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WHO RUNS NEW YORK? | New York Focus is a nonprofit newsroom investigating power in the Empire State.
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- “What is the worst thing that Andrew Cuomo did when he was the governor?” That’s what @ZohranKMamdani asked @bradlander at our joint mayoral forum with @HellGateNY in May. He didn’t miss a beat and ranked them “from fifth-worst to first-worst.” Watch the clip:
00:00 - NYPD has an 86-member public relations team — more than double its size two years ago. Some of its recent hires have histories of dishonesty and misconduct.
- SCOOP: Andrew Cuomo's campaign failed to disclose its bundlers, and set up fundraising webpages incorrectly telling donors that their gifts were eligible for public matching funds.
- NEW: Governor Kathy Hochul is ramping up funding for 'hot spot' policing — the controversial strategy used by the cops who killed Breonna Taylor in Louisville and Tyre Nichols in Memphis. tinyurl.com/4x786rys
- NEW: Why didn't lawmakers tackle the rent crisis? Maybe because most of them don't rent themselves. Lawmakers who own their homes are far less likely to support eviction protections and new housing supply than those who rent, we found.
- NEW: The NYPD's public relations arm employs 86 people, giving the department more communications staffers than many local newsrooms have journalists. The staff make high salaries, work a lot of overtime — and some have checkered disciplinary records.
- New York is receiving nearly $6 billion in federal infrastructure dollars that can go either to roads or to subways, trains, and sidewalks. So far, the Hochul administration has spent over 90 percent on roads, and less than 1 percent on public transit.
- Andrew Cuomo won 11 out of 13 majority-homeowner districts — but Mamdani swept the floor in renter-heavy areas, where turnout surged. Story below.
- NEW: Kathy Hochul says she'll unveil a congestion pricing replacement plan around the new year. That might be too late to stop Donald Trump from killing congestion pricing permanently, as he's promised to do if elected.
- NEW: Kathy Hochul wants to spend $1.3 billion to expand a highway. Her transportation department says it would shave only a few minutes off travel times. nysfocus.com/2024/09/24/rou…
- Carmen Blanco, 66: “Hell no, I did not sign that.” Emily Martin, 26: “I didn’t sign that. It’s strange that my name would show up there.” Edwin de la Cruz, 36: he “never signed any paper like that.” Josefa Luna, 72: she “didn’t sign anything.” nysfocus.com/2022/06/28/for…
- NEW: Many cops repeatedly accused of beating, harassing, and illegally arresting people while on disbanded plainclothes units are now likely working on Mayor Adams' new "Neighborhood Safety Teams" — often as high-ranking supervisors.
- NEW: As experts warn of ethnic cleansing, New York politicians have been unwavering in their support for Israel's efforts to "destroy Hamas." They've been far less vocal about their state's role in the occupation of Palestine.
