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Who was up and who was down last week
LOSERS KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND Whispers of the junior senator’s name as a potential 2020 Democratic frontrunner became an open source of discussion this week as the Trump opposition commended the Albany native for being the only member of the U.S. Senate to vote against confirming the first three Trump Cabinet picks. Whether or not she follows her predecessor into the presidential race, it rarely hurts to have the hype.
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WINNERS
Welcome to the new world order, where “alternative facts” matter as much as actual facts and the rule of law can be overruled by the cult of personality. But at least one thing is consistent: Winners & Losers. The same as every other week, we’re here to highlight the biggest successes in New York politics and put the state’s biggest screw-ups in their rightful place.
BILL PERKINS If a legal challenge proves true, the state senator’s effort to get on a “Community First” ballot line in a bid for a vacant Harlem City Council race could leave him in last place. A lawsuit filed by an opponent’s ally alleges Perkins’ campaign prematurely collected signatures and then falsified dates to hide the transgression. Perkins’ campaign called the claims false, but no matter what he can’t be happy about the unfavorable press.
THE BEST OF THE REST
THE REST OF THE WORST
JEFFREY GRYBOWSKI
ANDREW CUOMO
Deepwater Wind exec gets major offshore wind farm approved by LIPA
JEFF KLEIN
state Sen. Jose Peralta’s defection makes it an eight-member IDC
JOHN MCAVOY
regulators finally approve rate hike at McAvoy’s Con Edison
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ
upstate inmate notches legal victory against state after stealing chicken
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Vol. 6 Issue 4 January 30, 2017
2nd annual awards
Start-Up NY spin falls flat
FRANK MAX
Democratic operative from Erie County pleads guilty to election law violations
JAMES O’NEILL
NYPD agrees to $75 million settlement on summonses
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