A FDNY captain had to tell a small crowd of firefighters to 'pipe down' as Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh took the stage at a Tuesday ceremony a day after The News reported tumult in the top ranks.
Will Tusk be the next Capalino?
Andrew Yang’s two campaign managers, his press secretary, his policy director and multiple senior advisers don’t actually work for his New York City mayoral campaign. They’re employed by Tusk Strategies, a lobbying firm that’s regularly hired by clients to advocate for or against bills that are being considered by the City Council and the mayor. And the arrangement raises concerns about what kind of access this lobbying firm – and the private clients that hire Tusk – would have to the mayor if Yang were to win the election.
“We believe that it is improper for the same firm to be both a campaign consultant, and then lobby the person that they helped to elect,” said Susan Lerner, executive director of good-government group Common Cause New York. Consultants build “a special relationship of trust” with the candidate, and Lerner added they’re increasingly cashing in on that relationship.
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by one education reporter’s count, the eighth and in all likelihood final “first day of school” in this topsy-turvy pandemic academic year.
The number represents the students who had been taking classes from home, but opted to switch to in-person schooling during a sign-up window the city opened up recently. Elementary, middle, and high school students will all be able to go back on the same day good news for the older kids, since the city previously said there was no guarantee of when middle and high schools would accept them.