New: Sherif Soliman, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s budget chief, privately briefed members of the Democratic Socialists of America on the state of NYC's finances last week — a move that could raise ethical concerns, per a government watchdog. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
After coming under fire for keeping his government schedules conspicuously empty during his final year as NYC comptroller, congressional candidate Brad Lander is taking aim at his opponent, Rep. Dan Goldman, for his spotty voting record on Capitol Hill.
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Fabien Levy, Eric Adams' ex-top spokesman, is at the first public hearing for Mayor Mamdani's Charter Revision Commission.
He says he plans to testify in support of creating an open primary system in NYC (Adams' zombie-like CRC has already advanced a ballot question on this).
New: State Assembly candidate Conrad Blackburn boasted about not voting for the Democratic Party’s presidential candidates in either 2016 or 2024 — and called Donald Trump’s first election “a necessary evil."
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Zombie time: Eric Adams’ legally dubious Charter Revision Commission plans to hold its fifth — and potentially final — public hearing on June 25 at Manhattan’s Park East Synagogue, the site of an anti-Israel protest last year.
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