#NY18 ’s Alison Esposito here - though she defends her shift as running for LG, where she supported a (purely hypothetical) statewide abortion ban, to running nationally, where she says it’s a state issue.

Inner Circle President @JamesFordTV met with Mayor Adams - who he'll be spoofing next week in the Inner Circle Show!
Saturday tickets still available. Friday dress rehearsal is sold out online, but talk to a member for a few remaining!
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Justice Sotomayor today granted former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin more time to appeal his alleged bribery case to the Supreme Court.
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The background, in Playbook yesterday:

Yikes! New York City is seeing an uptick in cases of a disease largely associated with exposure to rat urine, per this nychealthy advisory that went out today.

It's also unfortunate that council members have already been told to complete the form, if in fact, this new policy has not been rolled out.

Remember Cuomo’s “Progressives for Israel”advocacy group? Now it’s called “Never Again, Now!” and he’s pitching it at a gathering at billionaire Barry Rosenstein’s place.
First in Playbook: politico.com/newsletters/ne…

.Mayor Eric Adams gets defensive when talking about this new form, says Adrienne Adams should have known about it even though she said yesterday she first heard about it through Jeff Coltin's reporting

'It's unfortunate that she heard through Jeff Coltin,' he said.

Get your Friday NY Playbook!

- Hate crimes deal likely, scoopage via Nick Reisman
- A DocGo update, via Emily Ngo
- Reining in lobbying of city government, via Joe Anuta
- Cuomo speaks at anti-DSA event, scoop via Jeff Coltin
- House fight over abortion
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I've previously written about parallels between Eric Adams and former mayor Jimmy Walker, a debonair playboy who resigned in disgrace after a corruption scandal in 1932. The fact that Adams keeps a framed photo of Walker in his office is mind-boggling!

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Latest example of Torres' long drift away from progressive movement: endorsing this new explicitly anti-progressive, anti-bail reform, anti-congestion pricing organization.

Some good news:

Tomorrow is my first day at POLITICO, where I’ve got a contract to help cover the Trump hush money trial for the next six weeks.

Excited for this opportunity to work alongside the best in the biz.

And excited to get back to work!

Keith Powers poses with his namesake book, as the city’s public libraries do their annual photo campaign ahead of the budget.
Higher stakes this year, though, as they’re asking for $58M restored in expense and $125M restored in capital.

In his City Hall office, Mayor Eric Adams keeps a framed photo of Mayor Jimmy Walker — the Jazz Age leader who resigned in disgrace amid a corruption scandal.
In Playbook: politico.com/newsletters/ne…

You never know who you’ll run into in NYC. Tonight it was Mayor Eric Adams and lots of top NYPD brass where the mayor popped down into the Times Square subway station, recorded a video about safety, then went right back up to his car

Hard to avoid the politics at NAN today! As Sharpton's influence hasn't diminished.
In Playbook PM: politico.com/newsletters/ne…

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is encouraging members NOT to fill out the new 'engagement request' form - and says don't make your bad internal communications strategy *our* problem.

Background: cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/…