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City editor @CityAndStateNY. Don't forget me @vineyardgazette, @NPR, @WLRN and @KRCC
Brooklyn, NY
Joined December 2015
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What's going on with the (apparently added) red and yellow parachuters in this image? Very odd.
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Mamdani, only socialist in the race for mayor, is confident he can bring together an untapped coalition of NYC working-class Muslims outraged over the devastation in Gaza, leftists and tenants concerned about cost of living. Interesting to see him doing this Trump voter outreach.
Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all? . I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out.
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Hello from JFK where weary depressed Democrats are shuffling from gate to gate as JetBlue attempts to locate our plane. Somos 2024 begins
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Of note, most people raided on Sept. 4 are not apparently involved in the alleged actions in today's indictment. We're not seeing anything about the Banks or Caban brothers or NYPD enforcement of nightclubs.
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CUNY will lose hundreds of affordable student dorms with new life sciences center project announced by @NYCMayor and @GovKathyHochul Aliana Jabbary reports for @CityAndStateNY
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TERM-LIMITED NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS LOVE TO PASS THEIR SEATS TO THEIR CHIEFS OF STAFF ! 🧵.
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for the normies: this is the same race with harvey epstein of snl fame. can't make it up!.
New: Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is thinking about mounting another political comeback attempt – this time in the New York City Council. This afternoon he said he's considering running for term-limited CM Carlina Rivera's lower Manhattan seat.
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There's much discourse about Cuomo jumping in if/when Adams falls. But Cuomo's inner circle was also investigated by SDNY and his closest advisers were charged with massive corruption. Is it just me or would it be difficult to make the case that he's the less corrupt alternative?.
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City employees got this email from the mayor today, per a source
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.@JustinBrannan says he’s not ready to bury the hatchet with BK Dems Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn: “I don’t want to sound like I’m 7 years old, but she started it.”
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A loooot of NYC elected officials got their start in politics working in someone else’s office. Many of them were the chiefs of staff for their direct predecessor. 📷.
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Reminder that Suozzi decided to challenge the first woman gov of NY from the right instead of running for reelex in the seat that Santos ultimately won.
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What's going on with the (apparently added) red and yellow parachuters in this image? Very odd.
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I wrote about the alliance between Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar and Mayor Eric Adams. It’s not just your imagination: She is everywhere, and that is the point.
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Justin Brannan got a nifty little City of Yes ADU carveout, the "Bay Ridge Special District".
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Rajkumar is working with Mercury on her public advocate campaign. Same PR firm that Cuomo is reportedly working with on his likely mayoral campaign - against Adams.
Scoop: Jenifer Rajkumar is planning to run for public advocate and drop her comptroller campaign.
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This means Williams will now be able to get matching funds, as he has a credible challenger.
Scoop: Jenifer Rajkumar is planning to run for public advocate and drop her comptroller campaign.
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Source reminded me that Brad Lander had a really high-profile paperwork snafu in 2022 as well that required the state Legislature to vote to allow him to stay in office
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Looks like Eric Adams reported just one donation after news broke of his indictment on the evening of Sept. 25.
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*prepares to duck for cover* i feel like this does sort of describe eric adams
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I talked to some former Rajkumar campaign workers about some unorthodox surveillance strategies in her 2016 assembly campaign in Manhattan
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We're saying farewell to some excellent spring interns today at @CityAndStateNY. Check out some of their work!.
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Inbox: Claire Valdez, who's trying to unseat Assembly Member Juan Ardila in Western Queens, says she raised an impressive $68k
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Chi Ossé, our first Gen-Z council member, is figuring out what it looks like to be both an elected official and an influencer, and I think that's interesting
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin tells City & State she's coming back tomorrow to "stand with my brother." She's been in Japan for a bit, which has been kind of weird timing
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Tenants rights protesters - and several City Council members - stormed the stage during tonights Rent Guidelines Board meeting per @Annie_McDonough @CityAndStateNY
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At City & State’s labor power 100 event, mayoral candidate and city comptroller Brad Lander gives props to possible mayoral candidate Jessica Ramos for being the most frequent picket line elected (on the day several Adams admin members are raided)
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Vineyarders gather at Five Corners to join protest against US immigration policies #MarthasVineyard #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch @vineyardgazette
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When you go on vacation for one week and return to your desk Monday morning @vineyardgazette
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If you zoom out, Dan Goldman is actually in Dan Goldman's pocket. That Dan Goldman is himself in an even bigger Dan Goldman's pocket.
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Looks like @BrianKavanaghNY hasn't filed his 11-day disclosures (which were due Aug. 12), buuut did file a 24-hour disclosure of a $7500 donation from Friends of Andrea Stewart-Cousins on Aug. 16. .
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The obvious purpose of opposition research is to "destroy" a candidate, but there are a few other possible aims .
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The mayor keeps telling reporters to direct campaign questions to Vito Pitta, but Pitta's staff told @Annie_McDonough that he's in a meeting all day and unavailable to respond to inquiries.
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Every single comptroller over the past 3 decades has launched a bid to become mayor. Not one has been elected. Can Brad Lander break the comptroller curse?
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Assembly Member Karines Reyes, who organized the conference and emphasizes its mission of empowering Latinos, said the silver lining of the rainy weather is that people are staying inside to work - “they’re not on the beach”
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Chuckling bc I just realized they have to put up this nyc screen to keep the wall st bull’s ass out of the flag-raising shot!
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On his first day as an intern at City & State, @RichMendezJr wrote about who is calling on Eric Adams to resign.
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Another person fond of the "I didn't leave, they left me" line is Ritchie Torres, who sometimes also seems to be considering leaving the Democratic Party
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is still here and at the despedida - she’s not worried about Biden - or herself - in ‘24. Wearing her Democrat sandals
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We said goodbye to two amazing summer interns today at @CityAndStateNY. Here's a thread of just some of the great work from @mandywrites_ and @Mighty_s226:.
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What a lot of the fans don't see behind the scenes is the generosity, mentorship and kindness Jeff brings to a team. He deserves any and all success!.
I’ve learned so much at City & State and can’t thank the team enough for supporting me since 2014, from intern to now. It’s time to try something new - though I’ll still be reporting on NYC politics. Stay tuned 👀
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Mayoral wannabes everywhere are gaming out all the different scenarios. @Annie_McDonough ran a few of them down - Who will be the next NYC mayor? It just got a lot more complicated.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka rose to the national spotlight for condemning ICE raids. Next door, NYC Mayor Eric Adams is doing the opposite. Both are in campaign mode, both have some support from powerful 32BJ @stucknation writes for City & State.
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UFT operative and City Council candidate Dermot Smyth (Democrat running for Bob Holden's seat) is having a who's who of a fundraiser later this month - hosted by Michael Mulgrew, Mark Levine and Donovan Richards
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CW: Not related to Biden dropping out. @Annie_McDonough profiled MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber for @CityAndStateNY, and he's not giving up on congestion pricing
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I just learned I am the only person in the world who starts every single email with Dear [Name] and I'm hyperventilating.
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Night one at the El Caribe - people say they are upset but the general vibe is still kinda festive. Music is bumpin
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Looks like Randy Mastro, Eric Adams' controversial nom for corporation counsel, donated $1000 to CM Julie Menin's campaign in May, and she promptly returned it.
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Not great for Brad Lander, neutral-to-good for Eric Adams, 2025 observers are saying
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Eric Adams to Adrienne Adams, who he is openly feuding with over police legislation he recently vetoed: "I love you and there's nothing you can do about it.".
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Scoop from @_rebeccaclewis: Hochul set a special elex to replace Joyner on 2/13 without telling anyone.
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Assemble member and likely candidate for mayor Zohran Mamdani has some strident criticism for the current mayor
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Lots of people commenting about Rajkumar's silence on the Adams indictment because she's his close ally. She is quoted in a City Hall press release today about public school app process
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Adrienne Adams donated $50 to her district COS Ty Hankerson who's running in her district
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After receiving an address from a celebrity, a proclamation from state representatives and a citation from the governor and Elizabeth Warren Gwen M. Lynch has graduated from the 8th grade.
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There's speculation that Ydanis Rodríguez is looking at challenging Carmen De La Rosa for his old City Council seat, including in Spanish language media
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After endorsing a bunch of moderates who lost, will things be awkward for Eric Adams in Albany this year? @ShantelDestra reports:
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btw @Dr_CMGreer called it in our 2024 political predictions
NEW: Former NYC comptroller @scottmstringer launched an exploratory committee today to raise money for a primary campaign against Mayor Eric Adams.
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Talked to @ManhattanDA Alvin Bragg about discovery laws, outdated tech and his $9 million mental health initiative @CityAndStateNY .
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This and other recent news has me revisiting the list of Eric Adams' friends with vague city jobs related to things like "strategic initiatives" and massive salaries 🧵.
Straw donor examples in draft audit of Adams 2021 campaign include people who wrote notes with their payment like, “my friend is donating for me,” “my fiancé is donating [o]n my behalf,” and “I use my parents credit card.”. via @gothamist.
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Jerry Nadler, informal dean of the Jewish caucus, calls for a temporary ceasefire with other Jewish Dems.
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THOUSANDS of emails. Apparently people don't do this???!?!?!?!??.
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I was gonna goof on this, but Goldman was recently a renter! . in a $22 million, 7,000 sq ft Tribeca loft.
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Outgoing Council Member Charles Barron, a self-described "Black Panther to his heart," tells @JCColtin that he mentored Eric Adams - but he's not proud of the mayor
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.@Annie_McDonough reports - Salamanca's got quite the war chest for his "exploratory" BP run against incumbent Vanessa Gibson
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New from me and @SahalieD - ongoing NYPD sexual harassment suit seeks to add Jeffrey Maddrey and Eddie Caban as defendents
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Election officials clear the ballot box in Chilmark, where turnout was over 70 per cent. #electionday @vineyardgazette
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This year I lived in a summer shack for five months, moved to a new city and did a lot of karaoke (not necessarily in that order). Here are some other things I wrote about/made from 2019 (also in no particular order):.
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Whoever put “Baby It’s Cold Outside” on in this department store in 2017 *really* needs to read the room.
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New from me and @SahalieD, looks like Eric Adams' second Charter Revision Commission will focus on land use:
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On Cuttyhunk Island today for a very special eighth grade graduation ceremony. One student is graduating. Comedian Jenny Slate is delivering the commencement address. @vineyardgazette
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So proud to know the @WLRN reporters, producers, editors, and anchors covering this storm. #SouthFlorida, you're in good hands.
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Looks like CM Shahana Hanif and her challenger Maya Kornberg raised almost the same amount (Thought it was exact same initially, edited post)
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin is the latest in more than a dozen current and former Adams officials who have been raided by the feds, @Annie_McDonough reports
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No one's covering the UWS AD 69 primary like @petersterne. Barry Weinberg, a Manhattan Dems guy, is jumping in the race, and Hochul staffer Micah Lasher is also considering it, per sources
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.@Annie_McDonough is keeping a running list of who in Eric Adams' orbit has been raided, searched or subpoenaed by the feds:
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For @CityAndStateNY, reporter Elias Guerra wrote about how the US Army Corps of Engineers' plan to protect Jamaica Bay from the next Hurricane Sandy could be doing more harm than good 🧵
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Everyone a colony of honeybees moved into the space under my house today! Both happy and viscerally terrified to welcome about 5,000 ecologically beneficial roommates
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With Brendan McGuire looks like, former chief counsel and current private Adams attorney.
Adams former chief of staff and key ally Frank Carone emerges from Gracie Mansion as Adams remains inside
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High praise from @LiuNewYork for @zellnor4ny: “There was once a very articulate, intelligent and compassionate state senator from Illinois who took it all the way. I wouldn’t put it past this particular young man to do the same.”
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.@RossBarkan on the comparisons between Eric Adams and the city's first Black Mayor David Dinkins
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