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When he was a teenager, @EddieGibbsNY killed a man, he says, in self-defense. Now, as a state Assemblyman, he works to help the currently and formerly incarcerated. This is a story about remorse, atonement and second acts: https://t.co/CYlBDW2OE8

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

Five months into his tenure, @NYCMayor has yet to appoint a head of @NYCEDC, as he tries to figure out the direction of an agency whose mission doesn’t neatly fit into his democratic socialist agenda. W/ @danarubinstein @JeffCMays @emmabgo

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[Emma Goldberg @emmabgo]

What will economic development in New York look like under Mayor Mamdani? The lack of leadership of EDC, so far, raises questions. w/ @danarubinstein @SallyGold @JeffCMays https://t.co/twE8eau1KO

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

NEW: @ZohranKMamdani is seriously considering endorsing @DarializaforNY over @RepEspaillat in the tightening Upper Manhattan House race, despite telling Espaillat he'd back him last year. This would give her serious momentum. W/ @mayaaking:

https://t.co/W9Q9oUFJNN

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

@NYCMayor said today of Walden's tweet, "I think that's just despicable. The idea that this passes for political analysis ... and that it passes for the norm of discourse, it is a reflection of where we are not just as a city, but as a country." 1/4

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

NEW: Airbnb, which is all but illegal in NY, is trying again to break into the market, making a push in Black homeowner areas as the World Cup nears. But @ZohranKMamdani and @SpeakerMenin are all but certain to side with @NYHTC. W/ @mayaaking:
https://t.co/vpLARHkmc3 via @NYTimes

[@jeffcmays.bsky.social @JeffCMays]

The Archdiocese of New York has proposed paying $800 million to settle claims from the 1,300 people who say they were sexually abused as minors by priests and lay staff, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. w/ @mayaaking https://t.co/6Bc4PWOVpu

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

NEW: @NYCMayor is floating stretching out payments into the pension system, which sources say would save more than $1B amid a $5.4B deficit.

@andrewsrein warns it’s kicking the can down the road to avoid cutting spending of any kind.

https://t.co/E0YmN4lxJ9 via @NYTimes

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

NEW: @ZohranKMamdani endorses @LindseyBoylan's bid for City Council:

https://t.co/4yftWSldYc

[Emma G. Fitzsimmons @emmagf]

Mamdani Enlists Philanthropists to Raise $20 Million for Child Care: https://t.co/oHcgCRx0nB

[Ben Oreskes @boreskes]

NEW: As New York leaders argue over whether to raise taxes on high earners to help solve NYC’s multibillion-dollar budget gap, Gov. Kathy Hochul has decided to push for a yearly tax aimed at second homes in the city that are worth $5 million or more. https://t.co/orLkq3oRR2

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

“The voters wanted explicit language,” Ms. Tigani said. “They wanted clear, actionable goals that named race, that named racial inequities and that named solutions.”

https://t.co/3fLvB5h3Ne via @NYTimes

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James Sanders Jr., state senator from Queens, said the mayor’s proposal “caused an earthquake in the Black population, which was just starting to get to know him.” Chantel Jackson, assemblywoman, Bronx said move “definitely caused a ruckus that I don’t think he was prepared for”

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Mayor Mamdani dangled the threat of a property tax increase to force the state to tax the wealthy to close his looming budget deficit. But he angered two important constituencies; Gov. Hochul & Black middle class homeowners. w/@SallyGold @boreskes https://t.co/1OOpbpHk17

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

In the 5 weeks since @NYCMayor proposed a 9.5% property tax increase, angering Black homeowners & @GovKathyHochul, Mamdani hasn’t built any support for it and seems to have backed off. He expects to get more state $ instead. W/ @boreskes & @JeffCMays

https://t.co/759pZgN8o1

[Nicholas Fandos @npfandos]

NEW: Bernie Sanders Will Rally for N.Y. Tax Increase. Zohran Mamdani Does Not Plan to Join.

“I don’t want to get into the New York City, New York State politics,” Bernie told me about the mayor’s likely no show

https://t.co/SnlnvCmOZd

[Nicholas Fandos @npfandos]

"The office will begin with roughly $260 million in funding moved from existing programs, one of the people said, meaning that Mr. Mamdani has not yet committed to spending any new money on the effort."

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[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

NEW: @NYCMayor tomorrow will create an Office of Community Safety & name a DM to oversee it. In its initial iteration, it will be far more modest than originally promised - smaller budget, just 2 staffers, not a full dept. W/ @JeffCMays

https://t.co/fiMDGlkURM

[Emma Goldberg @emmabgo]

New: Mamdani is restarting homeless encampment sweeps. This comes after more than 20 people died in the cold. But the Mamdani admin's sweeps will focus on outreach, putting Homeless Services in the lead instead of the police department. w/ @JeffCMays https://t.co/NTcl77Rh7G

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

“The youngest was 27 years old; the oldest was 90 and had dementia. Some were homeless. Some died with drugs or alcohol in their system. All found themselves at the bitter mercy of the cold.”

https://t.co/eFoxKOzBzc via @NYTimes

[Jay Root @byjayroot]

NEW TONIGHT: Consultants Offered Epstein Access to Top N.Y. Democrats if He Donated https://t.co/JGyNrqP527 w/@biancapallaro