MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2025
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Dear New Yorkers,
Under New York City laws, nobody on the city’s official list of companies and individuals doing (or even seeking) business with the city can give more than $400 to a citywide candidate in any election cycle.
But there’s another option: so-called independent expenditure committees. They allow deep-pocketed players to spend unlimited amounts of money to back a candidate.
And this election cycle, the overwhelming beneficiary of such spending has been former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the super PAC that s him, Fix the City.
An analysis by THE CITY found 24 entities currently on the “doing business” list who wrote checks to Fix The City, ranging from $5,000 to $1 million, with most hovering between $150,000 to $250,000. The “doing business” checks to Fix The City came to nearly $2.7 million.
Read more about the wealthy individuals and businesses backing Cuomo — and what interests they have before the city.
Weather 🌧️
Mostly cloudy with a chance of morning showers, highs in the mid-60s.
MTA 🚇
The No. 5 train will not run in The Bronx between 11:45 p.m. and 5 a.m. through Thursday, with free Bx90 shuttle buses running during nightly signal work. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and service updates here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, June 9.
By the way…
The Rent Guidelines Board is holding a public hearing this evening at The Theater at City Tech in Downtown Brooklyn. Public testimony opens at 5 p.m. and runs until 8. to speak here.
Our Other Top Stories
- “Finally, there is justice.” Several former workers at a now-shuttered tobacco sweatshop in Brooklyn spoke with THE CITY after authorities last week charged the owner and managers of HotHead Grabba with ripping off employees on pay.
- Congress Nydia Velazquez and Adriano Espalliat were turned away by an ICE supervisor on Sunday when they tried to visit the ICE lock-up at 26 Federal Plaza.
- Climate change promises to reshape the city, yet there was no mention of it during the first Democratic mayoral debate. Still, it looms over the candidates. Find out what they’re proposing here.
- A longtime incentive to locate jobs outside of Manhattan and a new proposal to up employment in the city’s central business district will vanish unless the state legislature acts soon.
Reporter’s Notebook
Ramos Endorsements Rescinded
Mayoral candidate and Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos announced her endorsement of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday, and the backlash from left-leaning groups and state lawmakers that had boosted her moribund campaign was almost immediate.
United Auto Workers Region 9A — which endorsed her as part of a three-person slate in December, and later ranked her third behind Assembly member Zohran Mamdani and city comptroller Brad Lander — voted to rescind their endorsement hours after she made her decision public, stating that “opposing Andrew Cuomo is a non-negotiable for our hip.” The Working Families Party also dropped its endorsement on Ramos on Friday, calling her Cuomo endorsement “sad” and “desperate”
Ramos has struggled to raise money on her campaign and has not qualified for matching funds. She’s also struggled to gather from high-profile progressives. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with whom she has sparred, left her out of her five ranked choices for mayor on Thursday.
— Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
- Monday, June 9: Recycle e-waste and shred paper at a Sanitation Department from 9 a.m. to noon at 618 W. 177th St. in Washington Heights. Click here to learn which items work — and which don’t.
- Monday, June 9: Pick up some easy-to-learn line-dance moves from 9 to 11 a.m. at the handball court in Betsy Head Park in Brownsville. It’s free, but spots are limited. online.
- Monday, June 9:Dance for fitness from 6:15 to 7 p.m. on the Rockaway Beach Boardwalk at the football field on Beach 32nd Street.
THE KICKER: Just in time for summer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling nearly two million window air conditioners. Check yours before the heat really sets in!
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Monday.
Love,
THE CITY
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