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☆ Eric Adams Names Edward Caban as NYPD Commissioner
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Erin Ailworth | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ New York mayor names city's first Hispanic police commissioner
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] New York City Mayor Eric Adams and First Deputy Commissioner Edward Caban stand outside the 40th precinct on the day Adams announces Caban as his choice to be the next New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner, in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 17, 2023.... Read moreJuly 17 (Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday appointed Edward Caban as the city's police commissioner, making him the first Hispanic to hold the post in its 178-year history. Adams, himself a former New York City police captain, introduced Caban, 55, as the city's police commissioner during a news conference at a precinct house in the Bronx, the New York City borough where Caban started his career as a rookie police officer in 1991. Caban will head the largest police department in the United States, overseeing some 35,000 uniformed offices and 18,000 civilian employees. Caban has served as acting police commissioner since Keechant Sewell resigned last month after serving 18 months in the job. Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in ChicagoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Eric Adams, Edward Caban, Adams, Caban, Read, Keechant Sewell, Brendan O'Brien Organizations: New, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, New York, Thomson Locations: New York, Bronx, New York City , New York, U.S, New, New York City, United States, Chicago

Edward Caban, who grew up in the Bronx as the son of a Puerto Rican transit police detective, on Monday became the first Latino officer to lead the New York Police Department in its 177-year history. Mayor Eric Adams announced the appointment of Mr. Caban, who had been serving as acting police commissioner, in a morning news conference in front of the 40th Precinct in the South Bronx, where Mr. Caban began his career as a police officer in 1991. The move came just over a month after Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to serve in the role, resigned after only 18 months, frustrated in her attempts to act with autonomy. Mr. Caban, who had previously served as first deputy commissioner, had remained close to the mayor through Commissioner Sewell’s tenure. He will oversee roughly 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian employees.

Persons: Edward Caban, Eric Adams, Caban, Keechant Sewell, Sewell’s Organizations: New York Police Department Locations: Bronx, Puerto Rican, South Bronx

☆ East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Carlos Waters | In Carloswaters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to developers who build new housing. Prominent investors Societe Generale and KKR have worked with developers like Philadelphia-based Post Brothers to finance institutional-scale office conversions in expensive central business districts. Many experts believe local governments will alter zoning laws and building codes to make these conversions easier over the years. Watch the video above to learn how cities are getting developers to convert more offices into apartments.

Persons: Muriel Bowser, Erica Williams, Eric Adams, Michael Pestronk, Dan Garodnick Organizations: DC, Societe Generale, KKR, Brothers, Post, New York City's Department of, Planning Locations: U.S, Washington, DC, New York City, Philadelphia

☆ NYC mayor Eric Adams to update disclosure form after failing to report crypto holdings, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a press conference on gun violence at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner on June 26, 2023 in New York City. New York City mayor Eric Adams has reportedly pledged to correct his annual financial disclosure form filed with the Conflicts of Interest Board, after failing to report his cryptocurrency holdings. It is unclear how much Adams' crypto holdings are worth. Miami mayor Francis Suarez's progressive crypto policies drew start-ups, venture firms, and crypto exchanges to Florida during the pandemic. In a similar disclosure by Suarez, the Miami mayor reported crypto holdings of $71,321 at the end of 2022, according to documents obtained by The Miami Herald via the county elections department.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, bitcoin, Francis Suarez's, Suarez, Jack Mallers Organizations: York City, New York City . New York City, Daily, CNBC, Miami, The Miami Herald Locations: York, New York City . New York, bitcoin, Florida, New York

☆ The value of office buildings is sinking – but turning 'zombie' offices into apartments is harder than you think. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

About $800 billion may be wiped off the value of offices in major cities this decade, per McKinsey. Converting New York offices into residences is possible but has its challenges, Bloomberg reported. Buildings in the financial district are only eligible if they were built before 1977, while it's 1961 for Midtown structures, Chilelli told Bloomberg. Structural issues must also be considered, Chilelli told Bloomberg. Repurposing a structure can as much as double the price per square foot for a building, Chilelli said.

Persons: Joey Chilelli, Chilelli, Eric Adams —, Maria Torres, Springer, Michael Cohen, Jeff Bezos, Mukesh Ambani, Mukesh Ambani's, Danish Siddiqui, Lilla Smith, Macklowe Organizations: McKinsey, Bloomberg, Service, Vanbarton Group, Williams, Flatiron, Danish, Irving Trust Company, Sixth Locations: New York, Wall, Silicon, Midtown, Manhattan, Mumbai, Lower Manhattan, York

☆ Will There Ever Be Another Popular Mayor of New York City?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Relying on surveys of biographers, social scientists and experts in urban policy and on an elaborate methodology, Mr. Holli concluded that Fiorello La Guardia was the best mayor in the history of the United States. No other New York mayor appeared on the “best” list; three were included among the worst. New York City is a notoriously difficult place to manage, and measuring success in real time is also complicated. On the face of it, the question of whether the current mayor is popular or not would appear to be a simple one determined by statistics, anecdote and so on, but it is knottier than that. During the campaign, his evasiveness led to headlines like, “Where Does Eric Adams Really Live?” because it was not obvious, a confusion that he blamed on shoddy paperwork at the hands of a homeless accountant.

Persons: Melvin Holli, Holli, Fiorello, Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio Organizations: Big City Mayors, Fiorello La Guardia, New, Yorkers, rancid Locations: Big City, ”, New York, Philadelphia, United States, York

☆ As Politicians Cry ‘Crisis,’ Some Migrants Are Finding Their Way
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Christopher Maag | Raúl Vilchis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At around 7 a.m. one day last August, the first migrants sent to New York City by the governor of Texas arrived with little warning on a bus, and walked sleepily into their new lives. They joined others who moved into shelters, then hotels, then white tents on an island in the East River and, as more came, into empty office buildings and school gyms. They enrolled their children in nearby schools, ate boxed meals served by the city, and clothed themselves in castoff pants and shirts donated by volunteers. Roughly half moved into public shelters, and the city’s shelter system reached 100,000 that month. City officials added up the costs of housing them: an estimated $4.3 billion by next summer.

Persons: Eric Adams, Biden Locations: New York City, Texas, East

☆ When Signs of Trouble Appear, Mayor Adams Turns to His Religious Base
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The next day, a longtime associate of Mr. Adams had been charged in a straw donor scheme to raise money for his mayoral campaign; the mayor was not implicated. Amid the wave of negative news, Mr. Adams chose to lay low. “Hard is having someone talk down to you and expect for you to take it no matter what they say and what they do,” Mr. Adams told the parishioners. Carmel Baptist Church and the Fire Department chaplain, conducted a morning prayer with Mr. Adams. Andrew M. Cuomo was being investigated for sexual harassment, he visited a Black church in Harlem with political leaders, and was often photographed with Latino and Black members of the clergy.

Persons: —, Adams, Mr, “, ”, V, Simpson Turner, Eric Adams, Andrew M, Cuomo Organizations: New York Times, Christian Cultural Center, Carmel Baptist Church, Fire Department Locations: Mt, Carmel, ”, Harlem

☆ Almost $80 Billion Needed for Repairs to New York City’s Public Housing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Mihir Zaveri | More About Mihir Zaveri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Worsening living conditions in the city’s public housing system have vast implications. NYCHA’s developments are home to more than 330,000 people, a population larger than that of Orlando or Pittsburgh. Rents for public housing residents tend to be capped at 30 percent of their income, and the average rent is less than $560 per month. New York’s public housing system was once heralded as a progressive triumph. A new public benefit corporation, created by the state last year, could also give the access to more funds.

Persons: Eric Adams, Barack Obama, NYCHA, Adams, Lisa Bova, Hiatt, Jamie Rubin Locations: York City, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Chelsea

☆ NYC Mayor Eric Adams's staffers splashed coffee on a photo of a slain police officer to make it look older than it actually was, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams carries around a photo of a slain police officer in his wallet. But the NYT reports that the photo was printed recently — and aides used coffee to make it look older. "I still think about Robert," Adams said at a news conference during his first months in office. According to the New York Times, Adams' wallet-sized photo of Officer Robert Venable, a friend of the mayor who died in the line of duty in 1987, was only recently created. Adams later posed for a portrait with the photo of Venable for a New York Times article published in February 2022.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, he's, —, Robert, Robert Venable, Venable, Fabian Levy, Levy Organizations: Service, York City, New York Times, The Times, Times Locations: York

Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub are suing New York City to block a new minimum wage law for delivery workers. Beginning on July 12, delivery apps must pay drivers about $18 per hour they are active on the app. Beginning July 12, delivery drivers in New York City must earn a minimum wage of about $18 an hour, according to a law signed by Eric Adams last month. The new minimum wage would require delivery apps to either pay drivers roughly 50 cents per minute of every trip or pay drivers $17.96 per hour they are active on the app. "Now because there are more delivery drivers and people are ordering less and tipping less, it's becoming more difficult.

Persons: —, Eric Adams, DoorDash, Alberto Mendes, Mendes, we're, Grubhub, I've, Harry Campbell, Guy, Uber Organizations: New, Service, Drivers, Department of Consumer and Worker, Grubhub, Unidos Locations: New York City, New York

☆ Doordash, Grubhub and Uber sue New York City over minimum wage law
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Food delivery platforms DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats are challenging in court New York City’s new minimum wage law for app food delivery workers. All three companies sued the city, maintaining that the law would hurt delivery workers more than help them. In a statement to CNN, DoorDash called the law “bad policy,” though it said it was not opposed to a minimum wage for delivery workers. According to a news release from New York City, food delivery workers currently make $7.09 per hour, on average. There are more than 60,000 food delivery workers working in the city, according to the local government.

Persons: Grubhub, Uber, —, DoorDash, Eric Adams, ”, Josh Gold, Uber’s, “ Organizations: CNN, New York, Uber, New York City Department of Consumer, New York City Locations: New, New York, New York City

☆ Eric Adams Shifts NYC Budget to Match His Top Issue: Migrant Arrivals
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Erin Ailworth | Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ American Cities Have a Conversion Problem, and It’s Not Just Offices
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Emily Badger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There is an aging office building on Water Street in Lower Manhattan where it would make all the sense in the world to create apartments. The 31-story building, once the headquarters of A.I.G., has windows all around and a shape suited to extra corner units. Right across the street, one office not so different from this one has already been turned into housing, and another is on the way. But 175 Water Street has a hitch: Offices in the financial district are spared some zoning rules that make conversion hard — so long as they were built before 1977. But that idea died in the State Legislature this spring, along with the rest of the governor’s housing agenda.

Persons: “, ”, Richard Coles, Eric Adams, Kathy Hochul, Coles, Vanbarton Organizations: Vanbarton, Gov, State Legislature Locations: Lower Manhattan, A.I.G, New York, State

Edward Caban, the New York Police Department’s first deputy commissioner and an ally of Mayor Eric Adams, will become the interim head of the agency, the mayor said Friday. “There’s a natural process in place that the first deputy commissioner falls in line until we make a permanent announcement on who the commissioner is going to be,” Mr. Adams said during a radio appearance on 1010 WINS. “And we are going to find a suitable replacement.”The announcement coincided with the last day in office of Keechant L. Sewell, the department’s first Black and first female commissioner, who abruptly announced her resignation two weeks ago, after finding that her powers had been circumscribed by the mayor and his allies. Her departure is one of a wave of high-level officials exiting the still-young administration. The mayor has also lost or is losing his chief housing officer, Jessica Katz, in the midst of a housing crisis; his social services commissioner, Gary Jenkins, in the midst of a record-setting homelessness crisis; his chief counsel, his communications director, his chief efficiency officer, his buildings commissioner and his chief of staff.

Persons: Edward Caban, New York Police Department’s, Eric Adams, “, Mr, Adams, Sewell, Jessica Katz, Gary Jenkins Organizations: New York Police

☆ More than 100 million Americans at risk as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

More than 100 million Americans were urged to limit prolonged outdoor activities, and, if needed, wear a mask if they suffer from pulmonary or respiratory diseases. People living in major U.S. cities such as New York, Chicago and Philadelphia may see murky skies and smell burning wood throughout the day. "The air quality in Chicago has been dreadful, giving me brutal migraines. The air-quality alerts were triggered by drifting smoke from wildfires burning in Canada, which is wrestling with its worst-ever start to wildfire season. An area of 8 million hectares (19.8 million acres), bigger than West Virginia, has already burned.

Persons: Quinn Glabicki CHICAGO, Eric Adams, Brendan O'Brien, Alison Williams, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S ., REUTERS, Midwest, National Weather Service, York City, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Mount Washington, U.S . Midwest, East, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S, United States, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, East Coast, Chicago, Philadelphia, York, Canada, West Virginia, Pacific, Atlantic, Midwest, South

☆ In Harlem and Beyond, City Election Points to a Generational Power Shift
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walking down 125th Street the day after taking a commanding lead in the race for a City Council seat in Central Harlem, Yusef Salaam couldn’t make it half a block without someone congratulating him on his likely victory. Voter after voter who greeted Mr. Salaam on Wednesday said they recognized him as one of the five Black and Latino men exonerated in 2002 in the rape and assault of a female jogger in Central Park in 1989. “I think this election is largely about change,” Mr. Salaam, 49, said. The other candidate in the race was Al Taylor, 65, also an assemblyman serving his sixth year in the State Legislature. In both Harlem and East New York, voters went from supporting self-described socialists to backing moderate Democrats.

Persons: Yusef Salaam couldn’t, Mr, Salaam, “, Inez Dickens, Eric Adams, Al Taylor, Charles Barron, Inez Barron Organizations: Council, United Federation of Teachers Locations: Central Harlem, Central Park, Harlem, Brooklyn, East New York

☆ Don't worry pizza-heads, NYC is still safe for pizza
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Lawmakers and prominent social media personalities have in recent days rallied against a proposed New York City rule that some say would crack down on the city’s beloved pizzerias. New York City is famously and deservedly known for its pizza. I hear New York City is trying to ban delicious pizza. New York City Mayor Eric Adams made a similar point during a press conference on Monday. So wait, did someone really throw a pizza at City Hall in protest of the proposed rule?

Persons: pizzerias, Sen, Marsha Blackburn, ” Dave Portnoy, Elon Musk, Michael Berman, Photodisc, “, Edward “ Ted ”, Michael Seilback, Pizza's, Artem Vorobiev, ”, Garima, Seilback, Eric Adams, wouldn’t, Adams Organizations: New, New York CNN — Lawmakers, Tennessee, Barstool Sports, Twitter, City Hall, City, city’s Department of Environmental, CNN, New York City Department of Environmental, Edward “ Ted ” Timbers, NYC Department of Environmental, American Lung Association, Getty, Columbia University, New York City Locations: New York, New York City, York City

☆ Why Mark Ruffalo and Wendell Pierce Are Fighting for a Crumbling Church
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Mihir Zaveri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the entry of Mr. Ruffalo and a number of celebrities — the actor Wendell Pierce, the comedian Amy Schumer, the rapper Common and more — into the fight over the church, more than two decades after it first began, has added an unusual twist to a common city conflict. Mr. Ruffalo even cornered Mayor Eric Adams at the Tribeca Film Festival this month to plead his case. All sides agree about the storied history of the church and its architectural significance. But around the same time, the church became a flashpoint in the city’s real estate battles. As early as the 1980s, West Park fought against preservationist regulations that would limit how it could use its property, arguing that it should be excluded from a historic district in the neighborhood.

Persons: Ruffalo, Wendell Pierce, Amy Schumer, Eric Adams, Maria Torres, Leaf Organizations: Tribeca, City, Springer, West Park Locations: New York, West

☆ What to expect from work the next time faraway wildfires poison your commute
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It may have helped Google to make a decision that many other East Coast employers did not that California-based companies have more experience with hazardous air quality issues. But one thing is certain: companies and workers should expect these wildfire-related air quality issues to return. The decisions companies make on these matters have significant legal and employee satisfaction ramifications, especially given the potential for future air quality issues. Air quality is becoming a broad employee health issue Between Covid, wildfires, radon and other environmental issues, there's been an increased awareness among employers and commercial real estate firms of the importance of air quality. Broadly speaking, companies need to be asking whether the systems they have in place are "adequate to ensure protection and safe air during very bad air quality events," he said.

Persons: David Dee Delgado, didn't, Eric Adams, Sedina Banks, Greenberg, Charles Simikian, Sara H, Dickinson Wright, it's, there's, Thomas Brugato, Nathan J, Oleson, Akin Gump, James Carbone Organizations: Summit, Vanderbilt, Getty, Google, New York, Safety, Health Administration, HR Partners, OSHA, Burling, Newsday Locations: Canada, New York, California, Asia, York, East, Maryland, Los Angeles, Washington, Covington, Islandia , New York

☆ Why Eric Adams Issued His Second-Ever Veto Over Housing Bills
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Why It Matters: The mayor and the City Council have disagreed about how to address New York’s housing crisis. New York City is facing a housing crisis with soaring rents and record homelessness. Mr. Adams has received criticism from housing advocates for not moving quickly enough to create affordable housing, for supporting rent increases and for clearing homeless encampments. This one is the first by Mr. Adams since January 2022, when he vetoed a bill that would have increased penalties for zoning violations. But the mayor could sue the City Council to stop the laws — a tactic used by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg — or the City Council could sue the mayor if he chooses not to implement them.

Persons: Adams, Jonathan Westin, “, Mr, Bill de Blasio, Kathryn Wylde, ”, Michael R, Bloomberg —, Mihir Zaveri Organizations: City, Families Party, City Council, Mr, Partnership, New, Bloomberg Locations: New York City, New York, “

☆ Rents for 2 Million New Yorkers Set to Rise Again This Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Mihir Zaveri | Olivia Bensimon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Wednesday, the city’s vast stock of rent-stabilized homes, which has come to be one of New York’s most important sources of lower-cost housing, is about to become a little more expensive. A New York City panel is set to let rents in the city’s one million rent-stabilized apartment rise for the second consecutive year, citing high inflation and ballooning costs for property owners. Last month, the panel, known as the Rent Guidelines Board, backed increases on one-year leases of between 2 and 5 percent and increases on two-year leases of between 4 and 7 percent, in a preliminary vote. Last year, the panel voted to raise rents on one-year leases by 3.25 percent in rent-stabilized homes, and on two-year leases by 5 percent. The Shirazis, who earn about $4,500 a month in retirement benefits, will find a way to manage, they said.

Persons: Eric Adams —, — Locations: York City, New York

☆ The ‘Fiercely Loyal’ Adams Adviser Agitating From Inside City Hall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Brian M. Rosenthal | Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the days after Eric Adams was elected mayor of New York, several of his supporters approached him with some uncomfortable advice. They urged him not to hire his closest ally, Ingrid P. Lewis-Martin, for his administration, according to six people with knowledge of the conversations. It was an audacious suggestion. But the group of supporters argued that Ms. Lewis-Martin could cause trouble at City Hall, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. They noted that when Mr. Adams was Brooklyn borough president and Ms. Lewis-Martin was his deputy, she had alienated staff members and pushed the limits of ethics rules.

Persons: Eric Adams, Ingrid P, Lewis, Martin, Adams, “, God Organizations: City Hall Locations: New York, Brooklyn

☆ Choose Wisely, Choose Often: Ranked-Choice Voting Returns to New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Did the voting system help Eric Adams become mayor? Mr. Adams had expressed doubts about ranked-choice voting, but it might have helped him win — even if the process was messy. Initially, early unofficial results showed Mr. Adams with a narrow lead. Under the old system, Mr. Adams would have faced a runoff because he did not receive at least 40 percent of votes. Mr. Adams won the primary by a slim margin: only 7,197 votes.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, Maya Wiley, Wiley, Kathryn Garcia, Garcia Organizations: Democratic

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