Alternatively, Maybe Public Advocates Are The Problem

Perspective is everything:

As public advocate, Bill de Blasio criticized city agencies for failing to answer Freedom of Information Law requests from media organizations and the public in a timely manner.

“Transparency and responsiveness in government decisions and policies engenders trust in our democratic process,” he said in 2013.

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So how would de Blasio rate his own administration using his own criteria?

It turns out Public Advocate Bill de Blasio would have given Mayor Bill de Blasio a D.