If Bill de Blasio, Eric Gioia or Norman Siegel is going to win the Democratic primary for public advocate, one or more of them will have to damage Mark Green, probably by bringing up some of the less appealing political chapters in his past. They know this.
The catch: They’re all waiting for someone else to do it.
“Whether I bring them up or de Blasio or Gioia will” is unclear, said Siegel. “But somebody will bring it up. So many people have brought it up to me already.”
The conventional math at this early point in the race is that Green, who was elected two times as public advocate and has run unsuccessfully for