Bill de Blasio’s former deputy wants his job
While Bill de Blasio is busy running for mayor, his former deputy is trying to move up the ladder to take his job as the city’s public advocate. Reshma Saujani formally launched her campaign on April 23 by starting a tour called “Opportunity for All: Five Boroughs in Five Days.” Her Brooklyn stop took place at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where she met with students to discuss technology and innovation.
Saujani, the city’s former deputy public advocate, said she could relate to the students because technology has always been a passion. She is the founder of Girls Who Code, a non-profit organization that works with leading technology and engineering companies like Twitter, Google, eBay and General Electric to teach teenage girls how to design websites. “It helps these girls gain the valuable skills they’ll need to find jobs in high-tech industries,” she told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
“There is a growing tech sector here in Brooklyn. I would support that as public advocate,” Saujani, a lawyer, said.