| | | | |  | | By Erin Durkin, Anna Gronewold and Julian Shen-Berro | Presented by Con Edison | The far-reaching mandate that all private sector workers in New York City to be vaccinated against Covid-19 is coming to an end. It was hailed as a first-in-the-nation step to combat the pandemic when then-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced it in his final month in office. But Mayor Eric Adams has shown little interest in such measures, and now he's planning to scrap the requirement, four people with knowledge of the matter told our Joe Anuta. The requirement applies to 184,000 businesses across the five boroughs, but the city acknowledged months ago it is doing no enforcement. Adams has already lifted vaccine requirements for indoor dining and entertainment, and carved out a special exception to the employer mandate for star athletes. Even on a voluntary basis, the city has done little to promote new boosters as virus transmission continues to be widespread. Gov. Kathy Hochul has been moving in the same direction, this month lifting the mask mandate on trains and buses. And the state scrapped its public trackers for coronavirus infections in school. City workers will still be covered by a vaccine mandate and are still getting fired for refusing to comply. In the private sector, a major business group is welcoming the reversal. "The additional flexibility that this provides to employers is greatly appreciated by the business community," said Kathryn Wylde, CEO of the Partnership for New York City. Adams is also planning to end a vaccine mandate for public school students who play extracurricular sports. 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? Participating in a Clinton Global Initiative panel, speaking at the 2022 Concordia Annual Summit, and making a subway safety announcement. WHERE'S ERIC? Getting his second Covid-19 booster shot, making a health announcement, hosting a breakfast with Jewish leaders, participating in a Clinton Global Initiative panel, meeting with Austria's federal chancellor Karl Nehammer and hosting a Parks & Recreation Partner Appreciation Reception.
| | A message from Con Edison: Con Edison is building a clean energy grid that meets every New Yorker's electrification needs. This includes developing "clean energy hubs" to connect up to 6,000 megawatts of offshore wind. Vital to that effort is a plan to replace three old fossil fuel plants with the Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub, a $1 billion facility connecting massive amounts of offshore wind to our grid and providing clean energy—for generations to come. See Our Energy Future | | | |  | What City Hall's reading | | Chief of staff to Eric Adams to step down by year's end, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: Frank Carone, chief of staff and longtime friend to Mayor Eric Adams, is stepping down by the end of the year. Eight people with knowledge of the matter confirmed Carone's pending departure. The mayor's spokesperson and Carone did not immediately comment. Carone has been close to Adams for years, as a personal friend, attorney and campaign fundraiser. He was by his side during the contentious Democratic primary last year, helping Adams secure support from key constituencies, raising funds for his bid for mayor and offering legal advice to both the candidate and the Brooklyn Democratic party that supported him. Asylum seeker died by suicide in New York City homeless shelter, mayor says, by POLITICO's Erin Durkin: A woman seeking asylum died by suicide in a New York City homeless shelter, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. The mayor's announcement comes as the city struggles to find placement for the influx of migrants coming to the city. "The thousands of asylum seekers we have seen arrive in our city came to this country seeking a better life. Sadly though, yesterday, an asylum seeker in one of our facilities took her own life," Adams said in a statement. … Adams defended the city's efforts to shelter thousands of migrants who have come to the city in recent months, and again blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for sending buses of asylum seekers to the city. On Sunday, Adams said the city is considering suing Texas over sending migrants unannounced to New York. "This wasn't a failure," he told reporters at an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn when asked if the death represents a failure by the city. — Abbott's office accused Adams of "flat-out lying" about the busing operation. "Eric Adams' public schedules tell a lot — but not nearly as much as they should," by City & State's Jeff Coltin: "New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office released six months of detailed public schedules Friday afternoon, shining some more light on how the city's chief executive spends his working hours. But the calendar entries fall short of even the bare minimum of transparency — providing far less information than was released by Adams' predecessor, Bill de Blasio — reflecting an administration that has resisted revealing too much to the public." Adams says expected 'financial typhoon' is driving budget cuts, by POLITICO's Erin Durkin: Mayor Eric Adams said a looming "financial typhoon" is leading him to slash the budgets of city agencies across the board. "Every expert said that we are getting ready to enter a financial typhoon. Every expert. Not just my budget director," Adams told reporters when asked about the latest round to cuts. "We have a potential $10 billion budget deficit in the out years. Just think about that: $10 billion." As POLITICO reported last week, every city agency has been ordered by City Hall to cut their spending plans by 3 percent this fiscal year, which ends June 30, and 4.75 percent each of the following three years. Department heads are prohibited from almost any hiring until they comply. "If I don't make the smart decisions now, am I going to wait until we're at the cliff? Or do I prevent the cliff?" Adams said at an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn. "FATAL NEGLECT: Homeless New Yorkers with serious mental illness keep falling through the cracks despite billions in spending ," by Crain's Maya Kaufman : "Months before Martial Simon pushed Michelle Go to her death in front of a subway train, his mind had been seized by an unusual toothache. Simon was confined at the time to the Bronx Psychiatric Center, a state hospital. A nurse offered to connect him with a dentist, but he refused. The dentist was working with the FBI, which was using satellites to loosen his teeth, he said. Despite Simon's tenuous grasp on reality, the hospital discharged him a few weeks later, in July 2021. He had been hospitalized for five months. Workers escorted him to an apartment building in the Bronx, where he could live with on-site services. They left him with a 30-day supply of medication and a next-day appointment with a psychiatrist." "Fast food chains could lose right to do business in NYC, under new bill to protect workers," by WNYC's Gwynne Hogan: "Fast food companies that repeatedly violate workers' rights could lose their ability to sell food in New York City, under a new bill being considered by the New York City Council. The bill, discussed in a hearing Monday, would allow New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to order the Health Department to, 'suspend, revoke, deny or refuse to renew a food service establishment permit,' if a company has had to pay $500,000 or more over a three-year period for violations of the Fair Work Week Law." " The Redistricting Mess Comes to New York's City Council," by The New York Times' Jeffery C. Mays: "For several long months, New York's efforts to redraw state congressional maps were caught in a fractious, litigious battle, ultimately leading to ugly intraparty fights and the ouster of incumbent House members. Now it is New York City's turn, and the early returns suggest that its attempt to remake the boundaries of its 51 City Council districts will also face a rocky road. … On Thursday, the commission — which received a record-breaking 9,500 written and verbal comments after a series of public hearings — will release a new iteration of its map, and a version examined by The New York Times shows that many of the most disputed changes have been reversed. 'There were some things that we just had to change,' said Dennis Walcott, the chairman of the redistricting commission and chief executive of the Queens Library."
| | | | JOIN THURSDAY FOR A GLOBAL INSIDER INTERVIEW : From climate change to public health emergencies and a gloomy global economic outlook, the world continues to deal with overlapping crises. How do we best confront all of these issues? Join POLITICO Live on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m. EDT for a virtual conversation with Global Insider author Ryan Heath, featuring World Bank President David Malpass, to explore what it will take to restore global stability and avoid a prolonged recession. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "Hochul sending state troopers to Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Fiona," by Times Union's Joshua Solomon: "Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to send 50 Spanish-speaking state troopers to Puerto Rico to assist the island with its response to Hurricane Fiona, which is expected to cause catastrophic floods. Hochul said she spoke with Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi on Sunday and he informed her that New York could best assist by sending Spanish-speaking law enforcement personnel. New York expects to send at least 100 law enforcement officers to Puerto Rico, including from other agencies." — Hochul promised a schedule by the end of the week for debating her Republican challenger, Rep. Lee Zeldin. — Hochul questioned why the charges brought by the Manhattan DA against the McDonald's 'ax man' weren't bail-eligible. " Court tosses 'frivolous' defamation suit against ex-Chief Judge Janet DiFiore," by New York Post's Carl Campanile: "A federal judge has tossed out a defamation suit filed against ex-New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore — who resigned last month amid an ongoing ethics probe — as 'implausible to frivolous.' The lawsuit, first filed by NY State Court Officers Association boss Dennis Quirk in 2020 and revised last year, referenced two Post stories that revealed DiFiore had ordered a racial discrimination probe into the union head over his alleged treatment of black court officers." " NYC Republican Senate candidate slams borough he wants to represent: 'I hate f---ing Brooklyn,'" by New York Daily News' Denis Slattery : "A Republican ex-cop running to represent parts of south Brooklyn in the state Senate prefers Cape Cod to Kensington. GOP hopeful Vito LaBella had some choice words for his home borough in a video posted online last year showing off a landscaping project at his Massachusetts summer house. 'I like it so much better here,' LaBella says in the clip after showing off the front yard of the one-story home in West Harwich, Mass. 'I hate f---ing Brooklyn, I wish I never had to go back.'" #UpstateAmerica: The Village of Fairport is finally getting a public restroom after a decade of advocacy.
| | | | A message from Con Edison:   | | | | | AROUND NEW YORK | | — DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos is taking personal leave to assist the humanitarian effort in Ukraine. — The FDNY would be required to develop a plan to make its firefighting force reflect the racial and gender demographics of the city under a bill introduced in the City Council. — City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli got a speeding ticket in France. — Former top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa opines "Biden and Democrats' Incompetence Led to These Awful GOP Migrant Stunts." — A trains are running faster after the MTA upped speed limits. — A plan to study how to improve conditions in group homes for disabled individuals is expected to be sent to Hochul for final approval soon. — A beloved New York skate park will be renovated next year. — New Paltz was in uproar when a horse pooped on Main Street.
| | | | DON'T MISS - MILKEN INSTITUTE ASIA SUMMIT : Go inside the 9th annual Milken Institute Asia Summit, taking place from September 28-30, with a special edition of POLITICO's Global Insider newsletter, featuring exclusive coverage and insights from this important gathering. Stay up to speed with daily updates from the summit, which brings together more than 1,200 of the world's most influential leaders from business, government, finance, technology, and academia. Don't miss out, subscribe today. | | | | | | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Menashe Shapiro, deputy chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams … CNN's Van Jones, Kristen Holmes and Cathy Straight … Ainsley Earhardt of "Fox & Friends" … NBC's Rachel Glasberg … Bloomberg's Drew Singer … Edelman's Tracy Sarria … Valerie Lapinski of Vox … Lisa Bloom … Ali Bogdonoff MEDIAWATCH — Michael Elsen-Rooney is joining Chalkbeat Chalkbeat as an education reporter. He has been the education reporter at the New York Daily News. — The Buffalo News is moving its headquarters out of Buffalo and into nearby Larkinville. — Jim Impoco is now head of editorial at multimedia branded content agency Message Lab. He most recently was the co-founder of two startups and is the former editor-in-chief of Newsweek and is also a Thomson Reuters and NYT alum. MAKING MOVES — Miguelina Camilo, who made a failed run for state Senate against Gustavo Rivera, has been named counsel to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. Jennifer Best has been named secretary to the speaker for policy and legislative affairs. She was previously deputy secretary. … Kiara Pesnate Haughton will be chief of communications at Demos. She was previously senior vice president at BerlinRosen. … Michael Paglialonga and Johane Severin will be of counsel at the law firm Littler. Paglialonga comes from the state Department of Labor and Severin from the state attorney general's office. … Judith Teruya has been promoted to be senior legislative assistant for Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.). She most recently was legislative assistant for Meng.
| | A message from Con Edison: "Clean energy hubs" are just one part of the picture: Con Edison is also investing in peak demand reduction strategies, new electric substations, and local transmission initiatives like Reliable Clean City projects—a trio of electric transmission projects that will connect communities in New York City's outer boroughs to a supply of increasingly renewable electricity. Every one of these investments is a step toward preparing the grid to deliver 100 percent clean energy to all customers by 2040.
See Our Energy Future | | | | | Real Estate | | "Trump Org sues scandal-plagued school once tied to Kris Jenner," by The Real Deal's Pat Ralph: " It's the mother of all reality-show plots. The Trump Organization is taking its dispute with a business school once associated with Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner to court, asking a judge to boot it from its Trump Tower space and cough up $1 million in arrears. Legacy Business School, whose lease at 725 Fifth Avenue was terminated in July, has refused to vacate its space and failed to make any payments since last December, according to a complaint filed by former President Donald Trump's real estate company in New York County Supreme Court on Friday." ICYMI: "In New York City, the Demand for New Developments Is Bouncing Back," by The New York Times' Stefanos Chen: "Almost three years after Covid waylaid the New York real estate industry, the city's new development market is tiptoeing into unfamiliar territory: normalcy. The glut of luxury condos that saturated the Manhattan market long before the pandemic has largely been sold. Sale and rental prices have exceeded 2019 levels, with rents continuing to break records, according to market reports. And developers are once again moving forward with ambitious megaprojects. 'I see this as a period of moderation for new development — not a boom, but certainly not a laggard like before the pandemic,' said Jonathan J. Miller, the president of Miller Samuel, a real estate appraisal and consulting firm. 'Call it reverting to the mean.'" | | | | 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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