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Candidate: New York City Public Advocate

Jumaane Williams (D)

(Incumbent)

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New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams (Photo credit: ballotpedia.org)
A corrections officer in a NYC jail
Politics

Judge squashes Mayor Adams’ emergency orders blocking solitary confinement ban in city jails

By Adam Daly
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams addresses Town Hall meeting of Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke in Brooklyn on Monday, June 16, 2025.
Brooklyn

Caribbean candidates win Democratic Primary Elections in NYC

By Nelson A. King
Primary voter on Upper East Side
Politics

PRIMARY RESULTS: Unofficial tallies of how New Yorkers voted in key races

By Robert Pozarycki, Adam Daly, Ethan Stark-Miller and Shea Vance
Jumaane Williams, Jenifer Rajkumar, and Marty Dolan are the three Democratic contenders for this cycle's NYC public advocate election.
Politics

2025 Elections: Who are the Democrats running for NYC public advocate?

By Shea Vance
New Yorkers protest Trump travel ban and anti-immigrant policies
Immigration

Trump travel ban on 12 African and Asian nations ‘racist’ and un-American, New York pols and advocates say

By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki
Public Advocate Debate June 4
Politics

Williams, Rajkumar trade blows over misconduct allegations, Mayor Adams ties in heated Public Advocate debate

By Adam Daly
Man with bullhorn speaks out against ICE and Trump at rally in Manhattan
Politics

Manhattan rally blasts ICE as ‘Trump’s gestapo’ a day after NJ mayor arrested while visiting immigrant detention center

By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki
NJ Mayor Ras Baraka following ICE arrest by Trump admin
Politics

‘Emergency rally’ in Manhattan scheduled to protest Trump admin’s arrest of NJ Mayor Ras Baraka at ICE facility

amNewYork and Reuters
mayor eric adams with prayer leaders in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Mayor Eric Adams rallies against criticism at Ocean Hill church, tells supporters he’s ‘going nowhere’

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki
Mayor Adams at press conference
Politics

Crisis at City Hall: Hochul meeting with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future as possible removal looms

By Robert Pozarycki
Brooklyn church members pray for Mayor Adams
Politics

Mayor Adams rallies with supporters at Brooklyn church against ‘negativity’ centered around dismissal of his federal criminal case

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki
childcare rally city hall
Brooklyn

City Hall to meet with Brooklyn childcare centers fighting closure as providers, pols slam Mayor Adams

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen
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Queens

Rajkumar gains strong endorsements from Queens officials in Public Advocate race

By Colum Motherway
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Brooklyn

Brooklyn pols call for Mayor Adams’ resignation, fair trial amid historic indictment

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
farah louis at slavery reparations bill conference
Brooklyn

City Council passes landmark legislation to acknowledge and address legacy of slavery, paving path for reparations in NYC

By Gabriele Holtermann
NYPD officer on radio
Crime

Over and out? NYPD says that some police radio channels will not be encrypted, and remain open to public

By Dean Moses
A corrections officer in a NYC jail
Police & Fire

Mayor Adams ‘state of emergency’ in NYC jails blocks parts of City Council-approved solitary confinement law

By Robert Pozarycki and Dean Moses
NYC building owned by worst landlord
Housing & Homelessness

NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ sought for arrest over dangerous conditions in Washington Heights buildings

By Ben Brachfeld
council members at how many stops act rally
Brooklyn

Brooklyn council members play key role in overriding mayor’s veto of ‘How Many Stops’ Act

By Isabel Song Beer
Mayor Eric Adams speaks about purported solitary confinement ban
Police & Fire

‘Sleight of hand’? Mayor Adams says ‘solitary confinement’ ban proponents engaged in misinformation to push bill through City Council

By Robert Pozarycki
Migrants help at Brooklyn community garden on MLK Day weekend
Brooklyn

Good works for MLK Day Weekend: Brooklyn migrants, volunteers give back at greenspace

By Dean Moses
Far right and left activists confront each other at Lower Manhattan migrant rally
Housing & Homelessness

Lower Manhattan rally to stop migrant shelter limits crashed by far-right activists

By Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller
Rikers Island jail
Opinion

Op-ed | Punitive segregation ban will only endanger more correction officers on Rikers Island

By Antoinette Anderson
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Wednesday released his annual list of the “worst landlords” in New York City.
Housing & Homelessness

‘Worst Landlords’ in NYC: Inside a Hell’s Kitchen apartment house on list for squalor and neglect

By Aidan Graham

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