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There are a lot of unknowns, but we know this for sure: the dates by which candidates must legally get on the ballot, and how they can jump into the race as an independent or with a third party.
But no one is officially in the running for the June primary until the city Board of Elections certifies the ballot in early May.
That means that if current mayor Eric Adams or former governor Andrew Cuomo were to run on a major party ticket, they would have to petition to get on the May ballot between February 25 and April 3.
Even if a candidate wanted to run as an independent — as former mayor Michael Bloomberg did in 2009 — they’d still have to petition to get on the ballot by late May. That means that if Cuomo were to hypothetically enter the race as an independent, he’d have to announce before he knew who won the June primary.
Read more here about the deadlines Cuomo, and everyone else, must hit to run for mayor.
Weather ☀️
Sunny but colder than yesterday, with a small chance of snow. Cold temps will continue throughout the week — bundle up!
MTA 🚇
No late-night R between Whitehall Street-South Ferry and 59 Street, Brooklyn through Friday. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
While venture capital investment in New York tech companies has rebounded strongly from its pandemic lows, companies led by women are actually losing ground, a new analysis shows. Experts say that this is not unusual in the industry: Female-owned companies are the first to be cut off from funds when investment declines, and the last to be considered during the rebound. And a backlash against DEI initiatives isn’t helping — neither are the city’s goals of diversifying the tech sector.
A series of recent violent attacks in the subways have refocused attention on the question of if — and when — involuntary removal and hospitalization should be used to address what city officials have called a crisis of homelessness and untreated mental illness. It’s a return to an old approach that the city tried decades ago. Watch a video originally produced by Retro Report about Joyce Brown, the woman who fought city government efforts to force her into a psychiatric hospital in the 1980s.
On the latest episode of FAQ NYC, our hosts discuss that new poll showing Cuomo with 32% support for mayor among likely voters. And it’s not just name recognition — or else Adams probably wouldn’t be polling only 6%, tied with Socialist Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani. Everybody other than Cuomo, who isn’t even running yet, trails the second place winner: “Unsure,” at 18%. Listen here.
Reporter’s Notebook
City Hospitals Reach Tentative Deal with Doctors’ Union
Doctors in the Health + Hospitals system reached a tentative labor agreement Monday afternoon, according to the Council-Service Employees International Union, averting a potential strike.
If approved by the union’s members, the deal will keep about 1,000 physicians on the job at four city hospitals across three boroughs, including Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx, North Central Bronx Hospital, Queens Hospital Center and South Brooklyn Health.
While public employees are barred from striking by New York state’s Taylor Law, the doctors who’d called on the city to address staffing shortages, physician burnout and non-competitive salaries work for H+H affiliates including the Physician Affiliate Group of New York, New York University, SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
Without specifying percentage increases, the union lauded the agreement as one with “substantial base salary increases and special funding arrangements that recognize and address the unique challenges of today’s environment for healthcare professionals.”
The deal also includes bonuses for retention and essential work during the pandemic, a $12 million pool of funds to address hiring needs, the restoration of a 20% cut in sick-leave hours, and the addition of Juneteenth as a holiday.
— Jonathan Custodio
Toll’s Effect on Traffic, So Far
Congestion pricing is one week old. How has it fared so far? MTA officials on Monday touted the initial impacts of the tolling program that aims to significantly curb congestion in much of Manhattan while raising billions of dollars for transit upgrades.
Preliminary data shows that there’s been an estimated 7.5% drop in the number of vehicles entering the congestion relief zone, and a drop in travel times between 10% and 65% for motorists on all East River and Hudson River crossings along with faster commutes for bus riders, especially those commuting into Manhattan.
“Whether they are a pedestrian or a driver or a bus rider, I think everybody here has noticed the difference,” Juliette Michaelson, the MTA’s deputy chief of policy and external relations said during a briefing at the transit agency’s Lower Manhattan headquarters. “And that’s just really significant for the city.”
According to the MTA, the number of vehicles going south of 60th Street since the January 5 start of congestion pricing has ranged between 475,000 and 560,000, a "significantly lower” number than projections based on recent Januarys.
While acknowledging that January is a low-traffic month — with typically 9% fewer vehicles than in October — officials said the initial returns are promising.
— Jose Martinez
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Tuesday, Jan. 14: Attend a book talk with David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan, the authors of “City Time: On Being Sentenced to Rikers Island.” Both authors were formerly incarcerated at Rikers, and discuss the “banality and brutality” of their time there. Center for Brooklyn History, 6:30 p.m.
THE KICKER: Fence and The City? The real-life owner of the West Village townhome used for exterior shots of Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment is asking the city for permission to install an iron gate to keep tourists out.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Tuesday.
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