President Obama comes out for gay marriage.  What will this mean of the 2012 election? Gotham founding partner and political consultant Brad Gerstman gauges the same-sex marriage landscape with Former Governor David Paterson on WOR Radio.

Brad Gerstman, Partner at Gotham Government Relations on RNN TV’s Richard French Live talking about Gay Marriage, the 2012 election and more..

Part 1 Same-sex marriage:

Part 2 What’s going to move the 2012 elections:

Part 3: The Recession, the struggle for college students:

Part 4: The case for kids, what to do about bullies:

Brad Gerstman, Former Football Player, Advocate, Calls for Board of Trustees Review to Improve Athletic Program Performance and Football Reinstatement

ROSLYN, NY; April 11, 2012 – In recent days, Hofstra reported the resignation of embattled Athletic Director, Jack Hayes. Interestingly, however not surprisingly, Hayes left Hofstra University for a much smaller athletic program at Brown University in an effort to revitalize his career. Hayes served as Athletic Director for Hofstra during tumultuous times, including but not limited to, the termination of the Football program, basketball head coach employment debacle, and most recently, the resignation of the baseball coach.

It is undisputed that since that termination of the Hofstra Football program the entire athletic department has been on a downward spiral where program success has been diminished to their lowest points in many decades. One recent example is when Hofstra Basketball coach, Tom Pecora, left Hofstra for lower ranked Fordham. Now the Athletic Director who sheepishly followed orders of the administration and terminated Hofstra’s historically successful Football program is jumping ship to find a way to resurrect his career.

“This is a guy (Jack Hayes) who stood idly by as a self absorbed educator cut the heart out of the University and thousands of alum, all the while he keenly preserved his own existence, says James Scully, Esq., Former Hofstra Football Captain and Hofstra Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee. “Brown just hired a coward.”

“I’m appalled at the behavior of the Hofstra Administration and the cronies on the Board of Trustees. Their inaction as it relates to the Hofstra athletic program and the student athletes has been abhorrent and cries out for change,” says Brad Gerstman, Esq., Hofstra Alumnus and Former Football Player.

Additionally, Brad Gerstman states, “Successful athletic programs are the responsibility of a University’s administration. It adds to the quality of life for the student body and brings value and publicity to schools who are able to make these programs a success. As Vince Lombardi once said, a school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.”

We’re calling for the Board of Trustees, in addition to an independent party, to review the athletic department and reinstate the football program.

Jack Hayes will take over as AD for Brown University effective July 1, 2012.

Press Contact: Catherine Fee (516) 880-8170

Brad Gerstman gives his take on President Obama’s State of the Union address.

Brad Gerstman talks about the President’s State of the Union speech on WOR’s Rita Cosby Show

From Capital Tonight:

Redistricting has claimed its first victim: Brad Gerstman has disbanded his exploratory committee due to a lack of “compelling opportunities” available for him at this time.

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From New York Daily News:

Brad Gerstman, the Long Island political consultant and lobbyist who plunged $500,000 of his own into exploring a run for elected office, is disbanding his exploratory committee, The Daily Politics has learned.

I reported back in April that Gerstman — who never actually announced what office he would seek — had dumped $300K into his committee with plans to hike that up to $500K and spend as much as $1 million on an actual run.

Now, that’s all on hold. In short, Gerstman says there just wasn’t an obvious match between him and the offices at hand. He’d previously said he could run for an office as national as Congress or as local as councilman.

“Due to redistricting, my committee determined that there were not any compelling opportunities for me to run for office at this time,” he said. “More importantly, the growth and expansion of my firm, Gotham Government Relations & Communications, is exciting and I am completely focused on serving our clients at this point.”

As for the cash, said the former Bronx ADA, “I’ll be taking that money and putting it aside for the potential backing of future candidates around the state and county,” he said. “I’m also not ruling out using that, and more, money for a possible future run, if there’s an opportunity I feel would be a compelling match.”

So I guess we’ll just stay tuned…

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2012: What does Cuomo’s revolution bring to New York State? Gotham’s Brad Gerstman breaks it down, line by line on Long Island’s News12:

Gotham’s Brad Gerstman on The Rita Cosby Radio Show (WOR Radio Network) Talking about The Iowa Caucus

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Brad Gerstman talks to News12 about the Occupy Wall Street movement on their 2-month anniversary in Zucotti Park and around the world.