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| Now he supports Joe Percoco. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is out with a new video Thursday where he almost, nearly, not quite apologizes to his erstwhile top confidante whose corruption conviction was tossed by the U.S. Supreme Court last week. “I should have been more vocal in support of Joe,” Cuomo says about halfway through the 30-minute diatribe titled “The Injustice System” that was shared exclusively with Playbook. “At the time I was advised that the less I said the better. Keeping the story out of the headlines was the best thing that we could do,” Cuomo continues, without naming the aforementioned misguided advisers. Let’s revisit what Cuomo said the day Percoco was sentenced to six years in prison. (The former aide was convicted on federal bribery charges for taking money from a real estate developer while managing Cuomo’s 2014 reelection campaign.) “Joe Percoco is paying the price for violating the public trust. And it should serve as a warning to anyone who fails to uphold his or her oath as a public servant,” the then governor said in a statement on Sept. 20, 2018. Percoco was released from prison a year early this past April. Just weeks later, the judges of the high court unanimously concluded that his conviction was improper. It's the latest example of the Supreme Court rejecting what it increasingly sees as prosecutorial overreach for honest services charges against public officials. “Wow,” Cuomo says in the new video, reacting to the Percoco ruling. He spends the rest of the recording, which will be posted in full to his social media accounts later Thursday, fuming about political prosecutions and misuse of government power. This all, of course, ties in to his own public misfortunes — namely resigning from office amid a sexual harassment scandal in 2021 — that he blames on a “sham political report” cooked up by his rivals. IT’S THURSDAY. WHERE’S KATHY? In New York City with no announced public schedule. WHERE’S ERIC? In New York City, making an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” delivering remarks at several events and hosting a Gun Violence Prevention Task Force youth town hall. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There’s a reason this current City Council person is deciding not to run again, because merely running around talking about things is different from having to govern and manage this city.” — New York City Mayor Eric Adams, referring to Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan’s decision not to seek reelection.
| | | | A message from UPS: UPS has one of the strongest and longest standing promote-from-within cultures of any company in America. In fact, 38,000 part-timers advanced to full-time positions between August 2018 and December 2022. Learn more | | | |  | ABOVE THE FOLD | | MISSING THE MARK — In October, Adams signed a bill to annually study the trafficking of illegal firearms into New York City, legislation he said would help accomplish his signature aims of cracking down on gun violence and improving public safety. But the first report is still nowhere to be found five months after it was due. It's not entirely clear what’s causing the hold up. Officials with the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, which is responsible for the analysis, only said they were aware they had missed the deadline and planned to produce the report within six weeks at a Wednesday Council hearing. But Council Member Shaun Abreu, the bill's primary sponsor, said it could be another sign of how many city agencies are stretched too thin — even when it comes to the mayor’s priority projects. The city is contending with a "vacancy crisis." Officials with the MOCJ testified that they currently have 69 open positions. "Agencies are expended," Abreu told POLITICO. "It doesn’t surprise me, necessarily, but I just wish there had been better communication on the delay.” A City Hall spokesperson said the hold-up isn't related to staffing issues and the MOCJ is working with the NYPD to develop and refine the report. — Danielle Muoio Dunn New York eyes April 2 for presidential primary date, by POLITICO’s Bill Mahoney: New York is considering an April 2 date for its 2024 presidential primary, two individuals with knowledge of the current plans said. That date might let the state participate in a potential regional primary day with Connecticut and Pennsylvania, which would lead to an awarding of a bonus in delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Red flag laws: Cases soared in New York, but constitutionality questioned, by POLITICO’s Eleonora Francica: The use of the red flag law in New York has surged over the past year to allow judges to confiscate weapons from people they deem dangerous. The rise in cases, according to prosecutors and elected officials, has helped quell gun violence in New York after an alarming spike during the Covid-19 pandemic. With an expanded law and more attention to it, the growth in cases has been extraordinary after it was barely used when it was first passed in 2019.
| | | | DON’T MISS POLITICO’S HEALTH CARE SUMMIT: The Covid-19 pandemic helped spur innovation in health care, from the wide adoption of telemedicine, health apps and online pharmacies to mRNA vaccines. But what will the next health care innovations look like? Join POLITICO on Wednesday June 7 for our Health Care Summit to explore how tech and innovation are transforming care and the challenges ahead for access and delivery in the United States. REGISTER NOW. | | | | | | | What City Hall's reading | | “Migrants Relocated From School Gyms Days After City Hall Announced their Arrival,” THE CITY’s Gwynne Hogan: “Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has reversed its decision to house arriving asylum seekers in school gymnasiums in Brooklyn, THE CITY has learned. The abrupt shift followed a day of protests of angry parents outside school buildings across the borough. By late morning Wednesday buses were lined up outside P.S. 188 in Coney Island to transport migrants to another location, eyewitnesses on site said. It’s unclear where they were headed. A city hall source confirmed the about-face, saying school communities across Brooklyn would have access to their gymnasiums in the coming days.” ... “Mayor Adams gives few specifics on NYC shelter plan as migrant arrivals climb to 700 per day,” by WNYC’s Elizabeth Kim, Michelle Bocanegra, and Jon Campbell — “Brooklyn Borough President Reynoso proposes moving homeless into vacant apartments to make room for migrants in New York City shelters,” AM New York’s Sarah Belle Lin — Via Newsday: “The county executives of Nassau and Suffolk, Bruce Blakeman and Steve Bellone, say New York City hasn’t asked to house migrants in either place.”
| | | | A message from UPS:   | | | | | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | “American Opportunity tops lobbying spending as Hochul favorability drops,” by Times Union’s Joshua Solomon: “No lobbying group has spent more this year attempting to influence state policy than American Opportunity, the shadowy group bolstered by billionaire Michael Bloomberg that sought to support Gov. Kathy Hochul. American Opportunity, which has ties to the Democratic Governors Association, spent $4.7 million the last two months, primarily on TV ads that aired across the state, according to data submitted to the state’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government. The data was made public this week as Hochul faces her lowest approval ratings since taking over as governor, according to a new Siena College poll.” “Proposed New York law puts big oil on hook for climate change,” by Spectrum News’ Ryan Whalen: “New York state estimates already this year taxpayers are spending more than $800 million for projects related to climate change-caused damages and resiliency projects. State Sen. Liz Krueger, a Democrat from Manhattan, sponsors legislation that would hold the world's biggest oil and gas companies responsible for at least some of those costs moving forward.” — “Limo manager convicted of manslaughter for upstate New York crash that killed 20,” New York Daily News’ David Matthews #UpstateAmerica: “Albany's the best place to live in New York, U.S. News & World Report says,” Times Union reports.
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POLITICO illustration; Photos by AP Photo, Getty Images and iStock | Snooki, Tucker Carlson and the battle for offshore wind in New Jersey, POLITICO’S Ry Rivard: On a recent drive to the Statehouse here, New Jersey’s top utility regulator turned on 101.5 FM, a conservative talk radio station, and got an earful about the offshore wind farms the state has staked its energy future on. The morning show host was going off about a surge in whale deaths and an unfounded link between the dead whales and wind energy. “All I do on the way down is yell at the radio,” said Joseph Fiordaliso, the president of the state Board of Public Utilities. | | AROUND NEW YORK | | — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle allege they were in a “near catastrophic” paparazzi car chase. — Mets owner Steve Cohen is stalling on a deal that would allow fans attending future soccer games to park in CitiField. — The state has set aside $7.6 million to help overextended animal shelters. — The Assembly is considering legislation to make credit scores more consumer friendly. — The MTA unveiled redesigned subway turnstiles to curb fare evasion.
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Learn how UPS delivers careers | | | | | SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | | HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Matthew Yglesias … NBC’s Josh Lederman and Leah Graf … AP’s Meg Kinnard … former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) … Vox’s Libby Nelson … Fay Sliger … Ryan Hughes … Gary Kopff MAKING MOVES — Marinda van Dalen has been named litigation director of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. She most recently was senior staff attorney with NYLPI’s Disability Justice and Health Justice programs. TONIGHT: New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams will deliver his annual “State of the People” address followed by a televised town hall. Tonight’s speech will focus on public safety and ways to combat those threats through the city budget and can be streamed at 8 p.m. on CUNY TV.
| | Real Estate | | “Exclusive: Madison Square Garden nears deal to sell former Hulu Theater for $1B,” Crain’s Aaron Elstein: “Madison Square Garden is negotiating to sell its theater and a service road for about $1 billion to a private developer that hopes to demolish them to make way for a rebuilt Penn Station it would manage, according to three people familiar with the deal. The cost of the transaction would be paid by ASTM, the Turin, Italy-based infrastructure developer that proposes to renovate the nation’s busiest rail hub using private and public funds. ASTM has privately told multiple parties it has reached an agreement with Garden executives, but officially the firm isn’t prepared to go that far.” “Brooklyn’s Batcave Reborn as Gotham’s Art Factory,” The New York Times’ Hilarie M. Sheets: “Over the last decade, the press-shy philanthropist Joshua Rechnitz gave $180 million through his foundations to transform the 119-year-old red brick behemoth — the former Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company’s central power station and more recently home to squatters and underground raves — into a multidisciplinary hub of artistic production called Powerhouse Arts.” | | | | 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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