Jeff Coltin @JCColtin
NYC political reporter with @PoliticoNY, co-authoring New York Playbook. 🌵➡️🗽 Used to be at @CityandStateNY JeffColtin.Wordpress.com New York City Joined July 2012-
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NEW YORK — The owner of the New York Mets wants to expand his footprint in the Empire State with a casino at Citi Field. A left-flank lawmaker is standing in his way. New via @SallyGold @JCColtin politico.com/news/2024/04/2…
“But Cohen is already considering ways to work around Ramos if she ends up opposing the bill…” @SallyGold reports on the behind the scenes of the casino pitch for Citi Field’s parking lot politi.co/3UAwqna
Brooklyn Dems lookin good just months before the election brooklyndems.com
Progressive political troublemaker Allen Roskoff is sending out a mailer attacking the appellate division judges who reduced former President Donald Trump’s bond payment — and calling on them to resign: politico.com/newsletters/ne…
NEW: Opposition builds to @NYCMayor anticipated corp counsel pick - with City Council caucus led by @ebottcher and @tiffany_caban releasing statement of dissent. (The position needs Council approval, something the mayor did not seem to secure in advance.) politico.com/news/2024/04/2…
The FOIL fairy 🧚 has come through! Here’s a first look at the new One45 for Harlem plan (h/t @JCColtin who first reported on the filings) nydailynews.com/2024/04/24/fil…
Students at City College set up an encampment — the first CUNY school to do so. At least 200 people here.
Overlooking Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment from Low Steps, Speaker Mike Johnson promised to demand Biden take action to clear it, including potentially calling in the National Guard. Leading @politicony Playbook, w/ @madinatoure ⬇️ politico.com/newsletters/ne…
Scott Stringer, a potential NYC mayoral candidate, gets a procedural win in court today. A mid-level appeals court ruled that his defamation suit against Jean Kim can proceed to the merits after she tried to dismiss it. Here's some background: nytimes.com/2022/12/12/nyr…
May 22nd -- LCA Show in Albany!
Rice was asked to resign as chairwoman after criticism of the fatal police shooting of Kawaski Trawick and efforts to increase the power and budget of the oversight agency. After 2 years as interim chairwoman, appointed by the mayor, City Hall referred to Rice as a “holdover.”
Rice was asked to resign as chairwoman after criticism of the fatal police shooting of Kawaski Trawick and efforts to increase the power and budget of the oversight agency. After 2 years as interim chairwoman, appointed by the mayor, City Hall referred to Rice as a “holdover.”
"When you can go from working in the mailroom to becoming mayor, dreams come true in New York!," @NYCMayor tells @HSanchezTV & @DanMannarino on. Mayor says he wants to look at current library systems & repeats city didn't make libraries cancel Sat service (just didn't give $$)
"I communicated directly with Ms. (Arva) Rice and told her, she does not have to leave the CCRB board," Mayor Adams says on PIX 11. "Now, I have been making leadership changes." Writes off the controversy as typical turnover in an administration.
Looks like the JP Morgan HQ, which Hochul and Adams visited in November for the topping-off ceremony.
Looks like the JP Morgan HQ, which Hochul and Adams visited in November for the topping-off ceremony.
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Greetings from the Albany School of Humanities, where Gov. Hochul is about to hold a press conference in the coolest elementary school library I’ve ever seen.
It's Friday. Read NY Playbook! - Abortion money quietly made the state budget, @NickReisman - Appellate judges criticized for lowering Trump's bond, @JCColtin - More protests at NYC campuses, via @madinatoure who's been on the scene all week. politico.com/newsletters/ne…
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This is a fascinating piece by @JCColtin. He got video of @NYCMayor at Miami fundraiser making clear he wants the @DemSocialists to be a foil as he heads to reelection. Coltin truth-squadded the claims and got some interesting feedback from Frank Carone. Well worth a read.
Socialists are a convenient foil for Mayor Eric Adams. So much so that he seems to be stretching the truth to use them as an opponent: politico.com/newsletters/ne…
That tweet was deleted, and he reposted it with the Eric Adams and WhatsApp parts cropped out.
Seems like from the original post it was sent to him by the mayor? But I didn’t do a forensic audit of the WhatsApp, so who knows.
Last night, when the Knicks-Sixers broadcast showed Ben Still sitting courtside, my dad momentarily couldn’t remember his name and referred to him as “George Costanza’s dad’s son.”
“Did I do a forensic audit?” No,” and good enough “for the tweet universe.” Damn, I didn’t realize Frank Carone had such has such a true poster mindset. Respect, I wasn’t familiar with his game, etc.
My FOIL request recently celebrated its 4th birthday and 18th extension 🥳 Its growing up so fast 🤧
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