Mark Green (New York politician)
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Mark Green | |
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1st New York City Public Advocate | |
In office January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Stein (as President of the New York City Council) |
Succeeded by | Betsy Gotbaum |
Personal details | |
Born | Mark Joseph Green March 15, 1945 New York City, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Lynn Heineman (divorced) Deni Frand (m. 1977) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Stephen L. Green (brother) |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Mark Joseph Green (born March 15, 1945) is an American author, former public official, public interest lawyer, and Democratic politician from New York City. Green was New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner from 1990 to 1993 and New York City Public Advocate from 1994 to 2002.
Green won Democratic primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and mayor of New York City, in each case losing the general election.
Early life and education
Green was born to a Jewish family
Green graduated from
Political career
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1960s – 1970s
In 1967, Green interned for
1980s
In 1980, Green returned to New York City and won the Democratic primary election to represent the East Side of Manhattan in the House of Representatives; he lost the race to Republican incumbent Bill Green (no relation).[3] In 1981, Green and songwriter Harry Chapin founded the New Democracy Project, a public policy institute in New York City. Green ran it for a decade. During the 1984 presidential election, he served as chief speechwriter for Democratic candidate Senator Gary Hart,[3] who ran second in the primaries.
In 1986, Green won the Democratic nomination for the Senate against
During his Senate campaign, Green refused to accept money from special interest groups'
1990s
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In 1990, Mayor
A 1994 investigation on the Bell Regulations ("Libby Zion Law") to limit resident working hours and requiring physician supervision and a follow-up study prompted the
As public advocate, Green first proposed the 311 complaint help line that Mayor Mike Bloomberg later implemented. He wrote laws that matched small donations with multiple city funds, created the Voter Commission, upheld the legality of the Independent Budget Office, barred stores from charging women more than men for the same services, and prohibited companies from firing female employees merely because they were victims of domestic violence. He started the city's first web site, NYC.gov, which he later gifted to City Hall, where it is still in use.
One of Green's highest-profile accomplishments was a lawsuit to obtain information about
Green ran for the U.S. Senate again in 1998, when D'Amato was seeking a fourth term. Green finished third in the Democratic primary behind the winner, U.S. Representative
In the 2000 campaign, Green praised Nader's work as a consumer advocate but endorsed Democratic nominee Al Gore, who narrowly lost the election to George W. Bush.[11] In 2000, he assisted the successful Senate campaign of First Lady Hillary Clinton, coining the phrase "Listening Tour" to help guide Clinton through a state she hadn't previously lived in. In 2004, Green co-chaired Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign in New York; he also advised Bill Clinton in his successful 1992 New York presidential primary.
2001 campaign for mayor
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In 2001 Green ran for
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred on the morning of the Democratic primary and contributed to Green's loss. Bloomberg spent an unprecedented $74 million on his campaign, especially on TV ads and direct mail. Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was suddenly extremely popular, endorsed Bloomberg.[12]
The Economist wrote, "The billionaire businessman [Bloomberg] is usually seen as one of the post–September 11th winners (if such a word can be so used): he would probably have lost the mayoralty to Mark Green, a leftish Democrat, had the terrorist strike not happened. Yet it is also worth noting that his election probably spared New York City a turbulent period of score-settling over Rudy Giuliani's legacy."[13] Chris Smith wrote in New York Magazine in 2011, "Many old-school Democrats believe that Bloomberg's 2001 victory over Mark Green was a terrorist-provoked, money-soaked aberration."[14]
The Ferrer campaign criticized Green for the actions of supporters in the runoff that were construed as racist, involving literature with
The incident kept Ferrer from endorsing Green and is thought to have diminished minority turnout in the general election, which helped Bloomberg win in an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Green wrote an article about the campaign a decade later in the 9/11 anniversary issue of New York Magazine.[16] He reported that Bloomberg told him in 2002 that "I wouldn't have won" without Ferrer's late campaign opposition to Green.[citation needed]
2006 campaign for New York Attorney General
Green ran in the Democratic primary for
He was required to submit at least 15,000 valid signatures; on July 13, he submitted more than 40,000 signatures. He held several endorsements of note, including former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Sierra Club, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the New York Times, and the New York Daily News.[citation needed]
On September 12, 2006, Green lost to Andrew Cuomo in his bid to secure the Democratic nomination to succeed then-Attorney General
2009 campaign for public advocate
On February 10, 2009, Green announced that he would again run for the office of Public Advocate.
As one of the top two finishers in the Democratic primary, Green qualified for the September 29 runoff, but lost to City Councilmember Bill de Blasio who went on to win the mayoralty in 2013.[22]
State and city campaign tickets
Mark J. Green has appeared on these slates:
- 1986 New York state Democratic ticket
- Governor: Mario Cuomo
- Lieutenant Governor: Stan Lundine
- Comptroller: Herman Badillo
- Attorney General: Robert Abrams
- U.S. Senate: Mark J. Green
- 1993 New York City Democratic ticket
- Mayor: David Dinkins
- Public Advocate: Mark J. Green
- Comptroller: Alan Hevesi
- 1997 New York City Democratic ticket
- Mayor: Ruth Messinger
- Public Advocate: Mark J. Green
- Comptroller: Alan Hevesi
- 2001 New York City Democratic ticket
- Mayor: Mark J. Green
- Public Advocate: Betsy Gotbaum
- Comptroller: William Thompson
Television and radio
He was a regular guest on .
On March 6, 2007, Green's brother, New York real estate magnate
Green was co-host, with
On February 27, 2017, Green founded and ran the Twitter handle @ShadowingTrump [see ShadowingTrump.org] "to daily debunk Trump and propose progressive alternatives." His "Shadow Cabinet" of 21 included such national progressive leaders as
Personal life
Green has been married twice. His first marriage, to Lynn Hinerman, whom he married while in law school, lasted 18 months.[3] In 1977, Green married Deni Frand,[26] who later became the director of the New York City office of the liberal interest group People for the American Way[27] and a senior associate at AOL-Time Warner and the Citi Foundation. They have two adult children.[3][27]
Selected publications
- Who Runs Congress? (co-authored with Michael Waldman; 1972)
- There he goes again: Ronald Reagan's reign of error, co-authored with Gail MacColl, with Robert Nelson & Christopher Power; ISBN 0-3947-2171-3(1983)
- The Consumer Bible (co-authored with Nancy Youman; 1995)
- Selling Out: How Big Corporate Money Buys Elections, Rams through Legislation, and Betrays Our Democracy (2002); ISBN 0-06-052392-1
- The Book on Bush: How George W. Bush (Mis)leads America (co-authored with ISBN 0-670-03273-5
- Bright, Infinite Future: A Generational Memoir on the Progressive Rise (2016); ISBN 1-250-07157-7
- Fake President – Decoding Trump's Gaslighting, Corruption, and General Bullsh*t (with Ralph Nader; 2019)ISBN 9781510751125
References
- ^ Green, Mark. "The Right-Wing Smears OWS With Anti-Semitism", huffingtonpost.com, October 25, 2011.
- ^ a b Mitchell, Alison. York Times: "For Giuliani and Green, It Might as Well Be 1997" June 11, 1994.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kurtz, Howard. New York Magazine: "Green Machine" January 28, 1991.
- ^ a b Lipton, Eric. "Different Lives, Different Politics, But Greens Unite in Mayor's Race", nytimes.com, August 13, 2001.
- ^ "Great Neck Alumni" Archived 2017-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, greatneck.k12.ny.us; accessed February 8, 2017.
- ^ The Huffington Post: Mark Green retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ "Syracuse Herald Journal Newspaper Archives, Jul 18, 1989, p. 53". NewspaperArchive.com. 1989-07-18. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ^ "Ex-Opponent Asks Senate Ethics Panel For D'Amato Inquiry", AP via New York Times, July 18, 1989. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ Topics; Investments Returned; UnPAC, May 1, 1986, The New York Times.
- ^ ISBN 0-671-50153-4.
- ^ Ramirez, Anthony (September 1, 2000). "Metro Briefing". The New York Times.
- ^ Nagourney, Adam. "Bloomberg Puts Eggs In a Basket: Giuliani's", The New York Times, October 28, 2001; accessed December 31, 2007.
"Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's decision to endorse Michael R. Bloomberg at City Hall yesterday provides Mr. Bloomberg with perhaps his greatest hope for victory as he moves into the final days of what his supporters describe as a troubled campaign." - ^ "New York's Difficult Year". The Economist. September 12, 2002. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ Smith, Chris (November 7, 2011). "Who Will Win the 2013 Mayoral Election?". New York. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- New York Daily News, July 22, 2006; retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ^ "Green, Mark". 25 August 2011.
- ^ "Clinton, Spitzer, Spencer, Cuomo Advance In Primaries" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, ny1.com; accessed December 31, 2007.
- ^ "Mark Green Announces Candidacy For Public Advocate" Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, NY1; accessed February 10, 2009.
- ^ Rivoli, Dan (April 16, 2009). "Kallos Joins Green Campaign". Our Town East Side: Upper East Side News & Community.
- Gotham Schools. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ Paybarah, Azi (June 15, 2009). "Another Transparency website". The New York Observer. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- San Diego Union-Tribune, March 6, 2007. Accessed December 31, 2007.
- ^ Stein, Sam, "Air America Is Changing Ownership", Huffington Post, March 28, 2008/May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
- ^ "Both Sides Now". bothsidesradio.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ Haberman, Maggie. "Wives Fear Gracie Spouse Trap – They Say Mrs. Mayor Needs Zone of Privacy", nypost.com, July 23, 2001.
- ^ a b "Jenya Green, David O'Connor", nytimes.com, May 4, 2008.
- ^ "Fake President". Ralph Nader Radio Hour/YouTube. 2019-12-14.
Further reading
- Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity. New York, New York, 2020