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New York City Public School students are being inundated with standardized tests, the majority of which are city mandated but not required by law, according to analysis of the Department of Education’s testing schedule by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum. 

 

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Public Advocate Gotbaum: If You Suspect Child Abuse, Say Something

Gotbaum’s Caregiver Bill Receives Support from Unions, Advocates and Businesses

Public Advocate Gotbaum today Releases

Videocast on Fighting Hunger in NYC

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New Gotbaum Report Finds Jump in Child Fatalities in City Homeless Shelters

Public Advocate Gotbaum Helps East New York Tenants Reach Compromise with NYCHA

Gotbaum Releases her report on Emergency Contraception in HHC.

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Gotbaum, Bushwick Tenants Demand Improvements to NYCHA Complexes

Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum released a new edition of her Guide to Senior Services in New York City.

Click here to watch Betsy's first videocast. The video highlights some of her work to improve schools, support businesses and protect cops.

Public Advocate Gotbaum rallied Brooklyn Support for the REAACT bill to help New Yorkers access public benefits.

Public Advocate Gotbaum and Councilmember Peter Vallone call for crack down on Tinted Windows in wake of deadly police shooting.

Public Advocate Gotbaum And Community Leaders, Tenants, and Elected Officials Announce Major Lawsuit Against Corporate Slumlord Pinnacle Group & Landlord Joel Wiener

Community Leaders, Tenants and Elected Officials Announce Major Lawsuit Against Corporate Slumlord Pinnacle Group

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Betsy Gotbaum was elected Public Advocate in 2001, and re-elected in 2005.

Betsy Gotbaum is the City's watchdog and New Yorkers' ombudswoman.

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The Public Advocate solves problems on behalf of all New Yorkers. Over 12,000 cases are handled directly every year by the Ombudsman's Unit and it is this real world experience that helps shape the Public Advocate's policy directives.

Learn about some of Betsy's positions in the following areas:

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