Public Advocate Calls Absentee Ballot Discrepancies “Systemic Incompetence”
Williams: "This is far from the first time that the Board of Elections has failed to meet its mandate of facilitating a smooth, stable, secure election." Photo: Twitter…
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Public Advocate Calls for Public Safety Reforms as Gun Violence Rises
Williams: "Anecdotal evidence has suggested a work slowdown for several weeks now. The rumored slowdown implemented by some officers in retaliation for reforms, including those signed as recently…
Public Advocate Williams Urges Passage Of Real Property Tax Relief Bill
Williams: "The Coronavirus has hindered the ability of New Yorkers to meet their tax obligations over the past three months...The City must act in ways to ease this…
Public Advocate Williams Backs “Right To Record Police” Bill
Williams: "The right to record can allow a level of accountability in incidents with officers acting inappropriately. Ramsey Orta, for example, filmed the last words of Eric Garner…
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE PROPOSES MANDATORY LOCKDOWN TO STOP COVID-19 SPREAD
Williams: "That lockdown status, which I urge our city and state executives to adopt immediately as essential guidance and directives, should be re-evaluated on a biweekly basis to…
ENTERTAINER OBBA BABATUNDÉ RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING
Obba Babatundé, the multi-talented and highly celebrated, award-winning entertainer is a Broadway, film and television star, whose career spans more than four decades grew up in the diverse…
NEW YORK STATE SENATOR PARKER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ALLOW VOTING RIGHTS TO INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS
NY State Senator Kevin Parker: “When Senate Democrats were in the majority in 2010 we enacted fair, common-sense laws to have people in prison counted at their home…
PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS WILL HOLD ROUNTABLE WITH COMMUNITY AND ETHNIC MEDIA AT CUNY
Jumaane D. Williams, an activist and former New York City Council member, was elected public advocate of the City of New York in February 2019 after a special…