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Rikers Island, home to the main jail complex, is shown in October 2021. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images | New York City’s Department of Correction is nixing a longtime program offering people on Rikers Island and in other city jails 90-minute group sessions on everything from emotional regulation to financial literacy. The news stunned several nonprofits Monday. “We were completely blindsided,” Ronald Day, vice president of programs for The Fortune Society, told POLITICO. Day said The Fortune Society served more than 2,000 people last year on Rikers and the floating Bain Center jail barge as part of the program and worked on 1,500 discharge plans for incarcerated people reentering their communities. Canceling the $17 million-a-year initiative is part of the mandate Mayor Eric Adams gave city agencies in April to cut their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year by 4 percent. The mayor's budget director cited the cost of the migrant crisis as the main reason. Department of Correction spokesperson Frank Dwyer said the program saw low attendance for its $17 million cost and the agency plans to assume the nonprofit providers’ responsibilities once their contracts end on June 30. The Adams administration has called the cuts “efficiencies” and insisted the savings won’t affect the staff, programs or people they serve. City Council leaders and advocacy groups are highly skeptical of those claims. Day, who said DOC Commissioner Louis Molina supports the program, called the administration's reasoning a "pipe dream." He said the services help reduce violence within jails and combat recidivism — which means cutting the program could affect a prominent pillar of Adams’ policy platform. “This is about public safety — not only in the jails, but also when people leave,” Day said. The Council and the mayor still have to reach an agreement on the budget by the end of next month. Providers said they expect the Board of Correction to address the cuts Tuesday afternoon at its monthly public meeting. IT’S WEDNESDAY. WHERE’S KATHY? In Albany and New York City with no public events scheduled. WHERE’S ERIC? In New York City, conducting several morning television interviews and delivering remarks at the ribbon cutting to reopen Century 21. He will also make a public safety announcement with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
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GOP casts accused Jordan Neely killer as ‘Good Samaritan’ to hammer Dems on crime, POLITICO’s Danielle Muoio Dunn: Republicans have a new obsession: The case of Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged with fatally choking Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway this month. New York prosecutors say Penny committed manslaughter when he killed Neely. But leading voices in the GOP are casting him as the victim — one of many Americans subjected to out-of-control crime in major Democratic cities.
“Bombshell lawsuit accuses Rudy Giuliani of demanding employee perform oral sex while he talked to Trump on the phone,” New York Daily News’ Molly Crane-Newman: “A former employee of Rudy Giuliani accused him of sexual assault in a mammoth Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit Monday, including allegations he demanded she perform oral sex while he was on the phone with Donald Trump and to lie to the FBI…. Her 70-page suit cites audio recordings and accuses Giuliani, 78, in graphic detail of subjecting her to sexual assault and harassment throughout her employment, forcing her to engage in ‘violent sex’ and attend work video conferences naked and work in short shorts he bought printed with an American flag.”
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“Poll: Hochul favorability drops, but voters back her budget initiatives,” Newsday’s Michael Gormley: “Voters viewed Gov. Kathy Hochul less favorably after the state budget was adopted a month late this month, but support many of the elements in the spending plan, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Siena College Research Institute poll found her favorability rating dipped for the first time into the negative: 45% of voters polled gave her a negative rating compared with 40% who had a favorable view. In March, it was 43% to 43%.”
— “Siena poll: New York voters split over ending natural gas hookups in new construction,” Spectrum News’ Nick Reisman: “...The poll released Monday found 40% of voters approved of the change, which will first affect buildings of seven stories or fewer, with 39% opposed. Democrats are more likely to believe the measure is good for New York by a margin of 57% to 21%. Most Republicans, however, called the measure bad for the state, 66% to 19%.” “Biden administration mum on migrant arrivals in New York, Hochul says,” Times Union’s Raga Justin: “Gov. Kathy Hochul and county leaders have heard little from federal authorities in response to their requests for help dealing with New York's recent surge of migrant asylum seekers — an increase they believe will intensify in coming weeks due to last week's change in federal border policy. On Monday, Hochul said she has not received a response from the White House since sending a letter to President Joe Biden’s administration late last week, capping a tumultuous few days of political clashes over an influx of migrants arriving in New York City.” “Business groups continue to reject amended Grieving Families Act,” by Times Union’s Raga Justin: “Legislation seeking to overhaul the state’s system for compensating family members in the event of a wrongful death is inching closer to a second chance at passage after a high-profile setback earlier this year when Gov. Kathy Hochul axed the measure."
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“Eric Adams’s Transition Team Is Fined $19,600 for Violations,” by The New York Times’ Dana Rubinstein: “Mayor Eric Adams’s mayoral transition committee was fined $19,600 on Monday for violating New York City’s campaign finance rules — the first time in the city’s history that the Campaign Finance Board has levied a financial penalty on a transition committee. Mr. Adams’s 2021 ‘transition and inauguration entity’ was cited for improperly accepting five donations from individuals doing business with the city, for failing to properly wind down the committee by its April 30 deadline, and for failing to respond in a timely fashion to the board’s request for information and documents.”
“Scoop: Inside the Biden split with NY Mayor Eric Adams,” Axios’ Alex Thompson: “New York Mayor Eric Adams, the highest profile Black mayor in the country, has gotten so crossways with the White House that he was dropped from Biden's 2024 campaign advisory board before it was announced last week. Why it matters: The rebuke reflects a new low in relations between President Biden and the mayor, who was set to be a key surrogate for the campaign. They're fighting over immigration and crime — and Adams' willingness to publicly criticize the administration. The big picture: This isn't merely personal. It's part of a potential crisis for the campaign: Many Democratic state and city officials quietly agree with Adams and are happy he is taking flack on their behalf.” — “NYC set to slash millions in home delivered meals program for seniors,” by WNYC’s Giulia Heyward — “Eric Adams Is Starving New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program,” by Bloomberg’s Fola Akinnibi — "6 Brooklyn schools prepare to house incoming migrants, parents protest," by WABC's Janice Yu
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Another candidate launches bid for embattled George Santos’ seat, POLITICO’s Kierra Frazier: Another candidate has joined the race for the Long Island House seat currently held by Republican Rep. George Santos, who pleaded not guilty last week to federal charges of wire fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. Following the arraignment, Santos said he doesn’t plan to resign and intends to continue running for reelection. But that hasn’t deterred one Republican and four Democrats from officially launching 2024 bids for his seat, in a swing district that flipped from Democratic to Republican last year. Zak Malamed, co-founder of the Democratic donor network Next 50, announced his candidacy in a Twitter post Monday by making several digs relating to the fabrications told by Santos.
“Schumer eyes regulation of burgeoning AI industry,” Buffalo News’ Jerry Zremski: “The Senate leader who's famous for using a flip phone is now hard at work trying to figure out how to regulate some of the most advanced technology known to man.” | | | AROUND NEW YORK | | |
— Three NYPD officers were charged with stealing nearly $3,000 worth of Champagne at a music festival.
— The Taxi Worker Alliance filed a lawsuit to halt a pilot that would use green taxis for a new type of unmetered, for-hire vehicle. — The Star-Ledger Editorial Board: “On congestion pricing, New York is right, NJ is wrong” — Assembly lawmakers advanced a package of bills aimed at making it easier for people with disabilities to access services. — The State Thruway Authority will hold public hearings on its plan to hike tolls on 570 miles of highway. | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Tucker Carlson … CBS’ Rob Legare … FTI Consulting’s Jeff Bechdel … Christine Delargy … Jose Lesh … Stephen Cesarini … Charlotte Leib … Natalie Epelman … Colleen McCain Nelson MAKING MOVES — Deborah Wright has been named the political director of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. She most recently was political director/community action program representative for UAW Region 9A.
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“Stalled Condo Tower Near Wall Street Doesn’t Just Tilt — FDNY Declared it a Hazard,” The City’s Greg B. Smith: “On a warm summer day last July, Fire Department inspectors entered a 58-story half-built skeleton of a tower in Lower Manhattan that was supposed to contain luxury condos with stunning views of New York harbor and all the high-end amenities affluent buyers expect. Instead, four years after it was first scheduled to open, the promised upscale high-rise remained an empty hulk, its upper floors open to the elements, most of its glass wall exterior yet to be installed."
“Spotify Seeks to Sublease Offices at NYC’s 4 World Trade Center,” Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman: “[Spotify] plans to vacate five of its floors at Manhattan’s 4 World Trade Center by the end of the year and will seek to sublease them, according to people familiar with the decision. The streaming company is among the largest tenants in the skyscraper, where it has about 564,000 square feet (52,400 square meters) of offices. The space it’s looking to offload includes more than 85,666 square feet the company took over from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey when Spotify expanded its footprint in 2018, the people said.” | | | | 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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