emily rahhal she/her

Political Reporter with @PIX11News Past: @PatchTweet @maroonnews. Of LA fame.

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[emily rahhal she/her @RahhalEmily]

Some personal news -- I'm shifting to a full-time political beat at PIX11 as a Political Reporter! Catch me on PIX on Politics Daily with @DanMannarino 👀🇺🇸

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[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

"That will continue because I never want to be a mayor who tells New Yorkers that there was more I could have done but I was afraid of trying," Mamdani says when asked if his team will continue to engage with the Trump admin on immigration despite the elevation of Stephen Miller.

[Dan Mannarino @DanMannarino]

Asked at SOMOS about appointing a special prosecutor for the Cornell case, @NewYorkStateAG says the appointment has nothing to do with her own previous comments about the case.

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[Sahalie Donaldson @SahalieD]

Attorney General Letitia James has words for anyone “drunk on power” who decides to run against Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: you gotta get past her and the neighborhood first.

“We’re going hard,” she says. “We’re going hard for our speaker.”

[Jeff Coltin @JCColtin]

What was this “anonymous flyer” that Somos was freaking out about Friday night?
Turns out it was the “ICE out of schools” presser organized by NYIC and CM Alexa Avilés - and attended by Mamdani, James and more.
I hear the board felt it was too “political,” for a nonprofit.

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More on the project: https://t.co/dUKxL21bc1

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NEW: @NYCMayor Mamdani says he is opposed to the Esencia Project in Puerto Rico

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Announced it this morning at Labor breakfast. @katie_honan asked him about this yesterday, he didn’t issue an opinion but said he was meeting with local leaders to discuss the Esencia Project

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.@NYCMayor takes the podium

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Morning! Last full day at SOMOS @GovKathyHochul & @NYCMayor about to take the stage at a breakfast for labor (UFT, IAM, etc)

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Doubles down on universal childcare statewide - “I want fully universal 4K program across the state of NY by 2028” & shouts out Zohran Mamdani

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“This is a dawn of a whoooole new day” she says, shouting out @RepJeffries and @SenSchumer

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.@GovKathyHochul Celebrating Tier 6 reforms, employment insurance benefits, investments in workers comp. Talking about FDR time as governor & the New Deal

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@NYCMayor Part of the mayor’s remarks:

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Large anti-ICE protest at Somos right now - @TishJames expected, many city officials here including DOB and MOIA & Chancellor Samuels

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.@NYCMayor takes the podium opposing legislation in the Puerto Rican Senate that would allow ICE in schools

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.@TishJames just now “I don’t know if you got the news, but MAGA is about to die”

[PIX11 News @PIX11News]

At SOMOS, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul discuss New York's relationship with Puerto Rico. Hochul also addressed whether she's changing her stance on taxes. @RahhalEmily has more.

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On question of taxes, @SpeakerMenin says it’s too early to say if NYC will need them.

“Wall street is having a very good year we want that to continue”

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& if you think @NYCMayor didn’t reference Michael Buble… you’re wrong

Responding to a question about immigration

[Josie Stratman @JosieStratman]

Gov Hochul says she’s open to tax hikes to fund childcare:

“I will work hard to manage within our existing resources.

“But if we need more, we'll find a path,” she says, using pied-a-terre tax as an example.