{"id":5436,"date":"2018-11-15T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T15:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/councilman-rafael-espinal-seeking-public-advocate-seat\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T15:40:58","slug":"councilman-rafael-espinal-seeking-public-advocate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/councilman-rafael-espinal-seeking-public-advocate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Councilman Rafael Espinal Seeking Public Advocate Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Councilman, <strong>Rafael Espinal<\/strong>, who represents East New York, Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, and Ocean Hill Brownsville, is seeking to become the next Public Advocate for New York City.\u00a0 The seat will be vacant after Tish James takes over as the next NY State Attorney General in January 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to an article in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/13\/nyregion\/how-rafael-espinal-brooklyn-councilman-and-public-advocate-candidate-spends-his-sundays.html\">NY Times<\/a>,\u00a0Mr. Espinal would focus his efforts, he said, on the city\u2019s livability issues, like congestion and escalating rents. \u201cOne of the most important roles as a council member is to put legislation forward and to work to improve the city,\u201d Mr. Espinal said. \u201cThe public advocacy is an extension of that, and it will allow me to do the work on a broader scale that will benefit all New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Espinal will be running against Council members, Eric Ulrich and Jumaane Williams, as well as Assemblymen Daniel O&#8217;Donnell and Michael Blake.\u00a0 Others who are looking to run are Nomiki Konst and Dawn Smalls.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor de Blasio will call a special election, which many expect will take place in February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/\">EastNewYork.com<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councilman, Rafael Espinal, who represents East New York, Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, and Ocean Hill Brownsville, is seeking to become the next Public Advocate for New York City.\u00a0 The seat will be vacant after Tish James takes over as the next NY State Attorney General in January 2019. 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