On Friday, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum denounced the disproportionate 40% budget cut agreed to by Speaker Quinn and Mayor Bloomberg. And yesterday, all six candidates for her office joined her in calling for an independent budget for the Public Advocate.
Today, Gotbaum takes her fight to The Huffington Post: "Bloomberg and Quinn Cripple the City Watchdog"
Below is a selection of the coverage Gotbaum's budget protest has received:
Wanna-bes join Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum in her budget war with Mayor Bloomberg (NY Daily
News)
Rivals Unite to Protest Plan to Cut New York Public Advocate's Budget (NY Times)
Public Advocate Hopefuls Question Funding Gap (NY1)
June 23, 2009:
A Hatchet to the Public's Watchdog (El Diario)
The Stifling of the Public Advocate (NBC NY)
June 20, 2009:
Gotbaum Budget is Cut 40%; She Calls it Political Payback (NY Times)
Advocacy slashed: Betsy Gotbaum stews over budget slight (NY Daily News)
Don't Cross Betsy (Gotham Gazette)
Gotbaum Hits Cuts to Her Office as "Payback from Speaker Quinn" (Village Voice)
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