While Public Advocate candidate Bill de Blasio gets mired in a major scandal, the blatantly best of the Public Advocate candidates, Norman Siegel, has received yet another endorsement, this time from the Amsterdam News:

Norman Siegel has run for this office before. He has run before and is running again because he feels that the people of the city need an independent voice that will speak for them. As the head of the New York Civil Liberties Union, he spoke for the voiceless and often powerless. He has been a champion of rights throughout his career. He has fought City Hall, struggled for improved community-police relations and pushed for greater accountability on the part of the NYPD. He has advocated and represented 9/11 families, the Skyscraper Safety Campaign and Firefighters Families, the Transit Workers Union and the United Federation of Teachers in FIRST Amendment lawsuits, in addition to African-American and Latino police officers in a racial discrimination lawsuit against NYC, as well as New Yorkers against the extension of term limits. He is a man of the people and that is why the New York Amsterdam News endorses Siegel for public advocate for the City of New York.

Amsterdam News also endorsed John Liu for Comptroller:

Combining his experience as both a New York City Council member and a former auditor for a major accounting firm, he is the candidate with the most combined experience in the financial and government sectors. Having represented the Flushing, Queens, area of the city, one of the most diverse and dynamic areas of New York City, he is able to look at the city from a global as well as local perspective. Liu has a five-point plan in his quest for this position. Liu proposes to diversify the comptroller’s investment portfolio by going back to basic portfolio management of stocks and bonds. He wants to bolster diversification of the city’s economy by expanding opportunities for WMBEs (women and minority business enterprises) and emerging industries. Liu also wants to support a more graduated income tax for city residents based upon wealth. The Industrial Development Agency that oversees small business development in the city is also in need of reform and Liu believes that the comptroller should have a greater role in this agency’s operations. And finally, he believes in using the comptroller’s audit bureau to review the city’s business development programs, including the Department of Small Business’ services.

This is just where Liu wants to begin. He sees a strong future for this city and wants to make sure that all New Yorkers are part of the success that can be achieved. This is why the New York Amsterdam News endorses John Liu in the Democratic primary for comptroller of the City of New York.