WINNERS LOSERS

Who was up and who was down last week

Behind every great politician is an army of aides. In good times, those aides only enter the spotlight voluntarily – running for elected o ice or being recognized on a power list. In the not-so-good times, the aides become the story, like Ingrid LewisMartin and Rich Azzopardi were last week. In light of their stories, cheers to all the aides whose bosses didn’t have to manage a PR crisis for them last week.

LETITIA JAMES

State Attorney General Letitia James made history last week ... again. Her office reached its largest settlement ever negotiated at $1.1 billion – the latest in the ongoing legal battle against opioid distributors, consultants and manufacturers. As a result, drug distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen will pay around that monstrous sum over the next 17 years.

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JUSTIN BRANNAN

New York City Council Member Justin Brannan is joining a growing list of elected officials who like to publicly promote street safety while speeding on city streets. While Brannan is on Twitter telling drivers in Bay Ridge “to slow the F down,” he has racked up 60 driving and parking violations over the past eight years, according to the New York Post. Here’s a simple solution for New York’s politicians: Practice what you preach.

THE BEST OF THE REST LEE ZELDIN

For over a decade, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been a fundraising heavyweight, but due to his sexual harassment and nursing home scandals, the governor is losing some of his major backers. And Rep. Lee Zeldin became the first Republican opponent to outraise Cuomo since Jeanine Pirro did during a run for attorney general in 2006.

ALFREDO BALARIN

The Capital City is showing some serious progressive bona fides now that the Albany Common Council passed legislation enacting its own form of rent control. That’s fine by Alfredo Balarin, a local landlord who serves on the council and sponsored the legislation.

THE REST OF THE WORST LOVELY WARREN

The Rochester mayor and her estranged husband, Timothy Granison, were charged with a felony and two misdemeanors. Warren has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Warren was also charged with campaign finance fraud last October, in which she also claimed innocence.

SUSAN HERMAN

The pilot program to reduce police response to mental health crisis calls – to be replaced with mental health professionals – so far seems to be falling short of that goal, a bad sign for Susan Herman, director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health.

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