NEW: When I told Bo Dietl I was a @POLITICO reporter and asked about his work for Mayor Eric Adams' legal defense trust, he told me: “You like to suck dick? Go suck dick somewhere,” then hung up. Two hours later, the trust fired Dietl. w/ Joe Anuta politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

The governor proudly proclaimed she was 'DONE' with the budget. But lawmakers don't agree.
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Mayor Adams: 'I don’t think any rodent could traumatize you more than a rat.'

Bill de Blasio:

Good, comprehensive story on Governor Kathy Hochul's plans regarding criminal justice and the politics of that issue, by Jason Beeferman:

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Still open items: mayoral control (which was reintroduced this weekend as part of talks) and rolling back Tier 6 pension requirements (which is estimated to cost the state billions in coming years).

Lawmakers seem to be in disagreement with the Governor as to whether the state budget has been finalized.

.Governor Kathy Hochul brought the press to the Red Room to announce… “we have the parameters of a conceptual agreement”

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- A state budget cheat sheet, via Jason Beeferman
- Pushing for New York For All Act, via Shawn ness
- Trump in court, via Emily Ngo
- DiNapoli's concerns over the EPF, via Marie French
-Kennedy starts to say goodbye Bill Mahoney
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.Housing Justice For All responds to proposed state housing deal:

A budget in May? There are only 3 days of session left this month. And tenant activists are talking tough, saying they're ready to walk away from a housing deal: politico.com/newsletters/ne…

Dozens of N.Y. Democratic lawmakers told housing advocates they will not support a state budget with a housing package that exempts certain tenants from stronger eviction protection laws or rollbacks to rent regulations passed in 2019.

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Tenant activists and property owners are… agreeing?

As NYS budget negotiations continue, small property owners and tenant activists are aligned on one piece. They both oppose proposals to exempt luxury units from 'good cause' tenant protections: politico.com/newsletters/ne…

Inbox: Eclipse update from Albany Senator Jim Tedisco

For a lot of human history, an earthquake followed a few days later by a total eclipse would be taken as a pretty good sign of the end times

Albany just quaked

New York City is opening nine new schools in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens. politico.com/newsletters/ne…

.Governor Kathy Hochul speaking to reporters now about a housing deal

Lawmakers won't be getting paid until a state budget is passed. Gov. Hochul’s office ignored questions of whether she would skip her own paycheck until a deal is made.

.Mayor Eric Adams hasn't appeared at any of Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar's pressers on her illegal cannabis solution bill even though she's one of his top allies and this is one of his chief concerns.

Interesting piece by Jason Beeferman:

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- Illegal weed woes, via Jason Beeferman
- Budget update, via Nick Reisman
- NYC crime is down, so says Adams Jeff Coltin
- Push for home care wages Shawn ness
- And fighting for water money Marie French
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