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POLITICO Get the New York Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories There are now 6,147 people hospitalized for Covid-19 in New York state, a level not seen since the middle o...

Max Rose offered a taste of what his New York City mayoral bid will look like during a Wednesday event with the Forward, assailing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure and pledging to fight for the working class while eschewing political labels. “I embrace the notion of moral populism,” said Rose, a Democrat who lost his Staten Island Congressional seat to Nicole Malliotakis in November. “There is a system in place in both New York City and the rest of the country that has completely ripped pe...

Tyson fires 7 managers at Waterloo pork plant tied to alleged betting on how many workers COVID-19 would sicken Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register How pandemics like COVID-19 can affect meat shortages and price gauging Replay Video UP NEXT Tyson Foods on Wednesday fired seven managers at its Waterloo pork processing plant following an investigation into allegations that managers and supervisors made bets on the number of workers who would be sickened by the coronavirus. Ark...

70+ New York City Candidates Oppose Delay to RCV, Push Council on Education Candidates in the same district, and former EDs of the BLAC, unite NEW YORK, NY (12/16/2020) (readMedia)-- Today, over 70 candidates from across the city -- some running against each other -- released a statement in support of ranked choice voting (RCV) and opposing any delay. Instead they pushed the NYC Council to do its job and pass intro 1994, a bill that will fully fund voter education on RCV. The full statement wit...

City preps for pandemic-era snowstorm — De Blasio foresees post-Christmas shutdown — Candidates get matching funds Presented by Uber Driver Stories It snows every year, but there’s never been a year like 2020. So with up to a foot of snow expected in New York City starting later today, Beleaguered restaurants are girding for another blow, just days after they were required to shut down indoor dining. Under the city’s snow alert, they’ve been ordered to stop outdoor dining in roadway...

NYCs next mayor could be the second choice of most voters By Henry Goldman Bloomberg Eric Schulzke: Daydreaming may be the next childhood psychiatric target Kathryn Moody: Investors, Are You Ready for the Next Global Crisis? Meghan Streit: Pitching In When Caregivers Need Help The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington: Caprese is a light, fresh salad; the perfect quick and easy accompaniment to any summer meal Jonathan Tobin: Care about the Jewish states future? Obama, in interview, re...

Des Moines Register Tyson Foods on Wednesday fired seven managers at its Waterloo pork processing plant following an investigation into allegations that managers and supervisors made bets on the number of workers who would be sickened by the coronavirus. Arkansas-based Tyson last month hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the gaming allegations after they were raised in wrongful death lawsuits filed by families of workers at the plant who died of COVID-19. The manag...

SHARE: Kathryn Garcia doesn’t really do politics. Before she started running for mayor of New York City, beginning with a Zoom announcement on Thursday, she’d never run for office before. Her only campaign experience was making fundraising calls in 1992 for former Democratic U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin when she was a college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before 2020, her lone campaign contributions were $100 to former Mayor David Dinkins’ unsuccessful 1993 reele...

Stephen Ross of Related (Getty, Wikipedia Commons) After 12 years of loving Michael Bloomberg and seven despising Bill de Blasio, some titans of real estate are ready to splurge on a pro-business mayoral candidate. But which one? And can real estate’s money make a difference anyway? Don’t count on it. First, the news: Related Companies Chairman Stephen Ross just poured $1 million into a campaign fund to influence the city’s 2021 elections for mayor and City Council, the New York Times rep...

Women Candidates to Council: Dont Delay Ranked Choice Voting, Start Education Today Related Media RCV_12_14_.pdf NEW YORK, NY (12/14/2020) (readMedia)-- Today, 23 women candidates for New York City Council wrote an open letter in support of Ranked Choice Voting, arguing that it will help elect more women -- women of color in particular -- by eliminating the spoiler effect and decreasing negative attacks. "Rather than seeking to delay ranked choice voting, we need the...