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Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green Tells All
Mark Green, a former NYC public advocate, host of the syndicated weekend radio show "Both Sides Now" and the author of Bright, Infinite Future: A Generational Memoir on the Progressive Rise (St. Martin's Press, 2016), traces the arc of his public service career from 1970 working for Ralph Nader to today's campaigns.
Green says that he committed to being self-critical and honest in his memoir, especially about his failed mayoral run against Michael Bloomberg in 2001 and the election day that coincided with September 11th.
→ Hear more: You can see Mark Green speak about his book at the Barnes and Noble at 82nd and Broadway on May 16th at 7:00pm. Click here for more details.
Ha! On @BrianLehrer, @markjgreen says: "Hillary Clinton is going to have a dilemma this fall: how do you debate verbal diarrhea?"
— Amy Thacker (@AmyPaints) May 5, 2016Mark Green on @BrianLehrer: "Donald Trump is digging his finger into the psychic wound of working-class America." Well put.
— Kate Deimling (@DeimlingKate) May 5, 2016Bing Crosby said: a Sinatra comes along once every several generations. Why did it have to be mine?@markjgreen: a Bloomberg comes along…
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 5, 2016