Ry Rivard
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First steps, but not free buses amid tight budget and Democratic disagreement on how to lower transit costs
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Free buses in New York? Even Mamdani isn’t holding his breath.
The mayor campaigned on a plan to make buses free. But it isn’t going to happen this year, he acknowledged in an interview.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/free-buses-in-new-york-even-mamdani-isnt-holding-his-breath-00863000
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One of the new casinos approved for New York City is already behind schedule.
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POLITICO Pro: New York City casino misses planned opening
Resorts World is still planning to open its expanded gaming facility in Queens by June 1.
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Trump’s U.N. fight is becoming New York City’s problem
An office space deal threatens to leave the city on the hook for the U.N.’s financial travails.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/04/trumps-u-n-fight-is-becoming-new-york-citys-problem-00858876
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The Trump administration is planning to move nearly 500 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staffers from New York to New Jersey. Members of New York’s congressional delegation worry about delays to civil works projects from Montauk to Staten Island.
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The sky isn’t falling
Is it time for Hochul to press the panic button? Perhaps not.
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A lot going on in the world, but have been focused on meeting my newest source (of joy), Abe. Back in the office later this month.
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A collection of powerful business groups and unions sent a letter to Trump Wednesday, urging him to release the money. w/ @madfernandez616 Story:
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Hochul, Sherrill reach Port Authority leadership deal The deal clears the way for Kathryn Garcia, a former top aide to Hochul, to lead the agency, and for a former top Sherrill aide, Jean Roehrenbeck, to be the agency's No. 2
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POLITICO Pro: Hochul, Sherrill reach Port Authority leadership deal
The deal clears the way for Kathryn Garcia, a former top aide to Hochul, to lead the agency.
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From the frying pan to the frying pan: Stephen Sigmund (@ssiggy1), a longtime spokesperson for the bistate Gateway tunnel project, is joining New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s office as senior adviser for communications.
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POLITICO Pro: Sherrill hires Sigmund for top comms job
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President Donald Trump tried for the better part of a decade to use the nation’s largest public works project as a bargaining chip in his battles with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. So far, no dice.
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Choppier seas await Mamdani-backed candidates
Mayor Mamdani’s pick to succeed him in the state Assembly cruised to an easy victory Tuesday night. But Moreno’s win in that Queens special election is likely the last cakewalk we’ll see from a…
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2026/02/04/choppier-seas-await-mamdani-backed-candidates-00763706
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New York’s top transit executive called Mamdani’s signature proposal for free buses a “campaign bumper sticker” today, highlighting tensions between the city’s new democratic socialist leader and the state officials who control its mass transit system.
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Mamdani shifts tone on NYPD shooting
Your afternoon must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable New Yorkers
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NY & NJ on Monday sued Trump admin for attempting to kill the nation’s largest public works project: “jeopardized the project, threatened the livelihoods of..workers…endangered passengers…& undermined the US’ reputation as a reliable contracting party”
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POLITICO Pro: New York, New Jersey sue Trump administration for withholding billions for train tunnel
Trump last fall said he was terminating the tunnels despite the fact that construction had already begun following congressional appropriations.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/02/new-york-new-jersey-sue-trump-administration-for-withholding-billions-for-train-tunnel-00760888
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The World Cup is chance for the US to show itself off — or be embarrassed by its deficiencies. “Donald Trump is the worst kind of fascist,” @tonysimone said. “He can’t even make the trains run on time.”
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The world is about to discover America’s infrastructure issue
Global power is in flux. Your daily guide to what comes next. By RY RIVARD Send tips here | View in your browser A subway train runs in New York City on July 10, 2025. | Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Get…
https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/forecast/the-world-is-about-to-discover-americas-infrastructure-issue/
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, and Gov. Kathy Hochul are in a standoff over how to run the Port Authority when longtime executive director Rick Cotton retires. NJ says it's been shortchanged without a No. 2 helping run the operation. NY remembers Bridgegate.
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POLITICO Pro: New York, New Jersey governors in standoff over Port Authority
The tension between the two Democrats may also mark the end of an era for the agency, which has been run with little to no public drama for years.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/01/new-york-new-jersey-governors-in-standoff-over-port-authority-00757451
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To punish Trump for bypassing Senate, defense attorneys asked judge to toss criminal cases: "The admin cares not one bit about judicial criticism or court orders. But it is reasonable to believe the administration might care about dismissed indictments."
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Lawyers want to send Trump a message in New Jersey: free accused criminals
“Cases have to start being dismissed,” a defense attorney told a federal judge last week.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/lawyers-want-to-send-trump-a-message-in-new-jersey-free-accused-criminals-00756603
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Democrats urge Trump to release funds for Gateway tunnel project linking New York and New Jersey
Trump has bottled up the money since the fall in retaliation for the 43-day government shutdown.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/28/democrats-urge-trump-to-release-funds-for-gateway-tunnel-project-linking-new-york-and-new-jersey-00752752
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Every Democrat from the states asked Trump to “promptly release” committed federal money to the nation’s largest and most urgent infrastructure project — the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project.” No Republican signed the letter.
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POLITICO Pro: Democrats urge Trump to release funds for Gateway tunnel project linking New York and New Jersey
Trump has bottled up the money since the fall in retaliation for the 43-day government shutdown.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/01/democrats-urge-trump-to-release-funds-for-gateway-tunnel-project-linking-new-york-and-new-jersey-00752752
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Few people thought President Donald Trump would really pull the plug on the nation’s largest public works project — not even some members of his own administration. But now work on the $16 billion train tunnels between New York and New Jersey is winding down.
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Schumer says Trump pulling the plug on $16B tunnel project is 'insane,' 'absurd'
Work on the Gateway project linking New York and New Jersey is already slowing down and could pause next week.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/schumer-trump-transportation-funding-new-york-new-jersey-00749791
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In a speech moments ago in Manhattan,
@schumer.senate.gov
said this is "insane." “This makes absolutely no sense, and yet here we are," he said. "There is only one person who terminated Gateway and there is only one person who could get it back on track, and that’s President Trump."
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Construction on the nation’s largest public works project will pause in early February unless the Trump administration releases money it has held up since last fall
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POLITICO Pro: Work on Gateway to pause next month without federal dollars
The Trump administration threatened to defund the project at the start of last year’s government shutdown.
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Hochul is poised to welcome Waymo. Mamdani may be a different story.
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Hochul is poised to welcome Waymo. Mamdani may be a different story.
The robotaxi giant is expanding around the country. New York City, now helmed by a mayor aligned with taxicab drivers, is its great white whale.
http://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/25/waymo-robotaxi-autonomous-new-york-00745351
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"They shot him so many times. I don't know why they shot him," says one witness. "none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR," says another. "Instead...ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds."
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'Terrifying abuses of power': Judge hears arguments over leadership arrangement at New Jersey prosecutor's office
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'Terrifying abuses of power': Judge hears arguments over leadership arrangement at New Jersey prosecutor's office
After Trump loyalist Alina Habba stepped down in December, Attorney General Pam Bondi put three people in charge of running the federal office.
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A federal judge will hear arguments Friday that the Trump administration is illegally running the New Jersey federal prosecutor’s office — the latest challenge to the administration’s attempts to circumvent the Senate confirmation process. w/ @MattFriedmanNJ
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After Alina Habba's exit, more drama in New Jersey prosecutor's office
It's the latest challenge to the administration’s attempts to circumvent the Senate confirmation process.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/after-habba-more-drama-in-new-jersey-prosecutors-office-00740923
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Rep. LaMonica McIver, the New Jersey Democrat who is being prosecuted by the Trump administration, is expected to appeal all the charges against her on Tuesday and argue she is shielded from prosecution by the Constitution.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver to appeal all the charges against her, citing congressional immunity clause
The New Jersey Democrat was charged following a chaotic scrum outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in May.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/rep-lamonica-mciver-to-appeal-all-the-charges-against-her-citing-congressional-immunity-clause-00737494
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Alina Habba wants her old job back
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Alina Habba wants her old job back
DOJ appeals ruling that disqualified New Jersey's top federal prosecutor.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/habba-wants-her-old-job-back-00728695
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Just as Democrats are finding their footing by focusing on affordability, their differences on Israel are threatening to tear them apart.
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Israel rift complicates Democrats’ midterm comeback
From New York to Michigan, left-leaning challengers are taking on pro-Israel incumbents
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A New Jersey appeals court on Monday upheld the state’s first-of-its-kind rule to keep pollution out of low-income areas and communities of color.
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POLITICO Pro: Court upholds New Jersey’s landmark environmental justice rule
It’s unclear if the industrial groups that are fighting the rule will keep fighting in court.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/01/court-upholds-new-jerseys-landmark-environmental-justice-rule-00710957
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American cities are scrambling to build bus systems from scratch, overhaul rail lines and ensure trains don’t catch fire as they prepare to welcome soccer fans to next summer’s World Cup.
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US cities gird for World Cup rush hour
Are American transit systems ready for millions of soccer fans?
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TOOOOLL: New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill floated the idea this week that the Garden State could charge New York drivers coming to next summer’s World Cup matches.
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New York Playbook PM
Your afternoon must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable New Yorkers
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Mikie Sherrill’s attorney general pick for New Jersey vows to tackle affordability — and Trump
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Mikie Sherrill’s attorney general pick for New Jersey vows to tackle affordability — and Trump
The Democratic governor-elect said Jennifer Davenport will continue the Attorney General Office's record as a check on President Donald Trump's power.
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Free buses for all… or discounts for some
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4 months ago
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Sens.
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Jim Beach's upcoming 'you're not special' election
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-jersey-playbook/2025/12/11/jim-beachs-upcoming-youre-not-special-election-00685962
4 months ago
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Andy Kim seeks to topple the Democratic machines in 2027
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Andy Kim seeks to topple the Democratic machines in 2027
The New Jersey senator said he will be "stepping up" to take on elected officials who "fuel corrupt machine politics."
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The day the World Cup gets real for North American cities
Local governments learn which countries they’ll welcome at next summer’s World Cup: “That conversation is very different between England and Panama and Curaçao, right?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/06/the-day-the-world-cup-gets-real-for-north-american-cities-00679726
4 months ago
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Can a socialist mayor and Wall Street coexist? New York is about to find out.
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Can a socialist mayor and Wall Street coexist? New York is about to find out.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is confronting a skeptical business community in the wake of his election victory.
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Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula
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Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula
From a democratic socialist in New York to moderates in Virginia and New Jersey, Democrats found success by focusing on the cost of living — not culture wars.
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‘We are arresting the mayor right now, per the deputy attorney general’
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‘We are arresting the mayor right now, per the deputy attorney general’
An account of bodycam footage, submitted in a recent court filling, provides new detail about a confrontation outside a New Jersey immigration facility.
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Federal judge will decide whether Trump ally Alina Habba can lead prosecutions in New Jersey
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Federal judge will decide whether Trump ally Alina Habba can lead prosecutions in New Jersey
It could open additional challenges to her authority since a hearing isn’t for two weeks.
https://politi.co/4fjOdYK
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NEW: A criminal defendant in New Jersey says Alina Habba is acting illegally as U.S. attorney. His basis? Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling tossing criminal charges against Trump. w @ryrivard
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NEW: The White House says Trump has fired the court-appointed U.S. attorney that NJ judges appointed to succeed Alina Habba. They say the judicial appointee — Leigh Grace — never actually had the job, but just in case, she's fired anyway. w/
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Updated: Prosecutors asked to delay at least one case — involving a triple homicide — b/c AG Pam Bondi fired the lead prosecutor, according to filing made today by a defense attorney who wants her client released until the government is ready for trial.
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NEW: A criminal defendant filed the first of what coudl be many challenges to the authority of Acting U.S. attorney Alina Habba. The matter has been sent to a district judge in PA because all the NJ judges are conflicted out. w/ @ryrivard @joshgerstein
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Alina Habba’s authority as New Jersey’s top prosecutor questioned in new legal filing
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Alina Habba’s authority as New Jersey’s top prosecutor questioned in new legal filing
A lawyer said his client is “facing an imminent criminal trial proceeding under questionable legal authority” and asked for the charges to be thrown out.
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Trump’s gambit to keep Alina Habba in charge in New Jersey: Withdraw her nomination
It’s the latest move by the administration to put an ally of the president in a top law enforcement role.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/24/trump-alina-habba-new-jersey-nomination-00476033
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NEW: The Trump administration is making a last ditch series of maneuvers to keep Alina Habba in as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. It might work. w/ @ryrivard
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The firing of a veteran prosecutor in New Jersey escalates Trump administration’s war with the courts
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The firing of a veteran prosecutor in New Jersey escalates Trump administration’s war with the courts
A battle over judges’ power to fill a federal prosecutor vacancy could create a legitimacy crisis.
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Republican governors are joining their Democratic colleagues to question whether the nation’s largest grid operator has its act together at a time of soaring energy prices.
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POLITICO Pro: Governors of both parties pile on grid operator PJM over ‘crisis of confidence’
The Pennsylvania-based operator supplies power to 67M people across 13 states.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/nine-red-and-blue-state-governors-say-pjm-faces-crisis-of-confidence-00460414
9 months ago
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Murphy administration exempts $1B Netflix studio from sea-level rise rule
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POLITICO Pro: Murphy administration exempts $1B Netflix studio from sea-level rise rule
The carve-out will allow one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s pet projects to avoid complying with climate change regulations.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/murphy-administration-exempts-1b-netflix-studio-from-sea-level-rise-rule-00459754
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