| | | | |  | | By Anna Gronewold and Erin Durkin | Presented by CVS Health | New York's gun laws just got stronger: People under 21 will be prohibited from buying semi-automatic weapons under a series of measures signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul Monday. It's the most sweeping package in the nation quickly adopted in the wake of recent mass shootings, and will raise the age from 18 to buy guns like the AR-15. Body armor sales will be banned in the state, bullets will be microstamped to make them easier to trace, and the red flag law will be expanded to allow more people to file orders seeking to get guns confiscated from people who may pose a danger. "Shots ring out. Flags come down, and nothing changes," Hochul said. "Except here in New York. In New York, we are taking strong bold action." Yet New York's gun laws could soon get weaker: Any day now, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling that could eviscerate laws strictly limiting the public carrying of firearms. A decision could come as early as this week, with Wednesday being the next scheduled day for the court to issue decisions. The case challenges a law that requires New Yorkers to show they have proper cause before getting a permit to carry a handgun in public. Based on oral arguments in the fall, things aren't looking good for New York. This is the one New York City Mayor Eric Adams is losing sleep over, he said Monday, conjuring up a nightmare scenario for many New Yorkers. "This keeps me up at night," he said. "If this right to carry goes through the Supreme Court and becomes the law of the land, can you imagine being on the 4 train with someone having a 9mm exposed? Everyone on the train is carrying?" He said the decision could "drastically impact public safety" in the country and the city, where shootings finally ticked down for the month of May. "This is going to be a real mess to police." 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 KATHY? Signing legislation to convert hotels into affordable housing and debating her primary opponents for the first time. WHERE'S ERIC? Joining Hochul for the hotel conversion bill signing, speaking at NYPD Medal Day, announcing the opening of enrollment for the sanitation worker exam, holding a homelessness summit with faith leaders, speaking at Cornell Tech, speaking at the LGBTQ+ Pride Reception at Gracie Mansion, and speaking at the Yale Mayors College reception.
| | A message from CVS Health: New Yorkers want the lowest prescription drug costs possible and CVS Health's pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) team is delivering for them. With big drug companies continually increasing the price of prescription drugs, we negotiate lower prescription drug costs for employers, consumers and working families across the state. That saves New Yorkers and employers tens of millions of dollars each year so they can continue to provide affordable coverage that keeps their employees healthy. Learn more. | | | |  | WHAT CITY HALL IS READING | | Mayor and Council expecting early budget deal, by POLITICO's Joe Anuta: The mayor and the City Council are hoping to deliver an early budget thanks in part to a late-breaking infusion of tax revenue that is likely smoothing the negotiation process. The city's budget must be passed by law before the start of the fiscal year beginning July 1. However, three people who spoke with POLITICO on the condition of anonymity said that both sides are expecting a handshake deal well before then — potentially as early as this week. "There isn't a squeeze on money, and there is still some Covid relief that is part of our revenues. So if there was going to be an easy budget, it was going to be this one," said one Council member with knowledge of the negotiations. "And the mayor has political capital, whereas the last mayor didn't — so there's not really much opposition to what he's doing." Adams says Albany lawmakers must choose what gets axed in exchange for smaller classes, by POLITICO's Madina Touré: Mayor Eric Adams said lawmakers must decide which major school services they'd cut in exchange for what he called a costly, unfunded mandate to reduce class sizes in New York City public schools. "Tell us what we should cut and I would have hoped they would have put in the bill and stated that here are the areas you should cut," he said at an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn Monday. "Because if we're going to do something that's going to have a major impact on the funding of the DOE, then we should take the responsibility of saying to New Yorkers, 'We no longer want pre-K, we no longer want dyslexia screening.'" "Exclusive Spectrum News NY1/Siena College poll finds New Yorkers are pessimistic about city's future and its mayor," by NY1's Emily Ngo: "The view of life in New York City is bleak, according to a Siena College poll of city residents conducted exclusively for Spectrum News NY1. A majority of respondents (56%) said their city is headed in the wrong direction, compared to 32% who said it's on the right track. And an overwhelming seven out of 10 New Yorkers said they feel less safe new than before the pandemic began. The Spectrum News NY1/Siena College poll also found 76% of respondents are either somewhat or very concerned that they'll be the victim of a violent crime." — " NYC Mayor Eric Adams rips Albany lawmakers after session ends without more public safety action: 'Where is the reality?'" by New York Daily News' Chris Sommerfeldt " More Rikers detainees missing medical appointments, despite reform efforts," by Gothamist's Jake Offenhartz: "After suffering a heart attack in city custody last year, Tyrone Greene received a pair of stents, a medical clearance that prevents him from being pepper sprayed, and a prescription for a blood thinner. The medication required him to receive a daily check of his heart rate and blood pressure, a routine procedure for many survivors of cardiac arrest. But Greene, who is awaiting trial on a weapons charge, said he is frequently denied access to those appointments by correction officers, who are either unavailable or unwilling to escort him to his appointments. ... Greene is one of hundreds of detainees on Rikers Island who allege they are being deprived of basic medical care — and who may soon receive compensation if the city Department of Correction cannot show compliance with a court-ordered mandate to expand health care access."
| | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "Three Democratic Candidates for Governor Set to Debate as Primary Heads Into Final Weeks," by Gotham Gazette's Samar Khurshid: "With just three weeks till the June 28 primary, and only eleven days till early voting begins June 18, Governor Kathy Hochul is set to face off Tuesday for the first time on the debate stage against her two Democratic primary opponents, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi of Long Island and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. The debate, set to air Tuesday at 7 p.m. on CBS television and Newsradio 880, comes a few days after Suozzi and Williams appeared for a debate on Spectrum News that Hochul declined to participate in." " No detailed records of Hochul's talks with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell," by Times Union's Joshua Solomon: "The governor's conversations with the NFL's top official came ahead of a deal announced in late March for the state to heavily subsidize the new stadium for Hochul's hometown Buffalo Bills, which is expected to cost taxpayers at least $1 billion over the course of a 30-year lease. On Dec. 27, Hochul held a 2 p.m. phone call with Goodell, along with her director of state operations, Kathryn Garcia, and budget director, Robert Mujica. The meeting was disclosed in a scheduled released by the administration months later. It took place a few hours after Hochul was on a call with President Joe Biden to discuss a record-surge of coronavirus cases involving the omicron variant. A few days later, Hochul held a one-on-one call with Goodell, according to her schedule." "New York bill targets Amazon's use of productivity quotas," by The Associated Press: "The legislation, passed Friday, would require the retail giant and other companies to provide workers with information on quotas they're assigned, how those quotas are developed and how such things could be used by the employer to discipline them. It would also prohibit employers from putting in place quotas that prevent workers from taking bathroom breaks or rest periods. The legislation heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul, who hasn't indicated her support but has cast a critical eye towards the Seattle-based company. Last month, she announced a state agency complaint against Amazon, which alleged the company discriminated against pregnant and disabled workers by denying reasonable accommodations and forcing them to take unpaid leave." "Mandatory COVID-19 testing ending for unvaccinated state workers," by Times Union's Brendan J. Lyons #UpstateAmerica: A developer in Coxsackie is seeking permissions from the town to build a hotel. Except that he already built it.
| | | | A message from CVS Health:   | | | | | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | "Donald Trump's business empire has no document-preservation policy, his top assistant says," by Insider's Laura Italiano: "Donald Trump's multi-billion-dollar real estate and golf resort empire has no policy for preserving his business documents, a top aide has told the New York Attorney General's Office. There's 'no hard and fast protocol,' longtime assistant Rhona Graff said Friday, testifying under subpoena before the AG's office, which has been pressing for her boss's personal documents for two years and probing his business for three." " Paladino, Langworthy vying for Trump's political blessing," by Buffalo News' Robert J. McCarthy: "When Donald J. Trump was contemplating a race for governor of New York back in 2013, two of the top figures in Erie County politics traveled to Manhattan to persuade the then-real estate developer to make the move. Carl P. Paladino, the 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate, and then-Erie County Chairman Nicholas A. Langworthy were among a handful of GOP insiders who ultimately failed in their efforts to recruit Trump. But now Paladino and Langworthy are beseeching the former president again — this time for his endorsement as congressional candidate in the new 23rd District."
| | AROUND NEW YORK | | — A crypto-backed super PAC is spending on Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado's election bid after putting $1M into New York. — Mayor Eric Adams called 911 after his sister overheard men talking about shooting at a ferry stop. — Adams is very punctual, which is apparently part of a society-wide trend. — An MTA employee filed a lawsuit charging discrimination for his use of medical marijuana. — Adams' literacy overhaul will slash reading coaches. — The coming installation of vast fields of offshore wind turbines will transform the city's coastal woodlands. — The Queens district attorney dropped charges against Prakash Churaman after allegations of misconduct by detectives. — Local pols are calling for Chelsea Piers to cancel an event featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. — A group of charter schools filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over funding they say they were unfairly stripped of. — A former Suffolk County assemblymember is now a legal marijuana farmer. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended the use of the term Latinx, something fellow Rep. Ritchie Torres has criticized. — The federal Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Andes Central School District and its superintendent. — Federal prosecutors are opposing former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano's bid to stay free on bail while he appeals his corruption conviction .
| | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: WSJ's Catherine Lucey … Vox's Christina Animashaun … Finsbury Glover Hering's Lars Anderson ... Emily Greenhouse of The New York Review of Books … Stephanie Reichin of SKDKnickerbocker … Katie Boyce … Sulome Anderson … Isaac Luria … (was Monday): Rolling Stone's Waiss Aramesh MAKING MOVES — Richard Fife has left his post as a senior adviser to the Manhattan district attorney and will be working on campaigns including Dan Goldman's congressional run in NY-10 and Sen. Robert Jackson's reelection campaign. He'll remain an outside adviser to DA Alvin Bragg. … Faiza Ali has been promoted to first deputy chief of staff to City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. She was previously deputy chief of staff and director of the community engagement division. … Samantha Seitz is now media relations manager at White & Case. She most recently was manager for North America PR at Boston Consulting Group. … Gabrielle Brown is joining Fox Corporation as chief investor relations officer. She previously was a managing director at UBS. … WEEKEND WEDDING — Mike Quinn to Lea Richard-Nagle, per NYT: "Mr. Quinn ... is a partner at the law firm Eisenberg & Baum in New York. ... Ms. Richard-Nagle, an account director in New York at the French communications agency Mazarine." With pics
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Learn more. | | | | | Real Estate | | One-block taxiway is sticking point in $7B redesign of Penn Station," by POLITICO's Danielle Muoio Dunn: Sandwiched between Penn Station and Madison Square Garden is a former taxiway — barely noticeable in the shadows of the gargantuan entertainment venue and 2 Penn Plaza, a 29-story commercial building. Yet the old, one-block roadway is a sticking point in the decadeslong fight to upgrade Penn Station, North America's busiest rail hub and the "most reviled transportation facility in the country," as described by Janno Lieber, chair and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. That's because it's owned by Madison Square Garden, whose position on top of Penn Station has made it a central hurdle in past efforts to improve the maligned train station. "Building Boomlet Added Nearly 200K Apartments — and Intensified Income Segregation," by The City's Greg David: "While New York City's housing crisis requires more construction, the city did produce almost 200,000 new units in the last decade — one-third of them affordable — in a performance that likely created more housing than any city in the nation. Crucial to that success, says the annual State of New York City's Housing and on Neighborhoods report released today by the NYU Furman Center, were the rezonings of the Bloomberg and de Blasio administrations, targeting areas where much of the building was concentrated. But most of the affordable units were built in poor neighborhoods populated by people of color. The 421-a property tax break for rental housing — expiring this month after state lawmakers failed to renew it — was the one program that brought diversity to whiter and wealthier areas." — "How much will 421-a cost NYC after its expiration?" by amNewYork's Isabel Song Beer "A Year of Bedbugs, Mold, and Takeout at the Airway Inn," by Curbed's Amir Khafagy: "Less than a mile from La Guardia Airport, on a stretch of Astoria Boulevard dotted with auto-repair shops, gas stations, and fast-food chains such as Popeyes, stale cigarette smoke permeates the hallways of the Airway Inn, and the carpets are blanketed in grime. Inside the motel room where 76-year-old Patricia Rivas and her 87-year-old husband, Antonio Rojas, have spent the past year, Rivas points at mold growing on the ceiling." " Oneida Casino Operators Open Apartments to Attract Workers," by The Associated Press: "Facing a critical need to fill casino and hotel jobs, the Oneida Indian Nation said Monday it will make 50 new apartments in central New York available for its hourly workers at below-market rents. The housing announcement comes as businesses nationwide, often in the service sector, struggle to find enough workers to fill positions. The $15 million apartment complex near the Oneida's Turning Stone casino west of Utica will begin taking in tenants July 1. Apartments will be available for new, full-time employees who are relocating to the area and those filling positions where there are shortages, according to the Oneidas." | | | | 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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