Mark Green

Mark Green On Charlie Rangel: Reprimand, Not Censure

​The House vote on Charlie Rangel could come today now that the ethics panel has released its final report. Rangel is still pushing hard to get his censure resolution knocked down to a milder reprimand. It's a long shot despite support yesterday from House Dem James Clyburn of South Carolina w ... More >>

The Bloomberg-Berlusconi Axis: Mark Green Hits the Big Money Boys

Office of the Mayor​There's a tough column today by Mark Green (on Huffington Post and in this week's Observer), a reminder that, no matter how much the ex-candidate sometimes gets on our nerves, he always has something smart to say. Green's subject is the growing trend of mega-millionaires j ... More >>

Aqueduct Racino Debacle Uncovers Another Astonishing Relationship

​Believe it or not, all those Aqueduct Racetrack headlines conceal a touching story of reconciliation and forgiveness that no one has noticed. The story either proves that time, or plausible profit, heals all wounds, or it shatters the notion that blood is thicker than water. Roberto Ramire ... More >>

Barrett: Role of Public Advocate Gets Endorsement in FDNY Discrimination Finding; No Wonder Bloomberg Still Wants to Kill the Job

Bill de Blasio's job as public advocate: something Mayor Bloomberg would love to eradicate​One surprise in Mike Bloomberg's State of the City speech this week was his failure to say anything about the long-promised charter revision commission, which is expected, among other things, to act on o ... More >>

Primary Over But -- Questions Remain!

Now that the poorly-attended primary election is over, what droplets of meaning can be wrung from it? Some people think Mark Green (pictured), who finished second to Brooklyn councilmember Bill de Blasio in the public advocate race and will face him in a runoff on September 29, is played out in New ... More >>

Primary Culler: Green Leads in Public Advocate Race, But Can He Dodge a Runoff?

​Mark Green was the first New York City public advocate -- a sort of Mayoral VP and public busybody -- and, after a two-term interregnum by Betsy Gotbaum, he looks good to become the third. But it's not such a sure thing as it once looked. When Green announced for the race he actually scared ... More >>

Mario Cuomo's Mark Green Snub Recalls 2006 Green-Andrew Cuomo Throwdown

​Former Governor Mario Cuomo, father of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, made a rare endorsement today: He likes Bill de Blasio for Public Advocate. The Times sees it as a snub to Mark Green, and no kidding: as Wayne Barrett observed in 2006, Green was not gentle with Cuomo fils in a debate dur ... More >>

Mark Green Running for Public Advocate

Mark Green is mainly known for losing elections, but he did serve as Pubic Advocate from 1994 to 2001, and now he wants his old job back. Green, who announced on NY1's "Wiseguys" show, says we need a PA who "understands how to make New York a cutting edge, 21st century city." Bill de Blasio, Eric Gi ... More >>

Most Public Advocate Candidates Not Sweating Mark Green

Mark Green is getting a surprisingly friendly reception to the Public Advocate's race. The current PA, Betsy Gotbaum, who will not compete in this year's race, responds, "It doesn't surprise me that the field of strong candidates for the Public Advocate's race continues to grow. I believe that is a ... More >>

Mark Green's 2006 Vow: I'm Done

Here's Mark Green offering a proud last hurrah on the night of  September 15, 2006 when he lost his bid to be state attorney general:  "I will not seek office again. I want to make my contribution as an advocate, as a writer,  as a lawyer, and as a teacher. But I will not seek elective office ... More >>

Your Turn: Farewell, Liberal Friend

Mark Green Exits, Stage Left

Sifting through the broken dreams of a great candidate who failed to connect with New York's most powerful constituency: liberal Democratic voters

Mark Green's Three Questions

At the Debate: Bombs and Love Taps

(Name Here) for Mayor!

Save This Office

If Betsy Gotbaum wins another term, we may lose our only advocate

This Candidate Wants Your Clothes

Calling All Liberals: Progressives Gather to Outflank Bush

Letters

Code Unknown

••• How to Play the Race Card

The War On Identity

Gayocons and Heteroprogs Launch a New Assault on the Politics of Diversity

Labor’s Election Day Flop

The Union Coalition That Wasn’t

How Bloomy Bloomed

Blunders, Billions, and Backstabbing Beat Green

Bloomberg Radio

How Black Talk Jocks Sold ‘We Like Mike’ to African Americans

Crime Wave

Michael Bloomberg’s Last-Minute Mailing

Take It or Leave It, Mark Green

Brooklyn Assemblyman Roger Green’s Challenge to a Turncoat Liberal

Is the Peace Real?

Probing Green’s Shaky Rapprochement With the Ferrer Camp

Labor’s Lone Ranger

Dennis Rivera’s Tortured Path to a Mayoral Endorsement

Letters

Race Counts

White Voters Play the Race Card, Again

Mark Green, You Can’t Hide

Unmasking a Phony White Liberal

The Hidden Persuaders

Green Takes Heat for Hate Flyers

Green’s Crisis Advantage

How Mark Topped Freddy in the Race to Rebuild

Grumbling at Green

And Voting for Him Anyway

The Giuliani Dilemma

How Freddy and Mark Used Rudy to Define Themselves

What Black Vote?

The City’s African American Electorate is No Longer Predictable

Mother Dearest & the Courthouse Cabal

A Public Advocate Candidate Has a Patronage Problem

The Green Team

Does the Voice Whispering in Mark Green’s Ear Have His Own Agenda?

Imagining the Public Advocate

Five Visions for a Young Office

The Kid From Great Neck

Grown-Up Green Is Poised to Run ‘the City’

The Unfinished Mayoralty

David Dinkins Bares His Soul About Mark Green, Al Sharpton, a Black-Latino Coalition, Crown Heights, Rudy Giuliani, and His Own Legacy

The V.I.P. List

Mayoral Candidates Take the Club-Friendliness Test

Awkward Allies

Green Sidesteps Bratton's Misconduct Record, Garners Supercop's Support

Green Leads in Real Estate Green

But in Mayor’s Race, the Industry Hasn’t Picked a Horse Yet

Campaign Classics

Tales From the Trail About Green, Zogby, Powers, and Zuckerman

The Early Line

The Guys Who Want Rudy Giuliani’s Job

Managing Maximus

City Contractor in the Spotlight

On the Mark

Green's populist campaign appeals to Hollywood and Harlem

The Last Reformer?

Mark Green's Senate Campaign Ignores the Isms (as in Leftism)

Becoming 'Dem-ato'

Schumer Morphs Into Alfonse: Fires Assault Weapon at Green, and Praises His Own Miss