| | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Deanna Garcia | Presented by Con Edison | Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered an in-person rebuttal at the annual Legislative Correspondents Association show in Albany last night, revisiting a tradition held by every New York governor from Teddy Roosevelt through David Paterson (but shunned by her predecessor) of throwing back the jabs Capitol reporters lob through song and dance at the event. She took swings at her political opponents, reminisced over late-night sugar-fueled parties with legislative leaders, and suggested that, as the first female governor, everything little thing she does makes history. ("I'm the first female governor to come to the LCA show. I'm also the first female governor to…take a drink of water at the LCA show," she said, with a swig from her goblet.) Hochul also showed a video cut like a "Parks and Rec" episode of various scenarios with her staff that she said prevented her from speaking to the press for 10 days while she negotiated the state budget, including nail appointments, malfunctioning government transport vehicles (even the state golf cart), and unfortunate weather patterns. The unspoken message is that such a streak of avoiding questions about legislative happenings probably won't be the norm, and already that seems to be the case. Earlier Tuesday, pre-show, Hochul had a press event in Albany to sign the Adult Survivors Act into law and gave an update on where things stand before the final scheduled day of session June 2. She is confident lawmakers will take action on abortion rights and gun laws before the end of legislative session, but doesn't think they have the wherewithal to revamp the controversial 421-a affordable housing program set to expire next month. On a fossil-fuel-powered digital currency mining moratorium lawmakers are considering, she said, ""I'm open-minded and I want to see what the Legislature comes forth with." She also said she's not afraid to take the legislative session into overtime if they can't accomplish everything by next Thursday. "There's a lot of work to do, but it is not unusual to have a mountain of work to do in the final days," she said. IT'S WEDNESDAY. And again and again and again. 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? Delivering remarks at a meeting of the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns and delivering remarks at Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado's swearing in ceremony. WHERE'S ERIC? Delivering remarks at LendIt Fintech USA 2022 Conference, ringing Lightship Ambrose Bell, making a public safety-related announcement with NYPD Commissioner Sewell and DOE Chancellor Banks, meeting virtually with GOAL and CHA, delivering remarks at an event for Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and delivering remarks at JCCA 200th Anniversary Gala. ABOVE THE FOLD — 'Why are we willing to live with this carnage?': Biden demands action on guns after Texas school shooting, by POLITICO's Christopher Cadelago and Laura Barrón-López: President Joe Biden again tried to comfort a nation grieving after a mass shooting, urging action to counter powerful gunmakers and repeatedly questioning why the country he leads lacks "the backbone" to stem the bloodshed. In a prime-time address, a visibly emotional Biden asked what it would take to convince fellow lawmakers that "it's time to act." "How many scores of little children who witnessed what happened — seen their friends die as if they're in a battlefield, for god's sake" said Biden.
| | A message from Con Edison: As the 2nd largest solar producer in North America, Con Edison is working to power our home with 100% clean energy, transforming New York into an example of sustainability for the rest of the world. From homes to apartments and everywhere in between, renewables, like solar, are just the beginning of our renewable future. See Our Energy Future | | | |  | What City Hall's reading | | City's Rikers reform plan draws criticism at court hearing, by POLITICO's Erin Durkin: Prosecutors and a federal monitor criticized a last ditch plan from the city to turn around the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. At a court hearing Tuesday, a lawyer for the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office and the federal monitor overseeing the city jail system called an action plan released by the Department of Correction last week too vague and voiced skepticism the Adams administration would be able to implement it. "We had expected to see more specifics," said assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Powell. "Results are the only thing that matter, not plans, not good ideas." "'ALWAYS SCARED': Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools Threaten Children," by Streetsblog's Jesse Coburn: "Two years ago, a boy crossing a street in Queens on his way to school was run over and killed by a man driving a 20-ton truck. Seven weeks later, a girl walking to school with her brother in Brooklyn died under the wheels of a school bus. Two days after that, in the same neighborhood, a woman driving with a suspended license struck and killed a boy in a crosswalk. He was also heading to school. After each death, city leaders expressed indignation and sorrow, and vowed to make streets safer. On the streets where the children were killed, few changes were made.." "These schools will host 'gifted' classrooms as NYC expands segregated program," by Chalkbeat's Christina Veiga: "The sites of new gifted classrooms were announced Tuesday, part of an expansion pushed by Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor David Banks. Officials are adding more than 1,000 seats, most of them as new programs that start in third grade. Until now, the most common entry point for 'gifted' programs has been in kindergarten, a practice long criticized for testing and sorting 4-year-olds. … The city's gifted programs have come under fire for being segregated, with Black and Latino students starkly underrepresented. The classrooms also enroll few students who have disabilities, who are learning English as a new language, or are in temporary housing." "New Law Plus Population Trends Means Significant Shifts for New York City Council Districts," by Gotham Gazette's Ethan Geringer-Sameth: "As New York wades through a chaotic congressional and state redistricting cycle, a new law could significantly alter the process for redrawing New York City's 51 City Council districts, which began earlier this month. The city's Districting Commission must contend with population increases in almost every City Council district and an overall influx of roughly 630,000 residents citywide since the last post-Census redistricting cycle ten years ago." " Mayor Adams supports revamp of public housing financing. Some residents aren't so sure," by Gothamist's Chau Lam
| | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "Adult Survivors Act signed into N.Y. law, opening legal window for civil lawsuits," by Daily News Denis Slattery: "Adult survivors of sex crimes will soon be able to sue their alleged abusers in New York even if statutes of limitations have expired. Gov. Hochul on Tuesday signed the Adult Survivors Act into law, opening a one-year lookback window for civil suits for sexual abuse that occurred when the victim was 18 or older.…The legislation, modeled after the 2019 Child Victims Act, will temporarily lift the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits against abusers of people over 18 and provide a one-year period for survivors to take legal action. "New York extended the statute of limitations to 20 years for adults filing civil lawsuits for a select number of sex crimes in 2019. However, that legislation only affected new cases and was not retroactive. Advocates have fought for the new bill for years, arguing that survivors often don't come to terms with or come forward to talk about their sexual abuse within the legal time frame established to file lawsuits." " Hochul pledges new investigation of COVID-19 nursing home deaths," by Times Union's Joshua Solomon: "Gov. Kathy Hochul expects to soon launch an independent analysis to examine the state's decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic, which could include what contributed to the thousands of coronavirus deaths attributed to the spread of the disease in nursing homes, she said Tuesday at the Capitol." "Hochul says a review of New York's redistricting process is needed," by Spectrum's Nick Reisman: "Acknowledging New York's process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the U.S. Congress and state Legislature was once again a 'messy' one, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signaled she wanted a review of how redistricting should potentially change once again in the state. 'The process played out the way the law was written,' she said Tuesday. 'Do we need to do this differently? Yes, we do. Every 10 years it's always a mess. I know quite a bit about redistricting. I lost my seat in Congress.'" " History Regents canceled: Content could 'compound' trauma from Buffalo massacre, NY says," by Times Union's Kathleen Moore: "The state abruptly canceled the Regents exam in U.S. history and government Tuesday, saying content in the test could compound student trauma regarding the Buffalo shooting. The tests had already been printed and were ready to be sent to schools. Students were to take it June 1." FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Assemblymembers Zohran Mamdani and Marcela Mitanyes and state Sen. Jabari Brisport will endorse Ana Maria Archila for lieutenant governor. Archila, a progressive activist, is the running mate of New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and is running against Gov. Kathy Hochul's pick Antonio Delgado. "New York deserves a Lieutenant Governor who will hold the powerful to account, not one who serves at their pleasure," Mamdani said. #UpstateAmerica: A tour boat that capsized and killed 20 people in 2005 is for sale if you're interested in tempting fate.
| | | | A message from Con Edison:   | | | | | CAMPAIGN MODE | | Adams builds support for DNC bid while some question the political wisdom of hosting it outside a swing state, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: Mayor Eric Adams is pitching two major Manhattan event spaces — Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks and Rangers, and the newer Javits Center on the far West Side — to host the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nominating convention, two people familiar with his proposal confirmed. Details of Adams' bid — first reported by POLITICO — emerged Tuesday as political, business and labor leaders coalesced behind it, ahead of a submission to the Democratic National Committee Friday. New York is competing with Chicago, Atlanta and others.
| | FROM THE DELEGATION | | "What was he thinking? Mapmaker provides rationale for NY's congressional lines," by WNYC's Jon Campbell: "New York's political world was turned on its head late last week by a mapmaking expert from a prestigious college hours away from New York. Jonathan Cervas, a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, authored the state's newly released, redrawn congressional and state Senate districts, which — barring a successful legal challenge — will take effect in this year's elections and remain in place through 2032. He was hired for the job by Acting State Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister, a conservative Steuben County judge who first ruled a prior set of Democrat-drawn congressional lines were drawn in such a way to benefit the Democratic Party, in violation of the state Constitution." "Socialist staffer on Jamaal Bowman's team details congressman's efforts to placate DSA," by Jewish Insider's Matthew Kassel: "In December, the [Democratic Socialists of America] announced it would not re-endorse Bowman in the 2022 midterms, citing disagreements over his trip to Israel as well as his Iron Dome vote. The decision followed calls from some in the organization to expel him. While the details of such tensions have been largely unreported, a letter written by a Bowman staffer and posted to a private DSA message board outlines the extent to which the congressman's office has, even amid fierce opposition, worked behind the scenes to reassure DSA leadership that Bowman remains broadly aligned with the group's approach to Middle East policy."
| | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | "Steve Bannon Won't Testify in Trial of 'We Build the Wall' Backer," by The New York Times' Colin Moynihan: "The final act of We Build the Wall Inc., a crowd-funded attempt to bypass Congress and fulfill Donald J. Trump's promise to create a barrier between the United States and Mexico, began playing out in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday. Timothy Shea, a Colorado entrepreneur whose products have included a Trump-themed energy drink marketed as containing 'liberal tears,' is the last remaining defendant in a case that is as much about how some people cashed in on the former president's culture wars as it is about the crimes described by prosecutors."
| | AROUND NEW YORK | | — The suspect in a fatal subway shooting was taken into custody. — City pension funds have fallen with the stock market . — The city is preparing for a worse than normal hurricane season. — The state is already weeks behind schedule on the Child Poverty Reduction Council. — AG Tish James' office is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany over alleged mismanagement of a pension fund that wiped out more than 1,100 retirement plans. — Ten cases of Legionnaires disease have been confirmed in the Bronx. — The MTA said its federal aid may run out sooner than expected because of low ridership. — The city's lifeguard division has not implemented recommendations from an investigation that found it was mired in mismanagement. — Migration from New York to Florida has accelerated this year. — Adams and Hochul tapped leaders of a new blue ribbon commission to examine how and where people work in the post-pandemic economy.
| | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Anna Palmer … David Martosko of Zenger News and Daily Mail TV … CBS' Stefan Becket … Edelman's Amy Fox … EY's Courtney Joline MEDIAWATCH — Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki will officially join MSNBC as an on-air contributor this fall, with her own show launching on streaming in the first quarter of next year. … Chris Stirewalt has landed at NewsNation as political editor. He previously (and famously) was politics editor for Fox News. — Per Talking Biz News: "Caroline Fairchild has been hired as editor in chief at BFF. BFF is a new site focused on cryptocurrency news for women and nonbinary people. … Fairchild served as LinkedIn's new economy editor, focusing on venture capital and entrepreneurial content from her new base in San Francisco." MAKING MOVES — Julia B. Mellon is now EVP for financial services at Weber Shandwick. She most recently was SVP and co-leader of the financial services practice at the Bliss Group and is also a FleishmanHillard alum. … Dennis M. Quinio is now chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for the Americas at Allen & Overy. He most recently was associate director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Milbank LLP. … Daniel Klein is now creative director for film and video at Masienda. He is the director and producer of The Perennial Plate. CLICKER — "A first look at Amtrak's spiffy new Acela trains," by The Points Guy's Benji Stawski Yesterday, we misstated Kasie Hunt's affiliation. She works at CNN.
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And we can all do our part too. Small changes like switching to clean heating and cooling technology make a big difference for your home and our world. See Our Energy Future | | | | | Real Estate | | "Mayor Adams and NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams support hotel conversion Assembly bill stalled in Albany," by New York Daily News' Michael Gartland: "Mayor Adams is joining forces with the City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Queens) and several progressive groups to demand state lawmakers pass a bill that would allow hotels to convert their premises to affordable housing. The legislation — which has been floated in both the state Senate and Assembly — would permit hotels to be converted to affordable housing while retaining the already existing certificates of occupancy and would give the city the ability to approve such conversions." " Kathy Hochul: Key affordable housing program set to lapse as rents soar," by New York Post's Nolan Hicks, Zach Williams and Jack Morphet " Million-Dollar Question: How NYC Real Estate Shapes Candidates' Chances of Surviving Changed District Lines," by The City's Josefa Velasquez and Gabriel Sandoval: "For veteran members of the New York State Senate thrown into uncertainty by new district lines drawn under court order, real estate is destiny — their choices, like those of any New Yorker, shaped by what they can afford to own or rent and where. In Queens, Sen. Toby Stavisky saw her current 16th District dramatically reshaped, leaving her with a district where less than 7% of the population are former constituents and an incumbent she'd have to beat." | | | | 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 | Ottawa Playbook | Brussels Playbook | London Playbook View all our political and policy newsletters | | Follow us | | | | |
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