WINNERS LOSERS

Who was up and who was down last week

We all know the feeling: that certain malaise that comes after winning your first four Tony Awards. You ask yourself: “How could I ever top this?” For the next couple of decades, you’re always chasing that next thrill: a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur genius grant, a few Grammys. But nothing satisfies you. Until! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Brooklyn icon, in a campaign ad for his uncompetitive reelection race, features you. Consider your career pinnacled, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

LAURA KAVANAGH

This girl is on fire! But she’s now officially got about 10,000 uniformed firefighters under her watch that can help with that, after being named fire commissioner for New York City – the first woman to lead the FDNY. Her emergency responders better get to calls faster than Mayor Eric Adams makes his appointments. Kavanagh has been acting commissioner since February, and the delay was a major topic of City Hall gossip.

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MARK CANNIZZARO

Leadership sometimes involves taking a big risk and making unilateral decisions. The head of New York City’s principals union looks like he’s made one that’s put him on the fast track to retirement. Mark Cannizzaro will reportedly step down in December after he ruffled feathers over the ouster of a longtime union official after a disagreement over staffing. Now he’s the one heading for the door.

THE BEST OF THE REST SHAUN ABREU, ERIK BOTTCHER & CHI OSSÉ

It’s officially an all-out war on New York City’s rats. The City Council passed a package of bills taking aim at the city’s fattened, spoiled street rodents, including legislation supporting the mayor’s push to shorten their feeding time by delaying when trash is allowed on streets. Behind this latest offensive is the council’s self-appointed Rat Pack.

SKVERER & VIZHNITZER REBBES

It’s not every day that the president asks for a favor, but these two prominent rebbes are now in the spotlight after Joe Biden requested their endorsement of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.

THE REST OF THE WORST LEONARD AUSTIN

The interim vice chair of New York’s new independent ethics panel, Leonard Austin, got himself in a pickle for attending a campaign fundraiser for an Assembly member. Although Austin denied making any campaign contributions, ethical eyebrows have already been raised.

MICHAEL WILLIAM FISHER

State Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement agreement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo for covering up child sex abuse allegations. Under the bishop’s new leadership, the diocese will have to submit to government oversight.

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