Letitia James’ win in the race to become the next New York Attorney
General means there will be a special election early in 2019 to name New
York City’s next Public Advocate. The candidates for what will be a
roughly three-month race were just beginning to become clear when news
broke of planned City Council legislation calling for the position of
public advocate to be abolished, as reported by Politico.
Though the post of public advocate has had critics since it was
created during a massive 1989 New York City Charter revision process,
the Council bill faces an uphill path to passage, and the race to
replace James as one of just three popularly-elected citywide officials
will capture much of the city’s political attention over the coming
weeks.
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Source: Gotham Gazette (via Empire Report New York)
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