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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 Gov. Andrew Cuomo is entering perhaps one of the most pivotal weeks of his decades-long political career, a...

Scott Stringer (Getty, NYC Comptroller, iStock/Illustration by Alexis Manrodt for The Real Deal) Mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer wants to require all residential projects to include affordable housing — but some developers say his numbers don’t add up. The city comptroller released a 47-page housing plan Thursday including details on the “universal affordable housing” program he announced last year. Under it, developers would have to make at least 25 percent of apartments deeply affordab...

New law bars convicted ex-pols from running — Cuomo besieged as crises grow — County parties hold off on mayoral endorsements Presented by Opportunities for NY Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation on Thursday designed to prevent individuals convicted of felony public corruption from holding city office again. If that sounds like the kind of implausible scenario that wouldn’t take a law to prevent, you haven’t met Hiram Monserrate. The former state senator from Queens was expelled fro...

New York City Comptroller: Ax Rule Forcing Private Equity to Pay Legal Bills Mandate now forces PE operators to cover their own litigation tabs in disputes, instead of passing along the costs to NYC pension fund investors. Scott Stringer is worried. New York City pension funds are having a tough time enlisting private equity (PE) firms due to a requirement that PE outfits pay for litigation expenses out of their own pockets instead of shunting the cost onto investors.   So, as the city officia...

arrow City Comptroller Scott Stringer speaking in October at a press conference in front of a NYCHA housing development. City Comptroller Scott Stringer / Flickr As city comptroller, Scott Stringer frequently delivered harsh condemnations of Mayor Bill de Blasios housing policies. He has accused de Blasio of deepening the affordable housing crisis by failing to create sufficient units for very low-income New Yorkers, labeled his rezonings as developer giveaways, and blamed him for...

POLITICO Get the New York Playbook PM 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 AARP NY Hello (and we’re almost to Friday!) from the joint legislative hearing on health care and Medicaid, an annual Alb...

Stringer, who’s running for mayor, included the tax-the-rich call in his annual response to the mayor’s preliminary spending plan, which aims to close a $5.5 billion budget gap.

As we enter 2021, just-food continues to provide daily updates on how Covid-19 is still affecting the world's packaged food sector – and how executives see the market taking shape. related to 2 Sisters Food Group, Bakkavor, Baxters Food Group, BRF, Cargill, Fazer Group, Flowers Foods, Food and Drink Federation, Foster Farms, General Mills, Godiva, Greencore, JBS, Kellogg, Lindt & Sprüngli, Müller, Maple Leaf Foods, Nestle, Olymel, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Pilgrim's Prid...

As we enter 2021, just-food continues to provide daily updates on how Covid-19 is still affecting the world's packaged food sector – and how executives see the market taking shape. related to 2 Sisters Food Group, Bakkavor, Baxters Food Group, BRF, Cargill, Fazer Group, Flowers Foods, Food and Drink Federation, Foster Farms, General Mills, Godiva, Greencore, JBS, Kellogg, Lindt & Sprüngli, Müller, Maple Leaf Foods, Nestle, Olymel, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Pilgrim's Prid...

March 1 Bike New York forum with NYC mayoral candidates Public forum (via Zoom) with NYC mayoral candidates on policies to promote bicycling and protect bike riders New York City, Feb. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The forum will be a discussion with mayoral contenders on street design and management policies regarding the city’s bike lane network, bike lane design and enforcement, construction of greenways, the future of open streets, bicycle parking, structuring city programs and agencies t...