| | | | |  | | By Anna Gronewold , Erin Durkin and Julian Shen-Berro | Presented by Equinor | We've got 1 (one) debate, folks. After a month of "will-he-won't-he (he probably will)," Rep. Lee Zeldin, in a statement last night, announced he'd show up to tomorrow's Spectrum News gubernatorial debate at Pace University. But he won't be particularly happy about it. Gov. Kathy Hochul had agreed to the event in September, but Zeldin had wanted many more debates across the state in different regions and media markets — and expect him to bring that up tomorrow. "When we take the stage on Tuesday night, the first question should be why Kathy Hochul thinks that the bare minimum, rock-bottom standard of a single cable debate for one hour after so many New Yorkers have already cast their vote is what she thinks the people of New York deserve," he said in a statement also saying Hochul "thinks she is an Emperor Governor running for a 16th term." The Hochul campaign said the governor is happy Zeldin will be coming and that she "looks forward to highlighting her strong record of delivering results and exposing Lee Zeldin's dangerous lies." The debate comes just two weeks from Election Day as Hochul's campaign is pulling a hasty pivot to focus on crime and inflation — in addition to her so-far primary themes of abortion rights and MAGA extremism — after a pair of polls showed Zeldin has been tightening the gap between them. "You deserve to feel safe," Hochul says in a new TV ad released Saturday as part of a $1 million-plus buy in New York City. "And as your governor, I won't stop working until you do." Both campaigns will be riding boosts they've gotten in recent days: Super PACs supporting Zeldin spent $3.4 million for him at the tail end of last week and Hochul was endorsed by The New York Times and Albany Times Union over the weekend. Read the Times' full interviews with Zeldin — who was asked seven times before he said he does not deny the legitimacy of Joe Biden's election as president — and Hochul for a preview of the likely talking points on stage tomorrow. 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? Making an announcement on guns with Attorney General Tish James in Albany. WHERE'S ERIC? Holding a public hearing on child care legislation, meeting virtually with Chapman Perelman Foundation President & Co-Chair Anna Chapman, meeting with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and meeting with former Ambassador Johanna Svanikier of Ghana.
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He was responding to a public rebuke two days earlier from the leader of the body, Speaker Adrienne Adams, who took him to task over his handling of the situation. Since the spring, more than 21,000 Latin American asylum seekers have arrived here, many sent by Texas and in need of shelter, food and jobs. The public sparring didn't end there: Mayor Adams last week announced plans to set up a Manhattan intake facility minutes before the speaker (no relation) addressed reporters at her own routine press conference. Unaware of the news, she appeared confused when asked to respond to it — a disconnect that touched off another round of finger-pointing over the breakdown in communication. — Adams said he'll be "extremely pleased" if "no one uses" the migrant tent city his administration built on Randall's Island, as the number of arrivals has begun to slow . The facility still houses just a handful of men. " New York City Will Increase Police Presence in Subways to Combat Crime ," by The New York Times' Emma G. Fitzsimmons: "After a series of violent deaths on the subway raised concerns about safety in New York City, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday announced a plan to increase the presence of police officers in the transit system. Ms. Hochul, a Democrat who is less than three weeks from Election Day, said the state would help the city pay for an additional 1,200 overtime shifts per day for police officers to patrol the subway to keep New Yorkers safe, along with continuing to install cameras inside train cars. Ms. Hochul said that many New Yorkers were concerned about crime on the subway and that she would 'focus on getting that sense of security back.'" — CRIME SUMMIT: Mayor Eric Adams shifted his focus from demanding changes in bail laws to cutting red tape in the criminal justice system. "Anytime we engage in this conversation around the criminal justice system, people highlight one term, and that is bail reform. There are so many other aspects of the criminal justice system that we were able to talk through and discuss," the mayor said during a conference call Sunday, following a Gracie Mansion summit with defense lawyers, prosecutors, reform advocates and law enforcement officers. Change, he said, must be made to the "antiquated infrastructure" that prevents the sharing of evidence and slows down the processing of cases. ... The mayor vowed — without many specifics — to seek a better information-sharing network between attorneys and judges. The comments mark a shift from a Democratic mayor who has made rolling back changes to the state's bail laws a centerpiece of his crime-fighting strategy. "How do we ensure that people are able to get the justice they deserve in a fair manner without clogging up [or] bottleneck[ing] criminal justice system," he said. Asked directly about his shift, the mayor said he has "always been concentrated on the complete system." — Sally Goldenberg " Another Rikers detainee dead, the 17th to die in custody this year ," by Gothamist's Michelle Bocanegra: "Another person detained on Rikers Island died early Saturday, pushing this year's death toll among people held in custody or shortly after release to another significant milestone, higher than the number of deaths last year. Erick Tavira, 28, was being held at the George R. Vierno Center. He was pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday, the city Department of Correction announced. Tavira's death was first reported by The New York Times. Tavira is the 17th detainee to die this year in custody or shortly after being released." — " Rikers detainees say brown water bring rashes and stomach sickness; another sign of inhumane NYC jail conditions, say advocates ," by New York Daily News' Graham Rayman " NYC tech chief packs a pistol at work amid Mayor Adams' calls to curb spread of guns ," by New York Daily News' Michael Gartland and Chris Sommerfeldt: "New York City's chief tech honcho regularly carries a gun to work, a decision that has left staffers concerned and questioning why he's been permitted to do so, according to three sources who've seen him packing heat on the job. Chief Technology Officer Matt Fraser's sidearm appears at odds with the rhetoric from his boss, Mayor Adams, who has bemoaned the proliferation of firearms and expressed deep concern about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that rolled back a New York State law restricting concealed weapons." " Welcome to the Banks Administration ," by Errol Louis for New York magazine: "For Adams to hand over so much power is remarkable in itself. … First among equals on political matters is Ingrid Lewis-Martin, whose title of chief adviser to the mayor actually understates her closeness to Adams ('I am his sister ordained by God,' Lewis-Martin has said; her husband, Glenn Martin, entered the NYPD at the same time as Adams and the men were patrol partners). Adams's chief of staff, attorney Frank Carone, another close adviser, is leaving City Hall at the end of the year and will serve as chair of the mayor's 2025 reelection campaign. That leaves much of the rest of the day-to-day operations of administration under the watch of the Banks brothers."
| | | | NEW AND IMPROVED POLITICO APP: Stay up to speed with the newly updated POLITICO mobile app, featuring timely political news, insights and analysis from the best journalists in the business. With a fresh look and improved features, the sleek and navigable design offers a convenient way to access POLITICO's scoops and groundbreaking reporting. Don't miss out on the app you can rely on for the news you need, reimagined. Already a POLITICO app user? Upgrade today! DOWNLOAD FOR iOS – DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROID . | | | | | | | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | " Supreme Court justice rules part of N.Y. absentee voting law is unconstitutional ," by Times Union's Joshua Solomon: "A state Supreme Court justice issued a split ruling Friday that found New York's absentee ballot laws are partially unconstitutional, a decision that will hurl an element of disorder into the midterm election in which mail-in voting is already underway. State Supreme Court Justice Dianne L. Freestone's decision stopped short of overturning a change in Election Law that allows someone to vote by absentee ballot if they fear contracting COVID-19, a measure that she highly criticized but said could not be undone at this time. Her ruling on the lawsuit filed by Republican and Conservative party leaders was immediately challenged by Democratic officials who filed a notice of appeal on Friday evening." " Buffalo mass shooter was 'galvanized' by livestream, AG says. She wants consequences for tech ," by WNYC's Arun Venugopal: "In the wake of a livestreamed, racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in May, the New York attorney general has called upon state lawmakers to crack down on tech companies who allow their platforms to be used to broadcast violence. Attorney General Letitia James this week released a 49-page report asking lawmakers to make it illegal for people to post or re-share videos of killings. She also asked them to make companies civilly liable when their platforms are used to broadcast violence. But experts in radicalization and digital technology say those proposals will be difficult to enforce." " New York May Drop JPay, The Scandal-Plagued Prison Banking Company ," New York Focus' Eli Tan: "The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) has contracted with JPay — one of the largest prison technology providers in the country — since 2007, and has granted the scandal-plagued company exemptions from legal caps on the fees it charges incarcerated people for services like money transfers and emails. The department said it's in the process of evaluating new vendors for next year's contract and hasn't ruled out JPay as a contender, and a company spokesperson said JPay 'look[s] forward to continuing our longstanding relationship with the state.' But a source at the New York City jail agency, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told New York Focus that 'this is likely it' for JPay's presence in both city jails and the state's prisons once the current deal expires." #UpstateAmerica: "Scott Salvadore of Stillwater has officially been crowned the 2022 USA Mullet Champion after ascending in the leaderboards with his golden mane dubbed 'The Lord's Drapes.'"
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| | TRUMP'S NEW YORK | | " Trump's Business, Under Threat, Faces a Tough Test in Court ," by The New York Times' Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Jonah E. Bromwich: "At the dawn of Donald J. Trump's presidency, his family business appeared poised for a windfall: It unveiled new hotel lines, held ribbon-cuttings around the world and attracted major tournaments to its golf clubs, enough for Eric Trump, who ran the company while his father was in the White House, to remark, 'The stars have all aligned.' Five years later, those stars have faded. The former president's company, grappling with legal and political scrutiny, has halted its expansion to concentrate on its existing properties. It even sold the Trump hotel in Washington, once the center of the MAGA universe."
| | AROUND NEW YORK | | — SPOTTED: Bill de Blasio … with brown hair? — After 15 years and $11 billion, many LIRR commuters won't see additional service from the East Side Access project once it's completed. — Two local politicians got Ulster County's now iconic "I Voted" psychedelic spider tattooed on their bodies . — Rensselaer County's Squaw Swamp has been renamed Black Swamp. — An Erie County corrections officer who admitted to committing a crime while on duty was hired five years ago despite a history of police misconduct allegations. — DEJU VU: Another truck slammed into the Bethlehem rail trail bridge, a situation up there with the Glenville train bridge crashes for infuriating repetition. — A man was arrested for setting a Queens restaurant on fire for getting his chicken biryani order wrong. — A disciplinary trial kicked off for the police officers who killed Kawaski Trawick. — Left-leaning state lawmakers joined a trip to Austria to learn about social housing. — City comptroller Brad Lander called for a city pension fund to fire its executive director, but they rejected the request. — Family members of a man shot by police in Inwood are pushing for the release of body camera footage. — The head of the city principals' union is expected to step down amid controversy over the firing of a union official. — Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand from an attack at an August event in western New York.
| | | | JOIN WOMEN RULE THURSDAY FOR A TALK WITH DEPARTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: A historic wave of retirements is hitting Congress, including several prominent Democratic women such as Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, House Democrats' former campaign chief. What is driving their departures? Join POLITICO on Oct. 27 for "The Exit Interview," a virtual event that will feature a conversation with departing members where they'll explain why they decided to leave office and what challenges face their parties ahead. REGISTER HERE . | | | | | | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Tony Podesta … NYT's Jonathan Weisman … Bloomberg's Nancy Cook … Henry Schuster of "60 Minutes" … former Rep. José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.) … Marty Baron … CNN's Pamela Kirkland … Zephyr Teachout … Law 360's Kellie Mejdrich … Sarah Smith … Meghan Mitchum … Carlton Forbes … Judy Kopff … (was Sunday): Brian Ross … Sanjay Gupta ... Finsbury Glover Hering's Peter Benton-Sullivan … Insider's Ryan Barber ... Caleb Ecarma … … (was Saturday): CNN's Chris Licht … Hilary Rosen … Samantha Friedman Kupferman ... Stephanie Cutter of Precision Strategies … WSJ's Warren Strobel … Ross Barkan … Miriam Calderone … Jonathan Prince … Jenna Lamond MAKING MOVES — Elliott Frieder is now chief communications officer at Paul Hastings. He most recently was head of U.S. communications at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
| | Real Estate | | " The Plan to Completely Transform Governors Island Faces One Last Hurdle ," by Hell Gate's Max Rivlin-Nadler: "Any day now, a State Supreme Court judge will help decide the fate of Governors Island, a sleepy patch of 172 undeveloped acres sitting just south of Manhattan in New York Harbor. One side—the Adams administration and the Trust for Governors Island, the entity that controls the land—wants to turn the island into a mixed-use, 24/7 neighborhood. … The plan could be worth millions to Big Real Estate, opening up some of the last undeveloped land in New York City to profitable development." " NYCHA Backs Down From Banning E-Bikes on its Property ," by Streetsblog's Julianna Cuba: "This controversy has been extinguished. The city is backing down from a contentious policy proposal that sought to bar e-bikes anywhere on New York City Housing Authority property, a move officials said was necessary after a spate of deadly infernos attributed to faulty lithium-ion batteries, but one that was nonetheless blasted by delivery workers and their advocates who claimed residents would have to choose between a job and a roof over their head." " Lower East Side, Chinatown residents sue to stop tower developments based on 'Green Amendment ,'" by amNewYork's Gabriele Holtermann : "The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) held a press conference on Oct. 21 detailing a lawsuit they filed against the city and developers of the Two Bridges Project on behalf of City Councilmember Christopher Marte (D-Manhattan), the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, and community residents. … The suit argues that construction at this scale violates the 'Green Amendment,' which New Yorkers approved last November. The amendment guarantees each person's right 'to clean air and water, and a healthful environment,' and the lawsuit is the first time the 'Green Amendment' has been used to stop the construction of a 'mega project.'" | | | | 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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