| | | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Téa Kvetenadze | Presented by Association of American Universities | Coming today: a new ranked-choice voting count in the mayor's race, this time including most of the more than 125,000 absentee ballots that will decide the winner. Kathryn Garcia is a hair behind Eric Adams before the absentees, and her campaign on Monday released a memo outlining what they see as a strong path to jump into the lead based on the geographic distribution of outstanding ballots. All three leading candidates are reserving the right to challenge results in court, after Maya Wiley joined Adams and Garcia in filing the necessary paperwork ahead of a Friday deadline. A belated holiday weekend release of initial ranked-choice results — minus absentees — cast more light on where things stand in borough president and City Council races. City Council Member Mark Levine is all but certain to win the Manhattan borough president's race, after his leading rival Brad Hoylman conceded on Sunday. The ranked-choice count expanded Levine's election night lead. Other races remain too close to call , but there's been a notable shift on Staten Island: Republican City Council Member Steve Matteo has taken the tiniest of leads over Vito Fossella, reversing the former congressman's election night lead in his Trump-backed comeback bid. By tiny, we mean 25 votes, so this one could clearly still go either way. It will be a nail-biter in Queens, where incumbent Democratic Borough President Donovan Richards comes out at 51 percent in the ranked-choice count over challenger Elizabeth Crowley. Antonio Reynoso in Brooklyn and Vanessa Gibson in the Bronx maintain more substantial leads going into the absentee count. IT'S TUESDAY. 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? No public schedule. WHERE'S BILL? Kicking off the Summer Rising program, holding a media availability, and speaking at opening night for Shakespeare in the Park. | | 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 | | "Bragg's opponent concedes in primary for Manhattan DA," by The Associated Press' Michael R. Sisak: "Alvin Bragg, a former top deputy to New York's attorney general, was poised to become Manhattan's first Black district attorney and to take over the investigation of former President Donald Trump after his closest opponent conceded in the Democratic primary. The candidate trailing him by several thousand votes in the race, former federal prosecutor Tali Farhadian Weinstein, said in a statement Friday that after several days of absentee votes being counted, 'it is clear we cannot overcome the vote margin.' ... 'This has been a long journey that started in Harlem,' Bragg said in a statement, referring to the Manhattan neighborhood where he grew up. 'And today, that 15-year old boy who was stopped numerous times at gunpoint by the police is the Democratic nominee to be Manhattan District Attorney.'" Elections board staffer resigns in wake of counting snafu, by POLITICO's Joe Anuta: A Board of Elections staffer has resigned in the wake of Tuesday's botched primary results. Gladys Fernandez — a BOE staff analyst assigned to the electronic voting department in Queens — put in her papers after the borough office failed to catch 135,000 test ballots that were erroneously included in the official primary results Tuesday, according to two sources with knowledge of the exit and board records. Payroll data from the Empire Center indicates Fernandez has been employed by the BOE since at least 2008 and last year pulled in a salary of more than $105,000. — "New York City Board of Elections Needs an Overhaul, Top Lawmakers Say," by Wall Street Journal's Jimmy Vielkind: "Key members of the New York state Legislature promised hearings that could pave the way for changes at the New York City Board of Elections after its staff released inaccurate information last week about the Democratic mayoral primary." " NYC temporary morgue lingers, a reminder of pandemic's pain," by The Associated Press' Jennifer Peltz: "On a sun-soaked morning last month, a dozen mourners gathered by a freshly dug grave to bury four people who were cast into limbo as New York City contended with COVID-19. Each was among hundreds of people whose bodies have lingered in a temporary morgue that was set up at the height of the city's coronavirus crisis last year and where about 200 bodies remain, not all of them virus victims. The fenced-off temporary morgue on a pier in an industrial part of Brooklyn is out of sight and mind for many as the city celebrates its pandemic progress by dropping restrictions and even setting off fireworks. But the facility — which the city plans to close by the end of the summer — stands as a reminder of the loss, upheaval and wrenching choices the virus inflicted in one of its deadliest U.S. hotspots." — "COVID Vaccination Tourists Flock From Colombia to New York to Get Their Shot at Safety," by The City's Christopher Alvarez " Subway Trips Canceled Over Staff Shortages Soar to a Pandemic High," by The City's Jose Martinez: "Straphangers suffered through more than 10,600 canceled subway trips in June due to a shortage of train crews, according to internal MTA records obtained by THE CITY. New York City Transit hadn't scrapped that many trips in a month due to a lack of train operators or conductors since the early days of the pandemic, in March 2020, when more than 12,000 runs were eliminated as employee illness rates spiked and ridership plummeted. At the top of the heap were the A and the No. 1. The internal data reveals that the A line lost nearly 950 trips last month due to crew shortages. Dispatchers on the No. 1 had to scratch more than 850 runs." "Party all night? NYC agency floats nightlife district plan," by The Associated Press: "The city that never sleeps could live up to its name under a New York City agency's proposal for 24-hour entertainment districts where revelers can party all night. The city's Office of Nightlife is recommending that officials identify areas with low residential density 'where a limited 24-hour program might be tested.' The recommendation is contained in a 160-page report issued this month by the nightlife office. 'Cities around the world are expanding the way institutions and businesses can operate at night, as limitations on closing hours have pushed late night activity to unlicensed venues, sometimes coming into conflict with residential uses,' the report says." | | | | 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 | | "After unexpected admissions, new questions about Cuomo leak inquiry," by Times Union's Chris Bragg: "At a state ethics commission meeting last week, Commissioner Jim Yates made an extraordinary disclosure: In 2019, Yates had been a witness to an apparent crime involving information that was illegally leaked to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. On Jan. 29, 2019, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics had voted behind closed doors on whether to launch an investigation targeting Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Cuomo. Last week, for the first time, Yates disclosed that within an hour of the 2019 vote, the governor somehow became aware of Yates's confidential vote — and was not pleased. 'It came to my attention that the governor was complaining about my vote at that meeting,' Yates said last Tuesday, during a regular public session of the ethics panel. 'Obviously, if the governor right after the meeting knew about the vote, that means that the vote and the executive session had somehow or other been leaked to the governor.' It's a misdemeanor crime to leak information about JCOPE's confidential deliberations. Yates reported the leak to the state inspector general's office." "NY lawmaker proposes income limit after Gov. Cuomo's $5M COVID book deal ," by New York Post's Carl Campanile: "Apparently outraged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo getting paid $5.1 million to publish his coronavirus memoir amid the pandemic, a powerful New York elected official has introduced a measure that would limit the outside income of state elected officials. The proposed law, drafted by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan), would limit outside income earned by statewide office holders and legislators to 15 percent of their public salary. Cuomo's book contract is the subject of multiple investigations over claims he used government resources to help publish it and that he undercounted coronavirus nursing home deaths to help sell it. Nursing home advocates have called the $5 million advance 'blood money' made off the backs of loved ones who died from COVID." RACE FOR THE OTHER PLACE: "The Zeldin Deep Dive," by Times Union's Josh Solomon: "Zeldin, in his first year, voted against the Marriage Equality Act, which legalized same-sex marriage. 'It is my belief that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman,' Zeldin said in 2011. 'As of tonight, in New York, that definition has changed. This legislation will have a profound impact on the lives of all New Yorkers.' In his interview with the Times Union, Zeldin said that his view then was more about being uncomfortable with the idea that a state senator could change the definition of marriage. He said now that the Supreme Court has ruled on it, 'it's an entirely different reality than it was a decade ago.'" "COVID positivity rate in N.Y. ticks up slightly amid continued concern about Delta variant," by New York Daily News' Chris Sommerfeldt: "New York's coronavirus positivity rate has ticked up slightly over the past few weeks, health officials reported Monday amid heightened concern about the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 taking hold in the state. According to data from the State Department of Health, 0.76% of coronavirus tests administered Sunday came back positive. That's the highest such rate in at least a month and comes as some local officials are troubled by the Delta variant accounting for a disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases." — The Delta variant is now the second-most prevalent strain in New York City. #UpstateAmerica: The closed border didn't stop Ontario man Oliver Collins from visiting his Buffalo girlfriend over the holiday weekend, though the workaround took him nearly 24 hours by train, plane and bus. | | | |   | | | | | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | Trump rails against 'prosecutorial misconduct' during Florida rally, by POLITICO's Matt Dixon: Donald Trump took his revenge tour to his new home-state of Florida Saturday night but had a fresh target: the indictments against the Trump Organization. Trump held his rally — the second since he left office … two days after prosecutors unsealed an indictment alleging Trump Organization and its chief financial officer did not report or pay taxes on $1.7 million in fringe benefits and other perks. Trump tore into the indictments in front of thousands of cheering fans at a fairgrounds in Sarasota, casting the allegations as a politically-motivated prosecution against him, his family and business. "You didn't pay taxes on the car, or company apartment … or education for your grandchildren," Trump said of the allegations facing the Trump Organization and its longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg. "They indict people for that, but murder and selling massive amount of the worst drugs in the world that kill people left and right, and that's alright?" | | AROUND NEW YORK | | — The Rochester Police Department confirmed Friday it has completed its internal investigation into the death of Daniel Prude. — The Toronto Blue Jays have received municipal and provincial approval to return home from Buffalo and are now seeking permission from the Canadian government. — Cashless tolling has started on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. — A bill awaiting Cuomo's signature would require a judge to consider the "best interest" of a pet before awarding custody to either side in a divorce. — Former NYPD Chief of Department is making more than $430,000 a year from both his NYPD pension and salary for a new post as an adviser to the mayor. — Security guards at privately managed homeless shelters are getting pay raises under the new city budget. — A homeless man was arrested in the stabbing of an Eric Adams campaign volunteer. — A new law prohibiting fast food workers from being fired without just cause has taken effect. — Joey Chestnut set a new record as he won the July 4th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. — The New York Public Library will have nearly all its branches reopened today, including the Rose Main Reading Room at the main library on 42nd Street. — There was a subway meltdown on the way to the Rockaways on Monday. | | | | 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. | | | | | | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: former President George W. Bush is 75 … Ron Fournier … CBS' John Dickerson … ACLU's Gabriela Meléndez Olivera … Josh Elliott … Jill Zuckman … Zachary Karabell … (was Monday): NYT's David Sanger … Michael LaRosa … Laura Peavey of the House Financial Services GOP … Walt Cronkite of FTI Consulting … ABC's Alisa Wiersema … NBC's Julie Shapiro … Qualcomm's Angela Baker … former Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) … Brennan Chamberlin … Kelley Merwin … Alex Kinney … Steve Rattner of Willett Advisors … … (was Sunday): Michael Milken … Geraldo Rivera … Jane Lauder … Ryan Williams of Targeted Victory … Matt Katz … WSJ's Natalie Andrews and Viveca Novak … Sunshine Sachs' Taylor Friedman … WNYC's Frank Donatelli … Travis Considine … former Rep. Dan Maffei (D-N.Y.) … Al Madrigal turned 5-0 … Tyler Cheney … Sasha Graffagna … (was Saturday): Rick Powell, president of the family office of Hamdi Ulukaya … AFP's Shaun Tandon ... POLITICO's Heidi Vogt … CNN's Lindy Royce-Bartlett ... Lally Weymouth … James Lightbourne … Maya Serkin … Andrew Peek … Gloria Allred … (was Friday): Larry David WEEKEND WEDDING — Laura Alesci, group creative director for Vice Media Group, on Thursday got married to Jon Siani, architect and designer for Gensler. The couple wed at one of their favorite local restaurants, Colonia Verde in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with an after party at Romans in Fort Greene with more food and dancing. They met on Bumble. Pic WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Gabby Orr, CNN reporter and POLITICO alum, and Caleb Orr, senior policy adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), welcomed Patricia "Poppy" Jean Orr on Friday. 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| | REAL ESTATE | | "Controversial Battery Park City Monument To Essential Workers Will Be Moved, State Says," by Gothamist's Sophia Chang: "The $3 million monument dedicated to essential workers that Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed for Battery Park City's Rockefeller Park will be located in a different site after local residents protested over the loss of park space and physically blocked bulldozers. George Tsunis, the chairman of the Battery Park City Authority, state public benefit corporation, told residents at a meeting in the park Friday 'this site is going to change, it's going to be a new site,' in a video posted on Instagram." " As City Rushes To Move Shelter Residents Out Of Hotels, One Man Vows To Stay Put," by WNYC's Gwynne Hogan: "The city began a long-anticipated and controversial push to relocate homeless adults back into group shelters last week, after residents had lived for more than a year in hotels throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel across from Penn Station in Manhattan, at least one man vowed to stay put. 'They didn't tell me where I was going,' said Anthony Campbell, 51, reached over the phone in his hotel room as shelter workers there warned him he could be arrested for trespassing. 'Ten minutes was all they gave me for preparation. I don't know where I'm going yet.' Campbell, who'd entered the shelters system when his sister died of COVID last spring, had organized with about two dozen other residents housed at the Sheraton to stay in their hotel rooms despite the city's vacate order, though he'd lost contact with them... But by Friday afternoon, Campbell had given up the fight, not wanting to risk arrest. He made his way to a downtown group shelter, but wasn't sure if he'd stay the night." "Manhattan is not only back, it's surging to pre-COVID levels," by New York Post's Mary K. Jacob: "There must be something in the air — because the Big Apple is back. Manhattan apartment closings surged in the second quarter, with activity not only returning to pre-COVID-19 levels but in some cases surpassing it. Luxury closings, in particular, saw an explosion — bringing the average resale price up 21% from just the prior quarter to its second-highest level ever, according to the latest Brown Harris Stevens market report. On 'Billionaires Row,' there were four resale closings, with an average price of $53.4 million at the notorious 220 Central Park South residential building alone."
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