| | | | |  | | By Joe Anuta, Nick Reisman, Emily Ngo and Jeff Coltin | | | With help from Shawn Ness
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Mayor Eric Adams is in Albany to discuss his money-related needs. He will also meet with Senate and Assembly majority leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul. | Office of Governor Kathy Hochul | It’s Tin Cup Day, an annual Albany rite requiring local elected officials to plead for cash before a panel of state lawmakers. Mayor Eric Adams is scheduled to appear before a joint hearing of the Senate and Assembly this morning to pitch lawmakers on several major legislative asks. And unlike his first two turns at the state Capitol, Adams has backed away from pushing hot-button criminal justice initiatives — he only achieved partial success in his quest to roll back bail reform laws — and is instead focused on migrant funding, housing, education and cannabis. For the conservative Democrat, it stands to be another tough year. To achieve his aims, Adams has allied with Gov. Kathy Hochul — who is never more powerful than during the budget process and who included some of the mayor’s requests in her spending plan released last month. One of those — renewing mayoral control of schools for four years — is expected to drain City Hall’s political capital this year. But state lawmakers are already talking about punting the issue until later in the session, potentially giving Adams room to focus on other issues over the next two months. "My gut is … the mayoral control discussion happens after the budget,” Sen. Liz Krueger told Playbook, citing a pending State Education Department report on the matter. That still leaves plenty for Adams to do. And because he faces skepticism from liberals and, at best, ambivalence from the two legislative leaders who wield broad power over which bills come to the floor, the mayor has his work cut out for him. Krueger, for her part, wants more insight into how the city is spending asylum seeker money before unlocking any more state cash. And left-leaning members of the Legislature are looking for a major concession from recalcitrant real estate interests in exchange for a developer tax break desperately sought by City Hall to boost the supply of rental housing. “I would love to hear [Adams] verbalize support for tenant protections, especially considering he is responsible for the massive rent hike at the Rent Guidelines Board,” said state Sen. Jessica Ramos, who is mulling a run against Adams for mayor next year. However, even some lawmakers ideologically distant from the mayor showed an openness to engage on one of his biggest asks: legislation that would allow the city to easily close illegal cannabis shops in the five boroughs. “I think we all recognize the need to crack down on the illegal cannabis stores throughout the city — I have several in my neighborhood,” Sen. Michael Gianaris said. “I think we agree on that; it’s just a matter of what’s the most effective way to do it.” — Joe Anuta and Nick Reisman IT’S TUESDAY. Got news? Send it our way: Jeff Coltin, Emily Ngo and Nick Reisman.
| | | | A message from Instagram: More than 75% of parents want to approve the apps teens under 16 download.
According to a new poll from Morning Consult, more than 75% of parents agree: Teens under 16 shouldn’t be able to download apps from app stores without parental permission.1
Instagram wants to work with Congress to pass federal legislation that gets it done.
Learn more. | | | WHERE’S KATHY? Making an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” in Albany delivering remarks at the New York State Public Employee Conference Legislative Breakfast. WHERE’S ERIC? Delivering budget testimony in Albany and meeting with legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “My nine-year-old did a better job negotiating last night’s bed time than Senator Lankford did on this so-called border bill.” — Rep. Nick LaLota of Long Island, one of many House Republicans to reject the bipartisan legislation by their Senate colleague.
|  | ABOVE THE FOLD | | |  Former Rep. Tom Suozzi commended the Senate's border bill. Mazi Pilip, his Republican opponent, was not as thrilled. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images | BORDER POLITICS: The Senate’s border bill was embraced by Democrat Tom Suozzi, who praised the agreement as a rare bipartisan achievement. His Republican-backed opponent Mazi Pilip? A thumbs down. The differing views of the immigration legislation in the bellwether special election were on display Monday with the migrant crisis looming over the race. Suozzi in a news conference called the border security package “a bipartisan comprehensive solution that will solve this problem.” Republicans, he charged, are trying to sink it to score political points. “They’re trying to sabotage the whole thing; it doesn’t make any sense to me,” he said during a virtual news conference. But at the same time, Suozzi sidestepped questions over whether the election next week for the district, which covers parts of Queens and Nassau County, would be a referendum on how his party has addressed the migrant crisis and immigration policy. “I’m not concerned about the national implications. I’m not concerned about what it's going to do for Democrats and Republicans,” he said. Still, immigration is a factor in the closely watched race. As Playbook first reported Monday, the NRCC released a digital ad slamming Suozzi for being “part of the problem” with border security. The ad includes video of NYPD officers being beaten near a Times Square migrant shelter and a man flipping off cameras as he was released from custody. Pilip, meanwhile, blamed Suozzi and President Joe Biden for the problems confronting officials at the border. “The proposed Senate border deal is an absolute nonstarter for me because it simply puts into law the invasion currently happening at our southern border,” she said in a statement released by her campaign. Pilip’s statement called it a “stark contrast” for Suozzi to back the Senate bill, which she faulted for not cracking down enough on illegal border crossings. “After all, Tom Suozzi voted 100 percent of the time with Joe Biden, and Suozzi worked with Biden to open our borders when he was in Congress,” Pilip’s statement said. “If ‘Sanctuary Tom Suozzi’ returns to Washington, he will continue to support Joe Biden’s agenda of open borders and sanctuary cities 100 percent of the time.” — Nick Reisman
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Mayor Eric Adams believes that FIFA's decision to make New York City the destination for the 2026 World Cup is a testament to the city's direction, even though the final will be played in New Jersey. | Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office | READY FOR $OCCER: Adams sees the selection of New York as co-host of the 2026 FIFA World Cup final as a validation of the city’s direction. “They made it clear,” he said Monday of FIFA. “They wanted it here in this region, a safe city. They were extremely impressed with our law enforcement apparatus. They clearly saw the fan experience here.” The mayor strode into a City Hall news conference with a teal scarf emblazoned “New York New Jersey” around his neck and the DJ Khaled classic “All I Do Is Win” adding bounce to his swagger. “We won the World Cup. Want to make sure everybody knows that,” he said good-naturedly. New York will serve as a “host region” with New Jersey. The final will be played across the Hudson River at MetLife Stadium. The mayor admitted earlier Monday that he isn’t yet the most devoted soccer fan, saying his exposure to it is limited to his son playing it as a boy. But he stressed that he knows what’s important when a game this big comes to the Big Apple. “Number one: $2 billion in economic revenue in this region with New York and New Jersey,” he told 1010 WINS. “A million visitors are coming here. A substantial number of them won’t be going to the games, they will be doing what I love the best: They will be spending money.” — Emily Ngo More from the city: — Republicans called for the removal of sanctuary city laws after the Times Square assault on cops. (POLITICO) — Adams told 50 Cent, “Hit me up,” after the rapper dissed migrant credit cards. (New York Post) — Street vendors are facing a skyrocketing number of criminal summonses under Adams. (The City)
| | | | A message from Instagram:   | | | | | NEW FROM PLANET ALBANY | | |  Migrants waiting outside a shelter in New York City in November. Count Catholic Charities across the state are lobbying to get more support for the migrants that have arrived in the state. | Andres Kudacki/AP | MIGRANT AID: Count Catholic Charities of New York is among those trying to get more support for migrants who have arrived in the state and city. Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, the group’s executive director, pointed to the resource strain non-profit organizations have struggled with as they sought to respond to the crisis. And he wants to turn down the temperature of the political rhetoric surrounding migrants. “We’re in a crisis, unprecedented,” Sullivan told Playbook. “We need to deal with this in both a fair, compassionate way in which we do not make each other our enemies, but come together in a way that’s in the best interest of the country, stop making enemies of one another.” Sullivan was in Albany Monday to speak with state lawmakers and officials in the hope they continue a “generous response” to the influx of migrants. Sullivan’s efforts also include support services like legal help and job placement for migrants. “They need the ability to work,” he said. “They need the ability to make a living, which will help them and help our economy. We need people to have a decent job.” — Nick Reisman SOCIAL HOUSING: Today, two state lawmakers will unveil a proposal to create a social housing program in New York at a noon rally in Albany. The measure backed by Assemblymember Emily Gallagher and state Sen. Cordell Cleare would create the Social Housing Development Authority. The proposal includes $5 billion in capitalization with the goal of creating 26,000 units. Social housing provides housing to a broader swath of people than income-based public housing. Similar measures have been proposed in Maryland and have been commonplace in Europe. The proposed public authority would build, acquire and renovate “permanently affordable housing” for public ownership. — Nick Reisman SOMOS, STILL: The Somos conference is staying in Puerto Rico in 2024, the nonprofit that runs the massive political event announced Monday. Assemblymember Karines Reyes, the de facto host, had her hopes of moving the November gathering to the Dominican Republic dashed by a lack of support. But 2025 will see some change. They’re planning the usual annual conferences in Albany and in San Juan, but will add a third, in the D.R. — Jeff Coltin More from Albany: — New York cannabis regulators were told by state lawmakers to “do better” following a criticized roll-out of the marketplace. (Times Union)
| | KEEPING UP WITH THE DELEGATION | | |  Gov. Kathy Hochul's relationship with New York House Republicans has strained further after she said it would be their fault if a border security deal isn't agreed on. | Hans Pennink/AP | HOCHUL HITS HOUSE GOP: The relationship between Hochul and House Republicans from New York has gone from cold to frosty as the governor tries to pressure GOP lawmakers to back the Senate’s border security bill. Hochul on Monday in Syracuse again tried to push New York Republicans to vote for the Senate bill as the state continues to address an influx of migrants. Her message: Blame Republicans if the issue isn’t fixed. “If it’s not solved, it will be exclusively their fault and on their hands,” she said. She will not meet with members of the GOP delegation from New York until they vote for the immigration bill, Hochul added. “When they vote for this, I’ll meet with them,” she said. “That vote should be imminent. But first they have to vote where their district is, where their state is.” Responded Rep. Nick Langworthy in an interview with Playbook: “I guess she’s going to have a long wait, then.” Langworthy, a western New York lawmaker and former state GOP chair, dismissed Democratic claims Republicans were trying to block the immigration bill to keep the issue alive for the November elections. “I think it’s asinine and it’s false,” he said. “They don’t give a damn about border security and all of a sudden they’ve found religion? I mean, give me a break.” Langworthy is not a fan of the Senate bill and is worried it would “normalize” illegal border crossings. “They want some window dressing for the election because they know how badly the president is drowning with voters right now,” he said. Rep. Marc Molinaro, a Hudson Valley lawmaker who is in a competitive race this year, said the Senate measure has elements he could support, such as more funding for law enforcement. But he took issue with how Hochul is trying to shame Republicans into voting for it. “When she helps create a crisis, she’s very quick to blame other people,” Molinaro told Playbook. “She may want to land the taxpayer-funded helicopter and talk to other Americans.” — Nick Reisman
| | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND | | — Biden and Democrats are their “own worst enemies” in the border crisis, writes Melissa DeRosa. (Daily Beast) — Seven people on mopeds were arrested for robbing pedestrians. The group was able to organize using WhatsApp. (Gothamist) — The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found Legionnaires’ disease in a public housing unit in Brooklyn after a tenant died after contracting it. (The City)
| | | | A message from Instagram: Parents should be able to decide which apps are right for their teens.
According to a new poll by Morning Consult conducted in November 2023, more than 75% of parents believe teens under 16 shouldn’t be able to download apps without parental permission.1
Instagram wants to work with Congress to pass federal legislation that gets it done.
Learn more.
1"US Parents Study on Teen App Downloads" by Morning Consult (Meta-commissioned survey of 2,019 parents), Nov. 2023. | | | | | SOCIAL DATA | | Edited by Daniel Lippman IN MEMORIAM — “9/11 firefighter Bob Beckwith, who stood beside George W. Bush in iconic Ground Zero photo, dies,” by New York Post’s Snejana Farberov MEDIAWATCH — After WSJ editor Emma Tucker laid off around 30 D.C. bureau staffers last week, she announced on Monday that she was opening 14 jobs for the paper in D.C. and elsewhere. MAKING MOVES – Jill Burke is now chief of staff for the Monroe County Legislature in New York. She previously was deputy comms director/press secretary for Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.). … Victor Nunez is now COO of Cooley LLP. He most recently was COO of Fried Frank. … Kristen Marola is now chief talent officer of Jackson Lewis P.C. She most recently was head of HR for the U.S. and the rest of the world for Man Group. ENGAGED — Shaun Kraisman, co-anchor of Newsmax's "National Report," recently proposed to Brittany Fulcher, a cardiac nurse. The couple met at a speakeasy on the Upper East Side when she was with a friend who worked at a competing cable news network, and they all struck up a conversation. He proposed at a French restaurant in SoHo when jokingly, she put a piece of napkin around her ring finger at dinner, and then he pulled out the actual ring. He had asked her father for permission months before. Instapics HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Tom Brokaw … Fox News’ Kevin Corke … Tiffany Cross … CBS’ Fernando Suarez … Commerce’s Chris Slevin … Jerry Seib … Lloyd Grove … Martin Pengelly … Alexa Cassanos … Eric Weiner … (WAS MONDAY): Benjamin Kallos ... Harvey Epstein … (WAS SUNDAY): Zachary Mitchiner of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office.
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