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Joe Anuta
5 years
Head of @nypdtransit says during budget hearing that in order to catch someone who was repeatedly graffitiing #donaldtrump in subway station, officers created a fake wall and then popped out from behind it to nab suspect
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. @NYCMayor wrote in a 2009 book that he fired a gun at a group of friends at school, thinking it was a toy. Today, he said that incident didn't happen, and that the coauthor of the book must have misunderstood his anecdote.
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@NYCMayor Two things: 1.) The cover of the book lists only Adams as the author (with a forward by his partner Tracey Collins) 2.) He also said the book never made it into print because it did not go through the proofreading process. @katie_honan , however, was able to order a copy
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. @NYCMayor says during a radio interview that he is guided by GPS. But instead of "global" the G stands for "God." He says he has already taken his hands off the wheel
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5 years
Arrest was made on the same day the operation began, and the accused was charged with graffiti and criminal mischief. "I'd imagine he was surprised," @NYPDTransit Chief Delatorre said. "It was his first arrest."
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5 years
More on the fake wall from @NYPDTransit : It was built out of plywood by the @MTA on March 12 inside the Court Street station on the R train, and essentially created a small room or enclosure with a door to the outside
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5 years
After the original graffiti was cleaned off, on March 15 two neighborhood coordination officers waited behind the fake wall (for how long @NYPDTransit Chief Delatorre couldn't say.) "Sure enough, our man came back and put up again #lovetrump on the beam."
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1 year
. @NYCMayor elaborates on the revelation he received from god 32 years ago. Says that, in addition to telling him the exact day he would become mayor, god told the mayor to write down everything that was holding people back. Mayor says he kept a nightly journal to this effect
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. @NYCMayor planning to end vaccine requirement for both private-sector employees and students who participate in extracurricular activities — part of broader rollback of pandemic restrictions from both Adams and @GovKathyHochul [subscriber link]
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3 years
Never know what you’ll come across in an nyc dumpster. This one, on the north side of 250 Broadway, is filled with discarded Sheldon Silver memorabilia, as @katie_honan and I discovered during a coffee break
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3 years
. @mayawiley has purchased a lectern. Things are getting serious.
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. @AndrewYang talks budget outside City Hall
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Joe Anuta
3 years
After this exchange, the person from earlier in this thread who interrupted @andrewyang ’s Yemeni Cafe stop stood in front of Yang’s car and prevented him from leaving. He was eventually shooed to the side and the candidate left for Bensonhurst
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang supports an independent investigation into @NYGovCuomo ’s handling of nursing homes during the pandemic: [subscriber link]
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang begins his tour of Yemeni-owned businesses on Fifth Ave. in Bay Ridge with tour guide @rabyaahahmed . You better believe there will be food
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Joe Anuta
7 months
The Dog Mayor, Sally Long Dog, stopped by Room 9 this morning. She is seen here sitting at my desk, possibly changing copy to be more flattering toward her administration. She was elected last November to a two-year term.
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Joe Anuta
3 years
A gauntlet of ⁦ @AndrewYang ⁩ supporters awaits their candidate outside the Board of Elections. #OverheardInTheGauntlet : “We should have brought a red carpet!”
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Joe Anuta
4 years
Some of the footage from Cadman Plaza this evening
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Joe Anuta
2 years
Big scoop from @SallyGold and @JanakiChadha : @NYCMayor wants to exempt new developments of up to 200 units from doing an environmental review when applying for a zoning change — a major shakeup in housing policy
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Joe Anuta
10 months
. @NYCMayor has made a habit of ranting against the city’s chief ombudsman, @NYCComptroller . But Lander could make life worse for the mayor. Much worse. A look at the fraying relationship between the two citywide electeds:
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Joe Anuta
5 years
Finally finished packing up my Uniform Land Use Review Procedure flow chart and collection of FOIL extension letters (housing reporter humor). It has been a fantastic 5+ years at @CrainsNewYork , and very excited to join the @politicony City Hall bureau on Tuesday!
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Joe Anuta
2 years
@NYCMayor @edbraunstein @BilldeBlasio @GovKathyHochul That means looking at "sacred cows," which Adams has described as wealthy areas of the city that could support dense, market-rate housing while cross-subsidizing income-restricted housing.
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Joe Anuta
6 months
Wild story from @TheMessenger "NYPD Sent to Home of Mayor Eric Adams’ Fundraiser Just Hours Before FBI Raids It" Sources said a wellness check ordered at the address of Brianna Suggs was highly unusual
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Joe Anuta
7 months
@createcraig . @NYCMayor is asked if another weekend of rain gets him down. He replies that rain is part of the cycle of life, and suggests that stormy weather increases the population because couples are home together
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @ericadamsfornyc asked on @710WOR why he refers to himself in the 3rd person. Says for 20+ yrs he has kept a journal about what he could have done better each day. The critiques are done in the third person, and "Eric" began creeping into his speech instead of "I" or "me"
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Joe Anuta
1 month
The NYPD is hiring an influencer to reach the youth, per @NYPDCommAffairs
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Joe Anuta
5 months
The CCRB, which investigates allegations of police misconduct, said at its board meeting this evening it will stop looking into certain types of allegations because of proposed budget cuts from @NYCMayor
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Joe Anuta
4 years
. @NYCCouncil is recommending the expulsion of @AndyKingNYC in wake of ethics investigation
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Joe Anuta
2 years
Lorraine Grillo, @NYCMayor ’s First Deputy Mayor, says what is on the mind of every New Yorker: we need procurement reform
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @ericadamsfornyc held an emotional press conference this morning seeking to clarify his residency. He adamantly denied living in N.J. — though @SallyGold and I found that he did beam into several virtual events from the Garden State. The latest:
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang says his petitioning was all voluntary, says other campaigns paid ppl to gather signatures to get on the ballot
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Joe Anuta
2 years
"I like people to be afraid of me," @galeabrewer — newly installed chair of the Council's oversight and investigations committee that will probe the Adams administration — tells @BrianLehrer
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Joe Anuta
1 month
@NYCMayor @GovKathyHochul Someone on the subway asked the mayor the other day what he is going to do about ppl with mental health problems on public transit. He told her: "What are WE going to do?" He suggested that the woman needed to get together with friends to address the problem
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Joe Anuta
1 year
POLITICO obtained a recording of lawyers for @NYCMayor briefing staff on FOIL law. The admin urged caution when putting something in writing, and expressed a preference for picking up the phone — which would avoid a paper trail altogether
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Joe Anuta
2 years
. @NYCMayor said today he was not lobbied on the carveout for the private sector vaccine mandate. A disclosure from the former Council speaker, now a lobbyist for the Brooklyn Nets, shows the mayor was specifically targeted. From our latest:
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Joe Anuta
3 years
A @NYCCouncil elf has apparently been printing out bills and throwing them on members’ desks throughout the pandemic so legislation can age before it comes up for a virtual vote
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang appears to be taking a page from Keano, Spiritual Consultant
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Joe Anuta
1 year
NEW: @NYCMayor sent a letter to agency heads today telling them to cut half their vacant positions in an effort to reduce future budget gaps. In exchange, the admin indicates they will expedite new hires.
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @LiuNewYork endorses @AndrewYang at City Hall press conference
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Joe Anuta
1 year
. @SallyGold with a fantastic profile of Timothy Pearson, one of the mayor’s most trusted (and highest-paid) aides whose job is… well… uhhh… ok it’s kind of hard to say what his job is. Just read the story.
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Joe Anuta
3 years
My phone died (it’s cold out there, folks). At the end of the Bay Ridge tour @AndrewYang was confronted by a group including Malik Hassan from the Muslim American Society New York and the @sbkDSA over his opposition to BDS outlined in the @jdforward :
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@NYCMayor @GovKathyHochul This is a common theme whereby @NYCMayor turns the tables on NYers and asks what they are doing to address whatever problem they complain about to him at town halls etc.
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Joe Anuta
3 years
Every minute @BOENYC lets the vote total question hang in the ether is more opportunity for RCV critics to bash the process.
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Joe Anuta
3 years
The giant poster of @ericadamsfornyc has been removed from the polling site at Bk Borough Hall. All that remains are these large posters advertising One Brooklyn, the nonprofit the BP runs:
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Joe Anuta
3 years
The number of signatures gathered increased to 9,400 by the end of the press conference, which @AndrewYang attributed to the power of song
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang is up. He is laser focused on getting vaccine out and he has more than 3k volunteers helping to get the word out. He believes that he can speed up the process of getting people back to school, offices and restaurants by several months
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Joe Anuta
3 years
He has arrived
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Joe Anuta
3 years
Statement from @CarlHeastie indicating that @NYGovCuomo "can no longer remain in office"
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Joe Anuta
1 year
Not sure what he is referring to but we did a comprehensive look at his relationship w food just before he took office, and that story did cite medical professionals who found some of the mayor’s claims dubious. You can read that here:
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang wanted to pass around the petitions so ppl could feel how heavy they were. He was advised against it.
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Joe Anuta
3 years
“People feel like they don’t have a clear picture of what is going on,” @AndrewYang said earlier today. “And it would be positive for people to feel like nothing is being obscured in any way.”
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Joe Anuta
3 years
9,200 signatures in them books
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Joe Anuta
6 months
. @LincolnRestler aka Mister Softee pops into Room 9, is tragically out of ice cream
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. @JeniferRajkumar has her own "Stay focused, no distractions and grind" hat (in red, natch) "I thought it was going to say Make America Great Again" — @NYCMayor
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Joe Anuta
4 years
Court strikes down city's plans for a new jail facility in Lower Manhattan, dealing a big blow to the administration's push to close Rikers Island: [subscriber link]
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Joe Anuta
3 years
Curious how many other reporters were barred from @ericadamsfornyc event. Campaign says @freedlander and @RossBarkan were turned away over space concerns, though they both have written tough stories on the candidate. Campaign wouldn't tell @essayolumhense where the event was...
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David Freedlander
3 years
Also, if this were true, it would be odd to @ket @Bencjacobs in, who rsvp’d after me, and who came to the event after I was told to leave, who arrived in NYC just two days ago to cover the race
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3 years
. @AndrewYang is now grabbing some Yemeni pastries and coffee at asal. He says he supports a program started by former Council Member @RLEspinal that would provide Halal meals in school
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Joe Anuta
4 months
It was not clear whatsoever @NYCMayor lived in Bed Stuy when we wrote this in 2021. And since then, another location (Gracie Mansion) has been added to the mix...
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Ingrid
4 months
@lizkimtweets @JumaaneWilliams This is really beneath you. You should be ashamed. You live in a fort on an army base. The mayor lives in Bed Stuy with his constituents. Shameful beyond belief.
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Joe Anuta
7 months
@NYCMayor @GovKathyHochul @InnaVernikov @ShahanaFromBK @createcraig @C_Sommerfeldt @JeffCMays @FoxCahn . @NYCMayor says he owns a co-op in the Underhill Ave. area... This is the co-op he was supposed to have divested from
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang is discussing climate change, said he spoke recently with @POTUS about this and believes it will be a priority for the feds
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Joe Anuta
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A lawsuit filed yesterday accused a top @NYCMayor aide of harassment. It also shed light on the most mysterious unit in City Hall, offering an explanation for last year’s abrupt leadership shakeup in the Mayor’s Office of Municipal Services Assessment
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Joe Anuta
9 months
@NYCMayor Until the lion gets to tell his story, the story will be told by the hunter, the mayor says. (In this metaphor, he is the lion.) Says this is why he is trying to reach NYers directly through his podcast etc. He does not think the City Hall press corps is giving him a fair shake
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3 years
“Oh, you’re a Manhattan person” @andrewyang is welcomed to Bay Ridge
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Joe Anuta
2 years
New ⁦ @NYCCouncil ⁩ is sworn in at the City Hall chambers to a burst of applause
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Joe Anuta
3 years
Andrew Yang to snag endorsement of prominent Jewish pols in Brooklyn via @nypmetro
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Joe Anuta
4 months
The cover of this book by @NYCMayor is really something
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@PublishersWkly
Publishers Weekly
4 months
Scared? Don't Be! Eric Adams Wrote A Book For You | @bylinebyline
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @Dianne4NYC says she is only candidate on record to call for defunding NYPD budget by $3B, city needs to redefine what public safety is
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Joe Anuta
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@NYPDChiefPatrol @BrianLehrer @harrysiegel @jangelooff Jessie from Sunset Park says that NYPD's behavior in the station is completely different from the picture of diligence Chell has painted on the show. Cops are on their phones, Jessie says, and are not doing any enforcement. "The curtains don't match the drapes"
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. @CoreyinNYC calls for 50 miles of new protected bike lanes in NYC per year "We need to finally break the car culture in New York City" #LetsGoNYC
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @NYCMayor assures @errollouis that student attendance numbers are good, but again declines to release numbers the city has in its possession that would back up that claim
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Joe Anuta
10 months
. @NYCMayor and the @NYCCouncil have reached a deal to restore cuts to library funding, which was one of the more contentious areas of disagreement in budget negotiations. And with the new accord in hand, a larger deal on the spending plan is nigh
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Joe Anuta
3 years
Also, I didn’t get video of the petition-themed song he sang. And for that I apologize. Though I do have audio.
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8 months
. @ManhattanDA releases indictment against frmr DOB Commish Eric Ulrich. Charges appear more expansive than previously reported. Bragg alleges Ulrich abused his authority not only at DOB, but as senior advisor to @NYCMayor and in the @NYCCouncil Stay tuned for details
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang bills himself as a serial entrepreneur — part of his persona on the trail. But a look at his resume shows a less clear-cut backstory: Companies he worked for before starting Venture for America were often the brainchildren of other people.
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3 years
. @AndrewYang says that he will submit petitions in a few minutes. As someone who has been to the BOE before, I’d say that timing is optimistic
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Joe Anuta
2 years
"I'm going to give you a lot of content, Chris. Trust me." @NYCMayor crashed the interview of his SNL impersonator, @Reddsaidit , this morning while brandishing a smoothie
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5 years
. @NYCSpeakerCoJo likes @ladygaga for president. "That is the end of this press conference."
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Joe Anuta
2 months
Ya gotta read the City Record! (cc: @emilyngo )
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7 months
Welcome to the mayor's first off-topic press conference "Some of you, and I emphasize some of you, I look forward to seeing a lot"
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Joe Anuta
10 months
Big story from @yoavgonen , who describes pressure placed on outgoing PC to spare a close ally of @NYCMayor from discipline. She did not, and then realized "the end of her tenure at the top of the department was in sight."
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Joe Anuta
10 months
. @NYCMayor office seems to be flacking the story @emmagf didn't write... Her piece is focused on the provenance of the photo, is solidly sourced and includes several comments from Officer Venable's family about the mayor and how moved they are he still remembers
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang loves the food. Alssedieg, the owner of @YemenCafeBklyn , says Fahsa, in the clay bowl, is the most traditional dish in Yemeni cuisine
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Joe Anuta
3 years
. @AndrewYang and @rabyaahahmed are going live
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Joe Anuta
7 months
Replacement steps at City Hall are coming along
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Joe Anuta
3 years
My story wasn't "inspired" by anything you wrote. I researched mine for weeks before yours ran, and it had a completely different focus. By your logic, you were "inspired" by years of reporting in the DN and NYP on OneBk donors. Do you have a spreadsheet for that?
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Nicholas Dawes
3 years
The category we don't have on a spreadsheet, is stories that can't quite bear to mention @THECITYNY , despite being clearly "inspired by" our work. We try to be relaxed about this, despite our competitive hackles rising instinctively.
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@NYCMayor @edbraunstein @BilldeBlasio @GovKathyHochul . @NYCMayor says he will roll out a comprehensive housing plan in the coming weeks. It will include funding for NYCHA and will call for rezonings in areas that have avoided them in the past
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. @NYCMayor warns agency heads of a 15% budget cut by the spring 5% in the Nov budget update, another 5% in Jan and another 5% in the April budget update. The cuts also seemed designed as a pressure campaign aimed at Albany and DC From @JCColtin and me
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Joe Anuta
5 months
Couldn’t be more excited to have @SallyGold back at the helm in NYC!
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POLITICO Press
5 months
NEWS: @SallyGold is returning to the Empire State after spending the year covering the presidential election. She’ll fill a new position that was tailor-made for her: Senior New York Editor. Read the full announcement from @ryanhutchins & @jjschatz 👇
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Joe Anuta
3 years
A shopper at Balady Halal Foods is all in for @AndrewYang . When counting the woman upset about the tour crowding the sidewalk outside, I’m putting Yang at 1-1 so far
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1 year
. @NYCMayor has been talking up his plant-based food policies on the radio this morning. Says the American medical system is based on profit not wellness.
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3 years
. @andrewyang takes a spoonful of Yemeni honey, he describes it as pure.
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3 years
@ericadamsfornyc @710WOR Self criticism, he said, came easier to him if was done in the third person.
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1 year
Several hundred people who appear to be mostly union members — along with some local lawmakers and @SenSchumer — are awaiting @GovKathyHochul and @BillClinton at a GOTV rally
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Joe Anuta
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We pored over a year’s worth of the mayor’s daily schedules, which were released yesterday. They showed a mayor keen to keep a packed itinerary — but were notable for what they omitted. w/ @JCColtin
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Joe Anuta
11 months
@JCColtin @NYCHealthCommr 's raised eyebrow is a nice touch as well
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Joe Anuta
5 years
. @NYCSpeakerCoJo says cuts to cultural orgs and libraries, as proposed by @NYCMayor , are "dead on arrival."
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