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WINNERS & LOSERS
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has his own beer. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has his own way of eating a bagel. And now we’ve learned that U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer has own secret food obsession: cheesecake. “Guilty as charged,” the Senate minority leader confessed to spending over $8,600 on the dessert. “I love Junior’s cheesecake.” To get a taste of who’s up and who’s down this week, bite into the latest Winners & Losers. Who was up and who was down last week
MARK LEVINE There’s nothing quite like cold, hard facts to prove that your bill is a success. And during a campaign for Manhattan borough president no less! In the two years after New York City Councilman Mark Levine’s Right to Counsel law passed in 2017, evictions covered by the law decreased nearly 30%. The legislation provides low-income tenants with free legal services for housing court. Now Levine just needs to figure out how to turn this data into a snappy slogan.
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OUR PICK LOSERS
HARVEY WEINSTEIN Disgraced former film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of two counts of criminal sexual assault in the first degree and one count of rape in the third degree. While he managed to evade the most serious charges facing him – two counts of predatory sexual assault – he won’t be able to avoid a prison sentence, which could be as long as 25 years. Weinstein was shipped to Rikers for his sentencing, a far cry from the lavish life he used to live.
THE BEST OF THE REST SAMELYS LÓPEZ Backing from AOC’s PAC launched her NY-15 campaign into the limelight. USHER PILLER This union activist got his state job back after a judge said being a pain in the ass isn’t a good enough reason to fire him. JANET SABEL The Legal Aid CEO got the NYPD to stop keeping 12-year-old kids’ DNA, like creeps. CY VANCE The Manhattan DA got Havey convicted ... years after he decided not to prosecute.
THE REST OF THE WORST
JOSH EISEN Guess what? Harassing your opponents’ families makes you wrong for Congress. SHELDON SILVER How many more times do we have to write that the ex-speaker is going to prison? JERRY WOLKOFF He’s got to pay millions to 5Pointz artists for knocking down his own building. HOWARD ZEMSKY Tesla will save us? Cuomo’s economic development guru had to spin Panasonic pulling out of the Buffalo Billion somehow.
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