WINNERS & LOSERS

Who was up and who was down last week

They say it’s out with the old and in with the new, but in Frank Carone’s case he’s also likely to be highly in demand. The deep-pocketed chief of staff in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration recently announced that he will step down from the position by the end of the year. What’s next for him? Well, he’s already said that he will join Adams’ reelection campaign, but as for what else, that remains to be seen.

LETITIA JAMES

State Attorney General Letitia James might be a shining star for doing what many electeds are afraid to do: hold former President Trump accountable. After three years of sifting through Trump’s business documents spanning 10 years, James announced a civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, three of his children and The Trump Organization for inflating the value of his net worth by billions.

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RODNEYSE BICHOTTE HERMELYN

Members of the Brooklyn Democrats might be thankful that this year’s general meeting didn’t span over 24 hours, but that doesn’t mean they’re happy about how it went. Folks waited in line for hours to get into a meeting that lasted less time than it took from them to enter. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn couldn’t even get any business done, including her own reelection as party chair.

THE BEST OF THE REST JOE BORELLI

Nobody puts a Staten Island City Council district in a corner of southern Brooklyn. The city’s least populous and slowest growing borough would have had to share one of its three districts with Brooklyn under proposed maps, but in a welcome development for Council Member Joe Borelli, the commission is going back to the drawing board.

ANTHONY MARCIANO

In a big win for anti-vaxxers, NYPD Detective Anthony Marciano has successfully gotten the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his plea against the city’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers. Justice Clarence Thomas ended up accepting the request.

THE REST OF THE WORST PAT LYNCH

No labor union has been more outspoken than Pat Lynch’s Police Benevolent Association on – well, anything. He’s one of New York City’s greatest complainers. But in this case, it’s the public sector vaccine mandate, which is still in effect, that’s got Lynch upset.

KATRINA PATTERSON & KRYSTLE BURRELL

These Rikers Island guards pleaded guilty to smuggling in cell phones and drugs in exchange for thousands in bribes. Working on behalf of Bloods gang members, the two acted as liaisons for those on the outside.

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