| | | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Téa Kvetenadze | Presented by Equinor | A new ranked-choice voting alliance has jolted the mayor's race in its closing days. Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia joined forces this weekend , barnstorming the city on Saturday and campaigning together again on Sunday. Together, they're hoping they just might have what it takes to stop apparent frontrunner Eric Adams. The alliance is more than a little lopsided: Yang is enthusiastically endorsing Garcia as his No. 2 pick, but Garcia is not encouraging her supporters to rank Yang in return. "Kathryn Garcia is a true public servant," Yang told supporters in Flushing. "For anyone listening to my voice right now, if you support me, you should rank Kathryn number two on your ballot." Garcia said she wanted to encourage supporters to rank multiple candidates on their ballots, but wasn't telling them who to include. "Let me be very clear, I'm not co-endorsing," she told a crowd outside of StuyTown. Still, Yang said he wasn't troubled by the omission and teamed up with Garcia again on Sunday to campaign in Chinatown. Adams isn't taking the two-on-one act lying down, attacking the alliance in racial terms. "They're saying that we can't trust a person of color to be the mayor of the City of New York," Adams said. (Yang responded by noting he's been Asian his whole life.) The Brooklyn borough president's supporters went further: "This is a cynical attempt by Garcia and Yang to disenfranchise Black voters," said Ashley Sharpton, daughter of the Rev. Al Sharpton. The rhetoric ratcheted up on Sunday as former state Comptroller H. Carl MCall, in a statement released by the Adams campaign, called the alliance "an attempt to bring the disgraceful national campaign of voter suppression to New York," employing a term typically applied to efforts to prevent citizens from voting. Ranked-choice voting supporters defended the maneuver as a legitimate strategy, noting its been used frequently in cities like San Francisco and Minneapolis. Garcia, for her part, was frank with voters who quizzed her about the alliance, saying she wants all the No. 2 votes she can get. "This is the best way I know how to win," she said. IT'S MONDAY. Got tips, suggestions or thoughts? Let us know ... By email: EDurkin@politico.com and agronewold@politico.com, or on Twitter: @erinmdurkin and @annagronewold WHERE'S ANDREW? In Albany with no public events scheduled. WHERE'S BILL? Holding a media availability and appearing on NY1's Inside City Hall. DAYS TO THE PRIMARY: 1 | | | | A message from Equinor: Can a wind turbine generate more than electricity? We believe it can. At Equinor, we're planning to power more than 1,000,000 homes in New York with homegrown, renewable energy. But we can do more. As a broad energy company with an ambitious net-zero target for 2050, we're pursuing the development of offshore wind projects in the US and quickly becoming a leader in the country's growing offshore wind industry. | | |
|  | WHAT CITY HALL'S READING | | Comptroller candidates face off in final debate before Tuesday primary, by POLITICO's David Giambusso: The Democratic candidates for New York City comptroller faced off for the last time before Tuesday's primary in a wide-ranging — and at times heartfelt — debate that aired Sunday morning. The contest, hosted by POLITICO, NBC New York, Telemundo 47 and the Citizens Budget Commission, featured the top eight candidates for comptroller — one of three citywide elected positions. Candidates touched on a range of issues from fiscal management to mental health in the hourlong debate, but the top concern facing the next comptroller will be the city's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the anticipated $5 billion deficit in each of the coming budget years. — Corey Johnson and several other comptroller hopefuls promised not to run for mayor in the future. As Wiley surges in mayor's race, her former City Hall colleagues give mixed reviews, by POLITICO's Erin Durkin, Danielle Muoio, and Amanda Eisenberg: Maya Wiley has come within striking distance of the top job at City Hall, but she is no stranger to the place: she spent more than two years as legal counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio. Wiley's surge in the closing stretch of the Democratic primary follows a slew of marquee names backing her on the left — the biggest being Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But with a credible shot at winning, Wiley has drawn renewed scrutiny of her time working for de Blasio — the man she would replace as mayor and one whom she has distanced herself from since the start of her campaign. "I'm a woman who stands on her own two feet," the former MSNBC legal analyst said at the first mayoral candidates' forum last fall — a point she has repeated throughout the campaign when asked about her ties to de Blasio. Adams failed to disclose use of party lawyer's office on campaign records, by POLITICO's Joe Anuta: Eric Adams, the leading candidate for mayor of New York, has been periodically using office space occupied by the Brooklyn Democratic Party's law firm since January 2020 without disclosing the relationship in campaign finance filings. The transaction, confirmed by his campaign, raises new questions about Adams' transparency and sheds light on how he has operated ahead of the June 22 Democratic primary to replace outgoing mayor Bill de Blasio. The Brooklyn borough president has faced a variety of questions over his financial disclosures and the opacity of his political operation. He and his campaign have struggled to provide records on multiple transactions, including his taxes and his real estate holdings. — Yang weighs in on Adams' bathtub and related controversies. " New Evidence Eric Adams Retained Brooklyn Co-op Long After He Says Gave It to His 'Good Friend,'" by The City's Yoav Gonen and Greg B. Smith: "Mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams intervened in the potential sale of a Brooklyn co-op in 2017 that he insists he gave up his co-ownership of a decade earlier, according to a real estate agent who tried to broker the deal. The new revelations counter Adams' claims that he washed his hands of the Prospect Place one-bedroom in 2007 by giving his 50% share to the woman he had purchased the unit with in 1992. There are no public records of such a transaction. And a newly surfaced document reviewed by THE CITY shows Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, named as a co-owner of the apartment at 425 Prospect Place within the last six months." "Eric Adams campaign volunteer stabbed in Bronx, campaign says," by New York Daily News' Shant Shahrigian, Ellen Moynihan, and John Annese: "A volunteer for New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams was stabbed Sunday while distributing campaign literature in the Bronx, according to the campaign. The victim, a 42-year-old man, was cornered by two attackers on 149th St. and Morris Ave. in Mott Haven just after 2:40 p.m., police sources said. They argued, and video shows one of the men repeatedly stabbing the victim before both run off, sources said. The victim then flagged down police officers nearby, sources said. He underwent surgery at Lincoln Hospital on Sunday evening, a campaign spokesman said. Police said he was in stable condition. Cops found several Eric Adams posters nearby, sources said." — "'Keep an Eye on This Guy': Inside Eric Adams's Complicated Police Career," by The New York Times' Michael Rothfeld, Joseph Goldstein, Ashley Southall and Michael Wilson "'Disorder and Chaos' in N.Y.C. Jails as Pandemic Recedes ," by The New York Times' Jan Ransom: "Violence on Rikers Island is surging. Exhausted guards are working triple shifts. And staffing shortages have triggered lockdowns at some of the jail's largest facilities. More than a year after the coronavirus sickened thousands in New York City's jail system, the Department of Correction has plunged further into crisis as complaints of severe mismanagement, persistent violence and deaths of incarcerated people continue to mount. Correction officers and incarcerated people alike have described a tumultuous first half of the year: Six detainees have died, including at least two by suicide and one who passed away later at a hospital, compared with seven through all of 2020. Guards have been forced to work triple and occasionally quadruple shifts, staying on duty for 24 hours or longer, to make up for staffing shortages. | | | | DON'T MISS THE MILKEN INSTITUTE FUTURE OF HEALTH SUMMIT: POLITICO will feature a special edition of our Future Pulse newsletter at the 2021 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit. The newsletter takes readers inside one of the most influential gatherings of global health industry leaders and innovators who are turning lessons learned from the past year into a healthier, more resilient and more equitable future. 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| | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "New York State Coffers Swell, Riding Covid-19 Recovery," by Wall Street Journal's Jimmy Vielkind: "And last week, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli issued a monthly cash report which found the state's actual receipts were around $4 billion ahead of those rosier projections as a result of robust sales and income-tax collections. 'It's just incredible,' said E.J. McMahon, research director for the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank. 'I picture the governor's budget office as being like a drug dealer's kitchen, with bricks of $100 bills hidden in the microwave, under the sink, in the back of the freezer.' Both Mr. McMahon and Andrew Rein, president of the nonpartisan watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, said earlier this year that the federal aid obviated the need for income-tax increases. Mr. Rein said in an interview last week that the governor's fiscal aides had enough information in March to know that the economic situation would lead to better collections for income taxes, which are the largest state revenue source." "NYS Capitol open to public, tours start Monday," by News10's Corina Cappabianca: "There's been some criticism from those on both sides of the aisle that the building could have been opened up sooner. The end of the legislative session where lawmakers scramble to pass their final bills wrapped up last week. 'In New York and Albany, it tends to be sort of a dark place anyway, even pre-pandemic, lots of decisions are made behind closed doors, but I'd rather be hanging out outside the door than waiting for the smoke signal on Zoom,' Horner said." Delays in cannabis nominations may stall recreational sales in New York, by POLITICO'S Shannon Young: New Yorkers looking to purchase adult-use marijuana at one of the state's upcoming recreational dispensaries may have to wait at least 18 months — if not longer — because of political jockeying over leadership of the state's fledgling cannabis industry. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate leaders are reportedly at odds over who should lead the new Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board, which were created under the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act to oversee the country's second-largest recreational marijuana market. With talks at an apparent impasse, key lawmakers say the Cuomo administration has taken little action to prepare for the new adult-use industry — or advance other MRTA-backed changes — amid uncertainty over whether regulatory, licensing and other functions can proceed without a confirmed Office of Cannabis Management executive director or Cannabis Control Board chair. The back-and-forth has led some to question Cuomo's motives for finally backing the MRTA, which passed as the governor faced scandals over his administration's reporting of Covid-19 nursing home deaths and allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace behavior. Speculation is also circulating in Albany over the governor's commitment to actually seeing through the state's establishment of an adult-use, recreational marketplace. PERSPECTIVE: "Why Did New York's Senate Appoint a Cuomo Hack to the Court of Appeals? " Ross Barkin for Jacobin DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ (on Facebook): "Fact check: Gov. Cuomo did not reopen New York days before his daughter's wedding," from USA Today Network's Nayeli Lomeli #UpstateAmerica: Please enjoy this list of the top adult-sized treehouses you can rent, from the Catskills to Adirondacks. | | | |   | | |
| | NORTHERN EXPOSURE | | "Canadian officials confirm another closed-border month," by Times Union's Rebekah F. Ward: "Current restrictions banning non-essential travel across the northern border will be extended again until July 21, Canadian officials announced Friday, quelling U.S. hopes for a new agreement before the summer tourism peak. The announcement comes days after a meeting between President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to make progress towards bilateral revisions … 'In coordination with the U.S., we are extending restrictions on non-essential international travel and with the United States until July 21, 2021,' said Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Twitter Friday morning, noting that the government's top priority is 'keeping Canadians safe.'" | | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | "Vito Fossella snags Trump endorsement in race for Staten Island BP," by New York Post's Mary Kay Linge: "Former President Trump has endorsed Vito Fossella, the scandal-scarred former congressman, in his bid to become Staten Island borough president. 'Vito Fossella will not let you down,' Trump promised in an email sent to supporters Saturday through his Save America PAC... The former president waded into the uber-local race as Fossella came under fire for campaign finance filings that disclose less than $113 in spending — while blanketing the borough with pricey lawn signs and erecting a highway billboard alongside the Outerbridge Crossing. Fossella, one of four Republicans vying for the GOP's nomination in Tuesday's borough presidential primary, left Congress in shame in 2009 in the wake of a second-family scandal that emerged after he was arrested for drunk driving." | | FROM THE DELEGATION | | Elise Stefanik's post on democracy group board sparked a staff uproar, by POLITICO's Daniel Lippman : New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election and voted against certification of Joe Biden's win, currently serves as a board member for a revered U.S. organization dedicated to the promotion of democracy. The congresswoman's position on the National Endowment for Democracy's board has rankled fellow Republicans, foreign policy scholars and some former NED board members, who say her statements, along with her support for GOP-authored election laws, are at odds with the organization's mission. | | | | SUBSCRIBE TO WEST WING PLAYBOOK: Add West Wing Playbook to keep up with the power players, latest policy developments and intriguing whispers percolating inside the West Wing and across the highest levels of the Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. | | | | |
| | AROUND NEW YORK | | — The state is closing the mass vaccination site at York College in Queens. — The NYPD is likely to blow its overtime budget by at least $162 million this year. — The city will spend $40 million to boost pay for private security guards at homeless shelters. — The Natural Areas Conservatory released a plan to upgrade hiking trails in city parks. — The MTA has been in a "state of emergency" for four years. — A new study found that power and money in the theater world have been disproportionately controlled by white people. — De Blasio explained the city's failure to make Juneteenth an official holiday. — Andrew Giuliani traveled to Western New York in search of support for his gubernatorial campaign. — The site of the old General Motors plant in Massena has been sold to an unnamed buyer. The plant closed in 2009, eliminating 500 jobs. — The Buffalo Bills plan to build a new stadium in Orchard Park. It will take three to five years. — Almost 120 restaurants have been warned about blocking bus lanes and stops with outdoor dining setups. | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Axios' Mike Allen … NYT's Elizabeth Williamson … WaPo's Laura Meckler … Tanya Singer … Campbell Matthews … ABC's Chris Francescani … George Jahn ... CNN's Madeleine Morgenstern ... Sam Nunberg (4-0) … NYT's Elizabeth Dias … Dan Wagner ... Lloyd Green … (was Sunday): Adrienne Elrod … Chris Grieco … POLITICO's Josh Gerstein ... CBS' Christina Ruffini … CNN's Janie Boschma ... León Rodríguez of Seyfarth Shaw … Gregg Birnbaum … Megan Murphy ... Victoria Grace … Josh Raffel … Robert Yoon … Bob Garfield … Maggie Shnayerson ... Pearl Gabel (h/ts Jewish Insider) ... ... (was Saturday): Reuters' Jeff Mason … WaPo's Anne Gearan … The New Yorker's Isaac Chotiner … POLITICO's Melissa Cooke and Jonathan Custodio … Louise Serio … Mary Dalrymple of Eagle Hill Consulting … Marcus Brauchli … former SEC Chair Mary Schapiro … David Lat … Seth Stevenson … Blair Effron ... Tom Hoare (h/t dad Toby) ... Jenna Kastan ... Adrienne M. Knoll ... Kenneth Lipper ... Anna Langer ... … (was Friday): Dina Powell McCormick … Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) … Joanne Lipman … National Investor Relations Institute's Gary LaBranche turned 58 … BuzzFeed's Mary Ann Georgantopoulos … Sophia Templin … Sam Segan (h/t Marc) … Credit Suisse's Rick Cappellazzo … CNN's DJ Judd and Devan Cole … Axios' Nick Johnston … Jay Rockefeller MEDIAWATCH — "Nobody Wraps Pat Kiernan: The petty, vindictive, backbiting, lawsuit-laden, career-ruining infighting at everyone's favorite local NY1 news station," by New York Magazine's Caitlin Moscatello FIRST IN NY PLAYBOOK — Brian Buchwald, Shann Biglione , and Dan Gaynor are launching Kelp, an AI-powered platform focused on corporate reputation. Gaynor, an Obama and Martin O'Malley alum, most recently founded Weber Shandwick's narrative strategy practice; Biglione is the former head of strategy at Publicis Media and Buchwald, who was on the founding team of Hulu at NBC Universal, most recently was president of global intelligence at Weber Shandwick. SPOTTED: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump on Sunday getting a personal tour of the USS Yorktown's Medal of Honor exhibit from Ret. Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, a Medal of Honor winner, at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The couple also went to the Kiawah Island Beach club to chat with Nikki and Michael Haley. | | | | A message from Equinor: The energy transition is the defining challenge opportunity of our time. Without energy, the world would simply stop. Today, 80% of energy comes from fossil fuels—and the energy system has to change. The world needs energy — but it must be affordable, reliable, and accessible. How will we do it? By accelerating the energy transition . At Equinor, we're growing our portfolio in renewable energy and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. We're already planning to power more than 1,000,000 homes in New York with homegrown, renewable energy. But for us, that's only the beginning. By the time the global population reaches 9 billion in 2050, our goal is to have net-zero emissions. Discover more about Equinor at www.equinor.com/USA. | | |
| | REAL ESTATE | | "Acclaimed Underground Railroad Historian: Losing Washington Heights House Would Be A 'Travesty,'" by WNYC's Jim O'Grady : When historical preservationists got word last November that a developer planned to tear down a Washington Heights house once owned by a 19th century abolitionist — a rare surviving structure with possible ties to the Underground Railroad — they asked the city to save it. But the Landmarks Preservation Commission swiftly turned them down... Now comes Fergus Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan, a definitive work on the Underground Railroad, with a message for the Landmarks Preservation Commission: Not so fast. Bordewich has proffered a pointed statement in support of preserving the site."
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