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Bo Dietl, with the microphone, was among four Republicans candidates making their cases at the Metropolitan Club to be the GOP nominee in this year’s mayoral contest. Other candidates at the Wednesday night forum were, from Dietl’s left, Michel Faulkner, Nicole Malliotakis and Paul Massey. The Manhattan Republican Party’s chairwoman, Adele Malpass, seated at right, moderated. Photo: Madeleine Thompson
GOP MAYORAL HOPEFULS SKIRMISH POLITICS But four candidates at Upper East Side forum agree that de Blasio is a common foe BY MADELEINE THOMPSON
In her introduction to Wednesday night’s mayoral candidate screening, Manhattan Republican Party’s Chairperson Adele Malpass laid down the law. “We’re going to follow Ronald Reagan’s ‘11th Commandment,’” she said, “which is ‘thou shalt not speak
ill of other Republicans.’” Malpass’ decree was broken more than once by the forum’s four candidates, who jabbed at each other for everything from incorrectly filling out paperwork to donating to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign. “Can we speak ill of Bo?” pastor Michel Faulkner joked, referring to fellow candidate Bo Dietl’s current status as an independent. Faulkner, former city police detective Dietl, Staten Island Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis and real
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A rendering of the planned expansion of the East River Greenway between East 53rd Street and East 61st Street. Image courtesy of NYC Mayor’s Office
$100 MILLION FOR EAST RIVER GREENWAY ENVIRONMENT With climate change in mind, city announces waterfront expansion; will seek to upgrade portions of path vulnerable to sea-level rise BY MICHAEL GAROFALO
The city’s plan to add eight blocks of waterfront paths to the East River Greenway, announced last week, will account for rising sea levels under new city guidelines. Elsewhere on the East Side riverfront, the mayor’s office is exploring the possibility of
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raising several stretches of existing esplanade on the East Side riverfront that, according to current forecasts, could be jeopardized in the future by rising water levels. Both initiatives fit within the city’s larger climate change planning and mitigation efforts on the Upper East Side in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which extend well beyond the waterfront. “Sandy, fortunately, didn’t hit Community District 8 in the same way it hit other parts of the city, but it did affect its critical infrastructure and it did affect those things you rely on
in an emergency,” Michael Shaikh, deputy director for external affairs
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