Sophie Krichevsky (she/her/hers)
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Associate editor @CityAndStateNY. Past: editor @QueensChronicle; @thefineprintnyc; @PublishersLunch; managing/feats. ed. @kenyoncollegian. Thoughts mine.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined September 2012
NEW: How did @jessicaramosqns get to this point? It’s about much more than endorsing Cuomo in the primary. “I knew that they had all been … trying to figure out a moment,” she said. “I guess they got their perfect excuse.” My latest cover story:
cityandstateny.com
She’s got a primary challenger, campaign debt and a whole lot of enemies. But she’s used to going it alone.
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The DM of comms, meanwhile, appears to be looking for gov gigs for his staff. Agency folks got email from his chief of staff this week saying DM @Fabien_Levy “is looking to get a pulse on current communications job openings across city agencies.” (Wouldn’t he know?)
.@KaylaMamelak, Mayor Adams' top spokeswoman at City Hall, is resigning in a couple weeks, leaving the admin early instead of staying on through the end of his term in light of his decision to not seek reelection.
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“My dream come true would have been Eric Adams, who is guilty of financial improprieties, and George Santos being cellmates,” Curtis Sliwa tells me on Trump letting out Santos. “This is a bad sign. People who do bad things in politics, there are no consequences for them anymore.”
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Trump says he's commuting George Santos' 7-year sentence for fraud https://t.co/blsaDH5WOH
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The disgraced congressman was serving time in federal prison for fraud.
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Eric Adams isn’t running for mayor again, but maybe his son will one day. Here’s Jordan Coleman as a very good public speaker for an 8th grader.
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The City Council isn't just sending mailers against the ballot props, but also presenting to community boards:
The NYC Council had someone present to my local community board about the ballot proposals using talking points straight out of the NIMBY playbook.
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.@KaylaMamelak, Mayor Adams' top spokeswoman at City Hall, is resigning in a couple weeks, leaving the admin early instead of staying on through the end of his term in light of his decision to not seek reelection.
nydailynews.com
“I know how much you’ll miss me!” said press secretary Kayla Mamelak Altus, who has on multiple occasions had public spats with reporters on social media.
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Median rent in Greenpoint is now $4,700 a month So who gets to stay there? I spent several weeks reporting on it for @wnyc and @Gothamist
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Frank Carone and Ingrid Lewis-Martin were allegedly involved in efforts to restore an indicted firm’s ability to do business on city highways, according to transcripts in a bribery case against a former Adams official. https://t.co/5ujJM0lumA
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Frank Carone and Ingrid Lewis-Martin were allegedly involved in efforts to restore an indicted firm’s ability to do business on city highways, according to transcripts in a bribery case against a...
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NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is trying to water down legislation that would bolster oversight of New York's corrections system, advocates said, just as three correction officers stand trial for the beating death of a prisoner. My latest on @Gothamist --> https://t.co/7RRCUPWTj4
gothamist.com
“What we're struggling over right now is trying to get the governor to sign it without amending us to death,” Eric Schneiderman said.
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CORREX: Upon review, the quote was, "When you were governor ... your parole board released 43 cop killers back into the street. Your father, when he was guv., released none. You're no Mario Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo." (Must have misheard "realeased none" for "would be stunned" sry!)
"your father Mario would be stunned. You're no Mario Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo" - Sliwa
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CORREX: Upon review, the quote was, "When you were governor ... your parole board released 43 cop killers back into the street. Your father, when he was guv., released none. You're no Mario Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo." (Must have misheard "realeased none" for "would be stunned" sry!)
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And just think: We get to do this all over again next week!
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And just like that ... the first mayoral debate of the general election is finished. Missed it? Want to relive its biggest moments? We've got you covered, w/ @SahalieD and @hollypret
https://t.co/J2P9AueEms
cityandstateny.com
Three very different men took the stage Thursday night with three weeks to go until Election Day.
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We were rocked to the core. Some of Curtis Sliwa’s zingers on the night:
cityandstateny.com
And Sliwa didn’t even need his red beret.
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(actually Sliwa didn't say FDR, too, crosstalk.)
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Mets and Knicks playing Game 7 at the same time, which do you go to? (not a realistic thing to occur, by the way!!! Months apart) Sliwa says he's a Yankee fan so Knicks Cuomo says he'll go half and half, he'll make it back Zohran says he'd go Knicks
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Will they boycott parades? Zohran says he will miss some because he'll be doing the work of the mayor Would they add a parade? Cuomo says he doesn't know which ones don't exist yet Sliwa: "every parade has the right to exist"
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Zohran says he understands concerns of co-ops/condo owners, says city needs to help them with LL97
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Cuomo cuts in to say he wants to bring nuclear power to NYC through cables, says shutting down Indian Point was the right thing
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Sliwa says LL97 will destroy folks in co-ops/condos as utilities will go up a lot, says he wants to "slow that process down"
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