WINNERS & LOSERS

Who was up and who was down last week

Masks are coming off and many COVID-19 restrictions have already been lifted (no, not you, Kyrie Irving). But the surest sign of change? Dr. Dave has left the building. New York City Mayor Eric Adams kept him on for a few extra months, but he was Bill de Blasio’s guy, so health Commissioner Dave Chokshi walked out of his office to music and cheers on his last day on the job. Wait a sec, isn’t Adams trying to get people back IN the office? Read on for last week’s Winners & Losers.

N. NICK PERRY

Fire up the grill and turn up the dance hall, N. Nick Perry’s jumping up from Assembly member to ambassador to Jamaica. The Brooklynite will be heading back to the island nation of his birth as the top representative for the United States, after the U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment. That’ll cap off nearly 30 years in the lower chamber, leaving that COVID-19 conspiracy about his public health bill in the past.

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ANDREW CUOMO

He once played a can-do governor on television – but a damning audit by the state comptroller showed how the aggrieved culture warrior bungled COVID-19 in nursing homes while misleading the public about the death toll. Cuomo isn’t talking about that part of his record as he reenters public life. Instead, he’s preaching to local churches, once again blaming “cancel culture” for his resignation in August.

THE BEST OF THE REST STEFAN KALOGRIDIS

For New Yorkers spending St. Patrick’s Day yearning to take home a strawberry frozen margarita: Don’t hold your breath. New York lawmakers have opted to keep the legalization of to-go cocktails out of this year’s budget, which will be celebrated by Stefan Kalogridis’ New York State Liquor Store Association.

EILEEN TORRES

After reports that New York City had yet to disperse the bulk of the $4.4 million it raised to help victims of the deadly January fire in the Bronx, Eric Adams announcing an additional $3 million in direct cash assistance – welcome news for Eileen Torres of BronxWorks, the nonprofit distributing the money.

THE REST OF THE WORST KATHY HOCHUL

Last week proved the honeymoon is definitely over for the first female governor in state history. Rangers fans booed her at the Garden. New polling showed the GOP might have a chance in November and legislators are hating on her policies. Good thing that the seemingly ubiquitous Hochul knows a thing or two about hustling.

PHIL MURPHY

When it comes to cooperation, New York is kind of like the mob. Once you partner with the Empire State, you’re in for life. So it’s not surprising New York is putting the screws to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for trying to pull out of the bistate Waterfront Commission.

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