Geoff Burgan

Deputy Chief of Staff for @TishJames, the @NewYorkStateAG. Former CHIPS for America Comms Director. 🐕 & human dad with @farahsmelendez. Opinions only my own.

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

It’s such an honor to be leading comms for @NewYorkStateAG and her incredible team. @delaneykempner left some very big shoes to fill.

[Delaney Kempner @delaneykempner]

New York is lucky to have @GeoffBurgan
taking over comms for @NewYorkStateAG, the best comms team in the game. Geoff is so experienced, talented, and kind.

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[Bernadette Hogan @bern_hogan]

.@NewYorkStateAG top staffer response.

Of note: this was a heavily lobbied bill especially in the final hours by James/her staff. Sources say she wanted this win this session.

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

The bill explicitly protects lots of coupons and discounts through loyalty programs and much more.

You’re still going to get 10% off at your favorite store on your birthday (if they want to give that deal to you).

Seniors and veterans still get their discounts too.

[Bernadette Hogan @bern_hogan]

.@BusinessNYS opposes surveillance pricing ban arguing it’ll eliminate coupons (bill sponsors disagree):

“It’s important for the public to understand that these discounts are not disappearing because businesses chose to end them, but because the Legislature is banning them.”

[Emerita Torres (she/her) @EmeritaTorresNY]

UPDATE: We passed our bill to ban surveillance pricing in New York!

More to come, but for now just a huge thank you to Speaker Heastie, @NewYorkStateAG @AARPNY @UFCW @RWDSU @NYSAFLCIO @1199SEIU @Groundwork @econliberties @ZephyrTeachout @CSSNYorg @DC37nyc and more!

[ALEXIS RICHARDS @AlexisRichards]

New York just passed the One Fair Price Act.

New Yorkers deserve to trust that companies aren’t using their personal data to charge them the highest possible price. @NewYorkStateAG got it done.

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

Just after 12:30 AM and @TishJames’ top priority — to ban surveillance pricing — just passed both houses.

Big time issue, big time victory. ✅✅

[Bernadette Hogan @bern_hogan]

Surveillance pricing ban bill -- favored by @NewYorkStateAG -- is being debated on the assembly floor now and slated to go before the senate before sunrise.

https://t.co/CZxH3jk96A

[Democratic AGs @DemocraticAGs]

we're not saying the Knicks won last night because @TishJames is their AG... but we're not NOT saying that

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

The look Comms gives Policy when they want their fourth op-ed of the month.

[Jonah Bromwich @Jonesieman]

incredible live television, the whole reason to watch Inside the NBA is for moments like this. Love KAT.

[Benjy Sarlin @BenjySarlin]

EVERYONE’S BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSON UNTIL IT’S TIME TO BE BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSOOOOON

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

KNICKS IN 4!!!!

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

I'm pleased to invite @Wemby to our second Commission on Government Efficiency hearing on Wednesday June 10th 5-8pm, where we'll be asking the public for their thoughts on how government can run better. Would love to have you there for the whole time!

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

“I have been in combat in Afghanistan,” Mr. Pelley said. “I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.”

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[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

This team. This city. It's got the look. #AlwaysKnicks

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

.@TishJames is relentlessly focused on bringing costs down for New Yorkers.

Taking on surveillance pricing has been her top priority this session and the finish line is in sight.

[Nick Reisman @NickReisman]

New York AG Letitia James confident anti-surveillance pricing bills will pass https://t.co/c2sjSCDEoJ

[NY AG James @NewYorkStateAG]

Big companies are spending millions so they can use surveillance pricing to squeeze you for every last penny.

To keep New York affordable, we need to pass the One Fair Price Package, which bans surveillance pricing while preserving the discounts you and I love and rely on.

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

i have no words

[Geoff Burgan @GeoffBurgan]

Has anyone briefed the Governor of Texas on Wemby’s politics?

[Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX]

Spurs about to dunk on Knicks like Texas has been dunking on New York.

Go Spurs Go 🔥👽

[The xG Philosophy @xGPhilosophy]

Arsenal created just 0.01(xG) between 45+6’ and 120’

[Josh Hart @joshhart]

You couldn’t teach the type of Hate Watch I’m on today

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

This is obviously 100% fake, originally fabricated by a leftist blogger with mental health issues. On one hand, I really didn’t want to respond because it’s so dumb. On the other hand, it’s Exhibit A of how toxic politics works & it happens often enough that I feel some obligation to lift the curtain on how the game is played. So here goes:

I’m a Cavs fan. Love going to their games, always have, I’ve been going for decades. My wife and I bought courtside tickets for Game 4 against the Knicks, and our team got smoked. It was brutal. The two of us watched the game, face in hands, in disbelief and dejection during the second half, then peaced out right after the buzzer straight to our car (accompanied by state-provided security the entire time).

No, we did not stick around to watch the Knicks celebrate their romping. There is literally no amount of money on Earth you could have paid me to sit around and watch them collect their Eastern Conference trophy, let alone watch them parade off the court to their locker room. A sharp poke in the eye would’ve been more pleasant.

But then, a left-wing Ohio blogger with mental health issues publishes that not only did I wait until after the ceremony, but that I lingered around & tried to enter the Knicks’ locker room after the game, and told them I wanted “welcome” them to Ohio. This is nuts! He also published other vivid details. Those were also 100% nuts.

But here’s how the game is played. Ohio Democrats then repeatedly boosted the so-called “story” on social media, and the Daily Beast & others write “news” stories about it. Then hundreds of others cite the Daily Beast’s reporting and literally turn their fantasy into “truth."

It’s worth observing the incentive that political opponents would have to fabricate an anonymous “tip” to a random blogger with mental issues who has absolutely no standards for publication, then to amplify the “stories” after they’re written.

The whole thing is dumb, to be clear. But it’s dirty, it happens repeatedly, and the public is better off knowing about it. It’s why sane people rarely go into politics. Anyone who does should probably have their own head checked out (including me). My team sensibly told me to not to dignify it by commenting on it. Politically, they’re probably right. But if every leader were to follow that advice, it rewards the incentives for bad actors to lie not just about me, but about others in the future too. Call me idealistic, but I don’t think that’s how things are supposed to work.