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A major donor to a political committee backing Mayor Eric Adams' quixotic re-election bid has been named by the mayor's team to redevelop a city-owned office building in Lower Manhattan into 3,700-units of mixed income housing — at a price that is not public.
The firm's CEO, Jeffrey Gural, and his relatives contributed a significant sum to support Adams’ longshot independent reelection run. They gave a total of $45,000 to Empower NYC, a political action committee backing Adams, while his firm was bidding on 100 Gold St.
Because Gural is on a list of people who do business with the city, he was only able to give $400 to Adams' 2025 campaign, which was floundering in the polls.
Weeks before the Gurals wrote their checks to Empower, GFP had submitted a bid to the city's Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to acquire 100 Gold St. and turn it into housing. Six weeks after those checks came in, Adams dropped out of the race.
Read more here about a housing deal that’s also part of the Adams administration’s rationale for killing the proposed affordable senior apartments at Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden.
Remember, landlords are required to keep your apartment above 62 degrees during the night regardless of the temperature outside between Oct. 1 and May 31. Here’s what you can do if you're too cold inside.
Amid the silly season of transition speculation, New Yorkers are waiting to see how Zohran Mamdani, a brilliant messenger, handles the levers of power and who else he’s bringing inside of City Hall to help him run the huge machine. FAQ NYC hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel discuss what’s happening, slowly and secretly, with just three weeks before his new administration begins. Listen here.
Reporter’s Notebook
City Employee Health Plan Proceeds
A judge has declined to issue an injunction to block a new health benefits plan for 750,000 active city workers, some retirees and their dependents, slated to go into effect Jan. 1.
New York Supreme Court judge Lyle Frank on Monday rejected the bid from an enigmatic group called Hands Off NY Care and some city workers who sued the city in October, arguing that the plan — to be jointly administered by United Healthcare and EmblemHealth — would lead to loss of coverage for an untold number of people.
Frank did not rule on the merits of the case and set a Dec. 19 hearing for further arguments. A similar case brought by Anthem Healthcare Assurance, which administers the current health benefits plan, is still pending.
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