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 The budget plan restores high-profile cuts many New Yorkers strongly opposed, like shrinking spending at public libraries. | Getty Images |
The New York City Council will finalize its $107 billion budget with a vote Friday — a day after the mayor and speaker reached a deal. The vote is largely pro forma, though look for a bloc of nos concentrated in the body’s progressive wing. The council’s Republican minority leader, Joe Borelli, is likely to say yay to the pact. Here are seven key takeaways.
- The plan restored high-profile cuts that both the council and many New Yorkers strongly opposed, like shrinking spending at public libraries.
- It provided new, fiercely fought for initiatives like a cost-of-living bonus for nonprofit workers under contract with the city.
- The budget is about $6 billion higher than last year’s — but only slightly bigger than the mayor’s April blueprint.
- Billions in unanticipated revenue helped the two sides reach a deal by adding priorities without growing the topline figure.
- Fiscal watchdogs worry the city is overcommitted. They think the extra funds should have been socked away in the Rainy Day Fund.
- As if to acknowledge that reality, many of the new programs are only funded for one year.
- Among the council asks that didn’t make the deal was $17 million for supportive services, including reentry plans in city jails.
What’s next? Serious headwinds. The administration is renegotiating contracts with organized labor and projecting a $4.3 billion price tag for the migrant crisis. HAPPY FRIDAY. WHERE’S KATHY? Delivering remarks at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. WHERE’S ERIC? Appearing on ABC’s “GMA3” and Synergy TV’s “FUSION.” QUOTE OF THE DAY: “This is a dark day for equality and democracy,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-based admissions.
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 | ABOVE THE FOLD | |
HEALTH ADVISORY EXTENDED: Hochul extended the statewide air quality health advisory through Friday after continued impact from the Canadian wildfires. “This is unfortunately the effects of climate change that we’ve been warning about for decades. But the reality is this is going to be the new normal for New York” while the fires still rage, Hochul told reporters at a briefing Thursday. The governor’s office said smoke is expected to remain in New York for most of Friday as high pressure will strengthen over coastal New England and clockwise circulation will work up wind from the south, which is expected to start pushing smoke back northward toward Canada. Air quality is forecasted to reach "Unhealthy" Air Quality Index levels on Friday for Western and Central New York and the eastern Lake Ontario regions. “At this level, everyone may begin to experience health effects, members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects,” Hochul said in a news release.
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| WHAT CITY HALL IS READING | |
FDNY Cracks Down on Illegal Refurbished Batteries at Chinatown E-Bike Shops, by THE CITY's Greg B. Smith Mayor Adams and Council agree to $107B budget, add funding to libraries, CUNY and senior programs, by Gothamist’s Elizabeth Kim & Giulia Heyward Mayor Compares Housing Activist, Who Fled Holocaust, to Plantation Owner, by The New York Times’ Emma G. Fitzsimmons: “‘First, if you’re going to ask a question, don’t point at me, and don’t be disrespectful to me,’ he told her. ‘I’m the mayor of this city, and treat me with the respect that I deserve to be treated.’ "Then he went a step further, comparing the woman, who is white, to a slave owner: ‘Don’t stand in front like you’re treating someone that’s on the plantation that you own.’” Veteran photojournalist arrested at Jordan Neely protests asks judge and DA Alvin Bragg to clear her name, by New York Daily’s Molly Crane-Newman: “The DA last week said nobody arrested on misdemeanor charges during the Neely protests — higher than what [photographer Stephanie] Keith faces — would be prosecuted. Multiple press freedom groups including the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders called on the DA to recognize Keith shouldn’t be, either.” Proposed NYPD Rule Could Allow Widespread Drone Activity in New York City, by Gothamist’s Ethan Geringer-Sameth
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| WHAT ALBANY'S READING | |
NY nursing home owners accused of $83M fraud scheme that hurt patients, AG says, by Lohud’s Nancy Cutler: “The lawsuit alleges that in the process of siphoning off money from nursing homes, patient care was ignored and numerous laws designed to protect vulnerable nursing home residents were violated.”
For now, housing migrants at SUNY campuses appears unlikely as voters register opposition, by Spectrum News’ Nick Reisman Rep. Tonko, addiction treatment stakeholders discuss new options, by Times Union’s Raga Justin COMMISSIONER OUT: Daniel Tietz announced this week he will leave the Hochul administration as commissioner of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance — a role he was appointed to by the governor in December 2021. “Today, with a heavy heart, I announce that I am resigning as commissioner of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, effective July 25, 2023, for personal reasons,” he said in a statement. “I am forever grateful to Governor Hochul for having provided me the opportunity to lead this vital agency and wish her and the administration continued success.” It’s the latest departure for the Hochul administration in the first year of her four-year term.
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 A sign marks the entrance of the Micron Technology automotive chip manufacturing plant on Feb. 11, 2022. | Steve Helber/AP Photo |
HOCHUL ON CNBC: “It means everything to the state,” Hochul said Wednesday about the $100 billion deal to bring Micron to Syracuse. “We need to let people know that we’re pro-business,” Hochul added. She said “Micron was a huge boost” to the psyche of upstate New York and luring new businesses to the state. As for the potential $6 billion in state subsidies, which would be the most in state history, she defended it, saying, “Otherwise, they do it in China. It’s as simple as that.”
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| FROM THE DELEGATION | |
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|  Hakeem Jeffries and Kristen Gillibrand (pictured) , who will both be on the ballot next year, have endorsed the effort, as well as other statewide Democratic officials. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images |
New York Dems put abortion on the ballot in bid to retake the House, by POLITICO’s Brittany Gibson: Left-leaning New York groups pledged $20 million Thursday to support a change to the New York State constitution to protect abortion rights that will be on the 2024 ballot — something they believe will boost turnout for Democrats in key swing House districts. A state Equal Rights Amendment will ask voters next November to codify a number of rights, including abortion and LGBTQ rights, in the state constitution.
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Planned DeSantis fundraiser is canceled at Rockland hotel and appears to have been moved, by Lohud’s Chris McKenna: “On Thursday, organizers of the ‘Get Gone Ron’ demonstration celebrated the apparent venue change as a recognition by DeSantis that ‘his hateful and divisive politics are not welcome in Rockland County, NY.’"
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Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, right, leaves federal court with her lawyer Roberta Kaplan, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in New York. | Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo |
Judge rejects Trump’s ‘presidential immunity’ defense in second E. Jean Carroll case, by POLITICO’s Kyle Cheney & Erica Orden: The 46-page opinion all but ensures that Carroll’s second lawsuit against the former president will go to trial. And it’s the latest setback in Trump’s repeated bid to use the muscular protections of the presidency to shield him from civil litigation. |
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— New York leaders reacted to the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling. (Spectrum News)
— Lindsey Boylan filed a motion in court to block a subpoena from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attorneys. (Times Union) — Here are 25 things to do in New York City in July. (Gothamist) — Summertime in the City: everything from summer youth employment to changing weather. (VITAL)
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Local restaurants like Yumpling, rely on marketing services from third-party platforms, like Grubhub and Seamless, to expand their clientele and remain competitive against national chains.
NYC Council: Support our local restaurants. Amend the cap on marketing services. |
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| SOCIAL DATA BY DANIEL LIPPMAN | |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Rafaul Espinal, executive director of the Freelancers Union and former NYC Council Member … Kyle Plotkin … Stephanie Miliano of Stu Loeser & Co. … Alina Selyukh Pickeral … Bob McBarton … Lanbo Zhang … (was Thursday): Matthew Weiner … Charles Rossman
MAKING MOVES — Lorraine McGowen has been named board chair of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. She has been a NYLPI board member and executive committee member for over a decade and is a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. … Alana Elias Kornfeld has been promoted to be managing director/head of the New York region of Perceptual Advisors. … Evan Shapiro has been hired as press and operations assistant for former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.). He most recently was interim scheduler for Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.). MEDIAWATCH — Landon Mion has been promoted to be writer at Fox News Digital. WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Dan Morosani, an independent consultant doing strategy and diligence work mostly for PE firms and portfolio companies, and Sam Morosani, a children’s librarian, recently welcomed Fiona Belle Morosani. Pic |
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NYC residents get a leg up in housing lotteries in their own neighborhoods. Does that perpetuate segregation?, by Gothamist’s Arya Sundaram
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