...
I urge you to move forward on passing and signing into law a Living Wage bill for New York City’s larger economic development projects. Our city is in the...
