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And merely rolling over the existing rules, a de Blasio aide says, would be «disastrous,» because about 8,000 affordable apartments are lost each year when their rents rise above the stabilization threshold.
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Prosecutors said in return a top de Blasio aide arranged a key meeting «in an effort to pressure the agency to make its proposed settlement terms more favorable to Singh.»
Prosecutors have said a top de Blasio aide, identified by sources as Emma Wolfe, pressured city managers to treat Singh favorably.
He described a de Blasio aide constantly pushing him for more money, and his many requests for favors in return.
A de Blasio aide said the administration supports councils» input, but added that «we think CECs are working as they are.»
And last week at City Hall, homeless outreach advocates attended a meeting called by de Blasio officials, where HRA Commissioner Steve Banks and top de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe were present, in order to discuss the city's homelessness outreach efforts.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS DE BLASIO AIDE OVER HOMELESSNESS — POLITICO New York's Gloria Pazmino and Sally Goldenberg: City Council members, already increasingly frustrated with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, privately questioned one of his deputy mayors recently over their concerns with the city's growing homelessness problem and her role in it.
An argument at a supposed Democratic «unity» rally after the NYC primary between a de Blasio aide and a Cuomo aide set the stage for what is widely expected to be more tension to come once the mayor - elect — a former Cuomo staffer himself — takes office.
All of which suggests malpractice by the parade's board and its chair, top de Blasio aide Lorraine Cortés - Vazquez.
Sources said party leaders including Karen Scharff, as well as Bill de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe, were on the phone with Cuomo campaign officials minutes before the endorsement was supposed to be announced, threatening to push for an endorsement of Teachout unless the video was improved.
The WFP is backing Allessandra Biaggi against Klein, former Mayor de Blasio aide Jessica Ramos against Peralta and Syracuse University professor Rachel May against Valesky.
Charles Fall, a 29 - year - old chief - of staff at NYC's Parks Department and former Mayor Bill de Blasio aide, announced his candidacy on Friday.
UPDATE: After the publication of this story, a de Blasio aide added that the mayor does not think Cuomo or any intermediaries are needed because «our door is always open, we're always here to meet with the unions.»
Top de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe and his campaign fund - raiser, Ross Offinger, who's now working as a consultant on the mayor's 2017 re-election campaign, are also targets of the DA's probe, according to public reports.
«During his term as public advocate, he was attracted to issues that drew the most publicity,» a former de Blasio aide recalled.
De Blasio aide John Paul Lupo fired off a dossier on the plan to the lawmakers after the hearing to try and satisfy their queries, but opposition appears only to have grown.
An email from Singh to de Blasio aide Javon Coney, dated Dec. 16, 2014, reads: «Please let me know when is the best time to call.
Top de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe and the mayor's chief fundraiser, Ross Offinger, have both been issued subpoenas.
Singh sent an email to top de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe in January 2015 saying he would love to speak with her, and a meeting was arranged soon after, according to the New York Times.
Specifically, the investigations are said to be looking into whether de Blasio accepted money from donors who had business before the city or were lobbying the city to secure specific projects and contracts, and whether a team of de Blasio aides illegally routed money to candidates in State Senate races in 2014.
Singh said in court he brought in campaign cash «in exchange for efforts» toward a more favorable lease, and emails show de Blasio aides making such efforts.
The memo was also sent to top de Blasio aides, the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, representatives from key labor unions and consulting firms that were working on the State Senate races, many of whom are now the subject of an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney's office.
Emails introduced as evidence in corruption trial of ex-Nassau County GOP officials show top de Blasio aides set up meetings to help Singh get a lease renewed.
UPDATE: The NYT notes that during the campaign, de Blasio aides repeatedly refused to answer questions about Chiara's rumored drug abuse or answer questions about whether she was receiving treatment.
De Blasio aides said the public advocate met with Shah in 2011 as Shah was hoping to reduce property taxes on some buildings with low - income tenants.
Vance's office has been investigating whether de Blasio aides steered donations to Ulster and Putnam County state Senate campaign committees to get around campaign - donation limits during the 2014 race.
After news broke that the legislators left Albany without renewing control, de Blasio aides said the mayor is still hopeful that the Legislature would hold a special meeting on the matter before the law expires.
The investigations are focusing on de Blasio aides Emma Wolfe and Ross Offinger and political operative Josh Gold, the Times said.
As the Council prepared to release its list of legislative proposals, de Blasio aides delayed in committing to the Council's legislative package, and an impatient Mark - Viverito instructed her aides to release the proposals.
Not exact matches
Khari Noerdlinger, the 19 - year - old son of a former aide to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rachel Noerdlinger, had been charged with aggravated manslaughter, weapon possession and hindering apprehension in the death of 16 - year - old Savion Lewallen and pleaded not guilty.
Ramos, a former aide in New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, is launching the primary bid against Peralta, one of the members of the Independent Democratic Conference.
NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is poised to announce that Harold Ickes, a veteran Democratic operative and former top aide to President Clinton, has agreed to serve on the board of his office's nonprofit arm, the Fund for Public Advocacy.
In NY - 13, Democrat Mark Murphy, a (recently resigned) former aide to NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and son of ex-Rep.
But even as lawmakers sought to stake out a focus on policy, the broadening corruption investigations into the Buffalo Billion economic development project, former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and, in New York City, an inquiry into Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising activities, have provided more than monkey wrench into Albany's cogs.
It cost taxpayers $ 14.5 million to defend de Blasio and his aides in federal and state investigations of his shady fundraising practices, Corporation Counsel Zachary Carter revealed.
As the Democratic primary heats up, Cuomo has hired Lis Smith, a former campaign aide to frequent foe Mayor NYC de Blasio and one - time advisor to the Senate IDC, as his director of rapid response.
The friendship between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his fellow Democrat and erstwhile aide at HUD, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, started as one of political convenience, but has slowly devolved into open warfare, the type of which few in New York have ever seen.
The January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.
Hillary Clinton's closest aides kept an arm's length away from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio throughout the Democratic primary campaign as he sought to build his relationship with the presumptive nominee.
De Blasio and his aides twisted arms behind closed doors.
An aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has feuded publicly with Cuomo a number of times since taking office, accused the governor of doctoring the photo to show the correct colors in a since - deleted tweet.
A January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, which was leaked to the Daily News in April, accused de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.
All afternoon, aides to de Blasio were behind closed doors counting votes for the governor.
George Arzt, a veteran city Democratic political consultant and longtime aide to former Mayor Ed Koch, told Business Insider he believes «a lot of people» are eyeing a potential run against de Blasio.
In their absence, federal investigations into aides close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have intensified, spurring even more calls for reform.
De Blasio will be making a short appearance at the gathering, arriving Thursday and returning to New York that evening, aides to the mayor confirmed.
«Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon is laying the groundwork to challenge Gov. Cuomo in a Democratic primary and has been talking to Mayor de Blasio's former campaign aides...
Federal prosecutors say this was part of de Blasio's and his aides» effort to help Singh in exchange for campaign contributions.
A state Elections Board enforcement counsel accused de Blasio and his aides of funneling large contributions from unions and other donors through county Democratic committees to three State Senate candidates upstate in 2014 in an unsuccessful party effort to retake control from Republicans.
Around the time de Blasio announced he'd pursue fair scheduling legislation in September 2016, emails show administration aides also reaching out to the heads of fast - food restaurants and retail establishments such as Shake Shack and Uncommon Goods to seek their advice on how to craft a new policy.