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Nick Garber
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Nick Garber
@nick_garber
Politics reporter at @nysfocus | Formerly @CrainsNewYork, @NYC_Patch
Tips: nick(at)nysfocus.com, or on Signal: garber.01.
- Meanwhile in Queens’ 36th Assembly District, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is still sending out mailers reminding constituents that library branches are serving free summer meals to people under 18
- Cuomo, talking to conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg this morning: "God forbid, another 9/11—can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?" Cuomo asks. "He'd be cheering," Rosenberg says. Cuomo paused and chuckled before saying: "That's another problem."
- meanwhile in Queens' 36th Assembly district, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is reminding his constituents about food-distribution sites during the SNAP funding lapse
Meanwhile in Queens’ 36th Assembly District, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is still sending out mailers reminding constituents that library branches are serving free summer meals to people under 18 - the author of NYT's Pele obituary hasn't been a reporter there in 23 years. The beauty of the prewrite
- Alternate angle of this fun exchange from a few moments earlier. “You’re in fuckin New York, and you don’t fuckin bully people here … little bitch!”
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01:01Man in the black and white flag mask biked in circles around the Zohran Mamdani presser in Jackson Heights calling the mayoral candidate “a terrorist.” After a minute or two of that, this muscular man screams at him to get out of here with his bigoted shit. - This tweet is spreading like wildfire around the Mamdani victory party.@ZohranKMamdani, congrats on the win. Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do.
- New: Zohran Mamdani's transition committee raised $517,947.30 in its first 30 hours from 7,074 donations, his campaign tells me. (Average of $73)
- A few hours before the VP debate tonight I saw Tim Walz finishing a jog through Central Park. Trailed by a few secret service guys but recognized by seemingly no one.
- Casino has been REJECTED 4-2 SL Green CEO Marc Holliday just approached the CAC members after the vote to harangue them: “What you did here today was despicable.”
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A 6-person community advisory committee is about to vote on the $5.4B Times Square casino bid by SL Green, Caesars & Roc Nation in this conference room around the corner from where it would be built. Outcome seems like a tossup; more than 2 nos would kill it. Updates to come... - Brad Lander told me he's "very seriously considering" challenging Dan Goldman for Congress, confirming the open secret. "I'm excited about where things are headed in New York City, and it's a five-alarm fire for our democracy," he said.
- There’s a place called Brooklyn where you can see whales and minor league baseball in one afternoon
