WINNERS LOSERS

Who was up and who was down last week

FYI: The airspace over New York City is now 100% up for grabs. Do you want to take a traditional helicopter tour that will rain dozens of decibels down upon lower Manhattan? Go for it! Do you think regular helicopters are tedious and prefer to pilot your own “personal electric vertical takeoff and landing” flight vehicle after a one-hour training course? Sure, that sounds super safe and functional for the whole community. The sky is your oyster.

LETITIA JAMES

If state Attorney General Letitia James was looking for a shot of adrenaline into her campaign before Election Day, she may have gotten it. She announced a huge $30.5 million settlement with CBS and its former CEO Les Moonves in her sexual harassment and insider trading investigations. Moonves resigned in disgrace in 2018 when multiple women accused him of harassment and sexual assault.

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ERIC ULRICH

New York City Department of Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich was in the hot seat. Days after the Manhattan district attorney’s office seized his phone as part of an illegal gambling investigation, Ulrich resigned from his post. Written in a statement from City Hall’s press secretary Fabien Levy, Ulrich resigned to avoid drawing “unnecessary distraction for the Adams administration.”

THE BEST OF THE REST PHIL BANKS

Security firm City Safe Partners has an awfully handy connection to New York City Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks. The security firm founded by one of Mayor Eric Adams’ top deputies received part of an MTA contract to guard subway turnstiles against fare evasion.

JOSEPH REIVER

Elizabeth Street Garden, a beautiful one-acre community garden in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood, will remain intact as will its executive director Joseph Reiver’s hopes of protecting it from a contentious rezoning plan - at least for now.

THE REST OF THE WORST JAMES BURKE

After being on the job for 20 years, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James Burke will not be reappointed. There’s been speculation that Burke upset a close ally of Frank Carone, chief of staff to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. But, Carone and City Hall deny having any hand in the decision.

KARA AHMED

This may be preschool, but the United Federation of Teachers isn’t playing around. The teachers union is planning an apparently unprecedented vote of no confidence in Kara Ahmed, the deputy chancellor of early childhood education.

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