Squadron, James square off tonight in public advocate debate
The two Democratic New York City public advocate candidates, both of them from Brooklyn, will debate before squaring off in an Oct. 1 runoff election.
City Councilwoman Letitia James and state Sen. Daniel Squadron are scheduled to debate Tuesday night in Manhattan.
James, who represents a district that includes Fort Greene, Prospect Heights and Crown Heights, was elected to the City Council in 2003 after the assassination of Councilman James Davis. James, an attorney who grew up in public housing, became well known for her strident opposition to the Atlantic Yards project. She also was the first elected officials to point to irregularities in the city’s City Time payroll system. She advocated for the destruction of the decrepit Admiral’s Row houses in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, saying the people in the neighborhood needed the supermarket that would be put up in their place.