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Education
and Child Welfare
The Public Advocate's Remarks on High School Graduation Rates
8/11/08
Gotbaum Responds to New City School Crime Numbers
8/5/08
Gotbaum: Signs Intended to Protect Children at Playgrounds Must be in English and Spanish 7/25/08
PA Gotbaum: Parks Department Must Immediately Replace or Treat Dangerous Playground Material That is Causing Burns to Kids 7/21/08
PA Gotbaum: City and State Fail to Protect Domestic Violence Victims and Their Children from Continued Abuse 7/16/08
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Launches Children's Health and Wellness Tour 7/14/08
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on Test Score Results 6/23/08
PA Gotbaum: Parents Calling 311 with Special Education Questions Need Consistent Help 6/22/08
Gotbaum: To Fight Rise in Youth Gun Violence, City Must Help Kids Gets Summer Jobs, Keep Community Centers Open
6/19/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Demands DOE Plan for Heat Emergencies 6/10/08
PA Gotbaum: DOE Fails to Meet State Regulations for Arts Instruction 6/10/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum, Councilmember de Blasio and Parents Demand Answers from the DOE About Pre-K Glitch 6/04/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Letter to Chancellor Klein on Pre-K Enrollment
Problems 5/28/08
PA Gotbaum Statement on Overcrowding Survey 5/20/08
PA Gotbaum: Restore Funding for Needed Summer Jobs for Youth 5/14/08
PA Gotbaum: Legal Loophole Keeps Parents in the Dark on Environmental Cleanup of Schools 5/5/08
PA Gotbaum: New Report Showsthe DOE Strikes Out on Physical Education 5/4/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Survey: Parent Coordinators Fail to Communicate
4/24/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum on the State's Appeals Court Decision to Uphold Cell Phone Ban 4/22/08
PA Gotbaum: Shortage of Class Seats a Growing Problem, City Must Respond 4/14/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on Cesar Rodriguez Guilty Verdict 3/18/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum, Parks and Environmental Advocates: City Must Test Potentially Toxic Turf 2/28/08
Gotbaum: More Mixed Messages from the DOE 2/27/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on SURR School Closings 2/6/08
PA Gotbaum: DOE Budget Cuts Must Be Reversed 2/4/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum: Department of Education Needs to Hit the Gym 1/31/08
Testimony from Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum at Assembly Hearing on Compliance with Required Physical Education Classes 1/31/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on the Handcuffing of a Queens Kindergartner in School 1/25/08
PA Gotbaum: DOE Short-Changing Female Students at CTE High Schools
1/20/08
PA Gotbaum, CM de Blasio: New Documents Challenge ACS’ Motives for Closing of Bronx Day Care Center 1/10/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls on ACS to Keep Day Care Centers Open 1/02/08
PA Gotbaum, Parents: Too Many Tests to Learn 12/27/07
PA Gotbaum Blasts DOE on Failure to Act on Teen Dating Violence 12/11/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement from Education Committee Hearing on Progress Reports 12/10/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum: If You Suspect Child Abuse, Say Something
12/9/07
PA Gotbaum: DOE Must Hold School-Based Hearings before Closing Schools 12/5/07
New Gotbaum Report Finds Jump in Child Fatalities in City Homeless Shelters
11/28/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum: Financial Literacy Essential for All Graduating High School Students 11/26/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Releases New Report: NYC Youth See Growing Gang Activity in Schools 11/18/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum on DOE Progress Reports 11/05/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Urges New Yorkers, and NYC Schools, to Take Steps to Prevent Staph Infection 10/26/07
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on the New Office of Fitness and Health Education 10/18/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum: City Should Provide Comprehensive Sex Education 10/18/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum: On-going Cell Phone Ban May Pose Threat to New York City School Children 10/11/07
PA Gotbaum Calls for Immediate Inventory of Cribs at City Agencies 9/28/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Praises GPS on School Buses 9/28/07
New Gotbaum Survey: City Still Fails to Help Special Education Students 9/13/07
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on Citywide Public School Survey 9/6/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum: Irresponsible to Ban Cell Phones in School 9/6/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Extended Hours at School Registration Centers 9/5/07
New Gotbaum Survey: Community School Districts Unresponsive to Calls for Support 8/28/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Immediate, Citywide Plan to Protect Kids from Toxic Toys 8/16/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Immediate, Independent Oversight over ACS 8/10/07
PA Gotbaum's Statement on Veto of Cell Phone Bill 8/9/07
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on IBO's New CTE Report 8/9/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Releases First Video Cast 8/6/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Releases Guide to Summer Meals for New York City
Children 7/11/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum, CCSE Release New Report on DOE's Lack of Communication
with Special Ed Parents 6/18/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum: How Many Kids Did ACS Expose to Experimental
HIV Drugs? 6/11/07
Public
Advocate Finds Spike in ACS Mistakes Before Tragic Death of Nixzmary
Brown 6/4/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Expanded Fingerprinting Program to
Protect Children 5/23/07
Gotbaum
Calls for Expansion of State-Approved Career and Technical Education
Programs 5/14/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum: DOE's Failed School Safety Policies Undermine
Efforts to Improve Student Achievement 5/2/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Calls for DOE to Invest in Additional High School
Seats in the Bronx 4/16/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Questions Mayor Bloomberg, Chancellor Klein on
School Changes 04/11/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum on Mayor Bloomberg's Attack 04/09/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Visits Queens High School; Calls for DOE to Invest
in Additional High School Seats 04/05/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Calls for DOE to Invest in Additional High School
Seats in Brooklyn 03/30/07
Gotbaum
Releases Report on City's Unresponsiveness to Parents of Children
with Disabilities 03/23/07
Gotbaum:
DOE Must Work with ACS and NYPD on School Bus Investigations
03/21/07
School
Construction Plan Assumes High Dropout Rate 03/11/07
Gotbaum Proposes Additional Family Court Reforms 03/04/07
As Crime Rises in Schools, DOE Fails to Make Students Safe, Treats
Students Like Criminals, Say Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, Councilmemeber
Jackson, Parents, Students, Advocates 02/21/07
Gotbaum Report Calls DOE School Safety Reporting Into Question
02/15/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on School Safety
02/14/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Education
Committee Hearing 02/13/07
Gotbaum Calls for "School Bus Bill of Rights"
02/12/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum in Response To Mayor’s
Comments Today on the School Bus Fiasco 02/07/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum On Continued Problems
with School Bus Route Changes 02/05/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum On Changes to School
Bus Routes 01/29/07
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum For City Council Education
Hearing 01/25/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Schools Identified
as Failing under No Child Left Behind 01/11/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council General
Welfare Committee Hearing 01/11/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on DOE Pilot Project
To Let Students Store Cell Phones in Coin-Operated Lockers
12/13/06
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum for City Council Hearing on Coordination between the Administration
for Children’s Services and the Department of Homeless Services
12/07/06
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Hearing
on No-Bid Contracts 11/21/06
Gotbaum and Parents Cite Serious Safety Concerns; Call on Mayor
to Dump Cell Phone Ban 11/14/06
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum On Department of Education’s
Newly Released Cell Phone Waiver Policy 11/09/06
Gotbaum Calls on DOE to Improve Technical Programs To Help Connect Students with Health Care Jobs November, 2006
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Hearing
on
Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect 10/26/06
Gotbaum Calls for Independent Review of ACS 10/26/06
Gotbaum Calls on DOE to
Account for Violations of State Law Concerning Disabled Students 10/23/06
Gotbaum: High Attorney Turnover
Plagues ACS Family Unit 9/18/06
Public Advocate Calls on DOE to Suspend No-Bid Contract With Alvarez
and Marsal, Pending Investigation 8/30/06
Unlevel Playing Field for Girls, Gotbaum Study Finds 8/17/06
Testimony of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for Department of Education
Hearing on Changes in Standards of Discipline for City Schools 8/9/06
Public Advocate Gotbaum Issues Statement,
Calls For Answers From ACS 8/01/06
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Releases Listing of Free Summer Meal Sites for
City Children 6/22/06
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum for City Council Hearing on Department of Education Cell
Phone Policy 6/14/06
Read
Gotbaum's New York Time Op-Ed on Low-Income Working Mothers
5/19/06
Testimony
for City Council Hearing on Parental Involvement in Public Education
5/11/06
Gotbaum
Introduces Bills to Help Students with Special Needs; Protect
Children From Dangers of Tanning Beds 5/10/06
Gotbaum
To School Chancellor: Heed Parents's Cellphone Call 5/08/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Calls on State to Share Domestic Violence
Data with ACS 02/20/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement for City Council Hearing on
Oversight of Child Welfare System 01/30/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Outlines Plan to Protect Domestic Violence
Survivors and Their Children 01/27/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on Child Death in Brooklyn
01/12/06
Statement
of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on 2005
National Assessment of Educational Progress Test Scores for Grades
4 and 8 12/1/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on the Passing of Former UFT
Leader Sandra Feldman 9/19/05
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
Fights to Keep City from Closing 110 School-Based Meal Programs
8/08/05 Chart
of Closings
Testimony of Public Advocate
Betsy Gotbaum on Department of Education's Discipline Code Public
Hearing 8/04/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Distributes Child ID Kits and Calls for
Expanded Program to Find Missing Children 8/01/05
Gotbaum
Report Finds City Fails to Adequately Protect Children From Domestic
Violence 7/21/05
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum Exposes City's Failture to Address Domestic Violence Among
Teens 7/18/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Facilitates Donation of Books to 10 New
York City High Schools 6/20/05
Statement
of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on 2005 State English Language
Arts Test Scores for Grades 4 and 8 5/18/05
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
Presses to Get Pollution-Spewing, Garbage-Filled Trucks Away from
Bronx High School 5/17/05
Gotbaum:
1 in 6 Foster Kids Have Kids of Their Own 5/15/05
Gotbaum Charges: High Schools NOT Safe;
Gangs, Drugs, Crime Plague Schools, Students 3/02/05
Mayor's
Report Shows Fewer Children Being Helped to Stay at Home
2/11/05
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Finds New School Suspension Policy a Failure
1/13/05
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Meets With Community Education Council Leaders
1/07/05
Public
Advocate Gotbaum to Schools Chancellor Klein: Keep Your Promise
and Fix Special Ed 12/05/04
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on Court-Appointed Referees'
Recommendations Regarding State Funding of New York City Schools
11/30/04
Gotbaum
Introduces Special Education Legislation 10/27/04
Gotbaum
and Parents Celebrate New East Village Playground 10/27/04
Analysis
Reveals 4th Grade Test Scores in Decline 10/07/04
Gotbaum's
Statement on City's Child Safe Initiative 10/07/04
Bloomberg's
Response to Child's Death Dismissive, Callous, and Wrong
10/04/04
School
Construction Delays Cost Millions, Jeopardize Safety
9/20/04
Gotbaum's
Comment on School Enrollment Center Visits 9/13/04
Gotbaum
Comments on Mayor Bloomberg's Education Speech 9/09/04
Statement
by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on the Results of Summer School
Tests for Third Graders 8/18/04
Gotbaum
Calls for Signs on Child Abuse, Neglect in Shelters
7/21/04
Public
Advocate Finds Parent Coordinators Unreachable and Uninformed
07/12/04
Gotbaum
Releases DOE Report Card Says School Reforms Need Reforming
06/28/04
Parking
Lotta Problems For Kids 04/19/04
Dept.
of Education Strikes Out on School Sports as Childhood Obesity
Rate Soars 03/30/04
Gotbaum
to Klein: Stop Stonewalling and Fix Special Ed 87% of Surveyed
DOE Employees Confirm Scandal 03/18/04
Klein
Using FOIL in Witch Hunt for "Whistle Blowers"
02/17/04
Crisis
in Special Education: Gotbaum Charges DOE Created Backlog of Evaluations
02/09/04
Gotbaum
Finds High Rate of Teen Dating Violence But City Services Lacking
02/08/04
City
Could Have Prevented Children's Deaths 01/25/04
Gotbaum
Finds Parent Coordinators Difficult to Reach 11/17/03
Public
Advocate Identifies Billions of Dollars in Unclaimed State and
Federal Aid 10/03/03
Public
Advocate Demands Answers on Reports of Foster Children Living
with Tiger and Alligator 10/03
Public
Advocate says Delayed School Building Repairs Endanger City Children
09/07/03
Gotbaum:
Survey Shows Learning Support Centers Need a Lesson on City Schools
08/20/03
Gotbaum
Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Reversing Texas Anti-Gay Laws
06/26/03
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum statement on Department of Education Plan
to cut classroom instruction 06/04/03
Expensive
Savings: Analysis Reveals City's Plan to Cut $7.9 Million in Preventive
Services will Increase Foster Care costs by $22 Million, Send
3100 More Kids to Foster Care 05/19/03
Parents
Fear Loss of Services will Land Children in Foster Care - Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Joins in to Protest City Cuts to Programs,
Calls on Pataki to Support Legislature's Restoration of State
Cuts 05/07/03
Gotbaum
Calls on Chancellor Klein to Justify Use of Untested Reading Curriculum
05/06/03
Parents
Fear Loss of Preventive Child Welfare Services Advocates Dread
Rise in Foster Care Rolls 4/28/03
Gotbaum
Seeks Information on Summer Schools 4/11/03
Gotbaum
To Klein: End the Secrecy 4/09/03
Public
Advocate Announces Child Welfare Hearing to Focus on Preventing
Child Fatalities, Abuse and Neglect 01/08/03
Report:
Risky Care for Foster Kids 12/09/02
Gotbaum proposes policy
& practice changes to protect children and families. Report
reveals half of child fatalities avoidable, identifies shortfalls
within Administration for Children's Services. Also see the report:
Risky Care for Foster Kids
Construction
Budget Cuts Worsen School Crowding as Some Construction Proceeds
in Non-crowded Districts 11/07/02
New report of school
crowding and construction reveals progress, projections and problems.
Also see the report: School Crowding
Public
Advocate Criticizes School Construction Authority on Continuing
Cancellation of Open Meetings 10/03/02
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum, who has been investigating the classroom crowding crisis
since taking office in January, expressed dismay that the School
Construction Authority has once again cancelled a trustee meeting,
which was to have taken place today
Investigation
Uncovers Little Change in Classroom Size 10/01/02
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum released a report that highlighted the slow progress made
in decreasing classroom size for students in kindergarten through
6th grade.
New
Guide to New York City Schools 9/20/02
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum today announced her plan to produce and distribute a guide
addressing the critical questions of parents of children in New
York City public schools.
Public
Advocate Inspects New Schools in Queens 8/23/02
Continuing investigation
into school construction.
Public
Advocate Launches Innovative Developmental Program for Foster
Kids 6/13/02
Only program in New
York that addresses normal development issues for children in
foster care.
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Housing/Development
PA Gotbaum on Willets Point Development: Compromise is Necessary 8/13/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls on the City to End Late-Arrival Policy for Homeless Families 8/5/08
Gotbaum: To Fight Rise in Youth Gun Violence, City Must Help Kids Gets Summer Jobs, Keep Community Centers Open
6/19/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum on Today's Crane Collapse 5/30/08
PA Gotbaum Releases New Videocast on NYC Mold 4/21/08
PA Gotbaum, Councilmember Mendez, Coalition for Asthma-Free Homes, Announce New Bill to Fight City Mold and Pest Problem and Help Reduce Asthma4/16/08
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum Against Further Segregating Low-Income HUD Residents 10/24/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Helps East New York Tenants Reach Compromise with NYCHA 10/23/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum: Strong Objection to City's New Emergency Shelter Policy 10/12/2007
RICO Lawsuit Against Mega-Landlord Pinnacle Seeks Class Action Status, Potentially Impacts Thousands of Tenants 9/15/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum, Bushwick Tenants Demand Improvements to NYCHA Complexes 9/6/07
Community
Leaders, Tenants and Elected Officials Announce Major Lawsuit
Against Corporate Slumlord Pinnacle Group & Landlord Joel
Wiener 7/11/07
Gotbaum Calls for Additional HPD
Lawyers 03/06/07
Testimony of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Hearing
on Department of Housing Preservation & Development Budget
for Fiscal Year 2008 03/06/07
Gotbaum Calls for Action to Protect New Yorkers Against Health
Hazards of Household Mold 12/14/06
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Hearing
Concerning Insurance Companies’ Attempts to Withhold Claim
Monies Owed to
Silverstein Properties 10/19/06
Testimony of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Planning Commission
Hearing Regarding Rezoning of The Far East Side 9/27/06
Gotbaum, Rangel and Stringer Co-Sponsor Housing Workshops for
Harlem Residents 9/9/06
Testimony of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for State Assembly
Hearing on New York City Department of Building Practices
9/07/06
Statement of Public Advocate
Betsy Gotbaum on Proposed Sale of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant
Town 9/5/06
Testimony of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for Rent Guidelines
Board Public Hearing on Proposed Rent Increases for Rent-Regulated
Buildings 6/22/06
Testimony
for New York City Housing Authority Hearing on NYCHA’s Amended
2006 Plan and Draft 2007 Plan
6/8/06
Keynote
Address for Newman Institute Affordable Housing Conference
10/21/05
Gotbaum, Elected Officials, and
Tenants Rally Against Conditions at Dilapidated Bronx Housing
9/02/05
Testimony
for New York City Housing Authority Hearing on
NYCHA's 2006 Draft Plan 8/03/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Conducts Housing Survey
8/01/05
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum in Support of People's Hearing Regarding 2 Columbus Circle
7/14/05
Gotbaum
Joins Community in Voicing Concern over Storage of Diesel Fuel
at 60 Hudson Street 7/10/05
Testimony
of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for Rent Guidelines Board Public
Hearing on Proposed Rent Increases for Rent-Regulated Buildings
6/14/05
6/2/05
Gotbaum Report: City Agency
Funds Unsafe Apartments for Homeless Families 4/25/05
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Sues MTA over Jets Stadium Deal
4/19/05
Public
Advocate Gotbaum, Councilwoman Arroyo, & Community Leaders
Protest Plans for 17th District's 17th Homeless Shelter
4/6/05
Thousands of Homeless New Yorkers
"Left Out" of City's New Housing Assistance Program
2/01/05
Mayor
Gives West Side Royal Treatment, Greenpoint-Williamsburg Raw Deal
1/18/05
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Urges City Council to Revise Misguided West Side
Plan 12/13/04
Gridiron
Gridlock: Mayor's West Side Stadium Plan Will Paralyze Manhattan
with Traffic 11/28/04
Gotbaum:
New Yorkers Risk Paying Big Price for West Side Stadium
11/18/04
Gotbaum
Calls on Battery Park City Funds to be Used to Build Affordable
Housing on West Side 11/15/04
Gotbaum
Proposes Spending Stadium $$ on Schools 9/22/04
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Tours Bronx Communities 8/20/04
Gotbaum
on IBO Analysis of West Side Financing Plan 8/06/04
Bloomberg's
Gambling Problem: Mayor Bets West Side's Future on Jets, Olympics
02/11/04
Gotbaum
Calls for Improvements to Scatter Site Program 05/20/03
Public
Advocate Joins Tenants, Building Workers to Protest Service Reductions
and Job Cuts 3/27/03
Gotbaum
Warns: Rent Deregulation Could Drive
Families from City 2/25/02
Speaks out at City Council
Hearing in Support of Rent Control Resolutions.
Gotbaum
Successfully Advocates for At-Risk Tenants 11/26/02
Working with Elected
Officials, HPD and Housing Advocates Brings Improvements to Dangerous
Building.
Public
Advocate Calls for Stronger Measures in Protecting Residents
8/9/02
Bronx boy's death last
straw in city's inability to protect tenants from negligent landlords
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Consumer
Affairs
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on Congestion Pricing 3/31/08
Statement on Consolidated Edison’s Proposed Rate Hike 1/08/08
PA Gotbaum: Fine Print Allows Retailers to Make Estimated $300 Million off Gift Cards Sold to New Yorkers 11/23/07
Gotbaum:
Beware of Tax Refund Loan Scams 03/13/07
Gotbaum Warns Holiday Shoppers: Beware of Hidden Cell Phone Cancellation
Fees 12/03/06
Statement
from Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on $12 Million Allocation to
Provide Bullet-Proof Vest for NYPD 5/04/06
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on Consumer Awareness
during the Holiday Season 12/2/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Introduces Law to Provide Consumers With
Information on Gas Prices 9/15/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Proposes Law to Provide Consumers with
Information on Gas Prices; Calls on Department of Consumer Affairs
to Make Prices Available on Web 8/17/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum: Retailers Sock New Yorkers with Hidden
Return Fees, Survey Finds Many Retail Stores Do Not Disclose Refund
and Return Policies 8/11/05
Gotbaum: Fine Print Allows Retailers
to Make Estimated $300 Million off Gift Cards Sold to New Yorkers
6/07/05
Gotbaum's Cell Phone Guide
Reveals Multiple Cancellation Fees and Big Discounts; Intends
to Introduce Consumer Rights Legislation 4/05/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement at Save the Plaza Hotel Rally
2/17/05
Gotbaum
and Vallone Introduce Tougher Penalties for Cop, Fire Fighter
Impersonators 2/16/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement Regarding Latest CFE Ruling
by Judge DeGrasse 2/16/05
Gotbaum:
Security Officers Unprepared for Terrorist Attack 2/14/05
Gotbaum
Blasts Verizon for Hanging Up On Visually-Impaired Customers
11/14/04
Public
Advocate Warns Online Drug Buyers: Beware! 07/18/03
Useless
Payphones Jeopardize Safety for Subway Riders 07/15/03
Public
Advocate Introduces Safety Preparedness Project for New York City 8/21/02
Offers news and tips
to New Yorkers seeking information
Accountability
at the Pump 5/20/02
As the cost of gas moves
higher and one of the busiest travel weekends approaches, Oddo
and Gotbaum try to ensure that the disabled aren't being duped
at the pump
Public
Advocate Gotbaum: Mayor's Risky West Side Stadium Plan May Leave
Taxpayers Billion -$ Bill 12/15/04
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Health
and Human Services
Gotbaum, Make the Road, Councilmember Gioia: City Pharmacies Must Provide Free, Accessible Language Assistance and Translation Services for Prescriptions
6/16/08
PA Gotbaum Releases New Videocast on NYC Mold 4/21/08
PA Gotbaum, Councilmember Mendez, Coalition for Asthma-Free Homes, Announce New Bill to Fight City Mold and Pest Problem and Help Reduce Asthma 4/16/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum: New York Caregivers Need Support and Discrimination Protection 3/4/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum, Parks and Environmental Advocates: City Must Test Potentially Toxic Turf 2/28/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Releases Videocast on Helping Caregivers Fight Workplace Discrimination 12/11/07
PA Gotbaum’s Caregiver Bill Receives Support from Unions, Advocates and Businesses 12/6/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Releases Videocast on Fighting Hunger in NYC 11/30/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Urges New Yorkers, and NYC Schools, to Take Steps to Prevent Staph Infection 10/26/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Legal Agreement to Deliver Avian Flu Medication 10/23/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum on Census Numbers on Poverty 8/28/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum: City’s Anti-Poverty Efforts Fall Short 8/27/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Works for Cleaner, Safer New York Beaches 8/2/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Launches Emergency Prep Tour
7/9/07
Statement
by Public Advocate Gotbaum Calling for Clean Up of Contaminated
Site in the Soundview Section of the Bronx 6/24/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum: Traffic and Air Quality a Problem in All 5 Boroughs
5/1/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Introduces
Bill to Protect Caregivers from Job Discrimination 4/20/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Independent Testing of Pellets Used
in City Parks 04/15/07
Gotbaum:
Lifesaving HPV Vaccination Not Offered at Many City Clinics
03/07/07
Gotbaum Report: Hospitals Fail to Provide Important Birthing Information
12/04/06
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Hearing
on Recommendations of Mayor’s Poverty Commission 9/21/06
Gotbaum Finds Wait for Free and Low-Cost HHC Mammograms Far Longer
than Mayor's Goal 8/30/06
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Release of Federal
Poverty Statistics 8/29/06
Gotbaum: Hunger Hotline Fails New Yorkers in Need 8/10/06
Public Advocate Gotbaum Sees Improvement, But Reveals Problems
at City Pools 7/27/06
Statement
By Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum On Replacement Food Stamps For
New Yorkers Affected by Queens Blackout 7/25/06
Testimony
of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Hearing on Promoting
Economic Self-Sufficiency 5/15/06
Gotbaum
Survey Reveals Problems At City STD Clinics 4/28/06
Testimony
of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for Parks Department Hearing
on Proposed Membership Fees at City Recreation Centers
4/20/06
Gotbaum
Proposes Alternative to Fees at City Recreation Centers
4/19/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Outlines Plan to Protect Domestic Violence
Survivors and Their Children 1/27/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum: State Still Stiffing City on Heating Aid
01/24/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Calls on State to Protect New Yorkers from
Medicare Part D Glitches 1/11/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on Home Health Care Aide Walkout
12/7/05
Statement
of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on IBO Analysis of Mayor's Social
Services Streamlining Plan 10/27/05
Gotbaum
Report Warns of Misleading HMO Marketing Aimed at Medicare Recipients
10/19/05
Saving
Their Skin: Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Introduces Legislation
Banning Use of Tanning Beds by Children Under 14; All Other Minors
Would Need Parental Consent 9/28/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on Hurricane Katrina and Relief
Efforts 9/2/05
City
Heeds Gotbaum Call for Overhaul of STD Clinic Policy;
Frieden Promises New Procedures So No Patient Is Turned Away 8/24/05
8/09/05
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Blasts
Dangerous Conditions at City Beaches and Calls for Lifeguard Pay
Parity With Other Major Cities 8/02/05
Gotbaum Report: New Yorkers Risk
Injury and Illness at City Pools 7/25/05
Delivery Failure: Gotbaum Report Finds Alarmingly High C-Section
Rates, Hospitals Fail to Provide Maternity Information Required
by Law 7/13/05
Gotbaum:
Department of Health Puts X-Ray Patients at Risk of Missed Diagnosis,
Workers at Risk of Radiation 5/24/05
Gotbaum,
Advocates Blast City for Excluding AIDS Housing Advocates from
Closed-Door Session; Repeat Demand that DOHMH Reconvene Advisory
Panel 4/29/05
4/26/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Releases Updated Prescription Drug Guide
3/1/05
City
Fails to Care for Mentally and Physicaly Impaired Adults, Elderly
- Public Advocate Gotbaum and Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Call
for Overhaul of Adult Protective Services 1/25/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement Regarding the Mayor's Release
of an HIV/AIDS Housing Report after a Year-Long Delay
1/14/05
Gotbaum
Releases Flu Vaccine Investigation 10/25/04
City
Follows Gotbaum's Recommendations for Food Stamp Enrollment Food
Stamps Now More Accessible to Working Families 10/18/04
City
Dawdles on Finger Printing Exemption for Food Stamp Applicants
10/07/04
Gotbaum:
City Botched Hunger Hotline 05/24/04
Gotbaum:
Pataki Administration Stiffs City on Heating Aid 02/20/04
Gotbaum:
City Fails to Provide Nearly $20 Million in Heating Aid to Eligible
Families 02/15/04
Gotbaum
Finds HRA Extended Hour Center Door Locked One Hour Early
11/23/03
Public
Advocate Promotes Food Stamps For Immigrant Children
11/02/03
Gotbaum:
Living Near Superfund Site May Make You Sick 06/15/03
Gotbaum,
Oddo Seek to Ban Ephedra from Stores Amphetamine-like Substance
Linked to Deaths 4/29/03
Late
Application Costs NYC $14 Million - DOH Fails to Claim Federal
Money for AIDS 4/01/03
Public
Advocate announces new food stamp outreach program
02/20/03
Private
School Nurses Cut; Chronically Ill Parochial Students without
Nurse Care 10/21/02
Study finds cuts often
occurred where needed most. Public Advocate calls for restoration,
protecting chronically ill.
Public
Advocate Congratulates Local 1199 on Contract for Health Care
Workers 9/18/02
Hopes for same for 8000
others.
Stamping
Out Hunger 9/4/02
In a report released
today, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum identifies a trend with grave
consequences: New York City, despite an economic downturn that
has led to increased unemployment, homelessness and food pantry
use, is falling behind in providing federally-funded food stamps
to qualified individuals and families.
Also see the report: Stamping Out Hunger
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Seniors
PA Gotbaum: City Must Address Senior Housing Crisis 3/21/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Releases New Guide to Help Seniors Access City Services 8/23/07
Gotbaum:
City's Adult Protective Services is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
01/11/07
Testimony of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for Public Hearing
on The Department for the Aging’s Annual Plan Summary
10/23/06
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Calls on State to Protect New Yorkers
from Medicare Part D Glitches 01/11/06
Gotbaum
Report Warns of Misleading HMO Marketing Aimed at Medicare Recipients
10/19/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on the Mayor's Expansion of
SCRIE 8/11/05
Gotbaum
Introduces Legislation to Force City to Expedite Processing of
Senior Citizen Rent Exemptions 5/10/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum: City Holds Up Rent Exemptions for Seniors
3/25/05
Gotbaum
Blasts DFTA Meals on Wheels Delivery of Unsafe Food to Bronx Seniors
11/16/04
Meals
on Wheels Seniors Get Taken for a Ride Statement from Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Service Changes to Bronx Meals on Wheels
Program 10/04/04
Gotbaum
Calls for City to Keep Its Hands Off Food for Homebound Elderly
03/09/04
Gotbaum
Says City Senior Centers Don't Have Power in Case of Emergency
12/29/03
Gotbaum
Finds One-Third of Senior Centers Unprepared to Protect Seniors
from Summer Heat 08/21/03
Gotbaum
Finds Free Prescription Drug Programs Kept Under Wraps
07/22/03
City's
Seniors Going Hungry 10/2/02
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum releases a report highlighting city's shortfall in providing
meals to most needy seniors
Senior
Action Line 5/30/02
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum wants seniors to know that they can call her office when
they are having problems dealing with city agencies or getting
services for which they qualify.
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Making
Government Work
PA Gotbaum: Iraq, Afghanistan War Vets Shortchanged on City Property Tax Relief 7/3/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum and Mayor Bloomberg Launch a Citywide Customer Service Survey to Assess New Yorker's Opinions of City Services 6/03/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum on Today's Crane Collapse 5/30/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum on Governor Paterson's Directive to Recognize Gay Marriages 5/29/08
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on today's verdict in the Sean Bell Shooting 4/25/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum on the State's Appeals Court Decision to Uphold Cell Phone Ban 4/22/08
PA Gotbaum: Crime Victim Visas Provide Protection for Immigrants and Aid Law Enforcement 4/02/08
PA Gotbaum Calls for a Reversal of the Decision to Deny Death Benefits to Auxiliary Cops 3/25/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on Cesar Rodriguez Guilty Verdict 3/18/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on Crane Collapse 3/15/08
Statement from Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Governor Spitzer's Resignation 3/12/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum, Parks and Environmental Advocates: City Must Test Potentially Toxic Turf 2/28/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on Martin Luther King, Jr. 1/21/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Supports Northern Ireland Grand Marshals for Saint Patrick's Day Parade 11/8/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Releases 2007 Annual Report 10/31/2007
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls for State Support of GENDA to Protect Members of the Transgendered Community 10/23/07
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on the Jena Six 9/27/07
PA Gotbaum: Pension Ruling “Advances Rights” of Entire LGBT Community 9/17/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum, City and State Officials Introduce Legislation to Crackdown on Illegally Tinted Windows and Protect Police Officers 8/1/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Rallies Brooklyn Support for Bill to Help New Yorkers Access Public Benefits 7/30/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum, Council Member Vallone Call for New Crackdown on Tinted Windows to Protect Police Officers 7/25/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Immediate Low-Interest Loans to Support Businesses Hurt by the Midtown Explosion 7/19/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum on Albany's Agreement to Help Reduce Congestion 7/19/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on Midtown Explosion 7/18/07
Statement
by Public Advocate Gotbaum on the Passage of the Marriage Equality
Bill in the New York State Assembly 6/20/07
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Urges State Leaders to Support Congestion
Pricing 6/7/07
Statement
by Public Advocate Gotbaum on President Bush's Nomination of Dr.
Holsinger for U.S. Surgeon General 6/7/07
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Calls for Changes to Help New York’s
Working Mothers 5/13/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum to Virginia Attorney General: Take on Illegal
Gun Sales, Not New Yorkers 5/10/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Introduces Legislation to Create Citywide, Online
Database of Vital Maternity Information 5/8/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum, Council Member Oddo Push for a New Staten Island
Mammogram Facility to Help Women Access Preventative Care
5/4/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum, Experts Unveil Coordinated Response to 2030
Plan 4/30/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum on Governor Spitzer’s Marriage Equality
Legislation 4/27/07
Statement
by Public Advocate Gotbaum on Mayor Bloomberg's 2030 Plan
4/23/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Introduces Bill to Protect Caregivers from Job
Discrimination 4/20/07
Statement
by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Supreme Court Decision
4/19/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Calls on City to Provide Mandatory Coverage of
Full Funeral Costs for Auxiliary Cops 03/15/07
Testimony of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for City Council Hearing
on Governmental Operations for Fiscal Year 2008 03/07/07
Gotbaum Calls for City's Fair Share of Heating Aid 02/14/07
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on Assemblyman John Lavelle’s
Death 01/29/07
Statement
by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for New York City Board of Elections
Hearing 01/23/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum On the Mayor’s
State of the City Address 01/17/07
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum at City Council Hearing
on Her REAACT Bill 12/18/06
Gotbaum Calls On Court of Appeals to Overturn Excessive Phone
Fees 12/07/06
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Following the Meeting
with Mayor Bloomber, Elected Officials and Community Leaders,
on the Tragic Shooting in Queens 11/27/06
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Queens Shooting
11/26/06
Statement by Public Advocate Gotbaum on Today's IDA Vote 9/12/06
Gotbaum
Urges Industrial Development Agency to Deny Financing for Organization
Founded by Lenora Fulani 9/11/06
Statement of Public Advocate
Betsy Gotbaum on NYPD'S Parade Rule Changes 8/24/06
Statement of Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum on State Court of Appeals Decision Against Gay Marriage
7/06/06
Gotbaum to Introduce
Bill to Help New Yorkers Seeking Public Benefits 5/23/06
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum: Beware of Tax Refund Loans
03/16/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum: State Owes City More Than $100 Million
in Heating Aid 02/10/06 Findings
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on Council Speaker Christine
Quinn 01/04/06
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum on Alleged Discrimination by the US Tennis Association
8/30/05
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on NYPD Subway Searches
7/22/05
Testimony
of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum for Parks Department Hearing
on New Rules for Public Gatherings on the Great Lawn of Central
Park 5/20/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Testifies Against Mayor's Plan to Limit
Park Gatherings 5/18/05
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum's Testimony for Landmarks Commission Hearing on Redesign
of Washington Square Park 5/17/05
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
Blasts City Hall and Parks Department for Plans to Curb Public
Use and Expression in Central Park 4/20/05
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and PBA
President Pat Lynch Call For Stiff Penalities for Cop Impersonators
2/16/05
Gotbaum:
Security Officers Unprepared for Terrorist Attack 2/14/05
Gotbaum
Concerned 25,000 New Yorkers May Lose Out on $400 Rebate - Asks
Mayor to Extend Application Deadline 10/14/04
Survey
Finds 311 is Not a Panacea for Citizen Complaints 9/22/04
Public
Advocate Identifies Billions of Dollars in Unclaimed State and
Federal Aid 04/30/04
Gotbaum
Supports Same Sex Marriages 02/26/04
Gotbaum,
Thompson, Miller, Others Call on City to Resume Contract Negotiations
11/21/03
Gotbaum:
City Plans Could Include Ticketing Law Abiding Dog Owners
7/02/03
Gotbaum
Identifies City's Failure to Contract with Local Businesses
06/13/03
From
NY Daily News, Originally published on April 30, 2003, Gov should
invest himself in city 4/30/03
Statement
by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Bloomberg's Budget Proposal
4/15/03
No
Budget, "A Bad April Fools Joke" - Gotbaum Blasts Governor
for Repeated Delays in Passing State Budget 4/01/03
Public
Advocate Supports Mayor's Sidewalk Plan 2/06/03
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg to
support two bills before the City Council related to sidewalk
accidents.
Gotbaum: E-Government
is Good Government 1/29/03
Supports City Council
bill to make more info available on Web
Pataki
to New York City: Drop Dead! 1/29/03
Pataki's budget cuts
hit our most vulnerable New Yorkers, and ignore Mayor Bloomberg's
request for state assistance.
Letter
from Betsy Gotbaum calling on Governor Pataki to refuse certification
to the Indian Point Plant 1/28/03
Gotbaum
on Financial Plan: It's Time for Albany and Washington to Lend
a Hand 1/28/03
"The Mayor has
had to make some tough choices to balance our budget, such as
cutting agency costs and increasing property taxes. Today's financial
plan shows that now it's time for Albany and Washington to step
in to help balance the books."
Public Advocate Betsy Gtobaum Announces
Trash Recommendations 7/30/02
Countdown
to Charter Revision 7/24/02
Public Advocate Gotbaum
criticizes the trend away from open, democratic charter reform.
Public
Advocate Opposes Return to Giuliani-Style Charter Tampering
6/27/02
Public Advocate Gotbaum
calls on the mayor to delay plans to appoint a charter revision
commission.
Public
Advocate Pursues Fairness in City Contracts for Gay Groups
6/20/02
Investigates Potential
Gaps in Contract Bidding Process.
Public
Advocate Calls for Mayor to Save Recycling 6/14/02
Public Advocate Gotbaum
joined environmentalists in urging the Mayor to provide funding
to keep the City's curbside recycling program going for the next
six months.
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Women
PA Gotbaum: Rising C-Section Rates Mean Women Need Better Access to
Maternity Info 7/31/08
PA Gotbaum: City and State Fail to Protect Domestic Violence Victims and Their Children from Continued Abuse 7/16/08
PA Gotbaum Celebrates Women's History Month; Honors Women from Each Borough for Work and Advocacy for Children 3/27/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum: City Should Provide Comprehensive Sex Education 10/18/07
PA Gotbaum Report: City Fails to Provide Access to Emergency Contraception & Birth Control 9/23/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum to DOE: End Second-Class Status for Female Athletes 8/21/07
New Gotbaum Report Finds the City’s Effort to Support Women and Minority Businesses Falling Short 7/30/07
New
Gotbaum Report Finds HHC Failing to Provide Accessible Prenatal
Care to Women 5/21/07
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Calls for Changes to Help New York’s
Working Mothers 5/13/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum Introduces Legislation to Create Citywide, Online
Database of Vital Maternity Information 5/8/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum, Council Member Oddo Push for a New Staten Island
Mammogram Facility to Help Women Access Preventative Care
5/4/07
Pubic
Advocate Gotbaum: City Hospitals Finally Prepare Maternity Information
5/1/07
Statement
by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Supreme Court Decision
4/19/07
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Outlines Plan to Protect Domestic Violence
Survivors and Their Children 01/27/06
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on the Passing of Civil Rights
Pioneer Rosa Parks 10/25/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement at Naral/Planned Parenthood
Rally Opposing Nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court
7/20/05
Domestic
Violence Survivors and Children; City Can't or Won't Help Nearly
Half of Women Seeking Shelter and Housing 3/29/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Finds Only Fifteen Percent of NYC Food
Outlets Donate Excess Food To Needy 12/23/03
Public
Advocate's Report Finds NYC Women Getting Shortchanged on HIV/AIDS
Programs 09/25/03
Gotbaum
Accepts NARAL Choice Award 4/24/03
Gotbaum
Supports Expanded Availability of Emergency Contraception
2/24/03
"Choice is fundamental
in ensuring the rights of women and is an important building block
for happy, healthy families."
Letter
from Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum to President Bush
2/05/03
Smashing
Glass Ceilings 4/25/02
Gotbaum joins Ms. Foundation
for Women to celebrate the 10th annual Take Our Daughters To Work
Day.
Public
Advocate Announces Proposal to Fight Violence Against Women
7/22/02
Public Advocate Gotbaum
highlighted the 5 percent spike in rapes this year and unveiled
four recommendations that will help fight sexual assault crimes
against women.
Battle to
Succeed: Challenges and Obstacles Faced by NYC Women - Report
Details Status of NYC Women Compared with Women Nationwide
3/26/03
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Transit
Public Advocate Gotbaum Statement on Congestion Pricing 3/31/08
Public Advocate Gotbaum Praises GPS on School Buses 9/28/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Releases Videocast Demanding Answers from the MTA 8/10/07
Public Advocate Gotbaum Calls for Comprehensive Review of MTA Spending to Cut Waste, Divert Fare Hike 7/30/07
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on MTA's Failure to Fix Basic Flooding Problems 7/18/07
Public
Advocate Gotbaum: Traffic and Air Quality a Problem in All 5 Boroughs
5/1/07
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Statement on the Transit Strike 12/20/05
Statement
by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Regarding the MTA's Decision
to Pull Crews Off Rehabilitation Projects 11/2/05
Statement
on Proposal for Closing Central Park's Central Loop on a Trial
Basis 10/24/05
Statement by Public Advocate
Betsy Gotbaum at TWU Press Conference on Subway Rider Safety
8/30/05
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's
Statement on the MTA's Plans to Move Its Headquarters to the West
Side Railyards 7/30/05
Gotbaum
Finds MetroCards Fail More Than 25% of the Time 6/22/05
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Blasts MTA's Handling of Air Rights to
the Hudson Rail Yards 2/03/05
Gotbaum
Survey: City Fails to Put Senior Transportation Vans on the Road
2/03/05
Public
Advocate Gotbaum's Statement Concerning Robo-Trains Along the
L Subway Line 1/12/05
Gotbaum's
Statement on MTA Fiscal Mismanagement 10/04/04
Public
Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's Letter to MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow
Calling for Investigation of Public Transportation Disruption
9/08/04
Gotbaum:
Disabled Shortchanged by MTA 05/14/03
Statement by Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum on East River Bridge Toll Proposal 4/10/03
Gotbaum
Warns MA: Keep Buses Moving 1/29/03
Responds to Transit
Authority's proposed service cuts.
Gotbaum
to MTA: Treat All Workers Equally 01/15/03
Responds to MTA's refusal
to provide domestic partner benefits
Gotbaum
Joins Bronx Pols in Calling for Continued Express Bus Service
Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum joined with Bronx elected officials in calling on the
Department of Transportation and the New York Bus Service to resolve
pension disputes that will lead to the termination on express
bus service on January 12. More than 15,000 Bronx residents rely
on this service.
Gotbaum,
Crowley, Assembly and Council Members, Advocates Call for Better
Services for Disabled 10/18/02
Unveil recommendations
for improving Access-A-Ride.
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