Lappin 'Considering' a Public Advocate Bid
By Azi Paybarah
To the list of serious candidates for public advocate next year, add, maybe, City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin.
"I am very seriously considering a run for Public Advocate next year," Lappin told me via text message moments ago.
More than one reader told me recently of having been contacted by Lappin recently to gauge support for a prospective run.
Lappin, a freshman Democrat on the East Side of Manhattan, would be the only woman in the race, which currently looks to include her Council colleagues Eric Gioia, Bill de Blasio and John Liu, as well as civil liberties attorney Norman Siegel and Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell.
As one of the readers pointed out, Lappin could benefit from the fact that, unlike the other candidates in the race, she’s on fairly good terms with the mayor. Although she voted against the term-limits extension (like the other candidates), she wasn’t vocally opposed to it and refrained entirely from public mayor-bashing. And her business-minded, East Side constituents who are likely to support Bloomberg don’t have a natural favorite candidate in the Public Advocate’s race, unless Lappin enters. (Of course, this theory is predicated on the notion that the mayor will still be a popular figure by the time next year's primary happens.)
The current public advocate, Betsy Gotbaum, is not seeking re-election due, she said, to an objection to the way term limits were extended.
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What will she do if she
What will she do if she loses? She can't keep giff's council seat if she runs. Seems like a bad move for her.
Her work on the crane
Her work on the crane regulations demonstrates that she is exactly the type of non-hack candidate that we need in the public advocate position. Yes, she is giving up a safe seat, but I guess she is more interested in doing public good then simply having a public job!
Fix our schools first
Schools in Lappin's district are highly overcrowded. What has she done to fix it? She should demonstrate she can advocate for her constituents before moving on to higher office.
Jessica lappin
Jessica lappin has done nothing for our district , so no, we
will not vote for her, she is not competent to be public advocate
Before Lapin voted against
Before Lapin voted against extending term limits, she voted NO on the amendment that would have let the people decide! Only 2 Council members were so hipocritical. No surprise she's still buddy-buddy with Mike. She chose sucking up to him and Quinn over "public advocacy" and then pretended to be sticking up for the will of The People.
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