| | | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Téa Kvetenadze | Governor-to-be, Incoming Governor … Governor-ish? Whatever your preferred title for Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul for the next 8 days, she's jumped right in to the pre-ascension limbo. Yesterday, Hochul did a Sunday show blitz, first on CNN's "State of the Union," where she was grilled by Jake Tapper about how she would address New York's "legacy of sleaze." "It won't be difficult for me," she said, and promised the executive administration culture will change in tone on day one. She also promised to work with all current and future New York City mayors. "You have smart people, I have smart people. How about doing it together and not in competition?" she said. It's a crazy concept, and one we'll have to see to believe. Later, in an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" she said "the transition is going well" and she's "getting cooperation out of the [Cuomo] administration, which is what the governor promised." Her eventual appointment to replace her as lieutenant governor will be somebody from New York City, she confirmed, after hinting at that earlier this week. She topped it off with a very on-brand outing that went straight to her roots: the Erie County Fair, where she gave her first public speech years ago as a 10-year-old in 4-H, a youth development organization. Safe to say that her appearance was watched a little more closely this time around. Taking a trip yourself? Try the deep-fried cookie dough. "You won't be disappointed," according to Hochul. Meanwhile, back at the mansion: Cuomo's exact move-out schedule is not clear, but at least one member of the family has begun evacuating the Albany residence. The governor's youngest daughter, 23-year-old Michaela, was spotted leaving with a cardboard box, tote bags, a backpack "and what looked like a ukulele case." 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? No public schedule yet. WHERE'S BILL? Holding a media availability, appearing on NY1's Inside City Hall, and speaking at NYC Homecoming: Bronx concert at Orchard Beach. WHERE'S KATHY? No public schedule yet. QUOTE OF THE DAY: "To think I had given a day of my life to have him lecture me." — 85-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian Robert Caro, to The New York Times, recalling a lengthy one-sided conversation with Andrew Cuomo | | | | INTRODUCING OTTAWA PLAYBOOK : Join the growing community of Politicos — from lawmakers and leaders to pollsters, staffers, strategists and lobbyists — working to shape Canada's future. Every day, our reporting team pulls back the curtain to shed light on what's really driving the agenda on Parliament Hill, the true players who are shaping politics and policy across Canada, and the impact it all has on the world. Don't miss out on your daily look inside Canadian politics and power. Subscribe to Ottawa Playbook today. | | | | | |  | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | New York lawmakers suspend Cuomo impeachment investigation, by POLITICO's Bill Mahoney: The New York State Assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo "upon the governor's resignation," Speaker Carl Heastie announced Friday... Heastie said in a statement that "the purpose of the Assembly Judiciary Committee's impeachment investigation was to determine whether Governor Cuomo should remain in office. The governor's resignation answers that directive." — "Assembly Judiciary Committee members were told Saturday morning that, tentatively, a report on its mostly secretive findings to date on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would be released to the public, according to a text message sent to them." — Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett ripped Heastie for taking the "coward's way out." "How Andrew Cuomo's Exit Tarnished a Legacy and Dimmed a Dynasty," by The New York Times's Shane Goldmacher: "'Historians are going to have to be honest about the accomplishments that he notched,' said Harold Holzer, who worked for Mr. Cuomo's father and drove with Mr. Caro to the meeting in Albany. Now the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, Mr. Holzer summed up the younger Mr. Cuomo's legacy as: "Flawed human being and a great governor." But where exactly Mr. Cuomo's love of the state ended, and his pursuit of power and control began, has long been a blurry line. Former advisers have grappled with that question in recent therapy sessions, text chains and over drinks. 'Toxic, hostile, abusive,' Joon H. Kim, one of the lawyers who led the inquiry, quoted witnesses describing the Cuomo office culture. 'Fear, intimidation, bullying, vindictive.'" — "The Cuomo Touch," by New York Magazine's Andrew Rice and Laura Nahmias: "You can say this for Andrew Cuomo: He always knew what he was doing — he was able to dissect, with a clinician's eye, the many ways in which a man in power could control, dominate and humiliate those he touched. 'You can't build something …' he said, 20 years later, on the phone on the Friday morning after his shocking resignation. He paused and searched for the right metaphor for his heavy-handed philosophy of governance. 'You can't talk a nail into going into a board. You can't charm the nail into a board. It has to be hit with a hammer.'" — POLITICO's Women Rule: Women in NY Politics Say Cuomo Was Just the Beginning — "What a demise for the 'Three Amigos," by Newsday's Yancey Roy: "Not Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short, stars of the 1986 comedy film. But Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. Six years ago, they were flying high, engineering timely budgets, doling out goodies to taxpayers and controlling billions of dollars. Attempting a lighthearted moment in his 2015 State of the State address, Cuomo, who loved Power Point presentations, superimposed their faces over the actors' — Silver for Martin, Cuomo for Chase, Skelos for Short — in a slide to show what close collaborators they were. They were on horses, wearing sombreros." — New York Post: "Sandra Lee engaged to beau Ben Youcef, shows off bling just days after ex-Cuomo resigns" "Kathy Hochul brings something missing in Albany: peace between government branches," Buffalo News' Tom Precious: "Kathy Hochul has a major advantage for herself as she heads into the New York governor's office: She's not Andrew Cuomo. After nearly 11 years of Cuomo's iron-fisted, combative and threatening styles employed to achieve his goals, an unfamiliar sense of optimism and collegiality is suddenly being talked about by the executive and legislative branches of state government. 'I believe everybody is breathing a sigh of relief because of the resignation, certainly, and we are looking forward to working with the new governor to really maintain a focus on the people we are sent here to serve,' Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said." New York Republicans face uphill battle without 'boogeyman' Cuomo, by POLITICO's Anna Gronewold: The implosion of Andrew Cuomo — the three-term governor who went from national stardom to unemployed and possibly homeless in less than a year — further damaged an already-fractured Democratic Party in New York. It could be equally jarring for the state's Republicans, who had an unlikely but conceivable path to victory with Cuomo facing a bruising primary in 2022. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, set to become governor on Aug. 24, announced on Thursday she intends to run for reelection next year. Many think she can win. And even the GOP state party chair, Nick Langworthy, thinks Hochul should be taken seriously. He says she has a knack for on the ground campaigning that others — Cuomo included — lack. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — A new poll finds New York Attorney General Tish James leading a hypothetical field of Democrats for the 2022 gubernatorial primary. The poll by Data for Progress asks voters who they would pick among a field that included James, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Sen. Alessandria Biaggi, and Rep. Tom Suozzi. James gets 26 percent, followed by Hochul and de Blasio with 14 percent each. A quarter of the likely Democratic voters surveyed were undecided. Of the names polled, only Hochul has declared plans to run. The poll by the progressive group was conducted from Aug. 6 to 11 (Cuomo announced his resignation on Aug. 10). The poll also found that 52 percent of state voters said Cuomo should be criminally charged, while 29 percent said he should not and 19 percent do not know. #UpstateAmerica: Time is running out, and it's a nail-biter. The city of Albany has not yet decided whether to allow this year's Capital Holiday Lights in Washington Park. | | WHAT CITY HALL'S READING | | "No Vax, No Service: COVID Vaccine Mandate Goes Into Effect in NYC Restaurants, Venues," by NBC New York: "New Yorkers will have to start carrying their COVID-19 vaccine card or a digital copy to get into restaurants, bars, nightclubs and outdoor music festivals starting Monday. The new requirement is the most aggressive step the city has taken yet to curb a surge in cases caused by the delta variant. As the first major U.S. city to require anyone partaking in certain indoor activities or large outdoor gatherings to show proof they've been inoculated, all eyes are on the five boroughs. People will have to show proof that they have had at least one vaccine dose and business owners are burdened with enforcing the rules." — Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa and other GOP leaders protested the vaccine mandate. "NYC hits daunting milestone: 1 million COVID-19 cases and counting across the five boroughs," by New York Daily News' Larry McShane: "New York City hit an unwelcome milestone Saturday, cracking the 1 million mark in cases of COVID-19. The city Health Department reported 821,952 confirmed coronavirus cases and another 178,517 probable cases to edge above the seven-figure mark nearly 18 months after the first positive test was confirmed, back on March 1, 2020. The grim grand total came to 1,000,469 cases, with the citywide death toll at 33,645. The number of hospitalizations across the five boroughs stands at 117,496 in the city of 8.8 million people, according to the Health Department. A woman in her mid-30s, after returning to Manhattan from a trip to Iran, was the first city resident identified as contracting the virus last year. The highly-contagious delta variant was responsible for 90% of the city's positive cases over the past four weeks, according to the city's stats." Adams selects nonprofit executive to head transition team, by POLITICO's Joe Anuta and Sally Goldenberg: Democratic nominee Eric Adams, realizing he is all but certain to become New York City's next mayor, has tapped the head of United Way of New York City to lead his transition team, multiple sources told POLITICO. Sheena Wright, the first woman to lead the city branch of the nonprofit in its 80-plus-year history, has spent a career focused on the intersection of government, politics and the private sector. Now she will field an influx of resumés and staffing recommendations as City Hall prepares to change hands on Jan. 1. — Adams updates tax returns, acknowledging years of rental income, by POLITICO's Joe Anuta and Sally Goldenberg: Mayoral contender Eric Adams has amended three years of his tax returns to reflect his status as a landlord following inquiries from POLITICO. In April, POLITICO reported that Adams' filings with the Internal Revenue Service omitted any mention of rental income he earns from his Brooklyn brownstone. Four months later, his campaign team has provided three updated returns for 2017 through 2019 that show he basically broke even each year in his role as a property owner. In 2017, Adams reported making and spending the identical amount from a four-unit building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which he has owned for nearly two decades. "Principals union says schools won't be able to fully reopen with DOE distancing policy," by New York Post's Selim Algar: "The city's principals union is warning that the new school year could again be chaotic, as the Department of Education's social distancing guidelines will make it impossible to accommodate all students full-time. The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators said that there is not enough room in many buildings to enforce the 3-foot separation mandate that the DOE has released — and that the stage has been set for a reopening debacle. The CSA said the DOE's guidelines, which dictates 3 feet between kids at all times, run counter to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, which said that 3 feet should only be enforced when practicable." — "LaGuardia AirTrain will not be derailed by Cuomo's resignation: Port Authority," by QNS' Bill Parry | | | | 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. | | | | | | | Biden and the Boroughs | | "MTA to Get Slim Slice of Federal Infrastructure Bill as Cars Outpace Mass Transit," by The City's Jose Martinez: "The federal government could inject $550 billion in new spending on infrastructure projects around the country — but the MTA, the nation's largest mass transit agency, stands to get about a 1.9% sliver of that. The money would help jumpstart big-ticket capital projects such as the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway, the purchase of more electric buses and accessibility upgrades at more subway stations. It's a potential doubling of Federal Transit Administration funding, according to the MTA. But others pointed out regional transit network's needs exceed the nearly $10.5 billion earmarked for the transit agency." | | AROUND NEW YORK | | — Yonkers has surpassed Rochester as the state's third-largest city. — New York City's former chief labor negotiator is now making $500 an hour as a consultant to his old agency, on top of a city pension. — A tour bus crash with 57 injuries on the New York State Thruway prompted a regional emergency response from Central New York hospitals. — Staffing shortages at Rikers Island are causing delays in the medical treatment of inmates, health care workers say. — Police are probing an MTA motorman who let his girlfriend drive the D train. | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: (was Sunday): Devin O'Malley … Allen Weisselberg … Dentons' Eric Tanenblatt ... McClatchy's Kevin Hall … Larry Cohen ... Elise Labott … ABC's Mariam Khan ... Tom Best … NYT's Jesse McKinley … (was Saturday): NYT's Adam Goldman … Boris Epshteyn … Elliott Hulse of the World Bank … NYT's Katrin Bennhold … Bloomberg's Tiffany Stecker … Rob Flaherty turned 3-0 … Gabe Chaleff … Edelman's Jere Sullivan … Spike Whitney … Business Roundtable's Josh Bolten … Jen Cytryn ... Paul Taylor ... Ramesh Ponnuru … Jack Quinn of Manatt ... Edelman's Tyson Greaves ... Chris Moody MAKING MOVES — Rajath "Reggie" Vikram will join communications firm Anat Gerstein Inc. as a senior account executive. He was formerly assignment and planning manager at NY1 … Matthew Washington has joined affordable housing non-profit Phipps Houses as vice president and chief of staff. He was previously Manhattan deputy borough president. | | REAL ESTATE | | "Adams Pledges Support for Gowanus Redevelopment, Boosting Delayed Project," by The New York Times' Sadef Ali Kully and Sarah Maslin Nir: " A long-delayed development project that would transform the banks of Brooklyn's notoriously filthy Gowanus Canal into the home of thousands of new apartments and scores of shops appears poised to move forward under a new mayor — as long as nearby public housing developments also receive hundreds of millions of dollars for repairs. At a news conference on Friday, Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president and heavy favorite to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio, conditionally gave the project his blessing. Mr. de Blasio has championed the project as an important step in helping to solve the city's housing crisis." "Landlords and Tenants Worry About Effects of Ruling on Eviction Moratorium," by The New York Times' Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura: "A hospital worker in Brooklyn said she had perpetually been behind on her rent since paying funeral and other expenses after her brother died of Covid-19 about two months ago. A landlord on Staten Island said she could barely make ends meet after tenants of the home she owns stopped paying rent and fell $70,000 into arrears. Around New York State, both tenants and landlords were reminded of how precarious their living situations were, after the Supreme Court blocked part of an eviction moratorium that the state had imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic." | | | | 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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