| | | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Téa Kvetenadze | Presented by Association of American Universities | We have a winner: Eric Adams will be the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, clinching a victory in the city's first ranked-choice mayoral primary. A former cop turned Brooklyn borough president, he rode a wave of concern about violent crime to a narrow win. Adams beat rival Kathryn Garcia by just 8,426 votes, 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent. Adams declared victory Tuesday night, and The Associated Press called the race. "The results are clear: an historic, diverse, five-borough coalition led by working-class New Yorkers has led us to victory in the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City," Adams said in a statement. "Now we must focus on winning in November so that we can deliver on the promise of this great city for those who are struggling, who are underserved, and who are committed to a safe, fair, affordable future for all New Yorkers." In the ranked-choice tally, Garcia, the former city sanitation commissioner, gained on Adams by picking up down-ballot votes as rivals Andrew Yang and Maya Wiley were eliminated. But it was ultimately not enough to overcome his substantial election night lead. Garcia did not concede (nor did Wiley), but she's scheduled to speak in Central Park this morning. The results are expected to be certified next week. Next up: Adams vs. Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, which should be interesting. IT'S WEDNESDAY. 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 New York City with no public events scheduled. WHERE'S BILL? Hosting a ticker tape parade for essential workers. | | A message from Association of American Universities: University of Rochester and America's leading research universities are at the forefront of the COVID-19 battle and are working to protect us from future pandemics. We power the solutions that solve problems and create jobs. We are the hospitals and labs that provide the best care and discover the latest treatments, tests, and vaccines to get our communities back on track. America's universities are stepping up to protect the health and security of our nation. Learn More. | | |
|  | WHAT CITY HALL'S READING | | Lander wins comptroller's race, by POLITICO's Erin Durkin: City Council Member Brad Lander won the race for city comptroller, defeating Council Speaker Corey Johnson in election results Tuesday night. Lander finished with 51.9 percent of the vote, to 48.1 percent for Johnson after the latest ranked-choice voting count, including absentee ballots — a lead of 24,683 votes. Lander was the progressive favorite in the race and pulled off an upset over Johnson, who dominated polls and union endorsements. He declared victory Tuesday night, as Johnson conceded the race. Fossella wins Staten Island borough president primary, Richards leads in Queens, by POLITICO's Erin Durkin: Former Rep. Vito Fossella won the Republican primary for Staten Island borough president, while incumbent Democrat Donovan Richards held on to a lead in Queens. Absentee ballots were key in the two razor-thin races. The Board of Elections released updated vote counts Tuesday evening, including a ranked-choice voting tabulation with absentees included. On Staten Island, Fossella — attempting a political comeback more than a decade after he left Congress when it was revealed that he had a secret second family — came out with 50.8 percent of the vote, to 49.2 percent for City Council Member Steven Matteo. A margin of just 290 votes separated the candidates. Matteo conceded Tuesday night … In Queens, Richards declared victory Tuesday night, after the latest results put him on top by a margin of 50.3 percent, to 49.7 percent for City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley. He leads by 1,044 votes. — QUOTE OF THE NIGHT: "We beat your racist ass." — Richards to Crowley in a series of tweets. Latest election results bring Council primaries into clarity, by POLITICO's Joe Anuta: The Board of Elections released new results for Council primary races Tuesday, providing a far clearer picture of the body's potential makeup heading into the November general election. The ranked-choice tallies were updated from last week's in-person results to include most absentee ballots. And while a small number of paper votes could still be counted, the results showed fairly definitive results for most races. The Democratic Socialists of America had been hoping to gain a toehold in the body and backed six candidates, but came up short, according to the updated results. Tiffany Cabán in Queens and Alexa Avilés in Brooklyn inched to victory after ending last week with commanding leads. But the other four DSA-backed hopefuls lost to varying degrees. Pierina Sanchez handily won a Bronx district encompassing Morris Heights and University Heights with the support of multiple labor organizations, Rep. Adriano Espaillat and the county Democratic Party. Linda Lee bested the DSA's Jaslin Kaur in eastern Queens and Shahana Hanif handily defeated two competitors that included the DSA's Brandon West in Park Slope. The race to succeed Council Member Laurie Cumbo also served as a proxy war between the DSA on one side, and labor groups and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on the other. Crystal Hudson ended Tuesday's tally 8 points ahead of democratic socialist Michael Hollingsworth. "NYC EMTs, paramedics to boycott Hometown Heroes ticker tape parade honoring COVID first responders ," by New York Daily News' Michael Gartland, Thomas Tracy and Graham Rayman: "New York City EMTs will boycott the Hometown Heroes ticker tape parade honoring COVID first responders and essential workers, union leaders said Tuesday. Members of Local 2507 hope their absence during Wednesday's parade down Broadway's Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan will highlight their push for better pay. EMS unions haven't had a new contract with the city for three years. 'The members will not be attending,' a spokeswoman for Local 2507 told the Daily News. 'Any EMS personnel there would be assigned to work the event.' Members of the Uniformed EMS Officer's Union will also not attend the parade, the group's president, Vincent Variale, confirmed... 'This mayor continues to disrespect EMS and all front line responders and uses all of us for a public relations photo opportunity.'" — The parade's closing ceremony was canceled due to heat. " NYC Comptroller Stringer sues Mayor de Blasio over COVID contracting practices, cites 'alarming' findings," by New York Daily News' Michael Gartland: "City Comptroller Scott Stringer is suing Mayor de Blasio for extending the use of emergency COVID-era procurement practices that have allowed the mayor to forego scrutiny in order to push through city contracts — a move Stringer says has led to a fundamental lack of transparency. On March 17, 2020, during the height of the COVID pandemic, de Blasio signed an executive order giving himself the power to override some city procurement guidelines, in effect suspending Stringer's oversight authority over some contracts. The practice has allowed de Blasio and his administration to push through contracts without Stringer looking over their shoulder, a power afforded to the comptroller through the city charter." | | | | SUBSCRIBE TO "THE RECAST" TODAY: Power is shifting in Washington and in communities across the country. More people are demanding a seat at the table, insisting that politics is personal and not all policy is equitable. The Recast is a twice-weekly newsletter that explores the changing power dynamics in Washington and breaks down how race and identity are recasting politics and policy in America. Get fresh insights, scoops and dispatches on this crucial intersection from across the country and hear critical new voices that challenge business as usual. Don't miss out, SUBSCRIBE . Thank you to our sponsor, Intel. | | | | | | | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "'Enough carnage': State law aims to address rising gun violence," by Buffalo News' Tom Precious: "Calling worsening gun violence a criminal, economic and public health threat, especially in low-income, minority communities, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Tuesday declared a 'disaster emergency' to free up funds and programs for job creation and other opportunities aimed especially at at-risk youth. The Democratic governor signed legislation passed earlier this year by the Legislature to end-run a federal law that will now permit New Yorkers hurt by firearms to sue gun manufacturers if they can show that a 'public nuisance' was created by the sale, importation or marketing of firearms in the state. Backers say it will make a major dent in gun violence while gun rights groups say it will push some gunmakers to halt sales in New York. "The new law takes effect immediately, and the bill's supporters have said they expect the statute to end up being challenged in the courts, especially given the immunity protections the firearms industry was given in a 2005 federal law. The governor's plan also includes a 'border war,' which will involve a new State Police unit to stem the tide of illegal guns that make their way into New York, especially from southern states." "Do mental health crises need police? This Hilltowns pilot aims to find out," by Times Union's Bethany Bump: "When Katie Flanigan and her team get a call concerning a person in mental or emotional distress, they arrive in an unmarked vehicle and unremarkable clothes. No sirens, no lights, no uniforms, badges or guns. Just people there to help. 'It's intentional,' said Flanigan, clinical director of emergency services and training for Albany County's Department of Mental Health. 'We don't want to scare people away or tell the neighbors what's happening.' Flanigan heads up the county's 35-year-old mobile crisis program, which formed in response to the 1984 killing of Jessie Davis, a mentally ill man who was gunned down in his Albany apartment by police after neighbors called about a disturbance. … More than 30 years later, the county is expanding the program in response to national outrage over police violence that disproportionately impacts people of color and those living with mental illness." "The Council Implementing New York's Climate Law Is Stacked With Industry Executives," by New York Focus' Lee Harris: "In 2019, when New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), cheered as a pathbreaking carbon reduction law, it charged advisory panels with issuing recommendations to cut greenhouse gas emissions across six sectors: agriculture, buildings, heavy industry, power generation, transportation, and waste. Two years later, those panels have produced their recommendations to the 22-member Climate Action Council, the group drafting a 'scoping plan' for New York to reach its emissions goals, which begin with reducing emissions 40 percent below 1990 baselines by 2030. But only two of the panels — the groups studying power generation and industry — are poised to achieve that requirement." "Why Boy Scouts put campgrounds in Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland up for sale," by Journal News' Michael P. McKinney: "Three large properties owned by the Boy Scouts' Greater Hudson Valley Council in Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland counties are listed for sale. It's part of plans for Boy Scout councils around the country to contribute to a proposed national victims compensation fund for thousands of people who said they were sexually abused as scouts. Listed for sale, and being marketed separately, are: Camp Bullowa, 313 acres in Stony Point in Rockland; Durland Scout Reservation, 1,385 acres in Putnam Valley; Camp Nooteeming, 272 acres in Salt Point in Dutchess." #UpstateAmerica: A slick criminal syndicate has been stealing used cooking oil from Capital Region restaurants to ultimately unload on the black market. | | | |   | | | | | Scranton on the Hudson | | "Why NY, NJ and CT are warring over how to split $14B in transit aid (and it's been months)," by USA Today Network's Colleen Wilson: "Imagine there's a sandbox where the transit agencies from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are supposed to be playing nicely together. Except, in this sandbox, there's $14.2 billion that needs to be shared. Let's just say not everyone is playing nicely. The states have been at war for six months over the federal stimulus funds from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), according to letters penned between the state agencies and obtained through a public information request. New Jersey and Connecticut say they are in agreement about how the funds should be split. New York says it deserves a larger share of the money." | | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | "NJ Devils owners replacing Trump Organization as Wollman Rink operator," by New York Post's Carl Campanile: "The owners of the New Jersey Devils and two partners have been selected to run Wollman Rink in Central Park after the city booted its long-term operator, the Trump Organization. The firm — called Wollman Park Partners — is a joint venture among Newark, NJ-based Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, Related Companies and Equinox. … Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed to remove the Trump Organization as the operator of Wollman Rink and three other city popular attractions — Central Park's Lasker Rink and Carousel and the Bronx Ferry Point golf course — after accusing former President Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 rioting at the US Capitol." | | FROM THE DELEGATION | | "Rep. Claudia Tenney leads 168 House Republicans in bid to overturn NY gun law," by Syracuse Post-Standard's Mark Weiner: "Rep. Claudia Tenney is leading a group of 168 House Republicans who are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 110-year-old New York state gun law. Tenney and her GOP colleagues said today they plan to file a legal brief supporting the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association's challenge to New York's law that strictly limits who can carry a gun outside of the home. The Supreme Court agreed in April to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that upheld New York's law. It marks the first time in more than a decade that the nation's top court will decide a major Second Amendment case." | | | | 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 city's expanded summer school program kicked off with more than 200,000 students enrolled and a bump at some locations. — Call Liza Minnelli because cabarets are back. — Legoland will open fully on Friday. — Republican candidate for Albany mayor Alicia Purdy called for Mayor Kathy Sheehan's resignation. — American Airlines is adding a non-stop route from Albany to Miami. — Maid of the Mist has its first female captain. — A second Shake Shack employee is suing the NYPD over false allegations that the restaurant poisoned cops' milkshakes. | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: author David McCullough … ABC's Sophie Tatum … Richard Ravitch … Edelman's Melinda Brooks … Danielle Tcholakian … Randy James of Sugerman Communications … Treasury's Marti Adams Baker … CNN's Nia-Malika Henderson … Eleanor Clift … Roselle Chartock … Melisse Morris, head of market data at IMX Trading … Jim Bell of TTR Sotheby's … Travis Rundlet … (was Monday): BerlinRosen's Andrew Friedman ... MAKING MOVES — Jaclyn Rothenberg is now director of public affairs at FEMA. She most recently was senior comms adviser to the first lady of New York City and was the Georgia comms director on the Biden campaign. … Andy Smarick has joined the board of regents of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. He is currently a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. WEEKEND WEDDING — William Canning, an asset management associate at CWCapital, recently married Karolina Jewett, director of communication and marketing at St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in D.C. and an Edelman and DKC alum. The wedding was at the Hotel Vermont, a property that is part of Westport Hospitality, owned by Will's father. The couple met through Will's oldest brother Chris and are expecting a baby girl this September. Pic SPOTTED at a Zoom book party on Tuesday night for Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta celebrating the publication of their book "Nightmare Scenario" hosted by Tammy Haddad, Hilary Rosen and Kaitlin Collins ($19.90 on Amazon): Fred Ryan, Cameron Barr, Olivia Troye, David Wessel, Sally Quinn, Frances Stead Sellers, Peter Staley, Daniel and Amy Koh, Kris Coratti, Heather Podesta, Craig Gordon, Ellie Schafer, Steve Clemons, David Chavern, Anna Beth Jager and Kathy O'Hearn. MEDIAWATCH — "Photojournalists under David Furst felt 'set up to fail': Years of complaints from colleagues and freelancers preceded the recent departure of a New York Times photo editor," by Kristen Chick in CJR — " Fox's New Channel Changes the Climate for Weather TV," by NYT's Michael Grynbaum — AP: "Former Fox, NBC star Megyn Kelly lines up SiriusXM talk show" | | A message from Association of American Universities: University of Rochester and America's leading research universities are at the forefront of battling against COVID-19 and working to protect us from future pandemics. We power the solutions that solve problems and create jobs. We are the nurses, engineers, and physicians fighting this crisis on the front line. We are the hospitals and labs across the country that provide the best care and discover the latest treatments, tests, and vaccines to get our communities back on track. This is all made possible by a robust government-university partnership that has fueled the greatest medical, technological and economic breakthroughs of the last 70-plus years. Then, as now, America's universities are stepping up to fight this virus, and protect the health and security of our nation. Learn More. | | |
| | REAL ESTATE | | "BP Adams rejects proposed 18-story Atlantic Avenue rezoning," by Brooklyn Paper's Ben Verde: "Borough President Eric Adams gave the thumbs down to a proposed 18-story residential building on the site of a drive-through McDonalds at Atlantic and Vanderbilt avenues, citing the project's height and density. The project would contain roughly 300 apartments, and around 95 of them would be designated below-market-rate, while the ground floor space would be slated for a dance studio. Local community board members in March blasted the project for the potential to add density to the surrounding neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, and Crown Heights, while sparking a conversation over the vision for the long-debated M-Crown Rezoning, and whether it will bring about enough affordable housing." "LinkedIn Profiles, College Diplomas and Photos of Your Kid: The Invasive World of NYC Apartment Hunting," by City Limits' David Brand: "Polish up your LinkedIn profile, spruce up your resume and overnight that college transcript. It's time to apply for … an apartment in New York City? Landlords and brokers have been known to ask for some pretty strange materials from applicants in the broiling cauldron of local real estate. But that doesn't mean the requests are normal — or legal. A tweet from poet Saeed Jones recently spurred a wave of responses from renters recalling the strangest, and most invasive requirements they've encountered during their housing hunts." | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook family Playbook | Playbook PM | California Playbook | Florida Playbook | Illinois Playbook | Massachusetts Playbook | New Jersey Playbook | New York Playbook | Brussels Playbook | London Playbook View all our political and policy newsletters | | Follow us | | | | |
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