| | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Julian Shen-Berro | A couple weeks ago, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city's shelters are nearing a "breaking point" due to an influx of migrants and the city would have to "reassess" its practices around the longstanding right to shelter law guaranteeing a bed for anyone who is homeless. It caused a bit of a stir, but Adams and his aides were pointedly vague about what he actually meant. Now we know: A tent city being set up as an emergency shelter for migrants in The Bronx will not comply with the right to shelter law, Adams acknowledged Tuesday. Specifically, the camp — consisting of tents lined with rows of cots — may violate rules requiring a certain amount of space between beds and enabling residents to receive mail, have access to laundry service, and receive certain supplies. "The migrant crisis is outside of the housing initiative that we are doing for right-to-shelter," Adams said. "These are two different entities. We're dealing with the humanitarian crisis that was created by human hands." The emergency center , set to open in a parking lot at Orchard Beach, will house about 1,000 adult migrants, and the city has said the goal is to have them stay there for no more than 96 hours — though that isn't set in stone. It will be run by the Office of Emergency Management and the public hospital system rather than the Department of Homeless Services. The city plans to open a separate center for families with children. But isn't this illegal? Perhaps not, due to a caveat spelled out by the Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless based on their talks with the Adams administration: Placement in the emergency tents will be voluntary, and people who choose not to stay there and to enter traditional homeless shelters will still have the right to do so. Since the plan is to bus asylum seekers directly to the Bronx facility, it's unclear if many will be aware of this right. "They have told us that people are free to come and go and that anybody who comes to a DHS intake office — nothing will change for them, that system will still be there, and anyone who comes there will be served," said Joshua Goldfein, an attorney at Legal Aid. "We have concerns with how these new sites will operate, but we're waiting for answers." IT'S WEDNESDAY. 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? Making remarks at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Public Safety Symposium in Albany. WHERE'S ERIC? Traveling to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Congress, delivering remarks at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 51st Annual Legislative Conference and meeting with the African American Mayors Association and the National League of Cities.
| | | | HAPPENING 9/29 - POLITICO'S AI & TECH SUMMIT : Technology is constantly evolving and so are the politics and policies shaping and regulating it. Join POLITICO for the 2022 AI & Tech summit to get an insider look at the pressing policy and political issues shaping tech, and how Washington interacts with the tech sector. The summit will bring together lawmakers, federal regulators, tech executives, tech policy experts and consumer advocates to dig into the intersection of tech, politics, regulation and innovation, and identify opportunities, risks and challenges ahead. REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT HERE. | | | | | |  | What City Hall's reading | | "NYC won't enforce COVID vax mandate for NYPD officers while it appeals ruling," by New York Post's Craig McCarthy : "New York City will not enforce the coronavirus vaccine mandate for roughly 18,000 active NYPD officers following a judge's surprise ruling late last week that the requirement was unlawful, The Post has learned. The about-face means unvaccinated NYPD cops below the rank of sergeant who have been denied a religious or health exemption will remain on the job as the city appeals the latest court ruling, according to the Police Benevolent Association. Lawyers for the Big Apple had told the PBA on Friday that the city would continue to enforce the mandate despite the ruling from Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank." "'This is how I flow': Mayor Eric Adams tells media he won't meet and tell," by New York Post's Bernadette Hogan and Bruce Golding: "Mayor Eric Adams accused the city's press corps of trying to 'put me in the box' as he refused Tuesday to provide more information about who he meets with — saying that some of his sit-downs, many of them late at night, aren't job-related. 'Not every meeting I have is in my capacity as mayor, you know,' he said. 'Some meetings, it's not, so it's very difficult on how I flow.' During an unrelated event in Upper Manhattan, Adams was asked about a recent report by City & State New York, which said his public schedules provided far less information than those released by former Mayor Bill de Blasio. 'So, you're trying to put me in the box of these mayors that may have been 9-to-5 guys. I'm a 9-to-9 guy,' Adams said." "What's Behind the Increased Use of Kendra's Law in New York City?" by Gotham Gazette's Ethan Geringer-Sameth : "When Mayor Eric Adams was on the campaign trail last year, he repeatedly called for city and state officials to step up the use of Kendra's Law – a state law that allows court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment for people deemed dangerous to themselves or others. 'We must strengthen Kendra's Law,' Adams told the press outside a subway station in May 2021. 'Judges, do your job. It's time to use Kendra's Law to deal with the mental health crisis that we're seeing,' he said. … That messaging appears to have reached the city's pool of law enforcement and social service agencies. The number of Kendra's Law orders statewide increased modestly in August, from roughly 3,400 to 3,500, and has remained elevated through much of September. While the increase statewide is slight, it is driven almost entirely by New York City, which has seen a significant jump in treatment orders across the five boroughs whereas there have been declines in most of the rest of the state." "In House Fight for N.Y. Suburbs, Will Abortion Turn Tide for Democrats? ," by The New York Times' Luis Ferré-Sadurní: "A year ago, Republicans staged an uprising in the Long Island suburbs, winning a slew of races by zeroing in on public safety and suggesting that Democrats had allowed violent crime to fester. Now, with the midterms approaching, Democratic leaders are hoping that their own singular message, focused on abortion, might have a similar effect. … Long Island has emerged as an unlikely battleground in the bitter fight for control of the House of Representatives, with both Democrats and Republicans gearing up to pour large sums of money into the contests here. Nassau and Suffolk Counties, where nearly three million New Yorkers live, have become a powerful testing ground for the main campaign themes of each party, with Democrats hoping that their renewed focus on abortion rights — following the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade — will help them retain control of the House."
| | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, Lee Zeldin can't seem to agree on debates," by WNYC's Jon Campbell: "As of now, there is no debate scheduled before Election Day between New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican opponent, Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin. There has been, however, plenty of debate about the debate — or perhaps debates, as Zeldin would prefer. In what has become a New York tradition, the gubernatorial challenger (Zeldin) has spent months challenging the incumbent (Hochul) to a series of debates, which could provide a major platform for the lesser-known challenger to introduce themselves to voters. But Hochul has resisted those calls, just as her recent predecessors have done. Instead, Hochul has agreed to participate in just a single debate on Oct. 25, hosted by Spectrum News NY1. It's an event Zeldin has not yet agreed to participate in, perhaps as a way of continuing to pressure Hochul to acquiesce to more debates around the state." — SIENA: NEW NUMBERS SHOW HOCHUL UP 17: Gov. Kathy Hochul extended her edge against Republican foe Lee Zeldin as she looks to win a full term, a poll released Wednesday found. Hochul led Zeldin by 17 percentage points — 54 percent to 37 percent — with six weeks left until Election Day, the Siena College poll said. That's up slightly from the 53 percent to 39 percent edge the Democratic governor had in a Siena poll in August. "Hochul continues to hold a strong double-digit lead over Zeldin, holding her base with support from 81 percent of Democrats, same as in August," Siena College poll spokesperson Steven Greenberg said in a statement. "Zeldin has support from 77 percent of Republicans, down from 84 percent, and continues to lead narrowly with independent voters, 45 percent to 42 percent." — Joseph Spector — "Dueling law enforcement nods for Hochul and Zeldin," by Spectrum's Nick Reisman: "Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican opponent Lee Zeldin on Tuesday rolled out dueling endorsements from law enforcement organizations in the race for governor. Hochul was endorsed by the Police Benevolent Association of New York State, a group that represents about 1,200 members of the New York State Agency Police Services, including SUNY police, state Environmental Conservation Police, the state Park Police and the Forest Rangers. … Zeldin, a congressman from Long Island, was endorsed by the Police Conference of New York, which represents law enforcement in towns, villages and counties in the state." After bitter primary, Biaggi joins Maloney in abortion-rights pitch, by POLITICO's Anna Gronewold: As the September sun glimmered off the Hudson River, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi joined hands Tuesday after a bruising Democratic primary at the Tarrytown harbor in defense of abortion rights. Just weeks earlier, Maloney had called Biaggi friendless, flailing and desperate, while Biaggi had been on doorsteps bashing Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as a hypocritical sellout only interested in political gain. Their show of unity after Maloney trounced Biaggi in the Aug. 23 primary underscores the unease surrounding tight races running up and down the Hudson that could be the key to the House majority next year. — Next for Biaggi: Harvard Divinity School next August. "I feel like there's something important about religion and spirituality and how it interplays with politics that I haven't fully wrapped my head around," she said after the press conference. "I feel like the right has done it in a way to pervert it and to take advantage of it and we haven't done it in a way to do it to transform it and use it from a place of love." "'A survival lifeline': Families decry ban on care packages in NY prisons," by Gothamist's Michelle Bocanegra: "Families and loved ones of incarcerated people around New York state voiced their frustration over a state policy that severely limits their ability to send care packages of food and other essentials. The ban, which was broadly enacted in August by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, or DOCCS, after a pilot phase this spring, prevents people in the state's correctional facilities from receiving packages from in-person visitors – many of whom are family members bringing in fresh produce that might otherwise spoil if delivered by mail. Activists in New York City gathered in front of Gov. Kathy Hochul's Manhattan offices just before noon on Tuesday." #UpstateAmerica: It took an American and a Canadian 949 days to pull off a binational wedding amid a global pandemic that's only recently loosened its grip on the border between the two nations, Buffalo News' Jerry Zremski writes.
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| | AROUND NEW YORK | | — Eric Adams dissed Kansas for not having a "brand." — School board meetings will switch from virtual to in person, which could dampen parent participation. — A Brooklyn taxi driver is suing the NYPD for allegedly falsely arresting him at a mosque in retaliation for his enforcement of social distancing rules. — The city recruited celebrity chef Rachael Ray to design plant-based recipes for school lunches. — Hochul awarded a $10 million grant to advance medical research and the life sciences on Long Island. — An ad put out by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee against GOP candidate Marc Molinaro contains varying degrees of truth. — There is no location planned for Albany's Capital Holiday Lights in the Park. — Buffalo's 17 neighborhood historic districts, as a group, are "more fully integrated and less segregated than neighborhoods in the rest of Buffalo," according to a new study. — A South Bronx school has struggled to meet the needs of dozens of asylum-seeking students.
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| | Real Estate | | "Six Months In Jail for Flatbush Landlord After Tenant Died Jumping From Burning Building," by The City's George Joseph: "At a sparsely attended court room in downtown Brooklyn, Judge Danny Chun sentenced a Flatbush landlord to 6 months in jail and 5 months of probation on Tuesday after a deadly fire in his building claimed the life of 70-year-old Jean Yves Lalanne in 2019. 'This building was an absolute disaster waiting to happen because of the conditions, and in fact, it did happen,' Chun said sitting at the bench. 'Frankly, more people could have died.' Prosecutors had argued for more time, one-and-a-third to four years behind bars, claiming that the landlord, Evener Leon, 62, had accepted 'no responsibility' for the deadly fire that drove his tenant to jump from his third-floor window to his death. Leon was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in May, following a bench trial conducted by Chun." | | | | 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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