| | | | |  | | By Anna Gronewold, Erin Durkin and Julian Shen-Berro | CHIPS are on the menu for New York Democrats just over a month before Election Day. No, not those. The big news from Gov. Kathy Hochul came yesterday from Syracuse, with the announcement that Micron Technology Inc. will spend up to $100 billion over the next 20 years to build an enormous complex of semiconductor facilities in the Syracuse suburbs. It's set to include the nation's largest clean room space at — 2.4 million square feet — almost the size of 40 football fields. The lure was the biggest incentives package in state history — a potential $6 billion in subsidies. The reward could be as many as 9,000 high-paying Micron jobs and more than 40,000 community jobs over the next 20-plus years, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said at the announcement with Hochul, one he equated to "our Erie Canal moment." Micron is benefiting from the federal CHIPS and Science Act passed by Congress in August that provides tax credits for U.S. companies. The company has also recently announced new developments in Boise and Japan. And New York, which has for decades fought — through crisis and scandal — to be a leading semiconductor producer to offset its decline in manufacturing jobs, gets to celebrate. (Remember this Hochul op-ed last year? Remember this Cuomo-Obama lovefest in 2012?) But folks, there's a double serving of crisps this week for Democrats to tout to voters. The White House announced that President Joe Biden will head to Poughkeepsie tomorrow to visit IBM's campus along Route 9 to "deliver remarks on creating jobs in the Hudson Valley, lowering costs, and ensuring the future is made in America." The company said it is deeply honored and "technology that IBM delivers today from Poughkeepsie will directly benefit from the recently-passed CHIPS Act. That measure also will help advance new breakthroughs critical to the site's role as the nation's leading quantum computation center." Biden's visit is one part of a loop that will include a Democratic National Committee event in New Jersey and a reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in New York City. IT'S WEDNESDAY and the first day of Fat Bear Week. 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? In Albany and New York City. WHERE'S ERIC? Speaking at the funeral of FDNY EMS Lieutenant Alison Russo.
| | | | JOIN NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR A TALK ON U.S.-CHINA AND XI JINPING'S NEW ERA: President Xi Jinping will consolidate control of the ruling Chinese Communist Party later this month by engineering a third term as China's paramount leader, solidifying his rule until at least 2027. Join POLITICO Live for a virtual conversation hosted by Phelim Kine, author of POLITICO's China Watcher newsletter, to unpack what it means for U.S.-China relations. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | |  | What City Hall's reading | | "Hochul activating National Guard to help Adams run NYC's migrant tent city," by New York Post's Bernadette Hogan, Craig McCarthy and Bruce Golding: "Gov. Kathy Hochul is poised to send in the National Guard to help run the controversial tent city for migrants planned by Mayor Eric Adams that has now been moved, The Post has learned. A unit of 100 reservists has been mobilized for deployment and the soldiers 'are ready to assist' at Adams' request, according to the governor's office. 'The National Guard will provide logistical and operational support to the city's relief center once it is ready to open,' Hochul spokesman Avi Small said Tuesday. The reservists recruited for the assignment were selected in part based on their ability to speak Spanish, a source close to the National Guard said." — "NYC Mayor Adams defends decision to move migrant tent city to Randall's Island," by New York Daily News' Michael Gartland and Chris Sommerfeldt : "Less than 24 hours after reversing New York City's plan to house migrants in tents at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, Mayor Adams offered few details Tuesday about his Plan B, which will shift the tents to Randall's Island in Manhattan. The day before, at around 9:15 p.m., Adams announced the move citing concerns about flooding at the Orchard Beach site during this past weekend's rain storms — but it didn't take long for skeptics to note that the city's new choice to house asylum seekers occupies a floodplain as well." — Hochul called on the Biden administration to provide a "federal solution" "NYPD is Illegally Sending People to Rikers Without Ever Seeing a Judge, Lawsuit Claims ," by Hell Gate's Nick Pinto: "The New York City Police Department and the Department of Correction have been unlawfully taking New Yorkers straight from their arrest to detention on Rikers Island, without bringing them to court as required by state law, according to a new lawsuit. The suit, which is being brought by four people held on Rikers without access to a court hearing, characterizes the practice as 'utterly lawless' and 'nothing short of an extrajudicial campaign of terror and kidnapping.'" "NYC to cover college costs for students in foster care," by Chalkbeat's Michael Elsen-Rooney: "New York City will cover the college tuition and housing costs for students in foster care, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. The new program, called 'College Choice,' will provide up to $15,000 a year, after financial aid, to cover remaining tuition costs for city teens in foster care at any college they choose, whether in New York City or beyond. The initiative will also cover housing costs and provide a $60 daily stipend to help students pay for food and books. 'A young person in foster care can attend the college of their choice without having to worry about the financial nightmare,' said Jess Dannhauser, the commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services, which oversees the city's child welfare system."
| | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | "Hochul's office investigating State Police Superintendent Kevin Bruen," by Times Union's Brendan J. Lyons: "State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen, who took over leadership of the agency 15 months ago, is under scrutiny from Gov. Kathy Hochul's office following allegations that he had shielded a former human resources official from internal complaints due to their close working relationship, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Hochul, during a meeting Tuesday with the Times Union's editorial board, confirmed that she had directed her counsel's office to look into myriad allegations that have been swirling around Bruen for several weeks, including in posts made on private social media websites that are reserved for current and former State Police members. A State Police spokesman on Monday said Bruen, 59, remains on the job and has been working from his office at division headquarters in Albany." "Hochul's pricey flights included $2,500 chopper trip to NYC gas station for photo op," by New York Post's Zach Williams: "Leave it to Gov. Kathy Hochul to use a helicopter to visit New Yorkers struggling at the pump. The Democrat took a $2,500 chopper ride from Albany to Queens last June to visit a BP gas station on Astoria Boulevard for a brief photo op, according to newly released records detailing Hochul's jet-setting ways. 'New Yorkers are feeling pain at the pump, so today we're cutting the state gas tax through the end of the year,' Hochul tweeted after her brief June 1 visit to the Queens station, where she reportedly did not bother to talk to anyone, station employees said. The pricey June 1 trip to New York City was just one of roughly 50 Hochul flights detailed in the newly released schedule of the governor's plane trips between April and June." "Bar Association gives 'not recommended' rating to two GOP-backed Supreme Court candidates," by Buffalo News' Robert J. McCarthy: "Western New York Republicans have nominated not only one — but two — candidates for State Supreme Court this year who received the lowest possible judicial rating by the Erie County Bar Association. One of those gaining the 'not recommended' label — Republican Gerald J. Greenan III — approaches Election Day with the low rating for his third election in a row, but he still earned an August cross-endorsement from Democrats and Republicans assuring his election on Nov. 8. Joseph C. Lorigo, a first-time Conservative candidate backed by the GOP and the minority leader of the Erie County Legislature, was also rated 'not recommended.' Bar Association President Jill K. Bond said Tuesday that the group does not divulge specifics behind any rating, but noted its goal is to 'educate the public on choices and not get involved in the political process.'" #UpstateAmerica: "We're pretty smart up here": For the sixth time in six months, a person from Central New York will appear on "Jeopardy!"
| | | | STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What's really happening in West Wing offices? Find out who's up, who's down, and who really has the president's ear in our West Wing Playbook newsletter, the insider's guide to the Biden White House and Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. | | | | | | | CAMPAIGN MODE | | Republican candidate leads in Central New York House race: poll, by POLITICO's Marie J. French: The Republican House candidate in a critical swing race in central New York holds a narrow lead over his Democratic foe for the open seat, a new poll Tuesday found. Brandon Williams, a Republican tech entrepreneur, had an overall edge within Siena/Spectrum News poll's margin of error, topping his Democratic opponent Francis Conole 45 percent to 40 percent. The district stretches across the Syracuse and Utica areas, and the winner would succeed Republican John Katko, who is retiring at year's end. Williams' lead among independents was 51 percent to 28 percent. But both candidates were relatively unknown to voters: Over half of likely voters could not make a favorable or unfavorable determination about the two Navy veterans seeking to represent the district. The outcome of the competitive race is one of a handful in New York that will help decide control of the House on Nov. 8. "George Santos, Robert Zimmerman clash during NewsdayTV debate," by Newsday's Candice Ferrette: "Republican George Santos and Democrat Robert Zimmerman, who are running for Congress in the 3rd District, squared off on issues such as same-sex marriage, gun safety, inflation, reproductive rights and the results of the 2020 election in a NewsdayTV debate taped Monday night. Zimmerman, founder and owner of a public relations firm, and Santos, an economist who has worked at several large financial institutions, are competing to replace Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), who is not seeking reelection. The district, which was redrawn this year, extends from northeast Queens and across Nassau County's North Shore, dipping south along the Nassau-Suffolk border to Massapequa Park." "Staten Island House race suggests crime, economy could matter more to voters than abortion," by Gothamist's Elizabeth Kim and David Cruz: "With five weeks to go until Election Day, the race is echoing a midterm election battle that is playing out nationally. The 11th Congressional District, which covers the borough of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, is among those that Democrats are hoping to flip to keep their thin majority in the House. It's the only New York City congressional district that's represented by a Republican. While Rose has largely staked his campaign on abortion rights, interviews with voters in the conservative-leaning district suggest that issues around the economy, crime and immigration are also at the forefront. In some cases, they are throwing traditional party allegiances into doubt."
| | AROUND NEW YORK | | — The NYPD is trading in traditional police cars for SUVs. — A stranger shoved a subway rider in Manhattan onto the tracks, but the victim was rescued before being seriously hurt. — A truck driver struck and killed a 63-year-old man at a deadly intersection in Williamsburg. — The state comptroller found in an audit that city schools are not doing enough to prepare students for higher education. — Amazon suspended more than two dozen workers at its Staten Island warehouse who refused to work their shift after a compactor caught fire. — Aaron Judge broke the American League record with his 62nd home run this season. — Princess Anne visited the National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island. — A survivor of the deadly Twin Parks fire in The Bronx says she was forced out of her hotel.
| | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY — NYC mayor spokesperson Fabien Levy … Jon Banner … Mandy Grunwald … Catherine Hicks … Kevin Hall … Sloane Potter MAKING MOVES — Grace Rauh has been named executive director of NYC think tank 5BORO Institute. Rauh, a NY1 political reporter for more than a decade, most recently led communications at BridgeBio Pharma. She started in her new role Sept. 19. … Stevens Martinez is joining the New York State Executive Chamber as Nassau County regional representative for Gov. Kathy Hochul. He previously was on the government affairs team at NBCUniversal. MEDIAWATCH — LaFontaine Oliver has been named the next president and CEO of New York Public Radio, which includes WNYC, WQXR, Gothamist and other entities. He has been president of Your Public Radio (WYPR) in Baltimore. WEDDING — Anna Hubbard, PR and communications manager at Gateway investor relations, recently married Mark Rutter, a senior associate at Paul Hastings. The couple met on Hinge. Pic
| | Real Estate | | "Despite Dozens of Safety Violations, the Construction of a Multimillion Tower Continues in Queens," by Documented's Maurizio Guerrero: "On April 6, Holger Molina, a 46-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, was removing plywood as part of his job in the construction of a 17 story tower. It is slated to become the tallest building in the area bordering Ridgewood, Queens and Bushwick, Brooklyn. It was raining when, at 3 p.m., Molina slipped and fell from the first-floor stairwell approximately 20 feet through a hole into the basement. He was rushed to Wyckoff Hospital and the next day was declared dead from the injuries sustained in his fall, according to the safety incident report filed by his employer." "A New York man was unwittingly scammed out of his childhood home. For 12 years, he fought to regain control. He's now facing eviction: 'I want my house back,'" by Insider's Molly Grace and Yelena Dzhanova: "In 2010, Johnnie Jackson became the victim of a mortgage scam when he took out a loan for home repairs. Now, his lawyers say he's at the mercy of a financial institution if wants to keep his home. His family has owned the home, located in St. Albans, Queens, since 1956, according to a statement from the Legal Aid Society, which represents Jackson." " Prosecutions for Fire Safety Violations Dropped by 98% in New York City," by The New York Times' Mihir Zaveri: "After the pandemic hit in March 2020, the closure of criminal courts led to a precipitous drop in the number of cases being filed every month. But the sluggish pace held even when courts reopened, and even after city leaders publicly pledged to crack down harder on fire safety violations following the January blaze in the Bronx. Compared with the roughly 9,800 criminal cases filed on average every year in the decade leading up to the pandemic, there were fewer than 200 in 2021, amounting to a more than 98 percent reduction, according to court data. As of mid-September this year, the number was just over 200. In responses to emailed questions, city officials did not dispute the decline in criminal prosecutions." | | | | 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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