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Who was up and who was down last week
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LOSERS THE BEST OF THE REST JIM MALATRAS
Despite resigning last month, after facing heat for making disparaging remarks about Lindsey Boylan, the former SUNY chancellor is still getting his golden parachute. Malatras will be paid $450,000 for a yearlong “study leave” and will continue to receive a $186,660 salary beginning next year. Talk about a severance package.
EDDIE GIBBS
For once, a lawmaker who has been to prison before taking the job. The newly elected Assembly member has reversed the normal order of things, since he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the ’80s. Now, the longtime political operative is going off to Albany.
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MARGARET CHIN The former New York City Council member earned a place in the annals of history – her bill was Mayor Eric Adams’ first veto! And the first veto in more than eight years, since Bill de Blasio never took up the big red pen of his predecessor. The SoHo/NoHo rezoning is still happening. Chin’s tangentially related bill that would have increased fines on nonartists living in housing designated for artists is not. THE REST OF THE WORST CHUCK SCHUMER
Good luck Chuck. The U.S. Senate majority leader’s going to have a tough time getting much done since Republicans – alongside regular Democratic defectors Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema – shot down proposed changes to the filibuster rules.
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Vol. 11 Issue 3 January 24, 2022 THE
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DEBORAH ROGERS
The village of Williamsville, run by Mayor Deborah Rogers, is the only local government in Erie County that has been repeatedly flouting state-mandated mask rules. Now, the village is being sanctioned and fined $300 by the county for failing to follow proper COVID-19 protocols.
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KATHY HOCHUL The governor raised a record-breaking $21.6 million during just five months since Andrew Cuomo announced he was stepping down. She now has more money to put toward her 2022 campaign than even Cuomo did when he left office as governor. Among her biggest donors were real estate magnates along with tech bigs LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
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WINNERS
The New York City Council announced its committee assignments, and as it turns out, it pays to support Speaker Adrienne Adams. Justin Brannan, who dropped out of the speaker race to back Adams, will chair the powerful finance committee, while Gale Brewer will head the investigations committee. But the real winner is Chi Ossé, named as the chair of the cultural affairs committee – a post that comes with a ticket to the Met Gala. If Ossé doesn’t serve a strong look at the gala, he’ll have to answer to us.
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