Big scoop from Sally Goldenberg and Janaki Chadha: Mayor Eric Adams wants to exempt new developments of up to 200 units from doing an environmental review when applying for a zoning change — a major shakeup in housing policy

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Today’s Real Estate and Infrastructure newsletter is about strong weekend ridership on commuter rail. MTA‘s Cathy Rinaldi breaks down the summer bump and what it means for rail: politico.com/weekly-new-yor… This is a new newsletter format with Janaki Chadha and free on Mondays!

NEW: Former City Council Speaker Corey Johnson is advising real estate giant Vornado on the controversial Penn Station project he once opposed, Janaki Chadha reports. Johnson says his role in the project demonstrates 'my love for New York City.'
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NEW (and kind of amazing) scoop from Julia Marsh:
Adams demands 'discipline of message' to combat 'gotcha' press corps, audio reveals politi.co/38jXj9f via POLITICO

Smart story on the challenges of cracking down on oligarchs, by my colleague ⁦Janaki Chadha⁩ politico.com/news/2022/03/1…

NEW: Mayor Eric Adams isn't planning to appoint a deputy mayor for housing - signaling a policy departure from Bill de Blasio and concerning housers, Janaki Chadha reports. Important storyline to follow:
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Big news from @janakichadha: Rafael Salamanca, Jr to buck member deference and support Blood Center over objections from Ben Kallos, Former NYC Council Member politi.co/2YsdMDP

🚨A supermajority of newsroom employees at POLITICO and E&E News have formed a union, in the spirit of love for journalism, respect for our colleagues and hope for this company’s future.

Re-upping this other story unfolding today: Hotel policy- 13 yrs in the making and supported by influential Hotel and Gaming Trades Council- gets a vote at NYC Planning. The days leading up to it have been drama-filled as commission members express opposition and concern. W Janaki Chadha Joe Anuta

On the trail w/ Janaki Chadha and danielle muoio dunn as Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 fumbles answers on MTA debt, homeless shelters and 50-a. politi.co/3bJBu1L

.Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 bills himself as a serial entrepreneur — part of his persona on the trail. But a look at his resume shows a less clear-cut backstory: Companies he worked for before starting Venture for America were often the brainchildren of other people. politico.com/states/new-yor…

Join us w/ Trinity Church Wall Street Enterprise New York NASW-NYC Chapter tomorrow, 6-7:30PM, for a mayoral town hall on supportive housing where candidates will add #supportivehousing to their housing discussions. Janaki Chadha and Tierra will moderate.

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New from me: In the rise of anti-Asian violence nationwide, Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 and I split a Peking duck and discussed the weirdness of being 2nd-gen immigrant kids (and Cowboy Bebop)

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NEW: The mayoral candidates attempt to pledge solutions to the thorny twin issues of homelessness and affordable housing; the experts are nonplussed. A must-read Janaki Chadha story in POLITICO New York's series of policy pieces on the mayor's race:
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icymi, Sally Goldenberg and I dig into Scott Stringer's game plan of denouncing the real estate industry, which has underwritten his campaign, while simultaneously reassuring developers he is their best pick for mayor politi.co/2O6hT2O

Black, Latino city workers faced disproportionate death toll in chaos of NYC pandemic: Sally Goldenberg, Jonathan Custodio and Michelle Bocanegra tracked down the names of nearly 300 the city workers who fell to the pandemic. politi.co/2WYhfFU

Industry City went the way of Amazon - Janaki Chadha takes a look at the politics that killed another major development deal politi.co/2RZJCkE

I told Janaki Chadha “The vacancy rate for apartments for the lowest income NYers is below 1%, so the likelihood of finding a comparable unit even if you had the money is low;” thats why Coalition for the Homeless NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh 卡范納 support $100B fed emergency rent relief
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