📰🔍👀Today's my first day at @nysfocus, where I'll be covering the people and policies shaping New York, the Mamdani agenda in Albany, and hopefully lots of other big, weird, complicated stories.
Get in touch: nick[at]nysfocus.com.
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
Man 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.
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.”
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.