| | | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Deanna Garcia | Presented by Equinor | New York's NAACP president Hazel Dukes is backing Gov. Kathy Hochul's campaign for reelection next year. The endorsement, expected to be made public later today, is one of a handful Hochul has been shoring up as several other potential Democrats appear to be weighing primary challenges. In recent weeks, she has been backed by state party chair Jay Jacobs, county committees from Long Island to the North Country, and fundraising giant Emily's List. Whether these early endorsements are expected or not, they are solidifying Hochul's position as a formidable opponent while other interested candidates are still testing the waters. This is on the heels of last week's polling showing her leading with support of 44 percent of Democrats in a hypothetical primary among "still considering" candidates Attorney General Tish James (28 percent) and New York City public advocate Jumaane Williams (15 percent). Dukes, in a statement provided to POLITICO, said she is looking forward to working with Hochul for "years to come," and pointed to Hochul signing bills for rent relief and parole reform, as well as committing millions of dollars to end gun violence. "Throughout her life and career, Governor Kathy Hochul has consistently stood up for the voiceless and marginalized in our communities," Dukes said. "As an elected official, she has shown an unparalleled ability to listen and govern with compassion." The endorsement also shows Hochul making inroads among leaders in the Black community in Harlem, where her predecessor held strong support, the kind Hochul will likely need to hold onto her office. It's good news for the Hochul campaign, but it's possible that her possible challengers aren't necessarily fighting for these same endorsements. Where was Tish James this weekend? Wearing a red CWA T-shirt and wielding a bullhorn to hype up hundreds of striking Communications Workers of America on the Mercy Hospital picket line in South Buffalo. 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 New York City with no public events scheduled. WHERE'S BILL? Holding a media availability and appearing on NY1's Inside City Hall. | | | | A message from Equinor: Can a wind turbine generate more than electricity? We believe it can. At Equinor, we're planning to power 2,000,000 New York homes with homegrown, renewable energy that will also boost the economy and generate jobs. And we will do more. Equinor is a broad energy company with an ambitious net-zero target for 2050. We're pursuing the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind offshore wind developments in the US and quickly becoming a leader in this growing industry. | | |
|  | WHAT CITY HALL'S READING | | "Eric Adams would require COVID vax for students if FDA approves it," by New York Post's Julia Marsh: "Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams said he would require COVID-19 vaccinations for school children if the FDA approves it — in what would be a major shift from Mayor Bill de Blasio's position that there shouldn't be a mandate for kids. 'Yes I would,' Adams said on WCBS Newsradio 880 Friday when asked about the issue. 'This is a city and country where we do vaccinate. I was vaccinated for smallpox, mumps, measles and so many others,' Adams said." ... Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa opposed a mandate for kids. — "NYC Reports First COVID-19 Death In A Child Since Schools Started," by Gothamist's Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky: "Another New York City child has died of COVID-19, according to data posted this week by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The death raises the city's reported toll among the youngest New Yorkers to 30 … It's the first COVID-19 fatality reported among minors (which covers ages 0 to 17 years) since public school students returned to classrooms on September 13th." — "Adams Commits, With Few Details, to Keeping Gifted Program in Schools ," by The New York Times' Eliza Shapiro: "Eric Adams said on Friday that he would keep New York City's elementary school gifted and talented program if, as expected, he wins the general election for mayor next month — a clear rebuke to Mayor Bill de Blasio, who recently announced plans to eliminate the program … Asked directly whether he would eliminate the gifted program, Mr. Adams replied, 'no I would not, I would expand the opportunities for accelerated learning.'" " They Resisted Getting Vaccinated. Here's Why They Changed Their Minds," by The New York Times' Joseph Goldstein: "In the Bronx, a youth counselor closed his eyes and steeled himself for the shot. In Queens, a nurse calmed herself by humming gospel music. In Manhattan, a graduate student asked one last question about fertility while reviewing the consent form. With a mixture of nervousness, resentment and, sometimes relief, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers finally got a dose of coronavirus vaccine in recent weeks. In some cases, it was because they had a change of heart; perhaps more commonly, it was to keep their jobs. The uptick in vaccinations has contributed, experts say, to a flattening of the virus curve in New York City, where the numbers of new infections and hospitalizations have been falling — a trend across the United States as well." — Transmission rates are higher in less-vaccinated boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. — Hundreds of people protested in Times Square against vaccine mandates. "Eric Adams Once Led Sexist Smear Campaign Against a Whistleblower Cop," by The City's Greg B. Smith: "Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams once orchestrated a sexist smear campaign against a transit cop after she accused members of a Black police fraternal organization he co-led at the time of cheating on a sergeant's exam. In statements to the press, Adams targeted Officer Lizette Lebron — repeatedly calling her the 'scorned lover' of a cop at the center of the cheating scandal and providing the press a photo of her in a bathing suit." " Rikers Death Pushes Toll in N.Y.C. Jails to 13 This Year," by The New York Times' Jan Ransom: "A Bronx man who was being held at the Rikers Island jail complex died on Friday after, his lawyer said, he contracted the coronavirus — the 13th death in custody during an especially deadly year in New York City's jails. The man, Victor Mercado, 64, had been held on weapons charges since July after being unable to pay the $100,000 bail a Bronx judge set in his case when he fell ill last week, his lawyer, James A. Kilduff, said. Mr. Kilduff said he had asked the judge to lower the bail last month, arguing that his client's poor health — Mr. Mercado used a wheelchair and was overweight — made him especially susceptible to the virus." "Mayor de Blasio falls deeper into debt with new home loans," by New York Post's Melissa Klein: "Debt-ridden Mayor de Blasio has dug himself a deeper, $2.5 million hole by taking out another mortgage on his Park Slope home. De Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, secured a $615,342 loan in June on their 11th Street residence, public records show. They had previously borrowed $625,000 against the $1.56 million house, although it's unclear how much of that they still owe. The couple began a massive renovation project on the century-old house this fall, ahead of their anticipated return to the property once de Blasio leaves office in January. | | | | 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 West Wing Playbook, 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 ALBANY'S READING | | "Ex-Cuomo top aide Melissa DeRosa, hubby to divorce, sell home: sources," by New York Post's Jennifer Gould, Bernadette Hogan and Bruce Golding: "Melissa DeRosa, a former top aide to disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has split from her husband, The Post has learned. DeRosa and spouse Matthew Wing — who met while working side by side in Cuomo's communications office — are getting divorced and selling their Brooklyn Heights apartment, sources close to them said Friday. 'They simply grew apart, and they have been living apart for a year,' a friend said. 'Their marriage broke down over time, and it was exacerbated during COVID, when they wound up in separate places.'" " New York officially appeals ruling in health care worker vaccine case," by Spectrum's Nick Reisman: "New York state officials have formally filed an appeal to a ruling earlier this week by a federal judge in Utica that upheld religious exemptions for health care workers amid the state's requirement that they be vaccinated for COVID-19. According to a short filing, the appeal officially was made Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, outgoing Health Commissioner Howard Zucker and Attorney General Letitia James to the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit." LOOK OUT: "Pieces of structure" are falling off the New York State Museum. "In Buffalo Bills' stadium talks, one branch of state government is left out," by Buffalo News' Tom Precious: "The New York State Legislature decides hundreds of billions of dollars in spending, from how much school districts receive to which roads and bridges are repaired. So what role will it have in deciding whether to build a stadium for the Buffalo Bills? That's uncertain, largely because no one yet knows the ways taxpayers might help fund the $1.4 billion project — if a deal is made. What is certain is that state lawmakers don't have a seat at the negotiating table, now made up of representatives from the Hochul administration, the Erie County executive and the team." — Speaker Carl Heastie now has a plug-in electric car charger in his garage. #UpstateAmerica: It's a great (upstate) pumpkin, Charlie Brown. | | | |   | | | | | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | "Testimony at Lev Parnas Trial Offers Peek at His Place in Trump's Orbit," by The New York Times' Colin Moynihan: "Adam Laxalt was a Republican candidate for governor of Nevada in 2018 when he bumped into Rudolph W. Giuliani in a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. Mr. Laxalt, who, like Mr. Giuliani, was a staunch supporter of President Donald J. Trump, accompanied Mr. Giuliani to a balcony, and told him that the governor's race was 'very close.' Among a group smoking cigars and having drinks, someone Mr. Laxalt did not know spoke up: It was Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian American businessman. 'He immediately offered to help my campaign,' Mr. Laxalt said on Friday while testifying as a prosecution witness at Mr. Parnas's corruption trial in federal court in Manhattan. 'He offered to throw a fund-raiser.'"
| | FROM THE DELEGATION | | "Sen. Schumer says predatory real estate firm is booting Brooklynites from apartments," by New York Daily News' Tim Balk: "Fed-up tenants and local politicians rallied in Park Slope on Friday against a real estate management company they say is swallowing up Brooklyn apartment buildings and aggressively pushing residents out through harassment and lease-expiration notices. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) described Greenbrook Partners, the Manhattan-based firm, as a 'Scrooge' that has engaged in a "despicable" drive during the pandemic to pull profits from properties at the expense of longtime tenants." | | AROUND NEW YORK | | — "The MTA is starting to chip away at a worker shortage that's caused tens of thousands of bus and subway trips to be canceled or delayed this year — but commuter relief could be months away." — The Working Families Party will spend $100,000 for a TV ad in support of India Walton in the Buffalo mayor's race, defending her public safety record against attacks by opponent Byron Brown. — More Black people are leaving Long Island for the South. — Only 3.8 percent of city contracts went to minority and women owned businesses in the last fiscal year, according to a comptroller's report. — The NYPD arrested a woman seen starting a fire outside a Brooklyn yeshiva. — A deaf Brooklyn man was killed by a hit and run driver on Atlantic Avenue, where the city has failed to make promised safety improvements. — A bill to raise wages for home care workers in New York has hit a regulatory snag. — Adams said he's troubled by de Blasio's plan to shift the vast majority of retired city workers from their current health care plans to a less expensive option. — The USDA has issued a primary agricultural disaster designation for Orange County. — The MTA spent $86 million on a state-of-the-art bus command center that has gone unused for more than two years because it's already falling apart. — The New York City Board of Elections added more early poll voting sites for the general election. | | | | 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. | | | | |
| | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: SEC chair Gary Gensler … NYT's Annie Karni … Julia Ioffe … Brunswick Group's Michael Krempasky … Fox News' Jon Decker … Edelman's Trisch Smith … Alex Miehls … Austin Schindel ... David Fisher ... David M. Price … Kiki Reginato … Caitlin Conant … Annie LeHardy Kelly … Memmi Rasmussen … (was Sunday): Bloomberg Chair Peter Grauer … Ariel Levy … CBS' Bo Erickson … POLITICO's Angela Greiling Keane … Ken Baer of Crosscut Strategies … Fred Yang … Cliff Asness turned 55 … Michael Granoff … Caroline Mehl … … (was Saturday): Sarah Westwood … Deloitte's Kristen McGrath Dugan … former SEC Chair Christopher Cox … FT's Brendan Greeley … Dan Gross of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office … Devora Kaye … Alexandra Fetissoff of New Partners … Steve Friess … Dan Hirschhorn … Keely Marina Weiss … Kate Terranova … Evelyn Pierrepont … Alfred Altschul … Avi Fink MEDIAWATCH — Per Talking Biz News: "Lauren LaCapra of Reuters has been hired by the New York Federal Reserve Bank as a content strategist. … At Reuters, she oversaw a team of reporters covering large financial institutions … [and in] recent months she helped launch a Reuters website vertical called The Future of Money." ENGAGED — Colin Campbell, managing editor at Yahoo News and a Business Insider and N.Y. Observer alum, on Tuesday proposed to Sarah Jorgensen, a CNN producer. The couple, who were introduced by Campbell's old colleague Hunter Walker, got engaged in La Jolla, Calif. Instapic | | | | A message from Equinor: The energy transition is the defining challenge opportunity of our time. Our world needs energy to keep moving forward — but it must be affordable, reliable, and accessible. How will we do it? By accelerating the energy transition . At Equinor, we're growing our renewable energy portfolio and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. We're already on the way to powering 2,000,000 New York homes with energy from the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind offshore wind projects. 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 | | "Desperate NYC Tenants Are Waging Bidding Wars, As Rental Demand Surges," by Gothamist's Jake Offenhartz: "At least 70 prospective tenants wrapped around an Upper East Side building earlier this month, financial documents in hand, shouting numbers at a real estate agent as if at an auction. A few blocks uptown, another broker fielded close to a dozen offers above asking price on a fourth floor walk-up. In Prospect Heights, a two-bedroom, originally listed for $3,750 per month, leased for $4,500. As New York City's real estate market continues its dramatic turnaround, stories of tenant bidding wars have ricocheted across the industry. While such battles have long been a feature of home-buying, real estate experts say they are virtually unprecedented for the city's rental market." Covid outbreak forces some city housing agency staffers to work remotely, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg, Janaki Chadha and Amanda Eisenberg: The city's housing agency is dealing with an outbreak of Covid-19, with a handful of staffers sickened in recent weeks. A staffer at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development warned of the situation on Wednesday in a blast email to colleagues obtained by POLITICO. "Please be advised last week there was an outbreak of the Covid19 virus on the 9th floor of 100 Gold Street," the staffer, Rose Reeves, wrote, referring to a municipal building that houses the agency. "Staff for the entire floor had been sent home and will telework until October 18th." "Today's Must-Have Amenity? A Little Green Space," by The New York Times' Tim McKeough: " The move toward incorporating more outdoor spaces in luxury buildings was underway before the pandemic struck. But life in lockdown has made it a necessity. 'Five or six years ago, I said that living life in New York without outdoor space would not be considered luxury anymore, which was quite controversial at the time,' said Eran Chen, the founding principal of ODA, an architecture firm known for designing condominiums that incorporate green space in imaginative ways. 'I actually believe, even more today, that there's going to be a major shift in what's considered luxury,' he added, 'and that buying any luxury real estate in New York without outdoor space will be considered unacceptable.'"
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