| | | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Deanna Garcia | Two major vaccine mandates — one by the state, requiring the shot for all health care workers, and one by the city, making it mandatory for teachers and school staff — were scheduled to take effect today. The city's deadline has been thrown into limbo after a federal appeals court judge temporarily blocked it. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of teachers in Brooklyn. A state court judge in a separate case brought by major unions had allowed the mandate to proceed, as did a trial court judge in the Brooklyn teachers' case. But the federal appeals court paused it until a panel of judges can weigh in. A hearing is set for Wednesday. But the state's mandate is a go, with a first dose of the vaccine required by today — and hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities across the state are bracing for possible staff shortages when vaccine refusers are fired. The vast majority of covered workers are fully vaccinated, but somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 percent are not in the latest stats — enough to cause major disruptions if unvaccinated staff are shown the door. Some may relent at the last minute, but others are prepared to get fired rather than get the shot. The health care worker mandate is subject to a court battle as well, but that has only held up the order for those seeking religious exemptions. Gov. Kathy Hochul, in a contingency plan announced this weekend, says National Guard members may be deployed to fill gaps. Vaccinated health care workers could also be brought in from out of state, or recent graduates and retirees may be sent to the front lines where shortages arise. 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 KATHY? In the Bronx promoting booster vaccines for seniors and in Queens talking about hurricane relief for undocumented New Yorkers. WEEKEND WATCH: Hochul was in the North Country on Saturday but made it to New York City in time to greet the Governors Ball crowd just before A$AP Rocky took the stage. WHERE'S BILL? Holding a media availability and appearing on NY1's Inside City Hall. | | | | STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What's really happening in West Wing offices? Find out who's up, who's down, and who really has the president's ear in our West Wing Playbook newsletter, the insider's guide to the Biden White House and Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. | | | | |
|  | WHAT CITY HALL'S READING | | De Blasio to visit Rikers next week as pressure mounts to address crisis, by POLITICO's Erin Durkin: Mayor Bill de Blasio said he will visit Rikers Island next week, after coming under fire for staying away from the problem-plagued jail for the last four years. "I'll go to Rikers Island," de Blasio said Friday on WNYC's Brian Lehrer show. "I understand very powerfully what the problems are. I'm trying to fix them right now. That is more important to me than anything. But next week, I'll go visit. I think it's time, because we've been able to address a number of issues, and I want to see if these solutions are working." De Blasio has been under pressure to tour the facility, where inmates and lawmakers have reported unchecked violence among detainees, human waste and vermin marring cell blocks — as well as people not receiving food, water and medicine or being brought to their court dates. Twelve people have died in city jails this year. — "After NYC Jail Officials Ignored Suicide Prevention Plan, Five Detainees Took Their Own Lives," by The City's Reuven Blau: "City jail officials updated the Department of Correction's suicide prevention policies early this year but failed to enact the changes before five detainees took their own lives, a federal monitor found. The monitor, Steve Martin, also called Friday for the department to bring in supervisors from the private sector as 1,800 correction officers are calling in sick on any given day — plunging Rikers Island into chaos. Meanwhile, eight local members of Congress called on President Joe Biden to 'stabilize the current crisis.'" — " As Rikers Crisis Persists, Prosecutors Continue to Request High Bail," by The City's Sam Mellins — The president of health care workers union 1199SEIU demanded safety fixes, saying medical staff at Rikers have been put in danger. " Following Deadly Flooding From Ida, Eric Adams Proposes Warning System For Storms," by Gothamist's Elizabeth Kim: "Following New York City's deadliest storm since Sandy, Eric Adams is proposing a range of precautions to address extreme weather, including a multi-language public warning system and the appointment of a 'climate resiliency czar' within the city's Planning Department. The Brooklyn borough president and Democratic mayoral nominee said that in the worst case scenarios, the city should employ emergency sirens, an old-school technology that he says could be more effective than cell phones." Adams would consider Covid-19 vaccine exemption for pregnancy as doctors, CDC urge inoculation, by POLITICO's Amanda Eisenberg: Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams said, as mayor, he would be willing to listen to city workers who are hesitant to get the Covid-19 vaccine if they are pregnant or looking to get pregnant — despite prevailing science that people who contract a serious case of Covid-19 are at a higher risk for dying or causing harm to their fetus. "If a person is dealing with some real issues — if a woman is planning on expecting to have a child, she has real concerns, you have to respect that," Adams said at a press conference in Coney Island. "If a person — if a medical doctor is telling us — there's a real threat here, you have to respect that." Adams' comment was in response to protest against Mayor Bill de Blasio's vaccine mandate for some city workers, but it comes amid an increasingly urgent push by medical professionals to encourage expectant parents to get vaccinated. "As Adams Plots City's Future, He Leans on a Past Mayor: Bloomberg," by The New York Times' Dana Rubinstein and Jeffery C. Mays: "In the lead-up to and aftermath of the New York City mayoral primary, Eric Adams and his team sought guidance from current and past city leaders — first, to help craft his successful bid for the Democratic nomination, and then to prepare for a likely transition to the mayoralty. But Mr. Adams has recently come to lean on one person in particular: Michael R. Bloomberg. In mid-September, Mr. Bloomberg released a video endorsement of Mr. Adams for mayor. The next day, at a business conference featuring various of Mr. Bloomberg's fellow billionaires, Mr. Adams declared, "New York will no longer be anti-business."" "Overwhelmed Public Hospital Doctor Trainees Detail Grueling Pandemic Work Conditions," by The City's Claudia Irizarry Aponte | | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "Hochul launching purge of Cuomo cronies from Albany: sources," by New York Post's Carl Campanile and Bernadette Hogan: "New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has launched a purge of agency heads and other officials appointed by her disgraced predecessor Andrew Cuomo — with at least nine bureaucrats either resigning or being told they'll be out of a job within the next few days, sources told The Post on Friday night. At the top of the list of departures is Michael Hein, the former Ulster County Executive who was tapped by Cuomo in 2019 to oversee the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hein was put in charge of the regional control room for the Hudson Valley, monitoring key health metrics as the state tentatively reopened in the summer of 2020. In recent months, Hein was supposed to oversee the distribution of $2.6 billion in federal funding to help tenants pay back rent and utility bills. He was criticized for failing to hand out the money fast enough." "Hochul open to breaking with Cuomo-era economic program," by Spectrum News' Nick Reisman: "Each year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo would gather local business leaders, chambers of commerce officials and state lawmakers for an awards-show style event that doled out millions of dollars in economic development grants. His successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, indicated Friday she's willing to try something different when it comes to state efforts to stimulate job growth, made all the more complicated amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 'Don't just keep it going because it's there,' Hochul told the gathering at the annual Business Council meeting in Bolton Landing. 'And we don't always have to burn it down and start over. Let's take the best.'" — TU OPINION: Attorney and former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout has some ideas for a new economic development era: "We have two big changes to make: first, to switch from a vision of giving money to private few to making public investments — with an emphasis on the public. Public banks, public schools and public broadband. Second, we've got to stop seeing big, already powerful businesses as the drivers of growth." "Harlem District Leader Gets Special Election Nod For State Senate Seat Vacated By Current Lt. Governor," by Gothamist's David Cruz: "Cordell Cleare has won the Democratic nomination to appear on the special election ballot for the 30th Senate District seat, which had recently been vacated by Brian Benjamin after he became lieutenant governor. Her nomination all but guarantees she'll be the next state senator representing the heavily Democratic neighborhoods of Harlem, parts of the Upper East Side, and Upper West Side. The Manhattan Democratic Party nominated Cleare over three contenders on Saturday during a four-hour long convention inside an auditorium at Denny Ferrell State Park in Harlem's west side. Under state rules, political parties can handpick their nominee for any special election through a complicated weighted voting process." #UpstateAmerica: The answer was "What is Syracuse University?" But it eluded all three contestants on Jeopardy, including million-dollar-winner Matt Amodio. | | | | BECOME A GLOBAL INSIDER: The world is more connected than ever. It has never been more essential to identify, unpack and analyze important news, trends and decisions shaping our future — and we've got you covered! Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Global Insider author Ryan Heath navigates the global news maze and connects you to power players and events changing our world. Don't miss out on this influential global community. Subscribe now. | | | | |
| | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | "Trump Organization Must Comply With New York State Subpoenas, Judge Rules," by Wall Street Journal's Corinne Ramey: "A New York state judge ordered the Trump Organization to turn over documents subpoenaed by the state attorney general's office, indicating that a 2½-year civil-fraud investigation into the former president's business affairs is still active. The order by Justice Arthur Engoron, dated Sept. 2 and unsealed Friday, requires the Trump Organization to provide a report by next Thursday of what it had done to preserve, collect and produce documents detailed in the attorney general's subpoenas. One subpoena under dispute dated back to Dec. 27, 2019, the order said." | | Scranton on the Hudson | | "Federal review calls into question legality of Seneca casino payments to NY," by Buffalo News's Tom Precious: "The Biden administration has opened an inquiry into whether a casino revenue sharing deal between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York State is legal, a potentially significant step for the tribe that has been ordered by an arbitration panel and federal judges to pay $500 million in missed casino payments to Albany. The Senecas filed a motion last week with the U.S. District Court in Buffalo to halt enforcement of a judgment that the tribe should make the payments that have accumulated since the Senecas halted annual casino revenue sharing with the state in 2016." | | AROUND NEW YORK | | — An internal Rochester Police Department investigation determined that one of the seven suspended officers will face potential discipline for his role in the death of Daniel Prude. — De Blasio and Hochul are expected to announce an aid fund for victims of Hurricane Ida who aren't eligible for federal help because they are undocumented. — An autopsy found that actor Michael K. Williams died of a drug overdose. — A City Council staffer said she faced retaliation after reporting a supervisor for racially disparaging comments. — The Rochester Fire Department is investigating a suspicious blaze at the city's Susan B. Anthony House. — Lewis County Health System is still closing its maternity ward even though there's been an increase in employee vaccinations. — Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa was barred from judging the meatball eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro. — Street vendors protested after city officials shut down a Bronx produce vendor and dumped her fresh fruit in the trash. — Cops seized seven vans that were illegally used as Airbnb rentals. — City Council legislation would legalize "flex" apartments, where a new wall is added to create an extra room. — A man believed to be the last Jew in Afghanistan is attempting to move to New York. — A carriage horse was injured in a collision with a car in Midtown. — Elected officials and transit advocates demonstrated outside Hochul's office demanding she speed up congestion pricing. | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) is 37 … Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) … BGR Public Relations' Jeff Birnbaum … POLITICO's Meridith McGraw … ABC News' Matthew Vann … Alexa (Wertman) Brown … Juleanna Glover … Carl Woog of WhatsApp … Pablo Gorondi … Misha Hyman … Sam Raskin … (was Sunday): Risa Heller of Risa Heller Communications … Jen Chung of Gothamist … Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw … Tom Gannon of Mastercard … Julia Barry … Erin Cunningham … Jordan Cohen of the NYT … APCO Worldwide's Josie Martin …Henry Seltzer … Jessica Bakeman … Nick Pompeo … … (was Saturday): Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) … Barbara Walters turned 92 … Chamber of Commerce's Jack Howard … Marco De León … HuffPost's Ryan Reilly … Monica Wagner … Josh Tyrangiel … Arnold & Porter's Mickayla Stogsdill … Bloomberg's John Lauinger … Steve Wozencraft … Danny Yadron … Sophie Reagan MEDIAWATCH — Jere Hester will leave his role as the founding editor-in-chief of The City and return to the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he will be director of editorial projects and partnerships. NYT OPINION: " Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me. I Hope He'll Use His Power to Make Change." from Shelley Ross: "'Now that I think of it … I am ashamed,' read the subject line of a 2005 email Mr. Cuomo wrote me, one hour after he sexually harassed me at a going-away party for an ABC colleague. At the time, I was the executive producer of an ABC entertainment special, but I was Mr. Cuomo's executive producer at 'Primetime Live' just before that. ... "When Mr. Cuomo entered the Upper West Side bar, he walked toward me and greeted me with a strong bear hug while lowering one hand to firmly grab and squeeze the cheek of my buttock. 'I can do this now that you're no longer my boss,' he said to me with a kind of cocky arrogance. 'No you can't,' I said, pushing him off me at the chest while stepping back, revealing my husband, who had seen the entire episode at close range." | | REAL ESTATE | | "Costly Broker Fees, Scourge Of NYC Renters, Return With A Vengeance," by Gothamist's Jake Offenhartz: "On a recent Sunday afternoon, dozens of New Yorkers lined the narrow hallway of an East Village building. Most had arrived early for the open house, which promised a one-bedroom apartment on the fourth-floor of a walk-up priced at $2,2000 per month. An air of desperation, familiar to many pre-pandemic showings, hung in the air. The real estate broker explained the terms, unmentioned in the listing: On top of first month's rent and a security deposit, the tenant would be expected to pay 15% of the annual lease for her fee. After plugging the figures into a calculator, one prospective tenant balked at the nearly $4,000 figure, then requested an application anyway." "Some Real Estate Agents Report Surge Of New Yorkers Moving From Manhattan To The Bronx," by CBS2's Ali Bauman: "As of July, the median home sale price in Manhattan was $1.2 million compared to $386,000 in the Bronx. There are no hard numbers on how many people, but Bizzarro says he is seeing a Bronx shift. 'Right now, we're getting tons of clients coming to us directly saying, 'Hey, I love this area. I wanna move to the Bronx,' he said. 'That's one of the largest trends we started seeing in 2021 like we've never seen before.' More than 90% of Bronx residents are minority residents, a higher share than any other borough. Changes in the real estate market bring concerns of gentrification."
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