New York city elects three citywide officers, including Public Advocate. Before 1994, the office was “President of the City Council.” The office is fundamentally like Vice-Mayor; in other words, if the Mayor position becomes vacant, the Public Advocate becomes Mayor.
Public advocate is a partisan office in regular elections, but it is non-partisan in special elections. The previous elected Public Advocate was elected New York State Attorney General last year, so the Public Advocate position is being filled with a special election. Candidates needed 3,750 signatures to get on the February 2019 ballot. Seventeen qualified. Here is the list.
Candidates may have a label on the ballot next to their names, but the label can’t be the name of a political party.
Legis partisan PR
Exec/Judic NONpartisan AppV
Both pending Condorcet
NY City Charter parts —
Chapter 2: Council
Section 21. The Council.
There shall be a council which shall be the legislative body of the city. In addition to the other powers vested in it by this charter and other law, the council shall be vested with the legislative power of the city. Any enumeration of powers in this charter shall not be held to limit the legislative power of the council, except as specifically provided in this charter.
Section 22. Composition of council.
a. The council shall consist of the public advocate and of fifty-one other members termed council members. Consistent with state law, the size of the council and the number of districts from which council members are elected may be increased by local law without approval pursuant to section thirty-eight.
b. One council member shall be elected from each council district as now or hereafter constituted.
[One more minority rule gerrymander rotted system]
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Section 24. Public advocate.
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e. The public advocate shall have the right to participate in the discussion of the council but shall not have a vote.
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http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/New%20York/charter/newyorkcitycharter?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:newyork_ny
One of the longest city charters ever ??? —
all sorts of special interest gang parts.
This used to be Bill De Blasio’s job.
@TGFP,
Demo Rep replaced Bill De Blasio?
NO.
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— ESP TO RIG ELECTIONS BY ALL MEANS POSSIBLE.