WINNERS & LOSERS

Who was up and who was down last week

The fight against COVID-19 isn’t over, but that hasn’t stopped New York’s leaders from planning a summer full of celebratory festivities. After Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a July 7 date for a ticker tape parade for front-line workers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a series of surprise fireworks shows across the state in honor of essential workers. With fewer pandemic restrictions left to argue over, it seems de Blasio and Cuomo now have to compete over racing to celebrate our progress against COVID-19.

JUMAANE WILLIAMS

Debates over rezoning neighborhoods in New York City are high on emotion and speculation and low on facts and figures. But the New York City public advocate’s bill – first introduced two years ago – will try to inject some reporting into the process, requiring a racial equity study along with any proposed upzonings. Will it stop the emotion and speculation? Absolutely not. This is politics! But the reports may be telling.

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CHUCK SCHUMER

The use of an “R-word” to describe special needs kids was “outmoded,” and its use was no mere slip of the tongue, as U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer learned after he was forced to apologize for making the flub while speaking on a podcast. A Schumer spokesperson said he was “sincerely sorry” and acknowledged use of the “R-slur,” as some call it, was “outdated and hurtful language.”

THE BEST OF THE REST

JAMES McDERMOTT

In a deal between the Nassau County PBA and county leadership, cops will get an extra $3,000 a year to wear body cameras. Turns out James McDermott’s members just needed a monetary incentive to get on board with the devices already used by most other major police forces.

JOE PERCOCO

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sister Madeline has reportedly been offering Percoco help raising money to keep the fight alive against his federal bribery conviction. That answers the question as to how the supposedly broke Percoco has afforded top-notch attorneys since his 2016 arrest.

THE REST OF THE WORST

PAT FOYE

Surprise, surprise, it turns out that the subway is more disgusting than usual, according to hundreds of internal MTA incident reports. As the chair and CEO of the MTA, it’s up to Foye to sort out the subway’s messes – or at least he will be until he retires at the end of the year.

ANONYMOUS NYPD OFFICERS

What’s more embarrassing than making national news for accusing Shake Shack of poisoning your milkshake? Getting sued over it a year later, but the plaintiff doesn’t know your name so you’re being sued as “Jane Doe NYPD officer who ordered a vanilla shake.”

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