Public Advocates Debate, Proxies Prepare

I’m in the Green Room at ABC’s studios, about to watch the first official debate between the public advocate candidates.

Zoe Epstein of Eric Gioia’s office was hanging out in here, joking that she played Bill de Blasio in debate prep.

Mark Green walked by and told his daughter, Jenya, to say hi to us. Read More

Bill de Blasio and Family on the Air

Bill de Blasio is up with his second ad, featuring every member of his family.

He’s put more public emphasis on his family than the other candidates, Mark Green, Norman Siegel, or Eric Gioia. Certainly, he’s the only candidate in the all-white field who can use the diversity of his own household as a direct Read More

Gioia on the Cheapness of Talk

Public advocate candidate Eric Gioia is out with his second ad, which features a series of people talking straight to the camera, and Eric Gioia’s voice saying, “You can talk until you’re blue in the face, but the truth is, if you’re not wealthy or well connected in this city, government doesn’t hear your voice.” Read More