Marty Endorses Bill deBlasio for Public Advocate

I read it on my Facebook page. But then I saw it on the Brooklyn Paper. Here's an excerpt:

Borough President Markowitz heartily endorsed Councilman Bill DeBlasio for public advocate on Monday — the second time in as many weeks that the borough’s highest elected official has backed a Brooklynite for a citywide office.

Last week, Markowitz journeyed to City Hall to endorse Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights) in his run for comptroller.

A cynic would say — not this cynic, of course, but another cynic who looks like him — that Markowitz, the ultimate Brooklyn booster, didn’t look at resumes, but a map when he selected Yassky over his three Queens rivals John Liu, Melinda Katz and David Weprin; and then DeBlasio over his adversaries, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens), and Mark Green and Norman Siegel, both of Manhattan.

“I must say that I know all the candidates [in both races] and they’re very good candidates,” Markowitz said at Borough Hall on Monday. “But I just think that David and Bill will do a better job.

“And the fact that they’re both from Brooklyn is just the strawberries on top of Junior’s cheesecake,” he added.