Dana Rubinstein

Nicholas Kaufmann is a prolific Crown Heights, Brooklyn-based horror and thriller book author. He is not an attorney defending former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte against charges of crimes against humanity. gothamist.com/news/we-swear-…

NEWS: Longtime labor leader George Gresham was overwhelmingly defeated in his bid for reelection as @1199SEIU president, according to election results circulated overnight.

“They include an instance when the Adams campaign accidentally submitted fundraising records for Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar, a close ally of the mayor and a candidate for public advocate.” gothamist.com/news/mayor-eri…

Read @danarubinstein on Brad Lander, the left-leaning NYC mayoral hopeful running as the anti-Cuomo: “I am a decent person. Let’s just start there.” There's so much packed in this piece, including why Lander has struggled to rise in a crowded field >> nytimes.com/2025/04/28/nyr…

Fairly extraordinary for "60 Minutes" to call out Paramount, its corporate owner, at the close of Sunday's episode. The sentiment – that EP Bill Owens "lost the independence that honest journalism requires" – was in Owens's memo, but now millions of viewers will hear it.

A mob of Hasidic men attacked a Crown Heights woman they mistook for an anti-Israel protester. In her first interview, she recounts the "sheer terror" of the moment and tepid response from officials. “It doesn’t seem like anyone in power really cares.” apnews.com/article/itamar…

“I am a decent person. Let’s just start there.” @danarubinstein on Brad Lander’s hopes of being the Cuomo alternative who can unite the left and voters who want a good manager: nytimes.com/2025/04/28/nyr…

NEW: Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana. The 4-year-old has Stage 4 cancer and was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors, the family’s lawyer said. washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Andrew Cuomo's campaign wanted him to get into the ranked-choice game with Zellnor Myrie. Myrie said no. Great @MahoneyW scoop:

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New York City’s decision to evict a popular city-owned garden in Manhattan to make way for affordable housing was a done deal. Randy Mastro has in recent days discussed backing away from the project, from @danarubinstein and @mihirzaveri: nytimes.com/2025/04/17/nyr…

Co-chair @JustinBrannan calls the admin's absence "a slap in the face." "At a moment of unprecedented budget threats, the administration at City Hall should be standing with us and not ducking accountability." The admin has not submitted written tesitmony, either

NYC Mayor Eric Adams will be interviewed this weekend by @LaraLeaTrump, she said this morning.

His son was deported to El Salvador’s mega-prison. Now this Bronx father fears he’ll never see him again. @Documentedny's latest: documentedny.com/2025/04/14/ice…

A central question in the New York City mayoral primary: Where do Kathryn Garcia’s supporters go this time? nytimes.com/2025/04/13/nyr…

In the week encompassing Mr. Adams’s brief, pro bono promotional tour, U.S. print sales for “Government Gangsters” skyrocketed nearly 800 percent, from 228 to 2,019, according to Circana BookScan. with ⁦@Jonesieman⁩ nytimes.com/2025/04/12/nyr… via @NYTimes

the kicker:

NEW: @FEMA is cutting $325 million in grants that was to go to New York State, much of it destined for essential flood mitigation efforts in New York City. W/ @danarubinstein + @gr_ashford. nytimes.com/2025/04/07/nyr…

.@NYCMayor's team refused to tell multiple outlets where he & Trump DOT head Duffy would hold a presser today after their subway ride. We found out anyway, and I asked Duffy if he still considers the subways a "shithole." "Some would say," he replied before getting in a car.

“We sat down with the team two days ago,.. and we said we need to get the campaign going,” Adams says noting not enough time to get going. He says he won’t seek Trump endorsement — but doubles down on urging New Yorkers to read Kash Patel’s book on the “deep state”