AKPD

From: Adams Baker, Marti
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; "John Del Cecato"; Norvell, Wiley; "Geri Prado"; "Ariel Hayes"
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen
Subject: RE: Q&A
Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 5:29:33 PM
Median HHI in the Bx neighborhood that we’re visiting should be $21K

From: Hagelgans, Andrea
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 5:28 PM
To: Adams Baker, Marti; 'John Del Cecato'; Norvell, Wiley; 'Geri Prado'; 'Ariel Hayes'
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: Q&A

Karen has made edits on previous version. So what has changed

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
To: 'John Del Cecato'; Norvell, Wiley; 'Geri Prado'; 'Ariel Hayes'
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen
Subject: RE: Q&A
Please use THIS version of the memo.

I have a few hard copies with me for prep

To: 'John Del Cecato'; Norvell, Wiley; Geri Prado; Ariel Hayes
Subject: RE: Q&A

And circulating the updated memo for prep

From: John Del Cecato [mailto:jfdc@akpdmedia.com]
To: Norvell, Wiley; Adams Baker, Marti; Geri Prado; Ariel Hayes
Subject: Re: Q&A

Revised attached

From: "Norvell, Wiley" <WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 4:25 PM
To: "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, Ariel Hayes <
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Cc: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: RE: Q&A

Can add these too:

Q. What about jobs? How are you fixing unemployment in the South Bronx?
+Bronx unemployment 7.3%, highest in NYC
+What we need: Raise the minimum wage
+What we’ve done: Raised and expanded NYC’s Living Wage and Paid Sick Leave
+What we’ve done: Overhauled our $500 million/year workforce training to equip ppl with skills for
good, in-demand jobs, not just low-wage employment.

Q. If you’re doing so much as a City, why do you need more investment from the federal
government?
+Scale: our affordable housing plan—enough for ½ million people, whole population of Atlanta—is
biggest in nation’s history, but not enough to reach every NYer. Need feds at the table.
+Challenges like infrastructure cannot be achieved without fed transportation bill, federal money.

Q. Don’t people in South Bronx care more about things like crime than inequality?
+Bringing police and community closure together
+Overall crime down, NYPD focused on hotspots

To: Norvell, Wiley; 'John Del Cecato'; Geri Prado; Ariel Hayes
Subject: RE: Q&A

I’d add

Q: what can you do as Mayor to tackle income inequality

Q: re 2016 – Have you heard enough from the candidates on these issues? What else do you want
to hear from them?

Q: Obligatory HRC/endorsement question

From: Norvell, Wiley
To: 'John Del Cecato'; Geri Prado; Ariel Hayes
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen
Subject: RE: Q&A

JDC—can you put this in the format MBdB uses for Q&A?

Q. [streamlined question]
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+Good top-line statement of values (not full sentence)
+Simple supportive figure

To: Geri Prado; Ariel Hayes
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti; Norvell, Wiley; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Q&A

My first crack at Q&A for briefing this evening… Let me know what I’m missing
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From: Viguers, Jonathan
To: Hinton, Karen; Leopold, Elana; Adams Baker, Marti; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak,
Phil; jfdc@akpdmedia.com
Subject: MBDB: Prep for CNN Interview with Poppy Harlow & CNBC
We are delayed.
MBDB: Prep for CNN Interview with Poppy Harlow & CNBC
Scheduled: Monday, Sep 28, 2015 from 5:45 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: City Hall, The Mayor's Office
Invitees: Hinton, Karen , Leopold, Elana , Adams Baker, Marti , Salazar-Rodriguez,
Prisca , Hagelgans, Andrea , Walzak, Phil , John Del Cecato
sent from a mobile device.
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To: Hinton, Karen; Leopold, Elana; Adams Baker, Marti; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak,
Phil; jfdc@akpdmedia.com
Subject: MBDB: Prep for CNN Interview with Poppy Harlow & CNBC
please gather.
MBDB: Prep for CNN Interview with Poppy Harlow & CNBC
Scheduled: Monday, Sep 28, 2015 from 5:45 PM to 6:30 PM
Invitees: Hinton, Karen , Leopold, Elana , Adams Baker, Marti , Salazar-Rodriguez,
Prisca , Hagelgans, Andrea , Walzak, Phil , John Del Cecato
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From: Geri Prado
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Boeglin, Rosemary; Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: Re: public schedule - guidance for Friday
I agree. I learned from the email AFV sent out they are charging for entry and if it is
easier for you all feel free to take out AFV.
It also allows us to focus on the state legislators as an audience.
This is great thanks.
On Sep 28, 2015, at 6:41 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
Geri & I are also fine if you feel like taking AFV out for some reason (and
just say SiX)
From: "Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)" <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>

To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Boeglin, Rosemary"
<RBoeglin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Cc: "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: RE: public schedule - guidance for Friday
Here’s what I suggested as a rework:

Guidance for Friday, October 2, 2015
On Friday, the Mayor will travel to Washington, D.C.

In the morning, the Mayor will deliver remarks at the State Innovation Exchange
& American Family Voices Conference. This event is open press.

In the evening, the Mayor will travel to Baltimore to attend the United States
Conference of Mayors Fall Leadership Meeting.

Guidance for Saturday, October 3, 2015
On Saturday, the Mayor will attend the United States Conference of Mayors Fall
Leadership Meeting.

In the afternoon, the Mayor will participate in a press conference hosted by
United States Conference of Mayors.

In the evening, the Mayor will return to New York City.

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To: Boeglin, Rosemary; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Geri Prado
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti

Not quite…

++

From: "Boeglin, Rosemary" <RBoeglin@cityhall.nyc.gov>
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: public schedule - guidance for Friday

Does this look right to you?

On Friday, the Mayor will travel to Washington, D.C. to deliver remarks at the
State Innovation Exchange & American Family Voices Conference. This event is
open press.

In the evening, the Mayor will travel to Baltimore.

Rosemary Boeglin | Assistant Press Secretary | Mayor’s Press Office
o: (212) 788-3112 | c: (347) 244-9900 | @RosemaryBoeglin
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From: Boeglin, Rosemary
To: Geri Prado; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Cc: John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti
Will do thanks!
From: Geri Prado
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Cc: John Del Cecato; Boeglin, Rosemary; Adams Baker, Marti
Cut it.
On Sep 28, 2015, at 6:43 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Also fine with me!



Conference. This event is open press.



Leadership Meeting.



To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Boeglin, Rosemary; Geri Prado
9351

Geri & I are also fine if you feel like taking AFV out for some reason (and just say SiX)

To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Boeglin, Rosemary"
<RBoeglin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Subject: RE: public schedule - guidance for Friday

Here’s what I suggested as a rework:



& American Family Voices Conference. This event is open press.



Leadership Meeting.



To: Boeglin, Rosemary; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Geri Prado

Not quite…

++

From: "Boeglin, Rosemary" <RBoeglin@cityhall.nyc.gov>
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Subject: public schedule - guidance for Friday

Does this look right to you?


On Friday, the Mayor will travel to Washington, D.C. to deliver remarks at the
State Innovation Exchange & American Family Voices Conference. This event is
open press.

In the evening, the Mayor will travel to Baltimore.

Rosemary Boeglin | Assistant Press Secretary | Mayor’s Press Office
o: (212) 788-3112 | c: (347) 244-9900 | @RosemaryBoeglin
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From: John Del Cecato
To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: invitation
Invitations to the candidates to attend Presidential forum - keeping it on the down

low for now
On Sep 28, 2015, at 6:52 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Invitation to what? When does it hit?
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
Follow Me On Twitter @KarenHinton
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From: Geri Prado
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim
Subject: Re: Meetings in DC
yes. I talked to him about it when we checked in on saturday too
On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:49 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Just want to be 100 because the 3 emails below are going to go out in about an hour.
From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]

Yes. Looping Hayley as well.

Are these all meetings the Mayor has agreed to?

I am about to start emailing and calling and don’t want to look crazy if I
have to take them down after-

Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 9:24 PM
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
Subject: Meetings in DC
Hi PSR:
here are meetings I’d like to set up for the Mayor and me but it
would be great if you could reach out for a whole host of reasons.
Some I’m laying the ground work for. All are for the purpose of
talking about income inequality and The Progressive Agenda
Committee and potential partnership, check in. I’m also putting
location vicinity in parenthesis as he will be starting out on the
Senate side of The Hill. If you wouldn’t mind letting them know I’ll
be staffing so they’re not surprised I’d appreciate it. They will all be
staffed.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (Senate Side of the Hill)- Main line- 202-
224-2543, Chief of Staff Mindy Myers
NEA (Downtown)- President Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Chief of Staff

John Stocks. John’s office number is 202-822-7523jstocks@nea.org
and his assistant should pick up. It would be both to talk about NEA
and the Democracy Alliance (John leads that)
SEIU (Downtown/Dupont Circle)- Mary Kay Henry- assist Sarah

Quickel sarah.quickel@seiu.org
UFCW (Downtown)- President Marc Perrone, Angie Almony,

aalmony@ufcw.org, Christyne Neff, Chief of Staff
I’m setting up two clutches directly after his speaking engagement at

the hotel he’s speaking at in a side room. The time I gave you is with
that built in.
THANK YOU
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From: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Hinton, Karen; geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: Re: De Blasio to travel to Washington for liberal conference - The Washington Post
Hm they didn't reach out.
> On Sep 28, 2015, at 9:58 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> FYI
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/de-blasio-to-travel-to-washington-for-liberal-
conference/2015/09/28/32bf3132-6649-11e5-bdb6-6861f4521205_story.html
9357
From: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: De Blasio to travel to Washington for liberal conference - The Washington Post
Thanks Amy.
On Sep 28, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

<SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
Yes, it went out with guidance we discussed, and I have comment I've been
giving running down more comprehensive agenda. Just sent to AP to try to
update.
From: Geri Prado

To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Subject: Re: De Blasio to travel to Washington for liberal conference - The Washington
Post
Did the CH advisory go out? Lux has likely been working the phones and
sent to his press list. He’s the AFV guy. It will be great to see more than
just his group’s name.
On Sep 28, 2015, at 9:58 PM, John Del Cecato

<jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/de-blasio-to-travel-to-washington-for-
liberal-conference/2015/09/28/32bf3132-6649-11e5-bdb6-6861f4521205 story.html
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To: Geri Prado
Cc: Gann, Georgia
Subject: Re: Quick call
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:02:44 AM
11 works
> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
> Georgia and John can we chat at 9:30 or 11?
9359
From: Gann, Georgia
To: "John Del Cecato"; Geri Prado
Subject: RE: Quick call
I can do 9:30 as well. Let me know what number to call.
Georgia B. Gann
Senior Legislative Advisor
Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist
New York City Office of Federal Affairs
1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740
ggann@cityhall.nyc.gov
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:03 AM
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Gann, Georgia
Actually no - 930 works better
> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
> Georgia and John can we chat at 9:30 or 11?
9360
9361
> ggann@cityhall.nyc.gov
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Del Cecato [mailto:jfdc@akpdmedia.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:03 AM
> To: Geri Prado
> Cc: Gann, Georgia
> Subject: Re: Quick call
>
> Actually no - 930 works better
>
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>> Georgia and John can we chat at 9:30 or 11?
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To: "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: are you going to CNN?
Yes
He's scheduled to arrive at 1130

To: Hagelgans, Andrea

I can do that - should I just go there ?
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Wait, it is in studio. Are you going to the studio?

Marti needs you there


Yes - heading to city hall now
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:

Andrea Hagelgans
Office of the Mayor
Direct – 212.341.5372
Cell –
ahagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov

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From: Gunaratna, Mahen
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Talk today?
Just sent it to your personals

To: Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato
Cc: Gunaratna, Mahen
Subject: RE: Talk today?
Mahen—can you send us the recording/transcript of the Molly Ball interview he did in May? I sent
you the recording

From: Hinton, Karen
To: John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: Talk today?
And, there’s no influencing it, right?

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

From: "'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:52:25 +0000
To: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Fwd: Talk today?

FYI
Begin forwarded message:
From: Rebecca Katz <rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com>

Date: September 29, 2015 at 10:30:24 AM EDT

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Molly Ball <molly@theatlantic.com>
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Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:29 AM
To: Rebecca Katz <rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com>
December issue, closes next week, comes out in mid-Nov. 4pm?

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Rebecca Katz <rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com> wrote:
yep. Late afternoon?

Is this for November issue?

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Molly Ball <molly@theatlantic.com> wrote:
Some NYC odds and ends I want to go over with you.

--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
molly@theatlantic.com

twitter.com/mollyesque

--
Rebecca Kirszner Katz
(718) 858-7161 — work
— cell
@RebeccaKKatz

--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c

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9366
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea
I don't think so - I believe it was put to bed a long time ago
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
And, there’s no influencing it, right?
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:52:25 +0000
To: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Karen Hinton
<khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
FYI

Date: September 29, 2015 at 10:30:24 AM EDT

From: Molly Ball <molly@theatlantic.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:29 AM
To: Rebecca Katz <rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com>
December issue, closes next week, comes out in mid-Nov.

4pm?
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Rebecca Katz
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<rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com> wrote:
yep. Late afternoon?
Is this for November issue?
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Molly Ball

<molly@theatlantic.com> wrote:
Some NYC odds and ends I want to go over with you.
--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
--
(718) 858-7161 — work
— cell
@RebeccaKKatz
--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
--
(718) 858-7161 — work
— cell
@RebeccaKKatz
9368
To: "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Yes!

To: Adams Baker, Marti

You've got the hats?
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Adams Baker, Marti <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
No I'm heading down from the Bronx. Came up here on the subway
Should be there in 25 min
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:50, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

wrote:
You riding with MBDB?
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Adams Baker, Marti

<MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Mayor arrives at CNN at 11:30 am

To: 'John Del Cecato' <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: RE: are you going to CNN?

Wait, it is in studio. Are you going to the studio?
Marti needs you there


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Yes - heading to city hall now
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea

<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Andrea Hagelgans
Office of the Mayor
Direct – 212.341.5372
Cell –

9370
Cc: jfdc@akpdmedia.com
Subject: Re: I"m 5-7 min away
we're here. poppy is with us
> On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Adams Baker, Marti <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> On subway coming down from the Bronx
>
> Mayor should proceed to makeup - 7th floor
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Cc: Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: Re: I"m 5-7 min away
My train is delayed and there are guys working on tracks - for past 12 minutes - I will be late
> On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Adams Baker, Marti <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> On subway coming down from the Bronx
>
> Mayor should proceed to makeup - 7th floor
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From: Geri Prado
To: Hayley Prim
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
yes- they fund a lot in conjunction with labor, DA. They are pretty close to a few
union presidents and the Texas Org Project. We’ll make some connections there.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Hayley Prim

<hayley@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
Yea-- agreed. They are just such big deals, that would be worth getting
them one on one time with BDB if feasible. Could lead to big things
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Geri Prado

<geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
We’re going to have them in the clutch at SiX or we can see if they can
have a separate meeting and use that time. The more we move off site
there the harder to coordinate them.

If they Moystins are in town for this conference, it would

absolutely be worth setting up a meeting with BDB and
them for Friday during the day
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez,

Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
NEA Garcia said no
Waiting to hear back from Stocks if he can-


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Let me know who responds. NEA is having their super
week this week. I believe there will be conversation about
press endorsement so it might be hard for the President
to get away. if she CANNOT we should still ask John
Stocks if he can meet for the Democracy Alliance though
that might be tough too.
On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:49 PM, Salazar-

Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-
Just want to be 100 because the 3 emails below are

going to go out in about an hour.

Yes. Looping Hayley as well.
On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:46 PM,

Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
<PSalazar-
Are these all meetings the Mayor has

agreed to?
I am about to start emailing and calling

and don’t want to look crazy if I have to
take them down after-
9374

From: Geri Prado
[mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 9:24
PM
Hi PSR:
here are meetings I’d like to set up

for the Mayor and me but it would
be great if you could reach out for a
whole host of reasons. Some I’m
laying the ground work for. All are
for the purpose of talking about
income inequality and The
Progressive Agenda Committee and
potential partnership, check in. I’m
also putting location vicinity in
parenthesis as he will be starting
out on the Senate side of The Hill.
If you wouldn’t mind letting them
know I’ll be staffing so they’re not
surprised I’d appreciate it. They will
all be staffed.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (Senate

Side of the Hill)- Main line- 202-
224-2543, Chief of Staff Mindy
Myers
NEA (Downtown)- President Lily

Eskelsen Garcia, Chief of Staff John
Stocks. John’s office number is 202-
822-7523jstocks@nea.org and his
assistant should pick up. It would
be both to talk about NEA and the
Democracy Alliance (John leads
that)
9375

SEIU (Downtown/Dupont Circle)-

Mary Kay Henry- assist Sarah
UFCW (Downtown)- President Marc

Perrone, Angie Almony,
aalmony@ufcw.org, Christyne Neff,
Chief of Staff
I’m setting up two clutches directly

after his speaking engagement at
the hotel he’s speaking at in a side
room. The time I gave you is with
that built in.
THANK YOU
--
Hayley Prim
c:
--
Hayley Prim
c:
9376
From: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
To: "Geri Prado"; Snyder, Thomas
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim; Caquias, Paula
Subject: RE: Meetings in DC
Send me who to call and their contact info

To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim; Caquias, Paula
And Shelton.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Geri – need more ideas for meetings. Trumka? Other?

From: Prisca Salazar <psalazar-rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 11:35 AM
To: 'Geri Prado' <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Cc: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Ceccato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Hayley Primm <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>, "Caquias,
Paula" <PCaquias@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Updates-

1. Warren – Waiting to hear back from Scheduler

2. NEA – not available

3. SEIU – Not in DC on Friday

4. UFCW – Perrone is out of town on Friday – they are offering UFCW Executive
Vice President and RWDSU District Council President Stuart Appelbaum

Any other ones you want me to try to schedule?

9377
Hi PSR:
here are meetings I’d like to set up for the Mayor and me but it would be great if
you could reach out for a whole host of reasons. Some I’m laying the ground
work for. All are for the purpose of talking about income inequality and The
Progressive Agenda Committee and potential partnership, check in. I’m also
putting location vicinity in parenthesis as he will be starting out on the Senate
side of The Hill. If you wouldn’t mind letting them know I’ll be staffing so
they’re not surprised I’d appreciate it. They will all be staffed.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (Senate Side of the Hill)- Main line-

Chief of Staff Mindy Myers
NEA (Downtown)- President Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Chief of Staff John Stocks.
John’s office number is jstocks@nea.org and his assistant should
pick up. It would be both to talk about NEA and the Democracy Alliance (John
leads that)
SEIU (Downtown/Dupont Circle)- Mary Kay Henry- assist Sarah

UFCW (Downtown)- President Marc Perrone, Angie

Almony, aalmony@ufcw.org, Christyne Neff, Chief of Staff
I’m setting up two clutches directly after his speaking engagement at the hotel
he’s speaking at in a side room. The time I gave you is with that built in.
THANK YOU
9378
To: "Geri Prado"
Cc: Hayley Prim; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Caquias, Paula
Subject: RE: Meetings in DC
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:34:30 PM
Contact for Shelton?

Will ask Emma to weigh in on Stu

Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:15 PM
UFCW- Applebaum yes but I don’t know the NY politics with him. He’s a handful but he’s
taken over the Political operation so I’d say it’s a yes.
CWA- Can we see if Chris Shelton can meet?
NEA- neither are available?
Tom and I need to talk for a second and then I potentially have two more.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Send me the next batch and contact info and I will reach out ASAP-
We need stuff on the schedule

CWA President Chris Shelton. PSR do you have a number for him or want me to
get it?
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca

<PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Warren will be home in her district – not in DC on Friday

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To: Hayley Prim
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Caquias,
Paula
We should not reach around SiX. Bad form. Hold.

Sorry just confirming, do we want to reach out to

Mostyns?
this is their firm with contact

info: https://mostynlaw.com/team/steve-mostyn/
I am also happy to reach out, Prisca, if you let me know

what times are free for a meeting
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Geri Prado

And Shelton.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Snyder,

Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Geri – need more ideas for meetings. Trumka?

Other?

From: Prisca Salazar <psalazar-
rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 11:35
AM
Cc: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
Hayley Primm
<hayley@progressiveagenda.us>, "Caquias,
Paula" <PCaquias@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Updates-

1. Warren – Waiting to hear back
from Scheduler

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3. SEIU – Not in DC on Friday

4. UFCW – Perrone is out of town on
Friday – they are offering UFCW
Executive Vice President and RWDSU
District Council President Stuart
Appelbaum

Any other ones you want me to try to
schedule?

From: Geri Prado
Hi PSR:
here are meetings I’d like to set up for the

Mayor and me but it would be great if you
could reach out for a whole host of reasons.
Some I’m laying the ground work for. All
are for the purpose of talking about income
inequality and The Progressive Agenda
Committee and potential partnership, check
in. I’m also putting location vicinity in
parenthesis as he will be starting out on the
Senate side of The Hill. If you wouldn’t
mind letting them know I’ll be staffing so
they’re not surprised I’d appreciate it. They
will all be staffed.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (Senate Side of

the Hill)- Main line- Chief
of Staff Mindy Myers
NEA (Downtown)- President Lily Eskelsen

Garcia, Chief of Staff John Stocks. John’s
office number
stocks@nea.org and his assistant
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should pick up. It would be both to talk
about NEA and the Democracy Alliance
(John leads that)
SEIU (Downtown/Dupont Circle)- Mary

Kay Henry- assist Sarah
UFCW (Downtown)- President Marc

Perrone, Angie
Almony, aalmony@ufcw.org, Christyne
Neff, Chief of Staff
I’m setting up two clutches directly after his

speaking engagement at the hotel he’s
speaking at in a side room. The time I gave
you is with that built in.
THANK YOU
--
Hayley Prim
c:
9382
From: Geri Prado
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; Hayley Prim; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Caquias, Paula
On my end he should do Applebaum since he just took over a major part of their
national program but I defer to Emma on the local politics.

+
EW, scheduling DC
We requested a mtg with UFCW Pres Perrone – he is out of town on Friday – they are
offering UFCW Executive Vice President and RWDSU District Council President Stuart
Appelbaum
Thoughts?

UFCW- Applebaum yes but I don’t know the NY politics with him. He’s a
handful but he’s taken over the Political operation so I’d say it’s a yes.
CWA- Can we see if Chris Shelton can meet?
NEA- neither are available?
Tom and I need to talk for a second and then I potentially have two more.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca

Send me the next batch and contact info and I will reach out ASAP-
We need stuff on the schedule

CWA President Chris Shelton. PSR do you have a number for him
or want me to get it?
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On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez,
Warren will be home in her district – not in DC on Friday

To: Hayley Prim
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del
Cecato; Caquias, Paula
We should not reach around SiX. Bad form. Hold.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Hayley

Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>
wrote:
Sorry just confirming, do we want to reach

out to Mostyns?
this is their firm with contact info:

https://mostynlaw.com/team/steve-mostyn/
I am also happy to reach out, Prisca, if you

let me know what times are free for a
meeting
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Geri

Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
And Shelton.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:38 AM,

Snyder, Thomas
<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Geri – need more ideas for

meetings. Trumka? Other?

From: Prisca Salazar <psalazar-
Date: Tuesday, September 29,
2015 at 11:35 AM
To: 'Geri Prado'
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<geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Cc: Tom Snyder
<tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John
Del Ceccato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Hayley
Primm
<hayley@progressiveagenda.us>,
"Caquias, Paula"
<PCaquias@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Updates-

1. Warren – Waiting to
hear back from Scheduler


3. SEIU – Not in DC on
Friday

4. UFCW – Perrone is
out of town on Friday –
they are offering UFCW
Executive Vice President
and RWDSU District
Council President Stuart
Appelbaum

Any other ones you want me to
try to schedule?

From: Geri Prado
Sent: Sunday, September 27,

2015 9:24 PM
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del
Cecato
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Hi PSR:
here are meetings I’d like to set

up for the Mayor and me but it
would be great if you could
reach out for a whole host of
reasons. Some I’m laying the
ground work for. All are for the
purpose of talking about
income inequality and The
Progressive Agenda Committee
and potential partnership, check
in. I’m also putting location
vicinity in parenthesis as he
will be starting out on the
Senate side of The Hill. If you
wouldn’t mind letting them
know I’ll be staffing so they’re
not surprised I’d appreciate it.
They will all be staffed.
Senator Elizabeth Warren

(Senate Side of the Hill)- Main
line- 202-224-2543, Chief of
Staff Mindy Myers
NEA (Downtown)- President

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Chief of
Staff John Stocks. John’s office
number is202-822-7523
jstocks@nea.org and his
assistant should pick up. It
would be both to talk about
NEA and the Democracy
Alliance (John leads that)
SEIU (Downtown/Dupont
Circle)- Mary Kay Henry-
assist Sarah Quickel
sarah.quickel@seiu.org
UFCW (Downtown)- President

Marc Perrone, Angie Almony,
aalmony@ufcw.org, Christyne
Neff, Chief of Staff
I’m setting up two clutches

directly after his speaking
engagement at the hotel he’s
speaking at in a side room. The
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time I gave you is with that
built in.
THANK YOU
--
Hayley Prim
c:
9387
From: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re:
on it.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Bernie Sanders comms guy Michael Briggs just called me asking about our forum
and the details-
Said it was talked about during their mtg but he wanted to follow up-
Geri his number is
Prisca Salazar-Rodriguez
Office of The Mayor
212-341-5016
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Subject: Re: from Alan Colmes

Yes I am workin on this
Think we will have something

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
From: Colmes, Alan
To: Walzak, Phil

Hi Phil....following up....
One other thing of note is that we have a strong presence on social media which helps
spread our work. I'd really like to get the mayor's message out there.
Can we arrange something?

Thanks very much for any consideration.

Alan

From: Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: Colmes, Alan
Subject: RE: from Alan Colmes

Thanks for your message, let me take a look

From: Colmes, Alan [mailto:alan.colmes@FOXNEWS.COM]
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: from Alan Colmes

Hi Phil,

I caught the tail end of the mayor on Morning Joe before Christie came on and made
ridiculous comments that went unchallenged. I'd like to re-extend an invitation for the
mayor to appear on my radio show. There are only a few of us on the left who do national
shows and we offer a platform that includes about 75 radio stations, Sirius/XM, our app,
and online streaming. The power and effectiveness of talk radio is understood and
harnessed by conservatives, but I've been trying for years to get more liberals to understand
its value.

Can we please arrange an interview?
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Best Wishes,
Alan
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From: Gann, Georgia
To: "Geri Prado"
Cc: "John Del Cecato"; Schwartz, Regina
Attachments: USCM Baltimore Meeting Recommendations 9.28.15 new.docx
I need to get Gina recommendations now for this USCM meeting ASAP. I’m sending along the recs
here, and if we still have time to add later, we’ll include the additional priority!
Recommendation: YOU may want to want to influence a number of the document components
based on NYC positions and organizing efforts. We strongly suggest YOU add the following issues
to the 2016 agenda to advance NYC priorities and elevate bipartisan support for issues that are
highly partisan in D.C.

· 9/11 Health Care (Zadroga Reauthorization)
· Climate Change/Resiliency
· End Sequestration

YOU may also want to strengthen the Mayor’s Compact on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
and Affordable broadband.

We are organizing support from targets this week will present an updated memo with key
supporters on Friday. We also recommend you call Mayor Nutter and Mayor Cornett for a
principal-principal touch to help secure support on top tier issues.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: 'John Del Cecato'

The other flag is that the document includes this bullet: See the context below the bullet. Is this a
problem for MBdB?

● Support high standard 21st Century Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic trade deals with
enforceable labor and environmental standards.

U.S. Metro Areas play a critical role in this sector, accounting for nearly 90% of U.S. exports and
providing key infrastructure such as ports and intermodal facilities to efficiently move goods. Global
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competition in the areas of port modernization and transportation systems, however, could
threaten US ability to advance export growth; and failure to develop global trade deals, which would
provide a “level playing” field for U.S. businesses, could put American businesses and workers at a
disadvantage. Congressional failure to reauthorize the Export Import Bank, which helps U.S.
businesses sell goods overseas, could also deal a blow to our efforts to expand exports.

Port and export related jobs have a 15-18% higher wage level, and therefore contribute to building a
sound middle class. The ability to sell American-made products and services to a dramatically
expanding global middle class, particularly in Asia, could significantly expand this job sector.

Meanwhile, international travelers stay longer and spend more than domestic travelers – an average
of 17.5 nights and nearly $4,700 per person per trip. For every additional 34 overseas travelers who
come to visit the U.S., an American job is created. In 2014, alone, more than 20.3 million travelers
arrived through the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) generating $190 billion in economic output and
supporting nearly one million jobs. Therefore, we call on the next President and Congress to:


Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato

IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to Promote Investment in Cities, Advance Middle Class Growth, and
Reduce Income Inequality

Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds

For more than 100 years, tax-exempt municipal bonds have been the principal means used by state
and local governments to finance critical infrastructure: schools, hospitals, water and sewer
facilities, roads, mass transit systems and public power projects. Together, state and local
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governments are responsible for building and maintaining 75 percent of the nation’s infrastructure,
which is mostly financed by tax-exempt municipal bonds.

This federal, state, and local partnership represents a fair allocation of the cost between the
different levels of governments for infrastructure used by the general public. For several years the
President and Congress have introduced proposals to cap or eliminate the tax deduction on interest
earnings from tax-exempt bonds. These proposals could significantly drive up the borrowing cost of
state and local governments on critical infrastructure projects.

According to a 2013 joint study released by The U.S. Conference of Mayors and other
intergovernmental organizations, if a 28% cap had been in place on the deduction between 2003
and 2012, it would have cost state and local governments $173 billion; and if the exemption had
been had been eliminated during the same period, it would have cost $495 billion. Mayors call for
the next President and Congress to:

● Maintain the current tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and oppose all efforts to cap,
limit, eliminate, or replace tax-exempt municipal bonds.

● Make Permanent the Build America Bonds Program not as replacement but as a supplement
to tax-exempt municipal bonds. State and local governments that issued these taxable bonds were
paid a direct federal subsidy under the 2009 stimulus bill equal to 35 percent of the interest cost,
which enabled them to save more than $12 billion in borrowing cost.

Main Street Competitiveness

Under current law (the Supreme Court’s 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota), state and
local governments are prohibited from requiring remote sellers to collect their sales taxes. This
loophole has given remote sellers an unfair competitive advantage over local merchants on Main
Street. According to the University of Tennessee, state and local governments lose an estimated $26
billion annually due to taxes that go uncollected on remote sales.

Therefore, we call for the next President and Congress to:

● Enact legislation that enables state and local governments to level the playing field between
merchants on Main Street and remote sellers by allowing these jurisdictions to require the
collection of sales taxes.

Community Revitalization Incentives

As local communities continue to recover from the Great Recession, our cities need more support to
stimulate investment in underserved distressed communities. Low-income urban neighborhoods
and rural communities do not have access capital needed to support and grow businesses, create
jobs and sustain a healthy local economy. Mayors call for the next President and Congress to:

● Pass legislation to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour
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to increase the buying power of low-income working families.

● Enact a permanent extension of the New Market Tax Credit, which has a proven track
record of stimulating economic growth. Between 2003 and 2012, the program generated $31 billion
in direct investments to businesses, leveraged another $60 billion in total capital investment in
distressed neighborhoods, and created 750,000 jobs.

● Enact legislation to make permanent the Child Tax Credit to support working families.

Wage Gap Reduction

The nation’s mayors believe the economic security of their residents is essential to the future
prosperity and stability of their cities. Unfortunately the wealth gap between high income and low
income households continues to grow. Between 2007 and 2013 the wealth gap for the top ten
percent of households by income increased from 127 to 183 times the median net worth of the
bottom twenty percent of households by income. Further, the net worth for the bottom twenty
percent of households in terms of income has declined forty percent from $9,000 in 2007 to $6200
in 2013. Mayors call for the next President and Congress to:

● Pass legislation increasing the Earned Income Tax credit to existing recipients.

● Reduce student debt through a mixture of scholarship, repayment, and debt forgiveness
programs.

● Provide incentives to increase homeownership by increasing assistance for downpayment
and closing costs through increased funding of the Community Development Block Grant program.

End Sequestration
Georgia B. Gann
Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist New York City Office of Federal Affairs
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato

Georgia Can we do 945? John is stuck on a call. Thanks.
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> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Gann, Georgia <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Let's do 202.624.5912.
>
> Talk soon!
>
> Georgia B. Gann
> Senior Legislative Advisor
> Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist New York City Office of
> Federal Affairs
> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 350
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
> To: Gann, Georgia
> Cc: John Del Cecato
>
> Ok. I can conference you both in together. Georgia should I call your cell?
>
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Gann, Georgia <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> I can do 9:30 as well. Let me know what number to call.
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Senior Legislative Advisor
>> Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist New York City Office of
>> Federal Affairs
>> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 350
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>> ggann@cityhall.nyc.gov
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Del Cecato [mailto:jfdc@akpdmedia.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:03 AM
>> To: Geri Prado
>> Cc: Gann, Georgia
>> Subject: Re: Quick call
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>>
>> Actually no - 930 works better
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>
>>> Georgia and John can we chat at 9:30 or 11?
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE MAYOR
FROM:
SUBJECT: USCM Baltimore Meeting
YOU are scheduled to attend the USCM Baltimore leadership meeting this weekend where YOU and the
forty attending mayors will finalize and ratify The Mayor’s Compact for A Better America: A 2016 Call
to Action (Mayor’s Compact). This document will define USCM bipartisan priorities for the 2016
presidential and congressional campaigns. The outline/top ten issues are set. Rawlings-Blake will lead the
forty attending mayors will have a roundtable discussion, issue-by-issue to flesh out specifics. Each
mayor will have a chance to suggest additions, subtractions, etc. Mayors will also discuss next steps to
advocate for these priorities. After the session, USCM will announce the top ten outline in a presser.
Recommendation: YOU may want to want to influence a number of the document components based on
NYC positions and organizing efforts. We strongly suggest YOU add the following issues to the 2016
agenda to advance NYC priorities and elevate bipartisan support for issues that are highly partisan in D.C.
• 9/11 Health Care (Zadroga Reauthorization)
• Climate Change/Resiliency
• End Sequestration
YOU may also want to strengthen the Mayor’s Compact on Comprehensive Immigration Reform and
Affordable broadband.
We are organizing support from targets this week will present an updated memo with key supporters on
Friday. We also recommend you call Mayor Nutter and Mayor Cornett for a principal-principal touch to
help secure support on top tier issues.
2016 MAYOR’S COMPACT OUTLINE
I. Rebuild our Nation’s Transportation and Water Infrastructure, Investing in Strategic Expansions and
Targeting More Resources to Cities and Metro Areas
II. Educate and Train a 21st Century Competitive Workforce
III. Strengthen the Federal-Local Partnership on Homeland Security and Public Safety, and Reform our
Broken Immigration System
IV. Craft Collaborative Water, Wastewater and Clean Air Policies to Maximize Health, Safety and
Affordability
V. Expand Clean Energy Use to Grow the Economy and Protect the Environment, Using Cities as the
Deployment Platform
VI. Spark Equitable and Sustainable Growth, Community Development and Affordable Housing
Investments
VII. Encourage Pathways for Access, Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation in Cities
VIII. Spur Innovation for Improved Access to Healthcare and the Development of Local Healthy Food
Economies
IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to Promote Investment in Cities, Advance Middle Class Growth, and Reduce
Income Inequality
X. Increase the Economic Strength of Metro Economies Through the Promotion of Trade and Exports,
and Attraction of International Tourism
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PRIORITIES AND STRATEGY
Tier 1
9/11 Healthcare
Goal: Add the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act reauthorization to the USCM priority
item III: Strengthen the Federal-Local Partnership on Homeland Security and Public Safety, and Reform
our Broken Immigration System
Rational: With the Zadroga Act needing to be reauthorized this Congress, inclusion in the priorities list of
this geographically diverse, bipartisan organization will help political support for the legislation beyond
the NYC region. YOU led a 2015 USCM resolution to support the Zadroga Reauthorization which was
adopted this summer, thus this is consistent with formal USCM policy. Elevating the policy to the 2016
election cycle priority list is an opportunity to again raise the profile, pressure Congress to act, and
showcase your leadership of bringing on your fellow mayors to support this reauthorization which is so
important for NYC first responders and survivors as well as others across the 50 states.
Strategy: We recommend YOU call Mayor Michael Nutter (D-Philadelphia) and Mayor Mick Cornett (R-
Oklahoma City) for support. Mayor Nutter is a former USCM president who cosponsored your 2015
Zadroga resolution. Mayor Cornett is the current USCM Vice-President and has a number of Oklahoma
City first responders who would benefit from the Zadroga reauthorization. As members of USCM top
leadership, their support during the Saturday discussion will help secure inclusion in the final document.
Staff-to-staff outreach to tee up other mayors.
End Sequestration
Goal: Add ending sequestration to the 2016 priority list.
Rational: Federal government expenditures comprise an important component of local government

budgets and USCM policy supports ending sequestration now, yet the 2016 priorities document does not
mention sequestration. Republican Presidential candidates are discussing ending sequestration for the
military on the campaign trail, but fail to mention ending sequestration for domestic discretionary
programs like CDBG, homeless assistance and health research. Including the call to end sequestration in
the 2016 priority list will clarify that cities run by both Democrats and Republicans need federal
investment, not across-the-board cuts.
Strategy: We recommend YOU call Mayor Mick Cornett (R-Oklahoma City), top USCM Republican
leadership and Mayor Michael Nutter (D-Philadelphia). Their bipartisan buy-in buy in will be helpful in
adding this big-picture priority. Targets for staff organizing: Mayor Marilyn Strickland (D-Tacoma),
Mayor Paul Soglin (D-Madison).
Climate Change and Resiliency

Goal: Expand climate change profile in the 2016 priority list and include resiliency. Specifically, beef up
priorities IV and V to include more broad federal action items to combat climate change and improve
resiliency. Mayor’s Office of Sustainability has informed with specific policy recommendations.
Rational: Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our nation and both at the Presidential
and Congressional levels, it is a highly partisan issue. However, for mayors, responding to climate change
is practical and non-partisan. USCM has policy in support of actions to combat climate change and
improve resiliency. Yet, climate change and resiliency are almost glossed over in this priorities document.
This is an opportunity to reinforce that we need leadership at the federal level to slow the impact and
improve resiliency. This is in line with One New York and NYC’s Office of Sustainability work in New
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York City and engagement with the United Nations, White House, and other cities and global
stakeholders at the September 2015 U.S. – China Climate summit.
Strategy: We recommend YOU call Mayor Nutter, cosponsor of the National Flood Insurance
Reauthorization resolution, to support the additions. Mayor Jim Brainard (R-Carmel, IN), co-chair of the
USCM Energy Independence and Climate Change Task Force and Staff – mayor outreach for Mayor Jim
Brainard.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Goal: Clarify call for comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship in USCM priority
our Broken Immigration System.
Rational: The draft document references immigration reforms, but fails to specifically call for
comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. The clarification would make the
document’s immigration stance more progressive, in line with a top Cities United for Immigration Action
priority and piece of The Progressive Agenda. This change would be consistent with USCM policy, as
adopted in 2013.
Strategy: Through staff outreach, secure support from mayors engaged in CUIA efforts. Targets include
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D-Baltimore), Mayor Javier Gonzales (D- Santa Fe), Mayor Nan
Whaley (D-Dayton), Mayor Paul Soglin (D-Madison)
Affordable broadband
Goal: Ensure “affordability” is included as a component of broadband access for all in item VII:
Encourage Pathways for Access, Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation in Cities. Additionally,
add support for modernizing the federal Lifeline Program to subsidize high speed internet access for low
income individuals.
Rational: Closing the digital divide requires both access to broadband through infrastructure and
affordability. The 2016 draft is a good start, but does not specifically highlight “affordability.”
This is a key piece of the USCM Cities of Opportunity platform. In addition, USCM adopted
Mayor de Blasio’s Lifeline resolution at the 2015 USCM summer meeting, which calls for
federal support to replace the old lifeline program with new provisions that allow for connecting
homes in low income communities to help close the homework gap. Adding this lifeline piece
would again elevate support for program changes, building on organizing successes on broadband
achieved in 2014-2015 through Mayor de Blasio’s Cities of Opportunity Task Force and San Francisco
Mayor Lee’s USCM Technology and Innovation Committee.
Strategy: Secure support from Mayor Stephen Benjamin (D-Columbia, SC), who championed our
Lifeline resolution at USCM this summer and is Co-chair of the Transportation and Communications
committee, and Mayor Paul Soglin (D-Madison), another strong supporter.
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To: Gann, Georgia; "Geri Prado"
I like Student Debt stuff & EITC stuff…
The other tax pieces are above my head…
Flagging that the New Markets Tax Credit *MAY* be something that the Bad
Old Hedge Fund Guys use to profit personally off charter schools - and
something that I personally have spun conspiracy theories about…
But I’m not a policy guy - this should all be run by our policy folks… I
will say that the EITC and Student Debt stuff is right in line with The
Progressive Agenda
On 9/29/15, 9:57 AM, "Gann, Georgia" <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
>IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to Promote Investment in Cities, Advance Middle
>Class Growth, and Reduce Income Inequality
>
>Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds
>
>For more than 100 years, tax-exempt municipal bonds have been the
>principal means used by state and local governments to finance critical
>infrastructure: schools, hospitals, water and sewer facilities, roads,
>mass transit systems and public power projects. Together, state and local
>governments are responsible for building and maintaining 75 percent of
>the nation’s infrastructure, which is mostly financed by tax-exempt
>municipal bonds.
>
>This federal, state, and local partnership represents a fair allocation
>of the cost between the different levels of governments for
>infrastructure used by the general public. For several years the
>President and Congress have introduced proposals to cap or eliminate the
>tax deduction on interest earnings from tax-exempt bonds. These proposals
>could significantly drive up the borrowing cost of state and local
>governments on critical infrastructure projects.
>
>According to a 2013 joint study released by The U.S. Conference of Mayors
>and other intergovernmental organizations, if a 28% cap had been in place
>on the deduction between 2003 and 2012, it would have cost state and
>local governments $173 billion; and if the exemption had been had been
>eliminated during the same period, it would have cost $495 billion.
>Mayors call for the next President and Congress to:
>
>● Maintain the current tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and oppose
>all efforts to cap, limit, eliminate, or replace tax-exempt municipal
>bonds.
>
>● Make Permanent the Build America Bonds Program not as replacement but
>as a supplement to tax-exempt municipal bonds. State and local
>governments that issued these taxable bonds were paid a direct federal
>subsidy under the 2009 stimulus bill equal to 35 percent of the interest
>cost, which enabled them to save more than $12 billion in borrowing cost.
>
9402
>Main Street Competitiveness
>
>Under current law (the Supreme Court’s 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v.
>North Dakota), state and local governments are prohibited from requiring
>remote sellers to collect their sales taxes. This loophole has given
>remote sellers an unfair competitive advantage over local merchants on
>Main Street. According to the University of Tennessee, state and local
>governments lose an estimated $26 billion annually due to taxes that go
>uncollected on remote sales.
>
>Therefore, we call for the next President and Congress to:
>
>● Enact legislation that enables state and local governments to level the
>playing field between merchants on Main Street and remote sellers by
>allowing these jurisdictions to require the collection of sales taxes.
>
>Community Revitalization Incentives
>
>As local communities continue to recover from the Great Recession, our
>cities need more support to stimulate investment in underserved
>distressed communities. Low-income urban neighborhoods and rural
>communities do not have access capital needed to support and grow
>businesses, create jobs and sustain a healthy local economy. Mayors call
>for the next President and Congress to:
>
>● Pass legislation to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour
>to $10.10 per hour to increase the buying power of low-income working
>families.
>
>● Enact a permanent extension of the New Market Tax Credit, which has a
>proven track record of stimulating economic growth. Between 2003 and
>2012, the program generated $31 billion in direct investments to
>businesses, leveraged another $60 billion in total capital investment in
>distressed neighborhoods, and created 750,000 jobs.
>
>● Enact legislation to make permanent the Child Tax Credit to support
>working families.
>
>Wage Gap Reduction
>
>The nation’s mayors believe the economic security of their residents is
>essential to the future prosperity and stability of their cities.
>Unfortunately the wealth gap between high income and low income
>households continues to grow. Between 2007 and 2013 the wealth gap for
>the top ten percent of households by income increased from 127 to 183
>times the median net worth of the bottom twenty percent of households by
>income. Further, the net worth for the bottom twenty percent of
>households in terms of income has declined forty percent from $9,000 in
>2007 to $6200 in 2013. Mayors call for the next President and Congress to:
>
>● Pass legislation increasing the Earned Income Tax credit to existing
>recipients.
>
>● Reduce student debt through a mixture of scholarship, repayment, and
>debt forgiveness programs.
>
>● Provide incentives to increase homeownership by increasing assistance
>for downpayment and closing costs through increased funding of the
>Community Development Block Grant program.
>
9403
>End Sequestration
>Georgia B. Gann
>Senior Legislative Advisor
>Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist
>New York City Office of Federal Affairs
>1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 350
>Tel. (202) 624-5912
>Cell. (347) 497-1740
>ggann@cityhall.nyc.gov
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:13 AM
>To: Gann, Georgia
>Cc: John Del Cecato
>Subject: Re: Quick call
>
>Georgia Can we do 945? John is stuck on a call. Thanks.
>
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Gann, Georgia <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>wrote:
>>
>> Let's do .
>>
>> Talk soon!
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Federal Affairs
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
>>
>> From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
>> To: Gann, Georgia
>> Cc: John Del Cecato
>>
>> Ok. I can conference you both in together. Georgia should I call your
>>cell?
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Gann, Georgia <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>> I can do 9:30 as well. Let me know what number to call.
>>>
>>> Georgia B. Gann
>>> Senior Legislative Advisor
>>> Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist New York City Office of
>>> Federal Affairs
>>> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 350
>>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>> ggann@cityhall.nyc.gov
9404
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: John Del Cecato [mailto:jfdc@akpdmedia.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:03 AM
>>> To: Geri Prado
>>> Cc: Gann, Georgia
>>> Subject: Re: Quick call
>>>
>>> Actually no - 930 works better
>>>
>>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Georgia and John can we chat at 9:30 or 11?
9405
To: Gann, Georgia; "Geri Prado"; Schwartz, Regina; Williams, Dominic
Adding Dom
From: "Gann, Georgia" <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 3:26 PM
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, 'Geri Prado' <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, "Schwartz,
Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>
If this is something that he needs to oppose at USCM and get the conference to strip it out, will you
guys please get a memo/write up together, talking points, etc., to prepare him to present his case?
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Gann, Georgia; 'Geri Prado'

This is a good flag. MBDB is against TPP in its current form and has spoken out against it. The devil is in
details of language. He MIGHT support a trade deal that actually protected workers’ rights and
environmental regulations (along with consumers), but he does NOT believe TPP does that (and probably
never will).

So, yes - it’s a problem for MBDB personally.

Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 10:06 AM
Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

problem for MBdB?

9406





Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato


9407











9408




Wage Gap Reduction



programs.


End Sequestration
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Gann, Georgia
9409
Cc: John Del Cecato


>
> Let's do 202.624.5912.
>
> Talk soon!
>
> Georgia B. Gann
> Federal Affairs
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> To: Gann, Georgia
>
>
>>
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Federal Affairs
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
9410
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>>
9411
From: Geri Prado
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: Re: AFV Conference Press Release - Please Advise
One more Q- SiX would like their own photographer. Is this ok? I understand he’ll
be traveling with the CH photog.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea

Amy, any concerns with press release? Please also make sure Karen is aware

Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti
Yes. Hayley is starting it and as we get info it will go around. John is lead on
speech with his staff. I will be traveling with the Mayor and Hayley will be point
on site.
we will share with you when we can. I think there is a Q/A question somewhere
in here. Answer: I haven’t gotten to it yet.

Thanks! Are you guys doing a draft of the Mayor’s brief?

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hayley Prim
Cc: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Adams Baker, Marti
yes we had a call with them and did run of show. They’re doing a
walk through and will let us know about podium etc.
Square room
290-350 people
Section for press
Likely runners with mics for Q/A
They’re doing a walk through tomorrow and will get back to us on

podium and where exactly press is situated. Press will have ribbons
9412
on.
Run of show
9:45am- AFV joins SiX plenary

10:00am- Nick Rathoud, EC of SiX starts, intros SiX Chair
- Raj Goyle, Chair of SiX intros MBDB
10:05-10:25- MBDB speech
10:25- 10:40- Moderated Q/A- Mike Lux
Q/A- a few thoughtful questions selected from the crowd and a few
spontaneous. All on topic.

Do we know set up of room? How are they moderating?

To: Geri Prado; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Just to be clear, it would be Q&A from the crowd - not

from press. At least that’s my understanding.

From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: "Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)" <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>

Yes. I’ve talked to him about it and John may have yesterday as
well.


Does he know he is doing Q&A?

From: Geri Prado [mailto
9413
9414
jrucker@progressivestrategies.net (202)
628-7771

Bill de Blasio to Keynote American
Family Voices Conference

Washington, D.C. — On Friday, October 2nd,
American Family Voices is convening the
“Forging an Alliance Between Progressive
Leaders and Socially Conscious Businesses”
conference, in collaboration with the State
Innovation Exchange Legislator Conference,
to advance the agenda described in our video
launched yesterday, “Fairness AND Growth:
the Progressive Economic Alternative.” One
of the stars of the video, New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio, will jointly address the
AFV and SiX attendees. Mayor de Blasio’s
speech will be followed by a Q&A moderated
by AFV President Mike Lux. (The “Fairness
and Growth” video can be viewed here.)

Agenda
9:00-9:15 Welcome from AFV President
Mike Lux
9:15-9:25 "Fairness AND Growth: the
Progressive Economic Alternative" video,
introduction by AFV Executive Director
Lauren Windsor.
9:25-9:35 MaryAnne Howland, Business
owner, Ibis Communications in Nashville, TN
9:35-9:45 Molly Moon Neitzel, Business
owner, Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
in Seattle
9:45-10:45 Keynote Speech with New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Q&A moderated by
AFV President Mike Lux
10:45-11:45 Leveraging Relationships
Between Businesses and Progressives.
Moderators: Keith Mestrich (Amalgamated),
Becky Bond (Credo)
11:45-12:00 Break.
12:00-1:00 Lunch. Speakers: ReShonda
Young (Business owner, Iowa), Ben Wikler
(MoveOn.org), Damon Silvers (AFL-CIO)
1:00-2:00 Building State Power for
Progressives and Business Allies. Moderator:
Amanda Ballantyne (Mainstreet) Discussants:
Samia Bahsoun (business owner, NJ),
9415
Richard Eidlin (ASBC), Naomi Walker
(AFSCME)
2:00-3:00 A Message that Includes Both
Business and Progressive Ideals. Moderators:
Dr. Gabriela Lemus (Progressive Congress),
Khalid Pitts (Sierra Club), Joel Silberman
(Democracy Partners)
3:00-3:15 Break.
3:15-4:15 Closing session. What are our
shared issue priorities? Moderators: Stacy
Mitchell (Institute for Local Self-Reliance),
Rashad Robinson (Color of Change)

###
9416
To: Gann, Georgia; "Geri Prado"
Cc: Schwartz, Regina
Added priority, in my view, should combine two items from The Progressive Agenda:
“Close the carried interest loophole and use the money to expand the Earned Income Tax
Credit.”
The essence of this would be to truly reward WORK and not just WEALTH. And both the tax
and spending measures have bipartisan support.

Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Schwartz, Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>

· 9/11 Health Care (Zadroga Reauthorization)
· Climate Change/Resiliency
· End Sequestration



Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740
9417

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'

problem for MBdB?






Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
9418
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato










9419







Wage Gap Reduction



programs.


End Sequestration
Georgia B. Gann
9420
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato


>
> Let's do 202.624.5912.
>
> Talk soon!
>
> Georgia B. Gann
> Federal Affairs
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> To: Gann, Georgia
>
>
>>
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
9421
>> Federal Affairs
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>>
9422
From: Geri Prado
Great. For press events? We are locking down smaller meetings but we should
discuss those since they’re political.

Thanks. I’m traveling with the Mayor too and press staffing him throughout the trip.

speech with his staff. I will be traveling with the Mayor and Hayley will be point
on site.
we will share with you when we can. I think there is a Q/A question somewhere
in here. Answer: I haven’t gotten to it yet.


yes we had a call with them and did run of show. They’re doing a
walk through and will let us know about podium etc.
Square room
290-350 people
Section for press

podium and where exactly press is situated. Press will have ribbons
9423
on.
Run of show



Just to be clear, it would be Q&A from the crowd - not

from press. At least that’s my understanding.

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,

Yes. I’ve talked to him about it and John may have yesterday as
well.


Does he know he is doing Q&A?

9424
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Adams Baker, Marti;
Lauren Windsor
Subject: Fwd: AFV Conference Press Release -
Please Advise
Lauren, I've copied Andrea Hagelgans who

is the Communications Director for the
Mayor. She can work with you on this.
Thanks.
From: Lauren Windsor
<
Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 2:10 PM
Subject: AFV Conference Press Release -
Please Advise
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Mike Lux
<mlux@progressivestrategies.net>, Jillian
Rucker
<JRucker@progressivestrategies.net>, John
Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Hi, Geri, below is the press release we

would like to send out today regarding the
conference and Mayor de Blasio’s keynote.
Please advise at your earliest convenience,
as we would like to get this out ASAP.
Thanks,
Lauren Windsor
Executive Director - American Family
Voices
www.AmericanFamilyVoices.org
@_under_current
213.595.8011
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE: Bill de Blasio

to Keynote American Family Voices
Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sept. 28, 2015
Contact: Jillian Rucker,
9425
jrucker@progressivestrategies.net (202)
628-7771

Bill de Blasio to Keynote American
Family Voices Conference

American Family Voices is convening the
“Forging an Alliance Between Progressive
Leaders and Socially Conscious Businesses”
conference, in collaboration with the State
Innovation Exchange Legislator Conference,
to advance the agenda described in our video
launched yesterday, “Fairness AND Growth:
the Progressive Economic Alternative.” One
of the stars of the video, New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio, will jointly address the
AFV and SiX attendees. Mayor de Blasio’s
speech will be followed by a Q&A moderated
by AFV President Mike Lux. (The “Fairness
and Growth” video can be viewed here.)

Agenda
9:00-9:15 Welcome from AFV President
Mike Lux
9:15-9:25 "Fairness AND Growth: the
Progressive Economic Alternative" video,
introduction by AFV Executive Director
Lauren Windsor.
9:25-9:35 MaryAnne Howland, Business
owner, Ibis Communications in Nashville, TN
9:35-9:45 Molly Moon Neitzel, Business
owner, Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
in Seattle
9:45-10:45 Keynote Speech with New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Q&A moderated by
AFV President Mike Lux
10:45-11:45 Leveraging Relationships
Between Businesses and Progressives.
Moderators: Keith Mestrich (Amalgamated),
Becky Bond (Credo)
11:45-12:00 Break.
12:00-1:00 Lunch. Speakers: ReShonda
Young (Business owner, Iowa), Ben Wikler
(MoveOn.org), Damon Silvers (AFL-CIO)
1:00-2:00 Building State Power for
Progressives and Business Allies. Moderator:
Amanda Ballantyne (Mainstreet) Discussants:
Samia Bahsoun (business owner, NJ),
9426
Richard Eidlin (ASBC), Naomi Walker
(AFSCME)
2:00-3:00 A Message that Includes Both
Business and Progressive Ideals. Moderators:
Dr. Gabriela Lemus (Progressive Congress),
Khalid Pitts (Sierra Club), Joel Silberman
3:00-3:15 Break.
3:15-4:15 Closing session. What are our
shared issue priorities? Moderators: Stacy
Mitchell (Institute for Local Self-Reliance),
Rashad Robinson (Color of Change)

###
9427
From: Geri Prado
I’m talking about both Andrea and I staffing small political meetings.

We have to have ours as well.

One more Q- SiX would like their own photographer. Is this ok? I understand
he’ll be traveling with the CH photog.

Amy, any concerns with press release? Please also make sure Karen is
aware

Yes. Hayley is starting it and as we get info it will go around. John is

lead on speech with his staff. I will be traveling with the Mayor and
Hayley will be point on site.
we will share with you when we can. I think there is a Q/A question
somewhere in here. Answer: I haven’t gotten to it yet.


9428
Cc: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Adams Baker,
Marti
yes we had a call with them and did run of show.

They’re doing a walk through and will let us know
about podium etc.
Square room
290-350 people
Section for press
They’re doing a walk through tomorrow and will get

back to us on podium and where exactly press is
situated. Press will have ribbons on.
Run of show

10:00am- Nick Rathoud, EC of SiX starts, intros SiX
Chair
Q/A- a few thoughtful questions selected from the

crowd and a few spontaneous. All on topic.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Hagelgans,

Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Do we know set up of room? How are they

moderating?

[mailto:jfdc@akpdmedia.com]
Subject: Re: AFV Conference Press Release -
Please Advise
Just to be clear, it would be Q&A from the

crowd - not from press. At least that’s my
understanding.
9429
9430
To: Geri Prado
<
Cc: Mike Lux
<mlux@progressivestrategies.n
et>, Jillian Rucker
<JRucker@progressivestrategie
s.net>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Hi, Geri, below is the press

release we would like to send
out today regarding the
conference and Mayor de
Blasio’s keynote. Please advise
at your earliest convenience, as
we would like to get this out
ASAP.
Thanks,
Lauren Windsor
Executive Director - American
Family Voices
www.AmericanFamilyVoices.o
rg
@_under_current
213.595.8011
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE:

Bill de Blasio to Keynote
American Family Voices
Conference


Sept. 28, 2015
Contact: Jillian Rucker,
jrucker@progressivestrategies.
net (202) 628-7771

Bill de Blasio to Keynote
American Family Voices
9431
Conference

Washington, D.C. — On Friday,
October 2nd, American Family
Voices is convening the “Forging
an Alliance Between Progressive
Leaders and Socially Conscious
Businesses” conference, in
collaboration with the State
Innovation Exchange Legislator
Conference, to advance the
agenda described in our video
launched yesterday, “Fairness
AND Growth: the Progressive
Economic Alternative.” One of
the stars of the video, New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio, will
jointly address the AFV and SiX
attendees. Mayor de Blasio’s
speech will be followed by a
Q&A moderated by AFV
President Mike Lux. (The
“Fairness and Growth” video can
be viewed here.)

Agenda
9:00-9:15 Welcome from AFV
President Mike Lux
9:15-9:25 "Fairness AND
Growth: the Progressive
Economic Alternative" video,
introduction by AFV Executive
Director Lauren Windsor.
9:25-9:35 MaryAnne Howland,
Business owner, Ibis
Communications in Nashville, TN
9:35-9:45 Molly Moon Neitzel,
Business owner, Molly Moon's
Homemade Ice Cream in Seattle
9:45-10:45 Keynote Speech
with New York City Mayor Bill de
Blasio, Q&A moderated by AFV
President Mike Lux
10:45-11:45 Leveraging
Relationships Between
Businesses and Progressives.
Moderators: Keith Mestrich
(Amalgamated), Becky Bond
(Credo)
11:45-12:00 Break.
12:00-1:00 Lunch. Speakers:
9432
ReShonda Young (Business
owner, Iowa), Ben Wikler
(MoveOn.org), Damon Silvers
(AFL-CIO)
1:00-2:00 Building State Power
for Progressives and Business
Allies. Moderator: Amanda
Ballantyne (Mainstreet)
Discussants: Samia Bahsoun
(business owner, NJ), Richard
Eidlin (ASBC), Naomi Walker
(AFSCME)
2:00-3:00 A Message that
Includes Both Business and
Progressive Ideals. Moderators:
Dr. Gabriela Lemus (Progressive
Congress), Khalid Pitts (Sierra
Club), Joel Silberman
3:00-3:15 Break.
3:15-4:15 Closing session.
What are our shared issue
priorities? Moderators: Stacy
Mitchell (Institute for Local Self-
Reliance), Rashad Robinson
(Color of Change)

###
9433
To: "Geri Prado"; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Cc: Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: RE: AFV Conference Press Release - Please Advise
Now that we have government events booked it is easier for us to have Amy attend as well.

I figured that much though the other day Andrea had said it wasn’t the case or you were still
deciding.
Amy- it’s best if I explain the SiX/AFV situation. AFV is not the lead and I don’t want that
to be the case. SiX is in control and doing a good job- have a good advance set up. Re press,
he doesn’t have Q/A with the press but I’d rather you deal directly with Patty Kupfer.

I think some wires got crossed. Press tends to follow the Mayor around when he
travels, whether an event is open press or not. Press staff travels with him throughout
for that reason.

Also to be clear- AFV is not lead on this event and we want to make sure that
doesn’t happen. I’m not sure what you’re looking for or why Amy will need to
bounce a meeting with a union president, but give me a call at .
On Sep 29, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Geri Prado

Hey- can we coordinate this if you’re going to reach in? This is

going to get messy otherwise.

Will do.

9434
[mailto:AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); 'Geri Prado'
Amy- Can you respond and indicate that to organizers? Want

to set you up as press lead

[mailto:SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov]
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Adams
Baker, Marti
Yes, but also press bouncing at non-press events I’m sure!

On release – should we have them say “audience Q&A…” in
both Q&A mentions? I’m good otherwise.

Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Adams
Baker, Marti
Great. For press events? We are locking down smaller

meetings but we should discuss those since they’re
political.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Spitalnick,

Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Thanks. I’m traveling with the Mayor too and

press staffing him throughout the trip.

From: Geri Prado
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hayley Prim; John Del
Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: Re: AFV Conference Press Release -
Please Advise
9435
Yes. Hayley is starting it and as we get info
it will go around. John is lead on speech
with his staff. I will be traveling with the
Mayor and Hayley will be point on site.
we will share with you when we can. I think

there is a Q/A question somewhere in here.
Answer: I haven’t gotten to it yet.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 3:32 PM,

Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
<SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Thanks! Are you guys doing a

draft of the Mayor’s brief?

From: Geri Prado

Sent: Tuesday, September 29,
2015 3:31 PM
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hayley
Prim
Cc: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick,
Amy (OMB); Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: Re: AFV Conference
Press Release - Please Advise
yes we had a call with them

and did run of show. They’re
doing a walk through and will
let us know about podium etc.
Square room
290-350 people
Section for press
Likely runners with mics for
Q/A
They’re doing a walk through

tomorrow and will get back to
us on podium and where
exactly press is situated. Press
will have ribbons on.
Run of show

10:00am- Nick Rathoud, EC of
9436
SiX starts, intros SiX Chair
- Raj Goyle,
Chair of SiX intros MBDB
10:25- 10:40- Moderated Q/A-
Mike Lux
Q/A- a few thoughtful

questions selected from the
crowd and a few spontaneous.
All on topic.
On Sep 29, 2015, at

3:22 PM,
Hagelgans, Andrea
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov
> wrote:
Do we know set up
of room? How are
they moderating?

From: John Del
Cecato

Sent: Tuesday,
September 29, 2015
3:22 PM
To: Geri Prado;
Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy
(OMB)
Subject: Re: AFV
Conference Press
Release - Please
Advise
Just to be clear, it
would be Q&A
from the crowd -
not from press. At
least that’s my
understanding.

From: Geri Prado
<geri@progressiveagenda.us
>
9437
9438
Sent:
Tuesday,
September
29,
2015
2:13 PM
To:
Hagelgans,
Andrea;
Adams
Baker,
Marti;
Lauren
Windsor
Subject:
Fwd:
AFV
Conference
Press
Release
- Please
Advise
Lauren,
I've
copied
Andrea
Hagelgans
who is
the
Communications
Director
for the
Mayor.
She
can
work
with
you on
this.
Thanks.
--------
--
Forwarded
message
--------
--
From:
Lauren
Windsor <
>
Date:
Tue,
9439
Sep 29,
2015 at
2:10
PM
Subject:
AFV
Conference
Press
Release
-
Please
Advise
To:
Geri
Prado
>
Cc:
Mike
Lux
<mlux@progressivestrategies.net
>,
Jillian
Rucker
<JRucker@progressivestrategies.net
>,
John
Del
Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com
>
Hi,
Geri,
below
is the
press
release
we
would
like to
send
out
today
regarding
9440
the
conference
and
Mayor
de
Blasio’s
keynote.
Please
advise
at your
earliest
convenience,
as we
would
like to
get this
out
ASAP.
Thanks,
Lauren
Windsor
Executive
Director
-
American
Family
Voices
@_under_current
213.595.8011
SUBJECT:
PRESS
RELEASE:
Bill de
Blasio
to
Keynote
American
Family
Voices
Conference
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Sept.
9441
28,
2015
Contact
: Jillian
Rucker, jrucker@progressivestrategies.net
(202)
628-
7771
Bill de
Blasio
to
Keynote
American
Family
Voices
Conference
Washington,
D.C. —
On
Friday,
October
2nd,
American
Family
Voices
is
convening
the
“Forging
an
Alliance
Between
Progressive
Leaders
and
Socially
Conscious
Businesses”
conference,
in
collaboration
with
the
State
9442
Innovation
Exchange
Legislator
Conference,
to
advance
the
agenda
described
in our
video
launched
yesterday, “Fairness
AND
Growth: the
Progressive
Economic
Alternative.”
One of
the
stars
of the
video,
New
York
City
Mayor
Bill de
Blasio,
will
jointly
address
the
AFV
and
SiX
attendees.
Mayor
de
Blasio’s
speech
will be
followed
by a
Q&A
moderated
by AFV
President
Mike
Lux.
(The “Fairness
and
Growth”
9443
video
can be
viewed here
.)
Agenda
9:00-
9:15
Welcome
from
AFV
President
Mike
Lux
9:15-
9:25
"Fairness
AND
Growth:
the
Progressive
Economic
Alternative"
video,
introduction
by AFV
Executive
Director
Lauren
Windsor.
9:25-
9:35
MaryAnne
Howland,
Business
owner,
Ibis
Communications
in
Nashville,
TN
9:35-
9:45
Molly
Moon
Neitzel,
Business
owner,
Molly
Moon's
Homemade
Ice
Cream
9444
in
Seattle
9:45-
10:45
Keynote
Speech
with
New
York
City
Mayor
Bill de
Blasio,
Q&A
moderated
by AFV
President
Mike
Lux
10:45-
11:45
Leveraging
Relationships
Between
Businesses
and
Progressives.
Moderators:
Keith
Mestrich
(Amalgamated),
Becky
Bond
(Credo)
11:45-
12:00
Break.
12:00-
1:00
Lunch.
Speakers:
ReShonda
Young
(Business
owner,
Iowa),
Ben
Wikler
(MoveOn.org
),
Damon
Silvers
(AFL-
9445
CIO)
1:00-
2:00
Building
State
Power
for
Progressives
and
Business
Allies.
Moderator:
Amanda
Ballantyne
(Mainstreet)
Discussants:
Samia
Bahsoun
(business
owner,
NJ),
Richard
Eidlin
(ASBC),
Naomi
Walker
(AFSCME)
2:00-
3:00 A
Message
that
Includes
Both
Business
and
Progressive
Ideals.
Moderators:
Dr.
Gabriela
Lemus
(Progressive
Congress),
Khalid
Pitts
(Sierra
Club),
Joel
Silberman
(Democracy
Partners)
3:00-
3:15
9446
Break.
3:15-
4:15
Closing
session.
What
are our
shared
issue
priorities?
Moderators:
Stacy
Mitchell
(Institute
for
Local
Self-
Reliance),
Rashad
Robinson
(Color
of
Change)
###
9447
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Fwd: The Atlantic"s November Issue
Looks like we get another bite at the apple.
I told Team TPA that another 5 min of BDB's time was a non-starter. Who wants
to take from here - just to give an update on what's happened since May - rent
freeze, housing, OneNYC, etc?

Date: September 29, 2015 at 4:21:13 PM EDT
Subject: The Atlantic's November Issue
Ok, this is finally happening.
They reopened piece to try and get some new news in there -- She
wants a bit more background on what has changed in New York. This
should be where we give her some stories about how BdB has taken on
inequality in all areas.
That Juan column seemed to have resonated and we need to keep that
going in terms of how lives have been changed.
Who is the best person for her to talk to? You? Phil? Andrea?
She also may be coming to the event in DC on Friday. And -- of course -

- wants 5 min.
--
(718) 858-7161 — work
— cell
@RebeccaKKatz
9448
From: Gann, Georgia
To: "John Del Cecato"; "Geri Prado"
Attachments: USCM Baltimore Mayors 092815.docx
John,

I just noticed that I didn’t include you in the updated rec I sent to Gina. I will forward. There wasn’t
time to include this.

Will it have bipartisan support from the attending mayors? See the list attached. If you guys have
mayors on board that will be attending that will voice support, it could be worth organizing around
and adding. USCM doesn’t have current policy on closing the carried interest loophole, so it will be a
big lift. I’ve done some research and found something from 2001 on expanding EITC though.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740


Added priority, in my view, should combine two items from The Progressive Agenda:

“Close the carried interest loophole and use the money to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.”

The essence of this would be to truly reward WORK and not just WEALTH. And both the tax and
spending measures have bipartisan support.

Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Schwartz, Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>

9449




Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'

problem for MBdB?



9450



Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato




9451












9452
9453
> Georgia B. Gann
> Federal Affairs
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> To: Gann, Georgia
>
>
>>
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Federal Affairs
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>>
9454
9455
9456
From: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re:
Closing the loop- I had the conversation

Bernie Sanders comms guy Michael Briggs just called me asking about our forum and
the details-
Said it was talked about during their mtg but he wanted to follow up-

Geri his number is

Office of The Mayor
212-341-5016
9457
From: B
To: "geri@progressiveagenda.us"
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Subject: Re: Iowa Forum/Politico
Your reasoning is strong, Geri. While I'm frustrated that this very long, slow process left too much
possibility for leaks, I do agree that we can get momentum back here. The advantage of us not
responding and keeping temperature low is to maximize the chance of keeping your current line-up
intact.

To: B
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato

We are still on track for what you and I discussed re strategy. This is a bump in the
road but we are still on track to roll out invites soon. Issue is we are talking to
Simpson et al about the partisan appearance and that its you alone and not the
broader coalition and both members.
I don't think we should completely react differently than what was intended. We do
this in a methodical way and invite all candidates at once (invite being approved by
legal). We get a few definites (sanders almost definite w/o a formal invite and I am
calling the GOP hopefully with young).
Every step of the way we push to reporters positive messages about who's on board
and about the issues. We get stiglitz and AEI. Plan B is lined up. Plan C is lined up.
I think the worse thing we can do is panic and do this wrong.
Worse thing is Simpson pulls back which we are working on now and we go to
University of Iowa immediately.
Timeline all is end of this week or beginning of next.
Next step is call w comms team and call w city hall on criteria as soon as I get legal
sign off which will be tomorrow morning.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:28 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
My question wasn't meant to suggest that the only option is full disclosure now. My
point is that we no longer can rest on the laurel of secrecy. Assume more will come out
9458
9459
De Blasio, former campaign manager on Clinton’s 2000 Senate
race who worked under former President Bill Clinton at HUD,
has so far withheld any endorsement in the race. He has
complimented Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and
said he needs to hear more from Clinton.
“With each passing week, she has added to her vision in a

very compelling manner,” he said in a television appearance
Tuesday. “There are still a few areas where I think we have to
fill in the blanks and get a better sense of where things are
going."
Sanders has said in the past that he hopes to participate in de

Blasio's forum. A Clinton campaign spokesman did not respond
to a request for comment.
An O’Malley spokeswoman said the campaign had received no

formal invitation.
The public policy center at Simpson College, in Indianola, has

been working on organizing a presidential forum, but no date
has been set and details have yet to be finalized. A Simpson
College spokeswoman would not confirm that forum would be
hosted by de Blasio.
A spokeswoman for City Hall also did not respond a request

for comment.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/bill-de-

blasio-iowa-new-york-city-214237#ixzz3nAo620iz
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9460
9461
9462
From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
Subject: Fwd: Iowa Forum/Politico
Not the intent but there is too much going on. If he wasn't going to read this in the
WSj which was the worst of it ok.
From: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: September 29, 2015 at 10:20:40 PM EDT
To: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Yeah,you just lit a match but he would have asked how it got out regardless
From: Geri Prado
I just accidentally responded to the wrong string.
Politico called Simpsons PR person. They were told this info came from
city hall. We are assuring there are politics at play but these details were
not given to the candidates. So I don't know but that combined w aides
not wanting it are forcing them to ask what is going on.

Yeah. I also questioned the line about "top aides not supporting".
From: Geri Prado
I don't think so. They didn't have all these details.

9463
9464
Iowans expect to see a lot of
politicians in the fall of 2015—
just not necessarily the mayor
of New York City.
But Bill de Blasio is looking at

the early-voting state, more
than 1,000 miles away from the
city he represents, as the
location for his planned
presidential forum on income
inequality, multiple sources told
POLITICO.
De Blasio has sought to become

a standard-bearer of the left
and influence the income-
inequality debate within the
Democratic Party.
De Blasio, former campaign

manager on Clinton’s 2000
Senate race who worked under
former President Bill Clinton at
HUD, has so far withheld any
endorsement in the race. He has
complimented Vermont Sen.
Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and
said he needs to hear more
from Clinton.
“With each passing week, she

has added to her vision in a
very compelling manner,” he
said in a television appearance
Tuesday. “There are still a few
areas where I think we have to
fill in the blanks and get a
better sense of where things are
going."
Sanders has said in the past that

he hopes to participate in de
Blasio's forum. A Clinton
campaign spokesman did not
respond to a request for
comment.
An O’Malley spokeswoman
9465
said the campaign had received
no formal invitation.
The public policy center at

Simpson College, in Indianola,
has been working on organizing
a presidential forum, but no
date has been set and details
have yet to be finalized. A
Simpson College spokeswoman
would not confirm that forum
would be hosted by de Blasio.
A spokeswoman for City Hall

also did not respond a request
for comment.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/bill-
de-blasio-iowa-new-york-city-
214237#ixzz3nAo620iz
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
Follow Me On Twitter
@KarenHinton
9466
To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: FW: State of the City meetings
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 8:27:46 AM
Attachments: BDB Schedule.pdf
From: "Kaplan, Thomas" <thomas.kaplan@nytimes.com>

Date: Friday, September 25, 2015 at 1:09 PM
Subject: State of the City meetings
John,
Nice to chat the other day.
Attached is a PDF with a couple pages of the Mayor's schedules from late Jan / early Feb this year. I'd like
to describe in my story a little bit about your interactions with the Mayor before the State of the City, just
to give a taste of the role you play in advising him. Hoping this might jog your memory a little bit. Happy to
chat early next week if you have a few minutes.
Tom
Thomas Kaplan
The New York Times
212-556-4150 office
cell
Twitter: @thomaskaplan
9467
SCHEDULE FOR MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO
CITY OF NEW YORK
Thursday, January 29, 2015
10:00 - 10:15 AM CALL WITH PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, MR. ALEXIS TSIPRAS
10:30 - 12:00 PM BRIEFING

Location: The Mayor’s Office
Attendees: First Deputy Mayor Tony Shorris, Dominic Williams, Emma Wolfe,
Jon Paul Lupo, Dean Fuleihan, Amy Spitalnick
1:00 - 1:30 PM MEETING

Attendees: Norman Seabrook

Attendees: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery, Alexis Confer
2:30 - 4:00 PM PREP

Attendees: John Del Cecato, Peter Ragone, Dom Williams, Emma Wolfe, First
Deputy Mayor Tony Shorris, Deputy Mayor Glen, James Patchett,
Andrea Hagelgans, Jon Fromowitz

Attendees: Commissioner Bratton, First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris
6:00 - 6:30 PM REMARKS AT MV-1 EVENT

Location: Manhattan Classic Car Club, 250 Hudson Street
Attendees: Public Advocate Tish James, Commissioner Meera Joshi

Location: 11 West 60th St
Attendees: Attorney General Schneiderman
9468
CITY OF NEW YORK
Friday, January 30, 2015
10:30 - 12:00 PM YMI ANNOUNCEMENT

Location: Jobs Plus, 330 Powell Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212
Attendees: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery, YMI Director Cyrus Garrett, Chief
Carlos Gomez, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Borough President
Eric Adams, Patricia Brooks, Jobs Plus Site Director, Sheroma Jacobs,
Brownsville Jobs Plus Business Services Manager, Alaquanah Bell,
YMI participant at Jobs Plus
12:00 - 12:30 PM IN PERSON INTERVIEW WITH MOLLY BALL, NEW YORK TIMES
Location: Jobs Plus, 330 Powell Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212
3:30 - 5:30 PM PREP

Location : The Mayor’s Office
Attendees: John Del Cecato

Location: River Cafe, 1 Water Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Attendees: Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
9469
CITY OF NEW YORK
Saturday, January 31, 2015
1:30 - 2:00 PM THANK VOLUNTEERS AND BRIEF REMARKS AT EITC EVENT

Location: 9 Metro Tech, FDNY
Attendees: Public Advocate Tish James, Borough President Eric Adams, Council
Member Rafael Espinal, Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, U.S. Rep.
Nydia Velazquez, (T) Council Member Steve Levin, (T) U.S. Rep.
Hakeem Jeffries
2:30 - 3:00 PM REMARKS AT SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE CITY CELEBRATE A

SAGE HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF REVEREND HERBERT
DAUGHTRY
Location: The House of the Lord Church, 415 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Location: Gracie Mansion
Attendees: Gianni Pittella, President Of The European Parliament

Location: Gracie Mansion, The Dining Room
Attendees: First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, Simonia Brown, Kristine Ryan,
Amy Spitalnick
9470
CITY OF NEW YORK
Sunday, February 01, 2015
12:00 - 2:00 PM PREP

Attendees: John Del Cecato, Jon Fromowitz
3:00 - 4:00 PM PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEATHER

4:00 - 6:00 PM PREP

Attendees: John Del Cecato
9471
CITY OF NEW YORK
Monday, February 02, 2015
7:00 - 7:45 AM STATEN ISLAND GROUNDHOG DAY CEREMONY

Location: Staten Island Zoo - Main Entrance, 614 Broadway, Staten Island, NY
Attendees: Public Advocate Tish James, DCA Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl,
Deputy Borough President Ed Burke, William J. Frew, Jr., President
of the SI Zoological Society
11:00 - 2:00 PM PREP

Attendees: John Del Cecato, Jon Fromowitz

Attendees: Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito

Attendees: First Deputy Mayor Tony Shorris, Amanda Howe, Chloe Drew
4:00 - 4:30 PM CALL

Attendees: Randy Levine
7:00 - 8:30 PM DROP BY JESSE HAGOPIAN'S BOOK DISCUSSION "MORE THAN A

SCORE: THE NEW UPRISING AGAINST HIGH-STAKES TESTING"
Location: powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
9472
CITY OF NEW YORK
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
11:00 - 12:30 PM 2015 STATE OF THE CITY

Location: Baruch College, 17 Lexington Avenue
4:00 - 4:30 PM TAPING WITH JORGE RAMOS

Location: ABC News, 47 West 66th, New York

Location: City Hall, The Blue Room
Attendees: Amy Spitalnick, First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris, Dominic
Williams, Reggie Thomas, Dean Fuleihan
8:00 - 9:30 PM REMARKS AND ATTEND OPENING OF KINGS THEATER

Location: 1027 Flatbush Avenue
Attendees: First Lady Chirlane McCray, Diana Ross
9473
From: Hinton, Karen
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: State of the City meetings
got it.
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:27:38 +0000
To: Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: FW: State of the City meetings
From: "Kaplan, Thomas" <thomas.kaplan@nytimes.com>

Date: Friday, September 25, 2015 at 1:09 PM
Subject: State of the City meetings
John,
Nice to chat the other day.
Attached is a PDF with a couple pages of the Mayor's schedules from late Jan / early Feb this year. I'd like
to describe in my story a little bit about your interactions with the Mayor before the State of the City, just
to give a taste of the role you play in advising him. Hoping this might jog your memory a little bit. Happy to
chat early next week if you have a few minutes.
Tom
Thomas Kaplan
The New York Times
212-556-4150 office
cell
Twitter: @thomaskaplan
9474
From: Gann, Georgia
To: Schwartz, Regina; Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato
All – for the sake of time, I will add now as an optional “you may want to discuss.” TPA can further
define and decide later.

Gina – have you updated the memo at all from the one I sent yesterday evening? Here is my latest.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Schwartz, Regina
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:14 AM
To: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato; Gann, Georgia
I need this brief to him today this am so if we are adding please do now and you can update
when you see him Friday.
On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
Sounds good.
On Sep 30, 2015, at 8:58 AM, John Del Cecato
I guess I’d prefer that we actually expand those who are eligible - like childless workers.
Geri - maybe we can ponder a bit more on this?

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 8:45 AM
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Schwartz, Regina"
<RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>

Ok – I’ve seen the same thing from my research.
9475

UPK is solidly in there – so good on that front. I’ll be prepped to have him
back it remaining in IF anyone offers to strip.
Is the EITC language good as is? See below. If we need to change, will you
mark it up and then send TPs for MBdB to present sell to the group of
mayors (they’ll be in a roundtable discussion) and some background on
the policy to help inform him?

● Pass legislation increasing the Earned Income Tax credit to
existing recipients.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

Cc: Gann, Georgia

Yeah, it looks like the USCM has actually been recruited by the private
equity/hedge fund guys in the past to stand up FOR the carried interest
loophole… I suppose Wall Street has its claws pretty deeply dug into a lot of
mayors…

Maybe we just focus on expanding EITC and UPK? I’m all for MBDB fighting
the good fight - but sounds like a bipartisan group of mayors is going to be
unreceptive to tax fairness

From: "Schwartz, Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Gann, Georgia" <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato

It more a question of what you want to add so this best serves your needs.
9476
On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
wrote:
We've been sucked into an 8 hour waste of time with a story.

Apologies on this.

Georgia are you good?
On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Gann, Georgia

<GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
John,

I just noticed that I didn’t include you in the
updated rec I sent to Gina. I will forward. There
wasn’t time to include this.

Will it have bipartisan support from the
attending mayors? See the list attached. If you
guys have mayors on board that will be
attending that will voice support, it could be
worth organizing around and adding. USCM
doesn’t have current policy on closing the
carried interest loophole, so it will be a big lift.
I’ve done some research and found something
from 2001 on expanding EITC though.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740


Added priority, in my view, should combine
two items from The Progressive Agenda:
9477

“Close the carried interest loophole and
use the money to expand the Earned Income
Tax Credit.”

The essence of this would be to truly reward
WORK and not just WEALTH. And both the tax
and spending measures have bipartisan
support.

From: "Gann, Georgia"
<GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
"Schwartz, Regina"
<RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>

I need to get Gina recommendations now for
this USCM meeting ASAP. I’m sending along the
recs here, and if we still have time to add later,
we’ll include the additional priority!
Recommendation: YOU may want to want to

influence a number of the document
components based on NYC positions and
organizing efforts. We strongly suggest YOU
add the following issues to the 2016 agenda to
advance NYC priorities and elevate bipartisan
support for issues that are highly partisan in
D.C.
· 9/11 Health Care (Zadroga

Reauthorization)
YOU may also want to strengthen the Mayor’s

Compact on Comprehensive Immigration
Reform and Affordable broadband.
We are organizing support from targets this

week will present an updated memo with key
supporters on Friday. We also recommend
you call Mayor Nutter and Mayor Cornett for a
principal-principal touch to help secure
support on top tier issues.
9478

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'

The other flag is that the document includes
this bullet: See the context below the bullet. Is
this a problem for MBdB?

● Support high standard 21st Century
Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic trade deals with
enforceable labor and environmental
standards.

U.S. Metro Areas play a critical role in this
sector, accounting for nearly 90% of U.S.
exports and providing key infrastructure such
as ports and intermodal facilities to efficiently
move goods. Global competition in the areas of
port modernization and transportation
systems, however, could threaten US ability to
advance export growth; and failure to develop
global trade deals, which would provide a
“level playing” field for U.S. businesses, could
put American businesses and workers at a
disadvantage. Congressional failure to
reauthorize the Export Import Bank, which
helps U.S. businesses sell goods overseas, could
also deal a blow to our efforts to expand
exports.

Port and export related jobs have a 15-18%
higher wage level, and therefore contribute to
building a sound middle class. The ability to sell
9479
American-made products and services to a
dramatically expanding global middle class,
particularly in Asia, could significantly expand
this job sector.

Meanwhile, international travelers stay longer
and spend more than domestic travelers – an
average of 17.5 nights and nearly $4,700 per
person per trip. For every additional 34
overseas travelers who come to visit the U.S.,
an American job is created. In 2014, alone,
more than 20.3 million travelers arrived
through the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)
generating $190 billion in economic output and
supporting nearly one million jobs. Therefore,
we call on the next President and Congress to:

standards.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato

IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to Promote
Investment in Cities, Advance Middle Class
Growth, and Reduce Income Inequality

9480

For more than 100 years, tax-exempt municipal
bonds have been the principal means used by
state and local governments to finance critical
infrastructure: schools, hospitals, water and
sewer facilities, roads, mass transit systems and
public power projects. Together, state and local
governments are responsible for building and
maintaining 75 percent of the nation’s
infrastructure, which is mostly financed by tax-
exempt municipal bonds.

This federal, state, and local partnership
represents a fair allocation of the cost between
the different levels of governments for
infrastructure used by the general public. For
several years the President and Congress have
introduced proposals to cap or eliminate the
tax deduction on interest earnings from tax-
exempt bonds. These proposals could
significantly drive up the borrowing cost of
state and local governments on critical
infrastructure projects.

According to a 2013 joint study released by The
U.S. Conference of Mayors and other
intergovernmental organizations, if a 28% cap
had been in place on the deduction between
2003 and 2012, it would have cost state and
local governments $173 billion; and if the
exemption had been had been eliminated
during the same period, it would have cost
$495 billion. Mayors call for the next President
and Congress to:

● Maintain the current tax-exempt status
of municipal bonds and oppose all efforts to
cap, limit, eliminate, or replace tax-exempt
municipal bonds.

● Make Permanent the Build America
Bonds Program not as replacement but as a
supplement to tax-exempt municipal bonds.
State and local governments that issued these
taxable bonds were paid a direct federal
9481
subsidy under the 2009 stimulus bill equal to
35 percent of the interest cost, which enabled
them to save more than $12 billion in
borrowing cost.


Under current law (the Supreme Court’s 1992
decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota), state
and local governments are prohibited from
requiring remote sellers to collect their sales
taxes. This loophole has given remote sellers
an unfair competitive advantage over local
merchants on Main Street. According to the
University of Tennessee, state and local
governments lose an estimated $26 billion
annually due to taxes that go uncollected on
remote sales.

Therefore, we call for the next President and
Congress to:

● Enact legislation that enables state and
local governments to level the playing field
between merchants on Main Street and
remote sellers by allowing these jurisdictions to
require the collection of sales taxes.


As local communities continue to recover from
the Great Recession, our cities need more
support to stimulate investment in
underserved distressed communities. Low-
income urban neighborhoods and rural
communities do not have access capital needed
to support and grow businesses, create jobs
and sustain a healthy local economy. Mayors
call for the next President and Congress to:

● Pass legislation to raise the federal
minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10
per hour to increase the buying power of low-
income working families.

9482
● Enact a permanent extension of the
New Market Tax Credit, which has a proven
track record of stimulating economic growth.
Between 2003 and 2012, the program
generated $31 billion in direct investments to
businesses, leveraged another $60 billion in
total capital investment in distressed
neighborhoods, and created 750,000 jobs.

● Enact legislation to make permanent
the Child Tax Credit to support working
families.

Wage Gap Reduction

The nation’s mayors believe the economic
security of their residents is essential to the
future prosperity and stability of their cities.
Unfortunately the wealth gap between high
income and low income households continues
to grow. Between 2007 and 2013 the wealth
gap for the top ten percent of households by
income increased from 127 to 183 times the
median net worth of the bottom twenty
percent of households by income. Further, the
net worth for the bottom twenty percent of
households in terms of income has declined
forty percent from $9,000 in 2007 to $6200 in
2013. Mayors call for the next President and
Congress to:

● Pass legislation increasing the Earned
Income Tax credit to existing recipients.

● Reduce student debt through a mixture
of scholarship, repayment, and debt
forgiveness programs.

● Provide incentives to increase
homeownership by increasing assistance for
downpayment and closing costs through
increased funding of the Community
Development Block Grant program.

End Sequestration
9483
9484
>
> Ok. I can conference you both in together.
Georgia should I call your cell?
>
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Gann, Georgia
>>
>> I can do 9:30 as well. Let me know what
number to call.
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist
New York City Office of
>> Federal Affairs
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
>> From: John Del Cecato
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Geri Prado
>>>
>>> Georgia and John can we chat at 9:30 or
11?
<USCM Baltimore Mayors 092815.docx>
9485
FROM: Georgia Gann

Affordable Broadband.
Affordability
Deployment Platform
Investments
Economies
Income Inequality
9486
Tier 1
9/11 Healthcare
End Sequestration


9487
Brainard.

adopted in 2013.
income individuals.
9488
9489
From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato
Here you go – updated with this:

Equitable Task Policy – Earned Income Tax Credit
Goal: Expand Earned Income Tax Credit
Rational: This would push the Mayor’s Compact to be more line with YOUR work on TPA
reward work not just wealth. EITC is one of the more bipartisan tax aspects of TPA, thus the
most likely for inclusion.
Strategy: Target Mayor Soglin, Striclkand, and other progressive mayors.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato



Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

9490
To: Geri Prado

Sounds good.






Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

9491
Cc: Gann, Georgia

mayors…




wrote:

Apologies on this.


John,


9492

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740



Tax Credit.”

support.

"Schwartz, Regina"

9493

D.C.

Reauthorization)



Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'


standards.
9494

exports.

this job sector.


standards.

Georgia B. Gann
9495
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato





9496
and Congress to:

municipal bonds.

borrowing cost.


remote sales.

Congress to:

9497





families.

Wage Gap Reduction

9498
Congress to:




End Sequestration
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Geri Prado
To: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato

Georgia Can we do 945? John is stuck on a call.
Thanks.

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Gann, Georgia
>
9499
> Let's do
>
> Talk soon!
>
> Georgia B. Gann
> Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist
> Federal Affairs
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> From: Geri Prado
> To: Gann, Georgia
>
>
>>
number to call.
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Federal Affairs
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
9500
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>>
11?

9501
FROM: Georgia Gann

Affordable Broadband, and Equitable Tax Policy.
Affordability
Deployment Platform
Investments
Economies
Income Inequality
9502
Tier 1
9/11 Healthcare
End Sequestration


9503
Brainard.

adopted in 2013.
income individuals.

Rational: This would push the Mayor’s Compact to be more line with YOUR work on TPA reward work
not just wealth. EITC is one of the more bipartisan tax aspects of TPA, thus the most likely for inclusion.
9504
9505
From: Hinton, Karen
To: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: New York Magazine article
He is doing a two-year accomplishment piece. You shouldn’t talk to him. We want him focusing on policy.
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:38:10 +0000
To: Phil Walzak <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: FW: New York Magazine article
Let me know if you want me to talk to him or not - otherwise defer to you guys
From: Andrew Rice <

Subject: New York Magazine article
Hi there. I am a contributing editor at New York Magazine and I am getting in touch because I am working
on an article about the De Blasio administration, timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of his
election in November. The story is still in its early stages, but basically, what I'm going to be trying to
answer the old Ed Koch question: How is he doing? I am looking at three distinct areas: politics, policy and
(perhaps most importantly) management--how the day-to-day functioning of city government has
changed, if at all, under this administration.
I've obviously been in touch with Karen Hinton and Wiley Norvell, and we're talking about how to proceed
with access, but in the meantime I'm getting things going by talking to a wide variety of people who have
been dealing with City Hall, both inside and outside government. I thought you would be an obvious
person to talk to as a political adviser to the mayor. I'd love to talk if you're up for it, either on or off the
record. My number is or I would be happy to call you at a time of your convenience. We
could also meet in person if that is preferable. Hope we get a chance to talk.
Best,
9506
Andrew
--
www.andrewrice.net
9507
From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato
In case you haven’t sent yet, here an doc with updated RSVPs – list was sent out this am from USCM

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato

Rational: This would push the Mayor’s Compact to be more line with YOUR work on TPA
reward work not just wealth. EITC is one of the more bipartisan tax aspects of TPA, thus the

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato
9508


Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Geri Prado
Sounds good.



9509


Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

Cc: Gann, Georgia

mayors…




wrote:

Apologies on this.

9510
John,



Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740



Tax Credit.”

9511
support.

"Schwartz, Regina"


D.C.

Reauthorization)



Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
9512
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'


standards.

exports.

this job sector.

9513

standards.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato



9514


and Congress to:

municipal bonds.

borrowing cost.


9515
remote sales.

Congress to:





9516

families.

Wage Gap Reduction

Congress to:




End Sequestration
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740
9517

From: Geri Prado
To: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato

Georgia Can we do 945? John is stuck on a call.
Thanks.

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Gann, Georgia
>
> Let's do 202.624.5912.
>
> Talk soon!
>
> Georgia B. Gann
> Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist
> Federal Affairs
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> From: Geri Prado
> To: Gann, Georgia
>
>
>>
9518
number to call.
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Federal Affairs
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>>
11?
9519
FROM: Georgia Gann

Affordability
Deployment Platform
Investments
Economies
Income Inequality
9520
Tier 1
9/11 Healthcare
End Sequestration


9521
Brainard.

adopted in 2013.
income individuals.

9522
ATTENDEES – 40 MAYORS
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore, MD – USCM President

Mick Cornett, Oklahoma City, OK – USCM Vice President
Elizabeth Kautz, Burnsville, MN – USCM Past President
Bryan Barnett, Rochester Hills, MI
William Bell, Birmingham, AL
Shane Bemis, Gresham, NJ
Stephen Benjamin, Columbia, SC
David Berger, Lima, OH
Virg Bernero, Lansing, MI
Richard Berry, Albuquerque, NM
Mike Bodker, John Creek, GA
Muriel Bowser, Washington, DC
Michael Coleman, Columbus, OH
Hardie Davis, Augusta Richmond Cty, GA
Bill de Blasio, New York, NY
Greg Fischer, Louisville, KY
Karen Freeman-Wilson, Gary, IN
Javier Gonzales, Santa Fe, NM
Sylvester James, Kansas City, MO
Harry Larosiliere, Plano, TX
Maher Maso, Frisco, TX
Kim McMillan, Clarksville, TN
Jonathan Mitchell, New Bedford, MA
Frank Ortis, Pembroke Pines, FL
Ed Pawlowski, Allentown, PA
Mike Rawlings, Dallas, TX
Kasim Reed, Atlanta, GA
Pedro Segarra, Hartford, CT
Paul Soglin, Madison, WI
Mark Stodola, Little Rock, AR
Marilyn Strickland, Tacoma, WA
Brian Wahler, Piscataway, NJ
Setti Warren, Newton, MA
Nan Whaley, Dayton, OH
9523
From: Gann, Georgia
To: Schwartz, Regina
Cc: Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hakim, Omar; "geri@progressiveagenda.us"; Mesa, Nilda; John Del
Cecato
Subject: RE: USCM Baltimore Mayors Compact
Team,

Here is the latest rec. with TPA updates and the most current list of RSVPs.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hakim, Omar; 'geri@progressiveagenda.us'; Mesa, Nilda
Subject: RE: USCM Baltimore Mayors Compact

Gina,
Here you go with streamlined recommendations. I just heard back on a tax policy rec. from TPA –
I’ll flesh out and if there’s space to add, we can come back to it.
and Affordable Broadband.

Georgia B. Gann
9524
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: Yazgi, Stephanie; Schwartz, Regina
Cc: Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hakim, Omar; 'geri@progressiveagenda.us'; Mesa, Nilda
Subject: Re: USCM Baltimore Mayors Compact

I'll call
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Yazgi, Stephanie

To: Gann, Georgia; Schwartz, Regina
Cc: Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hakim, Omar; geri@progressiveagenda.us
<geri@progressiveagenda.us>; Mesa, Nilda
Subject: Re: USCM Baltimore Mayors Compact
What exactly is needed from CUIA

I am available on cell if someone wants to call me.

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Yazgi, Stephanie; Hakim, Omar; geri@progressiveagenda.us;
Mesa, Nilda
Subject: USCM Baltimore Mayors Compact
Gina and team,
Here is the next iteration of the USCM recommendation for the 2016 Mayors Compact. It includes
9525
CUIA’s rec as well as Mayors Office of Sustainability. Thus far, TPA hasn’t had specific policy
recommendations to include or oppose, but did get over framing for TPs that I will incorporate
into later briefing documents. If we should include additional items based on TPA, we’ll go back
and re-work to keep the number of recommended changes reasonable.
Amy – please take a look from the press perspective. We thought this might be a way to highlight
Zadroga/911.
Recommendation: We recommend YOU fight to ensure that the following issues are added to the
2016 agenda for the nation’s mayors:

· Comprehensive Immigration Reform
· Affordable broadband

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

9526
FROM: Georgia Gann

Affordability
Deployment Platform
Investments
Economies
Income Inequality
9527
Tier 1
9/11 Healthcare
End Sequestration


9528
Brainard.

adopted in 2013.
income individuals.

9529
ATTENDEES – 40 MAYORS

Richard Berry, Albuquerque, NM
Setti Warren, Newton, MA
9530
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Leopold, Elana; Kayla Arslanian; John Del Cecato
Subject: Penultimate versions for the FORUM
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:53:06 PM
Attachments: FINAL TPAC Forum Legal Invite guidelines (9-30-15).docx
DRAFT Forum Invite Revised (9-30-15).docx
Mayor et al:
Attached are two documents. The first is a legal memo that explains the criteria we
must follow. This is a background document and is FINAL. I will be sharing with the
senior city hall team.
Second is the penultimate version of the invite. We are sending to Simpson, Young,
Loebsack after a call we had this morning and a second follow up call is scheduled
later today.
The invite itself MUST contain the process and criteria. And as a flag, to get the best
candidates invited, we want to wait a reasonable period to get the most recent
polling. Invite be accompanied by the legal memo. Please let me know your edits,
overall thoughts.
September 25, 2015
Senator Ted Cruz
Cruz for President
Dear Senator Cruz:
Right now, the issue of income inequality is front and center in the national
conversation.
As a recent New York Times poll demonstrates, the American people – Republicans,

Democrats, and Independents alike -- are focused on income inequality like never
before, and they are eager to hear from their leaders on how to tackle it.
What’s been lacking is a set of proposals to actually address it.
On the left, progressives are coalescing behind an agenda that includes a $15
9531
minimum wage, paid sick and paid family leave, Universal Pre-K, expanding Social
Security, and closing tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy.
On the right, conservatives have discussed expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit,
reducing spending and government bureaucracy, reining in the national debt,
means-testing entitlements, and a combination of broadening the tax base while
lowering tax rates.
Tackling the issue of income inequality will be a central part of the presidential
campaign debate.
This is the reason we have joined together to host a forum, which will give
presidential candidates from both sides of the aisle an opportunity to discuss their
vision for how to combat income inequality and answer questions from Iowa caucus-
goers before they make their decision on February 1st .
Sunday, December 6th from 7:00 pm -10:00 pm
Simpson College
7 North C
Indianola, Iowa
The presidential forum will focus squarely on combatting income inequality, covering
topics that are solutions such as: improving wages and benefits, enhance retirement
security, reform the tax code, and reshape the size and scope of
government, among others.
We hope you are able to participate, as we believe it will be a substantive, fair and
essential platform for discussing income inequality, not only for those Iowa caucus-
goers, but also for voters around the country.
The forum will give each participant an opportunity to discuss income inequality in a
meaningful way and have the chance to speak directly to the questions and
concerns put forth by the moderator and audience.
The timeframe allows for a maximum of 10 candidates to participate. The top 5
9532
candidates from each side will be invited to participate in this forum. The ranking
will be determined by the 5 most recent statewide polls leading up to November 13,
2015 at 5 p.m. CST. A memo outlining our criteria is attached to this notice.
Please respond by October 20th to indicate your interest in participating. We will be

reaching out to you via phone as well. If you have any questions in the meantime,
please call Geri Prado at xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
Respectfully,
Simpson College
Congressman David Loebsack
Congressman David Young
The Progressive Agenda Committee
Attachments
9533
Memorandum
To: Forum Partners

From: The Progressive Agenda Committee
Date: September 30, 2015
RE: Forum Criteria
Objective Criteria for Participant Invitation
The forum’s focus is singularly centered on income inequality and ideas around solutions. The
Progressive Agenda Committee (TPAC) and its partners will invite Democratic and Republican
presidential candidates to discuss how they plan to combat inequality and bring economic
security/stability to the nation. To receive an invitation to the income inequality forum, a
candidate must satisfy the following criteria:
• Fulfill the requirements in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution;

• File a Statement of Candidacy, or publicly state that a Statement of Candidacy will be
filed, with the Federal Election Commission by November 13, 2015.
• In the 5 most recent Iowa Statewide polls released and recognized by TPAC and Simpson
College prior to November 13, 2015 at 5 p.m. CT a candidate must: (1) place in the top 5
of an average of the polls and (2) receive at least 1% support on average of the
polls. Polls will be used if they are by major, nationally recognized organizations that
use standard methodological techniques.
• In the event that a top 5 candidate declines the invitation to participate, slots will be
extended in order, up to the 7th place candidate.
• Invitations will be sent in writing via registered mail to all candidates with a description
of the objective criteria.
Forum Operational Guidelines
• The questions for the candidates will be prepared and presented by an independent
non-partisan panel or moderator.
• Each candidate will be given an equal opportunity to present his or her view on each of
the issues discussed.
• The moderator will not comment in a manner that implies any preference, approval or
disapproval of a candidate.
9534
September 25, 2015
Senator Ted Cruz

Cruz for President
Dear Senator Cruz:
Right now, the issue of income inequality is front and center in the national
conversation.
As a recent New York Times poll demonstrates, the American people – Republicans,
Democrats, and Independents alike -- are focused on income inequality like never
before, and they are eager to hear from their leaders on how to tackle it.
What’s been lacking is a set of proposals to actually address it.
On the left, progressives are coalescing behind an agenda that includes a $15 minimum
wage, paid sick and paid family leave, Universal Pre-K, expanding Social Security, and
closing tax loopholes that benefit the wealthy.
On the right, conservatives have discussed expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit,
reducing spending and government bureaucracy, reining in the national debt, means-
testing entitlements, and a combination of broadening the tax base while lowering tax
rates.
Tackling the issue of income inequality will be a central part of the presidential
campaign debate.
This is the reason we have joined together to host a forum, which will give presidential
candidates from both sides of the aisle an opportunity to discuss their vision for how to
combat income inequality and answer questions from Iowa caucus-goers before they
make their decision on February 1st.
Sunday, December 6th from 7:00 pm -10:00 pm

Simpson College
7 North C
Indianola, Iowa
The presidential forum will focus squarely on combatting income inequality, covering
topics that are solutions such as: improving wages and benefits, enhance retirement
security, reform the tax code, and reshape the size and scope of government, among
others.
We hope you are able to participate, as we believe it will be a substantive, fair and
essential platform for discussing income inequality, not only for those Iowa caucus-
goers, but also for voters around the country.
9535
The forum will give each participant an opportunity to discuss income inequality in a
meaningful way and have the chance to speak directly to the questions and concerns
put forth by the moderator and audience.
The timeframe allows for a maximum of 10 candidates to participate. The top 5

candidates from each side will be invited to participate in this forum. The ranking will be
determined by the 5 most recent statewide polls leading up to November 13, 2015 at 5
p.m. CST. A memo outlining our criteria is attached to this notice.
Please respond by October 20th to indicate your interest in participating. We will be

reaching out to you via phone as well. If you have any questions in the meantime,
please call Geri Prado at xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
Respectfully,
Simpson College
Congressman David Loebsack
Congressman David Young
Attachments
9536
9537
From: Walzak, Phil
To: "John Del Cecato"; Norvell, Wiley; Klein, Monica; Hinton, Karen
Cc: Geri Prado ( Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: RE: Progressive Agenda inequality forum

+KH

Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 2:22 PM
To: Walzak, Phil; Norvell, Wiley; Klein, Monica
Cc: Geri Prado ( . Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: Progressive Agenda inequality forum
I defer to Geri - but my vote would be yes.

From: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 2:19 PM
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Norvell, Wiley" <WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Klein,
Monica" <MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Geri Prado < "Adams Baker, Marti"
<MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

And you want to say this on rec?

Cc: Geri Prado (
Subject: Re: Progressive Agenda inequality forum
Agreed. But moving on, my two cents:
1. No. It’s being organized by The Progressive Agenda Committee. The hosts will be
announced in the days to come.
2. TPAC is dedicated to combatting income inequality by creating a national conversation on
specific solutions. This forum will help push that conversation forward.
3. Mayor de Blasio is doing everything in his power to combat income inequality here in
New York City. But as he’s said, he needs Washington to be a partner - by passing federal
legislation that helps New York City. These changes include a $15 federal minimum wage,
national paid sick and paid family leave laws, and closing federal tax loopholes that allow big
corporations and billionaires to pay less than their fair share in taxes. With the additional
federal money generated by these national legislatives changes, New York City will be able
to do more to build our middle class and lift people out of poverty.
4. It will be bipartisan. Details on invitees will be released in the days to come. (ALT: might
9538
9539
From: Gann, Georgia
To: "Geri Prado"
Cc: Schwartz, Regina; John Del Cecato
Trying to get to a final here on documents. Here is what I have so far. Geri and John – will you please
edit these TPs I’ve drafted and then get me background material so I can have some substantive
knowledge of this issue for briefing/staffing?
PROPOSAL: Expand earned income tax credit

TALKING POINTS:
· Across the country we are seeing an influx of people moving back to cities
· That raises important questions for municipal government - namely: how do we build
a bigger middle class in our cities?
· One thing we can need is a federal tax code that rewards work, not just wealth
· We can do that by expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit

USCM POLICY: 69th Annual Conference resolution - Expansion and Simplification of the
Earned Income Tax Credit

Proposed Language (changes in red)

Pass legislation expanding and increasing the Earned Income Tax credit to existing recipients.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Gann, Georgia

Small point we’re trying to change to The Progressive Agenda Committee. Reason is as you
all know TPA is too associated with Fast Track and Trade and it’s noted by organizations.
thanks.

On Sep 30, 2015, at 11:39 AM, Gann, Georgia <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
9540

In case you haven’t sent yet, here an doc with updated RSVPs – list was sent out this
am from USCM

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato


Rational: This would push the Mayor’s Compact to be more line with YOUR
work on TPA reward work not just wealth. EITC is one of the more bipartisan
tax aspects of TPA, thus the most likely for inclusion.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato

All – for the sake of time, I will add now as an optional “you may want to discuss.” TPA
can further define and decide later.

9541
Gina – have you updated the memo at all from the one I sent yesterday evening? Here
is my latest.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Geri Prado

I need this brief to him today this am so if we are adding please do now and you
can update when you see him Friday.
Sounds good.

I guess I’d prefer that we actually expand those who are eligible - like
childless workers. Geri - maybe we can ponder a bit more on this?

To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Schwartz,
Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado


UPK is solidly in there – so good on that front. I’ll be prepped
to have him back it remaining in IF anyone offers to strip.
Is the EITC language good as is? See below. If we need to
change, will you mark it up and then send TPs for MBdB to
present sell to the group of mayors (they’ll be in a
roundtable discussion) and some background on the policy
to help inform him?
9542

● Pass legislation increasing the Earned Income
Tax credit to existing recipients.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

Cc: Gann, Georgia

Yeah, it looks like the USCM has actually been recruited by the
private equity/hedge fund guys in the past to stand up FOR the
carried interest loophole… I suppose Wall Street has its claws
pretty deeply dug into a lot of mayors…

Maybe we just focus on expanding EITC and UPK? I’m all for
MBDB fighting the good fight - but sounds like a bipartisan
group of mayors is going to be unreceptive to tax fairness

Cc: "Gann, Georgia" <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del
Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

It more a question of what you want to add so this best serves
your needs.

We've been sucked into an 8 hour waste of time

with a story. Apologies on this.

9543
John,

I just noticed that I didn’t include
you in the updated rec I sent to
Gina. I will forward. There wasn’t

Will it have bipartisan support
from the attending mayors? See
the list attached. If you guys have
mayors on board that will be
attending that will voice support,
it could be worth organizing
around and adding. USCM doesn’t
have current policy on closing the
carried interest loophole, so it will
be a big lift. I’ve done some
research and found something
from 2001 on expanding EITC
though.

Georgia B. Gann
Transportation and Infrastructure
Specialist
New York City Office of Federal
Affairs
1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite
350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

2015 3:38 PM

Added priority, in my view, should
9544
combine two items from The
Progressive Agenda:

“Close the carried interest
loophole and use the money to
expand the Earned Income Tax
Credit.”

The essence of this would be to
truly reward WORK and not just
WEALTH. And both the tax and
spending measures have
bipartisan support.

2015 at 3:14 PM
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
"Schwartz, Regina"

I need to get Gina
recommendations now for this
USCM meeting ASAP. I’m sending
along the recs here, and if we still
have time to add later, we’ll
include the additional priority!
Recommendation: YOU may
want to want to influence a
number of the document
components based on NYC
positions and organizing efforts.
We strongly suggest YOU add
the following issues to the 2016
agenda to advance NYC priorities
and elevate bipartisan support for
issues that are highly partisan in
D.C.

· 9/11 Health Care
(Zadroga Reauthorization)
9545
· Climate
Change/Resiliency

YOU may also want to
strengthen the Mayor’s
Compact on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform and

We are organizing support from
targets this week will present an
updated memo with key
supporters on Friday. We also
recommend you call Mayor
Nutter and Mayor Cornett for a
principal-principal touch to help
secure support on top tier issues.

Georgia B. Gann
Specialist
Affairs
350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
2015 10:06 AM
To: 'Geri Prado'

The other flag is that the
document includes this bullet: See
the context below the bullet. Is

● Support high standard
21st Century Trans-Pacific and
Transatlantic trade deals with
enforceable labor and
environmental standards.
9546

U.S. Metro Areas play a critical
role in this sector, accounting for
nearly 90% of U.S. exports and
providing key infrastructure such
as ports and intermodal facilities
to efficiently move goods. Global
competition in the areas of port
modernization and transportation
systems, however, could threaten
US ability to advance export
growth; and failure to develop
global trade deals, which would
provide a “level playing” field for
U.S. businesses, could put
American businesses and workers
at a disadvantage. Congressional
failure to reauthorize the Export
Import Bank, which helps U.S.
businesses sell goods overseas,
could also deal a blow to our
efforts to expand exports.

Port and export related jobs have
a 15-18% higher wage level, and
therefore contribute to building a
sound middle class. The ability to
sell American-made products and
services to a dramatically
expanding global middle class,
particularly in Asia, could
significantly expand this job
sector.

Meanwhile, international travelers
stay longer and spend more than
domestic travelers – an average of
17.5 nights and nearly $4,700 per
person per trip. For every
additional 34 overseas travelers
who come to visit the U.S., an
American job is created. In 2014,
alone, more than 20.3 million
travelers arrived through the Visa
Waiver Program (VWP) generating
9547
$190 billion in economic output
and supporting nearly one million
jobs. Therefore, we call on the
next President and Congress to:


Georgia B. Gann
Specialist
Affairs
350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
2015 9:57 AM
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato

IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to
Promote Investment in Cities,
Advance Middle Class Growth,
and Reduce Income Inequality


For more than 100 years, tax-
exempt municipal bonds have
been the principal means used by
state and local governments to
finance critical infrastructure:
9548
schools, hospitals, water and
sewer facilities, roads, mass
transit systems and public power
projects. Together, state and local
governments are responsible for
building and maintaining 75
percent of the nation’s
infrastructure, which is mostly
financed by tax-exempt municipal
bonds.

This federal, state, and local
partnership represents a fair
allocation of the cost between the
different levels of governments
for infrastructure used by the
general public. For several years
the President and Congress have
introduced proposals to cap or
eliminate the tax deduction on
interest earnings from tax-exempt
bonds. These proposals could
significantly drive up the
borrowing cost of state and local
governments on critical

According to a 2013 joint study
released by The U.S. Conference
of Mayors and other
intergovernmental organizations,
if a 28% cap had been in place on
the deduction between 2003 and
2012, it would have cost state and
local governments $173 billion;
and if the exemption had been
had been eliminated during the
same period, it would have cost
$495 billion. Mayors call for the

● Maintain the current tax-
exempt status of municipal bonds
and oppose all efforts to cap,
limit, eliminate, or replace tax-
9549

● Make Permanent the
Build America Bonds Program not
as replacement but as a
supplement to tax-exempt
municipal bonds. State and local
governments that issued these
taxable bonds were paid a direct
federal subsidy under the 2009
stimulus bill equal to 35 percent
of the interest cost, which
enabled them to save more than
$12 billion in borrowing cost.


Under current law (the Supreme
Court’s 1992 decision in Quill
Corp. v. North Dakota), state and
local governments are prohibited
from requiring remote sellers to
collect their sales taxes. This
loophole has given remote sellers
an unfair competitive advantage
over local merchants on Main
Street. According to the
University of Tennessee, state and
local governments lose an
estimated $26 billion annually due
to taxes that go uncollected on
remote sales.

Therefore, we call for the next
President and Congress to:

● Enact legislation that
enables state and local
governments to level the playing
field between merchants on Main
Street and remote sellers by
allowing these jurisdictions to
require the collection of sales
taxes.

9550
Community Revitalization
Incentives

As local communities continue to
recover from the Great Recession,
our cities need more support to
stimulate investment in
underserved distressed
communities. Low-income urban
neighborhoods and rural
communities do not have access
capital needed to support and
grow businesses, create jobs and
sustain a healthy local economy.
Mayors call for the next President
and Congress to:

● Pass legislation to raise
the federal minimum wage from
$7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour
to increase the buying power of
low-income working families.

● Enact a permanent
extension of the New Market Tax
Credit, which has a proven track
record of stimulating economic
growth. Between 2003 and 2012,
the program generated $31 billion
in direct investments to
businesses, leveraged another
$60 billion in total capital
investment in distressed
neighborhoods, and created
750,000 jobs.

● Enact legislation to make
permanent the Child Tax Credit to
support working families.

Wage Gap Reduction

The nation’s mayors believe the
economic security of their
residents is essential to the future
9551
prosperity and stability of their
cities. Unfortunately the wealth
gap between high income and low
income households continues to
grow. Between 2007 and 2013
the wealth gap for the top ten
percent of households by income
increased from 127 to 183 times
the median net worth of the
bottom twenty percent of
households by income. Further,
the net worth for the bottom
twenty percent of households in
terms of income has declined
forty percent from $9,000 in 2007
to $6200 in 2013. Mayors call for
the next President and Congress
to:

● Pass legislation increasing
the Earned Income Tax credit to

● Reduce student debt
through a mixture of scholarship,
repayment, and debt forgiveness
programs.

● Provide incentives to
increase homeownership by
increasing assistance for
downpayment and closing costs
through increased funding of the
Community Development Block
Grant program.

End Sequestration
Georgia B. Gann
Specialist New York City Office of
Federal Affairs
350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
9552
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Geri Prado
[mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us
]
2015 9:13 AM
To: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato

Georgia Can we do 945? John is
stuck on a call. Thanks.

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:44 AM,
Gann, Georgia
>
> Let's do 202.624.5912.
>
> Talk soon!
>
> Georgia B. Gann
> Transportation and
Infrastructure Specialist New York
City Office of
> Federal Affairs
> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Suite 350
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> From: Geri Prado
]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29,
2015 8:42 AM
> To: Gann, Georgia
9553
>
> Ok. I can conference you both
in together. Georgia should I call
your cell?
>
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:20 AM,
Gann, Georgia
>>
>> I can do 9:30 as well. Let me
know what number to call.
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Transportation and
City Office of
>> Federal Affairs
>> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Suite 350
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29,
2015 8:03 AM
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM,
Geri Prado
wrote:
>>>
>>> Georgia and John can we chat
at 9:30 or 11?
<USCM Baltimore Mayors
9554
092815.docx>

<USCM Baltimore Meeting Recommendations 9.28.15 new.docx>

9555
From: Gann, Georgia
To: "John Del Cecato"; "Geri Prado"
Great. Then I’ll hold for background material from you guys on what expanding the tax credit
means, to whom, and why it’s good.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

Good by me

Cc: "Schwartz, Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

Trying to get to a final here on documents. Here is what I have so far. Geri and John – will you please
edit these TPs I’ve drafted and then get me background material so I can have some substantive
knowledge of this issue for briefing/staffing?
PROPOSAL: Expand earned income tax credit

TALKING POINTS:
· Across the country we are seeing an influx of people moving back to cities
· That raises important questions for municipal government - namely: how do we build
a bigger middle class in our cities?
· One thing we can need is a federal tax code that rewards work, not just wealth
· We can do that by expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit
USCM POLICY: 69th Annual Conference resolution - Expansion and Simplification of the
Earned Income Tax Credit
9556
Proposed Language (changes in red)
Pass legislation expanding and increasing the Earned Income Tax credit to existing recipients.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Gann, Georgia
Small point we’re trying to change to The Progressive Agenda Committee. Reason is as you
all know TPA is too associated with Fast Track and Trade and it’s noted by organizations.
thanks.
On Sep 30, 2015, at 11:39 AM, Gann, Georgia <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
In case you haven’t sent yet, here an doc with updated RSVPs – list was sent out this
am from USCM

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato
9557

Rational: This would push the Mayor’s Compact to be more line with YOUR
work on TPA reward work not just wealth. EITC is one of the more bipartisan
tax aspects of TPA, thus the most likely for inclusion.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato
All – for the sake of time, I will add now as an optional “you may want to discuss.” TPA
can further define and decide later.

Gina – have you updated the memo at all from the one I sent yesterday evening? Here
is my latest.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Geri Prado
I need this brief to him today this am so if we are adding please do now and you
can update when you see him Friday.
9558
Sounds good.
I guess I’d prefer that we actually expand those who are eligible - like
childless workers. Geri - maybe we can ponder a bit more on this?

To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Schwartz,
Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado


UPK is solidly in there – so good on that front. I’ll be prepped
to have him back it remaining in IF anyone offers to strip.
Is the EITC language good as is? See below. If we need to
change, will you mark it up and then send TPs for MBdB to
present sell to the group of mayors (they’ll be in a
roundtable discussion) and some background on the policy
to help inform him?

● Pass legislation increasing the Earned Income
Tax credit to existing recipients.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

Cc: Gann, Georgia

Yeah, it looks like the USCM has actually been recruited by the
9559
private equity/hedge fund guys in the past to stand up FOR the
carried interest loophole… I suppose Wall Street has its claws
pretty deeply dug into a lot of mayors…

Maybe we just focus on expanding EITC and UPK? I’m all for
MBDB fighting the good fight - but sounds like a bipartisan
group of mayors is going to be unreceptive to tax fairness

Cc: "Gann, Georgia" <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del

It more a question of what you want to add so this best serves
your needs.

We've been sucked into an 8 hour waste of time

with a story. Apologies on this.


John,

I just noticed that I didn’t include
you in the updated rec I sent to
Gina. I will forward. There wasn’t

Will it have bipartisan support
from the attending mayors? See
the list attached. If you guys have
mayors on board that will be
attending that will voice support,
it could be worth organizing
around and adding. USCM doesn’t
have current policy on closing the
carried interest loophole, so it will
9560
be a big lift. I’ve done some
research and found something
from 2001 on expanding EITC
though.

Georgia B. Gann
Specialist
Affairs
350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

2015 3:38 PM

Added priority, in my view, should
combine two items from The
Progressive Agenda:

“Close the carried interest
loophole and use the money to
expand the Earned Income Tax
Credit.”

The essence of this would be to
truly reward WORK and not just
WEALTH. And both the tax and
spending measures have
bipartisan support.

2015 at 3:14 PM
To: 'Geri Prado'
9561
Cc: John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
"Schwartz, Regina"

I need to get Gina
recommendations now for this
USCM meeting ASAP. I’m sending
along the recs here, and if we still
have time to add later, we’ll
include the additional priority!
Recommendation: YOU may

want to want to influence a
number of the document
components based on NYC
positions and organizing efforts.
We strongly suggest YOU add
the following issues to the 2016
agenda to advance NYC priorities
and elevate bipartisan support for
issues that are highly partisan in
D.C.
· 9/11 Health Care

(Zadroga Reauthorization)
· Climate
Change/Resiliency
YOU may also want to

strengthen the Mayor’s
Compact on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform and
We are organizing support from

targets this week will present an
updated memo with key
supporters on Friday. We also
recommend you call Mayor
Nutter and Mayor Cornett for a
principal-principal touch to help
secure support on top tier issues.

Georgia B. Gann
9562
Specialist
Affairs
350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
2015 10:06 AM
To: 'Geri Prado'

The other flag is that the
document includes this bullet: See
the context below the bullet. Is


U.S. Metro Areas play a critical
role in this sector, accounting for
nearly 90% of U.S. exports and
providing key infrastructure such
as ports and intermodal facilities
to efficiently move goods. Global
competition in the areas of port
modernization and transportation
systems, however, could threaten
US ability to advance export
growth; and failure to develop
global trade deals, which would
provide a “level playing” field for
U.S. businesses, could put
American businesses and workers
at a disadvantage. Congressional
failure to reauthorize the Export
Import Bank, which helps U.S.
9563
businesses sell goods overseas,
could also deal a blow to our
efforts to expand exports.

Port and export related jobs have
a 15-18% higher wage level, and
therefore contribute to building a
sound middle class. The ability to
sell American-made products and
services to a dramatically
expanding global middle class,
particularly in Asia, could
significantly expand this job
sector.

Meanwhile, international travelers
stay longer and spend more than
domestic travelers – an average of
17.5 nights and nearly $4,700 per
person per trip. For every
additional 34 overseas travelers
who come to visit the U.S., an
American job is created. In 2014,
alone, more than 20.3 million
travelers arrived through the Visa
Waiver Program (VWP) generating
$190 billion in economic output
and supporting nearly one million
jobs. Therefore, we call on the


Georgia B. Gann
Specialist
Affairs
350
9564
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
2015 9:57 AM
To: 'Geri Prado'
Cc: John Del Cecato

IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to
Promote Investment in Cities,
Advance Middle Class Growth,
and Reduce Income Inequality


For more than 100 years, tax-
exempt municipal bonds have
been the principal means used by
state and local governments to
finance critical infrastructure:
schools, hospitals, water and
sewer facilities, roads, mass
transit systems and public power
projects. Together, state and local
governments are responsible for
building and maintaining 75
percent of the nation’s
infrastructure, which is mostly
financed by tax-exempt municipal
bonds.

This federal, state, and local
partnership represents a fair
allocation of the cost between the
different levels of governments
for infrastructure used by the
general public. For several years
the President and Congress have
introduced proposals to cap or
9565
eliminate the tax deduction on
interest earnings from tax-exempt
bonds. These proposals could
significantly drive up the
borrowing cost of state and local
governments on critical

According to a 2013 joint study
released by The U.S. Conference
of Mayors and other
intergovernmental organizations,
if a 28% cap had been in place on
the deduction between 2003 and
2012, it would have cost state and
local governments $173 billion;
and if the exemption had been
had been eliminated during the
same period, it would have cost
$495 billion. Mayors call for the

● Maintain the current tax-
exempt status of municipal bonds
and oppose all efforts to cap,
limit, eliminate, or replace tax-

● Make Permanent the
Build America Bonds Program not
as replacement but as a
supplement to tax-exempt
municipal bonds. State and local
governments that issued these
taxable bonds were paid a direct
federal subsidy under the 2009
stimulus bill equal to 35 percent
of the interest cost, which
enabled them to save more than
$12 billion in borrowing cost.


Under current law (the Supreme
Court’s 1992 decision in Quill
9566
Corp. v. North Dakota), state and
local governments are prohibited
from requiring remote sellers to
collect their sales taxes. This
loophole has given remote sellers
an unfair competitive advantage
over local merchants on Main
Street. According to the
University of Tennessee, state and
local governments lose an
estimated $26 billion annually due
to taxes that go uncollected on
remote sales.

Therefore, we call for the next
President and Congress to:

● Enact legislation that
enables state and local
governments to level the playing
field between merchants on Main
Street and remote sellers by
allowing these jurisdictions to
require the collection of sales
taxes.

Community Revitalization
Incentives

As local communities continue to
recover from the Great Recession,
our cities need more support to
stimulate investment in
underserved distressed
communities. Low-income urban
neighborhoods and rural
communities do not have access
capital needed to support and
grow businesses, create jobs and
sustain a healthy local economy.
Mayors call for the next President
and Congress to:

● Pass legislation to raise
the federal minimum wage from
9567
$7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour
to increase the buying power of
low-income working families.

● Enact a permanent
extension of the New Market Tax
Credit, which has a proven track
record of stimulating economic
growth. Between 2003 and 2012,
the program generated $31 billion
in direct investments to
businesses, leveraged another
$60 billion in total capital
investment in distressed
neighborhoods, and created
750,000 jobs.

● Enact legislation to make
permanent the Child Tax Credit to
support working families.

Wage Gap Reduction

The nation’s mayors believe the
economic security of their
residents is essential to the future
prosperity and stability of their
cities. Unfortunately the wealth
gap between high income and low
income households continues to
grow. Between 2007 and 2013
the wealth gap for the top ten
percent of households by income
increased from 127 to 183 times
the median net worth of the
bottom twenty percent of
households by income. Further,
the net worth for the bottom
twenty percent of households in
terms of income has declined
forty percent from $9,000 in 2007
to $6200 in 2013. Mayors call for
the next President and Congress
to:

9568
● Pass legislation increasing
the Earned Income Tax credit to

● Reduce student debt
through a mixture of scholarship,
repayment, and debt forgiveness
programs.

● Provide incentives to
increase homeownership by
increasing assistance for
downpayment and closing costs
through increased funding of the
Community Development Block
Grant program.

End Sequestration
Georgia B. Gann
Specialist New York City Office of
Federal Affairs
350
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Geri Prado
]
2015 9:13 AM
To: Gann, Georgia
Cc: John Del Cecato

Georgia Can we do 945? John is
stuck on a call. Thanks.

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:44 AM,
Gann, Georgia
9569
>
> Let's do 202.624.5912.
>
> Talk soon!
>
> Georgia B. Gann
> Transportation and
City Office of
> Federal Affairs
> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Suite 350
> Tel. (202) 624-5912
> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>
>
> From: Geri Prado
]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29,
2015 8:42 AM
> To: Gann, Georgia
>
> Ok. I can conference you both
in together. Georgia should I call
your cell?
>
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:20 AM,
Gann, Georgia
>>
>> I can do 9:30 as well. Let me
know what number to call.
>>
>> Georgia B. Gann
>> Transportation and
City Office of
9570
>> Federal Affairs
>> 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Suite 350
>> Tel. (202) 624-5912
>> Cell. (347) 497-1740
>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29,
2015 8:03 AM
>> To: Geri Prado
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 7:25 AM,
Geri Prado
wrote:
>>>
>>> Georgia and John can we chat
at 9:30 or 11?
<USCM Baltimore Mayors
092815.docx>
<USCM Baltimore Meeting Recommendations 9.28.15 new.docx>
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Subject: Progressive Agenda inequality forum
I'm writing an editorial for tomorrow's NY Post on this income-inequality forum planned for
Iowa.
1) Is the mayor going to host it, as was reported today?
2) Can you explain why?
3) Can you tell me if the event has anything to do with NYC?
4) It was reported to be a "bipartisan" forum, but who -- realistically -- is expected to attend?

Any Republicans?
Thanks for your help.
Adam Brodsky
NY Post
Editorial Page

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So fucking annoying
++
Dunno what you want to do here we are prolly fucked

Really goddamn wish this hadn’t leaked out yest…fiasco

From: Adam Brodsky [mailto:abrodsky@nypost.com]
I'm writing an editorial for tomorrow's NY Post on this income-inequality forum planned for
Iowa.
4) It was reported to be a "bipartisan" forum, but who -- realistically -- is expected to attend?

Any Republicans?
Adam Brodsky
NY Post
Editorial Page
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4) It was reported to be a "bipartisan" forum, but who -- realistically -- is expected

to attend? Any Republicans?
Adam Brodsky
NY Post
Editorial Page
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3. Mayor de Blasio is doing everything in his power to combat income inequality here in
New York City. But as he’s said, he needs Washington to be a partner - by passing federal
legislation that helps New York City. These changes include a $15 federal minimum wage,
national paid sick and paid family leave laws, and closing federal tax loopholes that allow
big corporations and billionaires to pay less than their fair share in taxes. With the
additional federal money generated by these national legislatives changes, New York City
will be able to do more to build our middle class and lift people out of poverty.
4. It will be bipartisan. Details on invitees will be released in the days to come. (ALT:
might want to give a nod to the fact that even Republicans are discussing income
inequality. There have been a ton of stories on this.)

To: "Norvell, Wiley" <WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Klein, Monica" <MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Geri Prado < John Del Cecato
So fucking annoying
++
Dunno what you want to do here we are prolly fucked
Really goddamn wish this hadn’t leaked out yest…fiasco

From: Adam Brodsky [mailto:abrodsky@nypost.com]
I'm writing an editorial for tomorrow's NY Post on this income-inequality forum

planned for Iowa.
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4) It was reported to be a "bipartisan" forum, but who -- realistically -- is expected

to attend? Any Republicans?
Adam Brodsky
NY Post
Editorial Page
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From: Geri Prado
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: Re: FW: Iowa
yes and if they ask any questions about the forum, TPAC, who what or when send
them to me and or RKK
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
We need to say
Details on the forum are being worked on. No plans formalized. When there is info it will be
shared.
And then encourage him to attend Parents Nite tonight

From: Michael Gartland [mailto:mgartland@nypost.com]
To: Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Fwd: Iowa

Checking to see if I can expect answers to these questions
by 5:

From: Michael Gartland <mgartland@nypost.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:10 AM
Subject: Iowa
To: Karen Hinton <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Dan Levitan
<dan@berlinrosen.com>
hey there--

Who's fielding questions on Iowa today?

We're trying to get projections on how much the trip will
cost, which city staffers will be accompanying the mayor,
who else he'll be travelling with etc.
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Have dates been hammered out yet? Any sense of how many days
he'll be out of town?

Also, does he plan to host any town hall-style meetings
before year's end? Any explanation for why he hasn't hosted
one yet?

5 pm's my deadline.
--
Michael Gartland
NY Post
551-208-6570
mgartland@nypost.com
@michaelgartland
--
Michael Gartland
NY Post
551-208-6570
mgartland@nypost.com
@michaelgartland
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From: Geri Prado
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Kayla Arslanian; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Leopold, Elana
Subject: Re: YOUR role in the forum- quote to NY Post
OK. I like your quote.
On Sep 30, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
We can go back to them
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE
network.
From: Geri Prado
To: Kayla Arslanian
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Leopold, Elana
They already wrote.
On Sep 30, 2015, at 5:38 PM, Kayla Arslanian

< wrote:
Hi Geri -
Pls hold re: NY Post. Tom is going to connect with you shortly
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Geri Prado

Definitely not reactive except to the deadline but your
wording on “no role envisioned..” is better. Our strategy is
the same- keep moving forward as planned, release invite,
sign on conservatives then deal with solidifying program
next.
> On Sep 30, 2015, at 5:23 PM, B

<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
>
> Again, I want a strategy here -- don't want anything
determined by needing to answer the ny post. We haven't
decided as a team if there's a role for me or anyone else.
I'm open to saying there's no specific role envisioned for me
at this time, but want us to make sure we know why we're
saying that -- not just that we're being reactive
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 04:41 PM
> To: B
> Cc: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Kayla Arslanian
< Leopold, Elana
> Subject: YOUR role in the forum- quote to NY Post
>
> Mayor:
>
> Are you ok with me telling the NY post you will have no
formal role in the forum?
>
> Kayla and Elena- this is time sensitive
>
>
>
>
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From: Snyder, Thomas
To: Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; John Del Ceccato
Subject: 6 PM
I meant 6pm.
From: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del
Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: Call
Please get on a call at 7pm on this number:

Meeting ID:
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From: B
To: Walzak, Phil; "geri@progressiveagenda.us"
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"; " Leopold, Elana
Phil's summation is largely true, but of course we've not determined if any role because we don't have a
full plan yet. My gut is I will attend but not have a formal speaking role -- and will of course talk to
media about the forum. But, as we've often said: let's not give answers to the NY Post. Let's say that
via an exclusive with a reporter we like. Tom/Phil, pls align this to our larger comms strategy. Want us
to be pro-active not reactive here
----- Original Message -----

From: Walzak, Phil
To: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>; B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Kayla Arslanian
< Leopold, Elana
Here is my take
Mayor as a member of TPAC will help and coordinate forum...likely to attend...unlikely to host moderate
or participate in actual event

Original Message
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian; Leopold, Elana
Definitely not reactive except to the deadline but your wording on “no role envisioned..” is better. Our
strategy is the same- keep moving forward as planned, release invite, sign on conservatives then deal
with solidifying program next.
> On Sep 30, 2015, at 5:23 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> Again, I want a strategy here -- don't want anything determined by needing to answer the ny post.
We haven't decided as a team if there's a role for me or anyone else. I'm open to saying there's no
specific role envisioned for me at this time, but want us to make sure we know why we're saying that --
not just that we're being reactive
>
>
> To: B
> Cc: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Kayla Arslanian
< Leopold, Elana
> Subject: YOUR role in the forum- quote to NY Post
>
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> Mayor:
>
> Are you ok with me telling the NY post you will have no formal role in the forum?
>
> Kayla and Elena- this is time sensitive
>
>
>
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian; Leopold, Elana
Yes, understand.
> On Sep 30, 2015, at 6:04 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> And Geri, a NY Post deadline is for us a thing to ignore not a thing to be led by. We've learned that
from painful experience
>
>
>
>
> To: B
> Cc: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Kayla Arslanian
< Leopold, Elana
> Subject: Re: YOUR role in the forum- quote to NY Post
>
> Definitely not reactive except to the deadline but your wording on “no role envisioned..” is better. Our
strategy is the same- keep moving forward as planned, release invite, sign on conservatives then deal
with solidifying program next.
>
>
>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 5:23 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Again, I want a strategy here -- don't want anything determined by needing to answer the ny post.
We haven't decided as a team if there's a role for me or anyone else. I'm open to saying there's no
specific role envisioned for me at this time, but want us to make sure we know why we're saying that --
not just that we're being reactive
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 04:41 PM
>> To: B
>> Cc: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Kayla Arslanian
< Leopold, Elana
>> Subject: YOUR role in the forum- quote to NY Post
>>
>> Mayor:
>>
>> Are you ok with me telling the NY post you will have no formal role in the forum?
>>
>> Kayla and Elena- this is time sensitive
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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From: Hayley Prim
Cc: Geri Prado; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti
Attachments: 10-02-15 SIX AFV Conference Memo v3.docx
Hi All--
Attached is memo for Friday including TPs, Q&A, etc. Will want to run this by Phil
and Emma as well. Do you want me to send to them directly, or will you guys
handle that?
Also I am putting together bios for the clutch, but won't have that done until
tomorrow. That is very straight forward though-- meet and greet with 15 or so
people.
Please let me know about Emma/Phil
Thanks,
Hayley
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

Yes – like three short pithy talking points he can come back to no matter the question.
Some people also call it a message triangle.
I can help edit it too!

From: Hayley Prim [mailto:hayley@progressiveagenda.us]

Sorry-- can you explain the homebase part to me more? Are those just a few basic
messages you want to insure that he delivers?

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Thank you!!!

Thanks Amy.
Working on this now, and will send to you by end of the day.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

Hi,
Just want to make sure you guys have the template for briefings – particularly the short
homebases that go on top of Q&A. I’ve attached an example.
Possible to send me your draft briefing by COB today and I will finalize it?
Thank you!

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speech with his staff. I will be traveling with the Mayor and Hayley will be point on
site.
we will share with you when we can. I think there is a Q/A question somewhere in
here. Answer: I haven’t gotten to it yet.


yes we had a call with them and did run of show. They’re doing a walk
through and will let us know about podium etc.
Square room
290-350 people
Section for press

podium and where exactly press is situated. Press will have ribbons on.
Run of show
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Just to be clear, it would be Q&A from the crowd - not from

press. At least that’s my understanding.

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del
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Thanks,
Lauren Windsor
Executive Director - American Family Voices
@_under_current
213.595.8011

SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE: Bill de Blasio to
Keynote American Family Voices Conference
Sept. 28, 2015
Contact: Jillian
Rucker, jrucker@progressivestrategies.net (202)
628-7771
Bill de Blasio to Keynote American Family

Voices Conference

Washington, D.C. — On Friday, October 2nd, American
Family Voices is convening the “Forging an Alliance
Between Progressive Leaders and Socially Conscious
Businesses” conference, in collaboration with the State
Innovation Exchange Legislator Conference, to advance
the agenda described in our video launched
yesterday, “Fairness AND Growth: the Progressive
Economic Alternative.” One of the stars of the video,
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, will jointly address
the AFV and SiX attendees. Mayor de Blasio’s speech
will be followed by a Q&A moderated by AFV President
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Mike Lux. (The “Fairness and Growth” video can be
viewed here.)
Agenda
9:00-9:15 Welcome from AFV President Mike Lux
9:15-9:25 "Fairness AND Growth: the Progressive

Economic Alternative" video, introduction by AFV
Executive Director Lauren Windsor.
9:25-9:35 MaryAnne Howland, Business owner, Ibis

9:35-9:45 Molly Moon Neitzel, Business owner, Molly

Moon's Homemade Ice Cream in Seattle
9:45-10:45 Keynote Speech with New York City Mayor

Bill de Blasio, Q&A moderated by AFV President Mike
Lux
10:45-11:45 Leveraging Relationships Between

Businesses and Progressives. Moderators: Keith
Mestrich (Amalgamated), Becky Bond (Credo)
11:45-12:00 Break.
12:00-1:00 Lunch. Speakers: ReShonda Young

(Business owner, Iowa), Ben Wikler (MoveOn.org),
Damon Silvers (AFL-CIO)
1:00-2:00 Building State Power for Progressives and

Business Allies. Moderator: Amanda Ballantyne
(Mainstreet) Discussants: Samia Bahsoun (business
owner, NJ), Richard Eidlin (ASBC), Naomi Walker
(AFSCME)
2:00-3:00 A Message that Includes Both Business and

Progressive Ideals. Moderators: Dr. Gabriela Lemus
(Progressive Congress), Khalid Pitts (Sierra Club), Joel
Silberman (Democracy Partners)
3:00-3:15 Break.
3:15-4:15 Closing session. What are our shared issue

priorities? Moderators: Stacy Mitchell (Institute for Local
Self-Reliance), Rashad Robinson (Color of Change)
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--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
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Event/Meeting Briefing Information
Staff Contact/Planning Lead: Hayley Prim/Geri Prado
EVENT: State Innovation Exchange Conference

American Family Voices Business Community Leader
Meeting
MISSION/GOAL: Deliver Keynote Address at morning session of

conference with the message of YOUR work on income
inequality in NYC and the need for The Progressive
Agenda Committee
DAY/DATE: Friday, October 2, 2015
EVENT TIME: All Day Conference
MBDB TIME: 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM (remarks and Q&A)

10:45 AM-- 11:15 AM (clutch)
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill

400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
# PEOPLE ATTENDING: 250-300
ELECTED/COMMUNITY There will be nearly 300 state legislators in attendance

OFFICIALS ATTENDING from all 50 states including from New York:
Asm. Felix Ortiz
Sen. James Sander, Jr
Asm. Michael Blake
Asm. Brian Kavanagh
Sen. Gustavo Rivera
STAFF ATTENDING: Hayley Prim
STAFF ASSIGNED TO Hayley Prim, TPAC

MBDB: Geri Prado, TPAC
Amy Spitalnick (Press)
Jonathan Viguers (Assistant)
PRESS OPEN
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EVENT SET-UP: Large Square room with tables of 10, plenary
MBDB ROLE: Conference Opening- keynote
- 15- 20 minute speech
- 10-15 minute question and answer
MBDB TALKING POINTS: Attached

EVENT PROGRAM:
YOU arrive around 9:45 am and hold in separate room
YOU are escorted to stage area at 10:00 am
At 10:00 am, Nick Rathod welcomes everyone and introduces Raj Goyle
YOU are then introduced by Raj Goyle
YOU deliver remarks from podium (20 minutes)
YOU take Q&A, moderated by Mike Lux (15 minutes)
Q&A concludes and YOU depart from stage and walk to donor clutch (there will be a photog)
YOU greet 10-15 donors in small clutch (30 minutes)
YOU depart at 11:15 AM
MBDB INTRODUCED BY: Raj Goyle, Chairman of the Board, State Innovation
Exchange
HOMEBASES:
• A typical American family, in real income terms, is making less today than they were a
quarter century ago.
• The wealthiest one percent captured 91% of all the income gains since the Great
Recession ended.
• And now we have the greatest income disparity since the 1920s – and it’s getting worse.
• In NYC, we’re doing everything we can to tackle inequality. But we need the state and
federal government to be our partners – particularly on progressive taxation. There is no
secret pot of money.
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Q&A:
QUESTION:
What’s your relationship w/ NY state legislature & how do you work together to get things
done?
ANSWER:
* Albany can be tough to navigate, but built good relationships.
* Got Pre-K, after-school, rent regulations, new rules for developers.
QUESTION:
You’ve launched an effort on inequality; how do you hope to impact the federal government to
get things moving locally?
ANSWER:
* Tapping into a national, grassroots movement for change
* Min wage – now $15 much more likely in NY; Carried interest – now both D & R presidentials
talking about closing – it WILL happen.
* Elected officials watch what others are doing in other states, don’t want to be left behind – both
for reasons of pride & also economic competitiveness
QUESTION:
We’re facing increasing, well-funded attacks at the state level. What are mayors seeing and what
will they be doing to address this?
ANSWER:
* Organize, organize, organize – immigration, transportation bill, inequality
* Need to create a movement that’s unavoidable so public isn’t just getting information from the
right-wing billionaires
QUESTION:
Will you admit that white progressives use economics to obscure racism?
ANSWER:
* Economics won’t solve every problem, but extremely important.
* But also structural racism – and MUST be addressed.
* In NYC – stop/frisk reform, marijuana reform, Rikers reform. TPA includes “invest in schools
not jails” and second-chance legislation. Must tackle mass incarceration and other structural
racism because Black Lives Matter.
QUESTION:
But you said Black Lives Matter & Blue Lives Matter. Don’t you see how insulting that is?
ANSWER:
* I know what it’s like to be a parent of a young man of color, and I’ve spoken out
unapologetically how kids who look like my son face challenges that other kids don’t.
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* We have to build a bridge between police and communities because it keeps all of us safe.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE EVENT:
YOU have addressed SiX in the past. This conference is specifically aimed at best practices and
their work in the upcoming year. Agenda attached.
There will be many progressive leaders attending this event in addition to state legislators either
as participants or in the crowd. Various advocacy groups from the labor, choice and women’s
community as well as think tanks will be presenting. Operatives from the electoral, legislative,
community organizing world will be in attendance.
American Family Voices has a business and community leader event going on during the same
time. Both are eager to hear YOUR thoughts on income inequality and the issues that need to be
worked on to combat the biggest crisis of our time.
In particular they are interested in hearing how more and more, mayors are trying to make
change considering how gridlocked the federal government is.
Mike Lux and Nick Rathod have agreed to combine their conferences for you to present as a
keynote speaker. Combined, this event will have several hundred people in attendance—more
than 200 state legislators in attendance through SiX, and an addition over 50 people attending
from AFV and representing business leaders, labor leaders, and activists from all over the
country. You will give a keynote address, take brief Q&A moderated by either Mike Lux.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS:
American Family Voices was founded in 2000 to be a strong voice for middle class and working
class families on economic, health care, and consumer issues. This conference brings together
progressive minded bankers and restaurateurs, labor leaders, entrepreneurs, online activists,
business association leaders, environmentalists and green businesses to network and build
awareness on the changing progressive movement, and to talk about how this group can work
together to support each other’s issues and institutions.
Mike Lux helped organize the DC press conference earlier this year, and released a video a few
days ago celebrating the mayor and other leaders for embracing a progressive agenda.
The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) is a resource and strategy center that supports state
legislators to advance progressive policies across the country. Their goals surround being able to
provide power and influence at a state level all across the country. SiX is the result of an
unprecedented merger of four organizations who combined forces to ensure that state legislators
are empowered with top-notch research, training, policy expertise, communications support,
political strategy and a space to network and share ideas.
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BIO INFORMATION ON PARTICIPANTS:
Raj Goyle, Chair of State Innovation Exchange
Raj Goyle is the CEO of Bodhala, a technology company in New York City. He was recently a
business and philanthropic advisor to the family office of Shelley and Donald Rubin. A Kansas
native, Raj served in the Kansas House (2006-2010), where he was the first Democrat elected in
his district and the first South Asian elected in the state. In 2010, he ran one of the strongest
campaigns in the country for election to the US House.
He served on the 2012 Obama National Finance Committee and was an early member of New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign committee. He has served both as a Senior Fellow
and a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress.
Raj is a board member of the NYC Coalition Against Hunger and NewDEAL Democrats. Raj
graduated from Duke and Harvard Law.
Nick Rathod, SiX Executive Director
Nick Rathod became executive director of the State Innovation Exchange following the merger
of PSN, CSI and ALICE. Prior to leading this organization, Nick served as the director of state
campaigns for Mayor Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety, where he oversaw legislative
campaigns around issues of gun safety and violence prevention. He also served as the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) assistant director of intergovernmental and international
affairs, where he helped build the structure of the CFPB.
Previously, Nick served as a special assistant to the President and deputy director for
intergovernmental affairs at the White House.
Mike Lux, President of American Family Voices Board of Directors & Co-Founder and
CEO of Progressive Strategies
Mike Lux is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska and is the Co-Founder and President of
Progressive Strategies, a political consulting firm he founded in 1999, and focuses on strategic
consulting for non-profits, PACs, labor unions and progressive donors.
Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Political Action at People For the American Way
(PFAW), and the PFAW Foundation, and served in the Clinton White House from January 1993
to mid-1995 as a Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison. He also played a role in
five different presidential campaign teams. In recent years, he co-founded the progressive blog
OpenLeft.com and was named to the transition team for Barack Obama.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio
State Innovation Exchange/American Family Voices Talking Points
DRAFT – 9/30/15 – 4:30pm
• Thanks and acknowledgements (draw from briefing).
• The State Innovation Exchange and American Family Voices are doing essential work at
a critical time.
• History shows us that the biggest, most important national changes in America take root
not in the city we find ourselves in today, but in the states and local communities that we
are all so honored to serve, be it through government or work in the private sector.
• I draw so much inspiration from the role that Fiorello La Guardia played in helping plant
the seeds that grew into The New Deal.
• And I don’t draw this inspiration because La Guardia and other progressives of his era
had such an easy time enacting big change.
• Just the opposite: the change that sprung from the local level involved many different
efforts and countless experiments, many of which were UN-successful.
• But setbacks and false starts weren’t deterrents for La Guardia and his progressive
contemporaries at the state and local levels.
• They had the determination and a passion for serving their constituents, but they also
understood that the ideas they tried that WERE successful would provide a blueprint for
great national leaders like Franklin Roosevelt.
• That’s exactly what happened, and it was no accident; it’s how innovation in American
government works. From the bottom up, with imagination and with grit.
• And today, there is so much great work being done in states across the country to deliver
the progressive change that our constituents are demanding.
• The people in this room are helping lead the way, and I’m so honored to be here.
• As Congress lurches from self-inflicted crisis to crisis - we barely avoided a government

shut down this week, but it looks like the solution will only last a few months – state and
local governments are taking action and getting results. Look at what has been
accomplished this year alone:
o In Connecticut, the state government passed a budget that includes more

progressive taxation to pay for things like universal pre-k and badly needed
infrastructure improvements;
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o In Oregon, lawmakers passed a measure to dramatically expand paid sick leave in
the state, so workers won’t need to choose between their health and a paycheck;
o In Nebraska – hardly a blue state – lawmakers from both parties came together to
achieve important victories on progressive criminal justice and immigration
reform initiatives;
o And in South Carolina lawmakers removed from the Statehouse grounds a flag
that was seen by so many as a symbol of hatred and bigotry.
• These are just a few examples of the great work that people in this room do every day.
Not every idea we introduce is successful – that’s not what innovation is about.
• Wayne Gretzky said that you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. In the same way,
government fails to enact 100% of the measure it fails to introduce, or push to an
executive’s desk.
• Innovation demands unrelenting drive.
• We all face challenges – from different levels of government, different parties and
sometimes from one another.
• But voters across the country are demanding progressive change. They’re calling on us
to rise to the challenge of tackling an inequality crisis that threatens so much about what
makes this country great.
• Let me tell you how we are answering that call in New York City. When I ran for
Mayor, I started with low name ID and long odds for victory.
• But while other candidates nibbled around the edges with policies that essentially
maintained the status quo, our campaign message resonated with voters because we
promised to take a fundamentally different approach – bold, progressive change to take
dead aim at rampant income inequality.
• Today, I can report -- with some scars, and a little more gray hair – that we are keeping
that promise. That has meant:
o 70,000 more 4-year olds attending free, high-quality full-day pre-k – truly
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
o The most ambitious affordable housing plan in U.S. history - 200,000 units of
affordable housing units built or preserved over a decade, with over twenty
thousand new affordable housing units last year -- the most our City has built in
25 years;
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o Nearly doubling the number of middle school afterschool slots so that our City
can provide at least 106,000 sixth through eighth graders with free, high quality
and safe afterschool this school year;
o 130 more community schools that provide comprehensive services to kids and
families of all backgrounds - everything from vision tests, to English lessons for
parents, to college and career counseling for high school students;
o Police reforms that ended a broken stop-and-frisk policy, and began a NEW era of
community policing that is empowering NYPD officers to build close ties with
the communities they serve;
o New paid-sick leave rules that to cover over half a million more New Yorkers;
o A successful push for change in our state capital to raise our minimum wage to
$15 an hour
o For the first time in our city’s history, secure a rent freeze for a million New
Yorkers;
o The introduction of IDNYC, the largest municipal ID initiative in the country –

with 500,000 New Yorkers signing up so far -- to help bring our undocumented
brothers and sisters out of the shadows;
o And creating new tools to help businesses make more responsible choices when it
comes to employee salaries and benefits. Through our Best For NYC challenge,
New York businesses can see how they stack up against more than 20,000 others
in the city when it comes to factors like wages and benefits.
• Those are just a few of the bold, progressive changes we’ve enacted in our first 21
months in office.
• We have so much more work to do to tackle inequality in New York City, but we’re
making real progress. Progress that people feel in their everyday lives. Progress that
New Yorkers are demanding.
• And I know the similar change is happening at the state and local level from coast to
coast.
• But while we in this room can do a lot, we can’t do it alone.
• We need the federal government – especially Congress - to do its part too.
• I suppose not shutting down the government can count as a step in the right direction, but
my goodness do we have a long ways to go!
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• That’s why in May, right down the street from here at the steps of the Capitol Building –
I joined with progressive leaders – Mayors and other local officials, progressive Members
of Congress, business and labor leaders, cultural luminaries – to unveil The Progressive
Agenda to Combat Income Inequality.
• The Progressive Agenda is a 14-point plan grounded in concrete proposals, but it is

guided by three simple principles:
o FIRST: Lift the Floor for Working People. That means taking steps like
strengthening the right of workers to unionize and bargain collectively, and
increasing the minimum wage so that it reaches $15/hour, while indexing it to
inflation.
o SECOND: Support Working Families. That means passing measures to

ensure paid sick and family leave, and making pre-k and afterschool
programs available for every child.
o THIRD: Tax Fairness, Rewarding WORK not just WEALTH – by doing

things like ending the “carried interest loophole” which allows hedge fund
managers escape paying their fair share, and instituting the “Buffett Rule” so that
millionaire investors don’t pay a lower rate in taxes than people who work 9-5.
• Today, The Progressive Agenda is supported by large, diverse and growing coalition.
• Thousands have signed on so far, and our numbers are growing every day.
• We’re working together to hold leaders accountable for the progressive change that our
country needs.
• I know it’s hard to expect much of anything from Congress these days… And I know
there are those who say that an agenda like this is unrealistic with the current
Congressional partisan makeup.
• But to those who say this type of change is impossible, I say this: look at the states. Look
at the cities. Look at the governments that ARE working. Look at the difference they are
making in people’s lives.
• So I’m asking the people in this room and those who may be watching at home to join
our effort and help show our friends down the road here how it’s done.
• Sign up at ProgressiveAgenda.US
• We’d be honored to have your support.
• I know not every good idea that comes from the people in this room gets off the ground.
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• No one ever said that innovative, progressive change was easy.
• But the passion and energy behind your great organizations is helping move our country
in the right direction.
• So let’s all work together and continue a great American tradition creating the most
powerful, most lasting type of change: the type that comes from communities large and
small; from experiments successful and failed; and that addresses the most urgent needs
in people’s lives.
• Thank you – keep up the good work!
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From: Gann, Georgia
To: B
Cc: Sevillia, Max; Schwartz, Regina; Zuniga, Andrea; Snyder, Thomas; geri@progressiveagenda.us; "John Del
Cecato"
Subject: USCM Baltimore Meeting
Sir-
On Saturday you will attend the USCM leadership meeting with 39 other mayors in Baltimore. The
meeting purpose is to finalize and adopt a “Mayor’s Compact” – a national bipartisan mayors
agenda to present to 2016 presidential and congressional candidates. Federal affairs, TPA and
CUIA teams worked together to suggest issue areas where you may want to shape the agenda.
Recommendation: The Compact draft was influenced by your mayors organizing and includes
key federal priorities: transportation, affordable housing, minimum wage increase, digital divide,
universal pre-kindergarten, and more. We recommend you advocate in the meeting to add the
following issues to the agenda. While it is not mission critical we recommend you call Mayor
Nutter and Mayor Cornett prior to the event to shore up their support in the room.


You may also want to strengthen the Mayor’s Compact on Comprehensive Immigration Reform,
Affordable Broadband, and Equitable Tax Policy. (More on priorities below)
Changing the bipartisan Compact requires buy-in/consent from other mayors. Mayor Nutter and
Mayor Cornett’s vocal support would almost ensure your edits would be included, because of their
longstanding USCM leadership and bipartisanship. Mayors are going to have a roundtable
discussion and go through the document issue-by-issue. Your staff is organizing mayors to be
supportive. A call from you to Mayor Nutter and Mayor Cornett will help get their buy-in.
Additionally if there is a chance that you will miss the meeting for Hurricane Joaquin, following
your call they will be prepared to advocate in your absence.
MAYOR NUTTER CELL:
TALKING POINTS
· YOU STATE you are looking forward to seeing Mayor Nutter this weekend as mayors
come together to form a common national agenda
· YOU SAY that YOU have five or six edits to ensure NYC is represented and at support
the common goal of building a bigger middle class, including:
O Resiliency and affordable flood insurance protection
O Ending sequestration
O Healthcare for 9/11 first responders and survivors (Zadroga Act)

· YOU THANK Mayor Nutter for his leadership in the fight against sequestration as USCM
president and for cosponsoring your health care and resiliency resolutions this summer.
· YOU ASK him to back your edits to add these priorities to the Mayor’s Compact.
MAYOR CORNETT CELL
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TALKING POINTS
· YOU STATE you are looking forward to seeing Mayor Cornett this weekend as mayors
come together to form a common, bipartisan national agenda
· YOU SAY that YOU have five or six edits to ensure NYC is represented and at support
the common goal of building a bigger middle class, including:
O Healthcare for 9/11 first responders (Zadroga Act).
O End sequestration
· YOU SAY The Zadroga Act, which provides health care for 9/11 first responders, is
expiring on October 1 st – Congress needs to be reminded that this is a priority.
· YOU SAY arbitrary sequestration cuts are a horrible way to budget. Mayors know this and
USCM has long-supported ending sequestration and re-vamping investment in our cities. It
is something Democrats and Republican mayors agree on and we should make this priority
clear to Washington.
· YOU ASK him to back your edits to add them to the Mayor’s Compact.
TIER 1 PRIORITIES

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our nation and both at the Presidential and
Congressional levels, it is a highly partisan issue. However, for mayors, responding to climate
change is practical and non-partisan. USCM has policy in support of actions to combat climate
change and improve resiliency. Yet, climate change and resiliency are almost glossed over in this
priorities document. This is an opportunity to reinforce that we need leadership at the federal level
to slow the impact and improve resiliency.

9/11 Health Care/Zadroga Reauthorization
The Zadroga Act expires on October 1, 2016. Intel from NYC federal leaders is that the game-
changer needed for Congress to act is to making the reauthorization a national, not just NYC issue.
Elevating the policy to the national mayors 2016 election cycle priority list furthers that goal.

End Sequestration
Move the needle of this bipartisan compact to the left by calling on the federal government to stop
cutting spending and rather focus on increasing investment. Republican Presidential candidates are
discussing ending sequestration for the military on the campaign trail, but fail to mention restoring
cuts to domestic discretionary programs like CDBG, homeless assistance and health research.

TIER 2 PRIORITIES

The draft document references immigration reforms, but fails to specifically call for comprehensive
immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. The clarification would make the immigration
stance more progressive, in line with Cities United for Immigration Action and TPA.

Closing the digital divide requires both access to affordable and high-quality broadband through
infrastructure and affordability. NYC has organized mayors around affordable Internet and had
some real wins this year, but the current draft does not include the affordability piece.
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This would push the Mayor’s Compact to be more line with TPA’s message to change the tax code
to reward work not just wealth. EITC is one of the more bipartisan tax aspects of TPA, thus the


I. Rebuild our Nation’s Transportation and Water Infrastructure, Investing in Strategic
Expansions and Targeting More Resources to Cities and Metro Areas
III. Strengthen the Federal-Local Partnership on Homeland Security and Public Safety, and Reform
Affordability
V. Expand Clean Energy Use to Grow the Economy and Protect the Environment, Using Cities as
the Deployment Platform
Investments
VIII. Spur Innovation for Improved Access to Healthcare and the Development of Local Healthy
Food Economies
X. Increase the Economic Strength of Metro Economies Through the Promotion of Trade and
Exports, and Attraction of International Tourism

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From: Hayley Prim
Sounds good
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

Thank you!! I can make any edits to homebases/Q&A/etc tonight or first thing tomorrow and send to
Emma, Phil, Karen (and of course copy all of you). Cool?
From: Hayley Prim [hayley@progressiveagenda.us]

Hi All--
Attached is memo for Friday including TPs, Q&A, etc. Will want to run this by Phil and
Emma as well. Do you want me to send to them directly, or will you guys handle that?
Also I am putting together bios for the clutch, but won't have that done until tomorrow.
That is very straight forward though-- meet and greet with 15 or so people.
Please let me know about Emma/Phil
Thanks,
Hayley
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Yes – like three short pithy talking points he can come back to no matter the question.
Some people also call it a message triangle.
I can help edit it too!


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Sorry-- can you explain the homebase part to me more? Are those just a few basic
messages you want to insure that he delivers?

Thank you!!!

Thanks Amy.
Working on this now, and will send to you by end of the day.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

Hi,
Just want to make sure you guys have the template for briefings – particularly the short
homebases that go on top of Q&A. I’ve attached an example.
Possible to send me your draft briefing by COB today and I will finalize it?
Thank you!
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Yes. Hayley is starting it and as we get info it will go around. John is lead on speech with
his staff. I will be traveling with the Mayor and Hayley will be point on site.
we will share with you when we can. I think there is a Q/A question somewhere in here.
Answer: I haven’t gotten to it yet.


yes we had a call with them and did run of show. They’re doing a walk
through and will let us know about podium etc.
Square room
290-350 people
Section for press
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They’re doing a walk through tomorrow and will get back to us on podium
and where exactly press is situated. Press will have ribbons on.
Run of show


Just to be clear, it would be Q&A from the crowd - not from

press. At least that’s my understanding.
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Cc: Mike Lux <mlux@progressivestrategies.net>,
Jillian Rucker
<JRucker@progressivestrategies.net>, John Del
Hi, Geri, below is the press release we would like to

send out today regarding the conference and Mayor
de Blasio’s keynote. Please advise at your earliest
convenience, as we would like to get this out ASAP.
Thanks,
Lauren Windsor
Executive Director - American Family Voices
@_under_current
213.595.8011
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE: Bill de Blasio to

Keynote American Family Voices Conference
Sept. 28, 2015
Contact: Jillian
Rucker, jrucker@progressivestrategies.net (202)
628-7771
Bill de Blasio to Keynote American Family

Voices Conference
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American Family Voices is convening the “Forging an
Alliance Between Progressive Leaders and Socially
Conscious Businesses” conference, in collaboration
with the State Innovation Exchange Legislator
Conference, to advance the agenda described in our
video launched yesterday, “Fairness AND Growth: the
Progressive Economic Alternative.” One of the stars
of the video, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, will
jointly address the AFV and SiX attendees. Mayor de
Blasio’s speech will be followed by a Q&A moderated
by AFV President Mike Lux. (The “Fairness and
Growth” video can be viewed here.)
Agenda
9:00-9:15 Welcome from AFV President Mike Lux
9:15-9:25 "Fairness AND Growth: the Progressive

Economic Alternative" video, introduction by AFV
Executive Director Lauren Windsor.
9:25-9:35 MaryAnne Howland, Business owner, Ibis

9:35-9:45 Molly Moon Neitzel, Business owner, Molly

Moon's Homemade Ice Cream in Seattle
9:45-10:45 Keynote Speech with New York City

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Q&A moderated by AFV
President Mike Lux
10:45-11:45 Leveraging Relationships Between

Businesses and Progressives. Moderators: Keith
Mestrich (Amalgamated), Becky Bond (Credo)
11:45-12:00 Break.
12:00-1:00 Lunch. Speakers: ReShonda Young

(Business owner, Iowa), Ben Wikler (MoveOn.org),
Damon Silvers (AFL-CIO)
1:00-2:00 Building State Power for Progressives and

Business Allies. Moderator: Amanda Ballantyne
(Mainstreet) Discussants: Samia Bahsoun (business
owner, NJ), Richard Eidlin (ASBC), Naomi Walker
(AFSCME)
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2:00-3:00 A Message that Includes Both Business
and Progressive Ideals. Moderators: Dr. Gabriela
Lemus (Progressive Congress), Khalid Pitts (Sierra
Club), Joel Silberman (Democracy Partners)
3:00-3:15 Break.
3:15-4:15 Closing session. What are our shared

issue priorities? Moderators: Stacy Mitchell (Institute
for Local Self-Reliance), Rashad Robinson (Color of
Change)
###
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
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--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
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To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato
Subject: Gale Brewer hitting us on Iowa
http://nypost.com/2015/09/30/bill-de-blasios-iowa-illusions-an-rx-for-more-new-york-blues
“It upsets me that he hasn’t done a town- hall meeting,” Manhattan Borough
President Gale Brewer told The Post. “I don’t know that going to Iowa is going to
help secure funding for affordable housing.”
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To: "geri@progressiveagenda.us"
Cc: Walzak, Phil; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"; "
Subject: Re: Thank you
Of course -- no thanks necessary!
----- Original Message -----

Cc: Walzak, Phil; John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Ariel Hayes <
Subject: Thank you
Hi Marti:
I wanted to say thank you for your work yesterday on the Reich event. I heard it went really well and
know it was a lot of your hard work.
Thank you
geri
9623
From: Geri Prado
Subject: Re: UFCW
OK. Can we get a call with Perrone in lieu of meeting him in person? Then we can meet with
Applebaum and talk to Perrone in the coming week/s. Hopefully next week of if possible?
> On Sep 30, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
>
> We have Stu set for 430 pm
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 10:00 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>> Mo money mo problems. I think we should schedule a call with him.
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Dead set about 1030.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>> On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:11 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I”m now starting to worry about the Applebaum meeting. I took another stab at Christyne to talk
to her more about this.
>>>>
>>>> If Perrone is really focused on the communications angle, I want to talk that.
>>>>
>>>> Prisca, was Perrone’s assist dead set on nothing after 1030?
>>
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To: Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: FW: BdB on CNN
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2015 6:58:57 AM
On 10/1/15, 6:17 AM, "Rebecca Katz" <rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com>

wrote:
>Boss will be on CNN at 8:35 am and 10:40 am today.

>
>The 3:30 version is set to air at 8:35am on New Day. The 5:15 version
>will air around 10:40am today. Will send a link later as well. Long
>version airs on Poppy's show Saturday & Sunday.
>
>8:30 am version will be half income inequality, half politics. More on
>income inequality in 10a piece
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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To: B
Cc: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Re: <no subject>
Haha… Okay - no problem
From: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 9:00 AM
Cc: "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 08:56 AM
To: B
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti; geri@progressiveagenda.us <geri@progressiveagenda.us>; Walzak, Phil;
Hagelgans, Andrea; Norvell, Wiley
Subject: <no subject>

Awesome CNN package! Poppy even showed the hat (live, in studio - she held it up - didn’t put it on).
The piece will be shown several more times & in greater detail - but it was a home run for TPAC - thanks
to Marti, Wiley, and the team for their help..
And since you’ll ask “what did you like about it,” I’ll say:
* Great on-message bites from you & RR on income inequality

* Nice b-roll on train with average people
* Highlighted the problems we’re facing in NYC, with powerful visual (housing development) of what we’re
doing to help combat it
* Great plug for TPAC and the agenda
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To: "John Del Cecato"
Subject: RE: <no subject>
Good!

To: Norvell, Wiley
BDB wasn’t quoted on that… I didn’t sit in on the interview - but Marti did…
Reich made a reference to economic segregation in the piece that aired this AM - but that
was all


What did he say abt school redistricting controversy?

To: B
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti; geri@progressiveagenda.us; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Norvell, Wiley
Awesome CNN package! Poppy even showed the hat (live, in studio - she held it up - didn’t put it on).

The piece will be shown several more times & in greater detail - but it was a home run for TPAC - thanks
to Marti, Wiley, and the team for their help..


* Highlighted the problems we’re facing in NYC, with powerful visual (housing development) of what we’re
doing to help combat it

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To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: "Hayley Prim"; Geri Prado; John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: Updated State Innovation Exchange Briefing
Attachments: 10-02-15 SIX AFV Conference Memo v3 AS.docx
Here’s an updated State Innovation Exchange briefing.

Hayley did all of this (thank you!!) – I just tweaked homebases and Q&A, and added some other
expected Q&A.

I did not touch remarks and don’t know the conversations that have been had there – but I might
suggest tweaking them slightly to more directly highlight how he is fighting for national change
because it will lift up New Yorkers. Just want to preempt critics a bit…

Cities can lead, but we can’t do it alone – and from infrastructure funding to immigration reform,
the policies New Yorkers need require real federal action.

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Meeting

Agenda Committee

10:45 AM-- 11:15 AM (clutch)

Washington, DC

Asm. Felix Ortiz
Asm. Michael Blake
Asm. Brian Kavanagh
Sen. Gustavo Rivera

PRESS OPEN
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EVENT PROGRAM:
Q&A concludes and YOU depart from stage and walk to donor clutch (there will be a photog)
YOU greet 10-15 donors in small clutch (30 minutes)
MBDB INTRODUCED BY: Raj Goyle, Chairman of the Board, State Innovation Exchange
HOMEBASES:
• Typical American family, in real income terms, is making less today than they were a
quarter century ago, while wealthiest 1% captured 91% of all income gains since the
Great Recession.
• Now we have the greatest income disparity since the 1920s – and it’s getting worse.
federal government to be our partners – particularly on progressive taxation.
Q&A:
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Q: What’s your relationship w/ NY state legislature & how do you work together to get things
done?
A:
* Albany can be tough to navigate, but built good relationships and got things done.
* Including Pre-K, after-school, rent regulations, new rules for developers.
Q: But you and the Governor are always at each other’s throats?
A:
*Always ready to work productively with Governor to move forward key policies for NYers.
*If NYC getting short end of stick from State, we will say so.
Q: You’ve been criticized locally for focusing too much on national politics and ignoring city.
A:
*Cities can lead but can’t do it alone.
*National partnerships vital to securing key federal funding (infrastructure, homeland security)
*And to moving forward policies like immigration reform that will lift up all New Yorkers
Q: You’ve launched an effort on inequality; how do you hope to impact the federal government
to get things moving locally?
A:
* Cities can lead but can’t do it alone - tapping into a national, grassroots movement for change
talking about closing.
* Elected officials watch what others are doing in other states, don’t want to be left behind
Q: We’re facing increasing, well-funded attacks at the state level. What are mayors seeing and
what will they be doing to address this?
A:
* Organize, organize, organize – immigration, transportation funding bill, inequality
Q: Why haven’t you endorsed Hillary or Sanders? Will you endorse after Iowa Forum?
A:
*Hillary is bringing so many progressive issues to table – tremendously capable, her vision
stronger every day, speaking about big issues that matter.
*Sanders moving issues to front that have been ignored for decades – income inequality.
*When you contrast to GOP spectacle – no comparison
Q: What do you say to advocates who criticized you for joining Strong Cities program to fight
violent extremism?
A:
*Everyone should be able to speak their mind – I welcome their thoughts
*We must be at the table in order to influence decisions and address concerns – that’s why we
joined
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*Vigilant against all forms of extremist – religion, racial, nationalistic, ideological
Q: Will you admit that white progressives use economics to obscure racism?
A:
* Economics won’t solve every problem but very important.
* Also structural racism –MUST be addressed.
* In NYC – stop/frisk, marijuana, Rikers reforms. TPA’s “invest in schools not jails” and
second-chance legislation.
Q: But you said Black Lives Matter & Blue Lives Matter. Don’t you see how insulting that is?
A:
* I know what it’s like to be a parent of a young man of color
* Spoken out unapologetically how kids who look like my son face challenges
their work in the upcoming year. Agenda attached.
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DRAFT – 9/30/15 – 4:30pm
a critical time.


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reform initiatives;
executive’s desk.
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
25 years;
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$15 an hour
Yorkers;

o And creating new tools to help businesses make more responsible choices when it
comes to employee salaries and benefits. Through our Best For NYC challenge,
New York businesses can see how they stack up against more than 20,000 others
in the city when it comes to factors like wages and benefits.
months in office.
coast.
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• The Progressive Agenda is a 14-point plan grounded in concrete proposals, but it is

guided by three simple principles:
inflation.


• Thousands have signed on so far, and our numbers are growing every day.
• We’re working together to hold leaders accountable for the progressive change that our
country needs.
• Sign up at ProgressiveAgenda.US
9638
9639
From: Geri Prado
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Adams Baker,
Marti
Subject: Re: Updated State Innovation Exchange Briefing
There are a few slight changes. I’ll send back around.

> On Oct 1, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> <10-02-15 SIX AFV Conference Memo v3_AS.docx>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil
Subject: CNN
this is a great segment. you and Reich were great. Perfect on how you tackle income inequality.
And I have to say, a good model of how CH and TPAC work well together on press with you. Thanks to
Phil, Tom and their teams.
http://money.cnn.com/video/news/economy/2015/10/01/bill-de-blasio-income-
inequality.cnnmoney/index.html
9641
To: "Geri Prado"; Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: RE: checking in on speech, Q and A, media
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2015 1:03:52 PM
Advisory saying the trip is “currently on hold” is going out shortly.

Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 1:02 PM
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Thomas Snyder
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Salazar-
Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: Re: checking in on speech, Q and A, media
It is officially on hold?
I can tell them and all the meetings but what does that mean as far as when the decision is
made? They’re going to ask follow up questions so I want to make sure to get the
information needed. Looping Tom as I will need to let the union folks et all know as well.
On Oct 1, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

We are sending an updated public schedule for today and also plan to include updated
guidance that the DC trip is on hold.

Geri – do you want to let organizers know?

From: Michael Lux [mailto:mlux@progressivestrategies.net]
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); 'Geri Prado'; Nicholas Rathod
Cc: Patty Kupfer; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Molly Noble; Peter Bailon
They called and wanted to come. Sounds like you handled it.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Lux
1250 Eye St., N.W., Suite 250
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 628-7771
A Proud Member of Democracy Partners

From: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) [mailto:SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov]
To: 'Geri Prado'; Nicholas Rathod
Cc: Michael Lux; Patty Kupfer; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Molly Noble;
Peter Bailon
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Thanks. What is the NYDN inquiry? I know they plan to cover and I gave them Patty’s
email to ensure they were RSVP’d.

To: Nicholas Rathod; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Cc: Michael Lux; Patty Kupfer; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Molly Noble;
Peter Bailon
Patty and Amy Spitalnick from CH have been in contact and I believe Amy has
with AFV too. I’m looping her in on this.
On Oct 1, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Nicholas Rathod

< wrote:
Adding our comms director Patty...
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Michael Lux

<mlux@progressivestrategies.net> wrote:
Thanks, Nick.

We heard from CNN and the NYT that they are probably coming. The
Nation and Huffpo may also be coming.

I did get an inquiry from NY Daily News but I didn’t respond because, well,
they are NY Daily News, but if you think I should respond, let me know.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Lux
(202) 628-7771

From: Nicholas Rathod [mailto:
To: Michael Lux
Cc: Geri Prado (geri@progressiveagenda.us); Hayley Prim
(hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Molly Noble; Peter Bailon
Thanks Mike. I just checked the weather and the latest models don't
have the storm hitting until Sunday so hopefully that holds.
I'll get back to you on colors of press badges but we will have
runners who will initally stand by some of our key electeds who will
ask good questions. You should then maybe turn to a couple of your
folks who you trust.
9643
I'll make sure I say its a joint speech and we can change our
advisory---apologies about that. Also, been talking to CSPAN who
is likely going to cover.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Michael Lux

<mlux@progressivestrategies.net> wrote:
Good morning everyone,
I wanted to check in on the thousand moving parts on all of this. I’m

sure there will be more stuff to figure out over the course of the day,
but here’s my list of questions right now:
1. Any sense of the weather dynamic? Is there still a good chance

the Mayor will have to stay in NYC tomorrow?
2. Nick, have you figured out the logistics on the Q and A? I

assume it will be runners and not a mic that people line up for? What
color will the press badges be? Let me know how you want all this
to work.
3. Nick, in your intro of Raj, could you make sure and mention that
this is a joint keynote speech with AFV’s Forging New Alliances
Between Business and the Progressive Movement conference?
4. We are getting questions from reporters because our press

release talked about the mayor’s speech as a joint keynote with our 2
conferences, and your press release just referred to his speech as a
keynote for your conference. Geri, I assume the mayor’s official
press release is talking about this as a speech jointly to both
conferences? How do we want to project this tomorrow in general
media-wise?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Lux
(202) 628-7771
9644
From: Geri Prado
To: Gann, Georgia
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato;
Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Caquias, Paula
I’ve got SiX, AFV
On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:10 PM, Gann, Georgia <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
On it. USCM is checking in on the capabilities in the room. I’ll report back.
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740
To: 'Geri Prado'; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us);
Gann, Georgia; Caquias, Paula
++
Georgia, DC trip is on hold due to hurricane preparedness- this means he may or may
not go – we are monitoring this closely.
Can you ask USCM if we can skype Mayor in to the room –
He says he has done this before-
Please let me know-

To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us);
I can tell them and all the meetings but what does that mean as far as when the
decision is made? They’re going to ask follow up questions so I want to make
sure to get the information needed. Looping Tom as I will need to let the union
folks et all know as well.
9645
We are sending an updated public schedule for today and also plan to
include updated guidance that the DC trip is on hold.

9646
Subject: Re: Tweet forwarded by @Marti_Adams
Hahahaha
From: "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 2:11 PM
Subject: FW: Tweet forwarded by @Marti_Adams
…..that would be you!

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Tweet forwarded by @Marti_Adams
The guy who thought to put Bill de Blasio and Robert Reich next to one another is
deliciously evil.
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/649647013492076545
Sent via TweetDeck
9647
To: Geri Prado; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Mayor and DC
Jeezuz. Is he a little snarky? Its the same f’ing storm. But if everyone is talking about storm readiness (both
Christie and cuomo ringing the bell already), we can’t both say we're getting ready for potential of a big
storm and then leave town.

To: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: Fwd: Mayor and DC
What’s my answer?
From: Michael Lux <mlux@progressivestrategies.net>

Subject: RE: Mayor and DC
Date: October 1, 2015 at 1:29:32 PM EDT
To: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, Nick Rathod
<nick@stateinnovation.org>, Patty Kupfer <patty@stateinnovation.org>, "Preethi
Raghavan" <preethi@stateinnovation.org>
Cc: "Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us)"
<hayley@progressiveagenda.us>
Totally understand, you have to do what makes sense in that situation. Question, though: we
are hearing here that Joaquin isn't even hitting Virginia until the weekend. Is there another
storm y'all are dealing with up there?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Lux
(202) 628-7771
To: Michael Lux; Nick Rathod; Patty Kupfer; Preethi Raghavan
Cc: Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us)
Subject: Mayor and DC
9648
Hi Everyone:
I’m sorry to say that due to the weather the DC, Baltimore trip is on hold. Until there is an
assessment made with a degree of certainty that the hurricane will not affect NYC he can’t
leave the city.
We’re hoping to hear back tonight but I’m letting you know to flag contingency plans.
Call me if you want but Hayley or I will be letting you know the second we know he’s
definitely coming or not.
I can’t thank you enough for everything and hope that it works out.
gp
Geri Prado
9649
To: Thornton, Demetrius; Everett, Matt; Griffith, Chantell; Da Costa, Ricky; Walzak, Phil; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
John, Roxanne; Reisman, Lisette; Leopold, Elana; Louis Espiritusanto, Jose; Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Zuniga,
Andrea; Shorris, Anthony; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Williams, Dominic;
Hagelgans, Andrea; Arslanian, Kayla; Hinton, Karen; Ko, Eunice; Wiley, Maya; Wolfe, Emma; Caquias, Paula;
"jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; "nbaldick@hilltoppublicsolutions.com"; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Subject: RE: MBDB: Weekly Planning Meeting
This is back on for 730pm
-----Original Appointment-----
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 7:55 AM
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Thornton, Demetrius; Everett, Matt; Griffith, Chantell; Da Costa, Ricky;
Walzak, Phil; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); John, Roxanne; Reisman, Lisette; Leopold, Elana; Louis
Espiritusanto, Jose; Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Zuniga, Andrea; Shorris, Anthony; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel;
John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Williams, Dominic; Hagelgans, Andrea; Arslanian, Kayla; Hinton,
Karen; Ko, Eunice; Wiley, Maya; Wolfe, Emma; Caquias, Paula; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com';
'nbaldick@hilltoppublicsolutions.com'; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Subject: MBDB: Weekly Planning Meeting
When: Thursday, October 01, 2015 7:30 PM-9:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: Gracie Mansion
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To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Geri Prado; Hinton, Karen; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us)
Cc: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Blumm, Kate
Subject: RE: Friday speech if he goes
It was in the brief I circulated this morning.

Geri – were you updating it? Can you recirc here?

Thanks!

From: Hagelgans, Andrea [mailto:AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: Geri Prado; Hinton, Karen; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us)
Cc: John Del Cecato; Phillip Walzak; Blumm, Kate; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Subject: Re: Friday speech if he goes
Can we see draft of what he is saying?

From: Geri Prado
To: Hinton, Karen; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us)
Cc: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Blumm, Kate; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
We have a TPAC ask. We can put in a second ask. I will say the whole conference is about
how federal government isn’t working and how they have to take matters into their own
hands. so if that’s the case I’d say the ask should be what they as state legislators can do
since their pleas to congress are not being heard.
On Oct 1, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
For Friday speech if he goes, is he calling on legislators to do anything?

Maybe the way to throw more light on solving NYC problems by reaching to other officials in
different parts of the country is to say something like:

NYC has an immigration problem. You can help us and yourself by calling on Congress to
xxxxxx
Or NYC needs more infrastructure repairs. You can help us and yourself by calling on
Congress to xxxxx.

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9651

9652
From: Geri Prado
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Blumm, Kate; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Attachments: 10-02-15 SIX AFV Conference Memo v3 TPAC penultimate.docx
On Oct 1, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
I would just encourage him to keep coming back to NYC examples of what NYC needs.
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:42:36 -0400
To: Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Hayley Prim
Cc: "'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Phil Walzak
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Kate
Blumm <KBlumm@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Amy Spitalnick <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>
We have a TPAC ask. We can put in a second ask. I will say the whole conference is about
how federal government isn’t working and how they have to take matters into their own
hands. so if that’s the case I’d say the ask should be what they as state legislators can do
since their pleas to congress are not being heard.
For Friday speech if he goes, is he calling on legislators to do anything?
Maybe the way to throw more light on solving NYC problems by reaching to
other officials in different parts of the country is to say something like:
9653
NYC has an immigration problem. You can help us and yourself by calling on
Congress to xxxxxx
Or NYC needs more infrastructure repairs. You can help us and yourself by
calling on Congress to xxxxx.
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9654

Meeting KEYNOTE

Agenda Committee

10:45 AM-- 11:15 AM (clutch)

Washington, DC

Asm. Felix Ortiz
Asm. Michael Blake
Sen. Gustavo Rivera

PRESS OPEN
9655

EVENT PROGRAM:
At 9:55, Raj Goyle will greet and say a few words
Q&A concludes and YOU depart from stage and walk to clutch (there will be a photog)
YOU greet 10-15 potential donors, key organization staff in small clutch (30 minutes)
HOMEBASES:
Great Recession.
Q&A:
9656
done?
A:
A:
A:
A:
A:
A:
violent extremism?
A:
joined
9657
A:
A:
their work in the states, specifically the state legislature. Agenda attached.
9658
9659
9660
DRAFT – 9/30/15 – 4:30pm 11AM Edits
a critical time.
• SiX is at the forefront of the most important innovations happening across the country.
• In this room we likely have future Governors, Senators, and even Presidents.
• But this organization is not just about the future –I know SiX realizes that when it comes
to enacting bold, progressive change, we’ve got no time to lose.
• I want to thank your great leader Nick Rathod, for building this much-needed
organization, which I know is growing and already has had great successes in just its first
year of existence.
• I also want to thank the legislators in the room who are working with SiX and taking
advantage of its great resources to help build a better country.
• And I’d like to thank the donors and other funders of SiX for understanding that states
and cities matter and are the critical backbone of the country.
• I would also like to recognize American Family Voices for the work they are doing to
support middle class families
• They have been on the ground in tough fights—from helping to orchestrate the coalition
that defeated President Bush’s Social Security Privatization in 2005, to organizing
strategic partners to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
• American Family Voices understands the importance of promoting progressive values in

their work, and fighting for economic stability for working Americans.
9661



reform initiatives;
executive’s desk.
9662
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
25 years;
$15 an hour
Yorkers;
9663
And creating new tools to help businesses make more responsible choices when it comes to
employee salaries and benefits. Through our Best For NYC challenge, New York businesses can see how
they stack up against more than30,000 others around the world when it comes to factors like wages and
benefits and learn how progressive business practices can be good for families and drive economic
competitiveness.
o
months in office.
coast.
• From infrastructure funding to immigration reform, the policies New Yorkers need
require real federal action.
• The Progressive Agenda is guided by three simple principles:
inflation.

9664
• We have hundreds of leaders who have signed on to influence federal government to

make changes to combat income equality as we do everything we can locally
• I’m asking you to sign up at ProgressiveAgenda.US but also, sign up as one of our
influencers and speak out about what you’re doing around income inequality in your
districts
9665
From: Gann, Georgia
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; "Geri Prado"; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Caquias, Paula
Attachments: ATTENDEES 32 Mayors.docx
USCM is still working on it. They hope to have an answer on plugging in remotely tomorrow
morning.

The latest RSVP list I have is attached – 32 mayors now.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; 'Geri Prado'; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Snyder, Thomas

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Gann, Georgia;
Caquias, Paula
++
Georgia, DC trip is on hold due to hurricane preparedness- this means he may or may not go – we
are monitoring this closely.
9666
Please let me know-

Rodriguez, Prisca



9667
ATTENDEES –32 MAYORS

9668
From: Geri Prado
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: We officially off?
I called through everyone. We are good.
> On Oct 1, 2015, at 9:42 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
> Off.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>> I want to give the notice to organizers of meetings and events.
>>
>> Thank you. And thank you for getting this done. Was huge.
9669
From: Gann, Georgia
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; "Geri Prado"; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Snyder, Thomas
Date: Friday, October 02, 2015 11:02:12 AM
For the Saturday Baltimore meeting, USCM will be able to provide a phone line only (no video) for
Mayor de Blasio to participate remotely.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia
Not sure if there’s something else on Sunday, but just in case this is about Saturday, USCM is still
working on the Saturday remote attendance but they think they will know tomorrow morning.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Gann, Georgia; 'Geri Prado'; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Snyder, Thomas
Any word on skype for Sunday?

From: Gann, Georgia
9670
USCM is still working on it. They hope to have an answer on plugging in remotely tomorrow
morning.

The latest RSVP list I have is attached – 32 mayors now.

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: Gann, Georgia

Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); Gann, Georgia;
Caquias, Paula
++
Georgia, DC trip is on hold due to hurricane preparedness- this means he may or may not go – we
are monitoring this closely.
Please let me know-

9671
Rodriguez, Prisca



9672
9673
9674

9675
From: Geri Prado
To: Leopold, Elana; jviguers@cityhall.nyc.org; Caquias, Paula
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato; Jon Fromowitz
Subject: Shaved down TPS
Date: Friday, October 02, 2015 12:27:47 PM
Attachments: 10-02-15 SIX AFV Conference Memo v 4.docx
9676

Meeting KEYNOTE
MISSION/GOAL: Deliver speech to SiX legislators and progressive

community operatives at the cocktail reception
MBDB TIME: 6-7:30pm

Washington, DC
# PEOPLE ATTENDING: 200
ELECTED/COMMUNITY At the conference, there will be nearly 300 state

OFFICIALS ATTENDING legislators in attendance from all 50 states including
from New York:
Asm. Felix Ortiz
Asm. Michael Blake
Sen. Gustavo Rivera

PRESS OPEN
9677
MBDB ROLE: Closing speech at 2nd day of conference

EVENT PROGRAM:
YOU arrive around 6:00 PMhold in separate room
At 6:00 PM, Raj Goyle will greet and say a few words
YOU will be speaking in a cocktail setting with a podium
YOU can then stay to meet and greet
We are working on a clutch
HOMEBASES:
Great Recession.
Q&A:
done?
A:
A:
9678
A:
A:
A:
A:
violent extremism?
A:
joined
A:
9679
A:
9680
9681
10/2/15 12:17pm
a critical time.
year of existence.

9682



reform initiatives;
executive’s desk.
9683
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
25 years;
$15 an hour
Yorkers;
9684
months in office.
coast.
of Congress- I know Congressman Keith Ellison is here and was a part of that day,
business and labor leaders, cultural luminaries – to unveil The Progressive Agenda to
Combat Income Inequality.
inflation.


9685

districts
• We’d be honored to have your support and the staff, Geri Prado, our new Executive
Director and Hayley Prim, our Political Director are in the crowd
9686
From: Geri Prado
To: Hayley Prim
Cc: Leopold, Elana; jviguers@cityhall.nyc.org; Caquias, Paula; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Jon Fromowitz;
Grybauskas, Stefan
Subject: Re: Shaved down TPS
Attachments: 10-02-15 SIX AFV Conference Memo v 5.docx
Use version 5
On Oct 2, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Hayley Prim

Hold-- we sending a slightly altered draft.
Also adding Stefan
On Friday, October 2, 2015, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
9687

Meeting KEYNOTE
MISSION/GOAL: Deliver speech to SiX legislators and progressive

community operatives at the cocktail reception
MBDB TIME: 6-7:30pm

Washington, DC
ELECTED/COMMUNITY At the conference, there will be nearly 300 state

OFFICIALS ATTENDING legislators in attendance from all 50 states including
from New York:
Asm. Felix Ortiz
Asm. Michael Blake
Sen. Gustavo Rivera

PRESS OPEN
9688
MBDB ROLE: Closing speech at 2nd day of conference

EVENT PROGRAM:
YOU arrive around 6:00 PMhold in separate room
At 6:00 PM, Raj Goyle will greet and say a few words
YOU will be speaking in a cocktail setting with a podium
YOU can then stay to meet and greet
We are working on a clutch
HOMEBASES:
Great Recession.
Q&A:
done?
A:
A:
9689
A:
A:
A:
A:
violent extremism?
A:
joined
A:
9690
A:
9691
9692
10/2/15 12:17pm
a critical time.
year of existence.

9693



reform initiatives;
executive’s desk.
9694
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
25 years;
o A push for change in our state capital to raise our minimum wage to $15 an hour
o For the first time in our city’s history, secure a rent freeze for more than a million
New Yorkers;

with more than 500,000 New Yorkers signing up so far -- to help bring our
undocumented brothers and sisters out of the shadows;
9695
months in office.
coast.
of Congress- I know Congressman Keith Ellison is here and was a part of that day,
business and labor leaders, cultural luminaries – to unveil The Progressive Agenda to
Combat Income Inequality.
inflation.


9696
districts
• We’d be honored to have your support and the staff, Geri Prado, our new Executive
Director and Hayley Prim, our Political Director are in the crowd
9697
Subject: RE: Tweet by FOX & Friends on Twitter
Attachments: image001.png
Indeed!

Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 12:47 PM
To: Gunaratna, Mahen
Subject: Re: Tweet by FOX & Friends on Twitter
On Oct 2, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Gunaratna, Mahen <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
9698
FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends)
10/2/15, 7:52 AM
NYC mayor Bill de Blasio may have broken the law during a recent TV
appearance
amp.twimg.com/v/ad4933f4-581…
Download the Twitter app
Sent from my iPhone
9699
From: Blumm, Kate
To: "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Gunaratna, Mahen
Subject: can you guys take a look
Attachments: 10 3 15 USCM Presser FRI 1219pm.doc
John – Mahen suggests you look on debt-free college – OK?

Mahen please check last bullet
9700
USCM PRESSER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
PURPOSE:
1) Stand in solidarity with bipartisan
coalition of mayors to underscore why
we as cities must fight for federal action
on host of issues
2) Emphasize what NYC has accomplished

locally and, with 2016 election
approaching, what NYC needs from the
federal government
ROLE: Remarks
SETUP: Standing at podium
PRESS: Open | SPANISH: No
AUDIENCE: Press corps
9701
9702
• Proud to stand with bipartisan group of
mayors from across country to lay out a
blueprint for the future of our cities
o Which, in many ways, means the

future of this country
• As individual cities, we can accomplish

a great deal for our own citizens
• But we must come together to break

our unified message through to
Washington:
• We ALL need federal action to be

safer, fairer cities
• Want to start by mentioning part of the

Mayors’ Compact that is tragically
current right now
9703
• We are all confronting more firearms—
and more dangerous ones—on our
streets
o Which means more potential for

tragedy, tearing apart families
• Nat’l legislators must strengthen the

background check system for the entire
country
o so that guns don’t fall into

hands that will use them for
harm
o An outcome all too real, as we

saw in Oregon two days ago
• 3,000 miles away from Roseburg, we

need this reform too
9704
• An enormous number of firearms on
NYC streets begin their journey in
states such as Virginia
o that don’t require background

checks
o And then make their way up the

“Iron Pipeline” along I-95
• Congress has the power to literally save

lives
o as the President said, to “let young

people grow up”
• And to give our young people, and all

our people, a FAIRER future
9705
• The Tale of Two Cities is not just a tale
of New York City – but of cities across
the nation
• We need to shift federal resources to

build a larger middle class in our cities,
and our entire nation
• The federal government must lift the

floor for working people
o By increasing the minimum wage
o And supporting debt-free college
• In NYC, wherever we can make a

difference for working families
without waiting for Washington, we
are:
9706
o Free, high-quality full-day Pre-K
for every 4-year-old
o Paid sick leave for hundreds of

thousands of NYers
o Securing enough affordable

housing for half a million people
• But there are commitments Washington

must make for NYC to remain the
greatest city in the world,
o And a beacon of opportunity
• #1 We need investment to literally

keep NYC moving
• Funding to arrest the decay of our

aging transportation infrastructure
9707
o The roads, bridges, and public
transit that carry millions
 Keeps our economy and our

citizens afloat
o NYC subway seeing record highs

– 6M riders in one day last year
• Current level of federal funding is

barely enough to maintain, let alone
improve to the level our people,
businesses, and visitors deserve
• #2 We must have comprehensive

immigration reform:
• NYC is a city of immigrants – home to

Ellis Island, through which millions
passed through in hopes of a better life
9708
• We owe it to our city and our nation
– and our forebears who first came
to these shores – to fix our broken
immigration system
o Bring hundreds of thousands out

of the shadows
• #3 We need the Federal Government

to raise energy standards so NYC
produces more clean energy
• This protects us against the existential

threat of climate change
o empowering us to meet our own

ambitious goal of 80x50
o AND provides good, green jobs

that grow the economy]
9709
• #3 We need Federal support to close
the digital divide
• And help make Broadband for All

initiative a reality:
o Giving every NYer access to free

or affordable broadband by 2025
o So kids in every zip code can do

homework, adults can look for job
– all have access to tools of
democracy
• Each city in this great country is its

own ecosystem, extraordinary in its
particular diversity. . .
• But we all share a common vision for a

strong nation
9710
o And we share common
representation by our federal
government
• Washington must recognize that our

nation will not be strong unless our
cities are strong
• And that their ONLY option is strong,

fast, meaningful action that will lift up
the hundreds of millions living in
America’s cities.
###
9711
From: Blumm, Kate
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: RE: can you guys take a look
Thank you

To: Blumm, Kate; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)

Would say “millions” (or “tens of millions”) instead of “hundreds of millions”

From: Blumm, Kate
To: 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Gunaratna, Mahen


9712
From: Blumm, Kate
To: Gann, Georgia; Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti;
Gross, Dan
Cc: Ozols, Alexandra; geri@progressiveagenda.us; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: LATEST USCM REMARKS
With gun violence section, other tweaks. + JDC
OPEN PRESS
USCM PRESSER
REMARKS:
· Just over 200 yrs ago in this great city, a woman [Mary
Pickersgill] sewed what would become the Star-Spangled
Banner
· Today, we convene in the spirit of its colors: to discuss

issues that aren’t red or blue – but red, white & blue
· 2016 election is a year away, but our nation’s priorities

are coming into focus right now
· Proud to stand with bipartisan group of mayors from

across country to lay out a blueprint for the future of our
cities
o Which, in many ways, means the future of this

country
· As individual cities, we can accomplish a great deal for

our own citizens
· But we must come together to break our unified message
9713
through to Washington:
· We ALL need federal action to become safer, fairer

cities
· Want to start by mentioning part of the Mayors’ Compact

that is tragically current
· All our cities are confronting more firearms—and more

dangerous ones—on our streets
o Which means more potential for tragedy, tearing

apart families
· National legislators must nationally strengthen the

background check system
o so that guns don’t fall into hands that will use

them for harm
o An outcome all too real, as we saw in Oregon two

days ago
· 3,000 miles away from Roseburg, we need this reform

too
· An enormous number of firearms on NYC streets begin

their journey in states such as Virginia – don’t require
background checks
o And then make their way up the “Iron Pipeline”

along I-95
o Where they cause unimaginable suffering
9714
· Congress has the power to literally save lives – as the
President said, to “let young people grow up”
· And to give those young people, and all our people, a

FAIRER future
· The Tale of Two Cities is not just a tale of New York

City – but of cities across the nation
· We need to shift federal resources to build a larger

middle class in our cities, and our entire country
· The federal government must lift the floor for working

people
o By increasing the minimum wage, and supporting

debt-free college
· In NYC, wherever we can make a difference for

working families without waiting for Washington, we
are:
o Free, high-quality full-day Pre-K for every 4-year-

old
o Paid sick leave for hundreds of thousands of NYers
o Securing enough affordable housing for half a

million people
· But there are commitments Washington must make for

NYC to remain the greatest city in the world,
9715
o And a beacon of opportunity
· #1 We need investment to literally keep NYC moving:
· Funding to arrest the decay of our aging

transportation infrastructure
o The roads, bridges, and public transit that carry

millions
§ Keeps our economy and our citizens afloat
o NYC subway seeing record highs – 6M riders in one

day last year
· Current level of federal funding is barely enough to

maintain, let alone improve to the level our people,
businesses, and visitors deserve
· #2 We must have comprehensive immigration reform:
· NYC is a city of immigrants – home to Ellis Island,

through which millions passed through in hopes of a
better life
· We owe it to our city and our nation – and our

forebears who first came to these shores – to fix our
broken immigration system
o Bring hundreds of thousands out of the shadows
· #3 We need the Federal Government to raise energy

standards so NYC produces more clean energy
9716
· This protects us against the existential threat of climate
change
o empowering us to meet our own ambitious goal of

80x50
o AND provides good, green jobs that grow the

economy]
· #3 We need Federal support to close the digital divide
· And help make Broadband for All initiative a reality:
o Giving every NYer access to free or affordable

broadband by 2025
o So kids in every zip code can do homework, adults

can look for job – all have access to tools of
democracy
· Each city in this great country is its own ecosystem,

extraordinary in its particular diversity. . .
· But we all share a common vision for a strong nation
o And we share common representation by our federal

government
· Washington must recognize that our nation will not be

strong unless our cities are strong
· And that their ONLY option is strong, fast, meaningful

action that will lift up the tens of millions living in
America’s cities.
9717
###

9718
From: Blumm, Kate
To: John Del Cecato; Gunaratna, Mahen
Cool thanks

To: Blumm, Kate; Gunaratna, Mahen
Subject: Re: can you guys take a look

I dig

From: "Blumm, Kate" <KBlumm@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 2:48 PM
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>


9719
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato; Thomas Snyder
Subject: DRAFT TPAC operation talking points
After many conversations with EPI, Roosevelt (per AFSCME AFT), UFCW, AFSCME,
AFT, Hanauer and individual operatives from the progressive movement as well as
my working knowledge, I'm copying a first draft operations one pager that would be
the beginning of the dLC for the left.
Booth et al are interested and I believe they would fund (minus EPI, Roosevelt and
Hanauer). Paul Booth and I have talked extensively and he wants us up and running
immediately. I've made it clear we need funding.
Perrone from UFCW wants to set up an in person meeting and wants to discuss this
(he will leave NYC discussion to Applebaum). AFT meeting was to discuss. I look
forward to your thoughts.
The Progressive Agenda Committee’s operation will:
1. Build an army of influencers- through understanding actions that need to be

taken, TPAC will target individuals who help shape debates on a myriad of issues,
but all agree on combatting income inequality to sign on. Whether they are
progressives, moderates or even conservatives we want them signing up to take
action and deliver messages through a variety of media outlets.
2. Message toolbox- many great organizations are doing important work on policy
and message research. TPAC wants to use those winning messages to create digital
and earned media toolboxes that include sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts,
press releases, talking points, letters and op-eds. TPAC will get them out the door
and in the hands of those will use them to break through the news cycle. Working in
coalition with experts, organizations to create message trainings to be used in all
settings.
3. Building a choir- TPAC works with many leaders and organizations who are
doing phenomenal work on income inequality. What if the progressive community
aimed all of its messaging with all of its messengers in unison? The impact would
change the debate and force those in charge to start taking action. TPAC will work
to organize a choir around a message calendar with messages that are proven to be
effective. This includes building an online grassroots list around income inequality to
take action through online actions.
4. Owning the news cycle- Breaking through the news cycle with stories that
illustrate and define income inequality and highlight solutions through real, current
actions going on around the country. Using digital and earned media and knowing
the pulse of reporters and opinion leaders in the digital space, TPAC aims to color
the thinking of decision makers to make change.
9720

The Progressive Agenda Committee will not replicate the good work being done by
many organizations. Instead, we want to lift up the work of many and coordinate so
we’re saying it together through the most sophisticated tools available.
9721
From: Blumm, Kate
To: Gann, Georgia; Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti;
Gross, Dan; Viguers, Jonathan
Cc: Ozols, Alexandra; geri@progressiveagenda.us; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Leopold, Elana;
Schwartz, Regina
Subject: USCM REMARKS -- 7pm
Attachments: 10 3 15 USCM Presser FRI 630pm.doc
I need to leave the office now and won’t be back online until
after midnight (appointment I absolutely can’t cancel!). This
has all of the changes we discussed on the call with the Mayor,
but needs the “impact bullets” Amy is working up—see
placeholders below.

Document is attached. Amy and Viguers, you may want to
directly add those in and not wait for me as middle man—
please just keep me looped.

Thanks,
Kate

USCM PRESSER

PURPOSE:
1) Stand in solidarity with bipartisan coalition of

mayors to underscore why we as cities must fight

for federal action on host of issues

2) Emphasize what NYC has accomplished locally and,

with 2016 election approaching, what NYC needs

from the federal government
9722
ROLE: Remarks



OPEN PRESS
USCM PRESSER

REMARKS:

· Just over 200 years ago in this great city, a woman sewed

what would become the Star-Spangled Banner
· Today, we convene in the spirit of its colors: to discuss

issues that aren’t red or blue – but red, white & blue
· The Tale of Two Cities is not just a tale of New York

City – but of cities across the nation
· Proud to stand with bipartisan group of mayors from

across country to lay out a blueprint to lift up all our

cities
o And so, too, the country – since more and more

Americans are moving TO cities
9723
· As individual cities, we can accomplish a great deal for

our own citizens
· But we must come together for our unified message to

break through to Washington
o And to all those aspiring to lead our nation in 2016

· We ALL need federal action to become safer, more

equitable cities
· Want to begin by mentioning part of the Mayors’

Compact that is tragically current
· Our cities are confronting more firearms—and more

dangerous ones—on our streets
o Which means more potential for tragedy, families

torn apart
· It is long past time for Congress must strengthen

background checks
o so that guns don’t fall into hands that will use

them for harm
o An outcome all too real, as we saw in Oregon two

days ago
· Background check reform just as vital 3,000 miles away

from Roseburg, in NYC
· 85% of firearms on NYC streets come from out of state –

often places that don’t require background checks
9724
o And then make their way up the criminal “Iron

Pipeline”, where they cause unimaginable suffering
· Congress has the power to literally save lives – as the

President said, to “let young people grow up”
· We have come together to call for this and other common

sense action by Congress
o Measures of basic fairness that recognize the dignity

in all Americans, and the opportunity they all

deserve
· One such measure: renewal of the WTC Health Program,

which Congress disgracefully let expire this week
o Despite bipartisan support!

· Congress failed to act, so 70,000 of 9/11 first responders

are on the path to abandonment
o end of federally-funded healthcare, health monitoring

· Today, I worked with bipartisan group of fellow mayors

to make renewal of the 9/11 Zadroga Act a national

priority
o To fulfill our moral obligation to those who put their

lives on the line
· In NYC, wherever we can lift up working families

without waiting for Washington, we are:
9725
o Free, high-quality full-day Pre-K for every 4-year-

old
o Paid sick leave for hundreds of thousands of NYers

o Securing affordable housing for half a million people

· But Washington must play its part

· #1 We need investment to literally keep NYC moving:

· Alleviating the continuing decay of our aging

o The roads, bridges, and public transit that carry

millions
§ Keeps our economy and our citizens afloat

· If Congress fails to act, [IMPACT BULLET]

· #2 We must have comprehensive immigration reform:

· NYC is a city of immigrants – home to Ellis Island,

through which millions passed through in hopes of a

better life
· We owe it to our city, to our nation, to our forebears who

first came to these shores to fix our broken immigration

system
o Bring hundreds of thousands out of the shadows


9726
· #3 We need the Federal Government to raise energy

standards so that NYC can produce more clean

energy
· This protects us against the existential threat of climate

change
o empowering us to meet our own ambitious goal of

80x50
o AND provides good, green jobs that grow the

economy
· If Congress fails to Act, [IMPACT BULLET]

· Each city in this great country is its own ecosystem,

extraordinary in its particular diversity. . .
· But we all share a common vision for a strong nation

· Washington must recognize that our nation will not be

strong unless our cities are strong
· And that their ONLY option is strong, fast, meaningful

action that will lift up the tens of millions living in

America’s cities.
###
9727
USCM PRESSER
PURPOSE:
we as cities must fight for federal action
on host of issues

locally and, with 2016 election
approaching, what NYC needs from the
federal government
ROLE: Remarks
9728
9729
o And so, too, the country – since
more and more Americans are
moving TO cities
• As individual cities, we can accomplish

• But we must come together for our

unified message to break through to
Washington
o And to all those aspiring to lead

our nation in 2016
• We ALL need federal action to

become safer, more equitable cities
• Want to begin by mentioning part of

the Mayors’ Compact that is tragically
current
9730
• Our cities are confronting more
firearms—and more dangerous ones—
on our streets

tragedy, families torn apart
• It is long past time for Congress must

strengthen background checks

hands that will use them for
harm
o An outcome all too real, as we saw

in Oregon two days ago
• Background check reform just as vital

3,000 miles away from Roseburg, in
NYC
9731
• 85% of firearms on NYC streets come
from out of state – often places that
don’t require background checks

criminal “Iron Pipeline”, where
they cause unimaginable suffering
• Congress has the power to literally save

lives – as the President said, to “let
young people grow up”
• We have come together to call for this

and other common sense action by
Congress
o Measures of basic fairness that

recognize the dignity in all
Americans, and the opportunity
they all deserve
9732
• One such measure: renewal of the
WTC Health Program, which Congress
disgracefully let expire this week
• Congress failed to act, so 70,000 of

9/11 first responders are on the path to
abandonment
o end of federally-funded
healthcare, health monitoring
• Today, I worked with bipartisan group

of fellow mayors to make renewal of
the 9/11 Zadroga Act a national priority
o To fulfill our moral obligation to

those who put their lives on the
line
9733
• In NYC, wherever we can lift up
working families without waiting for
Washington, we are:
o Free, high-quality full-day Pre-K

for every 4-year-old

thousands of NYers
o Securing affordable housing for

half a million people
• But Washington must play its part
• #1 We need investment to literally

keep NYC moving:
• Alleviating the continuing decay of

our aging transportation
infrastructure
9734
 Keeps our economy and our

citizens afloat
• If Congress fails to act, [IMPACT

BULLET]
• #2 We must have comprehensive

immigration reform:
• NYC is a city of immigrants – home to

• We owe it to our city, to our nation, to

our forebears who first came to these
shores to fix our broken immigration
system
9735
o Bring hundreds of thousands out
of the shadows
• If Congress fails to act, [IMPACT

BULLET]
• #3 We need the Federal Government

to raise energy standards so that
NYC can produce more clean energy
• This protects us against the existential


o AND provides good, green jobs

that grow the economy
• If Congress fails to Act, [IMPACT

BULLET]
9736
• Each city in this great country is its
own ecosystem, extraordinary in its
particular diversity. . .
• But we all share a common vision for a

strong nation
• Washington must recognize that our

nation will not be strong unless our
cities are strong
• And that their ONLY option is strong,

the tens of millions living in America’s
cities.
###
9737
From: Blumm, Kate
Cc: Gann, Georgia; Sevillia, Max; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti; Gross, Dan; Viguers,
Jonathan; Ozols, Alexandra; geri@progressiveagenda.us; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com);
Leopold, Elana; Schwartz, Regina; Arslanian, Kayla
Subject: Re: USCM REMARKS -- 7pm
+ Kayla
FROM MOBILE KATE
On Oct 2, 2015, at 7:10 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>

wrote:
I will add them in as soon as I can tonight. Still at DC event with boss.
From: Blumm, Kate

To: Gann, Georgia; Sevillia, Max; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Phillip
Walzak; Adams Baker, Marti; Gross, Dan; Viguers, Jonathan
Cc: Ozols, Alexandra; geri@progressiveagenda.us; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Leopold, Elana; Schwartz, Regina
Subject: USCM REMARKS -- 7pm
I need to leave the office now and won’t be back

online until after midnight (appointment I absolutely
can’t cancel!). This has all of the changes we
discussed on the call with the Mayor, but needs the
“impact bullets” Amy is working up—see
placeholders below.

Document is attached. Amy and Viguers, you may
want to directly add those in and not wait for me as
middle man—please just keep me looped.

Thanks,
Kate

USCM PRESSER

9738
PURPOSE:
1) Stand in solidarity with bipartisan coalition of

mayors to underscore why we as cities must

fight for federal action on host of issues


locally and, with 2016 election approaching,

what NYC needs from the federal
government

ROLE: Remarks




OPEN PRESS
USCM PRESSER

REMARKS:

· Just over 200 years ago in this great city, a

woman sewed what would become the Star-

Spangled Banner
· Today, we convene in the spirit of its colors: to

discuss issues that aren’t red or blue – but

red, white & blue

9739
· The Tale of Two Cities is not just a tale of New
York City – but of cities across the nation
· Proud to stand with bipartisan group of mayors

from across country to lay out a blueprint to lift

up all our cities
o And so, too, the country – since more and

more Americans are moving TO cities
· As individual cities, we can accomplish a great

deal for our own citizens
· But we must come together for our unified

message to break through to Washington
o And to all those aspiring to lead our nation

in 2016
· We ALL need federal action to become safer,

more equitable cities
· Want to begin by mentioning part of the Mayors’

Compact that is tragically current
· Our cities are confronting more firearms—and

more dangerous ones—on our streets
o Which means more potential for tragedy,

families torn apart
· It is long past time for Congress must strengthen

background checks
9740
o so that guns don’t fall into hands that will

use them for harm
o An outcome all too real, as we saw in

Oregon two days ago
· Background check reform just as vital 3,000

miles away from Roseburg, in NYC
· 85% of firearms on NYC streets come from out

of state – often places that don’t require

background checks
o And then make their way up the criminal

“Iron Pipeline”, where they cause

unimaginable suffering
· Congress has the power to literally save lives –

as the President said, to “let young people grow

up”
· We have come together to call for this and other

common sense action by Congress
o Measures of basic fairness that recognize the

dignity in all Americans, and the

opportunity they all deserve
· One such measure: renewal of the WTC Health

Program, which Congress disgracefully let expire

this week

9741
· Congress failed to act, so 70,000 of 9/11 first

responders are on the path to abandonment
o end of federally-funded healthcare, health

monitoring
· Today, I worked with bipartisan group of fellow

mayors to make renewal of the 9/11 Zadroga Act

a national priority
o To fulfill our moral obligation to those who

put their lives on the line
· In NYC, wherever we can lift up working

families without waiting for Washington, we

are:
o Free, high-quality full-day Pre-K for every

4-year-old
o Paid sick leave for hundreds of thousands of

NYers
o Securing affordable housing for half a

million people

· #1 We need investment to literally keep NYC

moving:
· Alleviating the continuing decay of our aging

9742
o The roads, bridges, and public transit that

carry millions
§ Keeps our economy and our citizens

afloat

· #2 We must have comprehensive immigration

reform:
· NYC is a city of immigrants – home to Ellis

Island, through which millions passed through in

hopes of a better life
· We owe it to our city, to our nation, to our

forebears who first came to these shores to fix

our broken immigration system
o Bring hundreds of thousands out of the

shadows

· #3 We need the Federal Government to raise

energy standards so that NYC can produce

more clean energy
· This protects us against the existential threat of

climate change
o empowering us to meet our own ambitious

goal of 80x50
9743
o AND provides good, green jobs that grow

the economy
· If Congress fails to Act, [IMPACT BULLET]

· Each city in this great country is its own

ecosystem, extraordinary in its particular

diversity. . .
· But we all share a common vision for a strong

nation
· Washington must recognize that our nation will

not be strong unless our cities are strong
· And that their ONLY option is strong, fast,

meaningful action that will lift up the tens of

millions living in America’s cities.
###
9744
To: B
Yes. No reason not to be.
He got a book plug, which is what he's (rightly) focused on right now
On Oct 2, 2015, at 10:24 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Do you assume Reich will be ok about it?

To: B
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti; 'geri@progressiveagenda.us' <geri@progressiveagenda.us>;
Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Norvell, Wiley

True… And unfortunate… But Poppy always considered you to be more of
the story…

Cc: "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "'geri@progressiveagenda.us'"
<geri@progressiveagenda.us>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Norvell, Wiley"
<WNorvell@cityhall.nyc.gov>
The version I saw was long but really gave very little attention to Reich. And he was
really good in the interview. Strange

To: B
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti; geri@progressiveagenda.us <geri@progressiveagenda.us>;
Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Norvell, Wiley

Awesome CNN package! Poppy even showed the hat (live, in studio - she held it up - didn’t
put it on).
9745
The piece will be shown several more times & in greater detail - but it was a home run for
TPAC - thanks to Marti, Wiley, and the team for their help..

* Highlighted the problems we’re facing in NYC, with powerful visual (housing development)
of what we’re doing to help combat it
9746
9747
deficient bridges than McDonald's in entire country
+NYC alone has over 160 bridges over 100 years old
If Congress fails on comprehensive immigration reform, immigrants

and our economy both left behind - for ex, every month NY loses
$1.5M in additional tax revenue that would be generated if 100,000
immigrants were able to access temporary work.
Last sequestration, over 3,000 NYC families nearly lost their Section
8 housing vouchers. Consequences of next sequestration could be
much worse.
USCM PRESSER
PURPOSE:
we as cities must fight for federal
action on host of issues

2) Emphasize what NYC has

accomplished locally and, with 2016
election approaching, what NYC needs
from the federal government
ROLE: Remarks
9748
OPEN PRESS
USCM PRESSER
REMARKS:
· Just over 200 years ago in this great city,

a woman sewed what would become the
Star-Spangled Banner
· Today, we convene in the spirit of its

colors: to discuss issues that aren’t red
or blue – but red, white & blue
· The Tale of Two Cities is not just a tale

of New York City – but of cities across
the nation
· Proud to stand with bipartisan group of

mayors from across country to lay out a
blueprint to lift up all our cities
o And so, too, the country – since

more and more Americans are
moving TO cities
· As individual cities, we can accomplish

· But we must come together for our

unified message to break through to
Washington
9749
o And to all those aspiring to lead our
nation in 2016
· We ALL need federal action to

become safer, more equitable cities
· Want to begin by mentioning part of the

Mayors’ Compact that is tragically
current
· Our cities are confronting more firearms

—and more dangerous ones—on our
streets

tragedy, families torn apart
· It is long past time for Congress must

strengthen background checks
o so that guns don’t fall into hands

that will use them for harm
o An outcome all too real, as we saw

in Oregon two days ago
· Background check reform just as vital

3,000 miles away from Roseburg, in
NYC
· 85% of firearms on NYC streets come

from out of state – often places that don’t
require background checks
9750
criminal “Iron Pipeline”, where they
cause unimaginable suffering
· Congress has the power to literally save

lives – as the President said, to “let
young people grow up”
· We have come together to call for this

and other common sense action by
Congress
o Measures of basic fairness that

recognize the dignity in all
Americans, and the opportunity
they all deserve
· One such measure: renewal of the WTC

Health Program, which Congress
disgracefully let expire this week
· Congress failed to act, so 70,000 of 9/11

first responders are on the path to
abandonment
o end of federally-funded healthcare,

health monitoring
· Today, I worked with bipartisan group of

fellow mayors to make renewal of the
9/11 Zadroga Act a national priority
9751
o To fulfill our moral obligation to
those who put their lives on the line
· In NYC, wherever we can lift up

working families without waiting for
Washington, we are:
o Free, high-quality full-day Pre-K for

every 4-year-old

thousands of NYers
o Securing affordable housing for half

a million people
· #1 We need investment to literally

keep NYC moving:
· Alleviating the continuing decay of

our aging transportation
infrastructure

§ Keeps our economy and our

citizens afloat
In NYC alone, 160 bridges are over 100 years old.
· If Congress fails to act, projects like Woodhaven
9752
bus rapid transit will stall
subway delays will only increase from 15,000/month

NYC commutes will only grow from 74 hrs/year in traffic.
· #2 We must have comprehensive

immigration reform:
· NYC is a city of immigrants – home to

· We owe it to our city, to our nation, to

our forebears who first came to these
shores to fix our broken immigration
system
o Bring hundreds of thousands out of

the shadows
· If Congress fails to act, immigrants and our

economy will both be left behind
Every month NY loses $1.5M in additional tax revenue that

would be generated if 100,000 immigrants were able to
access temporary work.
· #3 We need the Federal Government

to raise energy standards so that NYC
can produce more clean energy
9753
· This protects us against the existential

o AND provides good, green jobs that

grow the economy
· Each city in this great country is its own

ecosystem, extraordinary in its particular
diversity. . .
· But we all share a common vision for a

strong nation
· Washington must recognize that our

nation will not be strong unless our cities
are strong
· And that their ONLY option is strong,

the tens of millions living in America’s
cities.
###
9754
From: Blumm, Kate
Cc: Gann, Georgia; Sevillia, Max; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti; Gross, Dan; Viguers,
Jonathan; Ozols, Alexandra; geri@progressiveagenda.us; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com);
Leopold, Elana; Schwartz, Regina; Arslanian, Kayla
Subject: Re: USCM REMARKS -- 7pm
Thanks Amy! Me or Kayla will format ASAP.
FROM MOBILE KATE
On Oct 2, 2015, at 11:43 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Here's with impacts (which fed affairs have reviewed). I've also included
full bullets on impacts that we have in mayor briefing and on card. Sorry
for formatting!
If Congress fails to pass common sense gun laws, out-

of-state guns will continue to flow to NYC streets; 85%
of guns now on our street from other states.
If Congress fails to renew Zadroga, 70,000 first

responders who were there for NYC on 9/11 will lose
health care.
If Congress fails to pass long-term highway bill:

- projects like Woodhaven bus rapid transit will stall
- subway delays will only increase from 15,000/month
- NYC commutes will only grow from 74 hrs/year in
traffic.
Other good infrastructure factoids:

+in country's over 100 metro areas alone, more
structurally deficient bridges than McDonald's in entire
country
+NYC alone has over 160 bridges over 100 years old
If Congress fails on comprehensive immigration reform,

immigrants and our economy both left behind - for ex,
every month NY loses $1.5M in additional tax revenue
that would be generated if 100,000 immigrants were
able to access temporary work.
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Last sequestration, over 3,000 NYC families nearly lost
their Section 8 housing vouchers. Consequences of next
sequestration could be much worse.
USCM PRESSER
PURPOSE:
1) Stand in solidarity with
bipartisan coalition of mayors
to underscore why we as
cities must fight for federal
action on host of issues

2) Emphasize what NYC has

accomplished locally and, with
2016 election approaching,
what NYC needs from the
federal government
ROLE: Remarks
OPEN PRESS
USCM PRESSER
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REMARKS:
· Just over 200 years ago in this

great city, a woman sewed what
would become the Star-Spangled
Banner
· Today, we convene in the spirit

of its colors: to discuss issues
that aren’t red or blue – but
red, white & blue
· The Tale of Two Cities is not

just a tale of New York City –
but of cities across the nation
· Proud to stand with bipartisan

group of mayors from across
country to lay out a blueprint to
lift up all our cities
o And so, too, the country –

since more and more
Americans are moving TO
cities
· As individual cities, we can

accomplish a great deal for our
own citizens
· But we must come together for

our unified message to break
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through to Washington
o And to all those aspiring to

lead our nation in 2016
· We ALL need federal action to

become safer, more equitable
cities
· Want to begin by mentioning

part of the Mayors’ Compact
that is tragically current
· Our cities are confronting more

firearms—and more dangerous
ones—on our streets
o Which means more

potential for tragedy,
families torn apart
· It is long past time for Congress

must strengthen background
checks

hands that will use them
for harm
o An outcome all too real, as

we saw in Oregon two days
ago
· Background check reform just
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as vital 3,000 miles away from
Roseburg, in NYC
· 85% of firearms on NYC streets

come from out of state – often
places that don’t require
background checks
o And then make their way up

the criminal “Iron
Pipeline”, where they cause
unimaginable suffering
· Congress has the power to

literally save lives – as the
President said, to “let young
people grow up”
· We have come together to call

for this and other common sense
action by Congress
o Measures of basic fairness

that recognize the dignity in
all Americans, and the
opportunity they all deserve
· One such measure: renewal of

the WTC Health Program, which
Congress disgracefully let expire
this week
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· Congress failed to act, so 70,000
of 9/11 first responders are on
the path to abandonment
o end of federally-funded
healthcare, health
monitoring
· Today, I worked with bipartisan

group of fellow mayors to make
renewal of the 9/11 Zadroga Act
a national priority
o To fulfill our moral

obligation to those who put
their lives on the line
· In NYC, wherever we can lift

up working families without
waiting for Washington, we
are:
o Free, high-quality full-day

Pre-K for every 4-year-old
o Paid sick leave for hundreds

of thousands of NYers
o Securing affordable housing

for half a million people
· But Washington must play its

part
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· #1 We need investment to
literally keep NYC moving:
· Alleviating the continuing

decay of our aging
o The roads, bridges, and

public transit that carry
millions
§ Keeps our economy and

our citizens afloat
In NYC alone, 160 bridges are over 100 years old.
· If Congress fails to act, projects like

Woodhaven bus rapid transit will stall
subway delays will only increase from

15,000/month

NYC commutes will only grow from 74 hrs/year in

traffic.
· #2 We must have
comprehensive immigration
reform:
· NYC is a city of immigrants –

home to Ellis Island, through
which millions passed through in
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hopes of a better life
· We owe it to our city, to our

nation, to our forebears who first
came to these shores to fix our
broken immigration system
o Bring hundreds of thousands

out of the shadows
· If Congress fails to act, immigrants

and our economy will both be left behind
Every month NY loses $1.5M in additional tax

revenue that would be generated if 100,000
immigrants were able to access temporary work.
· #3 We need the Federal

Government to raise energy
standards so that NYC can
produce more clean energy
· This protects us against the

existential threat of climate
change
o empowering us to meet our

own ambitious goal of
80x50
o AND provides good, green

jobs that grow the economy
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· Each city in this great country is
its own ecosystem, extraordinary
in its particular diversity. . .
· But we all share a common

vision for a strong nation
· Washington must recognize that

our nation will not be strong
unless our cities are strong
· And that their ONLY option is

strong, fast, meaningful action
that will lift up the tens of
millions living in America’s
cities.
###
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From: Caquias, Paula
To: B; Leopold, Elana
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"; "geri@progressiveagenda.us";
"hayley@progressiveagenda.us"
Subject: Re: MINI SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2015
Date: Saturday, October 03, 2015 10:50:16 AM
Will do. Thank you.
From: B
Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2015 10:45 AM
To: Caquias, Paula; Leopold, Elana
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'; 'geri@progressiveagenda.us';
'hayley@progressiveagenda.us'
Subject: Re: MINI SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2015
I need a TPA strategy call on the way back from Baltimore today after the scheduling call. Need tom,
phil, JDC, geri, hayley -- or any combination available. 4pm or after. Pls set up

To: B; FLONYC
Subject: MINI SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2015

CITY OF NEW YORK
Saturday, October 03, 2015
WEATHER: Hi of 56. Low of 54. Showers/Wind

ATTIRE: Business

9:00 - 12:00 ATTEND THE USCM 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITIES MEETING
Location: Hilton Baltimore Hotel, 401 West Pratt Street
Staff Lead: Georgia Gann
Telephone:

12:15 - 1:00 REMARKS AT USCM PRESS CONFERENCE
Location: Hilton Baltimore Hotel, 401 West Pratt Street
Staff Lead: Georgia Gann
Telephone

1:30 - 5:30 DEPART BALTIMORE TO VIA CAR
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Travel Time: 4 Hrs.
Car: MBdB, Jonathan Viguers

2:30 - 3:30 WEEKLY SCHEDULING REVIEW CALL
Call In #:
Code #:

5:30 - 6:00
Location:
6:00 -6:30 TRAVEL FROM TO GRACIE MANSION

Travel Time: 30 Mins.

10:00 - 5:00 FYI- GRACIE SQUARE ART SHOW: CELEBRATING 43 YEARS OF ART IN THE
PARK
Location: Carl Schurz Park
CITY HALL STEPS PRESS CONFERENCES

No Scheduled Press Conference
FLONYC SCHEDULE

9:00 - 10:00 WORKOUT
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To: "John Del Cecato"; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; Geri Prado; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us)
Subject: RE: TPA CALL
Date: Saturday, October 03, 2015 12:02:21 PM
We will keep it at 4PM then. Thanks

To: Caquias, Paula; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; Geri Prado; Hayley Prim
(hayley@progressiveagenda.us)
Subject: Re: TPA CALL

I may have some commotion in the background but I’ll make it work

From: "Caquias, Paula" <PCaquias@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 11:23 AM
To: "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John
Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, Hayley Prim
Subject: TPA CALL

Call is set for today at 4PM. Please let me know is this time does not work.

Calendar invite has been sent.

Thank you
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To: B
Cc: Geri Prado; Williams Dominic
Subject: Sander Levin op-ed in Politico
Date: Saturday, October 03, 2015 12 56:32 PM
Thoughtful take on TPP…
====
What’s still wrong with the TPP

The trade deal could be a powerful lever to improve worker rights and fix some of NAFTA’s mistakes. It’s not there yet.
By SANDER LEVIN
Trade negotiators are meeting right now in Atlanta to continue work on the Trans-Pacific
Partnership agreement, a sweeping new trade deal that would cover a dozen countries that
represent 40 percent of the world’s GDP. One of the many sticking points relates to
automobile manufacturing—specifically a complicated numbers-based arrangement known
as the “Rules of Origin,” which entangled the last round of TPP negotiations in late July.
The rules would set the benchmark for how much of any given product—whether an auto
part or a finished vehicle—must come from TPP nations to be covered by the trade
agreement.
The intensity of the controversy around the “Rules of Origin” reflects the economic
importance of the automotive industry to the United States and the other countries
involved in the negotiations. Japan, for instance, wants a loose rule, allowing its
manufacturers to source cheaper inputs from Thailand or China, instead of from TPP
countries. I support a strong rule, which ensures that the benefits of the agreement accrue
to the countries that are part of the agreement.
To fully appreciate what’s at stake, it’s worth looking at what has occurred in auto
manufacturing since another major trade deal: NAFTA. In the two decades since it took
effect, a major integration of the U.S. and Mexican auto industries has occurred, and
Mexico has become the seventh largest producer of vehicles worldwide. By the end of this
year, Mexico will send to the U.S. more vehicles than Canada or even Japan. Its strength
has become a trade challenge for the U.S.: When NAFTA was negotiated, the U.S. had a
trade surplus with Mexico which some predicted would continue. Today, the U.S. trade
deficit with Mexico in cars, trucks, and automotive parts is over $63 billion per year.
Mexico’s comparative advantage in auto manufacturing is significantly constructed on the

fact that Mexican industrial workers are paid 1/5th as much as their American
counterparts, or less. They do so in a system where the laws are in violation of
international worker rights standards and where the system is thoroughly stacked against
workers.
That status quo has been locked in for 20 years as U.S. jobs have left for Mexico and U.S.
wages have felt downward pressure from this unfair competition. And while there are
efforts in American collective bargaining agreements to minimize this impact today, there
is no reason to think the trend will change unless there are some fundamental changes
brought about by the TPP.
I SPENT THREE days in Mexico in August, and what I found graphically illustrated how
entrenched is the system, and how out of compliance it is with the obligation to provide
for basic, internationally recognized labor rights.
There are two major obstacles standing in between workers and rights in Mexico:
protection agreements and labor boards. A protection agreement is a device to protect a
company from any real union or collective bargaining agreement. Workers have no say in
the terms of these agreements, often constructed before a company has any employees.
And when employees have
complaints or violations to report, those are taken to the labor board—where the
employer, the government, and the phony union established by the protection agreement
work in collusion, leading to a corrupt system.
In theory, TPP could be a powerful lever to change this. The agreement includes
enforceable worker rights and environmental standards that were first negotiated in an
agreement on May 10th, 2007, by House Democrats. But the simple inclusion of this
language, known as the May 10th Agreement, isn’t enough—the example of Mexico shows
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that countries must bring their laws and practices into compliance before Congress votes
on TPP.
Unfortunately, the Mexican government officials I met, while acknowledging that some of
these changes require changes to their constitution, insist that they be done outside of the
context of the TPP negotiations. And our own government waited far too long to begin
discussions with Mexico on what changes would be required to bring their laws into
compliance.
How should we resolve these issues? The answer reflects in part one’s approach to
globalization.
If you believe the advantages of trade and globalization are so beneficial in themselves
that they will work out problems on their own, then you’re satisfied with the status quo. In
effect, you’re relying on the 19th-century Ricardo model of comparative advantage, or an
international version of "trickle down" economics.
On the other hand, you can also see trade agreements as a tool to shape globalization and
raise standards. This is the approach House Democrats have been taking; that’s why we
drafted the May 10th Agreement. That 2007 agreement also addressed the availability of
medicines, finding a balance between protection of intellectual property and the ability of
poorer citizens to have access to needed medicines, including generics of all types.
Several of these issues still remain unresolved in the TPP. It will not work to nibble
around the edges on these issues or others that need a real resolution. I left Mexico a few
weeks ago worried about industrial workers unrepresented or misrepresented and those
harassed or worse when they tried to raise their voices. And the continued
impoverishment of the agricultural workers whom I met who are paid a tiny fraction of
what we in the US pay every day for the fruits of their labors.
It also certainly won’t work to nibble around the edges in Vietnam or Malaysia. Workers
in Vietnam get thrown in jail for organizing, where the single national “union” and the
Communist party are one and the same. The plight of the 4 million migrant workers in
Malaysia, many laboring without any protection or rights in a form of indentured
servitude, is well-documented and a point of tremendous controversy since the State
Department mistakenly decided to upgrade Malaysia in its human trafficking report—
without evidence of significant changes on the ground—to satisfy the requirements to
“fast-track” TPP in Congress.
All of these and some others raise the basic question of whether the TPP will be built
around meaningful standards as the basis of international competition. It is not enough to
say “settle for less now, and use the dispute settlement system to bring systemic change
later.” Such an approach validates and solidifies the status quo.
WHEN CONGRESS IS presented with the deal, it will only get one vote – an up-or-
down, yes-or-no judgment on the deal. We won’t be able to strike provisions we don’t like,
or send it back to the negotiating table.
That’s why it matters so much what negotiators are pushing for now. Imagine if 20 years
ago we had insisted that Mexico change its labor laws and our two economies had
integrated on the basis of rising standards. Now we have a chance. The Administration
likes to say that TPP offers an opportunity to renegotiate NAFTA, but we are still far from
that goal. Our negotiators shouldn’t be rushing to finish the deal while these very
important issues remain unresolved.
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The stakes are too high for American workers. International trade and competition can
and must be built on a more human condition for all of us.
Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich) is Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means,
which has sole jurisdiction over trade policy in the House.
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To: hayley@progressiveagenda.us; geri@progressiveagenda.us; Almonte, Catherine; Snyder, Thomas; Leopold,
Elana; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Walzak, Phil
Subject: TPA CALL
please dial in. mayor would like to speak to whoever is available from this group
TPA CALL
Scheduled: Saturday, Oct 3, 2015 from 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Location: Dial-in Number: Meeting ID:
Invitees: Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us) , Geri Prado , Almonte,
Catherine , Snyder, Thomas , Leopold, Elana , Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca , John Del
Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com) , Walzak, Phil
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Subject: TPA CALL
appreciate the patience!
TPA CALL
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Subject: TPA CALL
interview over. should be dialing soon.
TPA CALL
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To: Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Not quite sure
Date: Sunday, October 04, 2015 8:56:14 AM
I think this is right - although he will say that he doesn’t want us to

wait for other groups… But your logic is correct…
One question: ATF = Americans for Tax Fairness = liberal advocacy group?
On 10/3/15, 11:37 PM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>If this is what he wanted but please review:

>
>Per the request here was what was laid out. I would like to say this
>needs more discussion as the success of the forum is the most important
>thing. Success can be measured by key media outlets attending. They will
>attend if prominent sponsors, top tier candidates attend
>- we will ask university of Iowa to be the marquee and sole host of a
>forum on income inequality. We will do the work behind the scenes.
>- if they agree we will send out invites immediately
>- if they do not want to we will go to a variety of organizations with
>venues to ask them. List coming soon.
>- after we lock in the date and announce we will work to get co sponsors
>(I believe it will be difficult to do this once announced as many large
>organizations or groups will want to invite from the beginning and push
>their brand but we will work hard to get some. Same with electeds.
>- invites will go to both sides.
>
>I have several worries about this approach as I believe it is hard to
>negotiate with potential sponsors after the announcement.
>
>Candidates will want to know that media is guaranteed or close to
>guaranteed. Outlets will want to know there are prominent sponsors and
>that some top tier candidates are committed.
>
>Absent that they will want something new and fresh about this forum as
>income inequality is currently the center of the debate in Iowa,
>nationally.
>
>I would suggest:
>
>Allowing us to follow through with the ask for ATF.
>In the meantime we ask Joseph Stiglitz to participate whether at Simpson
>or U if Iowa. We announce his participation in addition to the invite or
>shortly after and ask him to find a conservative colleague we invite
>later.
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Snyder, Thomas
Date: Sunday, October 04, 2015 8:31:15 PM
yes.
> On Oct 4, 2015, at 8:30 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> We should just sat Evil instead of Reasonable
>
>>
>> Sorry- reform. norquist. i confused it with anti-norquest
>>
>>> On Oct 4, 2015, at 8:56 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think this is right - although he will say that he doesn’t want us to
>>> wait for other groups… But your logic is correct…
>>>
>>> One question: ATF = Americans for Tax Fairness = liberal advocacy group?
>>>
>>>> On 10/3/15, 11:37 PM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If this is what he wanted but please review:
>>>>
>>>> Per the request here was what was laid out. I would like to say this
>>>> needs more discussion as the success of the forum is the most important
>>>> thing. Success can be measured by key media outlets attending. They will
>>>> attend if prominent sponsors, top tier candidates attend
>>>> - we will ask university of Iowa to be the marquee and sole host of a
>>>> forum on income inequality. We will do the work behind the scenes.
>>>> - if they agree we will send out invites immediately
>>>> - if they do not want to we will go to a variety of organizations with
>>>> venues to ask them. List coming soon.
>>>> - after we lock in the date and announce we will work to get co sponsors
>>>> (I believe it will be difficult to do this once announced as many large
>>>> organizations or groups will want to invite from the beginning and push
>>>> their brand but we will work hard to get some. Same with electeds.
>>>> - invites will go to both sides.
>>>>
>>>> I have several worries about this approach as I believe it is hard to
>>>> negotiate with potential sponsors after the announcement.
>>>>
>>>> Candidates will want to know that media is guaranteed or close to
>>>> guaranteed. Outlets will want to know there are prominent sponsors and
>>>> that some top tier candidates are committed.
>>>>
>>>> Absent that they will want something new and fresh about this forum as
>>>> income inequality is currently the center of the debate in Iowa,
>>>> nationally.
>>>>
>>>> I would suggest:
>>>>
>>>> Allowing us to follow through with the ask for ATF.
>>>> In the meantime we ask Joseph Stiglitz to participate whether at Simpson
>>>> or U if Iowa. We announce his participation in addition to the invite or
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>>>> shortly after and ask him to find a conservative colleague we invite
>>>> later.
>>
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From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: John Del Cecato
yes. but i have to say i think it’s going to be hard for us to get groups.
And for the record- it was hard before last week. Last week made it close to impossible. I’m not one to
lay down and die on this but two things are important: the sole personality driven will continue to dog
us. it’s not a big deal that he’s founder, prominent, etc. It’s that he’s the only one out front. true for
both his re-elect and TPAC. Second, I’m having a hard time pushing forward w/the forum in iowa as is
with the damage this is doing to him politically. Again, was true before last week. I realize that’s not my
lane, but as an operative it’s almost malpractice not to take a breath and have a conversation with the
staff brain trust.
I get he wants this to happen but I think we need to consider different ways of getting to what he
wants without the cost it’s levying on him.
my two cents
> On Oct 4, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
> So is it Norquist?
>
>
>>
>> yes- Freudian slip.
>>
>>> On Oct 4, 2015, at 8:28 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ah - Americans for Tax *Reform*
>>>
>>>> On Oct 4, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> grover norquist.
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 4, 2015, at 8:56 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this is right - although he will say that he doesn’t want us to
>>>>> wait for other groups… But your logic is correct…
>>>>>
>>>>> One question: ATF = Americans for Tax Fairness = liberal advocacy group?
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/3/15, 11:37 PM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If this is what he wanted but please review:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Per the request here was what was laid out. I would like to say this
>>>>>> needs more discussion as the success of the forum is the most important
>>>>>> thing. Success can be measured by key media outlets attending. They will
>>>>>> attend if prominent sponsors, top tier candidates attend
>>>>>> - we will ask university of Iowa to be the marquee and sole host of a
>>>>>> forum on income inequality. We will do the work behind the scenes.
>>>>>> - if they agree we will send out invites immediately
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>>>>>> - if they do not want to we will go to a variety of organizations with
>>>>>> venues to ask them. List coming soon.
>>>>>> - after we lock in the date and announce we will work to get co sponsors
>>>>>> (I believe it will be difficult to do this once announced as many large
>>>>>> organizations or groups will want to invite from the beginning and push
>>>>>> their brand but we will work hard to get some. Same with electeds.
>>>>>> - invites will go to both sides.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have several worries about this approach as I believe it is hard to
>>>>>> negotiate with potential sponsors after the announcement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Candidates will want to know that media is guaranteed or close to
>>>>>> guaranteed. Outlets will want to know there are prominent sponsors and
>>>>>> that some top tier candidates are committed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Absent that they will want something new and fresh about this forum as
>>>>>> income inequality is currently the center of the debate in Iowa,
>>>>>> nationally.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would suggest:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Allowing us to follow through with the ask for ATF.
>>>>>> In the meantime we ask Joseph Stiglitz to participate whether at Simpson
>>>>>> or U if Iowa. We announce his participation in addition to the invite or
>>>>>> shortly after and ask him to find a conservative colleague we invite
>>>>>> later.
>>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Subject: Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached
Date: Monday, October 05, 2015 8:38:39 AM
ATLANTA — The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday
agreed to the largest regional trade accord in history, a potentially precedent-
setting model for global commerce and worker standards that would tie
together 40 percent of the world’s economy, from Canada and Chile to Japan
and Australia.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership still faces months of debate in Congress and will
inject a new flash point into both parties’ presidential contests.
But the accord — a product of nearly eight years of negotiations, including five
days of round-the-clock sessions here — is a potentially legacy-making
achievement for President Obama, and the capstone for his foreign policy
“pivot” toward closer relations with fast-growing eastern Asia, after years of
American preoccupation with the Middle East and North Africa.
Mr. Obama spent recent days contacting world leaders to seal the deal.
Administration officials have repeatedly pressed their contention that the
partnership would build a bulwark against China’s economic influence, and allow
the United States and its allies — not Beijing — to set the standards for Pacific
commerce.
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From: Sevillia, Max
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media);
Bennett, Rob; Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: POLITICO: Landmark free-trade agreement reached in Atlanta
I'm following media reports on this. Bernie Sanders already expressing opposition.
My understanding is that for the past month the negotiations have been about
resolving some outstanding issues (auto parts, patent protections, some ag issues),
and not about rehashing some of the agreements already in place - many of which
MBdB was troubled by.
Max Sevillia, Esq.

Director
1301 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Suite 350
Tel. (202) 624-5906
Cell.
msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov

On Oct 5, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Adams Baker, Marti <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Should say he looks forward to reviewing, or something similar
Agreement isn't out yet

Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 09:18 AM
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com) <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>;
Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti

White House was very unhappy w us on this, so unless we have something nice
to say about any improvements I'd suggest not doing a proactive stmt.
If he's asked at 10am presser can say he's reviewing final agreement.

To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen;
Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Phillip Walzak; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti
Subject: RE: POLITICO: Landmark free-trade agreement reached in Atlanta
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Yes, thanks I should have included IGA. Also adding Tom

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen;
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter

++

Need to understand final deal and if it represents improvement in our opinion.

Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob
Cc: Phillip Walzak; Kadushin, Peter
Subject: FW: POLITICO: Landmark free-trade agreement reached in Atlanta

Should consider putting something out from him since he was vocal on it before as
part of TPA
Jdc?

From: Clips
Subject: POLITICO: Landmark free-trade agreement reached in Atlanta

Landmark free-trade agreement reached in Atlanta
POLITICO - Staff
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/landmark-free-trade-agreement-reached-in-
atlanta-214421

Negotiators from the United States, Canada and 10 other Pacific-Rim nations
have cinched the biggest trade deal in recent history, setting the stage for a vote
in Congress early next year.

The landmark free-trade agreement, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was
reached in Atlanta following nine days of talks that went through the night
Saturday as trade officials broke a deadlock over the length of monopoly
protections for new, cutting-edge drugs.

Supporters say the pact would tear down barriers to trade and raise labor and
environmental standards among nations that represent about 40 percent of world
economic output. It must be approved by Congress in an up-or-down vote, as
well as by the governments of 11 other countries.
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From: Geri Prado
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Spitalnick Amy (OMB); Hagelgans Andrea; Hinton Karen; Rodriguez Tobias (Media); Bennett Rob; Sevillia Max; Wolfe Emma; Walzak Phil;
Kadushin Peter; Snyder Thomas; Adams Baker Marti; Williams Dominic
I’ve asked a few orgs that are focused on this- unions/enviros and will send what they give me.
On Oct 5, 2015, at 10:49 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:

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Problem is that we haven’t seen the text - and probably won’t for a while, is my guess…
The White House will spin a few stories about how it’s much improved - but we should wait until we can evaluate/talk to our partners

Date: Monday, October 5, 2015 at 9:18 AM
To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Rodriguez, Tobias (Media)" <tobrodriguez@digital.nyc.gov>, "Bennett, Rob"
<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max" <msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Phillip Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Snyder, Thomas"
<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>
White House was very unhappy w us on this, so unless we have something nice to say about any improvements I'd suggest not
doing a proactive stmt.

To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media);
Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett,
Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma
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To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob
Should consider putting something out from him since he was vocal on it before as part of TPA
Jdc?
From: Clips
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POLITICO - Staff
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/landmark-free-trade-agreement-reached-in-atlanta-214421
Negotiators from the United States, Canada and 10 other Pacific-Rim nations have cinched the biggest trade
deal in recent history, setting the stage for a vote in Congress early next year.
The landmark free-trade agreement, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was reached in Atlanta following
nine days of talks that went through the night Saturday as trade officials broke a deadlock over the length of
monopoly protections for new, cutting-edge drugs.
Supporters say the pact would tear down barriers to trade and raise labor and environmental standards
among nations that represent about 40 percent of world economic output. It must be approved by Congress
in an up-or-down vote, as well as by the governments of 11 other countries.
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To: Zuniga, Andrea; Sevillia, Max; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: Schwartz, Regina; Geri Prado
Subject: Re: Mayor"s Compact
Our position is pretty clear… And I know USCM mostly leans pro-TPP (although certainly not everyone)…
From: "Zuniga, Andrea" <AZuniga@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: "Sevillia, Max" <msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gann, Georgia" <GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: "Schwartz, Regina" <RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: RE: Mayor's Compact
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Looping in comms and JDC – in the event we need to distance ourselves from USCM compact on
Wednesday

From: Sevillia, Max
To: Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia

Georgia briefed MBdB. She will respond asap as she is in meetings with Commissioner Been now.

Trade was a big deal for former USCM President Johnson. The importance of the issue may have
changed now that USCM has new leadership. I’ve already reached out to Baltimore Mayor Rawlings
Blake’s team to find out her stance on the issue, and what her plans may be on trade re the
Compact. I will circle back as soon as I hear back.

From: Zuniga, Andrea
To: Sevillia, Max; Gann, Georgia

Even if there wasn’t discussion, was there an opportunity to flag this for him on the ground?

I am worried that based on his last public comments, we will need to distance ourselves if USCM
tries to use it to make a TPP push
- http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/nyregion/de-blasio-calls-trans-pacific-partnership-a-huge-
mistake.html?_r=0

And do you know if they plan to make a TPP push?

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From: Sevillia, Max

We have to circle back with USCM on the final doc. There wasn’t resolution when we were there.

I wouldn’t expect the trade section to have changed. There was no discussion of that. But will circle
back.

The big unveiling of the document is this WED at the Press Club.


Is there a final version of the Mayor’s Compact?

And did trade stay in as-is? I am concerned about TPP ramifications

When does it come out publicly?

Subject: Mayor's Compact

Just wanted to add my two cents re: the compact

In section II (educate and train), I’m worried there will be efforts to change the word “reform” to
“expand” re: H-1B
The Mayor should object to this change if it is raised- there have been a number of incidents were
employers used the H-1b program to lay-off hundreds of workers and replace them with lower paid
H-1B workers (and forcing the laid-off worker to train their own replacement and sign non-
disclosure agreements in order to collect their severance pay- truly atrocious) and if such efforts are
made I would recommend he push back with recent lay-offs at Toys R Us, Southern California Edison
and Walt Disney World

In Section III, Immigration reform – the employment verification bullet is listed twice and the phrase
is mentioned in the first bullet (this raises a red flag for me because a number of immigration
advocacy groups object to E-verify- which all though the document does not name, it implies). It
would be helpful to add the word “fairly” to the bullet that repeats because there are a number of
incidents were employers misuse E-Verify to improperly and discriminatorily screen pre-hires and
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have used E-Verify to re-verify workers in attempts to squash organizing drives.

In Section X (trade)- do we have to say “support” in the first bullet- replacing “support” with
“improve” or striking the entire bullet would be better because we came out against the last trade
deal

Also any chance to add pro-workers rights language would be great J

Andrea Zuniga
Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of the Mayor
azuniga@cityhall.nyc.gov
Office: 212-341-9085
Cell: 917-847-6593

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From: Geri Prado
To: Hagelgans Andrea
Cc: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick Amy (OMB); Hinton Karen; Rodriguez Tobias (Media); Bennett Rob; Sevillia Max; Wolfe Emma; Walzak Phil; Kadushin Peter;
Snyder Thomas; Adams Baker Marti; Williams Dominic; Zuniga Andrea
Clearly this is one angle but here is something from the AFLCIO
For Immediate Release October 5, 2015 Contact: Carolyn Bobb, 202-637-5018
World to See How Bad TPP Is After Final Deal Reached
After negotiators reached a final deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
made the following statement:
We are disappointed that our negotiators rushed to conclude the TPP in Atlanta, given all the concerns that have
been raised by American stakeholders and members of Congress. The Administration had a hard time reaching
this deal for good reasons: it appears that many problematic concessions were made in order to finalize the deal.
We ask the Administration to release the text immediately, and urge legislators to exercise great caution in
evaluating the TPP. As we’ve said, rushing through a bad deal will not bring economic stability to working
families, nor will it bring confidence that our priorities count as much as those of global corporations. We will
evaluate the details carefully and work to defeat this corporate trade deal if it does not measure up.
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Statement online here: http://www.aflcio.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/World-to-See-How-Bad-TPP-Is-After-Final-
Deal-Reached
On Oct 5, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
Word is that it’s not better and Orrin Hatch may be issuing a statement to that extent. He was a co-
sponsor of TPA. Andi, maybe we should talk to Celeste. Let me know what you think.
On Oct 5, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
My understanding is US conf of mayors coming out with compact on Wed that may in essence support tpp. Could
put us in a bind. Andie has details
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia,
Max; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams, Dominic; Geri Prado
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To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hinton,
Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Rodriguez, Tobias (Media)" <tobrodriguez@digital.nyc.gov>, "Bennett,
Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max" <msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
Cc: Phillip Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Snyder,
Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>
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To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media);
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Jdc?
From: Clips

POLITICO - Staff
Negotiators from the United States, Canada and 10 other Pacific-Rim nations have cinched the
biggest trade deal in recent history, setting the stage for a vote in Congress early next year.
The landmark free-trade agreement, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was reached in Atlanta
following nine days of talks that went through the night Saturday as trade officials broke a deadlock
over the length of monopoly protections for new, cutting-edge drugs.
among nations that represent about 40 percent of world economic output. It must be approved by
Congress in an up-or-down vote, as well as by the governments of 11 other countries.
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To: "Geri Prado"; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma; Walzak,
Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams, Dominic; Zuniga, Andrea
If helpful...

USTR NEWS
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
www.ustr.gov Washington, D.C. 20508
For Immediate Release

October 5, 2015
SUMMARY OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
On October 5, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries –
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,
Singapore, United States, and Vietnam – announced conclusion of their negotiations. The
result is a high-standard, ambitious, comprehensive, and balanced agreement that will
promote economic growth; support the creation and retention of jobs; enhance innovation,
productivity and competitiveness; raise living standards; reduce poverty in our countries; and
promote transparency, good governance, and enhanced labor and environmental protections.
We envision conclusion of this agreement, with its new and high standards for trade and
investment in the Asia Pacific, as an important step toward our ultimate goal of open trade
and regional integration across the region.
KEY FEATURES
Five defining features make the Trans-Pacific Partnership a landmark 21st-century

agreement, setting a new standard for global trade while taking up next-generation issues.
These features include:
· Comprehensive market access. The TPP eliminates or reduces tariff and non-
tariff barriers across substantially all trade in goods and services and covers the
full spectrum of trade, including goods and services trade and investment, so as to
create new opportunities and benefits for our businesses, workers, and consumers.
· Regional approach to commitments. The TPP facilitates the development of

production and supply chains, and seamless trade, enhancing efficiency and
supporting our goal of creating and supporting jobs, raising living standards,
enhancing conservation efforts, and facilitating cross-border integration, as well as
opening domestic markets.
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· Addressing new trade challenges. The TPP promotes innovation, productivity,
and competitiveness by addressing new issues, including the development of the
digital economy, and the role of state-owned enterprises in the global economy.
· Inclusive trade. The TPP includes new elements that seek to ensure that
economies at all levels of development and businesses of all sizes can benefit
from trade. It includes commitments to help small- and medium-sized businesses
understand the Agreement, take advantage of its opportunities, and bring their
unique challenges to the attention of the TPP governments. It also includes
specific commitments on development and trade capacity building, to ensure that
all Parties are able to meet the commitments in the Agreement and take full
advantage of its benefits.
· Platform for regional integration. The TPP is intended as a platform for

regional economic integration and designed to include additional economies
across the Asia-Pacific region.
SCOPE
· The TPP includes 30 chapters covering trade and trade-related issues,

beginning with trade in goods and continuing through customs and trade
facilitation; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; technical barriers to trade; trade
remedies; investment; services; electronic commerce; government procurement;
intellectual property; labour; environment; ‘horizontal’ chapters meant to ensure
that TPP fulfils its potential for development, competitiveness, and inclusiveness;
dispute settlement, exceptions, and institutional provisions.
· In addition to updating traditional approaches to issues covered by previous

free trade agreements (FTAs), the TPP incorporates new and emerging trade
issues and cross-cutting issues. These include issues related to the Internet and
the digital economy, the participation of state-owned enterprises in international
trade and investment, the ability of small businesses to take advantage of trade
agreements, and other topics.
· TPP unites a diverse group of countries – diverse by geography, language and

history, size, and levels of development. All TPP countries recognize that
diversity is a unique asset, but also one which requires close cooperation,
capacity-building for the lesser-developed TPP countries, and in some cases
special transitional periods and mechanisms which offer some TPP partners
additional time, where warranted, to develop capacity to implement new
obligations.
SETTING REGIONAL TRADE RULES
Below is a summary of the TPP’s 30 chapters. Schedules and annexes are attached to the
chapters of the Agreement related to goods and services trade, investment, government
procurement, and temporary entry of business persons. In addition, the State-Owned
Enterprises chapter includes country-specific exceptions in annexes.
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1. Initial Provisions and General Definitions
Many TPP Parties have existing agreements with one another. The Initial Provisions and
General Definitions Chapter recognizes that the TPP can coexist with other international trade
agreements between the Parties, including the WTO Agreement, bilateral, and regional
agreements. It also provides definitions of terms used in more than one chapter of the
Agreement.
2. Trade in Goods
TPP Parties agree to eliminate and reduce tariffs and non-tariff barriers on industrial goods,
and to eliminate or reduce tariffs and other restrictive policies on agricultural goods. The
preferential access provided through the TPP will increase trade between the TPP countries in
this market of 800 million people and will support high-quality jobs in all 12 Parties. Most
tariff elimination in industrial goods will be implemented immediately, although tariffs on
some products will be eliminated over longer timeframes as agreed by the TPP Parties. The
specific tariff cuts agreed by the TPP Parties are included in schedules covering all goods.
The TPP Parties will publish all tariffs and other information related to goods trade to ensure
that small- and medium-sized businesses as well as large companies can take advantage of
the TPP. They also agree not to use performance requirements, which are conditions such as
local production requirements that some countries impose on companies in order for them to
obtain tariff benefits. In addition, they agree not to impose WTO-inconsistent import and
export restrictions and duties, including on remanufactured goods – which will promote
recycling of parts into new products. If TPP Parties maintain import or export license
requirements, they will notify each other about the procedures so as to increase transparency
and facilitate trade flows.
On agricultural products, the Parties will eliminate or reduce tariffs and other restrictive
policies, which will increase agricultural trade in the region, and enhance food security. In
addition to eliminating or reducing tariffs, TPP Parties agree to promote policy reforms,
including by eliminating agricultural export subsidies, working together in the WTO to
develop disciplines on export state trading enterprises, export credits, and limiting the
timeframes allowed for restrictions on food exports so as to provide greater food security in
the region. The TPP Parties have also agreed to increased transparency and cooperation on
certain activities related to agricultural biotechnology.
3. Textiles and Apparel
The TPP Parties agree to eliminate tariffs on textiles and apparel, industries which are
important contributors to economic growth in several TPP Parties’ markets. Most tariffs will
be eliminated immediately, although tariffs on some sensitive products will be eliminated
over longer timeframes as agreed by the TPP Parties. The chapter also includes specific rules
of origin that require use of yarns and fabrics from the TPP region, which will promote
regional supply chains and investment in this sector, with a “short supply list” mechanism
that allows use of certain yarns and fabrics not widely available in the region. In addition,
the chapter includes commitments on customs cooperation and enforcement to prevent duty
evasion, smuggling and fraud, as well as a textile-specific special safeguard to respond to
serious damage or the threat of serious damage to domestic industry in the event of a sudden
surge in imports.
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4. Rules of Origin
To provide simple rules of origin, promote regional supply chains, and help ensure the TPP
countries rather than non-participants are the primary beneficiaries of the Agreement, the 12
Parties have agreed on a single set of rules of origin that define whether a particular good is
“originating” and therefore eligible to receive TPP preferential tariff benefits. The product-
specific rules of origin are attached to the text of the Agreement. The TPP provides for
“accumulation,” so that in general, inputs from one TPP Party are treated the same as
materials from any other TPP Party, if used to produce a product in any TPP Party. The TPP
Parties also have set rules that ensure businesses can easily operate across the TPP region, by
creating a common TPP-wide system of showing and verifying that goods made in the TPP
meet the rules of origin. Importers will be able to claim preferential tariff treatment as long
as they have the documentation to support their claim. In addition, the chapter provides the
competent authorities with the procedures to verify claims appropriately.
5. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation
Complementing their WTO efforts to facilitate trade, the TPP Parties have agreed on rules to
enhance the facilitation of trade, improve transparency in customs procedures, and ensure
integrity in customs administration. These rules will help TPP businesses, including small-
and medium-sized businesses, by encouraging smooth processing in customs and border
procedures, and promote regional supply chains. TPP Parties have agreed to transparent
rules, including publishing their customs laws and regulations, as well as providing for
release of goods without unnecessary delay and on bond or ‘payment under protest’ where
customs has not yet made a decision on the amount of duties or fees owed. They agree to
advance rulings on customs valuation and other matters that will help businesses, both large
and small, trade with predictability. They also agree to disciplines on customs penalties that
will help ensure these penalties are administered in an impartial and transparent manner. Due
to the importance of express shipping to business sectors including small- and medium-sized
companies, the TPP countries have agreed to provide expedited customs procedures for
express shipments. To help counter smuggling and duty evasion, the TPP Parties agree to
provide information, when requested, to help each other enforce their respective customs
laws.
6. Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures
In developing SPS rules, the TPP Parties have advanced their shared interest in ensuring
transparent, non-discriminatory rules based on science, and reaffirmed their right to protect
human, animal or plant life or health in their countries. The TPP builds on WTO SPS rules
for identifying and managing risks in a manner that is no more trade restrictive than
necessary. TPP Parties agree to allow the public to comment on proposed SPS measures to
inform their decision-making, and to ensure traders understand the rules they will need to
follow. They agree that import programmes are based on the risks associated with
importations, and that import checks are carried out without undue delay. The Parties also
agree that emergency measures necessary for the protection of human, animal, or plant life or
health may be taken provided that the Party taking them notifies all other Parties. The Party
adopting an emergency measure will review the scientific basis of that measure within six
months and make available the results of these reviews to any Party on request. In addition,
TPP Parties commit to improve information exchange related to equivalency or
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regionalisation requests and to promote systems-based audits to assess the effectiveness of
regulatory controls of the exporting Party. In an effort to rapidly resolve SPS matters that
emerge between them, they have agreed to establish a mechanism for consultations between
governments.
7. Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
In developing TBT rules, the TPP Parties have agreed on transparent, non-discriminatory
rules for developing technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures,
while preserving TPP Parties’ ability to fulfill legitimate objectives. They agree to cooperate
to ensure that technical regulations and standards do not create unnecessary barriers to trade.
To reduce costs for TPP businesses, especially small businesses, TPP Parties agree to rules
that will facilitate the acceptance of the results of conformity assessment procedures from the
conformity assessment bodies in the other TPP Parties, making it easier for companies to
access TPP markets. Under the TPP, Parties are required to allow for the public to comment
on proposed technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures to
inform their regulatory processes and to ensure traders understand the rules they will need to
follow. They also will ensure a reasonable interval between publication of technical
regulations and conformity assessment procedures, and their entry into force, so that
businesses have sufficient time to meet the new requirements. In addition, the TPP includes
annexes related to regulation of specific sectors to promote common regulatory approaches
across the TPP region. These sectors are cosmetics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals,
information and communications technology products, wine and distilled spirits, proprietary
formulas for prepackaged foods and food additives, and organic agricultural products.
8. Trade Remedies
The Trade Remedies chapter promotes transparency and due process in trade remedy
proceedings through recognition of best practices, but does not affect the TPP Parties’ rights
and obligations under the WTO. The chapter provides for a transitional safeguard
mechanism, which allows a Party to apply a transitional safeguard measure during a certain
period of time if import increases as a result of the tariff cuts implemented under the TPP
cause serious injury to a domestic industry. These measures may be maintained for up to two
years, with a one-year extension, but must be progressively liberalized if they last longer
than a year. Parties imposing safeguard measures must follow notification and consultation
requirements. The chapter also sets out rules requiring that a TPP Party applying a
transitional safeguard measure provide mutually-agreed compensation. The Parties may not
impose more than one of the safeguards allowed under TPP on the same product at the same
time. The Parties may not impose a transitional safeguard measure on any product imported
under a TPP tariff rate quota, and may exclude TPP products from a WTO safeguard
measure if such imports are not a cause or threat of serious injury.
9. Investment
In establishing investment rules, the TPP Parties set out rules requiring non-discriminatory
investment policies and protections that assure basic rule of law protections, while protecting
the ability of Parties’ governments to achieve legitimate public policy objectives. TPP
provides the basic investment protections found in other investment-related agreements,
including national treatment; most-favored-nation treatment; “minimum standard of
treatment” for investments in accordance with customary international law principles;
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prohibition of expropriation that is not for public purpose, without due process, or without
compensation; prohibition on “performance requirements” such as local content or
technology localization requirements; free transfer of funds related to an investment, subject
to exceptions in the TPP to ensure that governments retain the flexibility to manage volatile
capital flows, including through non-discriminatory temporary safeguard measures (such as
capital controls) restricting investment-related transfers in the context of a balance of
payments crisis or the threat thereof, and certain other economic crises or to protect the
integrity and stability of the financial system; and freedom to appoint senior management
positions of any nationality.
TPP Parties adopt a “negative-list” basis, meaning that their markets are fully open to foreign
investors, except where they have taken an exception (non-conforming measure) in one of
two country-specific annexes: (1) current measures on which a Party accepts an obligation
not to make its measures more restrictive in the future and to bind any future liberalization,
and (2) measures and policies on which a Party retains full discretion in the future.
The chapter also provides for neutral and transparent international arbitration of investment
disputes, with strong safeguards to prevent abusive and frivolous claims and ensure the right
of governments to regulate in the public interest, including on health, safety, and
environmental protection. The procedural safeguards include: transparent arbitral
proceedings, amicus curiae submissions, non-disputing Party submissions; expedited review
of frivolous claims and possible award of attorneys’ fees; review procedure for an interim
award; binding joint interpretations by TPP Parties; time limits on bringing a claim; and rules
to prevent a claimant pursuing the same claim in parallel proceedings.
10. Cross-Border Trade in Services
Given the growing importance of services trade to TPP Parties, the 12 countries share an
interest in liberalized trade in this area. TPP includes core obligations found in the WTO and
other trade agreements: national treatment; most-favoured nation treatment; market access,
which provides that no TPP country may impose quantitative restrictions on the supply of
services (e.g., a limit on the number of suppliers or number of transactions) or require a
specific type of legal entity or joint venture; and local presence, which means that no country
may require a supplier from another country to establish an office or affiliate, or to be
resident, in its territory in order to supply a service. TPP Parties accept these obligations on a
“negative-list basis,” meaning that their markets are fully open to services suppliers from
TPP countries, except where they have taken an exception (non-conforming measure) in one
of two country-specific annexes attached to the Agreement : (1) current measures on which a
Party accepts an obligation not to make its measures more restrictive in the future, and to
bind any future liberalisation, and (2) sectors and policies on which a country retains full
discretion in the future.
TPP Parties also agree to administer measures of general application in a reasonable,

objective, and impartial manner; and to accept requirements for transparency in the
development of new services regulations. Benefits of the chapter can be denied to shell
companies and to a service supplier owned by non-Parties with which a TPP Party prohibits
certain transactions. TPP Parties agree to permit free transfer of funds related to the cross-
border supply of a service. In addition, the chapter includes a professional services annex
encouraging cooperative work on licensing recognition and other regulatory issues, and an
annex on express delivery services.
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11. Financial Services
The TPP Financial Services chapter will provide important cross-border and investment
market access opportunities, while ensuring that Parties will retain the ability to regulate
financial markets and institutions and to take emergency measures in the event of crisis. The
chapter includes core obligations found in other trade agreements, including: national
treatment; most-favored nation treatment; market access; and certain provisions under the
Investment chapter, including the minimum standard of treatment. It provides for the sale of
certain financial services across borders to a TPP Party from a supplier in another TPP Party
rather than requiring suppliers to establish operations in the other country in order to sell their
service – subject to registration or authorization of cross-border financial services suppliers of
another TPP Party in order to help assure appropriate regulation and oversight. A supplier of
a TPP Party may provide a new financial service in another TPP market if domestic
companies in that market are allowed to do so. TPP Parties have country-specific exceptions
to some of these rules in two annexes attached to the TPP: (1) current measures on which a
Party accepts an obligation not to make its measures more restrictive in the future and to bind
any future liberalization, and (2) measures and policies on which a country retains full
discretion in the future.
TPP Parties also set out rules that formally recognize the importance of regulatory procedures
to expedite the offering of insurance services by licensed suppliers and procedures to achieve
this outcome. In addition, the TPP includes specific commitments on portfolio management,
electronic payment card services, and transfer of information for data processing.
The Financial Services chapter provides for the resolution of disputes relating to certain
provisions through neutral and transparent investment arbitration. It includes specific
provisions on investment disputes related to the minimum standard of treatment, as well as
provisions requiring arbitrators to have financial services expertise, and a special State-to-
State mechanism to facilitate the application of the prudential exception and other exceptions
in the chapter in the context of investment disputes. Finally, it includes exceptions to
preserve broad discretion for TPP financial regulators to take measures to promote financial
stability and the integrity of their financial system, including a prudential exception and
exception of non-discriminatory measures in pursuit of monetary or certain other policies.
12. Temporary Entry for Business Persons
The Temporary Entry for Business Persons chapter encourages authorities of TPP Parties to
provide information on applications for temporary entry, to ensure that application fees are
reasonable, and to make decisions on applications and inform applicants of decisions as
quickly as possible. TPP Parties agree to ensure that information on requirements for
temporary entry are readily available to the public, including by publishing information
promptly and online if possible, and providing explanatory materials. The Parties agree to
ongoing cooperation on temporary entry issues such as visa processing. Almost all TPP
Parties have made commitments on access for each other’s business persons, which are in
country-specific annexes.
13. Telecommunications
TPP Parties share an interest in ensuring efficient and reliable telecommunications networks
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in their countries. These networks are critical to companies both large and small for
providing services. TPP’s pro-competitive network access rules cover mobile suppliers. TPP
Parties commit to ensure that major telecommunications services suppliers in their territory
provide interconnection, leased circuit services, co-location, and access to poles and other
facilities under reasonable terms and conditions and in a timely manner. They also commit,
where a license is required, to ensure transparency in regulatory processes and that
regulations do not generally discriminate against specific technologies. And they commit to
administer their procedures for the allocation and use of scarce telecommunications
resources, including frequencies, numbers and rights-of-way, in an objective, timely,
transparent and non-discriminatory manner. TPP Parties recognize the importance of relying
on market forces and commercial negotiations in the telecommunications sector. They also
agree that they may take steps to promote competition in international mobile roaming
services and facilitate the use of alternatives to roaming. TPP Parties agree that, if a Party
chooses to regulate rates for wholesale international mobile roaming services, that Party shall
permit operators from the TPP countries that do not regulate such rates the opportunity to
also benefit from the lower rates.
14. Electronic Commerce
In the Electronic Commerce chapter, TPP Parties commit to ensuring free flow of the global
information and data that drive the Internet and the digital economy, subject to legitimate
public policy objectives such as personal information protection. The 12 Parties also agree
not to require that TPP companies build data centers to store data as a condition for operating
in a TPP market, and, in addition, that source code of software is not required to be
transferred or accessed. The chapter prohibits the imposition of customs duties on electronic
transmissions, and prevents TPP Parties from favoring national producers or suppliers of
such products through discriminatory measures or outright blocking. To protect consumers,
TPP Parties agree to adopt and maintain consumer protection laws related to fraudulent and
deceptive commercial activities online and to ensure that privacy and other consumer
protections can be enforced in TPP markets. Parties also are required to have measures to
stop unsolicited commercial electronic messages. To facilitate electronic commerce, the
chapter includes provisions encouraging TPP Parties to promote paperless trading between
businesses and the government, such as electronic customs forms; and providing for
electronic authentication and signatures for commercial transactions. A number of
obligations in this chapter are subject to relevant non-conforming measures of individual TPP
members. The 12 Parties agree to cooperate to help small- and medium-sized business take
advantage of electronic commerce, and the chapter encourages cooperation on policies
regarding personal information protection, online consumer protection, cybersecurity threats
and cybersecurity capacity.
15. Government Procurement

TPP Parties share an interest in accessing each other’s large government procurement
markets through transparent, predictable, and non-discriminatory rules. In the Government
Procurement chapter, TPP Parties commit to core disciplines of national treatment and non-
discrimination. They also agree to publish relevant information in a timely manner, to allow
sufficient time for suppliers to obtain the tender documentation and submit a bid, to treat
tenders fairly and impartially, and to maintain confidentiality of tenders. In addition, the
Parties agree to use fair and objective technical specifications, to award contracts based
solely on the evaluation criteria specified in the notices and tender documentation, and to
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establish due process procedures to question or review complaints about an award. Each
Party agrees to a positive list of entities and activities that are covered by the chapter, which
are listed in annexes.
16. Competition Policy
TPP Parties share an interest in ensuring a framework of fair competition in the region
through rules that require TPP Parties to maintain legal regimes that prohibit anticompetitive
business conduct, as well as fraudulent and deceptive commercial activities that harm
consumers.
TPP Parties agree to adopt or maintain national competition laws that proscribe
anticompetitive business conduct and work to apply these laws to all commercial activities in
their territories. To ensure that such laws are effectively implemented, TPP Parties agree to
establish or maintain authorities responsible for the enforcement of national competition laws,
and adopt or maintain laws or regulations that proscribe fraudulent and deceptive commercial
activities that cause harm or potential harm to consumers. Parties also agree to cooperate, as
appropriate, on matters of mutual interest related to competition activities. The 12 Parties
agree to obligations on due process and procedural fairness, as well as private rights of action
for injury caused by a violation of a Party’s national competition law. In addition, TPP
Parties agree to cooperate in the area of competition policy and competition law enforcement,
including through notification, consultation and exchange of information. The chapter is not
subject to the dispute settlement provisions of the TPP, but TPP Parties may consult on
concerns related to the chapter.
17. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Designated Monopolies
All TPP Parties have SOEs, which often play a role in providing public services and other
activities, but TPP Parties recognize the benefit of agreeing on a framework of rules on
SOEs. The SOE chapter covers large SOEs that are principally engaged in commercial
activities. Parties agree to ensure that their SOEs make commercial purchases and sales on
the basis of commercial considerations, except when doing so would be inconsistent with any
mandate under which an SOE is operating that would require it to provide public services.
They also agree to ensure that their SOEs or designated monopolies do not discriminate
against the enterprises, goods, and services of other Parties. Parties agree to provide their
courts with jurisdiction over commercial activities of foreign SOEs in their territory, and to
ensure that administrative bodies regulating both SOEs and private companies do so in an
impartial manner. TPP Parties agree to not cause adverse effects to the interests of other TPP
Parties in providing non-commercial assistance to SOEs, or injury to another Party’s
domestic industry by providing non-commercial assistance to an SOE that produces and sells
goods in that other Party’s territory. TPP Parties agree to share a list of their SOEs with the
other TPP Parties and to provide, upon request, additional information about the extent of
government ownership or control and the non-commercial assistance they provide to SOEs.
There are some exceptions from the obligations in the chapter, for example, where there is a
national or global economy emergency, as well as country-specific exceptions that are set out
in annexes.
18. Intellectual Property
TPP’s Intellectual Property (IP) chapter covers patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial
designs, geographical indications, trade secrets, other forms of intellectual property, and
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enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as areas in which Parties agree to
cooperate. The IP chapter will make it easier for businesses to search, register, and protect IP
rights in new markets, which is particularly important for small businesses.
The chapter establishes standards for patents, based on the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement and
international best practices. On trademarks, it provides protections of brand names and other
signs that businesses and individuals use to distinguish their products in the marketplace.
The chapter also requires certain transparency and due process safeguards with respect to the
protection of new geographical indications, including for geographical indications recognized
or protected through international agreements. These include confirmation of understandings
on the relationship between trademarks and geographical indications, as well as safeguards
regarding the use of commonly used terms.
In addition, the chapter contains pharmaceutical-related provisions that facilitate both the
development of innovative, life-saving medicines and the availability of generic medicines,
taking into account the time that various Parties may need to meet these standards. The
chapter includes commitments relating to the protection of undisclosed test and other data
submitted to obtain marketing approval of a new pharmaceutical or agricultural chemicals
product. It also reaffirms Parties’ commitment to the WTO’s 2001 Declaration on the TRIPS
Agreement and Public Health, and in particular confirms that Parties are not prevented from
taking measures to protect public health, including in the case of epidemics such as
HIV/AIDS.
In copyright, the IP chapter establishes commitments requiring protection for works,

performances, and phonograms such as songs, movies, books, and software, and includes
effective and balanced provisions on technological protection measures and rights
management information. As a complement to these commitments, the chapter includes an
obligation for Parties to continuously seek to achieve balance in copyright systems through
among other things, exceptions and limitations for legitimate purposes, including in the
digital environment. The chapter requires Parties to establish or maintain a framework of
copyright safe harbors for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These obligations do not permit
Parties to make such safe harbors contingent on ISPs monitoring their systems for infringing
activity.
Finally, TPP Parties agree to provide strong enforcement systems, including, for example,
civil procedures, provisional measures, border measures, and criminal procedures and
penalties for commercial-scale trademark counterfeiting and copyright or related rights
piracy. In particular, TPP Parties will provide the legal means to prevent the misappropriation
of trade secrets, and establish criminal procedures and penalties for trade secret theft,
including by means of cyber-theft, and for cam-cording.
19. Labour
All TPP Parties are International Labour Organization (ILO) members and recognize the
importance of promoting internationally recognized labour rights. TPP Parties agree to adopt
and maintain in their laws and practices the fundamental labour rights as recognized in the
ILO 1998 Declaration, namely freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining;
elimination of forced labour; abolition of child labour and a prohibition on the worst forms of
child labour; and elimination of discrimination in employment. They also agree to have laws
governing minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health. These
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commitments also apply to export processing zones. The 12 Parties agree not to waive or
derogate from laws implementing fundamental labour rights in order to attract trade or
investment, and not to fail to effectively enforce their labour laws in a sustained or recurring
pattern that would affect trade or investment between the TPP Parties. In addition to
commitments by Parties to eliminate forced labour in their own countries, the Labour chapter
includes commitments to discourage importation of goods that are produced by forced labour
or child labour, or that contain inputs produced by forced labour, regardless of whether the
source country is a TPP Party. Each of the 12 TPP Parties commits to ensure access to fair,
equitable and transparent administrative and judicial proceedings and to provide effective
remedies for violations of its labour laws. They also agree to public participation in
implementation of the Labour chapter, including establishing mechanisms to obtain public
input.
The commitments in the chapter are subject to the dispute settlement procedures laid out in
the Dispute Settlement chapter. To promote the rapid resolution of labour issues between
TPP Parties, the Labour chapter also establishes a labour dialogue that Parties may choose to
use to try to resolve any labour issue between them that arises under the chapter. This
dialogue allows for expeditious consideration of matters and for Parties to mutually agree to
a course of action to address issues. The Labour chapter establishes a mechanism for
cooperation on labour issues, including opportunities for stakeholder input in identifying
areas of cooperation and participation, as appropriate and jointly agreed, in cooperative
activities.
20. Environment
As home to a significant portion of the world’s people, wildlife, plants and marine species,
TPP Parties share a strong commitment to protecting and conserving the environment,
including by working together to address environmental challenges, such as pollution, illegal
wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, illegal fishing, and protection of the marine environment.
The 12 Parties agree to effectively enforce their environmental laws; and not to weaken
environmental laws in order to encourage trade or investment. They also agree to fulfil their
obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES), and to take measures to combat and cooperate to prevent trade in
wild fauna and flora that has been taken illegally. In addition, the Parties agree to promote
sustainable forest management, and to protect and conserve wild fauna and flora that they
have identified as being at risk in their territories, including through measures to conserve the
ecological integrity of specially protected natural areas, such as wetlands. In an effort to
protect their shared oceans, TPP Parties agree to sustainable fisheries management, to
promote conservation of important marine species, including sharks, to combat illegal
fishing, and to prohibit some of the most harmful fisheries subsidies that negatively affect
overfished fish stocks, and that support illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing. They also
agree to enhance transparency related to such subsidy programs, and to make best efforts to
refrain from introducing new subsidies that contribute to overfishing or overcapacity.
TPP Parties also agree to protect the marine environment from ship pollution and to protect
the ozone layer from ozone depleting substances. They reaffirm their commitment to
implement the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) they have joined. The Parties
commit to provide transparency in environmental decision-making, implementation and
enforcement. In addition, the Parties agree to provide opportunities for public input in
implementation of the Environment chapter, including through public submissions and public
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sessions of the Environment Committee established to oversee chapter implementation. The
chapter is subject to the dispute settlement procedure laid out in the Dispute Settlement
chapter. The Parties further agree to encourage voluntary environmental initiatives, such as
corporate social responsibility programs. Finally, the Parties commit to cooperate to address
matters of joint or common interest, including in the areas of conservation and sustainable
use of biodiversity, and transition to low-emissions and resilient economies.
21. Cooperation and Capacity Building
The economies of the 12 TPP Parties are diverse. All Parties recognise that the TPP lesser-
developed Parties may face particular challenges in implementing the Agreement, and in
taking full advantage of the opportunities it creates. To address these challenges, the
Cooperation and Capacity Building chapter establishes a Committee on Cooperation and
Capacity Building to identify and review areas for potential cooperative and capacity building
efforts. Parties’ activities are on a mutually agreed basis and subject to the availability of
resources. This Committee will facilitate exchange of information to help with requests
related to cooperation and capacity building.
22. Competitiveness and Business Facilitation
The Competitiveness and Business Facilitation chapter aims to help the TPP reach its
potential to improve the competitiveness of the participating countries, and the Asia-Pacific
region as a whole. The chapter creates formal mechanisms to review the impact of the TPP
on competitiveness of the Parties, through dialogues among governments and between
government, business, and civil society, with a particular focus on deepening regional supply
chains, to assess progress, take advantage of new opportunities, and address any challenges
that may emerge once the TPP is in force. Among these will be the Committee on
Competitiveness and Business Facilitation, which will meet regularly to review the TPP’s
impact on regional and national competitiveness, and on regional economic integration. The
Committee will consider advice and recommendations from stakeholders on ways the TPP
can further enhance competitiveness, including enhancing the participation of micro, small-
and medium-sized enterprises in regional supply chains. The chapter also establishes a basic
framework for Committee to assess supply chain performance under the Agreement,
including ways to promote SME participation in supply chains; and review of stakeholder
and expert input.
23. Development
The TPP Parties seek to ensure that the TPP will be a high-standard model for trade and
economic integration, and in particular to ensure that all TPP Parties can obtain the complete
benefits of the TPP, are fully able to implement their commitments, and emerge as more
prosperous societies with strong markets. The Development chapter includes three specific
areas to be considered for collaborative work once TPP enters into force for each Party: (1)
broad-based economic growth, including sustainable development, poverty reduction, and
promotion of small businesses; (2) women and economic growth, including helping women
build capacity and skill, enhancing women’s access to markets, obtaining technology and
financing, establishing women’s leadership networks, and identifying best practices in
workplace flexibility; and (3) education, science and technology, research, and innovation.
The chapter establishes a TPP Development Committee, which will meet regularly to
promote voluntary cooperative work in these areas and new opportunities as they arise.
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24. Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
TPP Parties have a shared interest in promoting the participation of small- and medium-sized
enterprises in trade and to ensure that small- and medium-sized enterprises share in the
benefits of the TPP. Complementing the commitments throughout other chapters of the TPP
on market access, paperwork reduction, Internet access, trade facilitation, express delivery
and others, the Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise chapter includes commitments by each
TPP Party to create a user-friendly websites targeted at small- and medium-sized enterprise
users to provide easily accessible information on the TPP and ways small firms can take
advantage of it, including description of the provisions of TPP relevant to small- and
medium-sized enterprises; regulations and procedures concerning intellectual property rights;
foreign investment regulations; business registration procedures; employment regulations;
and taxation information. In addition, the chapter establishes a Small- and Medium-Sized
Enterprises Committee that will meet regularly to review how well the TPP is serving small-
and medium-sized enterprises, consider ways to further enhance its benefits, and oversee
cooperation or capacity building activities to support small- and medium-sized enterprises
through export counseling, assistance, and training programs for small- and medium-sized
enterprises; information sharing; trade finance; and other activities.
25. Regulatory Coherence
TPP’s Regulatory Coherence chapter will help ensure an open, fair, and predictable
regulatory environment for businesses operating in the TPP markets by encouraging
transparency, impartiality, and coordination across each government to achieve a coherent
regulatory approach. The chapter aims to facilitate regulatory coherence in each TPP
country by promoting mechanisms for effective interagency consultation and coordination for
agencies. It encourages widely-accepted good regulatory practices, such as impact
assessments of proposed regulatory measures, communication of the grounds for the selection
of chosen regulatory alternatives and the nature of the regulation being introduced. The
chapter also includes provisions to help ensure regulations are written clearly and concisely,
that the public has access to information on new regulatory measures, if possible online, and
that existing regulatory measures are periodically reviewed to determine if they remain the
most effective means of achieving the desired objective. In addition, it encourages TPP
Parties to provide an annual public notice of all regulatory measures it expects to take.
Toward these ends, the chapter establishes a Committee which will give TPP countries,
businesses, and civil society continuing opportunities to report on implementation, share
experiences on best practices, and consider potential areas for cooperation. The chapter does
not in any way affect the rights of TPP Parties to regulate for public health, safety, security,
and other public interest reasons.

26. Transparency and Anti-Corruption
The TPP’s Transparency and Anti-Corruption chapter aims to promote the goal, shared by all
TPP Parties, of strengthening good governance and addressing the corrosive effects bribery
and corruption can have on their economies. Under the Transparency and Anti-Corruption
chapter, TPP Parties need to ensure that their laws, regulations, and administrative rulings of
general application with respect to any matter covered by the TPP are publicly available and
that, to the extent possible, regulations that are likely to affect trade or investment between
the Parties are subject to notice and comment. TPP Parties agree to ensure certain due
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process rights for TPP stakeholders in connection with administrative proceedings, including
prompt review through impartial judicial or administrative tribunals or procedures. They
also agree to adopt or maintain laws criminalising offering to, or solicitation of, undue
advantages by a public official, as well as other acts of corruption affecting international trade
or investment. Parties also commit to effectively enforce their anticorruption laws and
regulations. In addition, they agree to endeavor to adopt or maintain codes or standards of
conduct for their public officials, as well as measures to identify and manage conflicts of
interest, to increase training of public officials, to take steps to discourage gifts, to facilitate
reporting of acts of corruption, and to provide for disciplinary or other measures for public
officials engaging in acts of corruption. In an Annex to this chapter, TPP Parties also agree
to provisions that promote transparency and procedural fairness with respect to listing and
reimbursement for pharmaceutical products or medical devices. Commitments in this annex
are not subject to dispute settlement procedures.
27. Administrative and Institutional Provisions
The Administrative and Institutional Provisions Chapter sets out the institutional framework
by which the Parties will assess and guide implementation or operation of the TPP, in
particular by establishing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission, composed of Ministers
or senior level officials, to oversee the implementation or operation of the Agreement and
guide its future evolution. This Commission will review the economic relationship and
partnership among the Parties on a periodic basis to ensure that the Agreement remains
relevant to the trade and investment challenges confronting the Parties. The chapter also
requires each Party to designate an overall contact point to facilitate communications
between the Parties, and creates a mechanism through which a Party that has a specific
transition period for an obligation must report on its plans for, and progress toward,
implementing that obligation. This ensures greater transparency with respect to the
implementation of Parties’ obligations.
28. Dispute Settlement
The Dispute Settlement chapter is intended to allow Parties to expeditiously address disputes
between them over implementation of the TPP. TPP Parties will make every attempt to
resolve disputes through cooperation and consultation and encourage the use of alternative
dispute resolution mechanisms when appropriate. When this is not possible, TPP Parties aim
to have these disputes resolved through impartial, unbiased panels. The dispute settlement
mechanism created in this chapter applies across the TPP, with few specific exceptions. The
public in each TPP Party will be able to follow proceedings, since submissions made in
disputes will be made available to the public, hearings will be open to the public unless the
disputing Parties otherwise agree, and the final report presented by panels will also be made
available to the public. Panels will consider requests from non-governmental entities located
in the territory of any disputing Party to provide written views regarding the dispute to panels
during dispute settlement proceedings.
Should consultations fail to resolve an issue, Parties may request establishment of a panel,
which would be established within 60 days after the date of receipt of a request for
consultations or 30 days after the date of receipt of a request related to perishable goods.
Panels will be composed of three international trade and subject matter experts independent
of the disputing Parties, with procedures available to ensure that a panel can be composed
even if a Party fails to appoint a panelist within a set period of time. These panelists will be
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subject to a code of conduct to ensure the integrity of the dispute settlement mechanism.
They will present an initial report to the disputing Parties within 150 days after the last
panelist is appointed or 120 days in cases of urgency, such as cases related to perishable
goods. The initial report will be confidential, to enable Parties to offer comments. The final
report must be presented no later than 30 days after the presentation of the initial report and
must be made public within 15 days, subject to the protection of any confidential information
in the report.
To maximize compliance, the Dispute Settlement chapter allows for the use of trade
retaliation (e.g., suspension of benefits), if a Party found not to have complied with its
obligations fails to bring itself into compliance with its obligations. Before use of trade
retaliation, a Party found in violation can negotiate or arbitrate a reasonable period of time in
which to remedy the breach.
29. Exceptions
The Exceptions Chapter ensures that flexibilities are available to all TPP Parties that
guarantee full rights to regulate in the public interest, including for a Party’s essential
security interest and other public welfare reasons. This chapter incorporates the general
exceptions provided for in Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
to the goods trade-related provisions, specifying that nothing in the TPP shall be construed to
prevent the adoption or enforcement by a Party of measures necessary to, among other things,
protect public morals, protect human, animal or plant life or health, protect intellectual
property, enforce measures relating to products of prison labour, and measures relating to
conservation of exhaustible natural resources.
The chapter also contains the similar general exceptions provided for in Article XIV of the
General Agreement on Trade in Services with respect to the services trade-related
provisions.
The chapter includes a self-judging exception, applicable to the entire TPP, which
makes clear that a Party may take any measure it considers necessary for the
protection of its essential security interests. It also defines the circumstances and
conditions under which a Party may impose temporary safeguard measures (such as
capital controls) restricting transfers – such as contributions to capital, transfers of
profits and dividends, payments of interest or royalties, and payments under a
contract – related to covered investments, to ensure that governments retain the
flexibility to manage volatile capital flows, in the contexts of balance of payments or
other economic crises, or threats thereof. In addition, it specifies that no Party is
obligated to furnish information under the TPP if it would be contrary to its law or
public interest, or would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of particular
enterprises. A Party may elect to deny the benefits of Investor-State dispute
settlement with respect to a claim challenging a tobacco control measure of the Party.
.
30. Final Provisions
The Final Provisions chapter defines the way the TPP will enter into force, the way in which
it can be amended, the rules that establish the process for other States or separate customs
territories to join the TPP in the future, the means by which Parties can withdraw, and the
authentic languages of the TPP. It also designates a Depositary for the Agreement
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responsible for receiving and disseminating documents.
The chapter ensures that the TPP can be amended, with the agreement of all Parties and after
each Party completes its applicable legal procedures and notifies the Depositary in writing. It
specifies that the TPP is open to accession by members of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation Forum and other States or separate customs territories as agreed by the Parties,
again after completing applicable legal procedures in each Party. The Final Provisions
chapter also specifies the procedures under which a Party can withdraw from the TPP.
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Cc: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob;
Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma; Phillip Walzak; Kadushin, Peter; Tom Snyder; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams,
Dominic; Zuniga, Andrea
Word is that it’s not better and Orrin Hatch may be issuing a statement to that extent. He was
a co-sponsor of TPA. Andi, maybe we should talk to Celeste. Let me know what you think.
On Oct 5, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea

My understanding is US conf of mayors coming out with compact on Wed that

may in essence support tpp. Could put us in a bind. Andie has details

To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media);
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams,
Dominic; Geri Prado
++


The White House will spin a few stories about how it’s much improved - but we should wait until we can
evaluate/talk to our partners

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Rodriguez,
Tobias (Media)" <tobrodriguez@digital.nyc.gov>, "Bennett, Rob"
<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max" <msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe,
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Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Phillip Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams
Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

White House was very unhappy w us on this, so unless we have something nice to say about
any improvements I'd suggest not doing a proactive stmt.




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part of TPA
Jdc?

From: Clips

POLITICO - Staff
atlanta-214421
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To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media);
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams, Dominic; Geri Prado; Gann,
Georgia
Attachments: Marked up Mayors Compact.docx
Draft compact attached- first bullet on last page says USCM will “support high standard 21 st Century
Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic trade deals with enforceable labor and environmental standards”
which is in conflict with our position
Awaiting final draft from Georgia who was in Baltimore and briefed MBDB

To: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob;
Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams, Dominic; Geri Prado;
Zuniga, Andrea
My understanding is US conf of mayors coming out with compact on Wed that may in
essence support tpp. Could put us in a bind. Andie has details

To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett,
++
The White House will spin a few stories about how it’s much improved - but we should wait
until we can evaluate/talk to our partners

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
"Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Rodriguez, Tobias (Media)"
<tobrodriguez@digital.nyc.gov>, "Bennett, Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max"
<msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Phillip Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>
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White House was very unhappy w us on this, so unless we have something nice to say about any
improvements I'd suggest not doing a proactive stmt.


To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias
(Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma


To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias
++


(Media); Bennett, Rob
Jdc?

From: Clips

POLITICO - Staff

Negotiators from the United States, Canada and 10 other Pacific-Rim nations have cinched
the biggest trade deal in recent history, setting the stage for a vote in Congress early next
year.

The landmark free-trade agreement, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was reached in
Atlanta following nine days of talks that went through the night Saturday as trade officials
broke a deadlock over the length of monopoly protections for new, cutting-edge drugs.
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Supporters say the pact would tear down barriers to trade and raise labor and environmental
standards among nations that represent about 40 percent of world economic output. It must
be approved by Congress in an up-or-down vote, as well as by the governments of 11 other
countries.
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Table of Contents
I. Rebuild our Nation’s Transportation and Water Infrastructure, Investing in

Strategic Expansions and Targeting More Resources to Cities and Metro Areas
III. Strengthen the Federal-Local Partnership on Homeland Security and Public

Safety, and Reform our Broken Immigration System
Note: Recommended edit to strengthen the immigration language to support comprehensive

reform with a pathway to citizenship.
IV. Craft Collaborative Water, Wastewater and Environmental Policies to Maximize

Health, Safety and Affordability
Note: Recommended edit to add language on climate change and resiliency
V. Expand Clean Energy Use to Grow the Economy and Protect the Climate and
Environment, Using Cities as the Deployment Platform
VI. Spark Equitable and Sustainable Growth, Community Development and

Affordable Housing Investments
VII. Encourage Pathways for Affordable Access, Entrepreneurship, Technology, and

Innovation in Cities
Note: Recommended edit to add language on “Affordable” access and Lifeline modernization
VIII. Spur Innovation for Improved Access to Healthcare and the Development of
Local Healthy Food Economies
Note: Recommended edit to add support on health care for 9/11 first responders
IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to Promote Investment in Cities, Advance Middle Class
Note: Recommended edits to add language on ending sequestration and expanding earned income
tax credit
X. Increase the Economic Strength of Metro Economies Through the Promotion of

Trade and Exports, and Attraction of International Tourism
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I. Rebuild our Nation’s Transportation and Water
Infrastructure, Investing in Strategic Expansions and
Surface Transportation
The condition of the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges
and public transit, continues to deteriorate as the United States falls further behind other nations
in the share of gross national product committed to maintaining and expanding these conduits of
growth and prosperity. Various report cards and grading systems track this decline, some of
which can be traced to waning state and federal commitments. For nearly a generation, local
governments have been the outliers, continuing their efforts to direct local resources to surface
transportation challenges. Mayors and others, including taxpayers, know that local efforts cannot
account for all of the investment needed to accelerate economic growth and support the nearly 60
million new people expected to make Metro Areas their home over the next 30 years. We must
see increased federal (as well as state) commitments to surface transportation infrastructure.
Therefore, the next President and Congress must:
● Increase their commitments to the nation’s surface transportation networks, providing

sustainable revenue streams to grow annual investment to help maintain existing facilities
and add new capacities to support population and economic growth.
● Direct available resources to local and regional transportation decision-makers, such as

cities, counties, and regional transportation agencies, who are leading and innovating
with new technologies and other measures to enhance the performance of existing assets
at a lower cost, while adding new facilities that are so crucial to future economic growth
and mobility.
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
Localities spend over $100 billion per year on water and sewer operations and infrastructure, but
the challenges have become too great. Leaking pipes, water shortages, impacts from climate
change, and unfunded mandates have all contributed to the infrastructure challenge facing
communities. Therefore, the next President and Congress must invest in water and wastewater
infrastructure, specifically:
● Provide resources in the form of grants, no interest or low interest loans, tax incentives,
and permit flexibility, that promote investments to make local governments financially
sustainable so they can continue to provide services in an affordable manner as well as
comply with water quality laws. These investments include acquiring digital platforms,
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automating meters, detecting leaks, increasing energy efficiency, and utilizing renewable
energy.
II. Educate and Train a 21st Century Competitive

Workforce
Universal Pre-K Education
Especially on the heels of one of the largest economic crises in our country’s history, the
imperative to invest in education has never been greater. High-quality preschool provides the
foundation for success in school and helps mitigate educational gaps that exist between children
from high and low income families before they enter kindergarten. America’s mayors have been
strong advocates for high-quality early learning, and many of our cities have demonstrated that
universal early learning has a proven, powerful impact for our children and profound impacts on
later learning and success. Investments in preschool and other early childhood education also
make economic sense – every dollar invested in high-quality early childhood education saves
taxpayers on average $7 down the road, according to a report by economists Heckman and
Masterov entitled “The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children." In particular,
● Enact federal legislation that provides access for all 3- and 4-year olds from families with
incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line to a high-quality, full-day
early childhood education.
● Expand access to high-quality early childhood education for all of our nation’s children.
K-12 Education Excellence
More than 25 percent of American students fail to graduate from high school in four years; for
African-American and Hispanic students, this number is approaching 40 percent. The failure of
many schools to properly educate students leaves them unprepared to compete in the global
economy. Together, we call on the next President and Congress to:
● Reform K-12 education to attract and retain the most talented educators and ensure their
efficacy.
● Expand customized learning, matching instructional tasks to skill levels, interests, and
abilities.
● Enhance choice and competition among schools.
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● Reintroduce modern skills training and promote science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM).
● Establish a coordinated, national effort to assess whether students are equipped to

safeguard America’s future prosperity.
Higher Education Access
In 2013, The U.S. Conference of Mayors endorsed a goal for the nation to achieve the highest
proportion of students graduating from college in the world by 2020, and the goal that all
Americans should be prepared to enroll in at least one year of higher education or job training to
secure America as a world leader in the proportion of citizens completing college. Our college
completion agenda must em brace every student, and we must increase our efforts to open the
door to higher education access to more Americans. Therefore, mayors call on the next President
and Congress to:
● Make two years of community college free for responsible students.
● Increase college affordability by raising the maximum Pell Grant and assure its continued
growth, restructure tuition and financial aid policies to meet the needs of low-income
students, and implement incentives to improve measurement and lower costs using
advanced technology.
● Expand and enhance community college infrastructure to reflect changes in technology,

advanced manufacturing and workplace needs.
● Establish an industry-led task force, co-chaired by top-level administration policymakers,

to coordinate federal efforts and ensure the private sector is poised to support leverage
federal training and education investments.
A Skilled and Adaptable Workforce
Investing in American workers is one of the most important things we can do to restore our
economy. This helps employers find the skilled workers they need and moves workers into post-
secondary educational pipelines and career pathways to prepare them for good jobs in high-
growth and emerging occupations. In the coming years, the next President and Congress must:
● Increase funding for workforce innovation.
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● Offer grants that provide quality employment and training services to address the needs
of individuals requiring training, retraining, and skill upgrades.
● Coordinate agencies and departments to support Career Pathways programs in cities that
link education and training services with the aim of increasing career advancement in
given industries.
● Adopt immigration policies which help American companies attract and retain the best
and brightest workers. Provide green cards for advanced degree graduates of American
universities, create a new green card category for entrepreneurs, and reform current H-1B
visa programs.
III. Strengthen the Federal-Local Partnership on

Homeland Security and Public Safety, and Reform
(Note: Recommended edit - Strengthen the immigration portion to support comprehensive

reform with a pathway to citizenship.)
Crime and Violence Reduction
After years of decline, some cities are currently seeing an uptick in homicides and other violent
crimes. Cities that had a record low number of homicides in 2014 are experiencing spikes in
2015, even with the same strategies in place. While the exact causes are unclear, officials have
identified some common threads, including an increase in the number of guns, particularly those
with large-capacity magazines, which are on the streets; involvement of people under
supervision in these crimes; and the increased use of synthetic drugs. To reduce violence, the
next President and Congress must do the following:
● Provide continued and increased funding for COPS hiring grants and other federal
programs that enhance the ability of local police departments to do their jobs.
● Strengthen the gun background check system, including coverage of potentially

dangerous mentally ill persons. Require the FBI to immediately notify local authorities
when an individual fails a background check.
● Develop and support technology to help solve cases. This includes providing real-time
surveillance and body-worn cameras, license plate readers, and facial recognition
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software. It also includes greater assistance by federal crime labs in evidence analysis and
providing up-to-date field testing for synthetic drugs.
● Supplement local police with federal agents for cases involving high value targets,
instruct U.S. Attorneys to partner with local prosecutors to strengthen prosecutions when
suspects can be charged with federal crimes, and establish minimum expectations for
federal prosecutions, particularly relating to illegal gun possession and illegal trafficking
in the secondary gun market.
● Provide guidance to improve pretrial practices so that persons charged with gun-related
and other violent crimes are not inappropriately released. When such suspects are
released to the streets they should be closely monitored, potentially through the use of
ankle bracelets or other practices.
● Revise sentencing laws to reduce incarceration rates among low level drug offenders and
increase funding for Second Chance programs so that when prisoners are released to the
community they have a greater likelihood of successful reentry. At the same time,
enhance penalties for persons who have committed repeated violent crimes, particularly
those involving guns.
● Provide assistance to local authorities to combat the use and sale of illegal drugs in our
cities, since the federal government has not been effective in interdicting illegal drugs at
our borders.
Community Policing
The events that began in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014 have brought to the forefront
serious social issues that must be addressed – issues of race, class, prejudice, poverty, and
inequality. These issues also underscore the complex nature of policing in communities across
the country. Ensuring police protection is primarily a local responsibility in the United States. In
2012, municipalities spent $56 billion on on police protection. Cities account for 47 percent of
the nation’s expenditures on police protection and employ 48 percent of the nation’s police
personnel. National action is important, however, to ensure that mayors and police chiefs are
able to work together to solve common problems, share promising approaches, and influence
policy development. The next President and Congress should support these efforts through the
following steps:
● Increase financial assistance to local police departments that can be used for hiring
officers, providing them needed training and equipment, and improving practices.
● Aid local efforts to build and maintain trust between the police and the community. This
could include providing sensitivity, cultural, and ethnicity training, as well as training in
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how to defuse incidents, through the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service
and other agencies.
Homeland Security
The current threat environment is serious and law enforcement officers are critical to the nation’s
ability to reduce violent extremism, prevent terrorist acts within the United States, and respond
quickly if incidents do occur. To strengthen our preparedness and response, the next President
and Congress must:
● Maintain and strengthen homeland security grant programs, with funding increased and
provided directly to local governments so that local officials are equipped to prevent and
respond to terrorist acts and reduce violent extremism.
● Increase support for police officers through both Homeland Security and Justice
Department programs, including COPS hiring grants.
● Share intelligence with local authorities in a continuous, timely, and reciprocal manner.
Immigration Reform
There are immediate economic and moral imperatives to fix our broken immigration system. We
call on the next President and Congress to adopt comprehensive immigration reform with a
pathway to citizenship to:
● Strengthen border security by improving interior enforcement to enhance our ability to

identify and remove visa overstays and provide a uniform system of employment
verification. State and local law enforcement must be able to remain focused on
community policing and not be required to enforce federal immigration laws.
● Establish a less bureaucratic and more time-sensitive system that allows workers of all
types to lawfully come to America, either temporarily or permanently, and contribute to
our economy.
● Provide an employment verification system that is uniform, accurate, and timely.
● Enable people to come out of the shadows and pursue the American Dream for
themselves and their families. This is essential to our efforts to combat crime and provide
effective police protection.
● Provide an employment verification system that is uniform, accurate, and timely.
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● Enable people to come out of the shadows and pursue the American Dream for
themselves and their families. This is essential to our efforts to combat crime and provide
effective police protection.
IV. Craft Collaborative Water, Wastewater and

Environmental Policies to Maximize Health, Safety and
Affordability
(Note: Recommended edit - Expand the scope of federal climate action needed to include
resiliency, transportation, and appliances)

Climate change affects all of us and cities bear the brunt of environmental, public health, and
safety impacts associated with climate change. The nation’s mayors are committed to addressing
the extraordinary challenges climate change poses in their communities. Cities across the country
are demonstrating that reducing carbon emissions can accompany economic and population
growth and planning and investing in resiliency efforts to prepare for extreme weather events.
But the wide range of policy, program, and infrastructure issues that climate change touches
makes it imperative that local, state and federal activities are aligned and coordinated. Thus, we
call upon the next President and Congress to:
• Extend the flexibility of transportation funding to allow prioritization of projects that

reduce carbon emissions
• Strengthen federal energy efficiency standards for appliances and establish standards for
appliances not currently covered
• Provide funding to cities and states to improve local and regional resiliency capabilities
to mitigate the substantial economic and human losses relating from these increasingly
extreme weather events
• Ensure that essential flood insurance protections for communities across the United
States remain affordable
Capital Improvement and Comprehensive Environmental Planning

Local governments have long been significant stewards of the environment and public health by
investing in core city services – providing clean drinking water and wastewater as well as
implementing comprehensive solid waste management services. In fact, American cities now
provide the safest public drinking water in the world. The funds used to provide these benefits
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are raised through constituent user fees and taxes. Unfortunately, due to numerous unfunded
rules and regulations, this money is being diverted to fund other priorities away from local
government’s core purpose of protecting the public health of its citizens. To mitigate this, we call
upon the next President and Congress to:
● Partner with cities and work together to develop a realistic capital improvement plan, and
create the right policy and financial assistance programs to upgrade utility infrastructure
first with technology that will increase long term financial sustainability.
● Coordinate regulatory silos by priority and cost. EPA must collaborate with local
governments on environmental and public health needs in a comprehensive manner that
sets priorities and develops affordable timelines. This can be done by codifying and
expanding EPA’s Integrated Planning to include all environmental rules, regulations and
priorities. This would allow communities to work with EPA to develop comprehensive
plans that flexibly address pressing environmental and health needs.
V. Expand Clean Energy Use to Grow the Economy and

Protect the Climate and Environment, Using Cities as the
Deployment Platform
In recent years, mayors have taken on national and global leadership on energy and climate
protection. The energy choices our cities make in the future will impact our health, climate, and
economy.
Clean energy options such as energy efficiency and renewable energy – wind, solar, geothermal,
hydroelectric, and biomass – not only provide substantial societal benefits by strengthening our
economy in a healthy and clean way, but also save cities millions in ancillary costs such as health
care, infrastructure decay, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects the use of renewable energy to continue to
grow in the next 25 years. Renewable resources like wind and solar have reached record
production and consumption levels since 2014. According to The Conference’s “Clean Energy
Solutions for America's Cities” report, one-quarter of U.S. cities have set specific targets for
increasing their use of renewable energy. As mayors, we call on the next President and Congress
to:
● Continue investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy in order to increase

America’s competitiveness in the global economy and energy independence, build livable
and sustainable communities, drive investment in new, clean energy solutions and create
local jobs.
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● Promote a stronger partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and local
governments and provide sufficient funding through an energy block grant structure or
other structures at DOE to incentivize local energy programs.
● Empower cities to improve and enforce building codes, foster community-scale

renewable energy, and create other programs and incentives to increase efficiency and
reduce energy use in commercial and residential buildings.
● Adopt an aggressive national renewable energy portfolio standard and extend the
renewable electricity production tax credit and the solar investment tax credit to
accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies in cities.
VI. Spark Equitable and Sustainable Growth,

Community Development and Affordable Housing
Investments
Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships Programs
Investment in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Program has not
kept pace with need over the last several years. In fact, both partnerships have been severely cut
since 2010.
CDBG responds to current and emerging community development needs. The program assists
businesses in creating and retaining jobs in low and moderate income areas, improves the
existing housing stock, funds public improvements such as senior centers and homeless facilities,
and provides vital public services, such as day care for low-income working families, health care
for children, and meals to the elderly.
CDBG has been cut by nearly $1 billion since FY 2010, from $3.9 billion to $3.0 billion in FY
2015. A total of 594 grantees were eligible to receive CDBG formula grants in 1975; today that
number has grown to nearly 1,200 grantees receiving direct allocations, while the overall outlay
to CDBG has not increased proportionally. The program has never been adjusted for inflation,
but the associated costs, such as construction, labor, leasing, and maintenance of facilities,
increase annually.
Serving as a resource to expand affordable housing through state and local public-private
partnerships, HOME has completed nearly 493,000 units for new homebuyers, over 230,000
units for owner-occupied rehabilitation, and over 464,000 rental housing units. It has also
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provided direct rental assistance to over 228,000 households. Yet the HOME program has been
cut over 50%, or $925 million, since FY 2010 and is now funded at the lowest level of its
existence. Need continues to increase, with 300 more communities now participating in the
program than at its start in 1993.
With respect to these two vital programs, we believe the next President and Congress must:
● Fund CDBG at no less than $3.3 billion and raise the public service cap from 15 percent
to 25 percent for all entitlement communities to address public service needs. Allow
cities with high percentages of blighted structures to use CDBG for economic
redevelopment projects in partnership with private developers.
● Fund the HOME program at no less than $1.2 billion.
Blighted Neighborhood Restoration
During the Great Recession, thousands of residential and commercial properties were foreclosed,
leaving blighted neighborhoods and communities throughout the country. From 2008 to 2010,
the Neighborhood Stabilization Program distributed nearly $7 billion, supported an estimated
88,000 jobs, completed rehabilitation of nearly 50,000 units of affordable housing, and
demolished nearly 25,000 blighted properties. But the work is not yet done, and the next
President and Congress must take action to:
● Create a new program designed to purchase, rehabilitate, and redevelop foreclosed,

abandoned, demolished, or vacant properties on both commercial and residential lots.
Rental Housing Supply
There is an increased need for rental housing. According to the National Apartment Association,
renters make up one-half of the housing market. The nation needs to create and pursue policies to
develop more rental housing, and specifically the next President and Congress must:
● Create a new rental housing production program to serve the needs of working families.
● Support the National Housing Trust Fund.
● Increase funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships program.
● Maintain one of the nation’s largest infrastructure investments – public housing – through
significant funding increases geared toward capital improvements.
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VII. Encourage Pathways for Access, Entrepreneurship,
Technology, and Innovation in Cities
(Note: Recommended edits to qualify support for “affordable” internet access add support for
Lifeline modernization (financial support for Internet access))
Quality and Affordable High Speed Internet Access
Our networks are the “spinal cord” of our cities and are crucial for innovation. Our cities require
open and accessible broadband infrastructure. Government and the private sector must
collaborate to build the information technology and communications infrastructure necessary to
innovation, be it wired or wireless. We support a full build out of high-speed access, striving for
gigabit internet for all residents and competition among multiple private and public IP service
providers, which can increase quality of access and its value. Federal leadership in each of these
areas is crucial to increasing access for all Americans, and we call on the next Administration
and Congress to:
● Enforce strong open internet rules.
● Support cities in building municipal-owned fiber services.
● Pursue a national broadband strategy.
● Support the modernization of the Lifeline Program to permit eligible households to

qualify for the communications functions they need, including high-speed Internet access,
to eliminate the digital divide and close the homework gap, support job searches, and
access necessary services and in engage civic life.
Digital Strategy and Open Data
Cities have pioneered digital strategies and embraced open data standards. Enabling data
liberation at all levels of government and the private sector can spur entrepreneurship, foster
economic growth, and create jobs. Open data in government creates a common language and
provides accessibility, allowing developers to harness information in cities and solve common
problems as a team; inside and outside of government. Open data leads to citizen-powered and
citizen-developed apps, bolstering the thriving and rapidly growing “App Economy”, a sector
which has since been responsible for almost half a million jobs in the U.S. since 2007. To
support this growing sector, we urge the next President and Congress to:
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● Sustain endeavors like the Presidential Innovation Fellows or the General Services
Administration’s 18F, in order to improve service delivery through powerful digital tools.
● Collaborate with cities to accelerate and reduce costs of service delivery.
Smart Cities Investment
Smart Cities are maturing as technology and connectivity have improved. The Internet of Things
(IoT) and sensors are key to transforming day-to-day life for government and its citizens.. We
call on the next President and Congress to:
● Embrace the power of smart cities by investing to accelerate growth in this space.
VIII. Spur Innovation for Improved Access to Healthcare

and the Development of Local Healthy Food Economies
Note: Recommendation to add Health Care for 9/11 First Responders
Health Care for 9/11 First Responders
On September 11th 2001, the United States suffered a grave attack where 2,977 victims perished
at the hands of Al-Qaeda in New York City, Washington, DC and Somerset County,
Pennsylvania. Following the attacks, thousands of heroes, including first-responders,
construction workers and volunteers, selflessly acted to comb through dust, debris and rubble in
an effort to look for survivors. In late 2010, Congress and the President fulfilled their moral
obligation by providing said heroes and the loved ones of victims with the health care and
financial compensation they deserved by passing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and
Compensation Act. This supports a diverse group of survivors and responders from across the
country and nearly every Congressional district nationwide. The next President and Congress
must:
• Reauthorize federal legislation in order to continue to support the over 70,000 first
responders, survivors, and families with September 11th related conditions nationwide --
many of whom require chronic care.
Healthcare Accessibility
Mayors recognize that a strong federal and local partnership is necessary to ensure that everyone
has the services they need to live healthy and productive lives. Cities and mayors across the
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nation are working to redefine and redesign what it is to live and work in a city by focusing on
access to healthy food and high-quality and affordable health care.
In 2014, U.S. adults could buy a private health insurance plan through the Health Insurance
Marketplace or state-based exchanges established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The
ACA helped expand coverage to millions of currently uninsured people through the expansion of
Medicaid eligibility and establishment of Health Insurance Marketplaces. Census data show that
the percentage of people who are uninsured fell from 13.1 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in
2014.
However, more work is needed in the areas of prevention and cost containment. Today seven in
ten deaths in the U.S. are related to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease,
and cancer, which are largely preventable. Additionally, 75 percent of health care dollars are
spent treating such diseases. However, only three cents of each healthcare dollar spent in the
U.S. (PDF) go toward prevention. Therefore, we call on the next President and Congress to:
● Strengthen local and federal partnerships by investing in public health and prevention
programs, working with states to expand Medicaid eligibility and by supporting research
and tracking on key health measures.
Local and Healthy Food Economies
In the United States, obesity and diet-related chronic disease are major contributors to
preventable mortality and morbidity. Today more than 1 in 3 children and adolescents, as well as
two-thirds of adults, are overweight or obese. Food and food access have established themselves
as important considerations for local governments. Food systems are fundamentally linked to
issues such as health, equity, environmental sustainability and economic development.
The federal nutrition and emergency assistance programs offer a vital safety net, while other
important programs are increasing access to healthy foods, stimulating new economic activity,
creating links between cities and rural communities, and ensuring environmental stewardship.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), for example, lifted 3.9 million
Americans above the poverty line in 2011, including 1.7 million children and 280,000 seniors.
Extensive research also shows that SNAP improves dietary intake and health, especially among
children, and with lasting effects. Because SNAP benefits are so urgently needed, they are spent
quickly – 97 percent of benefits are redeemed by the end of the month of issuance. Moody’s
Analytics and USDA estimate that the economic growth impact of SNAP ranges from $1.73 to
$1.79 per $1 of SNAP benefits. In light of these trends, we call on the next President and
Congress to:
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● Develop a comprehensive national food policy that feeds the hungry, supports small
farmers in urban and rural areas, and promotes access to healthy and affordable food for
all residents. This includes strengthening incentives and infrastructure for local food
production and distribution, as well as environmentally sustainable farming practices. It
also includes providing better access to fresh foods, investment in programs providing
healthy food, expansion of programs that help communities invest in retail markets or
food-based businesses, increased access to farmers markets, and the expansion of farm-
to-cafeteria programs that bring the freshest, locally grown food into school lunch
programs, hospitals and other institutions.
● Increase federal reimbursement for in-school and out of school meal programs and create
more flexibility around where children are able to eat Summer Meals, by allowing them
to pick up meals from sites and eat them at home, or allowing states the option to provide
low-income families with additional funds for groceries during the summer. To provide
maximum flexibility, USDA must remove restrictions to the number and type of meals
that may be served.
● Strengthen the food safety-net by maintaining current benefit levels for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and strengthening the Emergency Food Assistance
Program (TEFAP).
● Improve access to farm-fresh foods by expanding food stamp use at farmers markets,
including increased use of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) transactions. Expand the
Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program, farm-to-cafeteria programs, and the Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program.
● Strengthen and expand agriculture conservation programs as a strategic investment in our

country's agricultural infrastructure, including improving air and water quality and the
protection of urban watersheds, and requiring conservation compliance for land covered
by crop insurance.
● Support local and regional food system infrastructure.
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IX. Re-Direct Tax Policy to Promote Investment in
Cities, Advance Middle Class Growth, and Reduce
Income Inequality
(Note: Recommendation to add support for 1) ending sequestration and 2) expanding the Earned
Income Tax Credit)
End Sequestration
Federal government expenditures comprise an important component of local government
budgets, either through direct funding or indirectly through state governments. Automatic
spending reductions imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011 cut $85.4 billion from both
defense and domestic programs in FY2013, representing 7.8 percent and 5.0 percent reductions
in military and domestic spending, respectively. Critical programs city’s use to support residents
and promote jobs and economic security were cut deeply in FY2013, including the Low-Income
Home Energy Assistance Program, Community Services Block Grant, Homeless Assistance
Grants, Community Development Block Grant, and remain under the threat of future
sequestration cuts. Mayors call for the next President and Congress to:
• End across-the-board sequestration cuts to federal discretionary and mandatory spending

and enact legislation that prevents future across the board sequestration cuts
For more than 100 years, tax-exempt municipal bonds have been the principal means used by
state and local governments to finance critical infrastructure: schools, hospitals, water and sewer
governments are responsible for building and maintaining 75 percent of the nation’s
infrastructure, which is mostly financed by tax-exempt municipal bonds.
different levels of governments for infrastructure used by the general public. For several years
the President and Congress have introduced proposals to cap or eliminate the tax deduction on
interest earnings from tax-exempt bonds. These proposals could significantly drive up the
borrowing cost of state and local governments on critical infrastructure projects.
been had been eliminated during the same period, it would have cost $495 billion. Mayors call
for the next President and Congress to:
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● Make Permanent the Build America Bonds Program not as replacement but as a
supplement to tax-exempt municipal bonds. State and local governments that issued these
taxable bonds were paid a direct federal subsidy under the 2009 stimulus bill equal to 35
percent of the interest cost, which enabled them to save more than $12 billion in
borrowing cost.
Street. According to the University of Tennessee, state and local governments lose an estimated
$26 billion annually due to taxes that go uncollected on remote sales.
● Enact legislation that enables state and local governments to level the playing field
between merchants on Main Street and remote sellers by allowing these jurisdictions to
As local communities continue to recover from the Great Recession, our cities need more
support to stimulate investment in underserved distressed communities. Low-income urban
neighborhoods and rural communities do not have access capital needed to support and grow
businesses, create jobs and sustain a healthy local economy. Mayors call for the next President
and Congress to:
● Pass legislation to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per
hour to increase the buying power of low-income working families.
record of stimulating economic growth. Between 2003 and 2012, the program generated
$31 billion in direct investments to businesses, leveraged another $60 billion in total
capital investment in distressed neighborhoods, and created 750,000 jobs.
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Wage Gap Reduction
prosperity and stability of their cities. Unfortunately the wealth gap between high income and
low income households continues to grow. Between 2007 and 2013 the wealth gap for the top
ten percent of households by income increased from 127 to 183 times the median net worth of
the bottom twenty percent of households by income. Further, the net worth for the bottom twenty
percent of households in terms of income has declined forty percent from $9,000 in 2007 to
$6200 in 2013. Mayors call for the next President and Congress to:
● Pass legislation expanding and increasing the Earned Income Tax credit to existing
recipients.
programs.

and closing costs through increased funding of the Community Development Block Grant
program.
X. Increase the Economic Strength of Metro

Economies Through the Promotion of Trade and
Exports, and Attraction of International Tourism
Increased exports will contribute nearly one-quarter of future U.S. economic growth and
represent a key component of the economic recovery. Competitive domestic energy resources,
technology innovation, and a skilled workforce make the resurgence of U.S. manufactured goods
one of the bright spots of the U.S. economy, despite recent the export challenges of a strong U.S.
dollar and weak global demand.
U.S. Metro Areas play a critical role in this sector, accounting for nearly 90% of U.S. exports
and providing key infrastructure such as ports and intermodal facilities to efficiently move
goods. Global competition in the areas of port modernization and transportation systems,
however, could threaten US ability to advance export growth; and failure to develop global trade
deals, which would provide a “level playing” field for U.S. businesses, could put American
businesses and workers at a disadvantage. Congressional failure to reauthorize the Export Import
Bank, which helps U.S. businesses sell goods overseas, could also deal a blow to our efforts to
expand exports.
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Port and export related jobs have a 15-18% higher wage level, and therefore contribute to
building a sound middle class. The ability to sell American-made products and services to a
dramatically expanding global middle class, particularly in Asia, could significantly expand this
job sector.
Meanwhile, international travelers stay longer and spend more than domestic travelers – an
average of 17.5 nights and nearly $4,700 per person per trip. For every additional 34 overseas
travelers who come to visit the U.S., an American job is created. In 2014, alone, more than 20.3
million travelers arrived through the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) generating $190 billion in
economic output and supporting nearly one million jobs. Therefore, we call on the next President
and Congress to:
● Expedite U.S port dredging and modernization to accommodate a new global fleet of
PANAMAX ships by spending accumulated balances in the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund (HMTF); and expand the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF) to modernize the
nation’s system of locks and inland waterways.
● Establish a new freight program as part of U.S. federal surface transportation law
providing dedicated and flexible funding for intermodal freight facilities and connections,
and port modernization to expedite movement of goods.
● Immediately reauthorize the Export Import Bank of the United States, which has expired.
● Expand national programs to help small and medium-sized businesses export goods
overseas.
● Support expanding the Visa Waiver Program to facilitate travel and trade.
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[NOT WAITING ON WASHINGTON - MAYORAL ACTIONS]
Note to USCM Leadership: We Need to Know What You Are Doing
Mayor Rawlings-Blake has said that mayors cannot wait for Washington to act. So to
supplement these national priorities, we ask that you share with us specific local actions that you
are taking to advance any of the 10 priorities. We would like to include these actions in our final
published document.
ACTION NEEDED: When you come to Baltimore, please bring a short written summary (a
paragraph) of any local best practices you have developed to advance the 10 priorities contained
in The Mayors’ Compact for a Better America. These actions can be actions you have already
taken, actions that are ongoing, or actions you plan to take. Or, you can email this information
prior to the meeting to Paul Leroux at pleroux@usmayors.org. If you have any questions, you
can contact Paul at 202-861-6722.
9828
To: "Geri Prado"; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max;
Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams, Dominic
We should definitely reach out to Celeste/Brett

I can ask for any talking points they are putting out

Cc: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob;
Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti;
Williams, Dominic; Zuniga, Andrea
Word is that it’s not better and Orrin Hatch may be issuing a statement to that extent. He was
a co-sponsor of TPA. Andi, maybe we should talk to Celeste. Let me know what you think.

My understanding is US conf of mayors coming out with compact on Wed that

may in essence support tpp. Could put us in a bind. Andie has details

To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media);
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams,
Dominic; Geri Prado
++
The White House will spin a few stories about how it’s much improved - but we should wait until we can
evaluate/talk to our partners

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Rodriguez,
Tobias (Media)" <tobrodriguez@digital.nyc.gov>, "Bennett, Rob"
<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max" <msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe,
9829
Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Phillip Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams
Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

White House was very unhappy w us on this, so unless we have something nice to say about
any improvements I'd suggest not doing a proactive stmt.




++


part of TPA
Jdc?

From: Clips

POLITICO - Staff
atlanta-214421
9830



9831
To: Gann, Georgia; Zuniga, Andrea; Sevillia, Max; Hagelgans, Andrea; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Subject: RE: Mayor"s Compact
I don’t think this is a huge deal from a comms perspective since we’re not planning on doing any
press ourselves on the compact. Will the Compact actually MBdB’s name on it?

If we’re asked, can give a simple statement on how the compact reflects a variety of priorities for
NYC as a result of MBdB and colleagues’ work, and, inevitably, there are a few we don’t wholly
embrace.

From: Gann, Georgia [mailto:GGann@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: Zuniga, Andrea; Sevillia, Max; Hagelgans, Andrea; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Subject: Re: Mayor's Compact

+ Amy too
Max, thanks for looping with USCM.
Andrea-
MBdB did not mention it when the bullet came up but there wasn't a mayoral discussion on the
section.
TPAC (John and Geri) was looped with DM Shorris' team on the fact that TPP was in the compact but
no final follow up/rec to push on needed changes. The top rec was to "expand" earned income tax
credit.
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740


To: Sevillia, Max; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
++
9832

Wednesday

From: Sevillia, Max





mistake.html?_r=0


From: Sevillia, Max


back.


9833








deal


Andrea Zuniga
Office of the Mayor
Office: 212-341-9085
Cell: 917-847-6593

9834
From: Gann, Georgia
To: Zuniga, Andrea; Hagelgans, Andrea; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez,
Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams, Dominic;
"geri@progressiveagenda.us"
+ this whole group. See the USCM release on TPP below.
Andrea-
There wasn't a mayoral discussion on the TPP section and MBdB did not mention it when the bullet
was read at the end of the meeting.
credit.
For Immediate Release: Contact:

Elena Temple-Webb 202-286-1100 | etemple@usmayors.org
Monday, October 5, 2015 Sara

Durr 202-215-1811 | sara@durrcommunications.com
STATEMENT OF U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS PRESIDENT
BALTIMORE MAYOR STEPHANIE RAWLINGS BLAKE
ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TRADE DEAL
Washington, D.C. —U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) President Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings Blake issued the following statement today following announcement of the Trans Pacific
Partnership (TPP) Trade Deal:
“The United States Conference of Mayors congratulates the Obama Administration and U.S Trade
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Representative Ambassador Michael Froman on today’s announcement that a trade deal has been
reached with 11 nations as part of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
“Increased exports have driven nearly one-third of our economic recovery and will continue to be
instrumental to our future economic growth. The nation’s city and metro economies generate 88%
of the nation’s exports and 92% of overall growth. TPP nations represent 40% of global Gross
Domestic Product and our businesses and local economies need a level playing field to sell U.S.
made products around the world.
“The Conference adopted policy at its 83rd Annual Conference of Mayors in San Francisco, June
2015, in support of both Trade Promotion Authority and a Trans Pacific Partnership deal that
contains enforceable labor and environmental standards, a uniform tariff system, transparency, and
protection of intellectual property rights.
“Most recently, the Conference underscored its support of the TPP in a press conference in Atlanta
hosted by Mayor Kasim Reed with Ambassador Froman during the negotiations.”
About The United States Conference of Mayors -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official
nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are nearly 1,400 such
cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected
official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/usmayors, or follow us on Twitter
at twitter.com/usmayors.
###
9836

--
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton,
Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma
<geri@progressiveagenda.us>; Gann, Georgia

Draft compact attached- first bullet on last page says USCM will “support high standard 21 st Century
Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic trade deals with enforceable labor and environmental standards”
which is in conflict with our position
Awaiting final draft from Georgia who was in Baltimore and briefed MBDB

To: John Del Cecato; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob;
Sevillia, Max; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; Adams Baker, Marti; Williams, Dominic; Geri Prado;
Zuniga, Andrea
My understanding is US conf of mayors coming out with compact on Wed that may in
essence support tpp. Could put us in a bind. Andie has details

To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett,
9837
++
The White House will spin a few stories about how it’s much improved - but we should wait
until we can evaluate/talk to our partners

"Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Rodriguez, Tobias (Media)"
<tobrodriguez@digital.nyc.gov>, "Bennett, Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max"
<msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Phillip Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

White House was very unhappy w us on this, so unless we have something nice to say about any
improvements I'd suggest not doing a proactive stmt.




To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias
++


(Media); Bennett, Rob
9838
Jdc?

From: Clips

POLITICO - Staff

Negotiators from the United States, Canada and 10 other Pacific-Rim nations have cinched
the biggest trade deal in recent history, setting the stage for a vote in Congress early next
year.

The landmark free-trade agreement, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was reached in
Atlanta following nine days of talks that went through the night Saturday as trade officials
broke a deadlock over the length of monopoly protections for new, cutting-edge drugs.

Supporters say the pact would tear down barriers to trade and raise labor and environmental
standards among nations that represent about 40 percent of world economic output. It must
be approved by Congress in an up-or-down vote, as well as by the governments of 11 other
countries.
9839
From: Sevillia, Max
To: Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
I can confirm that the Mayor Rawlings Blake will not use Wed to press on TPP (she doesn’t expect to
touch on trade at all). The long document will NOT be shared on Wed. She will stay broad, again.

I’m working on understanding if we are still working off a 10-point plan that includes support for
trade – that may have changed too.

To: Gann, Georgia; Sevillia, Max; Hagelgans, Andrea; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

I think coming out the same week as TPP – definitely ups the ante

If possible, it would be good to get assurances from USCM that they will not use the Wed presser to
advocate for TPP (and a reporter is bound to ask)

From: Gann, Georgia

+ Amy too
Andrea-
section.
credit.
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740
9840


++

Wednesday

From: Sevillia, Max





mistake.html?_r=0


From: Sevillia, Max

9841

back.










deal

9842

Andrea Zuniga
Office of the Mayor
Office: 212-341-9085
Cell: 917-847-6593

9843
To: Geri Prado; Hagelgans Andrea
Cc: Spitalnick Amy (OMB); Hinton Karen; Rodriguez Tobias (Media); Bennett Rob; Sevillia Max; Wolfe Emma; Walzak Phil; Kadushin Peter; Snyder
Thomas; Adams Baker Marti; Williams Dominic; Zuniga Andrea
And by TPA, Geri means Fast Track here - not The Progressive Agenda!

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)" <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen"
<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max" <msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder
<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Dominic Williams
<DWilliams@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Zuniga, Andrea" <AZuniga@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Word is that it’s not better and Orrin Hatch may be issuing a statement to that extent. He was a co-sponsor of TPA. Andi, maybe we
should talk to Celeste. Let me know what you think.
My understanding is US conf of mayors coming out with compact on Wed that may in essence support tpp. Could put us in a bind.
Andie has details
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett, Rob; Sevillia, Max;
Wolfe, Emma
++

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hinton, Karen"
<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Sevillia, Max" <msevillia@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
Cc: Phillip Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Snyder, Thomas"
<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

9844

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen; Rodriguez, Tobias (Media); Bennett,
++

Jdc?
From: Clips

POLITICO - Staff
Negotiators from the United States, Canada and 10 other Pacific-Rim nations have cinched the biggest trade
deal in recent history, setting the stage for a vote in Congress early next year.
The landmark free-trade agreement, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was reached in Atlanta following
nine days of talks that went through the night Saturday as trade officials broke a deadlock over the length of
monopoly protections for new, cutting-edge drugs.
among nations that represent about 40 percent of world economic output. It must be approved by Congress
in an up-or-down vote, as well as by the governments of 11 other countries.
9845
To: Sevillia, Max; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Date: Monday, October 05, 2015 1:29:12 PM
Good to hear

Thank you Max

From: Sevillia, Max
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 1:28 PM
To: Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

They haven’t decided yet, but they may advocate for a paired down set of priorities. If so, Trade
would not be one of them.




From: Gann, Georgia

+ Amy too
Andrea-
section.
credit.
Georgia B. Gann
9846
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740


++

Wednesday

From: Sevillia, Max





mistake.html?_r=0


9847
From: Sevillia, Max


back.









9848

deal


Andrea Zuniga
Office of the Mayor
Office: 212-341-9085
Cell: 917-847-6593

9849
From: Lau, Tin
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); jfromowitz@akpdmedia.com;
geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: RE: RUSH TRANSCRIPT: MAYOR DE BLASIO DELIVERS REMARKS AT STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE
CONFERENCE RECEPTION
PR is up:

http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/688-15/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-delivers-
remarks-state-innovation-exchange-conference-reception

Tin Lau
Director of Production, Web & New Media Operations
New York City Department of
Information Technology & Telecommunications
2 MTC, 4th Floor
718.403.8091
tlau@doitt.nyc.gov

From: Gunaratna, Mahen [mailto:MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: WebMail
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim (hayley@progressiveagenda.us); jfromowitz@akpdmedia.com;
geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: FW: RUSH TRANSCRIPT: MAYOR DE BLASIO DELIVERS REMARKS AT STATE INNOVATION
EXCHANGE CONFERENCE RECEPTION
Pls post to website

To: Transcripts; John Del Cecato; geri@progressiveagenda.us; Hayley Prim
(hayley@progressiveagenda.us); jfromowitz@akpdmedia.com
Subject: RUSH TRANSCRIPT: MAYOR DE BLASIO DELIVERS REMARKS AT STATE INNOVATION
EXCHANGE CONFERENCE RECEPTION
THE CITY OF NEW YORK

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
9850
NEW YORK, NY 10007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 2, 2015

CONTACT: pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov, (212) 788-2958
RUSH TRANSCRIPT: MAYOR DE BLASIO DELIVERS REMARKS AT STATE

INNOVATION EXCHANGE CONFERENCE RECEPTION
Mayor Bill de Blasio: Raj has an interesting way of [inaudible] feeling good about – like,
you feel good about life – reminding me of all those months I spent in fourth place.
[Laughter]
And we’ve all been there brothers and sisters, right? We’ve all spent some time not at the top
of the polls. But what I would say about Raj Goyle is when I was in fourth place and fifth
place, and offering a progressive vision that wasn’t quite catching fire yet, Raj was one of the
people who said we can make this happen, and he put himself into it, heart and soul. So, New
York City’s very glad we got to adopt you and welcome you. And – but I did – he very
accurately portrayed what my response was when I first met him – his response to any
progressive who is out there, particularly in a place like Kansas, fighting the fight, is that we
have to feel a deep sense of honor for folks who are holding up a progressive banner even
where it’s not easy, and reminding all of us that there are people listening if there’s someone
there to annunciate the message. There’s always someone listening, there’s someone ready to
be organized and to believe if there are leaders willing to put the message forward. So, let’s
thank Raj for being one of those people –
[Applause]
I want to thank Nick Rathod, and I want to thank Mike Lux for their great leadership. I’m
thrilled that you are all together here because as progressives we know we need to learn from
each other, we need to build upon each other’s successes, we need the fire and the energy
that comes from being together. We need to be reminded – I don’t think I should say we need
to be reminded we’re on the right side of history, we know we’re on the right side of history
– but we need to be reminded it actually can be done. It can be achieved. It can be reached.
And each and every one of you by your very election proved what was possible. And so
many of you are achieving it through legislation, and changes of policy, and changes in the
public debate, and the way people are thinking, and the way people are organizing. So, I want
to thank you.
I was very excited to speak to you remotely last year because I could tell something
important was happening here. And I’m much more excited to be here in person with you.
This is how this country changes – progressives building upon our victory, finding each
other, supporting each other, showing each other the tools and what works, and reaching
people more and more. I’ve never doubted – I’ve never doubted there is a progressive
majority out there, waiting to be tapped.
[Applause]
And I think we need to show it and we can show it in each and every state. And I appreciate
all that you’re doing to make that happen. I take a lot of inspiration from history and
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sometimes when people tell you what can’t be done, or they tell you that, you know, certain
policies or ideas can’t be achieved in certain places – a little moment of looking at history
tends to dispel that negative stereotype, because if you look in all 50 states, there have been
focal points of progressive action over the decades. And if you look at the people who have
hailed certain offices, you can look back and find extraordinary examples that remind us
what it’s supposed to be.
I’m blessed as a New Yorker. I never had to wonder could there be a progressive mayor, and
could that progressive mayor have a big and lasting impact, because I was brought up on the
legend of Fiorello LaGuardia. And when I say legend, I’m not saying mythology – it all
actually happened. It was a legend based in fact. Fiorello LaGuardia changed the reality of
New York City. We feel his influence to this day – an authentic progressive, well ahead of
his time on a host of issues, who believed in multi-racial coalitions before most people even
could conceptualize that idea; who believed in the fundamental role of government in making
progressive changes; and one of the people who helped foster the New Deal, and did it – and
this is crucially important for all of us – Fiorello LaGuardia, and a lot of other local leaders,
did audacious things in the 1930s, like formed – for one thing, they formed the U.S.
Conference of Mayors. No one had thought to organize local officials in such a meaningful
way before, but there was a realization that change could happen form the grassroots, and that
the grassroots leadership understood what was happening in a way that never could be the
same in Washington DC. So, they organized together. They organized in a time that was
much less perspicuous with that kind of organizing.
But the New Deal – I think a lot of us would say the New Deal epitomizes so much of what
we believe and what was our grounding in our political philosophy and our activism. The
New Deal was largely created based on the idea of local leaders knitted together into a
national policy. And there was lots of experimentation, and I know there were [inaudible] and
things that worked, and things that didn’t. But the common thread was local leaders said they
would do something audacious, they would change the paradigm before your very eyes,
create new ideas and make them work. And those started to gain currency through success,
which immediately brings us to the work that everyone in this room is doing, because you’re
showing in your towns, and your cities, your states that similar success can be achieved
today.
I want to tell you, we look at a national context with the Congress and we become a little too
used to the paralysis, the gridlock, the disfunction. It’s something we say as a commonplace.
But I think the people actually interpret it a little bit differently than all of us who are
involved in public life. I think the people are pretty sharp to see that what’s become of
Washington DC is not acceptable. It’s not what [inaudible] aspire to, but what they do
connect with is local leaders who make fundamental change and tangible change. And so, I
wish we didn’t have the juxtaposition with Washington. I wish every one of us were trying
to do our best to create progressive change, and trying to keep up with Washington DC. But
the fact is what you’re doing now stands as a very stark contrast, and your people can see it.
And I would argue it’s amplifying the value of your work. It’s showing people something
they yearn for, which makes them want to elect more people like you, which makes them
want to support more of the ideas you’re putting forward, which makes them want to agree to
more of the organizing drives that you’re creating. You are creating the antidote to what’s
wrong in Washington.
Now, look – look around the country. And I always find it so powerful that what you see
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locally defies the conventional wisdom over and over again. In Connecticut, they passed paid
sick leave and they raised taxes on the wealthy.
[Applause]
And on that platform, Governor Malloy got reelected with a larger victory margin than he did
when he was first elected.
[Applause]
So, that’s a fact – it is a fact that the state of Nebraska – not one of our bluer states – passed a
referendum to raise the minimum wage. The people of Nebraska wanted to raise the
minimum wage.
[Applause]
We see examples all over the country – things that we’re told in the conventional wisdom
aren’t possible, but they’re happening all the time. Remember not so long ago around this
country we talked about raising the minimum wage? There was a huge backlash from the
business community [inaudible] who said look at all the devastating economic impact. Do
you realize that the movement – the Fight for $15 movement, and so many other movements,
so many other leaders in this room, and in labor, and beyond have changed that discussion
around the country so that now the knee-jerk response is not look at all the negatives of
raising minimum wage. The knee-jerk response is how quickly can we raise the minimum
wage?
[Applause]
Look at the fight for paid sick leave. This is one of the things I campaigned on our city. I’m
very proud to say, when I came into office, we extended paid sick leave to a million more
New Yorkers who didn’t have that coverage.
[Applause]
I remember a few years ago, you talked about paid sick leave, and the answer to that was
how debilitating it would be to small businesses. Until you listen to the majority of people
who either didn’t have paid sick leave, regarded as a fundamental right, and desperately
wanted it so they could protect their health and their families health – and they never listened
to their family members, their neighbors, all the people who could see through their eyes that
not having that meant how society was just not fair enough. So, again, it’s something that
used to be a no-fly zone. If you brought it up, somehow you were discordant with economic
reality – quickly became something that a majority embraced and saw as necessary. That is
happening all over this country.
We are in the midst of an extraordinary moment, and just in the last year alone you see it.
The discussion of income inequality in this country has gone from the back burner to
decidedly the front burner. People are talking overtly about the crisis of income inequality
and what it means and how it’s holding us back as a nation. People are conceptualizing
clearly that a society that doesn’t provide opportunity can’t succeed. People understand that if
our wages and benefits are stuck, our families won’t have a viable future. These ideas are
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now right in the front of the minds of the people. And you see even the presidential
discussion now changing, and candidates who aren’t discussing income inequality are out of
touch with the electorate. Who would’ve believed that just a few years ago? But that
happened on the ground and worked its way up to the national level – and that’s why we’re
finally having the debate we should be having in this country. And we have to sustain it.
So here’s my exhortation to everyone in this room – we sustain that progress by going up

time and again, even when it’s not easy – and I know there’s a lot of strong people in this
room who’ve fought a lot of fights – but we keep going up to bat over and over again. That is
the way forward, because what’s happening is with every time progressives push the
spectrum, it is having an impact. Even the battles we don’t win in the first instance are having
an impact. The battles lost in one state set up a victory in another state. But it’s about
continually pressing our advantage.
I borrow a different sports analogy or sports quote, I should say, from the hockey great
Wayne Gretzky. This is very profound – he said, “You miss 100 percent of the shots you
don’t take.”
[Laughter]

[Applause]
So every time that we don’t put that piece of legislation into the legislative session, every
time we don’t try and get that referendum on the ballot, or every time we don’t do that
organizing drive, we miss an opportunity to see if, in fact, there might be a victory there, or
there might be a table-setter for some greater victory up ahead. It’s our obligation to keep
pushing farther, to see how much is there to be attained, because more and more the people
want us to – they believe we should.
Now, quick personal report to try and make this very tangible. I came into office – yes, I was
a long-shot. We ran a populist campaign, we ran a grassroots campaign – we believed it
could be done –
[Applause]
– and then, brothers and sisters, comes that part when you raise your right hand, you get
inaugurated – many of you have been through it – many of you will continue to get
inaugurated to higher and higher office – and when you do, there’s just challenge – the
famous question that came at the end of the movie The Candidate – 1972, Robert Redford,
for those of you who aren’t political junkies – the final quote, “What do we do now?”
So, I came into office, and I can tell you it was a kinder, gentler time 21 months ago. I did
not have as much grey hair – that is a literal truth. But we said, look, we’re going to actually
try and do these things. We believe they can be done. We believe the people demand it.
When we say full-day high-quality pre-k for every child, that was not an abstraction. We had
20,000 kids in pre-k full-day when I came into office. We said we’re going to give ourselves
two years to bring that up to 65,000 kids a year, and we did it – 65,000 kids.
[Applause]
9854
We said we should have the most ambitious affordable housing plan of any city in the history
of the country. We put together a plan for 200,000 units of affordable housing – enough for
half-a-million people over the next ten years – and we are on pace to achieve that plan. We
aimed high and we’re reaching it.
[Applause]
Raj mentioned municipal ID – this is something so important. We have hundreds of

thousands of people in New York City who are undocumented. We wanted them to know
they’re our brothers and sisters too. Undocumented or not, they’re our brothers and sisters,
they’re our neighbors, they’re a part of our society. We want them to thrive, we want them to
be respected. We created IDNYC, our municipal ID card, to say something simple –
everyone’s acknowledged, everyone’s respected, everyone should be able to get a lease –
they can sign a lease, they can get a bank account, they can get a library card. The basics of
life should not be out of reach for someone simply because our federal government has not
yet recognized their personhood.
[Applause]
We now have over half-a-million people who have those ID cards [inaudible].
[Applause]
And I will not – I will not go on and on and on. I will say this – these real changes were
attainable.
I can’t tell you how many times the conventional wisdom said they weren’t. But they were
– they were all along.
I can’t tell you how many times at how many campaign stops or forums or debates I said we
have to bring police and community back together, because there was a rift, and we had to
end what was a broken policy in New York City of stop-and-frisk. And every time I said that
someone would say, but crime will go up. And I said no – bringing police and community
together is how you drive crime down.
[Applause]
And we’re two years in and guess what, brothers and sisters, crime has gone down in New
York City while fairness has gone up.
[Applause]
So you get where I’m coming from.
Let me – let me just give you a quick – a quick idea of how I think we can move forward
together – and I want to thank everyone who’s a part of this gathering, because in unity there
is strength, in numbers there is strength. It is so important that people are here together
strengthening each other, sharing the best ideas, and moving forward.
9855
I am trying to help progressives to do that nationally through our effort, The Progressive
Agenda. I want everyone, please, do me a favor, go to progressiveagenda.us when you have a
chance, and take a look at what we’re doing.
The progressive agenda is an effort to bring together progressives – elected officials,

legislators, mayors, members of Congress, issue activists, labor leaders, you name it, faith
leaders from around the country around a common set of principles about how we address
income inequality. 14 simple points about how we end the scourge of income inequality in
this country, how we raise wages and benefits, how we support working families with
fundamental concepts like paid sick leave and full-day pre-k for all our children, and – the
thing that opens up the doors to so many other changes – progressive taxation. Close the
carried interest loophole, implement the Buffet Rule, ask the wealthy to pay their fair share.
[Applause]
So the progressive agenda shows that it is simple, it is straightforward. We can explain to the
people of this country literally on a single page what it would take to address income
inequality, to create opportunity, to create fairness. We need your help to do it.
I want to ask everybody in this room, please join us. Sign up as a member of this coalition.
Join the progressive agenda. The executive director for our progressive agenda, Jerry Prado,
is here in the room. Our political director Hayley Prim is here – there they are in the corner.
Wave vigorously, please. Give them a round of applause.
[Applause]
But you can help us. We’re trying in New York City to do so much for our 8.5 million
people – 8.5 million people, 46 percent of whom are living at or near the poverty level right
now. We are trying to lift them up. We are trying to show the changes that can be made. But
we know – everyone in this room knows – as good as our efforts are locally, as much impact
as you make with the legislation you pass in your city or your state, we cannot reach enough
people, we cannot create enough opportunity without a federal government that’s actually our
partner.
[Applause]
We cannot fix our infrastructure without a federal government involved. We can’t have
enough affordable housing without a strong federal partnership. We can’t make our schools
all they should be for our children. There’s so much we could do to address income
inequality and to create opportunity if the federal government were a part of this discussion
again, if they were actors in this drama, but that only happens by changing the political
debate in this country.
It’s starting to happen all over the country, but we need to take it to the next level. So
continue all that you’re doing locally, but help us to crystalize this national demand, this core
set of ideas that should be basic concepts of fairness in this country, because if we can change
the national debate, if we can get Washington to be a place again that supports our localities
and lifts up our people, we can create the just and equal society that we believe in and that a
majority of Americans believe in.
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Thank you and God bless you all [inaudible].
[Applause]

[Cheers]
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9857
From: Sevillia, Max
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Schwartz, Regina; Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea;
"jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Understood, and communicated.

To: Schwartz, Regina; Sevillia, Max; Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea;
'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'

Agreed and correct – I have not sent them a quote supporting the compact. The Mayor’s comments
on Saturday also didn’t give a blanket endorsement.

Georgia/Max – let’s just make sure they don’t use the Mayor’s name in anyway without us signing
off.

From: Schwartz, Regina [mailto:RSchwartz@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: Sevillia, Max; Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'; Spitalnick,
Amy (OMB)

Ok. No one expects that everything USCM does the mayor will support. I defer to comms but I don’t
see much vulnerability- she is talking about the June meeting there is no new news here and I don’t
think it will get picked up anywhere.

WE don’t have an quote or anything on Wednesday right validating?
From: Sevillia, Max
To: Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia; Hagelgans, Andrea; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

Here is a wrinkle, USCM put out a release supporting TPP.
http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/2015/1005-statement-tppdeal.pdf

Baltimore is supportive of it, and her stance on trade apparently is similar to that of former
President Johnson.

Wed press conference will not likely touch on trade unless ask. If they get a question on it, they
would say that it is USCM position to support it.

9858



From: Gann, Georgia

+ Amy too
Andrea-
section.
credit.
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740


++

Wednesday

9859
From: Sevillia, Max





mistake.html?_r=0


From: Sevillia, Max


back.



9860







deal


Andrea Zuniga
Office of the Mayor
Office: 212-341-9085
Cell: 917-847-6593

9861
From: Gann, Georgia
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Sevillia, Max; Schwartz, Regina; Zuniga, Andrea; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Subject: Fw: Obama Administration Reaches Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
FYI USCM framing of TPP support repeated.
Georgia B. Gann
Tel. (202) 624-5912
Cell. (347) 497-1740

From: USCM/Tom Cochran [mailto:actionalert@usmayors.org]
To: Gann, Georgia
Subject: Obama Administration Reaches Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

TO: The Mayor

FROM: Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director
This morning the Obama Administration announced that it had reached agreement on a Trans
Pacific Partnership trade deal with 11 other nations, including Japan, Canada and Mexico.

USCM President Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake’s statement of support, highlights
of the TPP agreement, and President Obama’s statement on reaching the agreement are
available via the links in this email. The 90-day process for Congressional consideration, as laid
out in the Trade Promotion Authority legislation, will begin shortly.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors at its 83rd Annual Meeting in San Francisco adopted policy in
support of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which Congress passed this summer, and called on
the Administration to reach a trade deal with Trans Pacific nations containing enforceable labor
9862
and environmental standards, transparency, and a uniform trading system.

Last week, as the Trade Ministers from the 12 TPP nations were in final negotiations in Atlanta,
host Mayor Kasim Reed, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola, Chair of our Exports and Ports Task
Force, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin held a press
conference in support of TPP and called on conclusion of a deal. They were joined by U.S. Trade
Representative Ambassador Michael Froman as they toured a small manufacturing facility near
downtown Atlanta.

If you have any questions, please contact USCM staffer Dave Gatton dgatton@usmayors.org

The United States Conference of Mayors

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9863
From: Geri Prado
To: Caquias, Paula; Snyder, Thomas
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: meeting w the mayor
Hi Paula:
I emailed Prisca but forgot she was out. Could I see if the Mayor has time Thursday afternoon to meet?
Also, is the planning meeting Wednesday or Thursday this week?
Thanks- Geri
9864
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian
Subject: Stiglitz and Forum- Time sensitive
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 10:33:06 AM
Attachments: FINAL TPAC Forum Legal Invite guidelines (9-30-15).docx
Good morning Mayor:
Would you be able to make a call to Joseph Stiglitz TODAY and ask if he could play a significant role
(we’d work with him) in the forum on December 6th? I would follow up with him. Or send an email
with the following as guidelines. Thank you:
Professor Stiglitz:
I’m writing to invite you to participate in The Progressive Agenda Committee’s forum on income
inequality which will be singularly focused on solutions for income inequality. We believe that with your
expertise on the subject, it would make the forum with attending presidential candidates substantive for
voters in Iowa and nationwide.
We will be holding this at a college in Iowa TBD. Candidates from both parties will be invited and per
our 501 c4 tax status, we will follow a uniform guideline (attached). Candidates will not appear on stage
at the same time and each will have ample time to talk with a panel of experts. As such, we want to
keep the invitees list to 5 top polling candidates from each side to have a good hearty discussion. If you
would agree, we could work out details with you.
Our goal would be to have all candidates who are invited attend and to have media coverage that
would allow as many people as possible in and out of Iowa hear from the candidates on the subject.
The Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda Committee, Geri Prado can discuss further details. In
the meantime her number is
Looking forward to hearing from you
9865
Memorandum
To: Forum Partners

From: The Progressive Agenda Committee
Date: September 30, 2015
RE: Forum Criteria
Objective Criteria for Participant Invitation
The forum’s focus is singularly centered on income inequality and ideas around solutions. The
Progressive Agenda Committee (TPAC) and its partners will invite Democratic and Republican
presidential candidates to discuss how they plan to combat inequality and bring economic
security/stability to the nation. To receive an invitation to the income inequality forum, a
candidate must satisfy the following criteria:
• Fulfill the requirements in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution;

• File a Statement of Candidacy, or publicly state that a Statement of Candidacy will be
filed, with the Federal Election Commission by November 13, 2015.
• In the 5 most recent Iowa Statewide polls released and recognized by TPAC and Simpson
College prior to November 13, 2015 at 5 p.m. CT a candidate must: (1) place in the top 5
of an average of the polls and (2) receive at least 1% support on average of the
polls. Polls will be used if they are by major, nationally recognized organizations that
use standard methodological techniques.
• In the event that a top 5 candidate declines the invitation to participate, slots will be
extended in order, up to the 7th place candidate.
• Invitations will be sent in writing via registered mail to all candidates with a description
of the objective criteria.
Forum Operational Guidelines
• The questions for the candidates will be prepared and presented by an independent
non-partisan panel or moderator.
• Each candidate will be given an equal opportunity to present his or her view on each of
the issues discussed.
• The moderator will not comment in a manner that implies any preference, approval or
disapproval of a candidate.
9866
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian
Subject: Re: Stiglitz and Forum- Time sensitive
One more thing- he wasn’t sure he would be in town during that time so I wanted to get it officially on
his schedule to confirm as well. Roosevelt doesn’t keep his calendar or handle things he does on his
own.
> On Oct 6, 2015, at 10:44 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> He already told me he would in principle and I told you to follow up with staff. I will do this as well
but feel like you are reinventing the wheel a bit here
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
> Original Message
> From: Geri Prado
> Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 10:33 AM
> To: B
> Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian
> Subject: Stiglitz and Forum- Time sensitive
>
>
> Good morning Mayor:
>
> Would you be able to make a call to Joseph Stiglitz TODAY and ask if he could play a significant role
(we’d work with him) in the forum on December 6th? I would follow up with him. Or send an email
with the following as guidelines. Thank you:
>
>
> Professor Stiglitz:
>
> I’m writing to invite you to participate in The Progressive Agenda Committee’s forum on income
inequality which will be singularly focused on solutions for income inequality. We believe that with your
expertise on the subject, it would make the forum with attending presidential candidates substantive for
voters in Iowa and nationwide.
>
> We will be holding this at a college in Iowa TBD. Candidates from both parties will be invited and per
our 501 c4 tax status, we will follow a uniform guideline (attached). Candidates will not appear on stage
at the same time and each will have ample time to talk with a panel of experts. As such, we want to
keep the invitees list to 5 top polling candidates from each side to have a good hearty discussion. If you
would agree, we could work out details with you.
>
> Our goal would be to have all candidates who are invited attend and to have media coverage that
would allow as many people as possible in and out of Iowa hear from the candidates on the subject.
>
> The Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda Committee, Geri Prado can discuss further details.
In the meantime her number is
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you
9867
From: Geri Prado
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Dawsey
yes- agreed.
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Want to be very clear on division of labor here
Team TPAC needs to beat down Dawseys false premises
We here @ CH will work on confirming pieces from Mayors sked
From: Hinton, Karen

Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 11:41 AM
To: Walzak, Phil; 'Geri Prado'
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato

Subject: RE: Dawsey
Yes, he’s asking for Mayor and HRC have met since the non-endorsement interview.
From: Walzak, Phil

To: Hinton, Karen; 'Geri Prado'
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Dawsey
Need to talk to him off rec..he thinks bec there is no lunch on sked mayor isn’t talking to HRC
world? irresponsible
From: Hinton, Karen
9868
9869
9870
9871
9872
9873
9874
9875

Pls doublebcheck
From: Hinton, Karen
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 12:56 PM
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
Phil?

To: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
I don’t find anything on the sched
From: Hinton, Karen

To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: URGENT
Need to know if Mayor has made a call or met with HRC since April?
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9876
9877
9878
He hasn't spoken w HRC or robbie Mook or podesta in 6 months? That's not true
Pls doublebcheck

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
Phil?

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
From: Hinton, Karen

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: URGENT
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9879
9880
Do others know??
Mayor meet or talk to HRC in past sev months?

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: RE: URGENT
Didn’t ask about Mook or Podesta, just HRC. Dawsey is focusing on HRC. We can tell him
about Mook/Poesta.
From: Walzak, Phil

To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: URGENT
Pls doublebcheck

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
Phil?

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
From: Hinton, Karen

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: URGENT
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9881
9882
9883

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
about Mook/Poesta.
From: Walzak, Phil

To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: URGENT
Pls doublebcheck

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
Phil?

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
From: Hinton, Karen

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: URGENT
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9884
9885
Subject: Re: URGENT
I do not.
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

++

Do others know??

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
about Mook/Poesta.
From: Walzak, Phil

To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: URGENT
Pls doublebcheck

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
Phil?

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
From: Hinton, Karen

Cc: Walzak, Phil
9886
Subject: URGENT
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9887
9888

++

Do others know??

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
about Mook/Poesta.
From: Walzak, Phil

To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: URGENT
Pls doublebcheck

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
Phil?

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
From: Hinton, Karen

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: URGENT
9889
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9890
9891
9892
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
Phil?

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT
From: Hinton, Karen

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: URGENT
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
9893
To: "John Del Cecato"; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: RE: We started a trend...
Date: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 2:34:17 PM
Ha!

To: Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: We started a trend...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/06/hey-lets-all-make-our-own-donald-
trump-hats/
9894
9895

The mayor wants politicians of both parties to attend. Representatives for Mr. Sanders and
former Democratic Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, have expressed interest in
attending.
Mr. de Blasio hasn’t recently appeared withHillary Clinton, whose winning 2000

campaignfor U.S. Senate he ran. He skipped her presidential announcement in New York
City but praised her in a range of television interviews while withholding his endorsement.
A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton didn’t have an immediate comment.
He met with top Clinton aides and advisers before announcing he wouldn’t immediately
endorse her after she declared her candidacy, according to public schedules posted online.
Some in the mayor’s orbit have resisted the forum and want him to focus more on New York,
with some believing he should endorse Mrs. Clinton. But Mr. de Blasio has said he wants to
see her outline more of her agenda.
A spokeswoman for the forum said it would be held in the fall and that details would be
announced soon. She declined to comment further.

To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: URGENT

I do not.


++

Do others know??

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
9896
Subject: RE: URGENT

about Mook/Poesta.

From: Walzak, Phil
To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: URGENT


Pls doublebcheck

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT

Phil?

Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: URGENT


From: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: URGENT


Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

9897
To: Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re: We started a trend...
haha

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 2:35 PM
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: RE: We started a trend...
https://pbump.net/files/post/trumphat/make.php?p=Make_Walzak|Great_Again&h=w

To: Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: We started a trend...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/06/hey-lets-all-make-our-own-donald-
trump-hats/
9898
9899
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9900
9901
1. "What I'm trying to do goes far beyond the boundaries of the Democratic Party," he told
me. "It's about changing our national debate and, ultimately, changing politics."
2. "I think the Democratic Party needs to get back to its roots," he told me."We're supposed
to be about progressive economic policies and economic populism. We're supposed to speak
for the needs of working people. And I don't think, as a whole, the party has done a good
enough job."
3. "What happened in 2014 is a lot of Democratic candidates did not want to say out loud the
crisis that we're facing, and I think that's a huge mistake," he says.
4. With regard to Hillary Clinton: "I think it's time, in the coming weeks and months, for her
to offer a specific vision for addressing income inequality," he told me.
5. "I think we have a broken situation in Washington, D.C.—that is not news," he told me.
"We know this issue of income inequality is not getting addressed. We know the middle class
is in great danger. We've got to have a breakthrough here. I have the honor of being mayor of
the biggest city in the country. It's my obligation to act on these issues."
6. De Blasio said his approaches had already been tested enough to convince him they were
the right ones. "We've picked up on policies that have already been successful elsewhere," he
said. "I think the jury came back a long time ago."
7. He invokes the Democratic heritage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Fiorello la Guardia,
two men that his Italian mother and her two sisters so admired that it often felt like the two
men were invisibly present at family gatherings in the 1970s and ‘80s. “They talked about
them all the time,” he says.
8. Reagan’s election was, he told me, “a shock like you would not believe,” one that he traces
as the root of virtually every pernicious economic trend—“deregulation and trickle-down
economics and globalization.” When I noted that a lot of people had found Reagan inspiring,
de Blasio shot back, “Well, I don't know many of those people.”
9. He recently had a “powerful conversation” with the mayor of Rome, he told me, who
shared his frustration at being far out in front of his national government, policy-wise.
10. “My job is to produce for my people in this city, the 8.4 million I represent. But I am
also cognizant of the fact that we do have an impact on the national and even the
international discussion,” he told me.
That's it.
Thank you,
Sue Parilla
9902
From: B
To: John Del Cecato; geri@progressiveagenda.us; Williams, Dominic
Subject: Re: Tweet by Jennifer Epstein on Twitter
Let us pray!
To: B; geri@progressiveagenda.us; Williams, Dominic
Subject: Tweet by Jennifer Epstein on Twitter
Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps)

10/6/15, 4:30 PM
Clinton's avoidance of a stance on TPP won't last much longer. "Oh yeah. I will
definitely have a position."
9903
To: B
Cc: Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: POLITICO: Bernie Sanders praises de Blasio after meeting report
Hard not to love Bernie!
Well, this is helpful -- having Sanders even broadly commit adds momentum
From: Clips <Clips@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: POLITICO: Bernie Sanders praises de Blasio after meeting report
Bernie Sanders praises de Blasio after meeting report

POLITICO NY – Dana Rubinstein
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/10/8578937/bernie-sanders-
praises-de-blasio-after-meeting-report

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday described Mayor Bill de Blasio as "one of the
leading progressives in America," following a report that the two met in New York
City last month.

“We talked about progressive politics in America and his accomplishments in New
York City," said the Vermont senator and presidential candidate, in a statement
provided to POLITICO New York. "As a former mayor myself, I enjoyed meeting
one of the leading progressives in America and talking about what he's doing in the
city. I’m very impressed by what he’s done, particularly on early childhood
education.”

On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that de Blasio met with Sanders last
month, a private meeting that was left off the mayor's public schedule.

Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs told POLITICO New York that the senator and
the mayor met at a restaurant in Brooklyn.

"The senator was in New York City for a number of other events, including going on
Stephen Colbert that night and looked to see if there was an opportunity to meet with
the mayor," said Briggs. "And the mayor’s office graciously agreed. They talked
together alone for about an hour."

Did Sanders seek de Blasio's endorsement?

"I really don’t have anything for you on that," said Briggs. "I was not inside the
9904
meeting."

The report of Sanders' meeting with the mayor, who is trying to make a name for
himself on the national progressive stage, came up during a Tuesday afternoon
interview with de Blasio on WCBS 880.

"Mayor de Blasio, you recently met with Bernie Sanders," said the radio host. "Just a
couple of progressives getting together to chat? Or should we read more into this? Is
the senator someone you might support for president?"

De Blasio talked about how impressive he finds the Democratic field — a field he
does not believe requires the entry of a Joe Biden — but declined to really answer the
question.

"I got a request from Senator Sanders to meet with him," said de Blasio. "Of course,
I’m going to respect that request. I think he’s a very impressive person."

De Blasio said, as he has in the past, that he has yet to decide whom to endorse.

"I obviously have a very good relationship with Hillary Clinton and a ton of respect
for her," said de Blasio, who managed Clinton's first campaign for the U.S. Senate. "I
think she’s running a very strong campaign and putting forward a very strong vision.
And there’s a few areas I’ve asked for some clarification from her and her camp, but
I have to say I think she, with every passing week, has offered a more compelling
vision."

De Blasio has very publicly declined to endorse her presidential candidacy, arguing
that she has yet to fully demonstrate her progressive bona fides.

He's planning to host a presidential forum on income inequality in Iowa this fall. It's
not yet clear who will attend.

Briggs said Sanders "hopes to attend," schedule permitting.
9905
9906
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Williams, Dani; Costantino, Jon
Hey Phil....checking in.

Can we set a date?

To: Colmes, Alan
Lets stay in touch

To: Walzak, Phil

great...thanks very much, Phil
Including my booker and producer, Dani and John here.

To: Colmes, Alan


From: Colmes, Alan
To: Walzak, Phil

One other thing of note is that we have a strong presence on social media which helps spread our work. I'd
really like to get the mayor's message out there.


9907
Alan


To: Colmes, Alan


To: Walzak, Phil

Hi Phil,

I caught the tail end of the mayor on Morning Joe before Christie came on and made ridiculous comments
that went unchallenged. I'd like to re-extend an invitation for the mayor to appear on my radio show.
There are only a few of us on the left who do national shows and we offer a platform that includes about
75 radio stations, Sirius/XM, our app, and online streaming. The power and effectiveness of talk radio is
understood and harnessed by conservatives, but I've been trying for years to get more liberals to
understand its value.


Best Wishes,
Alan
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9908
To: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Quotes from Mayor de Blasio in article by Molly Ball for The Atlantic
Got it
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 6, 2015, at 10:12 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
We are officially registered as the progressive agenda committee. To the

progressive world TPA is fast track so we are moving off TPA.
Johns description is accurate. TPAC is an organization. We hope to have

other leaders who sit on the board etc.
On Oct 6, 2015, at 8:41 PM, Gunaratna, Mahen

<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
What is the second entity besides TPAC? TPAC is same as TPA

right?
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 6, 2015, at 8:40 PM, John Del Cecato

Geri can do better.
Basically TPAC is dedicated to finding solutions to

income inequality across the country.
MBDB is founder of TPAC - but it's separate and

apart from him - includes groups and leaders
representing millions of people across the country
with the same goal.

Can you explain in more detail what the

two entities are?
Sent from my iPhone
9909
From: "Hagelgans, Andrea"
>
Date: October 6, 2015 at
7:21:04 PM EDT
To: "Richardson, Jerika"
<JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov
>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov
>
Subject: Fw: Quotes from
Mayor de Blasio in article
by Molly Ball for The
Atlantic
Can you all handle?
From: Geri Prado
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
6:57 PM
To: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil;
Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: Quotes from Mayor
de Blasio in article by Molly Ball for
The Atlantic
and that they are two

different entities. he founded
and is working with other
influencers to lift the issue
up. that’s what TPAC is. the
less interchangeable we try
to make them the better.
i know you guys know but

i’m just reiterating
On Oct 6, 2015,
at 4:13 PM, John
Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com
> wrote:
Good flag…
Can you also try to spin

them hard on the basic
premise of TPAC - that
MBDB is using every tool
9910
at his disposal to to
tackle income inequality -
UPK, after-school
program expansion,
affordable housing (200K
units), first rent freeze in
history, paid sick leave for
500K additional workers,
new rules to require
developers to build
affordable housing,
fighting like hell for $15
min wage… But we don’t
operate in a vacuum - we
need Washington to be a
partner in this & tackle a
lot of issues at the
federal level - because
that makes a real
difference in the lives of
New Yorkers…
From: "Hagelgans,
Andrea"
>
Date: Tuesday,
October 6, 2015 at
2:52 PM
To: "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov
>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov
>, "Adams Baker,
Marti"
<MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov
>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com
>, Geri Prado
<geri@progressiveagenda.us
>, "Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov
>
Cc: "Richardson,
Jerika"
<JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov
>
Subject: FW: Quotes
9911
9912
Hello,
These are the

quotes from Mayor
de Blasio that will
be in the Atlantic
article by Molly
Ball.
1. "What I'm
trying to do goes
far beyond the
boundaries of the
Democratic Party,"
he told me. "It's
about changing our
national debate
and, ultimately,
changing politics."
2. "I think the

Democratic Party
needs to get back
to its roots," he
told me."We're
supposed to be
about progressive
economic policies
and economic
populism. We're
supposed to speak
for the needs of
working people.
And I don't think,
as a whole, the
party has done a
good enough job."
3. "What happened
in 2014 is a lot of
Democratic
candidates did not
want to say out
loud the crisis that
we're facing, and I
think that's a huge
mistake," he says.
9913
4. With regard to
Hillary Clinton: "I
think it's time, in
the coming weeks
and months, for her
to offer a specific
vision for
addressing income
inequality," he told
me.
5. "I think we have

a broken situation
in Washington,
D.C.—that is not
news," he told me.
"We know this
issue of income
inequality is not
getting addressed.
We know the
middle class is in
great danger.
We've got to have
a breakthrough
here. I have the
honor of being
mayor of the
biggest city in the
country. It's my
obligation to act on
these issues."
6. De Blasio said
his approaches had
already been tested
enough to convince
him they were the
right ones. "We've
picked up on
policies that have
already been
successful
elsewhere," he
said. "I think the
jury came back a
long time ago."
7. He invokes the
Democratic
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heritage of
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt and
Fiorello la Guardia,
two men that his
Italian mother and
her two sisters so
admired that it
often felt like the
two men were
invisibly present at
family gatherings
in the 1970s and
‘80s. “They talked
about them all the
time,” he says.
8. Reagan’s
election was, he
told me, “a shock
like you would not
believe,” one that
he traces as the
root of virtually
every pernicious
economic trend
—“deregulation
and trickle-down
economics and
globalization.”
When I noted that
a lot of people had
found Reagan
inspiring, de Blasio
shot back, “Well, I
don't know many
of those people.”
9. He recently had
a “powerful
conversation” with
the mayor of
Rome, he told me,
who shared his
frustration at being
far out in front of
his national
government,
policy-wise.
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10. “My job is to
produce for my
people in this city,
the 8.4 million I
represent. But I am
also cognizant of
the fact that we do
have an impact on
the national and
even the
international
discussion,” he told
me.
That's it.
Thank you,
Sue Parilla
9916
To: Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: Geri Prado
Subject: Re: One additional question
Date: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 10:22:38 AM
Haha… Yeah, maybe I’m being stupid

Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 10:13 AM
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Adams Baker, Marti" <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Richardson, Jerika" <JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Eh
Think just say it was a rhetorical play on trump, lighthearted jab to make a point
Don't want to do hist debate we are going to lose
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 10:06 AM
To: Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil
Cc: Geri Prado
I don’t know if we want to engage on a smart-alec question, but….
In the years after WWII, the economy was booming, unions were strong, the wealthy paid a LOT more in
taxes, and income inequality was low… Now - I’m not saying we want to go back to the 50s and 60s in
terms of social attitudes, etc - but economically speaking - the decimation of unions, the massive tax cuts
for the wealthy, Citizens United, and a million other rule changes in the last few decades have greatly
contributed to the mess we’re in…
You might just want to point her to our joint op-ed with Warren, where we reference how the middle class
was built from the 1930s-1970s - only to see trickle-down economics pull the rug out from under the
middle class in the 80s
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-revive-the-american-dream/2015/05/06/a583c94c-
f323-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html

To: "Richardson, Jerika" <JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
"Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
9917
Subject: FW: One additional question
From: Molly Ball [mailto:molly@theatlantic.com]

To: Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika
Subject: One additional question
Re: the hat—when does Mayor de Blasio believe America was "fair"?
--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
9918
From: Richardson, Jerika
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea; Geri Prado; Gunaratna, Mahen
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 7, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Eh
Think just say it was a rhetorical play on trump, lighthearted jab to make a point
Don't want to do hist debate we are going to lose
To: Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil
Cc: Geri Prado
I don’t know if we want to engage on a smart-alec question, but….
In the years after WWII, the economy was booming, unions were strong,
the wealthy paid a LOT more in taxes, and income inequality was low…
Now - I’m not saying we want to go back to the 50s and 60s in terms of
social attitudes, etc - but economically speaking - the decimation of
unions, the massive tax cuts for the wealthy, Citizens United, and a
million other rule changes in the last few decades have greatly
contributed to the mess we’re in…
You might just want to point her to our joint op-ed with Warren, where
we reference how the middle class was built from the 1930s-1970s - only
to see trickle-down economics pull the rug out from under the middle
class in the 80s
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-revive-the-american-
dream/2015/05/06/a583c94c-f323-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd story.html

To: "Richardson, Jerika" <JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: FW: One additional question
9919
To: Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika
Subject: One additional question
Re: the hat—when does Mayor de Blasio believe America was "fair"?
--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
9920
To: Blumm, Kate; John Del Cecato; jfromowitz@akpdmedia.com; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: FW: Census shows uneven recession effects in New York City
Some good stuff here to incorporate into future remarks/speeches, stump, etc.

From: POLITICO Pro [mailto:states-alert@politico.com]
Subject: Census shows uneven recession effects in New York City
Census shows uneven recession effects in New York City

By Laura Nahmias
11:40 a.m. | Oct. 7, 2015
Poverty rates in New York City held steady in 2014, despite a promising decrease in 2013
from the previous year, newly analyzed census data reported by the Citizens’ Committee for
Children shows.
The census data shows an uneven recovery from the 2009 recession in one of the country’s
wealthiest cities, with median incomes stagnating, costs of living increasing, and already high
poverty rates holding steady.
Census data for the year 2014 shows that roughly one in every three children in New York
City lives in poverty, and 250,000 more people, both children and adults, lived in poverty in
the five boroughs in 2014 than in 2008. More than 23,000 of the 250,000 people in poverty
are children.
Child poverty rates were highest in the Bronx, with 43.3 percent of children living in poverty
in 2014. They were lowest in Queens, where the rate of children in poverty is 20.3 percent.
While median income levels for families with children in New York City increased in 2013
for the first time since the recession struck, they dropped again in 2014, to $50,841, about
$4,500 less than the median income for families with children in 2008.
And the costs of living in New York City are also increasing. Median monthly rents have
gone up almost 12 percent since the recession began, from $1,036 to $1,160.
The census data does show some positive trends. Unemployment rates for New Yorkers
above the age of 20 are now approaching the levels they had reached before the recession.
The total unemployment rate citywide in 2014 was 8.3 percent, a 15.3 percent decrease from
2013.
While teen unemployment rates were still high at 34.8 percent in 2014, those rates also fell
by 11.9 percent from the previous year.
Read the full report here: http://bit.ly/1Q7Fm9u
9921
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9922
To: John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); "geri@progressiveagenda.us"
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: TPA Signers Call on Oct 13
Date: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:32:23 PM
Hey guys – can you send us some background on the TPA signers call, please? Main message,
participants, etc.

Thanks!

Marti Adams Baker
Deputy Communications Director | Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio
o: (212) 788-9570 | m: | t: @Marti Adams

9923
From: White, Erin
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re: Atlantic article about de Blasio
I need to check in with AH about whether to push on age. Then I will email him directly. We
will get it.
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 12:53 PM
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com);
Walzak, Phil; White, Erin
Subject: RE: Atlantic article about de Blasio
What’s our plan to clarify the other outstanding pieces of the fact check? If he hasn’t responded, my
recommendation is that we don’t press him on this (especially since it’s a sensitive manner), but
rather just ask Steve to clarify. He’s been helpful to us on these types of matters in the past –
Molly is planning on using ten direct quotes from her two interviews with the Mayor. I have
someone reviewing the audio and cross-checking the quotes to make sure they’re accurate.

To: Hinton, Karen; Gunaratna, Mahen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com);
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
From: Hinton, Karen

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com);
Oh, I’ll call you then. What’s her number?

9924
9925
2. Though his parents were cleared after an investigation by the government loyalty board, it nevertheless stymied
his father's career as a Commerce Department economist. and set off a gradual, alcohol-fueled decline. His father
left the family when de Blasio was 8. (I have seen 7 several places.)
3. The article now says that Bernie Sanders and James Webb have accepted the invitation to the forum in Iowa,
which will be in November. Is that correct? Anybody else? How certain is the date?
Thanks,
Sue
9926
From: Blumm, Kate
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna, Mahen; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Fink, Avi
Cc: Chow, Eugene
Subject: RE: REMARKS: NYPD Swearing-in
+ Avi

From: Blumm, Kate
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna, Mahen;
'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Cc: Chow, Eugene
Subject: REMARKS: NYPD Swearing-in
Importance: High

Thoughts very welcome.

NYPD SWEARING IN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015
PURPOSE:
1) Swear in NYPD’s new class of recruits

ROLE: Remarks

SETUP: Podium


AUDIENCE: Members of NYPD and their families

9927

OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN
· Thank you, Lt. Giorgio [Tony]

· Honor to be here as all XXX of you join the

world’s greatest police department

· This isn’t my opinion, it’s a fact: NYPD is a model
for the nation, world

· We are the safest big city in America – and we
continue to become even safer

· Before going on, want to thank:
[See Acknowledgments Card]
· You have all answered the call to serve, act deserving of

deepest respect and admiration
9928
· Takes a remarkable individual to volunteer for one of
toughest jobs
o But also most gratifying – keep NYers safe
· This class is a proud testament to making sure our police

force truly reflects diversity of the City it serves
· One of most diverse in history: recruits hail from 35

different countries, speaking 22 languages
o Most Latino recruits ever [30%], 2nd most female

recruits [20%]
o Nearly 10% Asian, 13% Black
o 58 have served in Armed Forces
· All of you brought together by same desire to protect

others, lift up our city
· Each of you carries a powerful story that fuels your
9929
9930
o Making NYC safer AND fairer
· From Day 1, your training will be the most modern,

advanced, and sophisticated in the world
o And will honor NYPD’s roots of neighborhood

policing
· Your training will honor the personal missions that

brought you here:
o to help people, to make their lives better, to make

their lives safer
· And the deep-seated mutual mission between police and

community

o To keep our communities safe, and keep our
officers safe

· The Academy will give you the tools to turn that mission
9931
into action
o Working hand-in hand with communities, you will

build real relationships, real trust
o Develop a tremendous sense of connection and the

feeling that as a city, we’re in this together
· There is so much outstanding policing going on across

the boroughs, but still new frontiers for us to reach
· The best change, the best reform, happens at the

grassroots, with you, on your beats, in our neighborhoods
· You will have time to engage residents, understand

rhythms of community, needs, and where problems are
· No longer start with crisis – a call –focus on proactive

problem solving, instead of reactive response
· When residents can get to know you – builds trust that

leads to tips, insight, early warning of developing
problems
9932

o Can stop problem before it happens

· This neighborhood policing model goes hand in hand with
new use of force policy
· Will have clear rules, clear training in only using amount
of force necessary

o Strong emphasis on de-escalation, conflict resolution

· This is the future of the department, and it’s in your
hands

· I have such faith that we’re starting on the road that,
honestly, for years and years people have sought, but
haven’t been able quite to reach

o YOU will take us there

· You will make sure NYC continues on our pathway to
safer streets – through stronger bonds.

· Now my pleasure to issue oath of office – please raise
your right hands and repeat after me:

I do hereby pledge and declare…
9933
To uphold the Constitution of the United States…
And the Constitution of the State of New York…
And faithfully discharge my duties
As a New York City police officer…
To the best of my ability…
So help me God.

9934
To: Blumm, Kate; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna, Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene; Jon Fromowitz
Subject: Re: REMARKS: NYPD Swearing-in
Importance: High
Actually adding Fromo
From: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 1:22 PM
To: "Blumm, Kate" <KBlumm@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika"
<JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Klein, Monica" <MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Chow, Eugene" <EChow@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Adding Fromo

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika" <JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Klein, Monica"
<MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato

NYPD SWEARING IN
PURPOSE:
 1)  Swear in NYPD’s new class of recruits

ROLE: Remarks

9935
SETUP: Podium



OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN
 ·  Thank you, Lt. Giorgio [Tony]

· Honor to be here as all XXX of you

join the world’s greatest police department

· This isn’t my opinion, it’s a fact:
NYPD is a model for the nation, world

9936
· We are the safest big city in America
– and we continue to become even safer

 · Before going on, want to thank:
 ·  You
have all answered the call
to serve, act deserving of deepest respect and admiration
 ·  Takes

a remarkable individual
to volunteer for one of toughest jobs
 o  But also most gratifying –

keep NYers safe
 ·  This

class is a proud testament
to making sure our police force truly reflects diversity of
the City it serves
 ·  One

of most diverse in history:
recruits hail from 35 different countries, speaking 22
languages
 o  Most

Latino recruits ever
[30%], 2nd most female recruits [20%]
9937
 o  Nearly 10% Asian, 13%
Black
 o  58 have served in Armed

Forces
 ·  All

of you brought together by
same desire to protect others, lift up our city
 ·  Each
of you carries a powerful
story that fuels your courage and conviction
 ·  Like
 o  Granddaughter

of police
officer , served for 17 years
 o  Sadly, made ultimate

sacrifice in line of duty
 ·  So

many of you grew up with
these stories in family – understand the sacrifice,
commitment of NYPD
9938
 ·  Just
like – and so
many of you carrying on family legacy…
 ·  ALL

of you will carry on
NYPD’s legacy – while being the standard-bearers of a
new era in policing
 ·  You will take policing to the

next level in this city
 ·  Deepening

our safety, and
creating a true partnership between police and
community
 o  Making NYC safer AND

fairer
 ·  From

Day 1, your training will
be the most modern, advanced, and sophisticated in the
world
 o  And

will honor NYPD’s
roots of neighborhood policing
9939
 ·  Your
training will honor the
personal missions that brought you here:
 o  to

help people, to make
their lives better, to make their lives safer
 ·  And

the deep-seated mutual
mission between police and community

 o  To
keep our communities
safe, and keep our officers safe

 ·  The
Academy will give you the
tools to turn that mission into action
 o  Working

hand-in hand
with communities, you will build real relationships,
real trust
 o  Develop

a tremendous
sense of connection and the feeling that as a city,
we’re in this together
9940
 ·  There
is so much outstanding
policing going on across the boroughs, but still new
frontiers for us to reach
 ·  The

best change, the best
reform, happens at the grassroots, with you, on your
beats, in our neighborhoods
 ·  You

will have time to engage
residents, understand rhythms of community, needs, and
where problems are
 ·  No

longer start with crisis – a
call –focus on proactive problem solving, instead of
reactive response
 · When residents can get to know

you – builds trust that leads to tips, insight, early warning
of developing problems

 o  Can stop problem before it
happens

 ·  This neighborhood policing model
goes hand in hand with new use of force policy
9941
· Will have clear rules, clear training
in only using amount of force necessary

o Strong emphasis on de-
escalation, conflict resolution

 · This is the future of the
department, and it’s in your hands

 ·  I have such faith that we’re starting
on the road that, honestly, for years and years people

have sought, but haven’t been able quite to reach

 o YOU will take us there

 · You will make sure NYC continues
on our pathway to safer streets – through stronger
bonds.

 ·  Now my pleasure to issue oath of
office – please raise your right hands and repeat after

me:

9942
So help me God.

9943
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Gunaratna, Mahen; Richardson, Jerika; Walzak, Phil; White, Erin
Two cents from peanut gallery on “feud” - Cuomo has come to see the light on $15
min wage, which he summarily dismissed in February of this year

To: "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika" <JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del
Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "White, Erin"
<EWhite@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com);



Believe she is in DC, but yes. She needs to speak with either you or Phil

We’ve given her accomplishments, fact check etc, but want a senior source talking to her to
assist in push back. The piece should be more favorable to us than Vanity Fair. But she is
interested in the feud and whether it hurt the Mayor. I think she needs someone beyond
Rebecca, me and Jerika who have been managing her piecemeal requests to knit the picture.

From: Hinton, Karen
9944
9945

9946
From: Geri Prado
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Richardson, Jerika; Walzak, Phil; White, Erin
Punt that part to me. I’ll say that no formal invites have been sent out but have
expressed interest. This is a TPAC, not City Hall event so they can discuss with me. I
wouldn’t get into the business of trying to explain that or it doesn’t distinguish the
two from each other.
On Oct 7, 2015, at 1:30 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

wrote:
Geri - what do you want to say re: this?
3. The article now says that Bernie Sanders and James Webb have accepted the invitation to the
forum in Iowa, which will be in November. Is that correct? Anybody else? How certain is the
date?

From: "Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika" <JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"White, Erin" <EWhite@cityhall.nyc.gov>
What’s our plan to clarify the other outstanding pieces of the fact check? If he hasn’t
responded, my recommendation is that we don’t press him on this (especially since it’s
a sensitive manner), but rather just ask Steve to clarify. He’s been helpful to us on
these types of matters in the past –

Molly is planning on using ten direct quotes from her two interviews with the Mayor. I
have someone reviewing the audio and cross-checking the quotes to make sure they’re
accurate.

To: Hinton, Karen; Gunaratna, Mahen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Walzak, Phil; White, Erin

Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
9947
202-266-7437 o
c

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato




We’ve given her accomplishments, fact check etc, but want a senior source
talking to her to assist in push back. The piece should be more favorable to us
than Vanity Fair. But she is interested in the feud and whether it hurt the Mayor.
I think she needs someone beyond Rebecca, me and Jerika who have been
managing her piecemeal requests to knit the picture.

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato

Is everybody cool if I give her a call and have coffee with her just to get a sense of
things?

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com);
Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; White, Erin

Erin is waiting to hear back from the Mayor on #1 and #2.

9948
9949
From: Blumm, Kate
To: John Del Cecato
Truth=weird

To: Blumm, Kate

That’s super weird


Yes
You are exempt
FROM MOBILE KATE
On Oct 7, 2015, at 1:26 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
Arghh.. Why? Is Fromo Foil-able? Not more so than I am…


You forgot to but don’t do it for FOIL

To: Blumm, Kate; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica;
Gunaratna, Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene
Importance: High

Adding Fromo

9950
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika" <JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Klein, Monica" <MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>


NYPD SWEARING IN
PURPOSE:

ROLE: Remarks

SETUP: Podium



9951
OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN
? Thank you, Lt. Giorgio [Tony]

? Honor to be here as all XXX of you join the

? This isn’t my opinion, it’s a fact: NYPD is a
model for the nation, world

? We are the safest big city in America – and
we continue to become even safer

? Before going on, want to thank:
? You have all answered the call to serve, act
deserving of deepest respect and admiration
? Takes a remarkable individual to volunteer for

one of toughest jobs
9952
? This class is a proud testament to making sure
our police force truly reflects diversity of the
City it serves
? One of most diverse in history: recruits hail from

35 different countries, speaking 22 languages
o Most Latino recruits ever [30%], 2nd most

female recruits [20%]
? All of you brought together by same desire to

protect others, lift up our city
? Each of you carries a powerful story that fuels
your courage and conviction
? Like ]
o Granddaughter of police officer
9953
served for 17 years
o Sadly, made ultimate sacrifice in line of duty
? So many of you grew up with these stories in

family – understand the sacrifice, commitment of
NYPD
? Just like – and so many of you carrying

on family legacy…
? ALL of you will carry on NYPD’s legacy –

while being the standard-bearers of a new era in
policing
? You will take policing to the next level in this

city
? Deepening our safety, and creating a true

partnership between police and community
9954
? From Day 1, your training will be the most
modern, advanced, and sophisticated in the world
o And will honor NYPD’s roots of

neighborhood policing
? Your training will honor the personal missions

that brought you here:
o to help people, to make their lives better, to

make their lives safer
? And the deep-seated mutual mission between

police and community

o To keep our communities safe, and keep
our officers safe

? The Academy will give you the tools to turn that
mission into action
o Working hand-in hand with communities,

you will build real relationships, real trust
9955
o Develop a tremendous sense of connection
and the feeling that as a city, we’re in this
together
? There is so much outstanding policing going on

across the boroughs, but still new frontiers for us
to reach
? The best change, the best reform, happens at the

grassroots, with you, on your beats, in our
neighborhoods
? You will have time to engage residents,

understand rhythms of community, needs, and
where problems are
? No longer start with crisis – a call –focus on

proactive problem solving, instead of reactive
response
? When residents can get to know you – builds

trust that leads to tips, insight, early warning of
developing problems

9956
o Can stop problem before it happens

? This neighborhood policing model goes hand in
hand with new use of force policy
? Will have clear rules, clear training in only using
amount of force necessary

o Strong emphasis on de-escalation, conflict
resolution

? This is the future of the department, and it’s in
your hands

? I have such faith that we’re starting on the road
that, honestly, for years and years people have
sought, but haven’t been able quite to reach

o YOU will take us there

? You will make sure NYC continues on our
pathway to safer streets – through stronger
bonds.

? Now my pleasure to issue oath of office – please
raise your right hands and repeat after me:

9957
To uphold the Constitution of the United

States…
So help me God.

9958
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika; John Del Cecato
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: RE: Quotes from Mayor de Blasio in article by Molly Ball for The Atlantic
#6 I’ve heard him say before.

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika; John Del
Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
I bet Molly didn’t give her audio to the fact-checker (hence why she’s asking us to confirm the
quotes).

Jerika, if you want to pass along audio to the fact-checker, you can send her these links:

Jan 2015:
May 2015:

To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika; John Del
Yes, we should. Get the audio or time stamp. I don’t love that first quote, in particular. Also, let’s
share the fuller quotes

Jerika, can you push her?

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Adams Baker, Marti; Richardson, Jerika; John Del
Subject: FW: Quotes from Mayor de Blasio in article by Molly Ball for The Atlantic
Cross-checked against the audio.

Some of these quotes aren’t exactly what he said – see my edits below in red.

And, oddly, team wasn’t able to find the quotes listed in #1 and #6. Do we want to press them for
original sourcing/audio timestamp or let it slide?

9959
9960
(based on the audio, I don’t think “inspiring” is the word here – “compelling” is more
accurate; Molly’s exact words are “A lot of people in your generation looked at that and said,
‘This is the way’”), de Blasio shot back, “Well, I don't know many of those people.”
10. “My job is to produce for my people in this city – 8.4 million people that I represent. But
I am also cognizant of the fact that we do have an impact on the national discussion. Even a
little bit on the international discussion,” he told me.
That's it.
Thank you,
Sue Parilla
9961
From: Walzak, Phil
To: "John Del Cecato"; Blumm, Kate; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna, Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene
These are good

Also made comments in body – some fact chjecking needs to happen

To: Blumm, Kate; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna,
Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Few flags:

1) think we could do more to connect to equality, esp given reforms we’ve made so far. Don’t think it’s
the time or place to be super aggressive on SQF, but I feel where we say that they are part of a new era of
policing, we might want to be a little more explicit about what that means. SO:
· ALL of you will carry on NYPD’s legacy – while being the standard-bearers of a new era in policing
· REPLACE [You will take policing to the next level in this city] WITH [An era defined by a philosophy
that says we’re all at our safest - and our best - when we protect and respect EVERY New Yorker in EVERY
community.]

2) I don’t know what below means, and it maybe feels a little rosy for avg people listening. Think we can
do without:
· And the deep-seated mutual mission between police and community
o To keep our communities safe, and keep our officers safe

3) Likewise, this line feels a little too needle-thread-y - would cut or rework: "There is so much
outstanding policing going on across the boroughs, but still new frontiers for us to reach”

4) Does it make sense to focus on crime reduction stats a little more than what’s here? We say “safest big
city”, which is good, but this seems like a good place to credibly run down some hard #s up front.

5) I like MBDB’s line about how crime is going down & fairness is going up…

9962


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PURPOSE:

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SETUP: Podium



OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN
9963
Thank you, Lt. Giorgio [Tony]





toughest jobs

9964
9965
· So many of you grew up with these stories in family –
understand the sacrifice, commitment of NYPD
· Just like – and so many of you carrying on

family legacy…
· ALL of you will carry on NYPD’s legacy – while being

the standard-bearers of a new era in policing
· You will take policing to the next level in this city
· Deepening our safety, and creating a true partnership

between police and community


policing
9966
brought you here:

their lives safer

community

officers safe

into action



9967


When residents can get to know you – builds trust that

leads to tips, insight, early warning of developing problems

Can stop problem before it happens

This neighborhood policing model goes hand in hand with
Will have clear rules, clear training in only using amount of
force necessary

Strong emphasis on de-escalation, conflict resolution

This is the future of the department, and it’s in your hands

I have such faith that we’re starting on the road that,
9968

YOU will take us there

You will make sure NYC continues on our pathway to safer
streets – through stronger bonds.

Now my pleasure to issue oath of office – please raise

So help me God.

9969
From: Blumm, Kate
To: John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna, Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene
My comments in CAPS:

Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Few flags:

community.] – I LIKE

do without:
o To keep our NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR OFFICERS safe – THIS CHANNELS DIRECTLY SOMETHING HE
SAID THIS SUMMER. THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT INVOKES OUR MISSION TO PROTECT
OFFICERS AS WELL AS COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE

outstanding policing going on across the boroughs, but still new frontiers for us to reach” – I CAN REQORK.
. .AGAIN, COMPLIMENTING GOOD HARD WORK OF PD WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING WE MUST DO BETTER

city”, which is good, but this seems like a good place to credibly run down some hard #s up front. – SURE,
WAS IN PREVIOUS VERSION BUT I CUT FOR LENGTH, GOOD TO KNOWIT’S MISSED THOUGH

5) I like MBDB’s line about how crime is going down & fairness is going up… -- I HAVEN’T HEARD THIS!!!!!
THANKS FOR HEADS UP

9970


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SETUP: Podium



OPEN PRESS
9971
NYPD SWEARING IN





toughest jobs
9972


recruits [20%]

courage and conviction
· Like
o Granddaughter of police officer , served

for 17 years
9973


family legacy…



9974
policing

brought you here:

their lives safer

community

officers safe

into action


9975






force necessary


9976





So help me God.

9977
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Richardson, Jerika; "John Del Cecato"; Blumm, Kate; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Klein, Monica;
Gunaratna, Mahen; Fink, Avi
Could we get a Latina officer to feature in Mayor’s remarks? Bratton can have the granddaughter
story.

To: 'John Del Cecato'; Blumm, Kate; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna, Mahen;
Fink, Avi; Hinton, Karen

+ Avi &Karen

Mahen
Importance: High

Actually adding Fromo

To: "Blumm, Kate" <KBlumm@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika"
<JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Klein, Monica" <MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"

Adding Fromo


9978

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SETUP: Podium



OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN
9979





toughest jobs

9980

recruits [20%]

· Like

for 17 years
9981

family legacy…




policing
9982
brought you here:

their lives safer

community

officers safe

into action



9983





force necessary



9984




So help me God.

9985
9986
2. "I think the Democratic Party needs to get back to its roots," he told me. "We are a party
that’s supposed to be about progressive economic policies and economic populism. And
we're supposed to speak for the needs of working people – you know, of every background,
of every region. And I don't think, as a whole, the party has done a good enough job."
3. "What happened in the 2014 election is a lot of candidates – I would certainly say this
about a lot of Democrats – did not want to say out loud the crisis that we're facing. And I
think that's a huge mistake," he says.
4. With regard to Hillary Clinton: "I think it's time, in the coming weeks and months, to offer
a specific vision for addressing income inequality," he told me. [This needs to be clearly time
stamped to May 2015. This posture on this is slightly different now – (i.e. – “becoming more
and more compelling, etc.”)
5. "I think we have a broken situation in Washington, D.C.—that is not a news flash," he told
me. "We know this. We know the issue of income inequality is not being addressed. We
know the middle class is in great danger. We've got to have a breakthrough here. And I have
the honor of being mayor of the biggest city in the country. It's my obligation to act on these
issues – for my own constituents."
6. De Blasio said his approaches had already been tested enough to convince him they were
the right ones. "We've picked up on policies that have already been successful elsewhere," he
said. "I think the jury came back a long time ago."
7. He invokes the Democratic heritage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Fiorello La

Guardia, two men that his Italian mother and her two sisters so admired that it often felt like
the two men were invisibly present at family gatherings in the 1970s and ‘80s. “They talked
about them all the time,” he says.
8. Reagan’s election was, he told me, “a shock like you would not believe,” one that he traces
as the root of virtually every pernicious economic trend—“deregulation and trickle-down
economics and globalization.” When I noted that a lot of people had found Reagan inspiring
(based on the audio, I don’t think “inspiring” is the word here – “compelling” is more
accurate; Molly’s exact words are “A lot of people in your generation looked at that and said,
‘This is the way’”), de Blasio shot back, “Well, I don't know many of those people.”
10. “My job is to produce for my people in this city – 8.4 million people that I represent. But
I am also cognizant of the fact that we do have an impact on the national discussion. Even a
little bit on the international discussion,” he told me.
That's it.
Thank you,
Sue Parilla
9987
From: Blumm, Kate
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Walzak, Phil; "John Del Cecato"; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica
Cc: Chow, Eugene
EXCELLENT
Thank you.

To: Blumm, Kate; Walzak, Phil; 'John Del Cecato'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Officer Harry Ryman’s death is considered a line of duty death.

In 1980, he walked outside his home in the middle of the night and saw some men attempting to
steal his neighbor’s car. He identified himself as an officer and tried to arrest them, but was shot and
killed:

http://www.odmp.org/officer/11676-police-officer-harry-r-ryman

From: Blumm, Kate
To: Walzak, Phil; 'John Del Cecato'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna,
Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

TYVM

With exception of Harry Ryman, Mahen has signed off FYI

From: Walzak, Phil
To: 'John Del Cecato'; Blumm, Kate; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica; Gunaratna,
Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

These are good

Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

9988
Few flags:

community.]

do without:






NYPD SWEARING IN
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9989

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SETUP: Podium



OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN


9990



toughest jobs



recruits [20%]
9991

· Like

for 17 years
o Sadly, made ultimate sacrifice in line of duty don’t

think true


family legacy…
9992



policing

brought you here:

their lives safer
9993
community

officers safe

into action





9994



force necessary






9995

So help me God.

9996
9997
From: Walzak, Phil
Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

These are good

Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Few flags:

community.]

do without:




9998


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SETUP: Podium



OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN
9999





toughest jobs

10000
10001

family legacy…




policing
10002
brought you here:

their lives safer

community

officers safe

into action



10003





force necessary



10004




So help me God.

10005
From: Walzak, Phil
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Blumm, Kate; "John Del Cecato"; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica
Cc: Chow, Eugene
– the story is compelling

To: Walzak, Phil; Blumm, Kate; 'John Del Cecato'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein, Monica
Cc: Chow, Eugene

.

NYPD Harbor Unit
boat is named after him. The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. (national organization that tracks
law enforcement line-of-duty deaths) classifies him as such.

From: Walzak, Phil
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Blumm, Kate; 'John Del Cecato'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein,
Monica
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Cc: Chow, Eugene


killed:


From: Blumm, Kate
Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

10006
TYVM


From: Walzak, Phil
Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

These are good

Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Few flags:

community.]

do without:




10007


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ROLE: Remarks

SETUP: Podium



10008
OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN





toughest jobs
10009


recruits [20%]

· Like

for 17 years
10010
think true


family legacy…



10011
policing

brought you here:

their lives safer

community

officers safe

into action


10012






force necessary


10013





So help me God.

10014
From: Walzak, Phil
To: Chow, Eugene; Gunaratna, Mahen; Blumm, Kate; "John Del Cecato"; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika;
Klein, Monica
This works too

From: Chow, Eugene
To: Walzak, Phil; Gunaratna, Mahen; Blumm, Kate; 'John Del Cecato'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson,
Jerika; Klein, Monica

Summary NYPD sent over states line of duty death.

Gitter, Jennifer
is the granddaughter of Police Officer Harry R. Ryman. Police Officer Ryman was
killed in the line of duty August 14, 1980. Police Officer Ryman was assigned to the 60 Precinct Anti-
Crime Unit. He gave 17 years of service to the NYPD.

From: Walzak, Phil
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Blumm, Kate; 'John Del Cecato'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Richardson, Jerika; Klein,
Monica
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Cc: Chow, Eugene


killed:


From: Blumm, Kate
Mahen
10015
Cc: Chow, Eugene

TYVM


From: Walzak, Phil
Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

These are good

Mahen
Cc: Chow, Eugene

Few flags:

community.]

do without:




10016


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SETUP: Podium



10017

OPEN PRESS
NYPD SWEARING IN





toughest jobs
10018



recruits [20%]

· Like
o Granddaughter of police officer served

10019
for 17 years

think true


family legacy…



10020
policing

brought you here:

their lives safer

community

officers safe

into action

10021







force necessary

10022






So help me God.
10023

10024
From: Walzak, Phil
To: Richardson, Jerika; "Geri Prado"
Cc: John Del Cecato; Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; White, Erin
ok

To: 'Geri Prado'; Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato; Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; White, Erin
Thanks, Geri. PW – Okay for me to ship Molly’s fact checker?

To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato; Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Richardson, Jerika; White,
Erin
The only thing is I haven’t talked to Seth (Simpson) yet. Could we edit as this for this
particular question

TPAC is currently in numerous talks to host a presidential forum on income inequality
issues. No plans or details have yet been finalized on any location or date or format.
Details will be announced when they are final which will be soon.
--From Geri Prado, ED of TPAC

To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato; Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Richardson, Jerika; White,
Erin
Got it. I’m fine with saying I shipped it over and if they have follow up Qs specifically about
this, bounce to us.
On Oct 7, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Just the one I drafted that wud come from yoiu

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To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Richardson,
Jerika; White, Erin
what statement? Anything that comes from CH answering on behalf of TPAC

will continue to perpetuate the notion that this is Mayor Bill de Blasio’s forum,
something I thought we were trying collectively to avoid? Plus, from the
beginning we’ve bargained this as TPAC’s forum which pre-dated me.
This is the first I’m hearing of Webb’s interest let alone accepting a phantom
invitation.
Let me know if you want me to take the Q

Makes sense

To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika"
<JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "White, Erin"
<EWhite@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>

Why not our stmnt?>

To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Richardson,
Jerika; Walzak, Phil; White, Erin
Cc: Geri Prado
Geri - what do you want to say re: this?

3. The article now says that Bernie Sanders and James Webb have accepted the
invitation to the forum in Iowa, which will be in November. Is that correct?
Anybody else? How certain is the date?

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<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Richardson, Jerika"
<JLRichardson@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"White, Erin" <EWhite@cityhall.nyc.gov>

What’s our plan to clarify the other outstanding pieces of the fact check?
If he hasn’t responded, my recommendation is that we don’t press him
on this (especially since it’s a sensitive manner), but rather just ask Steve
to clarify. He’s been helpful to us on these types of matters in the past
–

Molly is planning on using ten direct quotes from her two interviews with
the Mayor. I have someone reviewing the audio and cross-checking the
quotes to make sure they’re accurate.

Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Richardson, Jerika; John Del
Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Walzak, Phil; White, Erin


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born in 1917, but were they both 44 when he was born in May of 1961?
2. Though his parents were cleared after an investigation by the government loyalty
board, it nevertheless stymied his father's career as a Commerce Department
economist. and set off a gradual, alcohol-fueled decline. His father left the family
when de Blasio was 8. (I have seen 7 several places.)
3. The article now says that Bernie Sanders and James Webb have accepted the
invitation to the forum in Iowa, which will be in November. Is that correct?
Anybody else? How certain is the date?
Thanks,
Sue
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To: B
Subject: HRC on TPP
CNN
Hillary Clinton comes out against TPP trade deal
(CNN)Hillary Clinton came out against the Trans Pacific Partnership in an

interview Wednesday, breaking with President Barack Obama and his
administration, which has forcefully promoted the deal.
Clinton told PBS' Judy Woodruff Wednesday in Iowa that, "As of today, I

am not in favor of what I have learned about it."
The former secretary of state cited the "high bar" she set earlier in the year
as the reason she was giving the deal a thumbs down.
"I have said from the very beginning that we had to have a trade agreement
that would create good American jobs, raise wages and advance our national
security and I still believe that is the high bar we have to meet" Clinton said,
adding later, "I don't believe it's going to meet the high bar I have set."
Clinton's position on the massive 12-nation trade deal that is a staple of the
Obama administration's foreign policy in the region has been a festering
question ever since the former secretary of state launched her bid for the
White House.
Clinton told reporters earlier this year that she did not want to comment on
the trade deal until it was finalized, something that happened earlier this
month.
As secretary of state, Clinton actively advocated for the TPP. In fact, she did
so 45 times between 2010 and 2013.
In July, Clinton told CNN that she never worked directly on the deal.
"I did not work on TPP," Clinton said Thursday. "I advocated for a multi-
national trade agreement that would 'be the gold standard.' But that was the
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responsibility of the United States trade representative."
While technically true -- Clinton's State Department was not the lead
negotiator on the deal -- the former secretary of state regularly trumped up
trade deals, including what would become the TPP.
"We need to keep upping our game both bilaterally and with partners across
the region through agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP,"
Clinton said during a 2012 trip to Australia. "This TPP sets the gold
standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent, fair trade, the kind
of environment that has the rule of law and a level playing field. And when
negotiated, this agreement will cover 40 percent of the world's total trade
and build in strong protections for workers and the environment."
While Clinton has not outright come out against the Trans Pacific
Partnership until today, she had signaled over the summer that she was
worried about the deal.
'"There are some specifics in there that could and should be changed,"
Clinton said of the Pacific Rim pact at a June press conference in Iowa. "So I
am hoping that's what happens now -- let's take the lemons and turn it into
lemonade."
On Wednesday, Clinton argued that those lemons had not, in fact, been
turned into lemonade.
"For me, it really comes down to those three points that I made and the fact
that we have learned a lot about trade agreements in the past years," Clinton
said. "Sometimes they look great on paper."
Clinton specifically cited currency manipulation enforcement, benefits for

pharmaceutical companies and impacts on American workers as the reasons
she was disapproving the deal.
It's also a departure from the Clinton legacy: It was President Bill Clinton
who, two decades ago, signed the first mega-regional pact: the North
American Free Trade Agreement.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was sold by the Obama administration as a

way to right NAFTA's mistakes -- particularly by adding chapters requiring
improved labor conditions and implementing environmental standards in
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the countries involved in the deal.
It was also the economic underpinning of the so-called "pivot to Asia" that
Clinton had championed as America's top diplomat.
But the deal is strongly opposed by liberals -- particularly labor unions that
fear it would cause the United States to bleed more jobs and wages to
countries that pay workers less.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has highlighted his opposition to the deal on
the Democratic presidential campaign trail. And a liberal icon, Sen.
Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, has hammered its inclusion -- like most
other trade deals -- of a provision that would allow companies to challenge
whether countries' laws and regulations live up to their international trade
commitments.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, her Democratic rival in the

presidential race who came out against the TPP earlier this year, quickly
blasted Clinton's comments.
"Wow, that's a reversal," he said in Washington, D.C. "I believe we need to

stop stumbling backwards into bad trade deals and Secretary Clinton can
justify her own reversal of opinion on this, but I can tell you that I didn't
have one opinion eight months ago and switch that opinion on the eve of
debates."
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From: Walzak, Phil
To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Trade statement

“This is an important moment for those who fight for American jobs and workers, to environmental
champions, and to consumer advocates. Secretary Clinton’s opposition to this deeply-flawed trade
agreement demonstrates how determined she is to making our economy work for everyday people.
Hillary Clinton understands that bad trade deals only make the crisis of income inequality worse.
She knows that America needs trade deals that protect workers, consumers, and the environment.
And her fight for fair trade mirrors the many bold, progressive stands she’s taken over the past
several months -- and throughout her career.”

From: B
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Trade statement

Want to make big impact here. Make it very punchy. And want it in the bloodstream asap.
Pls make highly quotable

10033
From: Arslanian, Kayla
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Williams, Dominic; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Re: I am w MBDB
Mayor approves
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 7, 2015, at 5:55 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
> DRAFT stmnt from mayor on HRC TPP opposition -
>
>
> "This is an important moment for those who fight for American jobs and workers, to environmental
champions, and to consumer advocates. Secretary Clinton's opposition to this deeply-flawed trade
agreement demonstrates how determined she is to making our economy work for everyday people.
Hillary Clinton understands that bad trade deals only make the crisis of income inequality worse. Her
fight for fair trade mirrors the many bold, progressive positions she's taken over the past several
months, and throughout her career. She knows that America needs trade deals that protect workers,
consumers, and the environment. I'm delighted that she's spoken out on such a crucial issue, and I
applaud her commitment to core progressive values."
>
>
>
> From: Arslanian, Kayla
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 5:52 PM
> To: Walzak, Phil; Williams, Dominic
> Subject: FYI: I am w MBDB
>
> And we're abt to head to a dinner.
>
> If you guys need me to show him anything let me know - can interrupt if need be
>
10034
To: B
Can you give me a shout when you get a sec?
10035
From: Kadushin, Peter
To: "John Del Cecato"; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen
Subject: RE: Quick Q
Thanks. We will follow up when he reaches out.

To: Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Kadushin, Peter
Subject: Re: Quick Q
FYI - I think he’s asking about her new Wall Street proposal - not trade deal

To: "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
"Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: RE: Quick Q

He will want to defend hrc

Can fwd him the stmnt

From: Hinton, Karen
To: John Del Cecato; Kadushin, Peter
Subject: Re: Quick Q
Peter can u look at this and see if it makes sense to engage.
Sent from my iPhone
Heads up - sent him your way, Karen
From: Gabriel Debenedetti <gdebenedetti@politico.com>

Subject: Quick Q
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Hey John — I hope all's well. Gabe Debenedetti here from Politico.
I'm working on a story about some of Hillary's recent policy stances, and I
wanted to see if you knew whether she spoke with Mayor de Blasio about
today's Wall St proposal in particular. Have a sec to chat today? (Off
record/background is fine with me.)
Thanks as always,
Gabe
Gabriel Debenedetti
National Political Reporter | Politico
(646) 552-5050
gdebenedetti@politico.com
@gdebenedetti

10037
To: Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Forum
Good news. Mayor very happy. He wants to hear recommendations about the timing and message of
announcement, and the the way to communicate with Simpson. So we all should probably do a call
tomorrow if possible and come up with a plan to give him. Secondly, we will need to create a work plan of
everything we need to do to get from here to Dec. 6/7(obviously).
Geri - I think you have to be careful about inviting Roosevelt to co-sponsor with TPAC at your meeting
tomorrow unless Mayor agrees. Need to talk that through first.

To: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Emma
Wolfe <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Kayla Arslanian <
Subject: Forum
Mayor et al:
On December 6th or 7th TPAC and the University of Iowa Public Policy Center and Lecture Committee will
be hosting a bi-partisan forum. The dates are in flux as they want to get the best available venue and will
get back to us tomorrow. WE WANT TO KEEP THIS UNDER WRAPS UNTIL “GO” TIME so it’s done well and
Simpson knows first. This will be in the next day or two. I would like to keep the circle small on who knows
about this until we give the invite to a reporter. I promise this will be very soon.
The U of I stipulations are as follows:
- At least 3 candidates from each side participate

- Confirmed panelists and a moderator (we have asked them to work with us so they are bought in)
- This does not benefit any one campaign over another- this is specifically issue driven (easy)
As I have told them we cannot guarantee candidates. If we cannot find the three- they will not be able to
sponsor but will work with us on how to roll that out quietly should it happen. They want this to work and
exhaust all possibilities help us do this.
Our next steps are: finishing our roll-out strategy (includes invites, who we give it to at the NYT and
tightening up our communications work with the UoI). Phil, will follow up with you on this as well.
My conversation with Roosevelt tomorrow and we will invite them to participate with Stiglitz as he is
linking his participation to them now. Then I will be reaching out to college Ds and Rs to become a part and
help get Rs on board as well as through other means.
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Simultaneously, we are going to start our digital, press and political strategy leading up to, on the night of
and after. Jeani Murray will be executing the event on the ground though as it gets closer we will be
building a team including press and digital.
There is much to do in the next few days and we can talk more tonight. I have a call with the U of I first
thing.
Geri
10039
From: Geri Prado
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato; B; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; Kayla Arslanian
Subject: Re: Forum
Thanks. As you know a lot of moving parts.
I have a big meeting tomorrow that may lock down Stiglitz which would lend huge
credibility to this. More to come.
On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:09 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Very encouraging
Nice work

To: Geri Prado
Cc: B; Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; Kayla Arslanian
Subject: Re: Forum
Right on - let's roll!
Mayor et al:
On December 6th or 7th TPAC and the University of Iowa Public

Policy Center and Lecture Committee will be hosting a bi-partisan
forum. The dates are in flux as they want to get the best available
venue and will get back to us tomorrow. WE WANT TO KEEP
THIS UNDER WRAPS UNTIL “GO” TIME so it’s done well and
Simpson knows first. This will be in the next day or two. I would
like to keep the circle small on who knows about this until we give
the invite to a reporter. I promise this will be very soon.
The U of I stipulations are as follows:
- At least 3 candidates from each side participate

- Confirmed panelists and a moderator (we have asked them to work
with us so they are bought in)
- This does not benefit any one campaign over another- this is
specifically issue driven (easy)
As I have told them we cannot guarantee candidates. If we cannot

find the three- they will not be able to sponsor but will work with us
on how to roll that out quietly should it happen. They want this to
work and exhaust all possibilities help us do this.
10040
Our next steps are: finishing our roll-out strategy (includes invites,
who we give it to at the NYT and tightening up our communications
work with the UoI). Phil, will follow up with you on this as well.
My conversation with Roosevelt tomorrow and we will invite them

to participate with Stiglitz as he is linking his participation to them
now. Then I will be reaching out to college Ds and Rs to become a
part and help get Rs on board as well as through other means.
Simultaneously, we are going to start our digital, press and political

strategy leading up to, on the night of and after. Jeani Murray will be
executing the event on the ground though as it gets closer we will be
building a team including press and digital.
There is much to do in the next few days and we can talk more
tonight. I have a call with the U of I first thing.
Geri
10041
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Adams Baker, Marti; Walzak, Phil; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: RE: Molly Ball
Always good to know since I was asked to call her.

To: Hinton, Karen; Adams Baker, Marti; Walzak, Phil; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: RE: Molly Ball
Please don’t email the mayor these questions. We’ve already posed these and have handled them

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Adams Baker, Marti; Walzak, Phil; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'
Subject: Molly Ball
Talked to Ball; she said the Vanity Fair piece was a “hit job” and her piece wouldn’t be a collection
of old news articles.

She said she would offer analysis – some of it we would like and some of it we would not like. She
would not give me specifics. “I’m not going to tell you what I am writing.”

She did say her piece was about how the Mayor of NYC was making his agenda a national agenda. I
said important to remember that income inequality could not be solved by local policies alone and
that was the motivation to align with other local officials across the country to push Congress into
action.

Below are her remaining questions. I will email Mayor about when his father left his family – 7 or 8 –
unless you think I shouldn’t.

John – can you give me an answer on when America was fair? And, how do we want to handle Iowa
with her.

Her piece will hit newsstands mid November.

Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 11:44 AM
To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: call
Good to talk—thanks for your time. I apologize if the game of telephone between me, fact
checker Sue, and different people on your end has complicated or distorted the intention of
any of these questions. We really just are trying to nail down stray details to ensure that the
piece is as accurate as possible, particularly on historical stuff that may have been
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misreported previously. So with all due respect to the sensitivities involved, we just want to
get the little stuff right.
This is the list of outstanding questions—one substantive, the rest fact checks:
1. When you say "Make America Fair Again," when was America fair?
2. Does the mayor use a BlackBerry? I saw a device holstered on his hip but couldn't be sure.
(See how conscientious we are.)
3. Was he 7 or 8 when his father left the family? (Apologies for the personal question, just
trying to be accurate.)
4. Any details on the Iowa forum? Can you confirm what has been reported elsewhere, late
November in Iowa? Any further details you can release for publication a month from now?
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Molly Ball <molly@theatlantic.com> wrote:

Sorry, was on the phone. Just called you back.
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Just left you a message.
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
--
Molly Ball
Staff writer
The Atlantic
202-266-7437 o
c
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Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Immediate timeline roll-out for invites
When today do you think we will get it?
>Yes RKK has on press side and sending.

>
>I summed this all up for ease.
>
>
>
>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>wrote:
>>
>> -BdB
>> Geri - you (w RKK) putting together a tighter ticktock on this re:
>>invites, notices and planted stories, correct?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 10:48 AM
>> To: B; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
>> Subject: Immediate timeline roll-out for invites
>>
>> This is timeline for invite release ONLY and 48 hours max. We¹d hope to
>>get in the hands of candidates and a reporter today/tomorrow depending
>>on checks and U of I approval, Stiglitz and legal.
>>
>> - Conversation with U of I- first this morning, second post Roosevelt
>>meeting (GP point)
>> - TPAC event/logistics lead on ground designated (GP, JM)
>> - U of I sent draft of invite, lawyers check changes, final approved,
>>send to Phil as well (GP, ER point)
>> - U of I, TPAC decide press line (RKK point)
>> - Discussion with Stiglitz/Roosevelt- 11am (GP point)
>> - Determine timeline of invite release- digital team, press,
>>influencers list, ready to load (GP point)
>> - Simpson conversation, next steps (GP)
>> - NYT reporter gets invite shortly post Simpson convo (GP to queue RKK)
>> - Invites immediately to candidates (same time as reporter), determine
>>from who if U of I (GP, AH)
>> - Call with U of I on conservative allies, groups (JM)
>> - Follow up with candidates to ensure invite in hand (GP)
>>
>> Protocol:
>> ALL questions about Mayor- go to CH per Phil/GP ALL questions about
>>TPAC forum, invites, etc go to GP/RKK per Phil/GP
>>
>> Questions:
>> - Phil, can you and I discuss quote from Mayor and I will tell you what
>>we¹re thinking for TPAC?
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>>
>> Plans On Tap:
>>
>> Countdown plan- comms digital political coalition
>> Pedagogy- run of show, panelists moderator
10046
To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); "Geri Prado"; Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca;
Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: The Atlantic
Sir,

Molly Ball is completing her profile piece of you for The Atlantic Magazine. For the piece, you may
remember you spoke with her last January and in DC in May about your vision on income inequality
and the national organizing agenda. The piece is expected to come out in mid-November for the
December issue.

They’d like to do a photo of you for the issue, which Jerika is quarterbacking. We’ve reduced their
time request to a ½ hour.

Please let me know if you need more information

Best,
Andrea

Andrea Hagelgans
Office of the Mayor
Direct – 212.341.5372
Cell –

10047
To: B
Do you have a minute to chat?
10048
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re:
Right before the parade which steps off at noon
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 10, 2015, at 15:58, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> +marti
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
> Original Message
> From: John Del Cecato
> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 3:55 PM
> To: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea
> Subject:
>
>
> Do you guys know when the Mayor's first media avail is on Monday?
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Keesha Gaskins is the director for the Democratic Practice–United States program at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Gaskins is a long-time organizer, lobbyist and trial attorney. Prior to joining the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, she was
Senior Counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice, serving as the director of the Redistricting and Representation
program. Gaskins is a frequent lecturer and writer on issues related to women and politics, movement building, and
democratic reform.
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Jeffrey Gural
Jeffrey Gural is Chairman of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, an international commercial real estate firm covering 320
offices worldwide. Prior to joining Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Gural was a member of the staff of Morse-Diesel
Construction Co. Gural is recognized as an invaluable member of the Greater New York community, and serves as a
member of the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Board of New York, member of the Board of USO, member of the
Board of Directors of the UJA-Federation, and many more.
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Scott Nash
Scott Nash is the founder of MOM's Organic Market, an organic grocery that promotes environmental justice. Started in
1987 out of his mom's garage, with an initial investment of $100, MOM’s has grown to become one of the nation's
premiere chains of family owned and operated organic grocery stores. With approximately 800 employees and $130
million in annual revenue, MOM’s operates 12 stores in the Washington/Baltimore/Philadelphia region and plans to
expand into the NorthEast corridor over the next several years with revenues anticipated to grow to $250 million.
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Morris Pearl
Morris Pearl is Chairman of the Board of The Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Pearl was a managing director at
BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. He worked on the Maiden Lane transactions and assessing
the government’s potential losses from the bail outs of CitiBank and AIG. He also advised Her Majesty’s treasury on the
bailout of Lloyds and RBS, as well as similar projects for the Central Bank of Ireland and the Bank of Greece. Prior to
BlackRock, Pearl enjoyed a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology
connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He is a CFA Charter Holder, a member of the CFA
Institute and the New York Society of Securities Analysts.
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Stephen Prince
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Stephen Prince is a businessman who founded National Business Products, now known as Card Marketing Services, in
1993. Prince focused the company’s attention on finding innovative print solutions for the credit, debit and prepaid card
industry. As the gift card phenomenon began to evolve in the late ‘90’s, he switched the company focus from one that
provided heavy paper print offerings to one whose primary product line was plastic cards and support materials for them
Today, as gift and loyalty card programs have proliferated and grown, Stephen is invited to deliver his “gift card gospel”
to sales staffs, merchant clients as well as potential platform partners all over the U.S.
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Great Neck Richman

James S. “Great Neck” Richman is President and CEO of Richloom Fabrics Group, a textile convertor, designer, and
distributor of home furnishing fabrics located in New York, with subsidiaries offices in Shanghai and Gurgaon. Richman
runs the Richloom Family Foundation, which has set up the Endowed Scholarship at George Washington University an
Case Western Reserve University, the Richman Visiting Professorship at Brandeis University, and given major donation
to Jewish Philanthropic America and other organizations. Richman serves on the Board of Overseers at the New York
University Stern School for Business, the Advisory Committee at Case Western Reserve University, and the Board of
Trustees of the Atlanta High Museum of Art. He is also associated with several New York City Local Charities, such as
the Association to Benefit Children and Publicolor.
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Eric Schoenberg
Eric Schoenberg is Chairman of CampusWorks, Inc., a provider of technology leadership services to universities and
colleges. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he
teaches a class on Family Wealth. Dr. Schoenberg also conducts research on the psychology of money and asset
market bubbles and has taught behavioral economics, decision making, and leadership at Columbia Business School,
NYU’s Stern School of Business, and the Haas Business School of the University of California at Berkeley. Previously,
he was Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer of Broadview International, a boutique investment bank offering
merger and acquisition advisory services to Information Technology companies. Before that, he served as a Foreign
Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State. He is a Trustee of the Rubin Museum of Art; an Overseer of the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology; and Chairman of the Investment Committee of
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern and Central New Jersey.
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Trellis Stepter
Trellis Stepter is the Program Associate for the Piper Fund. He was the 2011-2012 Proteus Fund Diversity Fellow hoste
by Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation and the Proteus- Piper Fund. Before the fellowship, Stepter worked in
public service in both the executive and legislative branches. He served as the Director of Government Affairs for the
Secretary of Transportation in the administration of Governor Deval Patrick. He also served as Chief of Staff and
Legislative Policy Analyst in the Massachusetts House of Representatives with a focus on education, affordable housin
and social and economic justice policy.
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George Zimmer
George Zimmer is the Founder and former CEO and Chairman of The Men's Wearhouse. Founded in 1973, he led the
Company as Chief Executive Officer through 2011, at which time he named a successor. Mr. Zimmer is an active
Advisory Board member with the Oakland Zoo and the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland and has served on numerous
other boards, both for profit and non-profit, throughout his career. George is widely recognized in his community for his
philanthropic efforts, which include Institute of Noetic Sciences, Chabot Space & Science Center, and Northern Lights
School, all in the Bay Area. He received Honorary Doctorates from Holy Names University and the Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology and the University of Redlands. Mr. Zimmer earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from
Washington University in 1970.
Patriotic Millionaires
The Patriotic Millionaires are a group of more than 200 individuals with annual incomes over $1 million and/or assets
over $5 million who are committed to raising the minimum wage, combatting the influence of big money in politics,
and advancing a progressive tax structure. Some of our members include:
Nancy Bagley
Washington, DC
Lawrence Benenson
New York, NY
Daniel Berger
Philadelphia, PA
Loren Blackford
New York, NY
Brady Brim-Deforest
Los Angeles, CA
Chuck Collins
Boston, MA
Cynda Collins-Arsenault
Superior, CO
Noel Congdon
Denver, CO
Tom Congdon
Denver, CO
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Alan Davis
San Francisco, CA
David DesJardins
Burlingame, CA
Abigail Disney
New York, NY
John Driscoll
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Michael Dubno
New York, NY
Andrew Faulk
San Francisco, CA
Jerry Fiddler
Berkeley, CA
Charlie Fink
Vienna, VA
Richard Foos
Los Angeles, CA
John Fullerton
Greenwich, CT
Ron Garret
Emerald Hills, CA
Bill Gawthrop
Yorkville, CA
Ellyn Gelson
Encino, CA
Drew Ginsburg
New York, NY
Jeffrey Gural
New York, NY
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Lawrence Hess
San Diego, CA
Leo Hindery, Jr.

New York, NY
Bill Janeway
New York, NY
Frank Jernigan
San Francisco, CA
Melissa Johnsen
Columbia, MO
John Johnson
New York, NY
Joel Kanter
Vienna, VA
Joshua Kanter
Midvale, UT
Rochelle Kaplan
Salt Lake City, UT
Woody Kaplan
Boston, MA
John Katzman
New York, NY
Dal LaMagna
Rhinebeck, NY
Norman Lear
Beverly Hills, CA
Suzanne Lerner
Hawthorne, CA
Art Lipson
Salt Lake City, UT
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Richard "Dick" Mader
Los Angeles, CA
Ryne Manahan
Houston, TX
Win McCormack
Portland, OR
Terry Meehan
New York, NY
Dennis Mehiel
New York, NY
Diane Meyer Simon

Santa Barbara, CA
Herb Miller
Washington, DC
Brooke Neidich
New York, NY
Frank Patitucci
Pleasanton, CA
Morris Pearl
New York, NY
Barbara Pearl
New York, NY
Judy Pigott
Seattle, WA
Stephen Prince
New York, NY
Clay Ramsey
Atlanta, GA
Great Neck Richman

New York, NY
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Fred Rotondaro
Shady Side, MD
Eric Schoenberg
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Stephen Silberstein
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
Jeff Smulyan
Indianapolis, IN
Rick Steves
Edmonds, WA
John Stewart
San Francisco, CA
Sarah Stranahan
New York, NY
Sandor and Faye Straus

San Francisco, CA
Simon Strauss
New York, NY
Whitney Tilson
New York, NY
Andrew Tobias
Miami, FL
Kevin Wall
Beverly Hills, CA
Ross Waller
Lexington, VA
David Watson
Oakland, CA
Vinitha Watson
Oakland, CA
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Peter Weinberger
Syosset, NY
Tal Zlotnitsky
Trinity, FL
George Zimmer
Oakland, CA
Philip Edmundson
Hingham, MA

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 3:00 PM
Cc: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>, FLONYC <FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: New concept

YES!! Money doesn't exempt anyone from civic duty!! Something I was thinking a lot about when you spoke to Morgan
Stanley et al. earlier this year...

Call later or tmrw is great if you want

Love it! Like the Patriotic Millionaires!


Need to talk to both of you asap about. This weekend. Chirlane and I working on new
language re: fighting income inequality. Emerged from my mtg with Peter georgescu
yesterday ‐‐ see his recent nyt op‐ed. Idea is to re‐define our demand to the wealthy. To
make it sharp but also different ‐‐ about sacrifice and patriotism ‐‐ as chirlane said, a new
patriotism. We laud soldiers and police and fire for their sacrifice. It's time to demand it of
all ‐‐ the wealthy included. An idea we want to develop with you guys

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From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil
Cc: John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
Subject: Fwd: Final release
Attachments: 101015.rls.TPAforum.docx
- We’re talking to Carter Bell (U of I)
- Simpson knows
- Waiting on final invite (new changes), FAQ
- We will have to NYT- Burns in the next few hours but unsure if we can get for
tomorrow.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
CONTACT: press@progressiveagenda.us
PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON INEQUALITY TO BE HELD ON

DECEMBER 6
The Progressive Agenda Committee, University of Iowa to sponsor

bipartisan event
Iowa City, IA – The Progressive Agenda Committee and the

University of Iowa today jointly announced that a bipartisan
presidential forum focused on inequality will be held on Sunday,
December 6, at the University of Iowa.
“We are excited to bring a bipartisan presidential forum focused on

the important issue of inequality right here to Iowa City,” said Carter
Bell, Chair of the University of Iowa Lecture Committee.
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The presidential forum will cover topics from improving wages and
benefits, enhancing retirement security, reforming the tax code, and
reshaping the size of government.
“We believe this is an incredible opportunity for candidates to have

the stage to themselves, and to discuss their solutions for tackling
income inequality,” said Geri Prado, Executive Director of The
Progressive Agenda Committee.
Income inequality is not a partisan issue. On the left, progressives

are coalescing behind an agenda that includes raising wages overall
the minimum wage, paid sick and paid family leave, Universal Pre-K,
expanding Social Security, and closing corporate tax loopholes that
benefit the wealthy.
On the right, conservatives have discussed expanding the Earned

Income Tax Credit, reducing spending and government bureaucracy,
reining in the national debt, means-testing entitlements, and a
combination of broadening the tax base while lowering tax rates.
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PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON INEQUALITY TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 6

The Progressive Agenda Committee, University of Iowa to sponsor
bipartisan event
Iowa City, IA – The Progressive Agenda Committee and the University of

Iowa today jointly announced that a bipartisan presidential forum focused
on inequality will be held on Sunday, December 6, at the University of
Iowa.
“We are excited to bring a bipartisan presidential forum focused on the

important issue of inequality right here to Iowa City,” said Carter Bell, Chair
of the University of Iowa Lecture Committee.
The presidential forum will cover topics from improving wages and
benefits, enhancing retirement security, reforming the tax code, and
“We believe this is an incredible opportunity for candidates to have the

stage to themselves, and to discuss their solutions for tackling income
inequality,” said Geri Prado, Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda
Committee.
Income inequality is not a partisan issue. On the left, progressives are

coalescing behind an agenda that includes raising wages overall the
minimum wage, paid sick and paid family leave, Universal Pre-K,
expanding Social Security, and closing corporate tax loopholes that benefit
the wealthy.
On the right, conservatives have discussed expanding the Earned Income

Tax Credit, reducing spending and government bureaucracy, reining in the
national debt, means-testing entitlements, and a combination of
broadening the tax base while lowering tax rates.
###
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To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: FAQs
I would have thought at least 30 questions
Sent from my iPhone
>
> For example… We’re getting answers to all of these so that City Hall,
> TPAC, and Iowa folks all have
>
>> On 10/10/15, 4:04 PM, "John Del Cecato" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>> 1. Will this conflict with DNC debate maximum of six debates?
>> 2. How much will this cost? Who will be paying for this? Will any
>> taxpayer money be used? Will Campaign for One New York money be used?
>> 3. What will Mayor de Blasio’s role be?
>> 4. Will he definitely attend in person?
>> 5. Will he be a panelist?
>> 6. Who will write the questions?
>> 7. Will questions be shared with any candidates in advance?
>> 8. Will Elizabeth Warren be attending? Was she invited?
>> 9. Have candidates been given a heads-up on this? Which candidates?
>> What have they been told? Who communicated with them?
>> 10. How involved has MBDB been in the planning of this forum?
>> 11. Is there a media sponsor?
>> 12. Will it be televised? Live-streamed?
>> 13. What venues are under consideration?
>> 14. Is it a conflict given that Sunday is the first day of Hanukkah?
>> 15. What happened to Simpson College? I thought that was the venue?
>> 16. Did the early publicity of this event force you to move the event?
>> 17. When you say the “package” offered by University of Iowa was better
>> than Simpson, what does that mean?
>> 18. What specifically is U of I committing to by its sponsorship?
>> 19. What was better about U of I than Simpson?
>> 20. Will the general public be able to attend? How will tickets be
>> distributed?
>> 21. Will an even amount of registered Dems and GOPers from Iowa be
>> invited?
>> 22. Which department from Univ of Iowa will be sponsoring?
>> 23. What happens if you can’t get 3 Ds and 3 Rs to attend?
>> 24. Is Hillary Clinton coming?
>> 25. Will Jim Webb and Linc Chafee be invited?
>> 26. Will Donald Trump be attending? Ben Carson?
>> 27. What do you hope to get out of this?
>> 28. Have any other New York officials been looped in?
>> 29. If MBDB attends, how will his travel be paid for?
>
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To: Snyder, Thomas; Hinton, Karen
Cc: John Del Ceccato
Subject: Re: FAQs
Yes, assume they are handling creation of answers
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 6:36 PM
To: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: John Del Ceccato
Subject: Fwd: FAQs
See below
Sent from my iPhone

Date: October 10, 2015 at 4:07:50 PM EDT
To: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Snyder, Thomas"
<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: FW: FAQs
For example… We’re getting answers to all of these so that City Hall,
TPAC, and Iowa folks all have
On 10/10/15, 4:04 PM, "John Del Cecato" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

wrote:
1. Will this conflict with DNC debate maximum of six

debates?
2. How much will this cost? Who will be paying for this? Will
any
taxpayer money be used? Will Campaign for One New York

money be used?
3. What will Mayor de Blasio’s role be?
4. Will he definitely attend in person?
5. Will he be a panelist?
6. Who will write the questions?
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7. Will questions be shared with any candidates in advance?
8. Will Elizabeth Warren be attending? Was she invited?
9. Have candidates been given a heads-up on this? Which

candidates?
What have they been told? Who communicated with them?
10. How involved has MBDB been in the planning of this

forum?
11. Is there a media sponsor?
12. Will it be televised? Live-streamed?
13. What venues are under consideration?
14. Is it a conflict given that Sunday is the first day of

Hanukkah?
15. What happened to Simpson College? I thought that was

the venue?
16. Did the early publicity of this event force you to move the
event?
17. When you say the “package” offered by University of

Iowa was better
than Simpson, what does that mean?
18. What specifically is U of I committing to by its

sponsorship?
19. What was better about U of I than Simpson?
20. Will the general public be able to attend? How will

tickets be
distributed?
21. Will an even amount of registered Dems and GOPers from

Iowa be
invited?
22. Which department from Univ of Iowa will be sponsoring?
23. What happens if you can’t get 3 Ds and 3 Rs to attend?
24. Is Hillary Clinton coming?
25. Will Jim Webb and Linc Chafee be invited?
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26. Will Donald Trump be attending? Ben Carson?
27. What do you hope to get out of this?
28. Have any other New York officials been looped in?
29. If MBDB attends, how will his travel be paid for?
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From: Geri Prado
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: MBDB quote/react
Tom is to run point for the mayor for invite roll out.
NYT not running. Too late. Will let you know who/when.
Have u sent the qa to the mayor?

Please let me know when the story is to hit.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 10, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:
If called by reporters, JDC drafted a quote. Please

do what you will. Any questions on format, etc can
go to RKK or me. Thank you all
Americans from all walks of life are concerned about the

growing gap between the very wealthy and everyone else. Here
in New York, we’re using every tool at our disposal to tackle
income inequality - paid sick leave, UPK, after-school, living
wage, affordable housing, rent freeze - but if we’re going to
make the systemic changes we need here in NYC and in cities all
across America, we need the federal government to be our
partner in this… That’s why it’s important for presidential
candidates from both sides of the aisle the opportunity to speak
directly to Americans about this issue…
10068
From: Walzak, Phil
To: Geri Prado; Hinton, Karen
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
Subject: Re: Final release
Time?
Thanks
From: Geri Prado
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
I’m including you guys in the string Phil was previously in. We are giving Burns the
story about the forum. When he writes, we’re sending this out. Point is- forum
locked. Keeping you in the loop. but all questions can come to me and RKK unless-
obviously- they’re looking for a reaction from the Mayor
On Oct 10, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
What r we talking about here exactly?
Sent from my iPhone

wrote:
- Simpson knows
- We will have to NYT- Burns in the next few hours but
unsure if we can get for tomorrow.
10069

PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON INEQUALITY TO BE

HELD ON DECEMBER 6
The Progressive Agenda Committee, University

of Iowa to sponsor bipartisan event
Iowa City, IA – The Progressive Agenda

Committee and the University of Iowa today
jointly announced that a bipartisan presidential
forum focused on inequality will be held on
Sunday, December 6, at the University of Iowa.
“We are excited to bring a bipartisan

presidential forum focused on the important
issue of inequality right here to Iowa City,” said
Carter Bell, Chair of the University of Iowa
Lecture Committee.
The presidential forum will cover topics from

improving wages and benefits, enhancing
retirement security, reforming the tax code, and
“We believe this is an incredible opportunity for

candidates to have the stage to themselves,
and to discuss their solutions for tackling
income inequality,” said Geri Prado, Executive
Director of The Progressive Agenda Committee.
Income inequality is not a partisan issue. On the

left, progressives are coalescing behind an
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agenda that includes raising wages overall the
minimum wage, paid sick and paid family leave,
Universal Pre-K, expanding Social Security, and
closing corporate tax loopholes that benefit the
wealthy.
On the right, conservatives have discussed

expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit,
reducing spending and government
bureaucracy, reining in the national debt,
means-testing entitlements, and a combination
of broadening the tax base while lowering tax
rates.
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<101015.rls.TPAforum.docx>
10071
From: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas
That's good, will get picked up a lot nationwide
From: Geri Prado
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 11:05 AM
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas
Lemire

Who at AP?
From: Geri Prado
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas
AP is to run this afternoon. No exact time.
On Oct 10, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Hinton, Karen

<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Have u sent the qa to the mayor?

Please let me know when the story is to hit.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 10, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Geri Prado

If called by reporters, JDC drafted a

quote. Please do what you will.
Any questions on format, etc can go to
RKK or me. Thank you all
10072
Americans from all walks of life are concerned
about the growing gap between the very wealthy
and everyone else. Here in New York, we’re using
every tool at our disposal to tackle income
inequality - paid sick leave, UPK, after-school,
living wage, affordable housing, rent freeze - but if
we’re going to make the systemic changes we
need here in NYC and in cities all across America,
we need the federal government to be our partner
in this… That’s why it’s important for presidential
candidates from both sides of the aisle the
opportunity to speak directly to Americans about
this issue…
10073
To: Hinton, Karen; Geri Prado; "jfdc@akpdmedia. com"
Cc: Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Tpa
You were on the email last night with subject line " final release". I assume that is the statement?

Original Message
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Geri Prado; 'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'
Cc: Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Tpa
This is all I've seen.

Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 10, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Same, me neither. Been Phil. He told me before he left that everything was running thru Geri and
that if they needed a quote for mayor they would write and run thru me and karen. Same for interviews
etc.
>
> Original Message
> From: Hinton, Karen
> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 7:19 PM
> To: Snyder, Thomas
> Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea
> Subject: Re: Tpa
>
>
> Tom i haven't done anything with this. Am I suppose to? Don't really even know what this is exactly.
>
>
>> On Oct 10, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Latter
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Oct 10, 2015, at 7:13 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Good. Our comms folks, including rebecca katz on the outside, had had success with Dan balz of
the wp before. Is geri doing the press outreach or are comms professionals?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>> Original Message
>>> From: Snyder, Thomas
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 7:08 PM
>>> To: B
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>>> Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen
>>> Subject: Tpa
>>>
>>>
>>> Burns at NYT declined. Geri moving to wash post or ap
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
10075
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
Tom?
From: Geri Prado
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
I sent to Tom. I’m not on any strings with the Mayor at the moment so I really don’t
know what has been sent to him or not. tom is point.

Is below the final release? Has mayor signed off, geri?
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Geri Prado
Sent from my iPhone

wrote:
- Simpson knows
10076

HELD ON DECEMBER 6



Lecture Committee.


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wealthy.

rates.
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10078
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
Got it!
Has mayor signed off on quote or do we need to still run by him? Tom?
From: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
Yes I saw this but not the mayor quote. I have it now and can send to reporters.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:21 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Geri Prado
Sent from my iPhone

wrote:
- Simpson knows
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Lecture Committee.


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wealthy.

rates.
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10081
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
If asked only
Sent from my iPhone
I think it should be done if asked and or when it hits.
On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Hinton, Karen

<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Yes I saw this but not the mayor quote. I have it now and can
send to reporters.
Sent from my iPhone

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John
Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
Sent from my iPhone

- We’re talking to Carter Bell

(U of I)
- Simpson knows
- Waiting on final invite (new changes),
FAQ
- We will have to NYT- Burns in the
10082
next few hours but unsure if we can get
for tomorrow.
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
CONTACT:
press@progressiveagenda
.us
PRESIDENTIAL FORUM
ON INEQUALITY TO BE
HELD ON DECEMBER 6
The Progressive Agenda

Committee, University of
Iowa to sponsor bipartisan
event
Iowa City, IA – The

Progressive Agenda
Committee and the
University of Iowa today
jointly announced that a
bipartisan presidential
forum focused on
inequality will be held on
Sunday, December 6, at
the University of Iowa.
“We are excited to bring a

bipartisan presidential
forum focused on the
10083
important issue of
inequality right here to
Iowa City,” said Carter
Bell, Chair of the
University of Iowa Lecture
Committee.
The presidential forum will

cover topics from
improving wages and
benefits, enhancing
retirement security,
reforming the tax code,
and reshaping the size of
government.
“We believe this is an

incredible opportunity for
candidates to have the
stage to themselves, and
to discuss their solutions
for tackling income
inequality,” said Geri
Prado, Executive Director
of The Progressive
Agenda Committee.
Income inequality is not a

partisan issue. On the left,
progressives are
coalescing behind an
agenda that includes
raising wages overall the
minimum wage, paid sick
and paid family leave,
Universal Pre-K,
expanding Social Security,
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and closing corporate tax
loopholes that benefit the
wealthy.
On the right, conservatives

have discussed expanding
the Earned Income Tax
Credit, reducing spending
and government
bureaucracy, reining in the
national debt, means-
testing entitlements, and a
combination of broadening
the tax base while lowering
tax rates.
###
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(718) 858-7161 — work
— cell
@RebeccaKKatz
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From: B
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma; Geri Prado
Subject: Re: Quote on forum
Good quote, approved

Original Message
From: Hinton, Karen
To: B
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma; Geri Prado
Subject: Quote on forum
Mr. Mayor,
This is the quote we propose in your name on the forum should I be contacted today after an AP
(Lemire) story hits this afternoon about details.
Let us know if you would like to make changes.
>
>>> Americans from all walks of life are concerned about the growing gap between the very wealthy
and everyone else. Here in New York, we’re using every tool at our disposal to tackle income inequality
- paid sick leave, UPK, after-school, living wage, affordable housing, rent freeze - but if we’re going to
make the systemic changes we need here in NYC and in cities all across America, we need the federal
government to be our partner in this… That’s why it’s important for presidential candidates from both
sides of the aisle the opportunity to speak directly to Americans about this issue…
>>
>
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To: Geri Prado
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Ariel Hayes
Mayor fine with the release.
Sent from my iPhone
I sent to Tom. I’m not on any strings with the Mayor at the moment so I
really don’t know what has been sent to him or not. tom is point.

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato;
Ariel Hayes
Sent from my iPhone

- Simpson knows
- We will have to NYT- Burns in the next few hours
but unsure if we can get for tomorrow.
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CONTACT:
press@progressiveagenda.us
PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ON
INEQUALITY TO BE HELD ON
DECEMBER 6
The Progressive Agenda Committee,

University of Iowa to sponsor
bipartisan event
Iowa City, IA – The Progressive

Agenda Committee and the
University of Iowa today jointly
announced that a bipartisan
presidential forum focused on
inequality will be held on Sunday,
December 6, at the University of
Iowa.

presidential forum focused on the
important issue of inequality right
here to Iowa City,” said Carter Bell,
Chair of the University of Iowa
Lecture Committee.
The presidential forum will cover

topics from improving wages and
benefits, enhancing retirement
security, reforming the tax code, and
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“We believe this is an incredible
opportunity for candidates to have
the stage to themselves, and to
discuss their solutions for tackling
income inequality,” said Geri Prado,
Executive Director of The
Progressive Agenda Committee.
Income inequality is not a partisan

issue. On the left, progressives are
coalescing behind an agenda that
includes raising wages overall the
minimum wage, paid sick and paid
family leave, Universal Pre-K,
expanding Social Security, and
closing corporate tax loopholes that
benefit the wealthy.
On the right, conservatives have

discussed expanding the Earned
Income Tax Credit, reducing
spending and government
bureaucracy, reining in the national
debt, means-testing entitlements, and
a combination of broadening the tax
base while lowering tax rates.
###
--
(718) 858-7161 — work
— cell
@RebeccaKKatz
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From: Hinton, Karen
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Karen Hinton; John Del Cecato; Andrea Hagelgans; PhilWalzak (gmail.com); Marti Adams Baker; Thomas Snyder
Subject: Re: Avail comment
Told him what I told Lemire.
See no reason to play cute with his attending or not, unless he might not attend.
If that's the case then someone should have told me he might not.
Sent from my iPhone
We’ve all talked to Grynbaum. I spoke on background. Toplines:

- He is confused as his understanding was the Mayor was to have a
definite role as moderator. I said that was never part of the plan. And
that when we entered into an agreement with co-hosts, they need to be
part of the process as well. We’re working together to have a strong
panel of journalists/econ/acad, etc, etc
- When he and I spoke a week ago I said I couldn’t speak to the mayors
asked. He said it was confirmed he was going. I said he needed to take
up those questions with CH
- I pushed on him that so much of his confusion which he was talking
about and others is reporter generated.
- He asked about the University of Iowa Lecture Committee- I said the
cycles are all about millennial and were lucky to get a student run
organization and as well as he U of I Public Policy Center
He’s stuck on the confusion between if the mayor’s role changed. I said
nope- that was misreported from the start. RKK is beating them down
right now. Pass on the story now this? bad.
On Oct 11, 2015, at 3:05 PM, Karen Hinton

<karen@karenhinton.com> wrote:
Someone has to tell me when u switch from work to personal

email. I didnt see any of these.
I told lemire he would attend but not play a role because

thats what he said at gracie.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:54 AM, John Del Cecato

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From: Hinton, Karen
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Karen Hinton; John Del Cecato; Andrea Hagelgans; PhilWalzak ( Marti Adams Baker; Thomas Snyder
Subject: RE: Avail comment
very odd.
From: Geri Prado [geri@progressiveagenda.us]

Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 5:41 PM
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Karen Hinton; John Del Cecato; Andrea Hagelgans; PhilWalzak ( Marti Adams Baker;
Thomas Snyder
Subject: Re: Avail comment
Yes. RKK is pushing w editors. They pass then this? Not cool
Did u tell him we offered to burns?
Sent from my iPhone
We’ve all talked to Grynbaum. I spoke on background. Toplines:

- He is confused as his understanding was the Mayor was to have a
definite role as moderator. I said that was never part of the plan. And
that when we entered into an agreement with co-hosts, they need to
be part of the process as well. We’re working together to have a
strong panel of journalists/econ/acad, etc, etc
- When he and I spoke a week ago I said I couldn’t speak to the
mayors asked. He said it was confirmed he was going. I said he
needed to take up those questions with CH
- I pushed on him that so much of his confusion which he was
talking about and others is reporter generated.
- He asked about the University of Iowa Lecture Committee- I said
the cycles are all about millennial and were lucky to get a student
run organization and as well as he U of I Public Policy Center
He’s stuck on the confusion between if the mayor’s role changed. I

said nope- that was misreported from the start. RKK is beating them
down right now. Pass on the story now this? bad.
On Oct 11, 2015, at 3:05 PM, Karen Hinton

<karen@karenhinton.com> wrote:
Someone has to tell me when u switch from work to

personal email. I didnt see any of these.
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To: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Bloomberg Politics
A May poll? Geez - it's October! But whatever

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-11/bill-de-blasio-group-to-hold-presidential-forum-
in-iowa-in-december
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Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in New York City in September. PHOTO: ANDREW

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By JOSEPH DE AVILA and HEATHER HADDON 4 COMMENTS

Oct. 11, 2015 9:02 p.m. ET
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has been out of office for almost three
years, but the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee and 2004 presidential
candidate is making a return to the early-primary state of New Hampshire.
Mr. Lieberman will co-lead a forum Monday for presidential candidates in Manchester.
Five Republicans—including front-runner Donald Trump—and three Democrats will be
on hand for a rare joint appearance by candidates of both major parties in New
Hampshire.
“That just doesn’t happen up there,” said Mr. Lieberman, co-chair of No Labels, a
nonpartisan political organization that is hosting the forum.
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is proving to be a formidable contender on the
Democratic side, and Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are also registered to
speak. Former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., the other co-chair of No
Labels, will host the discussion along with Mr. Lieberman.
Nearly 2,000 New Hampshire voters registered to attend the event, and every
candidate who has declared they are running for president was invited to attend, a No
Labels spokesman said.
The group hopes to get pledges from the candidates to adopt some of the goals of No
Labels, including balancing the federal budget by 2030, ensuring the survival of Social
Security and Medicare for another 75 years and creating 25 million jobs over the next
decade.
No Labels was founded in 2010 by independent-minded politicians seeking to fight

partisan gridlock in Washington. Among its most visible early supporters was former
New York City Republican-turned-independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Mr. Lieberman’s new role at No Labels seems a natural fit for the man who routinely
worked with Republicans and who infuriated liberals when he lost the Democratic
primary for the Senate in Connecticut in 2006, then went on to run and win as an
independent.
“I always wanted to leave public office on my own and sort of have another chapter in
my professional life where I could get some other things done,” Mr. Lieberman said in
an interview.
Since leaving office in January 2013, Mr. Lieberman has been working in New York
City part time at the law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman. He is also working
on projects related to foreign policy and defense for such conservative think tanks as
the American Enterprise Institute and the Hudson Institute.
Mr. Lieberman was named chairman of United Against Nuclear Iran in August and led
an unsuccessful campaign to block President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
He said the group will continue pressuring companies in the U.S. and abroad to not
conduct business in Iran to prevent it from gaining economic strength.
“We think the fight is not over,” Mr. Lieberman said.
Mr. Lieberman stepped in as co-chair of No Labels in 2014 after West Virginia Sen.
Joe Manchin, a Democrat, resigned as co-chair following the group’s role in the
Colorado Senate race that year. Democrats bristled after No Labels supported the
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successful candidacy of Republican Colorado Sen. Cory Gardnerover Mark Udall, the
Democratic senator at the time.
Mr. Lieberman acknowledged the episode upset many Democrats who said that No
Labels overstepped its role as a nonpartisan group. Mr. Lieberman responded that Mr.
Udall also had the opportunity to seek support from No Labels.
The group’s emphasis on bipartisanship in politics has also come under criticism. Such
appeals advocated by former elected officials such as Mr. Lieberman may be well-
intentioned, but fighting in Washington over issues of importance is a healthy part of
the political process, said Ross Baker, a professor of politics at Rutgers University.
“Bipartisanship is one of the things that everybody seems to give lip service to. Just
because a piece of legislation is bipartisan, doesn’t mean it’s good,” said Mr. Baker,
who has consulted for members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. “There are
genuine divisions of opinion in the United States on a number of issues. This is not
deviant, this is politics.”
Mr. Lieberman said he and No Labels recognize there are strong opposing view points
on U.S. policy. “We are not going to solve any of those problems unless we get people
across their several opinions to sit down and agree on some goals and try to
negotiate some progress,” Mr. Lieberman said.
He said he has hoped that even hard-charging Mr. Trump would be persuaded to
work with members of the opposite political party.
“He’s the author of the book ‘The Art of the Deal,’ ” Mr. Lieberman said. “A big part of
one sense that has been missing in Washington is the ability of people to sit down
and negotiate compromises that lead to agreements that get something down. I think
it will be interesting to see how he relates that part of his background to what No
Labels stands for.”
Write to Joseph De Avila at joseph.deavila@wsj.com and Heather Haddon at

heather.haddon@wsj.com
Sent from my iPad
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To: B
Cc: Geri Prado; Tom Snyder
Subject: Re: Ellison endorsed Bernie
Yes
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 5:04 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> His heart was there. Are you saying grijalva did as well?
>
>
> Original Message
> From: Geri Prado
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 4:58 PM
> To: B
> Cc: Tom Snyder; John Del Cecato
> Subject: Ellison endorsed Bernie
>
>
> Second lawmaker post Grijalva
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To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Kadushin, Peter; Adams Baker, Marti
Cc: geri@progressiveagenda.us
Any TPAC questions of MBDB at media avail today?
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From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: TPAC Call Tomorrow- briefing
Attachments: DRAFT Agenda TPAC Infl (10-13-15).docx
10-13-15 Influencers Call Memo.docx
Attached is the simple agenda (annotated included in briefing) and the briefing w/talking points for the
call. Draft only because Congressman Grijalva may speak.
Hayley will staff and I will be on the phone.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Geri
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Influencers Call
October 13, 2015
1:30-2:30 PM ET
AGENDA
1:30-1:40 PM Welcome and Announcements

• Mayor Bill de Blasio
1:40-1:50 PM Roosevelt Institute

• David Palmer, Vice President of Advocacy
• Missy Egelsky, Vice President, GQRR
1:50-2:00 PM Forum on Economic Inequality

• Mayor Bill de Blasio
2:00-2:10 PM The Progressive Agenda Committee Operation

• Geri Prado, Executive Director
2:10-2:20 PM How to get involved

• Hayley Prim, Political Director
2:20-2:30 PM Question and Answer
2:30 PM Close
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EVENT: Conference Call with “Influencers” (signers) of The

MISSION/GOAL: Re-engage signers, give update on operations for the

organization and discuss goals moving forward.
DAY/DATE: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
EVENT TIME: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
MBDB TIME: 1:25 PM – 2:30 PM
LOCATION: Mayor’s Office
# PEOPLE ATTENDING: Approximately 30 people
ELECTED/COMMUNITY Mayor Javier Gonzalez, Sante Fe

OFFICIALS ATTENDING Rep. Raul Grijalva
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. Jim McGovern

Geri Prado on the phone

MBDB:
PRESS CLOSED
EVENT SET-UP: Tele- Conference Call with a moderator

MBDB ROLE: You are running the call
ATTENDEES: Full list at end of the memo
EVENT PROGRAM:
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1:30-1:45 WELCOME AND OVERVIEW- Mayor Bill de Blasio- 10-15 minutes
• May launch of idea, October launch of operation
• Staff introductions
• “Influencers”
• Importance of message
1:45- 2:00 Introduction of Roosevelt Institute- 10-15 minutes
• VP of Advocacy, Dave Palmer gives overview
• Missy Egelsky of GQRR gives teaser/toplines
• Palmer announces full poll briefing on x date
• Hayley Prim announces RSVP and info to follow
2:00-2:05 Forum on Economic Inequality – Mayor de Blasio- 5 minutes
• When/where
• Forum goals
• Introduce Geri Prado
2:05-2:15 TPAC Goals
• Operationalizing
i. Message research
ii. Changing the debate
iii. Influencers and spokespeople
iv. Lifting up partners, calendar
• Forum
i. Asks
• Introduce Hayley Prim
2:15-2:20 How to get involved
• Contact Information
• Staff Information
• Participate in Roosevelt briefing, push staff
• Toolkits
2:20-2:30 Question and Answer
2:30 Close- Mayor de Blasio or Geri
MBDB INTRODUCED BY: NO ONE- MBDB LEADS CALL
HOMEBASES:
• THIS group is the core of a choir on economic inequality messaging
• THIS group and others we will sign on need to be “influencers”- influential to move a
base and apply pressure on those who can make policy changes in government
• YOU are the founder of TPAC and we need to inspire those on the call to be as vocal,
strong and committed on the issue to change the debate and force solutions on the issue
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This is the first time the The Progressive Agenda Committee is hosting a call to bring all of the
signers and influencers back together since the launch on May 12. You should use this call to
thank everyone for their support so far and emphasize why it’s so important to continue the
drumbeat and create an echo chamber around the goal of combatting income inequality as we
move forward.
You will introduce David Palmer from Roosevelt, who along with Missy Egelsky from
Greenberg Quinlan will discuss the Roosevelt Institutes recent poll on inequality and give top
lines/a teaser to the participants on the call. Geri will then walk the participants through the
operational goals of TPAC and why these influencers are so important. Geri will also give an
update on the December 6 Presidential Forum. Hayley will take care of next steps, and give
details on how to stay involved. You will then participate in a moderated Q&A for
approximately 10 minutes.
David Palmer, Vice President of Advocacy, Roosevelt Institute
Dave Palmer is Vice President and National Director of Advocacy at the Roosevelt Institute.
From 2013-15, Dave spearheaded a strategic restructuring of the Roosevelt Institute think tank,
with a focus on increasing impact. Before coming to Roosevelt, Dave was the Executive Director
of the Center for Working Families, the nonprofit think- and do-tank allied with the NY Working
Families Party. There he led the effort to pass the Green Jobs–Green NY Act and companion
utility bill financing legislation. He also served as campaign manager for the Fair Elections NY
campaign for public financing of elections (including, most recently, during a leave from
Roosevelt in early 2014).
Before that, Dave was an Equal Justice Works Fellow and Staff Attorney at New York Lawyers
for the Public Interest, where he represented community-based organizations working to address
contaminated school sites. He successfully sued the City of New York to strengthen the school-
site review process. Dave began his career in 1997 as an organizer and lobbyist for the New
York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), focusing on higher education, government
reform and environmental justice. From 2001-2003, Dave led the successful campaign to pass
the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act in the NYC Council. He holds a JD from the City
University of New York
Missy Egelsky, Vice President, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
Missy Egelsky provides research and strategic advice for domestic political campaigns, issue
organizations and other groups advocating on a variety of topics, including women’s health,
workers’ rights, education, and the environment. In 2006 and again in 2008, Egelsky led the
firm’s work with the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families. Egelsky directed the
qualitative and quantitative research that helped the coalition form a strategy to twice defeat
attempts to ban abortion in South Dakota. Both laws went down to resounding defeats among
one of the most conservative electorates in the nation.
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Egelsky joined the firm as an intern in 1998. From 1999 through 2001, Ms. Egelsky served as a
data programmer for the firm, working with a broad range of political and organizational clients,
including the 2000 Gore-Lieberman campaign, Prime Minister Tony Blair’s 2001 re-election
campaign in Great Britain, and dozens of statewide and local races. She is a native of Western
Pennsylvania and a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, where she received a
Bachelor of Arts in English and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned a Master of Arts in
Political Management from the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington
University.
ATTENDEES
Signers:
Larry Cohen, Former President of CWA

Maria Elana Durazo, Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights and Diversity, UNITE HERE!
Leo Gerard, President United Steelworkers
Javier Gonzales, Mayor of Santa Fe, NM
Congressman Raul Grijalva, Co- Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Former Senator Tom Harkin
Rep. Barbara Lee from California
Gabriela Lemus, Executive Director, Progressive Congress
Heather McGhee, Executive Director, DEMOS
Rep. Jim McGovern
Linda Tirado, Author
Katrina vanden Heuval, Editor, The Nation
Staff:
Matt Ross, Public Information Officer, Office of the Mayor of Santa Fe, NM
James Lewis, Communications Director, Rep. Barbara Lee
Daniel Parkhurst, Deputy Director, Progressive Congress
Kirk Rudy, Office of the Mayor of Austin, TX
Joleen Rivera, Office of Rep. Judy Chu
Cynthia Martin, Office of Rep. John Conyers
Bob Hume, Office of Governor Mark Dayton
Amanda McKay, Office of Former Governor Howard Dean
Sarah Lonardo, Office of Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Akilah Ensley, Young Democrats of America
Regina Clemente, Brave New Films
Kevin Finnegan/Helen Schaub, SEIU 1199
Emma, Office of Tom Hayden
Tim Hysom, Office of Rep. Alan Lowenthal
Mike Zamore, Office of Senator Jeff Merkley
Alberto Ferndandez, Office of Karen Nussbaum in Working America
Philip Freedman, UFCW RWDSU
Glen Wavrunek, Office of Rep. Mark Pocan
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Jessica Espey, Office of Jeff Sachs
Shereda Nosakhare, Office of Mayor of Oakland, CA
Michelle Ringuette, AFT
Melanie Hartzog, Children’s Defense Fund
Jessica Jackson, Rebuild the Dream
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DRAFT TALKING POINTS FOR MAYOR de BLASIO
TPAC INFLUENCERS CALL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015, 1:30 PM
YOU kick off the call
• Welcome everyone. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to get on the call. We
want to catch everyone up on the work that the Progressive Agenda Committee has been
doing and get your ideas and input about next steps.
• In May many of you on the call stood together on a hot day in Washington DC to demand
income inequality take center stage for leaders in Washington and in the 2016
presidential cycle
• We laid out a clear need for action and demanded for a discussion on these issues that
talked about REAL solutions, not just more rhetoric.
• Since then we’ve grown considerably, and we took a big step forward when the
Congressional Progressive Caucus endorsed The Progressive Agenda
• I’m going to to talk more about our specific plans late in the call, but I want another
leader in TPAC to talk about the CPC, Congressman Raul Grijalva from Arizona who
many of you know.
Congressman?...
Grijalva speaks- sends back to you- 5 minutes
• Thank you Congressman, we’re happy you’re providing leadership both in your district,
in the House and as part of our growing coalition.
• We are in full swing and I wanted to take a moment to introduce two of TPAC’s staff.
Joining us in August, Geri Prado is our Executive Director. She comes to us recently
from the AFL-CIO, but has experience in electoral, issue and legislative campaigns as
well as working in government and starting organizations.
• You’ll hear from Geri in a moment
• Hayley Prim, is our Political Director and has experience in the electoral world, working
in city government and was most recently was at a consulting firm. Many of you know
Hayley and we’re very lucky to have her in this position
• We also have a consultant team focused on goals that Geri will be going through with
you shortly
• We all know how important income inequality is and we all understand the need to have
a message that resonates with those who need to be motivated to push change at the ballot
box and with government officials
• Also, if all the influential people who signed on to TPAC coordinate on message and
strategy, we could dictate the narrative of economic inequality
• The Roosevelt Institute has undertaken a large research project to see what messages
around economic inequality moves people to take action.
• Many of you know that Professor Stiglitz and the Roosevelt Institute have partnered
together on Rewriting the Rules. Many of you work with Roosevelt and I’m pleased to
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say we are going to be as well.
• With that, I’m going to turn it over to Dave Palmer who is the Vice President of
Advocacy at Roosevelt to talk about this project
Dave?...
• Thank you for that Dave and Missy.
• We will follow up this call and give you and all of your staff a way to sign up for the in-
depth briefing
• Now, I want to talk about the exciting news you may have read about this week: The
Progressive Agenda Committee Forum on Economic Inequality
• On December 6th, at 6pm CST, TPAC and the University of Iowa Lecture Committee
will be hosting and sponsoring a bi-partisan debate
• We want this to be a real opportunity for candidates from both sides to share their ideas
and solutions to the inequality crisis we face
• I’ll turn it over to Geri Prado to give a few more details
Thank you Geri
• As this takes shape, one thing we’ve wanted to make sure of is that TPAC has clear goals
that it can succeed and add to the movement around economic inequality
• I’m going to have Geri talk about what we are working on and how it’s crucial TPAC
lifts all of the great work you are doing every day
• Back to you Geri
Geri speaks, then Hayley for 10 mins total
• Now I’d like to open it up to Questions, thoughts you all may have. Operator?
10 minutes Q/A
• Everyone, thank you for being on this call. Thanks to Congressman Grijalva and
Roosevelt and be on the look out as we’d like to highlight all of your good work as well.
• Have a good afternoon
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To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Adams Baker, Marti; geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: Re:
Cool… I had the same convo with Gryn… Like Geri, I told him that he’s
being led to facts that were never facts - just previous mis-reporting…
On 10/12/15, 6:46 PM, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>None but had a conversation with Grynbaum. He's a bit obsessed with why
>mayor has no role. I told him the debate was about the issues the mayor
>cares about and needs action on for New Yorkers.
>Said it was never about the mayor. It's about income inequality. Doesn't
>need a role. Focus on what the candidates say.
>
>
>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 5:39 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>> Any TPAC questions of MBDB at media avail today?
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From: Geri Prado
To:
Cc: John Del Cecato; Reisman, Lisette
Subject: Re:
Great. Let’ me know what works on Wednesday or Thursday.
Thanks- gp
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 3:04 PM, wrote:
>
> Thanks Geri-
>
> Let's touch base by phone this week.
>
>M
>
>
>>
>> Hi Maya and Lisette:
>>
>> I’m likely not coming in this week as suspected. I have a few key meetings that I need to be here
for on Wednesday and Thursday.
>>
>> I will, however, be in the following week. Do you want to set up a call this week or wait until the
following week? I defer to you.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2015, at 8:44 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>> NYC on 14th or 15th? I have some time. Let's try and make it work.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 10:52 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think we will just miss each other. I’ll be back next week on the 14th and 15th. Would either of
those work?
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:25 PM, wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> That's great Geri. I may be in DC the 8th. I have a WaPo panel. Maybe after that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:15 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Maya!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would love to talk. Jeff Furman, Board Chair? and yes, civil rights. I have many ideas on
this and it would be great to bounce them off of you and hear yours. I’m back in town next Thursday
and Friday morning for partner/potential partner meetings. I could talk before then via phone or meet
then. Whatever is convenient for you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geri
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:11 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maya, you and Geri should talk TPAC and civil rights - and Furman/Ben and Jerry's
>>
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To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re:
Ok
Sent from my iPhone
>
> I talked to Geri about this already, but FYI - I have a tomorrow and won't be
with MBDB during TPAC call.
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From: Geri Prado
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Snyder, Thomas; Hayley Prim
Subject: Re:
Hayley is staffing. I'm on phone.
>
> I talked to Geri about this already, but FYI - I have a tomorrow and won't be
with MBDB during TPAC call.
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EVENT: Conference Call with “Influencers” (signers) of The

MISSION/GOAL: Re-engage signers, give update on operations for the

organization and discuss goals moving forward.
DAY/DATE: Tuesday, October 13, 2015
EVENT TIME: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
MBDB TIME: 1:25 PM – 2:30 PM
LOCATION: Mayor’s Office
# PEOPLE ATTENDING: Approximately 30 people
ELECTED/COMMUNITY Mayor Javier Gonzalez, Sante Fe

OFFICIALS ATTENDING Rep. Raul Grijalva
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. Jim McGovern

Geri Prado on the phone

MBDB:
PRESS CLOSED
EVENT SET-UP: Tele- Conference Call with a moderator

MBDB ROLE: You are running the call
ATTENDEES: Full list at end of the memo
EVENT PROGRAM:
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1:30-1:45 WELCOME AND OVERVIEW- Mayor Bill de Blasio- 10-15 minutes
• May launch of idea, October launch of operation
• Staff introductions
• “Influencers”
• Importance of message
1:45- 2:00 Introduction of Roosevelt Institute- 10-15 minutes
• VP of Advocacy, Dave Palmer gives overview
• Missy Egelsky of GQRR gives teaser/toplines
• Palmer announces full poll briefing on x date
• Hayley Prim announces RSVP and info to follow
2:00-2:05 Forum on Economic Inequality – Mayor de Blasio- 5 minutes
• When/where
• Forum goals
• Introduce Geri Prado
2:05-2:15 TPAC Goals
• Operationalizing
i. Message research
ii. Changing the debate
iii. Influencers and spokespeople
iv. Lifting up partners, calendar
• Forum
i. Asks
• Introduce Hayley Prim
2:15-2:20 How to get involved
• Contact Information
• Staff Information
• Participate in Roosevelt briefing, push staff
• Toolkits
2:20-2:30 Question and Answer
2:30 Close- Mayor de Blasio or Geri
MBDB INTRODUCED BY: NO ONE- MBDB LEADS CALL
HOMEBASES:
• THIS group is the core of a choir on economic inequality messaging
• THIS group and others we will sign on need to be “influencers”- influential to move a
base and apply pressure on those who can make policy changes in government
• YOU are the founder of TPAC and we need to inspire those on the call to be as vocal,
strong and committed on the issue to change the debate and force solutions on the issue
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This is the first time the The Progressive Agenda Committee is hosting a call to bring all of the
signers and influencers back together since the launch on May 12. You should use this call to
thank everyone for their support so far and emphasize why it’s so important to continue the
drumbeat and create an echo chamber around the goal of combatting income inequality as we
move forward.
You will introduce David Palmer from Roosevelt, who along with Missy Egelsky from
Greenberg Quinlan will discuss the Roosevelt Institutes recent poll on inequality and give top
lines/a teaser to the participants on the call. Geri will then walk the participants through the
operational goals of TPAC and why these influencers are so important. Geri will also give an
update on the December 6 Presidential Forum. Hayley will take care of next steps, and give
details on how to stay involved. You will then participate in a moderated Q&A for
approximately 10 minutes.
David Palmer, Vice President of Advocacy, Roosevelt Institute
Dave Palmer is Vice President and National Director of Advocacy at the Roosevelt Institute.
From 2013-15, Dave spearheaded a strategic restructuring of the Roosevelt Institute think tank,
with a focus on increasing impact. Before coming to Roosevelt, Dave was the Executive Director
of the Center for Working Families, the nonprofit think- and do-tank allied with the NY Working
Families Party. There he led the effort to pass the Green Jobs–Green NY Act and companion
utility bill financing legislation. He also served as campaign manager for the Fair Elections NY
campaign for public financing of elections (including, most recently, during a leave from
Roosevelt in early 2014).
Before that, Dave was an Equal Justice Works Fellow and Staff Attorney at New York Lawyers
for the Public Interest, where he represented community-based organizations working to address
contaminated school sites. He successfully sued the City of New York to strengthen the school-
site review process. Dave began his career in 1997 as an organizer and lobbyist for the New
York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), focusing on higher education, government
reform and environmental justice. From 2001-2003, Dave led the successful campaign to pass
the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act in the NYC Council. He holds a JD from the City
University of New York
Missy Egelsky, Vice President, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
Missy Egelsky provides research and strategic advice for domestic political campaigns, issue
organizations and other groups advocating on a variety of topics, including women’s health,
workers’ rights, education, and the environment. In 2006 and again in 2008, Egelsky led the
firm’s work with the South Dakota Campaign for Healthy Families. Egelsky directed the
qualitative and quantitative research that helped the coalition form a strategy to twice defeat
attempts to ban abortion in South Dakota. Both laws went down to resounding defeats among
one of the most conservative electorates in the nation.
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Egelsky joined the firm as an intern in 1998. From 1999 through 2001, Ms. Egelsky served as a
data programmer for the firm, working with a broad range of political and organizational clients,
including the 2000 Gore-Lieberman campaign, Prime Minister Tony Blair’s 2001 re-election
campaign in Great Britain, and dozens of statewide and local races. She is a native of Western
Pennsylvania and a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, where she received a
Bachelor of Arts in English and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned a Master of Arts in
Political Management from the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington
University.
ATTENDEES
Signers:
Larry Cohen, Former President of CWA

Maria Elana Durazo, Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights and Diversity, UNITE HERE!
Leo Gerard, President United Steelworkers
Javier Gonzales, Mayor of Santa Fe, NM
Congressman Raul Grijalva, Co- Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Former Senator Tom Harkin
Rep. Barbara Lee from California
Gabriela Lemus, Executive Director, Progressive Congress
Heather McGhee, Executive Director, DEMOS
Rep. Jim McGovern
Linda Tirado, Author
Katrina vanden Heuval, Editor, The Nation
Staff:
Matt Ross, Public Information Officer, Office of the Mayor of Santa Fe, NM
James Lewis, Communications Director, Rep. Barbara Lee
Daniel Parkhurst, Deputy Director, Progressive Congress
Kirk Rudy, Office of the Mayor of Austin, TX
Joleen Rivera, Office of Rep. Judy Chu
Cynthia Martin, Office of Rep. John Conyers
Bob Hume, Office of Governor Mark Dayton
Amanda McKay, Office of Former Governor Howard Dean
Sarah Lonardo, Office of Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Akilah Ensley, Young Democrats of America
Regina Clemente, Brave New Films
Kevin Finnegan/Helen Schaub, SEIU 1199
Emma, Office of Tom Hayden
Tim Hysom, Office of Rep. Alan Lowenthal
Mike Zamore, Office of Senator Jeff Merkley
Alberto Ferndandez, Office of Karen Nussbaum in Working America
Philip Freedman, UFCW RWDSU
Glen Wavrunek, Office of Rep. Mark Pocan
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Jessica Espey, Office of Jeff Sachs
Shereda Nosakhare, Office of Mayor of Oakland, CA
Michelle Ringuette, AFT
Melanie Hartzog, Children’s Defense Fund
Jessica Jackson, Rebuild the Dream
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DRAFT TALKING POINTS FOR MAYOR de BLASIO
TPAC INFLUENCERS CALL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015, 1:30 PM
YOU kick off the call
• Welcome everyone. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to get on the call. We
want to catch everyone up on the work that the Progressive Agenda Committee has been
doing and get your ideas and input about next steps.
• In May many of you on the call stood together on a hot day in Washington DC to demand
income inequality take center stage for leaders in Washington and in the 2016
presidential cycle
• We laid out a clear need for action and demanded for a discussion on these issues that
talked about REAL solutions, not just more rhetoric.
• Since then we’ve grown considerably, and we took a big step forward when the
Congressional Progressive Caucus endorsed The Progressive Agenda
• I’m going to to talk more about our specific plans late in the call, but I want another
leader in TPAC to talk about the CPC, Congressman Raul Grijalva from Arizona who
many of you know.
Congressman?...
Grijalva speaks- sends back to you- 5 minutes
• Thank you Congressman, we’re happy you’re providing leadership both in your district,
in the House and as part of our growing coalition.
• We are in full swing and I wanted to take a moment to introduce two of TPAC’s staff.
Joining us in August, Geri Prado is our Executive Director. She comes to us recently
from the AFL-CIO, but has experience in electoral, issue and legislative campaigns as
well as working in government and starting organizations.
• You’ll hear from Geri in a moment
• Hayley Prim, is our Political Director and has experience in the electoral world, working
in city government and was most recently was at a consulting firm. Many of you know
Hayley and we’re very lucky to have her in this position
• We also have a consultant team focused on goals that Geri will be going through with
you shortly
• We all know how important income inequality is and we all understand the need to have
a message that resonates with those who need to be motivated to push change at the ballot
box and with government officials
• Also, if all the influential people who signed on to TPAC coordinate on message and
strategy, we could dictate the narrative of economic inequality
• The Roosevelt Institute has undertaken a large research project to see what messages
around economic inequality moves people to take action.
• Many of you know that Professor Stiglitz and the Roosevelt Institute have partnered
together on Rewriting the Rules. Many of you work with Roosevelt and I’m pleased to
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say we are going to be as well.
• With that, I’m going to turn it over to Dave Palmer who is the Vice President of
Advocacy at Roosevelt to talk about this project
Dave?...
• Thank you for that Dave and Missy.
• We will follow up this call and give you and all of your staff a way to sign up for the in-
depth briefing
• Now, I want to talk about the exciting news you may have read about this week: The
Progressive Agenda Committee Forum on Economic Inequality
• On December 6th, at 6pm CST, TPAC and the University of Iowa Lecture Committee
will be hosting and sponsoring a bi-partisan debate
• We want this to be a real opportunity for candidates from both sides to share their ideas
and solutions to the inequality crisis we face
• I’ll turn it over to Geri Prado to give a few more details
Thank you Geri
• As this takes shape, one thing we’ve wanted to make sure of is that TPAC has clear goals
that it can succeed and add to the movement around economic inequality
• I’m going to have Geri talk about what we are working on and how it’s crucial TPAC
lifts all of the great work you are doing every day
• Back to you Geri
Geri speaks, then Hayley for 10 mins total
• Now I’d like to open it up to Questions, thoughts you all may have. Operator?
10 minutes Q/A
• Everyone, thank you for being on this call. Thanks to Congressman Grijalva and
Roosevelt and be on the look out as we’d like to highlight all of your good work as well.
• Have a good afternoon
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From: Reisman, Lisette
To: "Geri Prado"
Cc: John Del Cecato; Wiley, Maya
Subject: RE: Connecting with Maya Wiley
Fantastic! I'll send you an Outlook invitation for your calendar and I'll have Maya call you on your
cellphone.
Best,
Lisette Reisman
Administrative Coordinator
to the Counsel to the Mayor
Office of the Mayor
O: 212-341-5088
C: 347-577-3782
F: 212-312-0899
LReisman@cityhall.nyc.gov
To: Reisman, Lisette
Cc: John Del Cecato; Wiley, Maya
Subject: Re: Connecting with Maya Wiley
Wednesday at 4pm works for me.
My cell is
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Reisman, Lisette <LReisman@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Good morning,
>
> I hope you are all well.
>
> I wanted to let you know that Maya is available to speak on either Wednesday at 4PM or Thursday
at 4:15PM. I'm hoping that one of them fits in with your schedule Ms. Prado. Looking forward to
hearing from you.
>
> Sincerely
>
>
> Lisette Reisman
> Administrative Coordinator
> to the Counsel to the Mayor
> Office of the Mayor
> O: 212-341-5088
> C: 347-577-3782
> F: 212-312-0899
> LReisman@cityhall.nyc.gov
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 8:01 PM
> To:
> Cc: John Del Cecato; Reisman, Lisette
> Subject: Re:
>
> Great. Let’ me know what works on Wednesday or Thursday.
>
> Thanks- gp
>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 3:04 PM, wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Geri-
>>
>> Let's touch base by phone this week.
>>
>> M
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:41 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Maya and Lisette:
>>>
>>> I’m likely not coming in this week as suspected. I have a few key meetings that I need to be here
for on Wednesday and Thursday.
>>>
>>> I will, however, be in the following week. Do you want to set up a call this week or wait until the
following week? I defer to you.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>>> On Oct 6, 2015, at 8:44 PM, wrote:
>>>>
>>>> NYC on 14th or 15th? I have some time. Let's try and make it work.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 10:52 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I think we will just miss each other. I’ll be back next week on the 14th and 15th. Would either
of those work?
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:25 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's great Geri. I may be in DC the 8th. I have a WaPo panel. Maybe after that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:15 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Maya!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would love to talk. Jeff Furman, Board Chair? and yes, civil rights. I have many ideas on
this and it would be great to bounce them off of you and hear yours. I’m back in town next Thursday
and Friday morning for partner/potential partner meetings. I could talk before then via phone or meet
then. Whatever is convenient for you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geri
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:11 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maya, you and Geri should talk TPAC and civil rights - and Furman/Ben and Jerry's
>>>
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Kayla Arslanian; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim
Subject: One pager
Attachments: TPAC Op Goals 1 pager.pdf
10131
Income inequality is the crisis of our time. In the first three years following the Great Recession,
91% of income growth was captured by the top One Percent. Meanwhile, too many families are
struggling just to make ends meet. Yet the issue of income inequality attracts little attention
from the media, and even less from policymakers.
The Progressive Agenda Committee will coordinate the disparate efforts of many progressive
groups so that we are speaking together on inequality, with a louder and clearer voice.
Working with influencers and decision makers, TPAC will use research tested messages and the
latest techniques to generate media coverage and push policy changes.
The Progressive Agenda Committee’s operation will partner with organizations to accomplish
the following:
1. Build an army of influencers. TPAC will target key influencers – who shape debates on a
range of issues, but all agree on combatting income inequality – and recruit them to
take action and deliver messages through a variety of channels. Whether they are
progressives, moderates, or even conservatives, we want to enlist diverse and
prominent voices to create an echo chamber in the media and halls of power.
2. Create a message toolbox & trainings. Many great organizations are doing important
research on policy and messaging. TPAC will use those winning messages to create
digital and earned media toolboxes – with sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, press
releases, talking points, letters and op eds – and develop message trainings for
surrogates and activists. With a toolkit and trainings grounded in research, TPAC will
help ensure coordinated, effective messaging on income inequality at every level.
3. Align our messaging. If the progressive community aimed all of its messaging with all of
its messengers in unison, the impact could change the debate and force those in charge
to start taking action. TPAC will organize a message calendar, with messages that are
proven to be effective and aligned for maximum impact, and adopt the latest
techniques from corporate America and savvy political campaigns. We’ll also build a
grassroots list around income inequality to take action online.
4. Own the news cycle. TPAC will break through the news cycle with stories that illustrate
and define income inequality and highlight real solutions that are working right now
around the country. Using digital and earned media and a deep knowledge of reporters
and opinion leaders in the digital space, TPAC aims to influence the thinking of decision
makers to make change.
The Progressive Agenda Committee will not replicate the good work being done by many
organizations. Instead, we want to amplify and align these efforts, harnessing the strength of a
national progressive coalition to force policymakers to take notice and take action.
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From: Fromberg, Rick
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: City issue campaigns
Cool. Nothing on other than Monday night next week
Sent from my iPhone
I am not 100 pct sure I will be in town Fri - but next week would work
On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Fromberg, Rick

<RFromberg@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Friday? Or next week?
Sent from my iPhone

Haha - sounds good - sometime next week? We

can hit Tile Bar!
On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:16 PM, Fromberg, Rick

<RFromberg@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Beer per campaign we discuss seems

equitable, no?
But yeah, procurement and lawyers

seem to make this an advisory deal.
What works for you?
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:10 PM, John Del

Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
Would love to talk. I think

that I can't be paid for this
(which I know you weren't
offering!) - but happy to give
you some free advice!
On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:08 PM,
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Fromberg, Rick
<RFromberg@cityhall.nyc.gov
> wrote:
Hey John,
As you may
know, I've been
working on a
series of issue
campaigns
internally over
here at CH,
analogous in
ways to the prek
enrollment
operation.
We have a few
larger paid media
campaigns that
I'm leading up
launching soon
around mental
health, young
men's initiative,
rent security,
tenant support,
and some others
cooking. Have
research starting
on a few as well.
I'd love to get

some time on the
calendar and pick
your brain, run
some
messaging/opinion
research by you,
show some
creative and
scripts, etc. We
are also doing a
lot of ground
game stuff.
What do you
think?
Rick
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Rick Fromberg
Senior Advisor for
Public
Engagement
Office of the
Mayor
Desk:
212.341.5038
Mobile:
rfromberg@cityhall.nyc.gov
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Would love to talk. I think that I
can't be paid for this (which I know
you weren't offering!) - but happy
to give you some free advice!
On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:08 PM,

Fromberg, Rick
<RFromberg@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Hey John,
As you may know, I've

been working on a
series of issue
campaigns internally
over here at CH,
analogous in ways to
the prek enrollment
operation.
We have a few larger

paid media campaigns
that I'm leading up
launching soon
around mental health,
young men's initiative,
rent security, tenant
support, and some
others cooking. Have
research starting on a
few as well.
I'd love to get some

time on the calendar
and pick your brain,
run some
messaging/opinion
research by you, show
some creative and
scripts, etc. We are
also doing a lot of
ground game stuff.
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What do you think?
Rick
Rick Fromberg
Senior Advisor for
Public Engagement
Office of the Mayor
Desk: 212.341.5038
Mobile:
rfromberg@cityhall.ny
c.gov
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From: B
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: POLITICO: Charter ad takes aim at de Blasio education agenda
So I just watched the ad. Certainly more powerful and effective than the previous, but still
wildly over the top and inaccurate. What is your sense of it and how effective it will be?
To: B
Good point!
On Oct 13, 2015, at 10:05 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Much appreciated. Trying to let team members know that if THEY were attacked
by name, they'd want to see the ad...
To: B
Yes - we sent the ad and the buy to the team. But I shouldn't have
assumed you were shown it. I will follow up in the future with you
directly and make sure you get the intel
On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:47 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
John, no one alerted me to this new ad or showed it to me. Did

your shop know about it? Pls remember how important it is to me
to know how and when i'm being attacked
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From: Klein, Monica <MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>
To: B
Cc: Wolfe, Emma
Subject: POLITICO: Charter ad takes aim at de Blasio education agenda
Charter ad takes aim at de Blasio education agenda

POLITICO - Eliza Shapiro - October 12, 2015
VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/OulIv5Nn2Ko
Charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools

is attacking Mayor Bill de Blasio in a television ad for the
second time in just a few weeks, this time by targeting his K-
12 education agenda.
The new ad, called "Reality," started airing on Friday and

attempts to rebut the educational policies de Blasio
announced during a recent speech.
Clips from de Blasio's speech that tout current progress and

future goals are accompanied by cheerful piano music, which
abruptly cuts to a counterpoint slide with a clunking piano
sound.
When de Blasio says, "We in fact have a lot to be proud of,"

the ad cuts to black and reads, "Reality: Nearly half a million
of our city's kids can't read."
And when the mayor announces his administration's new goal

to get all second graders up to reading fluency in the next
decade, the ad reads: "Reality: Years after Mayor de Blasio
leaves office."
When de Blasio identifies his K-12 agenda as one promoting

"equity and excellence," the ad reads "Separate and unequal,
still."
FES, which is closely aligned with Success Academy and its

CEO, Eva Moskowitz, has been one of de Blasio's most
relentless antagonists over the last two years.
In the last four weeks alone, FES released a controversial ad

hitting de Blasio on race by claiming that the mayor has
prevented minority students from attending high-performing
charter schools.
FES organized a large pro-charter rally in Brooklyn last week

that was intended to demonstrate the size and strength of the
charter sector to de Blasio. Over the last two years, FES has
organized four other massive rallies, which are mostly
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attended by Success Academy students and parents.
Last week, Moskowitz announced that she will not run against
de Blasio in the 2017 mayoral election, but has vowed to keep
up the pressure on the mayor, which she has done to great
effect since 2013.
A spokesperson for FES declined to comment on how much

the ad buy cost and how long the ad will run. It will air on
CNN, MSNBC, NY1 and News12, along with other channels.
Spokespeople for de Blasio did not immediately return

requests for comment.
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"jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; "nbaldick@hilltoppublicsolutions.com"; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Hi! The planning meeting for this Thursday is off. Will resume next week.

10144
From: Geri Prado
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: B; Snyder, Thomas; Hayley Prim
Subject: Re: Kindergarten Teachers vs. Hedge Funders
autocorrect.

wrote:
Yes - Upworthy, NOT “unworthy” - damn autocorrect… Huge!!

Cc: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>
upworthy is great. very helpful. our new digital team will take this and run with it
Unworthy picked up our favorite short film… (Greenwald cut it down to less
than two minutes)… It’s had over 95,000 views so far!!
https://www.facebook.com/Upworthy/videos/1110884872285703/
#NewMedia
#AroundTheFilter
10145
From: Michael Schlein
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re: Connecting
I am running an offsite that begins at 9. Can we talk around 8:45am? What number is best to reach
you?
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 6:45 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Michael, want to talk in the morning? 930?
>
>
>>
>> Phil/Karen - Michael is the latest of our friends to get hit up by Josh Dawsey for color… Josh says
he’s doing a piece on the Dinkins’ Years - but we all know that it could really be about something very
different… Can y’all connect on how to handle?
>>
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From: Hinton, Karen
To: Michael Schlein
Cc: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil
Phil is away and i can't tonight. Can we speak in the morning?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 13, 2015, at 6:44 PM, Michael Schlein <mschlein@accion.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks John...
>
> Phil/Karen, I'm at . I have a dinner, but call anytime and I'll step out.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Phil/Karen - Michael is the latest of our friends to get hit up by Josh Dawsey for color… Josh says
he’s doing a piece on the Dinkins’ Years - but we all know that it could really be about something very
different… Can y’all connect on how to handle?
>>
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To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Geri Prado; B; Hayley Prim
No - the one we hosted at Pace University
On Oct 13, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Is this the video that the Mayor appears in?

To: John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Hayley Primm <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>
Upworthy launches a lot in the progressive world digitally as you all

know. This is huge.

wrote:
151,000 views right now… This thing is amazing

Cc: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder
<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Hayley Prim
It’s only been on Upworthy since this AM, and it’s already 1/4 of
the way to reaching the Dante ad in terms of views…

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autocorrect.

Yes - Upworthy, NOT “unworthy” - damn autocorrect… Huge!!

upworthy is great. very helpful. our new digital team will take
this and run with it

Unworthy picked up our favorite short film…

(Greenwald cut it down to less than two minutes)
… It’s had over 95,000 views so far!!
https://www.facebook.com/Upworthy/videos/111
0884872285703/
#NewMedia
#AroundTheFilter
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To: Hinton, Karen
I’d point out that Josh failed to use a statement from the director of
Culver Center that noted the “premature and inaccurate” report that WSJ
printed in early October...
“As Director of the Culver Public Policy Center at Simpson College, I

worked for more than two months in a mutual, good-faith effort with The
Progressive Agenda Committee to plan a bi-partisan presidential forum at
Simpson College. The premature and inaccurate news stories about the
planned forum that began to appear in early October posed a number of
challenges to finishing all of the plans and negotiations necessary to
engineer an event of this scope on our campus. While Simpson College will
not be hosting the event, we wish the very best to The Progressive Agenda
Committee and the University of Iowa Lecture Series in their efforts to
sponsor and host this important forum.”
On 10/14/15, 9:27 AM, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>What would u say ?

>
>
>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 9:24 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>> Are you okay with me doing a little tweet to set the record straight
>>with Mr. Dawsey?
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Cc: Arslanian, Kayla
Subject: Re:
I’m told that BDB and Perez connected yesterday - but is

Tom's cell
From: "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Cc: "Arslanian, Kayla" <KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Hi!
Mayor wants to have a call with Labor Secretary Tom Perez-
Said you would have contact info-
Thanks!

Office of The Mayor
212-341-5016
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To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re: This is what I"m going with in a few minutes
He probably will respond. If he does, I’ll go silent & won’t engage further. And Karen, you can just tell him
I’m a loose canon & you’re not sure what’s wrong with me. (I don’t mind!)
But I really don't think we should let him get away with his shoddy pseudo-journalism. I think a brush-back
pitch is warranted.
From: "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Cc: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: This is what I'm going with in a few minutes
I think he responds and ratchets it up. U should just leave it alone.
Sent from my iPhone
.@jdawsey1 gets 1st TPAC forum story WRONG. Then omits Culver Center
DIRECTOR’s statement calling 1st story “premature and inaccurate” #sigh
10152
To: Geri Prado; B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla
Subject: Re: Leadership council
Good group!
>Together this is a solid and noteworthy list. We will get press and have
>a wide reach. I would like to think more about the millennial base but we
>can reveal that next when we find the right person/group. Asks under the
>list and I will personally follow up with them to work on this. We would
>make public on Monday or Tuesday the latest.
>
>Congressman Raul Grijalva
>Congressman Keith Ellison
>Katrina vanden Heuvel
>Robert Reich
>Elizabeth Warren* may not sign on but please introduce me and I will call
>her key staff but they need to hear from you first.
>Maria Elena Durazo
>Nick Hanauer (I spoke with his staff, it’s likely, but on this YOU would
>have to make the ask)
>Mayor of Dayton- Nan Whaley
>Mayor of Seattle- Ed Murray
>
>Asks
>1. Be a leader for TPAC and sit atop a sub council (for example, Katrina
>would help build the luminaries, opinion leaders)
>2. Be a committed spokesperson- on call and we’ll work to prep on message
>3. Communicate to their lists- online, twitter about the announcement and
>help build TPACs mission
>3. Help identify and organize other influencers who will commit to taking
>action
>
10153
From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: B; John Del Cecato; Arslanian, Kayla
Subject: Re: Leadership council
I think it will be balanced when he does. I have him as Founder
Problem is if they’re at the forefront of income inequality, they’re with BS- Reich too. The others are not
vocal or outward so i think that’s a balance and when MBDB is out that’s a real balance.
> On Oct 14, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Looks good to me too. One small worry - since Grijalva and Ellison both
> endorsed Sanders, and MBDB not yet made an endorsement does this suggest a
> bias towrad Sanders?
>
> On 10/14/15, 1:39 PM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
>> Together this is a solid and noteworthy list. We will get press and have
>> a wide reach. I would like to think more about the millennial base but we
>> can reveal that next when we find the right person/group. Asks under the
>> list and I will personally follow up with them to work on this. We would
>> make public on Monday or Tuesday the latest.
>>
>> Congressman Raul Grijalva
>> Congressman Keith Ellison
>> Katrina vanden Heuvel
>> Robert Reich
>> Elizabeth Warren* may not sign on but please introduce me and I will call
>> her key staff but they need to hear from you first.
>> Maria Elena Durazo
>> Nick Hanauer (I spoke with his staff, it¹s likely, but on this YOU would
>> have to make the ask)
>> Mayor of Dayton- Nan Whaley
>> Mayor of Seattle- Ed Murray
>>
>> Asks
>> 1. Be a leader for TPAC and sit atop a sub council (for example, Katrina
>> would help build the luminaries, opinion leaders)
>> 2. Be a committed spokesperson- on call and we¹ll work to prep on message
>> 3. Communicate to their lists- online, twitter about the announcement and
>> help build TPACs mission
>> 3. Help identify and organize other influencers who will commit to taking
>> action
>>
>
10154
From: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio"s 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent
Wiley will.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 15, 2015, at 10:12 AM, Gunaratna, Mahen <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
My two cents: If we don’t correct these things vigorously from the outset, they have
the potential to end up in mailers or spots against the boss.

To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hinton, Karen; 'John Del Cecato'
Subject: Re: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are
Permanent
Per Wiley, "not a problem, reporter is an idiot"

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; 'John Del Cecato'
Subject: FW: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are
Permanent

_____________________________________________
From: Clips
Subject: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are
Permanent

Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent
DNA INFO - Rosa Goldensohn
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151015/civic-center/only-3000-of-de-blasios-
20000-affordable-housing-units-are-permanent
Approximately 3,000 of the 20,000 affordable apartments the de Blasio administration

preserved or built last year will be permanently affordable — leaving the rest to
eventually become market rate — according to the city housing department.
The city created 3,031 new homes under its inclusionary housing program, which
ensures they will remain permanently affordable, while the other 5,453 affordable
units being built under the city's watch will transition to market rate in as soon as 30
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years, officials said.
The remaining 11,000 or so already built units being preserved by the de Blasio
administration as affordable are slated to become market rate units as a result of
earlier mayors' affordable housing agreements — the same temporary conditions the
de Blasio administration is now using, critics say.
"They will tell you that they're interested in permanent affordability and good
stewardship but at the end of the day, policies speak louder than words," said the
Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development's director of planning and
community development Moses Gates.
ANHD estimates that there are more than 234,000 affordable housing units at risk of
expiring in NYC between 2017 and 2037.
Of those, almost 170,000 apartments were built with city subsidies between 1987 and
2007, according to ANHD.
In a policy paper released last week, Gates argued that all new units created by the de
Blasio administration — or any administration — should be permanently affordable.
He said this administration has showered private developers with subsidies for time-
limited agreements, perpetuating a costly cycle of expiration and preservation.
Housing programs like the ones de Blasio's team currently uses rely on tax credits and
other incentives to convince private, for-profit developers to charge rents deemed
affordable by government standards. Once agreements with those developers expire,
the city must cut new subsidy deals to keep the housing affordable, known as
preserving the units.
That means that in many neighborhoods that have gentrified since original agreements
were signed, the city must now outbid an expensive rental market, according to Gates.
As a result, HPD is now spending up to 30 percent of its housing subsidies towards
preserving existing units, according to ANHD.
City HPD officials defended their affordable housing plan.
"The City’s new mandatory inclusionary housing program is focused on delivering

permanently affordable housing to communities across the city. Because the land use
changes we’re making are permanent, so is the affordable housing. And because of
our financial analysis and enforcement tools, we can be sure those units won’t just be
permanently affordable on paper, but in reality," HPD said in a statement.
The administration has created far more permanent affordable housing than its
predecessor, 858 more permanently affordable apartments in 2015 alone than in the
years 2010 through 2014 combined, according to HPD stats.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to amass 200,000 units of housing over the next 10
years, according to his plan, mostly by preserving affordable units about to go market
rate.
In the last fiscal year, nearly 12,000 of the 20,326 affordable apartments the
administration counted towards its program were preservations as opposed to newly
constructed units. In fiscal year 2016, slightly more than 10,000 of the approximately
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18,000 affordable units on deck will be preservations, according to city projections.
HPD said renewing expiring agreements at Mitchell-Lama and Koch-era

developments is a "major focus of our housing plan."
"The only way to achieve permanent affordability through subsidy programs would be
to make the subsidies themselves permanent," they said. "While no administration can
or should promise permanent subsidies, what we can do is make sure we don’t let the
thousands of apartments previous administrations have invested in expire, and extend
their affordability for decades to come."
But Gates said permanently affordable housing need not involve "permanent
subsidies."
"The only 'permanent subsidy' required under our model is a continuing tax
exemption that would run concurrent with the affordability restrictions," he said of
ANDH's proposals for permanently affordable housing. "It otherwise does not require
any permanent or continuing subsidy."
10157
To: Norvell, Wiley; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio"s 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent
Gotcha -thanks

"Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent
Guys, of course we lock all units into an iron-clad agreement. If we give them something permanent,
like a land use change, we demand permanence. If time-limited, like a tax break or subsidy, then
they're locked into a long-term binding agreement for 30-35 years. This is NOT a thing. Not a
problem. Reporter is just stating the way affordable housing works.

To: 'John Del Cecato' <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Gunaratna, Mahen; Hinton, Karen
Cc: Norvell, Wiley
Subject: RE: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent

Adding Wiley

To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen
Agreed… Is there any way to codify that these units will all remain affordable - even if it’s just a
Memorandum of Understanding or some such?

<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: RE: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent

My two cents: If we don’t correct these things vigorously from the outset, they have the potential to
end up in mailers or spots against the boss.

To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hinton, Karen; 'John Del Cecato'
10158
Per Wiley, "not a problem, reporter is an idiot"

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; 'John Del Cecato'
Subject: FW: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent

_____________________________________________
From: Clips
Subject: DNA INFO: Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent

Only 3,000 of De Blasio's 20,000 Affordable Housing Units Are Permanent
DNA INFO - Rosa Goldensohn
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151015/civic-center/only-3000-of-de-blasios-20000-
affordable-housing-units-are-permanent
Approximately 3,000 of the 20,000 affordable apartments the de Blasio administration preserved or
built last year will be permanently affordable — leaving the rest to eventually become market rate
— according to the city housing department.
The city created 3,031 new homes under its inclusionary housing program, which ensures they will
remain permanently affordable, while the other 5,453 affordable units being built under the city's
watch will transition to market rate in as soon as 30 years, officials said.
The remaining 11,000 or so already built units being preserved by the de Blasio administration as
affordable are slated to become market rate units as a result of earlier mayors' affordable housing
agreements — the same temporary conditions the de Blasio administration is now using, critics
say.
"They will tell you that they're interested in permanent affordability and good stewardship but at
the end of the day, policies speak louder than words," said the Association for Neighborhood and
Housing Development's director of planning and community development Moses Gates.
ANHD estimates that there are more than 234,000 affordable housing units at risk of expiring in
NYC between 2017 and 2037.
Of those, almost 170,000 apartments were built with city subsidies between 1987 and 2007,
according to ANHD.
In a policy paper released last week, Gates argued that all new units created by the de Blasio
administration — or any administration — should be permanently affordable. He said this
administration has showered private developers with subsidies for time-limited agreements,
perpetuating a costly cycle of expiration and preservation.
Housing programs like the ones de Blasio's team currently uses rely on tax credits and other
incentives to convince private, for-profit developers to charge rents deemed affordable by
government standards. Once agreements with those developers expire, the city must cut new
subsidy deals to keep the housing affordable, known as preserving the units.
10159
That means that in many neighborhoods that have gentrified since original agreements were
signed, the city must now outbid an expensive rental market, according to Gates. As a result, HPD
is now spending up to 30 percent of its housing subsidies towards preserving existing units,
according to ANHD.
City HPD officials defended their affordable housing plan.
"The City’s new mandatory inclusionary housing program is focused on delivering permanently
affordable housing to communities across the city. Because the land use changes we’re making are
permanent, so is the affordable housing. And because of our financial analysis and enforcement
tools, we can be sure those units won’t just be permanently affordable on paper, but in reality,"
HPD said in a statement.
The administration has created far more permanent affordable housing than its predecessor, 858
more permanently affordable apartments in 2015 alone than in the years 2010 through 2014
combined, according to HPD stats.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to amass 200,000 units of housing over the next 10 years,
according to his plan, mostly by preserving affordable units about to go market rate.
In the last fiscal year, nearly 12,000 of the 20,326 affordable apartments the administration counted
towards its program were preservations as opposed to newly constructed units. In fiscal year 2016,
slightly more than 10,000 of the approximately 18,000 affordable units on deck will be
preservations, according to city projections.
HPD said renewing expiring agreements at Mitchell-Lama and Koch-era developments is a "major
focus of our housing plan."
"The only way to achieve permanent affordability through subsidy programs would be to make the
subsidies themselves permanent," they said. "While no administration can or should promise
permanent subsidies, what we can do is make sure we don’t let the thousands of apartments
previous administrations have invested in expire, and extend their affordability for decades to
come."
But Gates said permanently affordable housing need not involve "permanent subsidies."
"The only 'permanent subsidy' required under our model is a continuing tax exemption that would
run concurrent with the affordability restrictions," he said of ANDH's proposals for permanently
affordable housing. "It otherwise does not require any permanent or continuing subsidy."
10160
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Arslanian, Kayla; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Forum- good update
College Republicans want to sign on and co-sponsor and reach out to candidates.
I also have heard a rumor Albert Brooks, president of AEI might be interested. I’m calling and then will
ask you for a follow up based on getting more intel.
Safe travels- I spent a month training on campaigns in the Middle East- Gaza, West Bank and Israel. I
love it there. People think I’m nuts for loving it.
10161
From: Kayla Arslanian
Cc: Geri Prado; Hayley Prim; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Nick Hanauer
Hi team -
Geri, yes. Flagged for him that you guys need to connect again. You are on his mind
and on the list! There is a lot I need him to do btwn now and his arrival at airport -
but will keep reminding.
On Oct 15, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Once we know if he will be in NY on November 5th it will be easier to set-up

Cc: Hayley Prim; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian
He and I just talked about this and he agreed. When he's out the door let us
know what we can do to help move.
Also he wants to talk leadership council more before he gets on plane.

Connecting Kayla.
Thanks.

Not as of yet
Focused on getting him out of the door to Israel

Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Geri Prado; John Del Cecato
Hey Prisca-- Were you able to lock this in?
RKK is thinking on possible press opps
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca

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yes

Cc: Geri Prado; John Del Cecato
Subject: Nick Hanauer
is going to be in NYC on November 5. The Mayor and him spoke

last week and both want to get together for a meeting while he's in
town.
Prisca can I connect you with his scheduler to work out?
We should think about if there is anything we want to ask them to do

publicly while he is in town as well.
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
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10164
From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Hayley Prim; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: Re: Video for Local Progress Conference in LA
they need to set up the video, do what they need to with it which might take a few
days. This is on the 26th. It’s the 16th so I’d say we should get it to them by next
Wednesday so they can plan their conference around it.
On Oct 16, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Snyder, Thomas

<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
I think we can do it but need to know the real deadline. In my experience we can produce
and deliver a video clip in a few hours time.
From: Hayley Primm <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>

Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 at 9:29 AM
To: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Emma Wolfe
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Prisca Salazar
<psalazar-rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Tom/Prisca-- Can we lock in a time to do this early next week?
JDC-- Can you/Fromo draft up a script?
Only needs to be ~5 minutes
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Front office will need to see about time.
Assume you all will write the script. I’m fine with it

To: Geri Prado
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato
10165
Guys-- circling back here. The event is about a week and a half away, so I want to let them
know if the Mayor is going to do a video. Can you advise?
Thanks,
Hayley
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
Any help here is appreciated. Emma not sure of this but it seems they do work with the
city locally and we’d deliver as such and could hand over to your staff if helpful.
On Oct 7, 2015, at 5:40 PM, Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:
Circling back on this. Could we get a decision in the next few days so they
can factor into planning for their conference?
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Hayley Prim

Approximately 150 people at the conference in person. Local Progress and

CPD would also send out to all of their action lists
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea

Sounds right but can we find out how big of an audience and reach?
We’ve gotten a lot of video requests and I want to make sure worth his
time

To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Video for Local Progress Conference in LA
10166

Hey guys-- Center for Popular Democracy is hosting a local progress event in
LA at the end of October, linked here: http://localprogress.org/event/2015-
national-convening-in-los-angeles-october-26-27/
They are asking if the Mayor will consider filming a video they can show at
the conference. He spoke and was very well received at the last conference
they had in NYC.
Garcetti will not be in attendance, but his wife likely will be.
I think we should do this, unless you guys have good reason not to. Can just
be ~5 minutes about the progress this country has made this past year
around wage hikes, paid sick, etc., why it's important to keep up the
momentum, etc.
Thoughts?
I think it's a good idea.
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
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Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c: 6
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
10168
From: Geri Prado
To: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: FW: from Alan Colmes
Can we schedule the Ari Rabin-Havt Sirius show first? He had asked in June so if we
can do that and then schedule this one for a few weeks later it would be helpful.
Can we get Ari on the books? If we can get the time then we'll plan it with Marti.
Let me know.
Beating down our door!

Hi Phil and Marti,
Can we come up with a date?
Alan
From: Walzak, Phil [mailto:PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov]

To: Colmes, Alan; Adams Baker, Marti
Looking at some options!
+my colleague Marti Adams
10169


To: Walzak, Phil
Can we set a date?

To: Colmes, Alan
Lets stay in touch

To: Walzak, Phil

To: Colmes, Alan
10170
From: Colmes, Alan
To: Walzak, Phil
One other thing of note is that we have a strong presence on social media which helps
spread our work. I'd really like to get the mayor's message out there.
Alan

To: Colmes, Alan

10171
To: Walzak, Phil
Hi Phil,
I caught the tail end of the mayor on Morning Joe before Christie came on and made
ridiculous comments that went unchallenged. I'd like to re-extend an invitation for the
mayor to appear on my radio show. There are only a few of us on the left who do national
shows and we offer a platform that includes about 75 radio stations, Sirius/XM, our app,
and online streaming. The power and effectiveness of talk radio is understood and
harnessed by conservatives, but I've been trying for years to get more liberals to
understand its value.
Best Wishes,
Alan
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10172
To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Cc: @JustPressOffice; Arslanian, Kayla; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: RE: Sunday story
Will cross-check and get back to you.

Ideally, Scheduling should do a tally too.

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas;
Subject: Sunday story

See Fermino story below. Want to check visit numbers below and gather thoughts on push back and
response. For this Sunday.

From: Fermino, Jennifer [mailto:jfermino@nydailynews.com]
To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: sunday story

I went through mayor’s public schedule over past year to look at where he spends his time. Doing a
Sunday story on it.
Here is where his events where, according to the schedule -

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13

He was out of town 34 times, including vacations to PR with chirlane and vists to DC and Albany for
work. That’s more than he’s been to Queens, Bronx or Staten Island.

Seeing if you want to comment.

Jennifer Fermino
City Hall Bureau Chief
New York Daily News
(o) 212 210 1887
(c)

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10174
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas;
"jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Let me double check on the time frame.

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter;
Snyder, Thomas; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)

2015 only. Total 28 for two years, according to research, and only public events.

To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder,
Thomas; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: Re: Sunday story

Staten Island totally wrong. Well over 30 visits to date.

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Phillip Walzak; Hagelgans, Andrea; Mahen Gunaratna; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas;

To: Hinton, Karen

Sunday story on it.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13

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Jennifer Fermino
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To: Hinton, Karen; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas;
"jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
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From: Hinton, Karen

January 2015 to October 2015.

From: Hinton, Karen




From: Hinton, Karen

To: Hinton, Karen

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MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
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To: Norvell, Wiley; Hinton, Karen; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter;
Snyder, Thomas; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Agree 100%. Important.

To: Hinton, Karen; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen;
Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)

Is this apples and oranges? Visits (for out of town) and actual events (for in town)? We should push
her on same methodology across the board. We haven’t done many out of town events, and we’ve
done a lot of in-town visits she is likely excluding.

From: Hinton, Karen

January 2015 to October 2015.

From: Hinton, Karen




From: Hinton, Karen
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To: Hinton, Karen

Sunday story on it.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13



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New York Daily News
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From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
This the private but FOILable schedule online (so, in effect, it’s public but she’s not using this.)

https://a002-oom03.nyc.gov/IRM/Handlers/Html/WelcomePage.ashx?eventGuid=9c21e73d-b5bb-
4528-ad0a-4d0402ac2984

From: Hinton, Karen

Talking to her now about not comparing apples to oranges. I think she is using only public events
and counting visits in other cities as events, when they aren’t.

Mahen is gathering info on public events in the city versus outside the city (vacations and trips to RI
and CT aren’t public events) AND private events in and outside the city, which will be a higher
number for in the city but probably about the same for outside, if that makes sense.

Once we see that we can decide what to give her.

From: Walzak, Phil
To: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas;

There is more SI!!

From: Hinton, Karen
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To: Hinton, Karen

Sunday story on it.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13



Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
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To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
Sorry, that title should say:

Mayoral Public Events – January 1, 2015 to October 15, 2015

To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas;
Importance: High

Please see our tally below of only public events:


Bronx – 24 public events
Staten Island – 11 public events
Queens – 24 public events
Brooklyn – 56 public events
Manhattan – 162 public events

Non-NYC Public Appearances/Events – 32 public events

Without proper context, the numbers don’t exactly help our cause. Karen has asked Fermino for a
list of the exact events that she’s counting – something like a funeral for an NYPD cop held in Long
Island should not be held against us.

Thanks,

Mahen

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Brooklyn ––
Name of Event Date

Attends Viewing for Detective Wenjian Liu with Commissioner Bratton 1/3/2015
Attends Funeral for Detective Wenjian Liu & Delivers Remarks 1/4/2015
Announces Lifting of School Cell Phone Ban 1/7/2015
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Hosts Press Conference to Announce More Than 17,300 Units of Affordable Housing
Financed in 2014 1/15/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Inauguration of Senator Jesse Hamilton 1/18/2015
Delivers Remarks and Administers the Oath of Office at the Inauguration of
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte [Brooklyn College] 1/18/2015
Delivers Remarks at 29th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [BAM] 1/19/2015
Holds Press Conference to Update New Yorkers on Winter Weather Conditions 1/26/2015
Tours “Jobs Plus” & Announces the Next Phase of NYC's Young Men's Initiative, Opening
New Doors for Young Men of Color 1/30/2015
Thanks Volunteers and Speaks at the NYC Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day
Phon-a-thon & Launches City's Largest Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign, Invests City
Money in Tax Prep Centers for First Time Ever 1/31/2015
Speaks at Sons and Daughters of the City Celebrate A Sage – Honoring the Life & Legacy
of Reverend Herbert Daughtry, Sr. 1/31/2015
Holds Photo Spray After Meeting with New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie,
Assembly Member Walter Mosley, and Tenants to Discuss Affordable Housing and
Strengthening Rent Laws 2/8/2015
Attends Homegoing Service for Alfonso Bernard, Jr. [Christian Cultural Center] 2/12/2015
Joins Forces with Governor Cuomo and A.G. Schneiderman to Combat Landlord
Harassment of Tenants [South Brooklyn Legal Services] 2/19/2015
With Chancellor Fariña, Designates Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha Official School Holidays
[P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington] 3/4/2015
Visits Classroom and, With Chancellor Fariña, Announces First Signs of Progress in
Struggling Schools, Promotes Experienced Leader to Head Renewal Schools [Boys and
Girls High School] 3/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking for New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel
Association of New York City Employee Benefit Funds’ Health Center 3/19/2015
Delivers Remarks at Site of Tragic Brooklyn Fire 3/21/2015
Tours Automotive High School, Improving 'Renewal School' in Brooklyn and Hosts Press
Conference [Automotive High School] 3/25/2015
With Senator Schumer, Announces $3 Billion in Federal Funds to Repair and Protect 33
Sandy-Damaged NYCHA Developments Housing Thousands - Largest FEMA Grant in
History [Joseph Miccio Community Center] 3/31/2015
With HUD Secretary Julián Castro, Announces Nation's Largest Energy Savings Program
for a Public Housing Authority [Breukelen Houses] 4/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Little League Opening Day at Prospect Park 4/11/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Democratic County Gala 4/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at Concord Baptist Church 5/31/2015
Delivers Remarks at 1199SEIU and League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes Health
Care Reform 2.0 Conference 6/3/2015
Attends Opening Night at Celebrate Brooklyn! with First Lady Chirlane McCray 6/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at Islamic Center of Brighton Beach 6/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at Street Renaming Ceremony for Detective Wenjian Liu 6/13/2015
Marches in Brooklyn Pride Parade 6/13/2015
With Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York Officials, Announces First Arrest
of NYC Landlord Resulting From Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force 6/17/2015
Announces Major Sections of Central Park and Prospect Park Will Become Permanently
Car-Free, Dedicated Solely to Recreation 6/18/2015
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Holds Media Availability at Lutheran Medical Center 6/18/2015
Attends Brooklyn Tech Graduation Ceremony and Delivers Remarks 6/19/2015
Delivers Remarks at Street Renaming Ceremony for Detective Rafael Ramos 6/20/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 LGBT Pride Month Reception 6/24/2015
Delivers Remarks at Boys and Girls High School Graduation Ceremony 6/25/2015
Hosts Press Conference with Representatives Velázquez and Nadler [SBMT] 6/29/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make Announcement [Sheepshead/Nostrand Houses] 7/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Funeral Service for Reverend Clarence Norman Sr. 7/18/2015
Holds Press Conference on Extreme Heat 7/20/2015
Delivers Remarks at Northern Caribbean University Alumni Association Homecoming 7/25/2015
Delivers Remarks at 73rd Precinct (National Night Out) 8/4/2015
Attends Funeral of DSNY Sergeant Musella 8/5/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Provide Update on Legionnaires’ Disease 8/8/2015
With First Lady and Administration Leaders, Fans Out Across Five Boroughs in Final Push
to Sign Up Kids for Pre-K 8/29/2015
Delivers Remarks at West Indian American Day Carnival Association Breakfast [Lincoln
Terrace Park] 9/7/2015
Marches in West Indian American Day Carnival Association Labor Day Parade 9/7/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at 2015 West Indian American and Caribbean American
Heritage Reception 9/8/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Funeral Service for Assistant Deputy Warden Belinda
Nicks 9/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Christian Cultural Center 9/20/2015
Attends High School Family Night [Brooklyn Generation School] 9/30/2015
Hosts Press Conference at Office of Emergency Management 10/1/2015
Delivers Update on Building Explosion in Borough Park 10/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at Saint Rita’s Catholic Church 10/4/2015
Delivers Remarks at Ribbon-Cutting for Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School for Cinema 10/6/2015
Participates in Opening Day Puck Dropping Ceremony for New York Islanders Inaugural
Season 10/9/2015

Manhattan ––

Name of Event Date
With Commissioner Bratton, Announces 2014 Saw Fewest Murders in Recorded City
History; Lowest Murders, Robberies, Burglaries in 10 Years 1/5/2015
Attends Funeral for Former Governor Mario Cuomo 1/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at National Action Network Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Policy
Forum [NAN] 1/19/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intro 489-B 1/22/2015
Attends Services and Delivers Remarks at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun [Ramaz
Middle School] 1/24/2015
Delivers Special Weather Update 1/25/2015
Thanks Sanitation Workers During Shift Change 1/26/2015
Holds Press Conference on Winter Weather Conditions 1/27/2015
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Delivers Remarks at MV-1 Showcase 1/29/2015
Holds Press Conference to Update New Yorkers on Winter Weather Conditions 2/1/2015
Delivers State of the City [Baruch College] 2/3/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 620, 612-A, 571-A, and 126-A 2/5/2015
With Commissioner Bratton and Speaker Mark-Viverito, Announces $7.3 Million
Investment to Upgrade Bulletproof Vests for NYPD Officers [34 Precinct] 2/6/2015
Presents Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary Budget 2/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Opening of “The Italian Americans” at NYU [NYU Kimmel
Center] 2/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at NetGain: Working Together for a Stronger Digital Society [Ford
Foundation] 2/11/2015
Delivers Remarks at MADE Fashion Week Kickoff Party, Announces $15 Million Initiative
to Support City's Fashion Industry 2/11/2015
Holds Media Availability to Discuss The 2016 Democratic National Convention 2/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at Park East Synagogue at Event in Honor of Rabbi Haim Korsia, Chief
Rabbi of France 2/19/2015
Hosts a Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise Stakeholder Meeting in the Blue
Room at City Hall & Holds Media Availability 2/23/2015
Announces Tentative Contract Agreement with Sergeants Beneolent Association 2/26/2015
Delivers Remarks at DC37 Black History Month Celebration [DC37 HQ] 2/27/2015
Holds Media Availability with New York City Congressional Delegation Following
Breakfast at Gracie Mansion 3/2/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 384-A, 519-A, 562-A, 615-A, and 655 3/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Citizens Budget Commission’s 83rd Annual Awards Dinner [The
Pierre] 3/3/2015
Meets with Mayor of Florence Dario Nardella 3/4/2015
Delivers Remarks at ABNY Breakfast [The Pierre] 3/5/2015
Delivers Remarks at Beijing +20 Reception 3/9/2015
Attends Funeral Services for Cardinal Egan [St. Patrick's Cathedral] 3/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Beijing+20 Opening Reception [Hammerstein Ballroom] 3/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Memorial Service For East Harlem Explosion And Building Collapse 3/12/2015
With Police Commissioner Bratton, Announces New Gun Detection Technology [1PP] 3/16/2015
Hosts Gracie Mansion St. Patrick's Day Breakfast 3/17/2015
Attends St. Patrick's Day Mass [St. Patrick's Day Cathedral] 3/17/2015
Announces 22,000 Families Apply for Pre-K in First Day [Emily N. Carey Harbor
Preschool] 3/17/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 600-A, 611-A, 619-A, 74-A, and 423-A 3/18/2015
Delivers Remarks Following Meeting with Officials From NY, NJ, and CT 3/20/2015
Delivers Update on East Village Building Collapse 3/26/2015
Appears in the Third Act of The Inner Circle Show 3/28/2015
Marches in Greek Independence Day Parade 3/29/2015
Holds Media Availablity on East Village Building Collapse and State Budget Agreement 3/30/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 685, 435-A, and 485-A 3/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at Greek Independence Day Reception 4/1/2015
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Convenes Progressive Leaders at Gracie Mansion, Announces Effort to Bring Income
Inequality to Forefront of National Discussion 4/2/2015
Meets with United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson 4/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at NAN Annual Convention Ribbon Cutting, Holds Q&A With Reporters
[Sheraton New York] 4/8/2015
Rides the Subway to City Hall for "Stand Up for Transportation Day" and Holds Media
Availability 4/9/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 421-A, 689-A, 690-A, 656, and 497-B 4/20/2015
Swears in 28 Judges to Family Court, Criminal Court, and Civil Court 4/27/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 727 and 747 4/28/2015
Holds Impromptu Press Gaggle on Denim Day 4/29/2015
Delivers Remarks at Dedication Ceremony and Ribbon-Cutting at Whitney Museum of
American Art 4/30/2015
Holds Media Availability on Protests Against Police-Involved Deaths 4/30/2015
Attends FDNY Open House with Commissioner Nigro [Engine 58/Ladder 26] 5/2/2015
Attends TechCrunch Disrupt and Delivers Remarks [Manhattan Center] 5/4/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 261-A, 271-A, 211-A, 597-A, 433-A, 681, and
555-A 5/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at One Police Plaza Memorial Wall [1PP] 5/7/2015
Presents Fiscal Year 2016 Executive Budget 5/7/2015
Holds Press Gaggle in Room 9 5/18/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 419-A, 178-A, 51-B, 181-A 5/18/2015
Delivers Remarks at CUNY Celebration for Herman Badillo [Hunter College] 5/18/2015
Announces Tentative Contract Agreement with Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association,
Local 831 5/19/2015
Unveils 'NextGeneration NYCHA': A Comprehensive Plan to Secure The Future of City
Public Housing [James Weldon Johnson Community Center] 5/19/2015
Delivers Remarks and Holds Photo Spray Before Veterans’ Issues Roundtable 5/21/2015
Delivers Remarks and Participates in Wreath Laying Ceremony [Intrepid Sea, Air, &
Space Museum] 5/25/2015
Delivers Remarks at Asian Pacific Heritage Month Reception [New York County
Surrogate’s Courthouse] 5/28/2015
Delivers Remarks at Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence Gala [Carnegie Hall] 5/28/2015
Delivers Remarks at Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim Synogogue in Manhattan 5/30/2015
Holds Press Gaggle 5/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at UFT Spring Conference 5/30/2015
Marches in Celebrate Israel Parade 5/31/2015
Provides Update on Midtown Crane Accident 5/31/2015
Holds Media Availability After Hosting Summit with Busines Leaders on the Urgent Need
to Renew Mayoral Control 6/1/2015
Holds Media Availability to Address Crime Trends 6/2/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 579-A, 222-A, 702-A, 764, 240-A, 592-A, 742-A,
761 and 772 6/2/2015
Attends 146th Annual FDNY Medal Day Ceremony 6/3/2015
Holds Photo Spray with Mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris 6/5/2015
Delivers Remarks at Rent Regulation Rally 6/6/2015
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Delivers Remarks at First Corinthian Baptist Church 6/7/2015
With Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Deputy Mayor Richard Buery, Announces
Record-Breaking 70,000 Families Will Be Offered Pre-K Seats This Week 6/8/2015
Delivers Remarks at Dedication and Ribbon-Cutting of The Michael Kors Building at
God’s Love We Deliver 6/9/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at NYPD Medal Day Ceremony 6/9/2015
Delivers Opening Address at World Cities Summit Innovative Cities of Opportunity Forum 6/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Hosted by American Federation of Teachers and
the United Federation of Teachers 6/11/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Jewish Heritage Reception 6/11/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Puerto Rican Heritage Reception 6/11/2015
Participates in AARP Tele-Town Hall 6/12/2015
Marches in Puerto Rican Day Parade 6/14/2015
Holds Media Availability to Discuss Rent Regulations, 421-a, and Mayoral Control of
Schools 6/14/2015
Holds Media Availability to Discuss Pending Legislation in Albany 6/15/2015
Delivers Remarks at DOE Big Apple Teacher Recognition Awards 6/15/2015
Attends Groundbreaking Ceremony for Cornell Tech Campus and Delivers Remarks 6/16/2015
Holds Media Availability 6/16/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 736-A, 511-A, 440-A, 198-A, 315-A, and 641-A 6/16/2015
Delivers Remarks at AJC Annual Meeting 6/17/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Discuss Humanitarian Situation in Dominican Republic 6/21/2015
Announces Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Agreement with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and
Council Members 6/22/2015
Announces Partnership with Warby Parker to Provide Free Eyeglasses to Students at
Community Schools [P.S. 50] 6/24/2015
With Comissioner Bratton, Unveils New, Groundbreaking Neighborhood Policing Vision 6/25/2015
Delivers Remarks Following Meeting with Clergy Advisory Council 6/26/2015
Hosts Marriage Equality Pop-Up Party And Celebration, Officiates Marriages at City Hall 6/26/2015
Delivers Remarks at Dedication Ceremony for Plaque Marking the Site of a Colonial-Era
Wall Street Slave Market 6/27/2015
Marches in Heritage of Pride Parade 6/28/2015
Holds Media Availability After Marching in the Heritage of Pride Parade 6/28/2015
Holds Public Hearings for and Signs Intros 318-A, 125-B, 456-A, 723-A, 724-A, 725-A,
726-A, and 729-A 6/29/2015
Delivers Remarks with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [United Nations] 6/30/2015
Honors DSNY Worker Curtis Jackson 7/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at DOE Valedictorian and Salutatorian Reception 7/9/2015
Marches in Ticker-Tape Parade to Celebrate the Women’s World Cup Soccer Champions 7/10/2015
Hosts Ceremony for Women’s World Cup Soccer Champions 7/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at NY CityFest 7/11/2015
Delivers Remarks and Marches in Inaugural NYC Disability Pride Parade 7/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at 43rd Annual Old Timers Stick Ball Game [Alain Locke Elementary
School] 7/12/2015
Hosts Press Conference on IDNYC with Speaker Mark Viverito 7/27/2015
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Delivers Remarks at Press Conference on Puerto Rico's Fiscal Crisis Urging Federal
Government to Act on Puerto Rico's Fiscal Crisis 7/28/2015
Hosts Press Conference on Extreme Heat 7/29/2015
Provides Update on Legionnaires’ Disease 7/30/2015
Discusses the City’s Financial Plan at the New York State Financial Control Board
Meeting 8/4/2015
Holds Media Roundtable to Discuss New Mental Health and Public Safety Plan 8/6/2015
Announces Tentative Contract Agreement With Uniformed Firefighters Association,
Agreement on Disability Pension Legislation 8/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Dominican Heritage Ceremony 8/6/2015
Marches in 2015 Dominican Day Parade 8/9/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 849, 235, 558-A, 89-A, 830-A, 847-A, and 425-A 8/10/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Introduce New Legislation and Provide Update on
Legionnaires’ Disease 8/10/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make an Education Announcement [P.S. 19 Asher Levy] 8/12/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intro. 866 8/18/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Discuss Intro. 866 8/18/2015
Delivers Remarks at Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run & Walk [St. Nicholas Park] 8/22/2015
Holds Photo Spray with Cardinal Dolan Following Meeting at City Hall 8/25/2015
With Lower Manhattan Leaders, Announces New $100 Million City Commitment to
Coastal Resiliency [Alfred E. Smith Playground] 8/27/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 145-A, 287-A and 586-A; Holds Public Hearing
for Intros. 682-A, 700-A and 757-A 9/2/2015
Delivers Remarks with Rome Mayor Marino 9/2/2015
Hosts Press Conference at PS 9 to Discuss The Second Year of Pre-K for all and the
First Day of School [P.S. 9] 9/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Premier of “Hedge Funders vs. Kindergarten Teachers: Whose Side
Are You On?” [Pace University] 9/10/2015
Attends September 11 Commemoration Ceremony [1 WTC] 9/11/2015
Marches in 2015 New York City Labor Day Parade 9/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Number 7 Subway Line
Extension 9/13/2015
Holds Media Availability with NYPD Commissioner Bratton, OEM Commissioner Esposito
and Officials from the United States Secret Service and FBI 9/14/2015
Delivers Remarks at Naturalization Ceremony [Surrogate’s Court] 9/17/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at African American Day Parade 9/20/2015
Hosts Press Conference on the Papal Visit 9/21/2015
Greets Pope and Attends Vespers 9/24/2015
Delivers Remarks at The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Reception 9/24/2015
Attends Pope Francis’ Address to the UN General Assembly 9/25/2015
Attends Pope Francis’ Remarks at Interfaith Service at 9/11 Memorial 9/25/2015
Visits Our Lady Queen of Angels School with Pope Francis 9/25/2015
Attends Pope Francis’ Mass at Madison Square Garden 9/25/2015
Announces Efforts to Help Prevent Homelessness by Adding Resources to Keep New
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Yorkers in Their Homes 9/28/2015
Testifies at Public Hearing on Civil Legal Services 9/29/2015
Delivers Remarks at Launch of Strong Cities Network 9/29/2015
Holds Photo Spray with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras 10/1/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Annual FDNY Memorial Day Ceremony 10/7/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 850-A, 643-A, 706-A, 753-A, 758-A, 766-A, 768-
A, 784-A and 767-A 10/7/2015
Delivers Remarks at Italian Heritage Ceremony 10/8/2015
Holds Media Availability and Marches in Columbus Day Parade 10/12/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Dedication Ceremony for Battery Park Police Memorial 10/13/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 903 and 730; Holds Public Hearing for Intros
917-A, 885, and 897 10/13/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at UpStander Awards 10/13/2015
Participates in Rent Security and Tenant Protection Town Hall [Gregorio Luperon High
School for Science and Mathematics] 10/14/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Naming Ceremony for David N. Dinkins Building 10/15/2015

Bronx ––

Name of Event Date
With Commissioner Bratton, Delivers Remarks at St. Barnabas Hospital 1/5/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Announce Completion Of More Than 50 ‘Vision Zero’ Street
Design Projects [DOT Bronx Bureau of Traffic Operations] 1/14/2015
Appoints First Lady Chirlane McCray As Chair Of The Mayor's Fund To Advance New
York City And Gabrielle Fialkoff As Senior Advisor And Director Of The Office Of Strategic
Partnerships 2/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at Department of Correction Promotion and Recruit Graduation
Ceremony [Lehman College] 2/13/2015
Kicks off Pre-K for All Applications [161st Street – Yankee Stadium Subway Station] 3/15/2015
Presents Proclamation at NYCFC Game [Yankee Stadium] 3/15/2015
Announces Expansion of Programs to Keep New Yorkers in Their Homes and Keep
Neighborhoods Strong and Holds Media Availability after Meeting with Tenants at
Affordable Apartment Building in the Bronx 4/14/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make OneNYC Announcement [The Point] 4/22/2015
With Commissioner Bratton, Launches "Summer All Out" Initiative 6/10/2015
Announces a Record-Breaking 20,325 Affordable Apartments and Homes Financed in Last
Fiscal Year, Enough for 50,000 New Yorkers 7/13/2015
With Commissioner Bratton, Announces Update in "Summer All Out" Initiative [Cardinal
Spellman High School] 7/15/2015
With Secretary Castro, Announces up to $10 Million Investment in Free Broadband Service
for Five NYCHA Developments 7/16/2015
Delivers Remarks at Bronx Democratic County Committee 2015 Annual Dinner 7/16/2015
Marches in Gran Parada Dominicana del Bronx 7/26/2015
Delivers Remarks at Pakistan 86th Independence Day Celebration 8/2/2015
Provides Update on Legionnaire’s Disease with City Officials [Lincoln Hospital] 8/4/2015
Delivers Remarks at Annual ADA Sapolin Awards [Bronx Zoo] 8/5/2015
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Visits Senior Centers in the South Bronx to Provide Residents with Information on
Legionnaires’ Disease 8/11/2015
Holds Media Availabilty Following visit to Lincoln Hospital 8/13/2015
With Speaker Mark-Viverito, Signs Three New Laws Protecting Tenants From Harassment
[Borinquen Court] 9/3/2015
With NYCHA GM Michael Kelly and DOHMH Commissioner Dr. Basset, Holds Availability
on Legionnaires' Remediatio Taking Place at Melrose Houses 9/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at L.A.C.A. State of New York Graduation Ceremony [Bronx International
House of Prayer Church] 9/12/2015
Delivers Education Speech, “Equity and Excellence” [Bronx Latin School] 9/16/2015
On Eve of Papal Visit, With Cardinal Dolan, Announces Archdiocese to Provide Beds with
Social Services to City Program for Street Homeless 9/23/2015

Queens ––

Name of Event Date
Delivers Remarks at NYPD Swearing-In Ceremony [Queens College] 1/7/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Announce Launch of IDNYC [Queens Public Library] 1/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at Police Officer Eddie Byrne Annual Memorial Service 2/26/2015
Delivers Remarks and Marches in St. Pat's for All Parade 3/1/2015
Marches in Rockaways St. Patrick’s Day Parade 3/7/2015
Visits Rikers Island and, With Commissioner Ponte, Announces 14-Point Rikers Anti-
Violence Agenda [Rikers Island] 3/12/2015
Delivers Remarks After Touring Improving 'Renewal School' in Richmond Hill [Richmond
Hill High School] 3/19/2015
Attends Opening Ceremonies at New York Mets’ Home Opener [Citi Field] 4/13/2015
With Police Commissioner Bratton, Holds Media Availability at Jamaica Hospital Medical
Center 5/2/2015
Launches Shelter Repair Squad to Address Urgent Health and Safety Conditions in City
Shelters [Corona Family Residence] 5/11/2015
Opens First Full Section of New Resilient Rockaway Beach Boardwalk, Kicks off Beach
Season [Rockaway Beach] 5/22/2015
Marches in The Little Neck Douglaston Memorial Day Parade 5/25/2015
Marches in Queens Pride Parade 6/7/2015
Attends #IamAME Rally and Response Hosted by Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New
York 6/20/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make Announcement Regarding Lunar New Year [P.S. 20] 6/23/2015
Participates in Cook-Off and Delivers Remarks at the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival 7/19/2015
Announces Department of Transportation Commencing Work on $100 Million Vision Zero
Overhaul of Queens Boulevard 7/23/2015
Marches in Ecuadorian Parade 8/2/2015
Delivers Remarks and Swears in New Class of Recruits at Department of Correction
Orientation 8/6/2015
Queens Officials and the Arker Companies, Breaks Ground on 154 New Affordable Homes
for Low-Income Seniors 8/20/2015
Hosts Press Conference to announce start of $87 Million Queensbridge Houses Roof
Replacement 8/24/2015
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Delivers Remarks at U.S. Open [Arthur Ashe Stadium] 8/31/2015
Delivers Remarks at the NYPD Swearing-In Ceremony 10/8/2015

Staten Island ––

Name of Event Date
Attends Staten Island Groundhog Day Ceremony 2/2/2015
Attends Opening Day at Staten Island Little League and Pre-K Day of Action 4/18/2015
Holds Press Conference on Investing $242 Million More in Repaving and Maintaining NYC
Roadways 5/21/2015
Announces 64 New Prose Schools Driving Innovation Across System [Michael J. Petrides
School] 5/26/2015
Attends CORL Interfaith Worship Service 7/14/2015
Holds Media Availability Following Shooting of FDNY Lieutenant [121 Precinct] 8/14/2015
Hosts Press Conference at PS 59 to Kick Off The Second Year of Pre-K for All and the
First Day of School [P.S. 59] 9/9/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Staten Island September 11 Postcards Memorial 9/11/2015
Plays in Mayor’s Office vs. City Council Softball Game [Richmond County Bank Ballpark] 9/17/2015
Repaves Roads in Staten Island 9/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking of Staten Island Family Justice Center 10/5/2015

Non-NYC (not including upcoming events in Israel) ––

Name of Event Date
Lays Wreath at Hyper Casher with Deputy Mayor Klugman 1/20/2015
Lays Wreath at Charlie Hebdo with Mayor Hidalgo 1/20/2015
Lays Wreath where Police Officer Ahmed Merbat was Shot and Killed 1/20/2015
Press Statement and Availability with Mayor Hidalgo at Place de la République 1/20/2015
Drop By “Le Cent Quatre” - a cultural center representative of the diversity of Paris 1/20/2015
Attends Governor Cuomo’s 2015 Opportunity Agenda & Holds Impromptu Media
Availability 1/20/2015
Delivers Remarks at United States Conference of Mayors Plenary Panel & Hosts Press
Conference on Immigration 1/23/2015
Attends President Obama’s Remarks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 1/23/2015
Delivers Remarks at New York State Council of Black Elected Democrats Reception
Honoring Speaker Carl Heastie 2/14/2015
Delivers Testimony and Answers Questions at Budget Hearing on Local Governments
Before the Joint Fiscal Committees of the State Legislature 2/25/2015
Receives Award and Delivers Remarks at 2015 Somos Dinner Gala 3/21/2015
Participates in US Conference of Mayors Municipal Strategies for Financial Empowerment
Forum 3/22/2015
Participates in Press Conference on Transportation At U.S. Conference of Mayors Summit
in Boston, Holds Q&A With Reporters 3/23/2015
Delivers Remarks at University of Nebraska in Omaha 4/15/2015
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Delivers Remarks at Drake University in Des Moines 4/16/2015
Delivers Remarks at Progress Iowa Gathering 4/16/2015
Attends Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 Founders Day Gala 4/25/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Funeral for Police Officer Brian Moore 5/8/2015
Delivers Remarks at National Press Club 5/12/2015
Unveils The Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality 5/12/2015
Hosts Press Conference with Bipartisan Coalition of Mayors to Call for Long-Term
Transportation Bill 5/13/2015
Participates in Lecture with Robert Reich 5/14/2015
Delivers Remarks at Santa Clara University 5/14/2015
Mayor de Blasio Holds Impromptu Gaggle in Albany 5/27/2015
Mayor de Blasio Holds Media Availability in Albany 5/27/2015
Mayor de Blasio Holds Press Gaggle in Albany 5/27/2015
Delivers Remarks 7/21/2015
Attends Papal Audience 7/21/2015
Hosts Media Availability on Climate Event 7/21/2015
Delivers Keynote Remarks at the Symposium on Cities and Sustainable Development 7/22/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks State Innovation Exchange Conference Reception 10/2/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at USCM Press Conference 10/3/2015

From: Hinton, Karen

Talking to her now about not comparing apples to oranges. I think she is using only public events
and counting visits in other cities as events, when they aren’t.

Mahen is gathering info on public events in the city versus outside the city (vacations and trips to RI
and CT aren’t public events) AND private events in and outside the city, which will be a higher
number for in the city but probably about the same for outside, if that makes sense.


From: Walzak, Phil
To: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas;

There is more SI!!

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From: Hinton, Karen

To: Hinton, Karen

Sunday story on it.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13



Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
(o) 212 210 1887
(c)

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************(NJ)
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From: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter;
"jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma; @JustPressOffice; Arslanian, Kayla; Salazar-
Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: Re: Sunday DN story
She may use some of this from Ed board
where you learned something about what's on people's

minds?
Bill: I'll tell you the neighborhoods I've been in, but I can also
give you the quick overview of what I hear all the time, because
it's so ridiculously consistent. I don't mean that as a negative
when I say ridiculously. I'm saying it's strikingly consistent.
Affordable housing, affordable housing, affordable housing is
the number one issue. That's what I get.
How are you going to keep the rents low? How are we going to
have more affordable housing? There's affordable housing, but I
can't get in. What is affordable housing? I get this all the time.
What defines affordable housing? When will it happen? Where
will it happen? That's the number one by far.
Where have I been? I was in Brownsville a few weeks ago. I've

been in Staten Island several times in the last few weeks. I've
been, obviously, several times in the Bronx. I can get you the
neighborhood by neighborhood, but the point is wherever I go, I
take time and stop and talk to people, and this is what I get.
Subways, etc.
We'll do it in the town hall format, but I feel strongly, as

someone who's been doing the work for a long time, we're going
to hear a lot of the exact same concerns, and I think it's right that
I should answer them and show people what we're doing.
Sent from my iPhone
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On Oct 16, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Gunaratna, Mahen <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
Here’s a good example of why her tally is messed up.

Why is she counting Wisconsin three times? We had one trip to Wisconsin that had
one public event – that’s all.

Am betting she counted Wisconsin three times because we mentioned the same event
on three separate occasions in our public schedule – see below:

PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO FOR FRIDAY,
APRIL 24, 2015 AND GUIDANCE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015
On Friday, Mayor de Blasio will depart New York City and travel to Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Guidance for Saturday, April 25, 2015
On Saturday, Mayor de Blasio will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic
Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 Founders Day Gala at the Milwaukee Athletic Club.
Members of the media interested in covering this event must RSVP by contacting
melissab@wisdems.org.
Press Schedule for Saturday, April 25, 2015
6:00 PM – Attends Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 Founders Day

Gala
Milwaukee Athletic Club
758 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
###
PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO FOR
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015
Press Schedule

Gala
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758 N. Broadway
###

PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO FOR SUNDAY,
APRIL 26, 2015
On Sunday, Mayor de Blasio will depart Milwaukee, Wisconsin and return to

New York City.
###

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans,
Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma
Subject: RE: Sunday DN story

Yes I know, but she and I discussed, which I point out below in my email. I think I can
get her to NOT count vacation, LI funeral, etc. See below in yellow.

To: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans,

Highly unfair that she’s counting out-of-town trips vs. NYC events. Not apples to
apples.

We never held public events in Connecticut, yet she counts it five times. And she is
counting things like the funeral of an NYPD cop in Long Island against us.

Per Karen’s request, my team is doing a separate tally that goes beyond just public
events (meaning via his internal schedule). But that’s of course dicey because we have
to be careful in terms of how much info we share.

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna,
Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Sunday DN story

Adding Emma – Emma will get you up to speed.

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Below are the in city and outside the city number of events. I have asked her for a list of
the “events” for both. She says the in-city is captured in a messy spreadsheet that she
doesn’t want to share. She may give me the outside of city events since there are fewer.

She did not use the online schedule because it is four months behind, but she said she
would add any public events that may not have been put on the public (press shop)
schedules because he did them after the schedule was sent or, for some reason, we
didn’t put them on the public schedule.

Mahen and Peter are helping me pull together to beef up the outer borough visits.

I think we can convince her not to count the PR, Hamptons, LI, CT and RI as either NOT
outside the city or NOT an event.

And, we can argue many, if not all, of the other outside the city are completely work-
related.

Any ideas, please share.

It won’t be about what it’s in the story. It will be the headline and the art that will screw
us.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13
ALBANY 6
CT 5
DC3
PUERTO RICO 3
WISCONSIN 3
BOSTON2
CALIFORNIA 2
IOWA2
ITALY 2
RHODE ISLAND2
HAMPTONS1
LONG ISLAND1
OMAHA1
PENNSYLVANIA1

To: Hinton, Karen; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna,
Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)

Does it make sense once all the various research on our end has been done, to pull a group
together to make sure we get this right?

From: Karen Hinton <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
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To: "Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)" <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Mahen Gunaratna <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del
Cc: "@JustPressOffice" <JustPressOffice@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Arslanian, Kayla"
<KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Prisca Salazar <psalazar-rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>


From: Hinton, Karen
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen;


To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter;


From: Hinton, Karen
To: Phillip Walzak; Hagelgans, Andrea; Mahen Gunaratna; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder,
See Fermino story below. Want to check visit numbers below and gather thoughts on
push back and response. For this Sunday.

To: Hinton, Karen

I went through mayor’s public schedule over past year to look at where he spends his
time. Doing a Sunday story on it.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
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CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13

He was out of town 34 times, including vacations to PR with chirlane and vists to DC and
Albany for work. That’s more than he’s been to Queens, Bronx or Staten Island.


Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
(o) 212 210 1887
(c)

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information that is confidential, privileged and/or exempt from disclosure under
applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
any dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained herein is
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************(NJ)
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From: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Gunaratna, Mahen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); @JustPressOffice; Arslanian, Kayla
Tks!
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 16, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

2 more for Staten Island.
-Remarks at the Staten Island Dems Boardwalk Bash

7/25/2015
-Meeting with Council Member Debbie Rose 10/5/2015
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 16, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Gunaratna, Mahen

Please see our tally below of only public events:


Bronx – 24 public events
Staten Island – 11 public events
Queens – 24 public events
Brooklyn – 56 public events
Manhattan – 162 public events

Non-NYC Public Appearances/Events – 32 public events

Without proper context, the numbers don’t exactly help our cause. Karen
has asked Fermino for a list of the exact events that she’s counting –
something like a funeral for an NYPD cop held in Long Island should not
be held against us.

Thanks,

Mahen

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Brooklyn ––
Name of Event Date

Attends Viewing for Detective Wenjian Liu with Commissioner
Bratton 1/3/2015
Attends Funeral for Detective Wenjian Liu & Delivers Remarks 1/4/2015
Announces Lifting of School Cell Phone Ban 1/7/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Announce More Than 17,300 Units
of Affordable Housing Financed in 2014 1/15/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Inauguration of Senator Jesse
Hamilton 1/18/2015
Delivers Remarks and Administers the Oath of Office at the
Inauguration of Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte [Brooklyn
College] 1/18/2015
Delivers Remarks at 29th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. [BAM] 1/19/2015
Holds Press Conference to Update New Yorkers on Winter
Weather Conditions 1/26/2015
Tours “Jobs Plus” & Announces the Next Phase of NYC's
Young Men's Initiative, Opening New Doors for Young Men of
Color 1/30/2015
Thanks Volunteers and Speaks at the NYC Earned Income Tax
Credit Awareness Day Phon-a-thon & Launches City's Largest
Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign, Invests City Money in
Tax Prep Centers for First Time Ever 1/31/2015
Speaks at Sons and Daughters of the City Celebrate A Sage –
Honoring the Life & Legacy of Reverend Herbert Daughtry, Sr. 1/31/2015
Holds Photo Spray After Meeting with New York State
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Assembly Member Walter
Mosley, and Tenants to Discuss Affordable Housing and
Strengthening Rent Laws 2/8/2015
Attends Homegoing Service for Alfonso Bernard, Jr. [Christian
Cultural Center] 2/12/2015
Joins Forces with Governor Cuomo and A.G. Schneiderman to
Combat Landlord Harassment of Tenants [South Brooklyn Legal
Services] 2/19/2015
With Chancellor Fariña, Designates Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha
Official School Holidays [P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington] 3/4/2015
Visits Classroom and, With Chancellor Fariña, Announces First
Signs of Progress in Struggling Schools, Promotes Experienced
Leader to Head Renewal Schools [Boys and Girls High School] 3/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking for New York Hotel
Trades Council and Hotel Association of New York City
Employee Benefit Funds’ Health Center 3/19/2015
Delivers Remarks at Site of Tragic Brooklyn Fire 3/21/2015
Tours Automotive High School, Improving 'Renewal School' in
Brooklyn and Hosts Press Conference [Automotive High
School] 3/25/2015
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With Senator Schumer, Announces $3 Billion in Federal Funds
to Repair and Protect 33 Sandy-Damaged NYCHA
Developments Housing Thousands - Largest FEMA Grant in
History [Joseph Miccio Community Center] 3/31/2015
With HUD Secretary Julián Castro, Announces Nation's Largest
Energy Savings Program for a Public Housing Authority
[Breukelen Houses] 4/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Little League Opening Day at Prospect
Park 4/11/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Democratic County Gala 4/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at Concord Baptist Church 5/31/2015
Delivers Remarks at 1199SEIU and League of Voluntary
Hospitals and Homes Health Care Reform 2.0 Conference 6/3/2015
Attends Opening Night at Celebrate Brooklyn! with First Lady
Chirlane McCray 6/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at Islamic Center of Brighton Beach 6/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at Street Renaming Ceremony for Detective
Wenjian Liu 6/13/2015
Marches in Brooklyn Pride Parade 6/13/2015
With Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York
Officials, Announces First Arrest of NYC Landlord Resulting
From Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force 6/17/2015
Announces Major Sections of Central Park and Prospect Park
Will Become Permanently Car-Free, Dedicated Solely to
Recreation 6/18/2015
Holds Media Availability at Lutheran Medical Center 6/18/2015
Attends Brooklyn Tech Graduation Ceremony and Delivers
Remarks 6/19/2015
Delivers Remarks at Street Renaming Ceremony for Detective
Rafael Ramos 6/20/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 LGBT Pride Month Reception 6/24/2015
Delivers Remarks at Boys and Girls High School Graduation
Ceremony 6/25/2015
Hosts Press Conference with Representatives Velázquez and
Nadler [SBMT] 6/29/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make Announcement
[Sheepshead/Nostrand Houses] 7/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Funeral Service for Reverend Clarence
Norman Sr. 7/18/2015
Holds Press Conference on Extreme Heat 7/20/2015
Delivers Remarks at Northern Caribbean University Alumni
Association Homecoming 7/25/2015
Delivers Remarks at 73rd Precinct (National Night Out) 8/4/2015
Attends Funeral of DSNY Sergeant Musella 8/5/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Provide Update on Legionnaires’
Disease 8/8/2015
With First Lady and Administration Leaders, Fans Out Across
Five Boroughs in Final Push to Sign Up Kids for Pre-K 8/29/2015
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Delivers Remarks at West Indian American Day Carnival
Association Breakfast [Lincoln Terrace Park] 9/7/2015
Marches in West Indian American Day Carnival Association
Labor Day Parade 9/7/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at 2015 West Indian American
and Caribbean American Heritage Reception 9/8/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Funeral Service for Assistant
Deputy Warden Belinda Nicks 9/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Christian Cultural Center 9/20/2015
Attends High School Family Night [Brooklyn Generation School] 9/30/2015
Hosts Press Conference at Office of Emergency Management 10/1/2015
Delivers Update on Building Explosion in Borough Park 10/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at Saint Rita’s Catholic Church 10/4/2015
Delivers Remarks at Ribbon-Cutting for Barry R. Feirstein
Graduate School for Cinema 10/6/2015
Participates in Opening Day Puck Dropping Ceremony for New
York Islanders Inaugural Season 10/9/2015

Manhattan ––

Name of Event Date
With Commissioner Bratton, Announces 2014 Saw Fewest
Murders in Recorded City History; Lowest Murders,
Robberies, Burglaries in 10 Years 1/5/2015
Attends Funeral for Former Governor Mario Cuomo 1/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at National Action Network Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day Policy Forum [NAN] 1/19/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intro 489-B 1/22/2015
Attends Services and Delivers Remarks at Congregation
Kehilath Jeshurun [Ramaz Middle School] 1/24/2015
Delivers Special Weather Update 1/25/2015
Thanks Sanitation Workers During Shift Change 1/26/2015
Holds Press Conference on Winter Weather Conditions 1/27/2015
Delivers Remarks at MV-1 Showcase 1/29/2015
Holds Press Conference to Update New Yorkers on Winter
Weather Conditions 2/1/2015
Delivers State of the City [Baruch College] 2/3/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 620, 612-A, 571-A,
and 126-A 2/5/2015
With Commissioner Bratton and Speaker Mark-Viverito,
Announces $7.3 Million Investment to Upgrade Bulletproof
Vests for NYPD Officers [34 Precinct] 2/6/2015
Presents Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary Budget 2/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Opening of “The Italian Americans” at
NYU [NYU Kimmel Center] 2/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at NetGain: Working Together for a
Stronger Digital Society [Ford Foundation] 2/11/2015
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Delivers Remarks at MADE Fashion Week Kickoff Party,
Announces $15 Million Initiative to Support City's Fashion
Industry 2/11/2015
Holds Media Availability to Discuss The 2016 Democratic
National Convention 2/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at Park East Synagogue at Event in Honor
of Rabbi Haim Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France 2/19/2015
Hosts a Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise
Stakeholder Meeting in the Blue Room at City Hall & Holds
Media Availability 2/23/2015
Announces Tentative Contract Agreement with Sergeants
Beneolent Association 2/26/2015
Delivers Remarks at DC37 Black History Month Celebration
[DC37 HQ] 2/27/2015
Holds Media Availability with New York City Congressional
Delegation Following Breakfast at Gracie Mansion 3/2/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 384-A, 519-A, 562-A,
615-A, and 655 3/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Citizens Budget Commission’s 83rd
Annual Awards Dinner [The Pierre] 3/3/2015
Meets with Mayor of Florence Dario Nardella 3/4/2015
Delivers Remarks at ABNY Breakfast [The Pierre] 3/5/2015
Delivers Remarks at Beijing +20 Reception 3/9/2015
Attends Funeral Services for Cardinal Egan [St. Patrick's
Cathedral] 3/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Beijing+20 Opening Reception
[Hammerstein Ballroom] 3/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at Memorial Service For East Harlem
Explosion And Building Collapse 3/12/2015
With Police Commissioner Bratton, Announces New Gun
Detection Technology [1PP] 3/16/2015
Hosts Gracie Mansion St. Patrick's Day Breakfast 3/17/2015
Attends St. Patrick's Day Mass [St. Patrick's Day Cathedral] 3/17/2015
Announces 22,000 Families Apply for Pre-K in First Day
[Emily N. Carey Harbor Preschool] 3/17/2015
74-A, and 423-A 3/18/2015
Delivers Remarks Following Meeting with Officials From NY,
NJ, and CT 3/20/2015
Appears in the Third Act of The Inner Circle Show 3/28/2015
Marches in Greek Independence Day Parade 3/29/2015
Holds Media Availablity on East Village Building Collapse and
State Budget Agreement 3/30/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 685, 435-A, and 485-A 3/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at Greek Independence Day Reception 4/1/2015
Convenes Progressive Leaders at Gracie Mansion, Announces
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Effort to Bring Income Inequality to Forefront of National
Discussion 4/2/2015
Meets with United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh
Johnson 4/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at NAN Annual Convention Ribbon Cutting,
Holds Q&A With Reporters [Sheraton New York] 4/8/2015
Rides the Subway to City Hall for "Stand Up for
Transportation Day" and Holds Media Availability 4/9/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 421-A, 689-A, 690-A,
656, and 497-B 4/20/2015
Swears in 28 Judges to Family Court, Criminal Court, and
Civil Court 4/27/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 727 and 747 4/28/2015
Holds Impromptu Press Gaggle on Denim Day 4/29/2015
Delivers Remarks at Dedication Ceremony and Ribbon-Cutting
at Whitney Museum of American Art 4/30/2015
Holds Media Availability on Protests Against Police-Involved
Deaths 4/30/2015
Attends FDNY Open House with Commissioner Nigro [Engine
58/Ladder 26] 5/2/2015
Attends TechCrunch Disrupt and Delivers Remarks
[Manhattan Center] 5/4/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 261-A, 271-A, 211-A,
597-A, 433-A, 681, and 555-A 5/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at One Police Plaza Memorial Wall [1PP] 5/7/2015
Presents Fiscal Year 2016 Executive Budget 5/7/2015
Holds Press Gaggle in Room 9 5/18/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 419-A, 178-A, 51-B,
181-A 5/18/2015
Delivers Remarks at CUNY Celebration for Herman Badillo
[Hunter College] 5/18/2015
Announces Tentative Contract Agreement with Uniformed
Sanitationmen's Association, Local 831 5/19/2015
Unveils 'NextGeneration NYCHA': A Comprehensive Plan to
Secure The Future of City Public Housing [James Weldon
Johnson Community Center] 5/19/2015
Delivers Remarks and Holds Photo Spray Before Veterans’
Issues Roundtable 5/21/2015
Delivers Remarks and Participates in Wreath Laying
Ceremony [Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum] 5/25/2015
Delivers Remarks at Asian Pacific Heritage Month Reception
[New York County Surrogate’s Courthouse] 5/28/2015
Delivers Remarks at Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence Gala
[Carnegie Hall] 5/28/2015
Delivers Remarks at Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim Synogogue in
Manhattan 5/30/2015
Holds Press Gaggle 5/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at UFT Spring Conference 5/30/2015
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Marches in Celebrate Israel Parade 5/31/2015
Provides Update on Midtown Crane Accident 5/31/2015
Holds Media Availability After Hosting Summit with Busines
Leaders on the Urgent Need to Renew Mayoral Control 6/1/2015
Holds Media Availability to Address Crime Trends 6/2/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 579-A, 222-A, 702-A,
764, 240-A, 592-A, 742-A, 761 and 772 6/2/2015
Attends 146th Annual FDNY Medal Day Ceremony 6/3/2015
Holds Photo Spray with Mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris 6/5/2015
Delivers Remarks at Rent Regulation Rally 6/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at First Corinthian Baptist Church 6/7/2015
With Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Deputy Mayor
Richard Buery, Announces Record-Breaking 70,000 Families
Will Be Offered Pre-K Seats This Week 6/8/2015
Delivers Remarks at Dedication and Ribbon-Cutting of The
Michael Kors Building at God’s Love We Deliver 6/9/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at NYPD Medal Day Ceremony 6/9/2015
Delivers Opening Address at World Cities Summit Innovative
Cities of Opportunity Forum 6/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Hosted by American
Federation of Teachers and the United Federation of
Teachers 6/11/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Jewish Heritage Reception 6/11/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Puerto Rican Heritage Reception 6/11/2015
Participates in AARP Tele-Town Hall 6/12/2015
Marches in Puerto Rican Day Parade 6/14/2015
Holds Media Availability to Discuss Rent Regulations, 421-a,
and Mayoral Control of Schools 6/14/2015
Holds Media Availability to Discuss Pending Legislation in
Albany 6/15/2015
Delivers Remarks at DOE Big Apple Teacher Recognition
Awards 6/15/2015
Attends Groundbreaking Ceremony for Cornell Tech Campus
and Delivers Remarks 6/16/2015
198-A, 315-A, and 641-A 6/16/2015
Delivers Remarks at AJC Annual Meeting 6/17/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Discuss Humanitarian Situation in
Dominican Republic 6/21/2015
Announces Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Agreement with Speaker
Melissa Mark-Viverito and Council Members 6/22/2015
Announces Partnership with Warby Parker to Provide Free
Eyeglasses to Students at Community Schools [P.S. 50] 6/24/2015
With Comissioner Bratton, Unveils New, Groundbreaking
Neighborhood Policing Vision 6/25/2015
Delivers Remarks Following Meeting with Clergy Advisory
Council 6/26/2015
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Hosts Marriage Equality Pop-Up Party And Celebration,
Officiates Marriages at City Hall 6/26/2015
Delivers Remarks at Dedication Ceremony for Plaque Marking
the Site of a Colonial-Era Wall Street Slave Market 6/27/2015
Marches in Heritage of Pride Parade 6/28/2015
Holds Media Availability After Marching in the Heritage of
Pride Parade 6/28/2015
Holds Public Hearings for and Signs Intros 318-A, 125-B,
456-A, 723-A, 724-A, 725-A, 726-A, and 729-A 6/29/2015
Delivers Remarks with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
[United Nations] 6/30/2015
Honors DSNY Worker Curtis Jackson 7/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at DOE Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Reception 7/9/2015
Marches in Ticker-Tape Parade to Celebrate the Women’s
World Cup Soccer Champions 7/10/2015
Hosts Ceremony for Women’s World Cup Soccer Champions 7/10/2015
Delivers Remarks at NY CityFest 7/11/2015
Delivers Remarks and Marches in Inaugural NYC Disability
Pride Parade 7/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at 43rd Annual Old Timers Stick Ball Game
[Alain Locke Elementary School] 7/12/2015
Hosts Press Conference on IDNYC with Speaker Mark
Viverito 7/27/2015
Delivers Remarks at Press Conference on Puerto Rico's Fiscal
Crisis Urging Federal Government to Act on Puerto Rico's
Fiscal Crisis 7/28/2015
Hosts Press Conference on Extreme Heat 7/29/2015
Provides Update on Legionnaires’ Disease 7/30/2015
Discusses the City’s Financial Plan at the New York State
Financial Control Board Meeting 8/4/2015
Holds Media Roundtable to Discuss New Mental Health and
Public Safety Plan 8/6/2015
Announces Tentative Contract Agreement With Uniformed
Firefighters Association, Agreement on Disability Pension
Legislation 8/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at 2015 Dominican Heritage Ceremony 8/6/2015
Marches in 2015 Dominican Day Parade 8/9/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros 849, 235, 558-A, 89-A,
830-A, 847-A, and 425-A 8/10/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Introduce New Legislation and
Provide Update on Legionnaires’ Disease 8/10/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make an Education Announcement
[P.S. 19 Asher Levy] 8/12/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intro. 866 8/18/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Discuss Intro. 866 8/18/2015
Delivers Remarks at Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run & Walk [St.
Nicholas Park] 8/22/2015
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Holds Photo Spray with Cardinal Dolan Following Meeting at
City Hall 8/25/2015
With Lower Manhattan Leaders, Announces New $100 Million
City Commitment to Coastal Resiliency [Alfred E. Smith
Playground] 8/27/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 145-A, 287-A and
586-A; Holds Public Hearing for Intros. 682-A, 700-A and
757-A 9/2/2015
Delivers Remarks with Rome Mayor Marino 9/2/2015
Hosts Press Conference at PS 9 to Discuss The Second Year
of Pre-K for all and the First Day of School [P.S. 9] 9/9/2015
Delivers Remarks at Premier of “Hedge Funders vs.
Kindergarten Teachers: Whose Side Are You On?” [Pace
University] 9/10/2015
Attends September 11 Commemoration Ceremony [1 WTC] 9/11/2015
Marches in 2015 New York City Labor Day Parade 9/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the
Number 7 Subway Line Extension 9/13/2015
Holds Media Availability with NYPD Commissioner Bratton,
OEM Commissioner Esposito and Officials from the United
States Secret Service and FBI 9/14/2015
Delivers Remarks at Naturalization Ceremony [Surrogate’s
Court] 9/17/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at African American Day
Parade 9/20/2015
Hosts Press Conference on the Papal Visit 9/21/2015
Greets Pope and Attends Vespers 9/24/2015
Delivers Remarks at The United Nations Sustainable
Development Solutions Network Reception 9/24/2015
Attends Pope Francis’ Address to the UN General Assembly 9/25/2015
Attends Pope Francis’ Remarks at Interfaith Service at 9/11
Memorial 9/25/2015
Visits Our Lady Queen of Angels School with Pope Francis 9/25/2015
Attends Pope Francis’ Mass at Madison Square Garden 9/25/2015
Announces Efforts to Help Prevent Homelessness by Adding
Resources to Keep New Yorkers in Their Homes 9/28/2015
Testifies at Public Hearing on Civil Legal Services 9/29/2015
Delivers Remarks at Launch of Strong Cities Network 9/29/2015
Holds Photo Spray with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras 10/1/2015
Delivers Remarks at the Annual FDNY Memorial Day
Ceremony 10/7/2015
Holds Public Hearing and Signs Intros. 850-A, 643-A, 706-A,
753-A, 758-A, 766-A, 768-A, 784-A and 767-A 10/7/2015
Delivers Remarks at Italian Heritage Ceremony 10/8/2015
Holds Media Availability and Marches in Columbus Day
Parade 10/12/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Dedication Ceremony for
10209
Battery Park Police Memorial 10/13/2015
Holds Public Hearings and Signs Intros 903 and 730; Holds
Public Hearing for Intros 917-A, 885, and 897 10/13/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at UpStander Awards 10/13/2015
Participates in Rent Security and Tenant Protection Town Hall
[Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics] 10/14/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Naming Ceremony for David
N. Dinkins Building 10/15/2015

Bronx ––

Name of Event Date
With Commissioner Bratton, Delivers Remarks at St. Barnabas
Hospital 1/5/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Announce Completion Of More
Than 50 ‘Vision Zero’ Street Design Projects [DOT Bronx
Bureau of Traffic Operations] 1/14/2015
Appoints First Lady Chirlane McCray As Chair Of The Mayor's
Fund To Advance New York City And Gabrielle Fialkoff As
Senior Advisor And Director Of The Office Of Strategic
Partnerships 2/6/2015
Delivers Remarks at Department of Correction Promotion and
Recruit Graduation Ceremony [Lehman College] 2/13/2015
Kicks off Pre-K for All Applications [161st Street – Yankee
Stadium Subway Station] 3/15/2015
Presents Proclamation at NYCFC Game [Yankee Stadium] 3/15/2015
Announces Expansion of Programs to Keep New Yorkers in
Their Homes and Keep Neighborhoods Strong and Holds
Media Availability after Meeting with Tenants at Affordable
Apartment Building in the Bronx 4/14/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make OneNYC Announcement [The
Point] 4/22/2015
With Commissioner Bratton, Launches "Summer All Out"
Initiative 6/10/2015
Announces a Record-Breaking 20,325 Affordable Apartments
and Homes Financed in Last Fiscal Year, Enough for 50,000
New Yorkers 7/13/2015
With Commissioner Bratton, Announces Update in "Summer All
Out" Initiative [Cardinal Spellman High School] 7/15/2015
With Secretary Castro, Announces up to $10 Million Investment
in Free Broadband Service for Five NYCHA Developments 7/16/2015
Delivers Remarks at Bronx Democratic County Committee 2015
Annual Dinner 7/16/2015
Marches in Gran Parada Dominicana del Bronx 7/26/2015
Delivers Remarks at Pakistan 86th Independence Day
Celebration 8/2/2015
Provides Update on Legionnaire’s Disease with City Officials
[Lincoln Hospital] 8/4/2015
Delivers Remarks at Annual ADA Sapolin Awards [Bronx Zoo] 8/5/2015
10210
Visits Senior Centers in the South Bronx to Provide Residents
with Information on Legionnaires’ Disease 8/11/2015
Holds Media Availabilty Following visit to Lincoln Hospital 8/13/2015
With Speaker Mark-Viverito, Signs Three New Laws Protecting
Tenants From Harassment [Borinquen Court] 9/3/2015
With NYCHA GM Michael Kelly and DOHMH Commissioner Dr.
Basset, Holds Availability on Legionnaires' Remediatio Taking
Place at Melrose Houses 9/3/2015
Delivers Remarks at L.A.C.A. State of New York Graduation
Ceremony [Bronx International House of Prayer Church] 9/12/2015
Delivers Education Speech, “Equity and Excellence” [Bronx
Latin School] 9/16/2015
On Eve of Papal Visit, With Cardinal Dolan, Announces
Archdiocese to Provide Beds with Social Services to City
Program for Street Homeless 9/23/2015

Queens ––

Name of Event Date
Delivers Remarks at NYPD Swearing-In Ceremony [Queens
College] 1/7/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Announce Launch of IDNYC
[Queens Public Library] 1/12/2015
Delivers Remarks at Police Officer Eddie Byrne Annual
Memorial Service 2/26/2015
Delivers Remarks and Marches in St. Pat's for All Parade 3/1/2015
Marches in Rockaways St. Patrick’s Day Parade 3/7/2015
Visits Rikers Island and, With Commissioner Ponte, Announces
14-Point Rikers Anti-Violence Agenda [Rikers Island] 3/12/2015
Delivers Remarks After Touring Improving 'Renewal School' in
Richmond Hill [Richmond Hill High School] 3/19/2015
Attends Opening Ceremonies at New York Mets’ Home Opener
[Citi Field] 4/13/2015
With Police Commissioner Bratton, Holds Media Availability at
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center 5/2/2015
Launches Shelter Repair Squad to Address Urgent Health and
Safety Conditions in City Shelters [Corona Family Residence] 5/11/2015
Opens First Full Section of New Resilient Rockaway Beach
Boardwalk, Kicks off Beach Season [Rockaway Beach] 5/22/2015
Marches in The Little Neck Douglaston Memorial Day Parade 5/25/2015
Marches in Queens Pride Parade 6/7/2015
Attends #IamAME Rally and Response Hosted by Greater Allen
A.M.E. Cathedral of New York 6/20/2015
Hosts Press Conference to Make Announcement Regarding
Lunar New Year [P.S. 20] 6/23/2015
Participates in Cook-Off and Delivers Remarks at the Grace
Jamaican Jerk Festival 7/19/2015
Announces Department of Transportation Commencing Work on
10211
$100 Million Vision Zero Overhaul of Queens Boulevard 7/23/2015
Marches in Ecuadorian Parade 8/2/2015
Delivers Remarks and Swears in New Class of Recruits at
Department of Correction Orientation 8/6/2015
Queens Officials and the Arker Companies, Breaks Ground on
154 New Affordable Homes for Low-Income Seniors 8/20/2015
Hosts Press Conference to announce start of $87 Million
Queensbridge Houses Roof Replacement 8/24/2015
Delivers Remarks at U.S. Open [Arthur Ashe Stadium] 8/31/2015
Delivers Remarks at the NYPD Swearing-In Ceremony 10/8/2015

Staten Island ––

Name of Event Date
Attends Staten Island Groundhog Day Ceremony 2/2/2015
Attends Opening Day at Staten Island Little League and Pre-K
Day of Action 4/18/2015
Holds Press Conference on Investing $242 Million More in
Repaving and Maintaining NYC Roadways 5/21/2015
Announces 64 New Prose Schools Driving Innovation Across
System [Michael J. Petrides School] 5/26/2015
Attends CORL Interfaith Worship Service 7/14/2015
Holds Media Availability Following Shooting of FDNY Lieutenant
[121 Precinct] 8/14/2015
Hosts Press Conference at PS 59 to Kick Off The Second Year
of Pre-K for All and the First Day of School [P.S. 59] 9/9/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Staten Island September 11
Postcards Memorial 9/11/2015
Plays in Mayor’s Office vs. City Council Softball Game
[Richmond County Bank Ballpark] 9/17/2015
Repaves Roads in Staten Island 9/30/2015
Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking of Staten Island Family
Justice Center 10/5/2015

Non-NYC (not including upcoming events in Israel) ––

Name of Event Date
Lays Wreath at Hyper Casher with Deputy Mayor Klugman 1/20/2015
Lays Wreath at Charlie Hebdo with Mayor Hidalgo 1/20/2015
Lays Wreath where Police Officer Ahmed Merbat was Shot and
Killed 1/20/2015
Press Statement and Availability with Mayor Hidalgo at Place
de la République 1/20/2015
Drop By “Le Cent Quatre” - a cultural center representative of
the diversity of Paris 1/20/2015
Attends Governor Cuomo’s 2015 Opportunity Agenda & Holds
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Impromptu Media Availability 1/20/2015
Delivers Remarks at United States Conference of Mayors
Plenary Panel & Hosts Press Conference on Immigration 1/23/2015
Attends President Obama’s Remarks at the U.S. Conference of
Mayors 1/23/2015
Delivers Remarks at New York State Council of Black Elected
Democrats Reception Honoring Speaker Carl Heastie 2/14/2015
Delivers Testimony and Answers Questions at Budget Hearing
on Local Governments Before the Joint Fiscal Committees of
the State Legislature 2/25/2015
Receives Award and Delivers Remarks at 2015 Somos Dinner
Gala 3/21/2015
Participates in US Conference of Mayors Municipal Strategies
for Financial Empowerment Forum 3/22/2015
Participates in Press Conference on Transportation At U.S.
Conference of Mayors Summit in Boston, Holds Q&A With
Reporters 3/23/2015
Delivers Remarks at University of Nebraska in Omaha 4/15/2015
Delivers Remarks at Drake University in Des Moines 4/16/2015
Delivers Remarks at Progress Iowa Gathering 4/16/2015
Attends Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 Founders Day
Gala 4/25/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at Funeral for Police Officer
Brian Moore 5/8/2015
Delivers Remarks at National Press Club 5/12/2015
Unveils The Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality 5/12/2015
Hosts Press Conference with Bipartisan Coalition of Mayors to
Call for Long-Term Transportation Bill 5/13/2015
Participates in Lecture with Robert Reich 5/14/2015
Delivers Remarks at Santa Clara University 5/14/2015
Mayor de Blasio Holds Impromptu Gaggle in Albany 5/27/2015
Mayor de Blasio Holds Media Availability in Albany 5/27/2015
Mayor de Blasio Holds Press Gaggle in Albany 5/27/2015
Delivers Remarks 7/21/2015
Attends Papal Audience 7/21/2015
Hosts Media Availability on Climate Event 7/21/2015
Delivers Keynote Remarks at the Symposium on Cities and
Sustainable Development 7/22/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks State Innovation Exchange
Conference Reception 10/2/2015
Attends and Delivers Remarks at USCM Press Conference 10/3/2015

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter;
10213

Talking to her now about not comparing apples to oranges. I think she is
using only public events and counting visits in other cities as events, when
they aren’t.

Mahen is gathering info on public events in the city versus outside the city
(vacations and trips to RI and CT aren’t public events) AND private events
in and outside the city, which will be a higher number for in the city but
probably about the same for outside, if that makes sense.


From: Walzak, Phil
To: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter;

There is more SI!!

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter;
See Fermino story below. Want to check visit numbers below and gather
thoughts on push back and response. For this Sunday.

To: Hinton, Karen

I went through mayor’s public schedule over past year to look at where he
spends his time. Doing a Sunday story on it.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13

10214
He was out of town 34 times, including vacations to PR with chirlane and
vists to DC and Albany for work. That’s more than he’s been to Queens,
Bronx or Staten Island.


Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
(o) 212 210 1887
(c)

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10215
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Gunaratna, Mahen; Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter;
"jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma; @JustPressOffice; Arslanian, Kayla; Caquias,
Paula
If you need Paula to scan schedule she can. Just let me know. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone
Peter can u get this all in one place easy to understand format? Need to
pull apart all of her numbers like this.
Sent from my iPhone


Why is she counting Wisconsin three times? We had one trip to
Wisconsin that had one public event – that’s all.

Am betting she counted Wisconsin three times because we mentioned
the same event on three separate occasions in our public schedule – see
below:

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015 AND GUIDANCE FOR SATURDAY,
APRIL 25, 2015
On Friday, Mayor de Blasio will depart New York City and travel to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
On Saturday, Mayor de Blasio will deliver the keynote address at the

Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 Founders Day Gala at the
Milwaukee Athletic Club. Members of the media interested in
covering this event must RSVP by contacting
6:00 PM – Attends Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015
10216
Founders Day Gala
758 N. Broadway
Members of the media interested in covering this event must RSVP
by contacting melissab@wisdems.org.
###
On Saturday, Mayor de Blasio will deliver the keynote address at the

Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 Founders Day Gala at the
Milwaukee Athletic Club. Members of the media interested in
covering this event must RSVP by contacting
Press Schedule
6:00 PM – Attends Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015

Founders Day Gala
758 N. Broadway
Members of the media interested in covering this event must RSVP
by contacting melissab@wisdems.org.
###

SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015
On Sunday, Mayor de Blasio will depart Milwaukee, Wisconsin and

return to New York City.
###

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak,
Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma

Yes I know, but she and I discussed, which I point out below in my email. I
think I can get her to NOT count vacation, LI funeral, etc. See below in
yellow.

10217
To: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil;
Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'

Highly unfair that she’s counting out-of-town trips vs. NYC events. Not
apples to apples.

We never held public events in Connecticut, yet she counts it five times.
And she is counting things like the funeral of an NYPD cop in Long Island
against us.

Per Karen’s request, my team is doing a separate tally that goes beyond
just public events (meaning via his internal schedule). But that’s of course
dicey because we have to be careful in terms of how much info we share.

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans,
Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'


Below are the in city and outside the city number of events. I have asked
her for a list of the “events” for both. She says the in-city is captured in a
messy spreadsheet that she doesn’t want to share. She may give me the
outside of city events since there are fewer.

She did not use the online schedule because it is four months behind, but
she said she would add any public events that may not have been put on
the public (press shop) schedules because he did them after the schedule
was sent or, for some reason, we didn’t put them on the public schedule.

Mahen and Peter are helping me pull together to beef up the outer borough
visits.

I think we can convince her not to count the PR, Hamptons, LI, CT and RI
as either NOT outside the city or NOT an event.

And, we can argue many, if not all, of the other outside the city are
completely work-related.


It won’t be about what it’s in the story. It will be the headline and the art
that will screw us.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
10218
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13
ALBANY 6
CT 5
DC3
PUERTO RICO 3
WISCONSIN 3
BOSTON2
CALIFORNIA 2
IOWA2
ITALY 2
RHODE ISLAND2
HAMPTONS1
LONG ISLAND1
OMAHA1
PENNSYLVANIA1

To: Hinton, Karen; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea;
Gunaratna, Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'

Does it make sense once all the various research on our end has been done, to
pull a group together to make sure we get this right?

<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Mahen Gunaratna
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: "@JustPressOffice" <JustPressOffice@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Arslanian,
Kayla" <KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Prisca Salazar <psalazar-


From: Hinton, Karen
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna,
Mahen; Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'
10219

2015 only. Total 28 for two years, according to research, and only public
events.

To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen;
Kadushin, Peter; Snyder, Thomas; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com'


From: Hinton, Karen
To: Phillip Walzak; Hagelgans, Andrea; Mahen Gunaratna; Kadushin, Peter;
See Fermino story below. Want to check visit numbers below and gather
thoughts on push back and response. For this Sunday.

To: Hinton, Karen

I went through mayor’s public schedule over past year to look at where he
spends his time. Doing a Sunday story on it.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13

He was out of town 34 times, including vacations to PR with chirlane and
vists to DC and Albany for work. That’s more than he’s been to Queens,
Bronx or Staten Island.


Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
10220
(o) 212 210 1887
(c)

------------------------------
This transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and
may contain information that is confidential, privileged and/or
exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the
intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination,
distribution or copying of the information contained herein is strictly
unauthorized and prohibited. If you have received this
communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and
delete this message. Thank you.
************(NJ)
10221
To: Hinton, Karen; Gunaratna, Mahen
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma; @JustPressOffice; Arslanian, Kayla; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
I haven’t seen the list of out of town events she is counting.

From: Hinton, Karen
'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma; @JustPressOffice; Arslanian, Kayla;

Peter can u get this all in one place easy to understand format? Need to pull apart all of her
numbers like this.
Sent from my iPhone



Wisconsin.

Gala
10222
758 N. Broadway
###
Press Schedule

Gala
758 N. Broadway
###

APRIL 26, 2015

New York City.
###

From: Hinton, Karen



10223
apples.



From: Hinton, Karen






related.


us.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13
ALBANY 6
CT 5
DC3
PUERTO RICO 3
WISCONSIN 3
BOSTON2
CALIFORNIA 2
10224
IOWA2
ITALY 2
RHODE ISLAND2
HAMPTONS1
LONG ISLAND1
OMAHA1
PENNSYLVANIA1





From: Hinton, Karen




10225
From: Hinton, Karen

To: Hinton, Karen


MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13



Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
(o) 212 210 1887
(c)

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************(NJ)
10226
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Hinton, Karen
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com"
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Wolfe, Emma; @JustPressOffice; Arslanian, Kayla; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Yes. Lemme tweak your notes and I’ll send her.

To: Hinton, Karen

PK/KH, can we get her to disqualify these too? My rough notes:

· Pennsylvania – This was a private visit that the Mayor and First Lady took in April
· Long Island – self-explanatory; Long Island Funeral for Officer Brian Moore
· Rhode Island - May and August trips to Rhode Island were private
· Italy – again, she can’t count trips in some instances and events in other instances. If she is
going to count trips, then Italy has to be one, not two.
· Iowa – same goes for Iowa. Is she counting trips or events? If trips, then she must only
count this once.
· California – same thing. If she’s counting trips, then it’s only one, not two.
· Boston – same; one trip
· Wisconsin – NOT three; one trip that included one event
· Puerto Rico – again, is she counting events or trips or days? Not apples to apples. He had
one private vacation trip with the First Lady to Puerto Rico this year back in April and there
were no public events.
· Washington, DC – I need to double-check on this
· Connecticut – where is five coming from? I count three trips for private/family purposes –
one in April, one in August, and one in September.

From: Hinton, Karen

Peter can u get this all in one place easy to understand format? Need to pull apart all of her
numbers like this.
Sent from my iPhone
10227



Wisconsin.

Gala
758 N. Broadway
###
Press Schedule

Gala
758 N. Broadway
10228
###

APRIL 26, 2015

New York City.
###

From: Hinton, Karen



apples.



From: Hinton, Karen


10229




related.


us.

MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13
ALBANY 6
CT 5
DC3
PUERTO RICO 3
WISCONSIN 3
BOSTON2
CALIFORNIA 2
IOWA2
ITALY 2
RHODE ISLAND2
HAMPTONS1
LONG ISLAND1
OMAHA1
PENNSYLVANIA1



10230


From: Hinton, Karen




From: Hinton, Karen

To: Hinton, Karen


MANHATTAN122
BROOKLYN 57
CITY HALL 40
10231
QUEENS25
BRONX 21
STATEN ISLAND13



Jennifer Fermino
New York Daily News
(o) 212 210 1887
(c)

------------------------------
************(NJ)
10232
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Bennett, Rob; Schustek, Andrew; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna,
Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media); Mohl, Jeff; Bryan Grimaldi
Subject: Re: BdB/Rahm Bet working group
Whatever the bet is, think the mayor should be in just a jersey and not full uniform.
Don't like the idea of losing a bet results in mayor quasi mockingly stands in a
hardworking person's shoes and does their job just because he lost.
And the charity cannot go to something a member of the administration started. We

find some other good cause.
I dig it
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Bennett, Rob

<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
+JDC
How about this for humiliation piece…

In Chicago it is mucho not OK to put ketchup on a hot dog.
See: here.
What if loser:
If Rahm/Cubs lose, he has to go to The Weiner

Circle and order a hot dog with ketchup while wearing
an entire (head to toe) Mets uniform.
If BdB/Mets lose, he has to go to DiFara and eat a pizza
with knife and fork while wearing an entire Cubs
uniform.
Also kicked around…
Loser has to go to other’s stadium for game one of World

Series and work (union job) as Stadium food vendor and
donate wages to charity.
Also – what is our response charity? Rahm had “After School

Matters” and "Becoming a Man”. Do we want “iMentor” (Buery
creation)? What else?
Thoughts?
10233
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
Director, Mayoral Photography Office
The City of New York
M:
O: (212) 341-5095
See our latest work here: NYC.gov/photo
From: <Kadushin>, Peter <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Schustek, Andrew"
<aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron
(Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff" <jmohl@nycvisit.com>,
Bryan Grimaldi <bgrimaldi@nycgo.com>
I’ll just confirm that we agreed to the bet.
Anything in response to pizza, beer, or just we agreed and then tomorrow we

will do something else?
From: "Bennett, Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:03 -0400
To: OOM MIS <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Schustek, Andrew"
Cc: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Phil Walzak
<pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Mahen Gunaratna
<mgunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff" <jmohl@nycvisit.com>, Bryan
Grimaldi <bgrimaldi@nycgo.com>
Yes. The offer was agreed upon.
Working on reply. Will come before game time tomorrow.
Is there a way you can reply and give us some time to work it stage 2 w/
them?
10234
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

To: "Schustek, Andrew" <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
Did we speak with/confirm with Emmanuel’s staff?
Good to go on confirming for ABC?
From: OOM MIS <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:04 -0400
Cc: "Bennett, Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Phil Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Mahen Gunaratna
7 asking about the bet.
Can we confirm that we are on?
On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Schustek, Andrew <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>
10235
wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbell_Man

From: Bennett, Rob
To: Schustek, Andrew; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil;
Hinton, Karen; Kadushin, Peter; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna,
Fun/Funny Chicago characters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Woo_Woo

http://www.progressillinois.com/quick-
hits/content/2014/05/22/meet-ed-bus-improv-group-takes-
friendly-jab-chicago-machine-politics-u

—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095


From: <Schustek>, Andrew <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>
To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea
Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff"
<jmohl@nycvisit.com>, Bryan Grimaldi
<bgrimaldi@nycgo.com>
Subject: RE: BdB/Rahm Bet working group

Does anyone think “things that happened last time the cubs
10236
made/won a world series” is funny or worth exploring? Or is
it overplayed?

1908 – last time they won
1945 – last time they made it

From: Bennett, Rob
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Kadushin,
Peter; Wolfe, Emma; Schustek, Andrew; Gunaratna, Mahen;
Cahan, Aaron (Media); Mohl, Jeff; Bryan Grimaldi
Subject: BdB/Rahm Bet working group
Importance: High
Chicago is glad to have an energetic bet partner (St. Louis wasn’t

biting last round) and was very eager to get a press hit out of
taking the first step today. They have offered:

"If the Cubs beat the Mets, and give them a little
payback for 1969, I’m asking Mayor de Blasio to make a
contribution of his choice to be split between After
School Matters and our Becoming A Man program. And
I suppose we can sweeten the pot a bit with a case of
Lagunitas and some real pizza from Giordano’s.”
We have the opportunity now to accept and ratchet it

up. I’m particularly interested in injecting some humor
and humiliation into this. Can we kick it around?
My notes for brainstorming:
RAHM:
Curses (Louis CK Inner Circle character

intersection here?)
Obama/Chi Connection
Brother Ari inspiration for Entourage
CHICAGO:
Trains and Bars close 2AM

Deep Dish Pizza, Craft Beers
Landlocked – only beaches are lakes
Second City (comedy) … Training to be on SNL
Oprah
Blues Brothers
Other thoughts:
Seinfeld (here) vs. Mike & Molly (there)
10237
Shake Shack (here) vs. Pizzeria Uno (there)
Chicago the Musical here
Any and all ideas welcome and encouraged.
Rob
10238
Cc: John Del Cecato; Bennett, Rob; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna,
Starting a new thread. No more replies.
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
I don't love the game one world series. Impossible schedule wise, unless it is our
team!
To: Bennett, Rob
Cc: Kadushin, Peter; Schustek, Andrew; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen;
Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media); Mohl, Jeff; Bryan Grimaldi
I dig it
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Bennett, Rob

<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
+JDC

In Chicago it is mucho not OK to put ketchup on a hot dog.
See: here.
What if loser:
If Rahm/Cubs lose, he has to go to The Weiner

Circle and order a hot dog with ketchup while wearing
an entire (head to toe) Mets uniform.
If BdB/Mets lose, he has to go to DiFara and eat a pizza
with knife and fork while wearing an entire Cubs
uniform.
Loser has to go to other’s stadium for game one of World

Series and work (union job) as Stadium food vendor and
donate wages to charity.
10239
Also – what is our response charity? Rahm had “After School
Matters” and "Becoming a Man”. Do we want “iMentor” (Buery
Thoughts?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Schustek, Andrew"
Cc: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
Anything in response to pizza, beer, or just we agreed and then tomorrow we

will do something else?

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:03 -0400
To: OOM MIS <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Schustek, Andrew"
Cc: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Phil Walzak
<pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Mahen Gunaratna
10240
Is there a way you can reply and give us some time to work it stage 2 w/
them?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

Cc: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:04 -0400
Cc: "Bennett, Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Phil Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Mahen Gunaratna
10241
On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Schustek, Andrew <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
From: Bennett, Rob

To: Schustek, Andrew; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil;
Hinton, Karen; Kadushin, Peter; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna,
http://www.progressillinois.com/quick-
hits/content/2014/05/22/meet-ed-bus-improv-group-takes-
friendly-jab-chicago-machine-politics-u
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea
Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff"
10242
<jmohl@nycvisit.com>, Bryan Grimaldi
Does anyone think “things that happened last time the cubs
made/won a world series” is funny or worth exploring? Or is
it overplayed?

From: Bennett, Rob

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Kadushin,
Peter; Wolfe, Emma; Schustek, Andrew; Gunaratna, Mahen;
Cahan, Aaron (Media); Mohl, Jeff; Bryan Grimaldi
Importance: High
Chicago is glad to have an energetic bet partner (St. Louis wasn’t

biting last round) and was very eager to get a press hit out of
taking the first step today. They have offered:
"If the Cubs beat the Mets, and give them a little
payback for 1969, I’m asking Mayor de Blasio to make a
contribution of his choice to be split between After
School Matters and our Becoming A Man program. And
I suppose we can sweeten the pot a bit with a case of
Lagunitas and some real pizza from Giordano’s.”
We have the opportunity now to accept and ratchet it

up. I’m particularly interested in injecting some humor
RAHM:
Curses (Louis CK Inner Circle character

intersection here?)
CHICAGO:

10243
Oprah
Blues Brothers
Other thoughts:

Rob
10244
To: Bray, Jackie
Cc: Bennett, Rob; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil;
Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
Smart
From: Bray, Jackie
Cc: Bennett, Rob; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek, Andrew;
Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
MHA is a good organization. Of the below you can also count The Door as MH - they
do great work.
One flag on using MHA...Rahm's cuts to MH became a huge campaign issue for him.
I think it could be read by his staff as a poke in the eye. So might be better to go
with The Door since they do MH and are known for MH in NYC but do a ton of other
services too.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 17, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
I love doing a mental health one. Jackie/mahen- does the one below pass vet?
Believe PK expressed concerns about imentor given Buery affiliation. Good
shepperd?
From: Bennett, Rob
To: Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek, Andrew;
Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
Who's choosing two of these?
@imentortweets
iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower students in low-
income communities to graduate high school, succeed in college, and
achieve their ambitions.
10245
@goodshepherdnyc
Good Shepherd Services is a nonprofit that helps young people find
opportunities for success. We operate over 80 programs, which help
33,000 New Yorkers.
@HenryStreet
Opening doors of opportunity to enrich lives and enhance human
progress for New Yorkers through social service, arts and health care
programs since 1893.
@Door_NYC
Empowering young people to reach their potential by providing
comprehensive youth development services in a diverse & caring
environment.
@MHAofNYC
MHA-NYC has led the way in mental health services, advocacy, and
education in the New York metropolitan area and across the nation.
On Oct 16, 2015, at 10:52 PM, Fialkoff, Gabrielle

<GFialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Imentor a good one, Buery a founder and focused on mbdb priority of

youth career development. cmc has visited recently for MH/vulnerable
youth focus Henry Street Settlement, Good Shepard Services, The Door
and Family Resource Center (think she went to the one in the bronx)

To: Bennett, Rob; Kadushin, Peter
Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak,
Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron
(Media); Fialkoff, Gabrielle

Gabrielle- see below. Ideas?
From: Bennett, Rob
To: Kadushin, Peter
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil;
What charities for our side?
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:38 PM, Kadushin, Peter
10246
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Minus NYC and co
Nobody from NYC and co should be on the email

while we are figuring out. They are an outside
organization.
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea

I don't love the game one world series.

Impossible schedule wise, unless it is our
team!
To: Bennett, Rob
Cc: Kadushin, Peter; Schustek, Andrew;
Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen;
Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron
(Media); Mohl, Jeff; Bryan Grimaldi
I dig it
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Bennett,

Rob <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
+JDC
How about this for

humiliation piece…

In Chicago it is mucho not
OK to put ketchup on a hot
dog. See: here.
What if loser:
If Rahm/Cubs lose, he
has to go to The
Weiner Circle and
order a hot dog with
10247
ketchup while wearing
an entire (head to toe)
Mets uniform.
If BdB/Mets lose, he
has to go to
DiFara and eat a pizza
with knife and fork
while wearing an entire
Cubs uniform.
Loser has to go to other’s

stadium for game one of
World Series and work
(union job) as Stadium food
vendor and donate wages to
charity.
Also – what is our response

charity? Rahm had “After
School Matters” and
"Becoming a Man”. Do we
want “iMentor” (Buery
Thoughts?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
Director, Mayoral
Photography Office
M:
O: (212) 341-5095
See our latest work

here: NYC.gov/photo
From: <Kadushin>, Peter

<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 at
6:58 PM
To: rob Bennett
<robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Schustek, Andrew"
Cc: Andrea Hagelgans
10248
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl,
Jeff" <jmohl@nycvisit.com>,
Bryan Grimaldi
Subject: Re: BdB/Rahm Bet
working group
I’ll just confirm that we agreed to

the bet.
Anything in response to pizza, beer,

or just we agreed and then
tomorrow we will do something
else?
From: "Bennett, Rob"

<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:03 -
0400
To: OOM MIS
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Schustek, Andrew"
Cc: "Hagelgans, Andrea"
Phil Walzak
<pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Karen Hinton
<khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Wolfe, Emma"
Mahen Gunaratna
<mgunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
10249
Bryan Grimaldi
working group
Working on reply. Will come before

game time tomorrow.
Is there a way you can reply and

give us some time to work it stage 2
w/ them?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
Director, Mayoral Photography
Office
M:
O: (212) 341-5095
See our latest work

here: NYC.gov/photo
From: <Kadushin>, Peter

Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 at
6:46 PM
To: "Schustek, Andrew"
Cc: rob Bennett
<robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Andrea Hagelgans
"Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Wolfe, Emma"
"Gunaratna, Mahen"
10250
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Bryan Grimaldi
working group
Did we speak with/confirm with

Emmanuel’s staff?
From: OOM MIS

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:04 -
0400
To: "Schustek, Andrew"
Cc: "Bennett, Rob"
<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Hagelgans, Andrea"
Phil Walzak
<pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Karen Hinton
<khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Wolfe, Emma"
Mahen Gunaratna
<mgunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Bryan Grimaldi
working group
On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:42 PM,
10251
Schustek, Andrew
wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Cowbell_M
an
From: Bennett, Rob

Sent: Friday, October
16, 2015 4:42 PM
To: Schustek,
Andrew; Hagelgans,
Andrea; Walzak, Phil;
Hinton, Karen;
Kadushin, Peter;
Wolfe, Emma;
Gunaratna, Mahen;
Cahan, Aaron
(Media); Mohl, Jeff;
Bryan Grimaldi
Subject: Re:
BdB/Rahm Bet
working group
Fun/Funny Chicago
characters.
https://en.wikipedia.o
rg/wiki/Ronnie Woo
Woo
http://www.progressil
linois.com/quick-
hits/content/2014/05/
22/meet-ed-bus-
improv-group-takes-
friendly-jab-chicago-
machine-politics-u
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
Director, Mayoral
Photography Office
M:
O: (212) 341-5095
10252
See our latest work
here: NYC.gov/photo
From: <Schustek>,
Andrew
<aschustek@cityhall.
nyc.gov>
Date: Friday,
October 16, 2015 at
4:31 PM
To: rob Bennett
<robbennett@cityha
ll.nyc.gov>, Andrea
Hagelgans
<AHagelgans@cityha
ll.nyc.gov>, "Walzak,
Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.n
yc.gov>, "Hinton,
Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.n
yc.gov>, "Kadushin,
Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall
.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe,
Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.ny
c.gov>, "Gunaratna,
Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityh
all.nyc.gov>, "Cahan,
Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc
.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff"
<jmohl@nycvisit.co
m>, Bryan Grimaldi
<bgrimaldi@nycgo.c
om>
Subject: RE:
BdB/Rahm Bet
working group
Does anyone think
10253
“things that
happened last time
the cubs made/won
a world series” is
funny or worth
exploring? Or is it
overplayed?
1908 – last time they

won
1945 – last time they
made it
From: Bennett, Rob

Sent: Friday, October
16, 2015 4:26 PM
To: Hagelgans,
Andrea; Walzak, Phil;
Hinton, Karen;
Kadushin, Peter;
Wolfe, Emma;
Schustek, Andrew;
Gunaratna, Mahen;
Cahan, Aaron
(Media); Mohl, Jeff;
Bryan Grimaldi
Subject: BdB/Rahm
Bet working group
Importance: High
Chicago is glad to
have an energetic bet
partner (St. Louis
wasn’t biting last
round) and was very
eager to get a press
hit out of taking the
first step today. They
have offered:
"If the Cubs beat

the Mets, and give
them a little
payback for 1969,
I’m asking Mayor
de Blasio to make
a contribution of
his choice to be
10254
split between After
School Matters and
our Becoming A
Man program. And
I suppose we can
sweeten the pot a
bit with a case of
Lagunitas and
some real pizza
from Giordano’s.”
We have the
opportunity now to
accept
and ratchet it
up. I’m particularly
interested in
injecting some
humor and
humiliation into
this. Can we kick it
around?
My notes for
brainstorming:
RAHM:
Curses
(Louis CK
Inner Circle
character
intersection
here?)
Obama/Chi
Connection
Brother Ari
inspiration
for
Entourage
CHICAGO:
Trains and
Bars close
2AM
Deep Dish
10255
Pizza, Craft
Beers
Landlocked –
only beaches
are lakes
Second City
(comedy) …
Training to
be on SNL
Oprah
Blues
Brothers
Other thoughts:
Seinfeld (here) vs.

Mike & Molly
(there)
Shake Shack (here)
vs. Pizzeria Uno
(there)
Chicago the
Musical here
Any and all ideas

welcome and
encouraged.
Rob
10256
10257
From: Bennett, Rob
To: Bray, Jackie
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>;
Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
So, The Door and ...
On Oct 17, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Bray, Jackie <JBray@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

MHA is a good organization. Of the below you can also count The Door as MH - they do great work.
One flag on using MHA...Rahm's cuts to MH became a huge campaign issue for him. I think it could be read by
his staff as a poke in the eye. So might be better to go with The Door since they do MH and are known for MH
in NYC but do a ton of other services too.
Sent from my iPhone

Believe PK expressed concerns about imentor given Buery affiliation. Good shepperd?

From: Bennett, Rob
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil; Hinton,
Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
@imentortweets
iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower students in low-income communities to graduate high
school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions.
@goodshepherdnyc
Good Shepherd Services is a nonprofit that helps young people find opportunities for success. We operate over
80 programs, which help 33,000 New Yorkers.
@HenryStreet
Opening doors of opportunity to enrich lives and enhance human progress for New Yorkers through social
service, arts and health care programs since 1893.
@Door_NYC
Empowering young people to reach their potential by providing comprehensive youth development services in a
diverse & caring environment.
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@MHAofNYC
MHA-NYC has led the way in mental health services, advocacy, and education in the New York metropolitan
area and across the nation.
On Oct 16, 2015, at 10:52 PM, Fialkoff, Gabrielle <GFialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Imentor a good one, Buery a founder and focused on mbdb priority of youth career development. cmc has
visited recently for MH/vulnerable youth focus Henry Street Settlement, Good Shepard Services, The Door and
Family Resource Center (think she went to the one in the bronx)

Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma;
Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media); Fialkoff, Gabrielle

From: Bennett, Rob
To: Kadushin, Peter
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma;
Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:38 PM, Kadushin, Peter <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Minus NYC and co
Nobody from NYC and co should be on the email while we are figuring out. They are an outside organization.
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

I don't love the game one world series. Impossible schedule wise, unless it is our team!

To: Bennett, Rob
Cc: Kadushin, Peter; Schustek, Andrew; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma;
Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media); Mohl, Jeff; Bryan Grimaldi
I dig it
On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Bennett, Rob <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
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In Chicago it is mucho not OK to put ketchup on a hot dog. See: here.
What if loser:
If Rahm/Cubs lose, he has to go to The Weiner Circle and order a hot dog with ketchup while wearing an entire
(head to toe) Mets uniform.
If BdB/Mets lose, he has to go to DiFara and eat a pizza with knife and fork while wearing an entire Cubs
uniform.
Loser has to go to other’s stadium for game one of World Series and work (union job) as Stadium food vendor
and donate wages to charity.
Also – what is our response charity? Rahm had “After School Matters” and "Becoming a Man”. Do we want
“iMentor” (Buery creation)? What else?
Thoughts?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Schustek, Andrew" <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna,
Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff"
<jmohl@nycvisit.com>, Bryan Grimaldi <bgrimaldi@nycgo.com>
Anything in response to pizza, beer, or just we agreed and then tomorrow we will do something else?

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:03 -0400
To: OOM MIS <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Schustek, Andrew" <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>
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Cc: "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Phil Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Karen
Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Mahen Gunaratna
<mgunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff"
Is there a way you can reply and give us some time to work it stage 2 w/ them?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

Cc: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff" <jmohl@nycvisit.com>, Bryan Grimaldi <bgrimaldi@nycgo.com>

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:04 -0400
Cc: "Bennett, Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Phil Walzak <pwalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Karen Hinton <khinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Mahen Gunaratna <mgunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Schustek, Andrew <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

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From: Bennett, Rob
To: Schustek, Andrew; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Kadushin, Peter; Wolfe, Emma;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie Woo Woo
http://www.progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2014/05/22/meet-ed-bus-improv-group-takes-friendly-jab-
chicago-machine-politics-u
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin,
Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
<MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Mohl, Jeff"
Does anyone think “things that happened last time the cubs made/won a world series” is funny or worth
exploring? Or is it overplayed?

From: Bennett, Rob

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Kadushin, Peter; Wolfe, Emma; Schustek, Andrew;
Importance: High
Chicago is glad to have an energetic bet partner (St. Louis wasn’t biting last round) and was very eager to get a
press hit out of taking the first step today. They have offered:
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"If the Cubs beat the Mets, and give them a little payback for 1969, I’m asking Mayor de Blasio to make a
contribution of his choice to be split between After School Matters and our Becoming A Man program. And I
suppose we can sweeten the pot a bit with a case of Lagunitas and some real pizza from Giordano’s.”
We have the opportunity now to accept and ratchet it up. I’m particularly interested in injecting some humor
RAHM:
Curses (Louis CK Inner Circle character intersection here?)
CHICAGO:
Oprah
Blues Brothers
Other thoughts:

Rob
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Ample Hills Ice Cream: http://www.amplehills.com/
Steve's Ice Cream: http://stevesicecream.com/our-story
Anarchy in Jar: http://www.anarchyinajar.com/
Fatty Sunday’s: https://www.fattysundays.com/about/
Baked in Brooklyn: http://bakedinbrooklynny.com/products/pita-chips/
Momofuku Cake Balls: http://milkbarstore.com/main/catering-and-corporate-orders/
Mamita’s Ices: http://mamitasices.com/
Delicioso Coco Helado – http://www.deliciosococohelado.com/
Brooklyn Cookie Company -http://www.brooklyncookiecompany.com/
Brooklyn Brine - http://www.brooklynbrine.com/
Brooklyn Cupcake - http://brooklyncupcake.com/
Brooklyn Delhi - http://brooklyndelhi.com/
Mixed Made - http://mxedmade.com/
Raaka Chocolate - http://www.raakachocolate.com/
Dough Doughnuts - http://www.doughbrooklyn.com/
Pipcorn - http://www.pipsnacks.com/(operates out of la marqueta!)
Empire Mayonnaise - http://www.empiremayo.com/
Bronx Baking Co. – (Best pretzels!) http://www.bronxbakingco.com/
BEVERAGES:
Other Half Brewing Co. - http://www.otherhalfbrewing.com/
Grady’s Cold Brew : http://www.gradyscoldbrew.com/
Brooklyn Roasting Coffee: http://www.brooklynroasting.com/
Coney Island Brewery: http://coneyislandbeer.com/
Brooklyn Brewery - http://brooklynbrewery.com/
Kings County Distillery - http://kingscountydistillery.com/
Gun Hill Brewery (Gold @ Great American Beer Festival 2014, basically the Super Bowl of
beer)http://gunhillbrewing.com/
Singlecut Beer Smiths: http://www.singlecutbeer.com/
Dyckman Beer: http://dyckmanbeerco.com/ AND:Article
Van Brunt Stillhouse whiskey : http://www.vanbruntstillhouse.com/
Pitorro Liquor: http://www.portmorrisdistillery.com/spirits-1.html
Flagship brewery: http://theflagshipbrewery.com/
SI Wine: http://siwinery.net/
Queens Brewery: http://www.queensbrewery.com/
Finback Brewery: http://www.finbackbrewery.com/
Rockaway Brewing: http://rockawaybrewco.com/
Big Alice Brewing: http://bigalicebrewing.com/
Dona Chai - http://www.donachai.com/
Bronx Pop- http://bronxpop.mfbiz.com/
Bronx Brewery - http://www.thebronxbrewery.com/
Barrow’s Intense Liqueur - http://barrowsintense.com/
Breuckelen Distilling - http://brkdistilling.com/
New York Distilling Company - http://www.nydistilling.com/
Red Hook Winery - https://www.redhookwinery.com/
Rooftop Reds (not yet active but opening next month in the Navy Yard) -http://www.rooftopreds.com/
Sixpoint Brewery - http://sixpoint.com/
Standard Spirit - http://www.standardspirit.com/
Transmitter Brewing - http://www.transmitterbrewing.com/
The Noble Experiment NYC – http://tnenyc.com/
Brooklyn Oenology - http://brooklynoenology.com/
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Brooklyn Winery - http://bkwinery.com/
Brooklyn Gin - http://www.brooklyngin.com/
Cocktail Crate - http://cocktailcrate.com/
Industry City Distillery - http://drinkicd.com/
Kelso Beer - http://www.kelsobeer.com/
Kombrewcha - http://www.kombrewcha.com/
Morris Kitchen – http://www.morriskitchen.com/
OTHER:
Brooklyn Slate Co. – http://www.brooklynslate.com/
Bowery Lane Bicycles: http://www.bowerylanebicycles.com/
Abie Camera Straps: http://madeinnyc.org/abie-camera-straps/
Lady GaGa: http://www.ladygaga.com/
MORE:
http://madeinnyc.org/

So existing bet is good shepherd and the door, and what about food and beer? What are we putting up?

Let's just stay with existing bet.

From: Bennett, Rob
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Bray, Jackie; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek,
Andrew; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
Chicago can't get Willis Tower. Take the tower idea closed.
Offered "mayor raises winner's flag at CH in front of press. Flies it for duration of WS".
On Oct 17, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Gunaratna, Mahen <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Fine here

To: Bennett, Rob; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Cc: Bray, Jackie; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen;
Wolfe, Emma; Gunaratna, Mahen; Cahan, Aaron (Media)
Works for me if they are good with mahen
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From: Bennett, Rob
Cc: Bray, Jackie; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek, Andrew; Walzak, Phil;
Great! Everyone cool with Good Shepherd and The Door?
On Oct 17, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Fialkoff, Gabrielle <GFialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Good shepard. Run by sister paulette- revered in social services community and well known by bdb/cmc. Serves
the most challenged youth - out of school/out of work, among others.
From: Bennett, Rob

To: Bray, Jackie

Sent from my iPhone


From: Bennett, Rob
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@imentortweets
@goodshepherdnyc
@HenryStreet
@Door_NYC
@MHAofNYC



From: Bennett, Rob
To: Kadushin, Peter

Minus NYC and co
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To: Bennett, Rob
I dig it

+JDC
What if loser:
uniform.
Thoughts?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:03 -0400
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

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From: Bennett, Rob

—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

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From: Bennett, Rob

Importance: High
RAHM:
CHICAGO:
Oprah
Blues Brothers
Other thoughts:

Rob
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CLOTHES/ACCESSORIES:
Hanky Panky Thongs: http://www.hankypanky.com/
Malchijah-Hats: https://www.facebook.com/malchijah.hats
Satya Twena millinery: http://satyatwena.com/
Tattly Tatoos: http://tattly.com/
FOOD:
Bronx Hot Sauce: http://bronxhotsauce.com/
White Moustache Yogurt http://thewhitemoustache.com/our-products/
Choc. Jelly Grahams @ Russ & Daughters: http://shop.russanddaughters.com/store/product/477/Chocolate-
Jelly-Grahams/
DF Mavens Ice Cream: http://www.falfoodsworldwide.com/our-brands/
Megpies Pop Tarts: https://www.facebook.com/megpiesnyc
Liddabit Sweets : http://www.liddabitsweets.com/
Mike’s Hot Honey: http://mikeshothoney.com/
Bagel Hole Bagels: http://brokelyn.com/hole-lotta-love-for-nycs-best-bagels/
Famous Pizza places (Arturo’s, DiFara, Totonno’s) : LINK
Denino's Pizza: http://www.deninospizzeriafranchise.com/
Mast Brothers Chocolates: http://mastbrothers.com/
Brooklyn Brine Pickles: http://www.brooklynbrine.com/
BEVERAGES:
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MORE:



From: Bennett, Rob
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Fine here


From: Bennett, Rob

From: Bennett, Rob

To: Bray, Jackie

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Sent from my iPhone


From: Bennett, Rob
@imentortweets
@goodshepherdnyc
@HenryStreet
@Door_NYC
@MHAofNYC


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From: Bennett, Rob
To: Kadushin, Peter

Minus NYC and co


To: Bennett, Rob
I dig it

+JDC
What if loser:
uniform.
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Thoughts?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095


Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:03 -0400
—
Rob Bennett
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M:
O: (212) 341-5095


Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:04 -0400

From: Bennett, Rob

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Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095


From: Bennett, Rob

Importance: High
RAHM:
CHICAGO:
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Oprah
Blues Brothers
Other thoughts:

Rob
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PK – you’re a foodie. Can you help here?
None of the legendary NYC pizza places (that I’ve found) ship frozen pizza.
I have found this: https://www.goldbely.com/states/new-york
Flag: Roberta’s Pizza: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/dining/at-robertas-pizza-and-a-broken-

partnership.html
As for beer, how about going with:
http://gunhillbrewing.com/ 3227 Laconia Ave in the Bronx. Mahen – can you vet?

To: Rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea
Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Fialkoff,
Gabrielle" <GFialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Bray, Jackie" <JBray@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Parikh, Ishanee"
<iparikh@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Breuer:
Publicist
Rogers & Cowan
http://www.rogersandcowan.com
Phone:
+1 310 854 8100
Fax:
+1 310 854 8101
Email:
inquiries@rogersandcowan.com
Address:
Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
Mobile, please excuse typos and brevity

516-312-8572
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Thanks Emma.
Gabrielle - do we have any celebs that would be game?
Ishanee - any luck w/ Louis CK?
Drew - do you have Jim Breuer contact info?
On Oct 17, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Wolfe, Emma <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Haeda from mets will try mcenroe and roker tonight
She's looping her folks and us rob
She encourages us asking other celebs too
From: Bennett, Rob

To: Kadushin, Peter
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Bray, Jackie; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek,
Beer and pizza options below.
FOOD:
Jelly-Grahams/
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BEVERAGES:
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OTHER:
MORE:



From: Bennett, Rob

Fine here


From: Bennett, Rob
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From: Bennett, Rob

To: Bray, Jackie

Sent from my iPhone


From: Bennett, Rob
@imentortweets
@goodshepherdnyc
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@HenryStreet
@Door_NYC
@MHAofNYC



From: Bennett, Rob
To: Kadushin, Peter

Minus NYC and co


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To: Bennett, Rob
I dig it

+JDC
What if loser:
uniform.
Thoughts?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095

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Chief Photographer
M:
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:04 -0400
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbell Man
From: Bennett, Rob

—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095


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From: Bennett, Rob
Importance: High
RAHM:
CHICAGO:
Oprah
Blues Brothers
Other thoughts:

Rob
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She says yes - she's in - and we'll find a way to make delivery happen "even if I have to fly there myself."
That work for everyone?

Grimaldi's
Sent from my iPhone

I can keep asking. Can’t get DiFara to pick up. Totonno’s said they’ve never done it before.
Who else comes to mind? I’ll call.
From: <Wolfe>, Emma <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: Rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Schustek, Andrew" <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Fialkoff, Gabrielle" <GFialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Bray, Jackie" <JBray@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Parikh, Ishanee" <iparikh@cityhall.nyc.gov>
They wouldn't freeze and ship if we asked?
From: Bennett, Rob

To: Schustek, Andrew
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; Kadushin, Peter; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Bray, Jackie;
jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Cahan, Aaron (Media); Parikh, Ishanee
Need to lock down Pizza and Beer ASAP. Game is in 3 hours.
PK – you’re a foodie. Can you help here?
None of the legendary NYC pizza places (that I’ve found) ship frozen pizza.
I have found this: https://www.goldbely.com/states/new-york
Flag: Roberta’s Pizza: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/dining/at-robertas-pizza-and-a-broken-

partnership.html
As for beer, how about going with:
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http://gunhillbrewing.com/ 3227 Laconia Ave in the Bronx. Mahen – can you vet?

Cc: "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Andrea
Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen" <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Fialkoff,
Gabrielle" <GFialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Bray, Jackie" <JBray@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen"
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Parikh, Ishanee"
<iparikh@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Breuer:
Publicist
Rogers & Cowan
http://www.rogersandcowan.com
Phone:
+1 310 854 8100
Fax:
+1 310 854 8101
Email:
inquiries@rogersandcowan.com
Address:
Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
Mobile, please excuse typos and brevity

516-312-8572

Thanks Emma.
Gabrielle - do we have any celebs that would be game?
Ishanee - any luck w/ Louis CK?
Drew - do you have Jim Breuer contact info?
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On Oct 17, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Wolfe, Emma <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Haeda from mets will try mcenroe and roker tonight
She's looping her folks and us rob
She encourages us asking other celebs too
From: Bennett, Rob

To: Kadushin, Peter
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Bray, Jackie; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Schustek,
Beer and pizza options below.
FOOD:
Jelly-Grahams/
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BEVERAGES:
OTHER:
MORE:
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From: Bennett, Rob

Fine here


From: Bennett, Rob

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From: Bennett, Rob
To: Bray, Jackie

Sent from my iPhone


From: Bennett, Rob
@imentortweets
@goodshepherdnyc
@HenryStreet
@Door_NYC
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From: Bennett, Rob
To: Kadushin, Peter

Minus NYC and co


To: Bennett, Rob
I dig it
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+JDC
What if loser:
uniform.
Thoughts?
—
Rob Bennett
Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095


Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:03 -0400
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:34:04 -0400

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—
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Chief Photographer
M:
O: (212) 341-5095


From: Bennett, Rob

Importance: High
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RAHM:
CHICAGO:
Oprah
Blues Brothers
Other thoughts:

Rob
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From: Bennett, Rob
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; Schustek, Andrew; Kadushin, Peter; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Bray, Jackie;
jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Cahan, Aaron (Media); Parikh, Ishanee
Thanks, Mahen. And thanks to all. Closing this one out.
If you have any thoughts/ideas/opportunities throughout series – please be in touch.
Goal is to create some sports/pop-culture good vibes for BdB. Show he’s funny and has edge. Show he’s a
New Yorker.
Celebrity contacts really help…so please kick those my way if you have.
From: <Gunaratna>, Mahen <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Cc: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Schustek, Andrew" <aschustek@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Kadushin, Peter"
<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Fialkoff, Gabrielle" <GFialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Bray, Jackie"
<JBray@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil"
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
<acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Parikh, Ishanee" <iparikh@cityhall.nyc.gov>
@GrimaldisPizza
@GunHillBrewery
@GoodShepherdNYC
@Door_NYC
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To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: meet
Good – we’ll find a place later on.
From: John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:17 AM
To: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: meet
Works for me
From: "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Subject: Re: meet
How about Lunch at Noon on Friday?

Subject: Re: meet
I could do later this week - maybe Fri?

Subject: meet
Do you have any time this week or next for a lunch with me? Or a post-workday drink?
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To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; "Hayley Prim"
Cc: Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Video for Local Progress Conference in LA
Where does this need to be shot?

I need specifics on tech needs.

To: 'Hayley Prim'
Cc: Hagelgans, Andrea; Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato
Can do video Thursday at 530 – Andrea can you arrange with video folks-
But need to see script for him to review – Can do it without him seeing it first.
Thanks!

Do we have time blocked off on schedule to tape this? Fromo is writing script and should
have draft today.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
Have to get it to them by Friday.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Please find out and let me know

It has to be done this week-- their conference is on Monday. I can find out the latest they
would need it by and get back to you.

Want to do the video –
This week doesn’t look good –
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What is the absolute latest to get this done?
Do we have a script yet?

Cc: Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato; Salazar-Rodriguez,
Prisca
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:

To: Geri Prado
Guys-- circling back here. The event is about a week and a half away, so I want to let them
know if the Mayor is going to do a video. Can you advise?
Thanks,
Hayley

Any help here is appreciated. Emma not sure of this but it seems they do work with the city
locally and we’d deliver as such and could hand over to your staff if helpful.
On Oct 7, 2015, at 5:40 PM, Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:
Circling back on this. Could we get a decision in the next few days so they can
factor into planning for their conference?

Approximately 150 people at the conference in person. Local Progress and CPD
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would also send out to all of their action lists

Sounds right but can we find out how big of an audience and reach? We’ve gotten a lot
of video requests and I want to make sure worth his time

Hey guys-- Center for Popular Democracy is hosting a local progress event in
LA at the end of October, linked here: http://localprogress.org/event/2015-
national-convening-in-los-angeles-october-26-27/
They are asking if the Mayor will consider filming a video they can show at the
conference. He spoke and was very well received at the last conference they had
in NYC.
I think we should do this, unless you guys have good reason not to. Can just be
~5 minutes about the progress this country has made this past year around wage
hikes, paid sick, etc., why it's important to keep up the momentum, etc.
Thoughts?
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
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To: jfdc@akpdmedia.com; geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: FW: WSJ: Economist Raj Chetty’s Proposals on Inequality Draw Interest on Both Sides of the Political Aisle
From: Clips
Subject: WSJ: Economist Raj Chetty’s Proposals on Inequality Draw Interest on Both Sides of the
Political Aisle
Economist Raj Chetty’s Proposals on Inequality Draw Interest on Both Sides of the
Political Aisle
WSJ - Bob Davis
http://www.wsj.com/articles/economist-raj-chettys-proposals-on-inequality-draw-interest-on-
both-sides-of-the-political-aisle-1445383469?mod=e2tw

In a presidential campaign where candidates from both parties are blaming globalization for a
shrinking middle class, a 36-year-old India-born economist has a different explanation: Bad
neighborhoods and bad teachers rob poor children of the chance to climb into the middle
class.

His solution? Help the children and their families move to better neighborhoods.

What makes Harvard University’s Raj Chetty notable isn’t just his views, but his reach. He
has advised Republican and Democrats alike, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Obama White House. In a political year
marked by anger and strong partisanship, his research could help smooth some of the hard
edges of the income-inequality debate running through the 2016 presidential campaign.

His research finds that upward mobility depends on government policies, a position common
among Democrats, as well as on neighborhood churches and two-parent families, as
Republicans contend.

“Chetty’s work challenges preconceived notions on both sides” of the political divide, says
Avik Roy, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute who advises Republican
campaigns.

Policy advisers say they expect to roll out proposals bearing his imprint as the campaign
unfolds. Mrs. Clinton is examining his research into housing vouchers as she crafts domestic
policies. Mr. Bush is figuring out how to strengthen neighborhoods as a way to boost
mobility. The White House has drawn on his work in setting housing policy.

That makes Mr. Chetty one of the few people affecting both sides in the presidential debate.
He brings to the task formidable credentials: Harvard PhD at age 23; university tenure at 27;
and a MacArthur “genius grant” at 33, the same age he won the John Bates Clark medal for
best American economist under the age of 40. He says he was drawn to mobility as a subject,
in part, because of what he saw as the vast differences in opportunity between the U.S. and
his native India, which he left at age nine.
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“He’s the closest thing I have ever seen to a real live Mr. Spock, half Vulcan, half human,”
said Harvard economist Lawrence Katz, a former Clinton administration economist, who has
known Mr. Chetty since he was a Harvard undergraduate. “He knows where to look to find
the right data and what to do to answer the most important questions with it. But unlike many
technical economists, he’s concerned with real people and the disadvantaged.”

Responds Mr. Chetty: “I consider that a compliment.” He says he won’t register to vote
because he thinks that could bias his “laboratory science” approach to economic research.

Mr. Chetty and the economists he works with tackle problems that seem intractable, and offer
hopeful prescriptions. Consider economic inequality—the income spread between rich,
middle-class and poor. Mr. Chetty addresses the issue indirectly. He examines income
mobility, which he defines as the ability to rise from the lowest 20th percentile of income
distribution to the top 80th percentile in one generation. Climbing that ladder is more
important than ever, he says, because the distance between the economic classes is greater
than in the past

By analyzing tax records of families in 741 geographic districts, he pinpoints hotbeds of
opportunity. Poorer children in Salt Lake City, for example, are twice as likely to reach the
top fifth in income as those in Atlanta, though personal income in the cities is about the
same.

High-mobility metro areas have a combination of greater economic and racial integration,
better schools and a smaller fraction of single-parent families than lower-mobility areas.
Integration is lagging in Atlanta, he said. “The strongest predictors of upward mobility are
measures of family structure,” Mr. Chetty said.

His proposal: move poor children to high-mobility communities and remove the impediments
to mobility in poor-performing neighborhoods. He now is working with the Obama
administration on ways to encourage landlords in higher-opportunity neighborhoods to take
in poor families by paying landlords more or guaranteeing rent payment.

“The view that we’ll fix the American dream at the national level is probably not the right
way to look at the problem,” he said. “What needs to be fixed in Salt Lake City is very
different from what needs to be fixed in Cleveland or Atlanta.”

His biggest fight has come with the education establishment. He found that teachers who are
able to lift the test scores of young students have a profound effect on the students’ future
earnings. But many teachers object to being evaluated by test scores.

“The unintended consequence of Chetty’s work is a tremendous demoralization of teachers,”
said New York University educational historian Diane Ravitch. “It makes test scores not a
measure of education but a goal of education.”

Mr. Chetty said that wasn’t his intention, but the controversy has made it unlikely that
teacher-union allies, such as Mrs. Clinton, will embrace that part of his work.

He has met at least twice with Mrs. Clinton, and says he has advised her campaign on
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designing a housing voucher program to help poor families with younger children move to
higher-mobility towns. Young children who make such moves, Mr. Chetty’s research finds,
are more likely to attend college and earn more later on. Their teenaged siblings, on the other
hand, sometimes lose ground.

But relatively few poor families will move. The more significant policy question, Mr. Chetty
says, is how to improve low-mobility areas, and there his research is still in its early stages.

At the Obama White House, a Chetty presentation at the Council of Economic Advisers drew
an overflow crowd of 50 officials in June. The administration is working a mentorship
program to provide role models for kids in low-mobility areas, influenced by Mr. Chetty’s
finding that family structure boosts mobility.

The Bush campaign wants to figure out how to increase the number of traditional families
and community organizations, which Mr. Chetty’s work identifies as mainstays of high-
mobility neighborhoods.

During a 90-minute conversation this spring with Mr. Bush, Mr. Chetty said he explained his
findings but acknowledged he didn’t have a good idea about how government could help
create “social cohesion.” He says he is exploring that question with his students and
colleagues, and will move to Stanford University in December where he can fund more
research teams and have greater access to Silicon Valley thinking on the subject.

“Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton focused on different parts of the presentation [on social
mobility],” Mr. Chetty said. “But they were asking the right questions and trying to figure
out what works as opposed to having strong preconceptions.” Mr. Bush’s campaign confirms
the meeting with Mr. Chetty, but didn’t offer details. Mrs. Clinton said in March Mr.
Chetty’s work “really wakes us up to what we are facing.”
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From: Hayley Prim
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea; Jon Fromowitz; Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
Attachments: LocalProgressConfVideoScript10 20 430PM.docx
Attached here.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

That’s fine

Cc: John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea; Jon Fromowitz; Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas;
Wolfe, Emma
Mahen is fact checking it. I can send you the version we have now, but he may
make some corrections.

Hi! Haven’t seen a script for this – Henry is asking to see it – needs approval before going to the
Mayor.

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; 'Hayley Prim'; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Jon Fromowitz
Cc: Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
Adding Fromo
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To: Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-
Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John
Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Henry wants content cleared by larry laufer. Please provide confirmation when this is done

Do we have time blocked off on schedule to tape this? Fromo is writing script and
should have draft today.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:


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It has to be done this week-- their conference is on Monday. I can find out the
latest they would need it by and get back to you.


Prisca
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea

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To: Geri Prado
Guys-- circling back here. The event is about a week and a half away, so I want to
let them know if the Mayor is going to do a video. Can you advise?
Thanks,
Hayley
Any help here is appreciated. Emma not sure of this but it seems they do work
with the city locally and we’d deliver as such and could hand over to your staff if
helpful.

Circling back on this. Could we get a decision in the next few days so
they can factor into planning for their conference?

Approximately 150 people at the conference in person. Local Progress

and CPD would also send out to all of their action lists

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Sounds right but can we find out how big of an audience and reach? We’ve gotten a
lot of video requests and I want to make sure worth his time

Hey guys-- Center for Popular Democracy is hosting a local progress

event in LA at the end of October, linked
here: http://localprogress.org/event/2015-national-convening-in-los-
angeles-october-26-27/
They are asking if the Mayor will consider filming a video they can show
at the conference. He spoke and was very well received at the last
conference they had in NYC.
I think we should do this, unless you guys have good reason not to.
Can just be ~5 minutes about the progress this country has made this
past year around wage hikes, paid sick, etc., why it's important to keep
up the momentum, etc.
Thoughts?
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
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Local Progress Conference Video Script Draft
10/20/15 4:30PM
I want to thank Local Progress, The Center For Popular Democracy, and all of the
distinguished participants in this year’s Local Progress National Convening.
I’m sorry I cannot be there in person today. But even from 2,800 miles away, I can tell how
much I appreciate the great work that is happening in Los Angeles around this event.
I want to recognize Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles’ First Lady Amy Wakeland, who I
understand you have the honor of hearing from in person.
The progressive change that is happening in L.A. is truly inspiring, and deeply important.
Los Angeles helped lead the way in enacting a $15 minimum wage, one of many big
progressive victories won in cities across the country this year, and certainly one of the
most resounding.
I was so fortunate to be able to speak with this conference last year when it was held in
New York City. That day, I spoke of the challenges that we as progressives at the local level
faced, most notably the highest level of income inequality at any point since the Great
Depression.
But I also spoke of the great opportunity to enact meaningful change for the people we
serve.
Looking back on that day and the year since, it strikes me that - while we still have much
work to do - we have made remarkable progress this year towards tackling inequality at
the local level.
In New York City, that has meant:
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
thousand new affordable housing units last year -- the most our City has
built in 25 years;
o Nearly doubling the number of middle school afterschool slots so that our
City can provide at least 106,000 sixth through eighth graders with free, high
quality and safe afterschool this school year;
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o A push for change in our state capital to raise our minimum wage to $15 an
hour
o And the introduction of IDNYC, the largest municipal ID initiative in the

country – with more than 500,000 New Yorkers signing up so far -- to help
bring our undocumented brothers and sisters out of the shadows.
I take great pride in the progress we’ve made, but I know that New York is far from being
the only place where big, progressive change is happening.
In Pittsburgh, paid sick was greatly expanded. The same goes for paid family leave in
Dayton, Ohio.
Cities across the country are moving towards a $15 an hour minimum wage. I’ve already
mentioned Los Angeles - Seattle, San Francisco and Washington, DC are also moving
towards the critical $15 mark.
And in cities, states and school districts from coast to coast, high quality pre-k and
afterschool programs are being expanded like never before.
These are just a handful of examples of the victories that progressives at the local level are
achieving.
It’s fair to say we as progressives have more momentum than at any time in recent history.
But we all know we need to do even more to achieve the change our constituents are
demanding. We need to demand progressive change at the federal level.
That’s why in May I joined with progressive leaders - Mayors and other local officials,
progressive Members of Congress, and leaders of progressive organizations, labor leaders
and cultural luminaries - to unveil The Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality.
increasing the minimum wage so that it reaches $15/hour, while indexing it
to inflation.

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managers escape paying their fair share, and instituting the “Buffett Rule” so
that millionaire investors don’t pay a lower rate in taxes than people who
work 9-5.
Today, The Progressive Agenda is supported by large, diverse and growing coalition.
We were honored to have The Center for Popular Democracy’s co-executive directors
Andrew Friedman, Ana Maria Archila, Brian Kettenring recently join the hundreds of
leaders who have signed on to influence federal government to make changes to combat
income inequality.
I’m asking you to sign up at ProgressiveAgenda.US but also, sign up as one of our
influencers and speak out about what you’re doing around income inequality in your home
cities.
Everyone watching this today understands that enacting big change isn’t easy. But no one
knows better than progressives at the local level that achieving big change is possible.
You are helping to lead the way, and know that there’s so much more we all can achieve if
we work together.
Thank you, and hope to see you all in person soon!
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From: Gunaratna Mahen
To: "John Del Cecato"; geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: RE: Mayor Miner in Syracuse
Of course we can raise the wages for our own employees.

It’s just a matter of budget + will + possibly some labor contract considerations.

To: Gunaratna, Mahen; geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: Re: Mayor Miner in Syracuse

Gotcha… Just wasn’t sure if we were able to take action re: city employees - or if that required state approval… Anyway - I
will check

To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "geri@progressiveagenda.us" <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Subject: RE: Mayor Miner in Syracuse

Minimum wage is currently $8.75/hour in New York State. By December 31, 2015, it will rise to $9/hour.

I’m not sure whether some of our NYC government employees currently get paid the floor of $8.75/hour. Dean/OMB would
likely know.

To: Gunaratna, Mahen; geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: Re: Mayor Miner in Syracuse

Mahen - do you know what the minimum wage is for city employees in NYC?

To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "geri@progressiveagenda.us" <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Subject: Mayor Miner in Syracuse

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/mayor_miner_sets_15_minimum_wage_for_syracuse_city_workers.html

--
Mahen Gunaratna
Director of Research and Media Analysis
Mayor’s Press Office | City Hall
mgunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov
(212) 676-3154 (o) | (347)-268-4295 (c)

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From: Hayley Prim
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea; Jon Fromowitz; Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
Attachments: Final LocalProgressConfVideoScript10 20 430PM (1).docx
Attached is final version with Mahen fact check included
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:
Attached here.

That’s fine

Cc: John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea; Jon Fromowitz; Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder,
Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
Mahen is fact checking it. I can send you the version we have now, but he may
make some corrections.

Hi! Haven’t seen a script for this – Henry is asking to see it – needs approval before going to the
Mayor.

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; 'Hayley Prim'; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Jon Fromowitz
Cc: Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
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Adding Fromo

To: Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-
Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Henry wants content cleared by larry laufer. Please provide confirmation when this is done

Do we have time blocked off on schedule to tape this? Fromo is writing script
and should have draft today.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:

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It has to be done this week-- their conference is on Monday. I can find out the
latest they would need it by and get back to you.


Prisca
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On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea

To: Geri Prado
Guys-- circling back here. The event is about a week and a half away, so I want
to let them know if the Mayor is going to do a video. Can you advise?
Thanks,
Hayley
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:
Any help here is appreciated. Emma not sure of this but it seems they do work
with the city locally and we’d deliver as such and could hand over to your staff if
helpful.

Circling back on this. Could we get a decision in the next few days so
they can factor into planning for their conference?

Approximately 150 people at the conference in person. Local Progress

and CPD would also send out to all of their action lists
10330


Sounds right but can we find out how big of an audience and reach? We’ve gotten
a lot of video requests and I want to make sure worth his time

Hey guys-- Center for Popular Democracy is hosting a local progress

event in LA at the end of October, linked
here: http://localprogress.org/event/2015-national-convening-in-los-
angeles-october-26-27/
They are asking if the Mayor will consider filming a video they can
show at the conference. He spoke and was very well received at the
last conference they had in NYC.
I think we should do this, unless you guys have good reason not to.
Can just be ~5 minutes about the progress this country has made
this past year around wage hikes, paid sick, etc., why it's important
to keep up the momentum, etc.
Thoughts?
--
Hayley Prim
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10/20/15 4:30PM
I’m sorry I cannot be there in person today. But even from 2,800 miles away, I can tell how
much I appreciate the great work that is happening in Los Angeles around this event.
The progressive change that is happening in L.A. is truly inspiring, and deeply important.
most resounding.
I was so fortunate to be able to speak with this conference last year when it was held in
New York City. That day, I spoke of the challenges that we as progressives at the local level
faced, most notably the highest level of income inequality at any point since the Great
Depression.
But I also spoke of the great opportunity to enact meaningful change for the people we
serve.
the local level.
o 65,000 four year olds attending free, high-quality full-day pre-k – truly
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
thousand new affordable housing units secured last year -- the most our City
has secured in 25 years;
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hour

Dayton, Ohio.
Cities across the country are moving towards a $15 an hour minimum wage. I’ve already
mentioned Los Angeles - Seattle, San Francisco and Washington, DC are also moving
towards the critical $15 mark.
These are just a handful of examples of the victories that progressives at the local level are
achieving.
That’s why in May I joined with progressive leaders - Mayors and other local officials,
progressive Members of Congress, and leaders of progressive organizations, labor leaders
and cultural luminaries - to unveil The Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality.
to inflation.

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managers escape paying their fair share, and instituting the “Buffett Rule” so
that millionaire investors don’t pay a lower rate in taxes than people who
work 9-5.
Today, The Progressive Agenda is supported by large, diverse and growing coalition.
income inequality.
influencers and speak out about what you’re doing around income inequality in your home
cities.
Everyone watching this today understands that enacting big change isn’t easy. But no one
knows better than progressives at the local level that achieving big change is possible.
You are helping to lead the way, and know that there’s so much more we all can achieve if
we work together.
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To: John Del Cecato; Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil
Cc: Geri Prado; Ponet, Maibe
Yes, Maibe is doing a big push on it
To: Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: Geri Prado
This is a big deal…
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/10/8580298/de-blasio-create-new-health-centers-
partially-fulfilling-campaign-
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To: jfdc@akpdmedia.com; geri@progressiveagenda.us
Subject: Times follow up on Syracuse, including on-record quote from us
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/nyregion/syracuse-leader-raises-citys-hourly-wage-to-15-
immediately.html?_r=0
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To: Devora Kaye; Norvell, Wiley; Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Goldmark, Karin; "John Del Cecato"
Subject: Families for Excellent Schools
FYI, they released about 12 new web videos this morning – DTC teacher testimonials. Don’t think
they’re TV spots because they’re not cut that way:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqnXHa-8PupYXnpJvncohYw/videos
--
Mahen Gunaratna
(212) 676-3154 (o) | (347)-268-4295 (c)

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To: Devora Kaye; Norvell, Wiley; Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Goldmark, Karin; "John Del Cecato"
Subject: RE: Families for Excellent Schools
https://twitter.com/FatimaFarax/status/656628015724670976

Fatima Farax@FatimaFarax
You sold me a dream and in return you tried to make my son a life a nightmare
@SuccessCharters @MoskowitzEva #DontStealPossible is laughable

8:28 PM - 20 Oct 2015
Manhattan, NY

To: Devora Kaye; Norvell, Wiley; Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Goldmark, Karin; 'John Del Cecato'
Subject: Families for Excellent Schools

FYI, they released about 12 new web videos this morning – DTC teacher testimonials. Don’t think
they’re TV spots because they’re not cut that way:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqnXHa-8PupYXnpJvncohYw/videos

--
Mahen Gunaratna
(212) 676-3154 (o) | (347)-268-4295 (c)

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"jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
This meeting will now be at 730pm.
Thanks!
Karen; Ko, Eunice; Wiley, Maya; Wolfe, Emma; Caquias, Paula; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com'; Fialkoff,
Gabrielle
When: Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:30 PM-9:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Ok.

I’m not going to be able to make the meeting tonight… 12 days to Election Day - I’m swimming in attack
ads.. :)
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Pls convey to Tpa team
From: Berger, Henry
Secondary use – such as on-line posting – will need separate

approval

To: Berger, Henry
Subject: FW: Video for Local Progress Conference in LA
Can you forward this – I don’t have his email address.
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
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Political Director
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10/20/15 4:30PM
I’m sorry I cannot be there in person today. But I can tell how much I appreciate the great
work that is happening in Los Angeles around this event.
most resounding.
I was fortunate to be able to speak with this conference last year when it was held in New
York City and I spoke about the income inequality crisis we all faced.
the local level.
o 65,000 four year olds attending free, high-quality full-day pre-k – truly
UNIVERSAL Pre-K;
affordable housing units built or preserved over a decade;
hour

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Dayton, Ohio.
Seattle, San Francisco and Washington, DC are moving towards a $15/hour minimum
wage.
That’s why in May I joined with progressive leaders from across the country to unveil The
Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality.
to inflation.


managers escape paying their fair share.
income inequality.
influencers and speak out about what you’re doing in your home cities.
No one knows better than progressives at the local level that achieving big change is
possible. You are helping to lead the way, and know that there’s so much more we all can
achieve if we work together.
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To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Lunch
Yup
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:40 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Yes - I made a reservation at noon at Woolworth Tower Kitchen if that
> works for you
>
> 233 Broadway
> New York, NY 10279
> Cross Street: 9 Barclay Street
> (212) 571-2930
>
>
>
>> On 10/23/15, 10:32 AM, "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Still on today? Noon? Where?
>>
>
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To: Berger, Henry; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Pls convey to Tpa team

From: Berger, Henry
Secondary use – such as on-line posting – will need separate approval

To: Berger, Henry
Subject: FW: Video for Local Progress Conference in LA
Can you forward this – I don’t have his email address.

--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
c:
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Political Director
c:
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Hayley Prim
Political Director
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To: John Del Cecato
Pretty sure Amy Spitalnick is the comms person for this subject matter and is working with Nilda on the
oped.

Oh - okay - you mentioned her - wasn’t sure if there was someone in the comms shop too.. thanks

Nilda Mesa: Director of Mayor’s Office of Sustainability. Nilda Mesa <NMesa@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Forgot to ask you - who is the City Hall point person on the Steyer op-ed?
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To: John Del Ceccato
Subject: FW: speech
I asked B what he wants for Gala Speech…see below.

Cc: Prisca Salazar <psalazar-rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: speech
Especially since it's a reception, less is more. Punchy, brief, emotional, thankful
To: B
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: speech
For the Gala, do you want to give a “speech” or more informal remarks/bullet points? JDC is writing a
substantive speech. If you want that, then we have to get some time on schedule for prep. Remarks/bullet
points won’t require much prep. Just need to know one way or other.
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To: "Hayley Prim"
Cc: Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Nick Hanauer
We have an event with HUD Secretary Castro for Hurricane Sandy Anniversary and the viewing for
NYPD Officer Holder
Nick has to leave in the afternoon on Tuesday-
Waiting to hear back from him on what afternoon really means – as in early or later

I think he is not going to be cool with that, so heads up that he may call you to move stuff
around after i update him
On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

He will be in town Tuesday
And because of cop shooting that doesn’t work for us anymore
I am emailing with him to what else works

Hey sorry to bug, but mayor just pinged me on this. Did we lock in a time?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Hayley Prim <hayley@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
Ok, keep me posted on changes/confirmations please.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Have not confirmed anything-
Due to Police Officer murder our schedule has been crazy. If I put him in now I am sure I will move
him 5 times from now till Tuesday-

To: Geri Prado
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
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Prisca can you confirm date and time of Hanauer meeting?
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
I cannot be there. I’d like Hayley to staff.
This will be an important sell job as we’ve worked with his staff on ups, downs but he’s
inching towards signing on. He will get stuck on the 14 points as he offers more than in what
he’s looking at and is more in line with comprehensive overhaul
We will put together a briefing but I think it will be helpful for staffing at this.
Geri

This mtg will be scheduled for Tuesday. Will be in NY.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 20, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
We should have an answer to this Thursday afternoon.
From: Prisca Salazar <psalazar-rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: Hayley Primm <hayley@progressiveagenda.us>
Cc: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado
<geri@progressiveagenda.us>, John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Can't confirm until we know if and when the Mayor is going to

Puerto Rico.
Sent from my iPhone

Circling back on this. Do you confirm a time on the

5th?
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez,

Not as of yet
Focused on getting him out of the door to Israel

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Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Geri Prado; John Del Cecato
Hey Prisca-- Were you able to lock this in?
RKK is thinking on possible press opps
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez,

yes

Subject: Nick Hanauer
is going to be in NYC on November 5. The Mayor and

him spoke last week and both want to get together for a
meeting while he's in town.
Prisca can I connect you with his scheduler to work out?
We should think about if there is anything we want to

ask them to do publicly while he is in town as well.
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Political Director
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Political Director
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Political Director
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>>
>> Information about the Sponsors:
>>
>> University of Iowa Lecture Committee (ULC)
>> https://lectures.uiowa.edu
>>
>> For more than 30 years, The University of Iowa Lecture Committee has brought some of the world's
great thinkers to the University of Iowa campus. Speakers have included an impressive roster of
national and international figures in science, politics, business, human rights, law, and the arts. Each
year the University hosts from 6 to 10 thought-provoking lectures. These events help enrich Iowa's
academic environment and enhance its reputation as a prestigious Big Ten university.
>>
>> The Progressive Agenda Committee (TPAC)
>> www.ProgressiveAgenda.us
>>
>> The Progressive Agenda Committee was formed in May 2015, an organization solely focused on
changing the debate about economic inequality. Leaders of organizations, elected officials including
mayors from around the country, economists, entertainers formed TPAC to ensure Americans have an
economic opportunity and work is rewarded.
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To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Nick Baldick;
Emma Wolfe
Subject: Re: Alert!!
Is There anyone who believes wake day or funeral day is ok for us to be doing this?
Sent from my iPhone
Thank you! Do not want to do same day as wake.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Jonathan Rosen <Jonathan@berlinrosen.com>

wrote:
+ Emma. No, let's just tell them we need to do it on Thursday. I

am sure they will understand. We can work it out on a staff level
with them.
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:26 PM, "Snyder, Thomas"

- B and FLONYC
Wake is Tuesday funeral is Wednesday. Can we possibly
do an endorsement on either of those days? Weigh in.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:14 PM, B

<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
See below. Can we re-work the schedule
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To: emma maguire wolfe; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Nick Baldick; Walzak, Phil
Really don't advise Sandy anniversary. Bad politics with folks who already question us
We need to be in Staten Island and Brooklyn that day

From: emma maguire wolfe
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea; Snyder, Thomas; Nick
Baldick; Walzak, Phil
I looped Jonathan with hrc folks who hadn't actually connected with him
Stand by
On Oct 23, 2015 8:56 PM, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-

Can figure out timing but flagging that Thursday is also Sandy Anniversary.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Jonathan Rosen <Jonathan@berlinrosen.com>

wrote:
+ Emma. No, let's just tell them we need to do it on Thursday. I am

sure they will understand. We can work it out on a staff level with
them.
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:26 PM, "Snyder, Thomas"

- B and FLONYC
Wake is Tuesday funeral is Wednesday. Can we possibly do
an endorsement on either of those days? Weigh in.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:14 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
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To: John Del Ceccato
Subject: Fwd: Tough
In light of our "strong" convo yesterday
Sent from my iPhone
From: B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: October 24, 2015 at 9:10:16 AM EDT
To: "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: FLONYC <FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: Tough
Reply-To: B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Exactly right. Our instincts were right here, and we still were careful in
our execution. So important to capture the high ground and stay on the
offensive. That being said, our toughness in Dec and Jan was not giving
into the PBA, which many people deeply appreciated in this town. Wish I
could have done it in an even more showy and aggressive manner back
then, but the point surely got across
------Original Message------
From: Tom Snyder
To: Bill de Blasio
Subject: Tough
Sent: Oct 24, 2015 8:30 AM
Our fast attack on Howard crime paid off . I think NYers want their mayor
to be strong. Look at today's stories: DN Editorial " Bill Toughens up;"
Post story: Mayor struck "harsh tone;" WSJ HEADLINE: "De Blasios
Tough Talk." Plus good NYT editorial.
Fast react creates missteps, can rub pols the wrong way but sometimes
Mayors have to jump out ahead. I think this one worked.
Sent from my iPhone
Bill Deblasio
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From: White, Erin
To: B; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Jonathan Rosen; John Del Cecato; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder,
Thomas
Subject: RE: Quinnipiac alert
Hello sir,
Based on my conversation with her, it's a lengthy poll, about 20 minutes, almost exclusively on the
mayor. She spoke to the pollster on her cell phone, not a land line. She's an independent.
She was asked:

- Did she vote for mayor?
- Member of union?
- Agree with carriage policy?
- Support charter schools?
- Think Farina doing a good job?
- Does MdBd have a good relationship with the police? Doing a good job on race relations?
- Is he doing a good job on housing?
- Does she support pre-k?
- Is he doing a good job with the homeless problem? Does she see more homeless people than five
years ago?
- Does she feel safe during the day? At night? Does she feel safer than she did five years ago? Does
she feel like there is more crime than five years ago?
- She was asked does she support Uber? Would it add to congestion? Does she ever take Uber?
- Does the mayor care about New York city residents?
- Does the governor care about New York city residents?
- Support minimum wage increase for fast food restaurants? Does she think that would increase prices?
What does she think about elimination tips?
- Is Speaker MMV doing a good job? Also asked about James, Stringer and Jeffries?
- Should the city keep Taxi TV?
She was not asked about MTA or health care, and they didn't ask about mayor's relationship with the
governor.
I have her contact information and she said she's happy to answer more questions if needed.
Thanks,
Erin
________________________________________
From: B
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 5:19 PM
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Jonathan Rosen; John Del Cecato; Wolfe, Emma;
Snyder, Thomas
Cc: White, Erin
Subject: Quinnipiac alert
By chance I met an attendee at the Gracie open house this morning who is very supportive of us AND
as luck would have it was just interviewed by Quinnipiac yesterday. Many questions about your truly.
Erin got the download from her. Erin, pls share with all of us asap
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"jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Subject: Weekly Planning Meeting
Hi! Weekly Planning Meeting will resume next week.
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From: Jonathan Rosen
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Wednesday meeting with the Mayor
Any details on this meeting much appreciated.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
> Hey Tom and Prisca:
>
> There is a meeting scheduled from Noon to Midnight on our calendars. A few questions:
>
> - Is this the TPAC update with the Mayor?
> - Are we specifically focusing on the forum?
> - What is the real time?
>
> I think I suggested Baldick too but this was pre- the timeline for HRC was cemented.
>
> Can you let us know?
>
> Thanks.
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From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil
I cannot make that time. I’m in DC and have a meeting at 9.
part of this is the agenda I gave you but I think it’s too much.
all have in hand the work plan, leadership structure, budget as it hasn’t changed. Jonathan, Phil if you
want that let me know.
I’ll pull something together but we need to discuss time.
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> The meeting is this Wednesday from 10am - 11am. Geri should determine what
> is on the agenda. My nominees for agenda are:
> Forum: status on Sanders, O¹Malley, HRC, and Republican invites; who is
> moderator discussion; message/comms
> Immediate work plan (beyond forum): leadership structure, budget.
> Might be too much for one hour. At any rate Geri should tee up what is
> most important for Mayor to discuss with us.
>
>
> On 10/26/15, 11:02 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
>> Hey Tom and Prisca:
>>
>> There is a meeting scheduled from Noon to Midnight on our calendars. A
>> few questions:
>>
>> - Is this the TPAC update with the Mayor?
>> - Are we specifically focusing on the forum?
>> - What is the real time?
>>
>> I think I suggested Baldick too but this was pre- the timeline for HRC
>> was cemented.
>>
>> Can you let us know?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian
Subject: Call list- are these happening today?
Attachments: Call Cheat Sheet (10-26-15).docx
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Raul Grijalva
- Endorsed Bernie Sanders
- Early supporter of TPAC
- Moved Congressional Progressive Caucus
ASK
- That HE become a leader of TPAC and sit on the Advisory Committee
- That HE work with TPAC and be a lead spokesperson
Katrina vanden Heuvel

- Is working on the 150th anniversary issue
ASK
- That she become a leader of TPAC and sit on the Advisory Committee
- As advisory committee, she’d be a part of strategic conversations
Robert Reich
- Is a fervent supporter of Senator Sanders
- Has worked with TPAC twice (phone call on TPP, Poppy Harlow segment)
ASK
- That he become a leader of TPAC and sit on the Advisory Committee
- As a member of the AC, he would be a strategic voice to drive the organization
Joseph Stiglitz
- Is advising the Democrats, progressive organizations on solutions for income inequality
- Has briefed the Senate caucus recently on the issue
- Has been asked for strategic guidance from Hillary Clinton’s campaign
- Roosevelt and TPAC have formed an official partnership to have our influencers on
message and drive the news cycle around solutions for income inequality.
ASK
- That he participate in the forum on the 6th or 7th.
- He would have a role, ability to help design the program question portion with the team
- Roosevelt is co-sponsoring with TPAC as well as the U of I College Dems, GOP and the
Lecture Committee.
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To: Geri Prado; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil
Correction: this meeting will be at 1pm Wednesday.
On 10/26/15, 11:11 AM, "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>The meeting is this Wednesday from 10am - 11am. Geri should determine what
>is on the agenda. My nominees for agenda are:
>Forum: status on Sanders, O¹Malley, HRC, and Republican invites; who is
>moderator discussion; message/comms
>Immediate work plan (beyond forum): leadership structure, budget.
>Might be too much for one hour. At any rate Geri should tee up what is
>most important for Mayor to discuss with us.
>
>
>On 10/26/15, 11:02 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
>>Hey Tom and Prisca:
>>
>>There is a meeting scheduled from Noon to Midnight on our calendars. A
>>few questions:
>>
>>- Is this the TPAC update with the Mayor?
>>- Are we specifically focusing on the forum?
>>- What is the real time?
>>
>>I think I suggested Baldick too but this was pre- the timeline for HRC
>>was cemented.
>>
>>Can you let us know?
>>
>>Thanks.
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc; Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil
OK folks, Tom and I just talked. This is at 1pm with the Mayor.
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> The meeting is this Wednesday from 10am - 11am. Geri should determine what
> is on the agenda. My nominees for agenda are:
> Forum: status on Sanders, O¹Malley, HRC, and Republican invites; who is
> moderator discussion; message/comms
> Immediate work plan (beyond forum): leadership structure, budget.
> Might be too much for one hour. At any rate Geri should tee up what is
> most important for Mayor to discuss with us.
>
>
>
>> Hey Tom and Prisca:
>>
>> There is a meeting scheduled from Noon to Midnight on our calendars. A
>> few questions:
>>
>> - Is this the TPAC update with the Mayor?
>> - Are we specifically focusing on the forum?
>> - What is the real time?
>>
>> I think I suggested Baldick too but this was pre- the timeline for HRC
>> was cemented.
>>
>> Can you let us know?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: Kayla Arslanian
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Call list- are these happening today?
Two things:
1. Some of these are people he is calling pre-Friday. I'm tagging on talking points to
them in addition to the main point of the call. Tom can elaborate.
2. Yes he's agreed but this is not the entire list.
On Oct 26, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Kayla Arslanian < wrote:
Bc this is hitting me a bit out of left field -

Confirming Mayor has agreed to having an advisory committee and to
making these calls?
And just need phone numbers as well as a sense of timing, so that we

can start trying to work in these calls. Tx!
2015-10-26 11:23 GMT-04:00 Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>:
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>> Subject: Fwd: Forum on Economic Inequality on December 6th, 2015 at the University of Iowa
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>>> Date: October 11, 2015 at 9:31:52 PM EDT
>>> To: jweaver@berniesanders.com,
>>> Cc: "Bell, Carter L" <carter-bell@uiowa.edu>
>>> Subject: Forum on Economic Inequality on December 6th, 2015 at the University of Iowa
>>>
>>> Senator Bernie Sanders
>>> Mr. Jeff Weaver
>>>
>>> The Progressive Agenda Committee and the University of Iowa Lecture Committee are holding a
forum dedicated solely to economic inequality at the University of Iowa, December 6th at 6pm CST. We
are notifying you of the forum and the criteria for invitations.
>>>
>>> We are looking forward to an opportunity to give voters, caucus goers, and students on campus
an opportunity to hear you and other candidates discuss how you would combat economic inequality.
This notification and eventual invites will be extended to candidates from both sides of the isle.
>>>
>>> More details on the forum to come. Attachments include a formal notification and invitation
guidelines.
>>>
>>> We hope to hear from you and in the meantime, if you have any questions, please call me at 303-
809-0449 or email RSVP@ProgressiveAgenda.us
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Geri Prado
>>> Executive Director
>>> The Progressive Agenda Committee
>>>
>>> Information about the Sponsors:
>>>
>>> University of Iowa Lecture Committee (ULC)
>>> https://lectures.uiowa.edu
>>>
>>> For more than 30 years, The University of Iowa Lecture Committee has brought some of the
world's great thinkers to the University of Iowa campus. Speakers have included an impressive roster of
national and international figures in science, politics, business, human rights, law, and the arts. Each
year the University hosts from 6 to 10 thought-provoking lectures. These events help enrich Iowa's
academic environment and enhance its reputation as a prestigious Big Ten university.
>>>
>>> The Progressive Agenda Committee (TPAC)
>>> www.ProgressiveAgenda.us
>>>
>>> The Progressive Agenda Committee was formed in May 2015, an organization solely focused on
changing the debate about economic inequality. Leaders of organizations, elected officials including
mayors from around the country, economists, entertainers formed TPAC to ensure Americans have an
economic opportunity and work is rewarded.
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From: Da Costa, Ricky
To: Snyder, Thomas; Samantha Couch
Cc: John Del Cecato; Andrea Purse; Heather Hargreaves; Sky Gallegos; Geri Prado; Mesa, Nilda
Subject: RE: Climate change, NYC
Will do. Samantha - how does Thursday 11/5 between 11-1 look on your end?
To: Da Costa, Ricky
Cc: John Del Cecato; Andrea Purse; Heather Hargreaves; Samantha Couch; Sky Gallegos; Geri Prado;
Mesa, Nilda
Subject: Re: Climate change, NYC
Please set up a meeting/conference call of this group (in the cc line).

Within next two weeks.
On 10/26/15, 9:39 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>Thanks Sky. Tom, let us know how you want to proceed. Thanks
>
>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 8:41 PM, Sky Gallegos
>><sgallegos@nextgenclimate.org> wrote:
>>
>> Would be great. Added a couple people from my side to participate as
>>well.
>> Samantha from our side will help with scheduling.
>>
>> On 10/24/15, 3:22 PM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all:
>>>
>>> Can we set up a call in the next week or two to discuss a few ideas
>>>about the Mayor, Next Gen?
>>>
>>> In addition to the op-Ed there are some potential other
>>>opportunities for partnership.
>>>
>>> Sky, Tom and I had a quick conversation about what we discussed and
>>> it sounds like a great idea.
>>>
>>> Tom, please include who is point on your end. Should we have Ricky
>>> set up?
>>>
>>> Let us know
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: Kayla Arslanian; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: Thomas Snyder; John Del Cecato
Subject: Congressman Grijalva
They’re voting anytime before 6 or after 7:30pm.
Call his cell, I just got off the phone with him: cell Otherwise talk to his scheduler to
connect you
Notes below:
Why: Head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, potential TPAC advisory council leader,
endorsed and close to Senator Sanders.
Talking Points:
- YOU discuss your intentions
- YOU discuss that TPAC is about the issues and we want it to stay on track, not about one
candidate but about pushing all candidates to speak on the issues and the leaders who are
pushing action (influencers/signers)
- Ask that HE become a leader of TPAC and sit on the Advisory Committee
- Ask that HE work with TPAC and be a lead spokesperson
- Ask that HE work with Senator Sanders to assure this is not about one candidate but about
a real discussion around income inequality
10378
From: Geri Prado
To: Kayla Arslanian; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Thomas Snyder
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Calls
We will be sending to him as well.
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Congressman Raul Grijalva
Rationale: Head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, potential TPAC advisory council
leader, endorsed and close to Senator Sanders.
Talking Points:
- Ask that HE work with Senator Sanders to assure this is not about one candidate but
about a real discussion around income inequality
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rationale: She is committed to you and the issue of income inequality. She would be an asset as
a thought leader and advisory committee member. Also, she had asked about an endorsement on
the influencers call and what that would mean for TPAC.
Talking Points:

- Ask that she become a leader of TPAC and sit on the Advisory Committee. NOTE:
through her assistant she told Geri she would likely not be a part of this.
Robert Reich- Number:
Why: He’s been out there on the issues and has done two big things for TPAC- the phone call on
TPP and the Poppy Harlow segment on inequality. He’s respected on the issues and would be a
helpful validator in a formal way on the advisory committee. He’s also a supporter of Senator
Sanders’ work, message
ASK
Sen. Bernie Sanders
NUMBER: In MBDB’s phone.
MESSAGE: Want you to know that I’m endorsing HRC later this week, and talk about ways to
keep income inequality front-and-center. As we talked about at dinner, I was leaning this way –
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but I will never say a bad word about you or your campaign.
RATIONALE: HRC has come a long, long way since she announced in June –UPK, paid family
leave, paid sick leave, opposing bad trade deals, immigration reform, ending mass incarceration,
EITC expansion, student debt, Buffett rule, carried interest loophole, tax breaks for companies
that ship jobs overseas – you name it.
I know you would say she’s come later to these things than you have – but I’ve got a long history
with her, and I’ve got to support her.
ASKS:
1. Will you still come to the presidential forum? Remember, it’s about the issues, and not about
endorsements.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
keep income inequality front-and-center.
RATIONALE: HRC has come a long, long way since she announced in June –UPK, paid
family leave, paid sick leave, opposing bad trade deals, immigration reform, ending mass
incarceration, EITC expansion, student debt, Buffett rule, carried interest loophole, tax breaks for
companies that ship jobs overseas – you name it. Wish she’d embrace $15 min wage – but we
can keep pushing her.
ASKS:
1. Will you be part of a leadership council for The Progressive Agenda Committee – to help
keep income inequality at the center of the debate?
2. Will you help us shine a light on these issues at presidential forum in Iowa City in December?
3. Any interest in joining me in writing an op-ed endorsing HRC – kind of a bookend to what
we wrote back in May?
Rev. Al Sharpton
keep income inequality/racial justice front-and-center.
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ASKS:
1. Do you think you’ll endorse?
2. What are you waiting to hear?
Sen. Jeff Merkley
that ship jobs overseas – you name it. Wish she’d embrace $15 min wage – but we can keep
pushing her.
I’ve pushed her on Fast Track/TPP as we discussed, and I think we got as good of an outcome as
we could hope for.
ASKS:
Congressman Keith Ellison-
Why: As a member of the Progressive Caucus and chair, he has been out there on these issues
and more than instrumental in the endorsement.

Randi Weingarten- Number:
Why: As an ally for you in the city and THE first union to endorse Hillary Clinton, it would go a
long way if she heard from you first.
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- ASKS- a meeting about TPAC
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From: Geri Prado
To: Kayla Arslanian; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Thomas Snyder
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Calls
Updated with a few more numbers. Did he and Grijalva talk by chance?
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 6:26 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
> <Call Cheat Sheet (10-26-15).docx>We will be sending to him as well.
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Congressman Raul Grijalva- Phone:
Rationale: Head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, potential TPAC advisory council
leader, endorsed and close to Senator Sanders.
Talking Points:
Katrina vanden Heuvel- Phone
Rationale: She is committed to you and the issue of income inequality. She would be an asset as
a thought leader and advisory committee member. Also, she had asked about an endorsement on
the influencers call and what that would mean for TPAC.
Talking Points:

- Ask that she become a leader of TPAC and sit on the Advisory Committee. NOTE:
through her assistant she told Geri she would likely not be a part of this.
Robert Reich- Number:
Why: He’s been out there on the issues and has done two big things for TPAC- the phone call on
TPP and the Poppy Harlow segment on inequality. He’s respected on the issues and would be a
helpful validator in a formal way on the advisory committee. He’s also a supporter of Senator
Sanders’ work, message
ASK
Sen. Bernie Sanders
keep income inequality front-and-center. As we talked about at dinner, I was leaning this way –
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but I will never say a bad word about you or your campaign.
that ship jobs overseas – you name it.
I know you would say she’s come later to these things than you have – but I’ve got a long history
with her, and I’ve got to support her.
ASKS:
1. Will you still come to the presidential forum? Remember, it’s about the issues, and not about
endorsements.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
ASKS:
1. Will you be part of a leadership council for The Progressive Agenda Committee – to help
keep income inequality at the center of the debate?
2. Will you help us shine a light on these issues at presidential forum in Iowa City in December?
3. Any interest in joining me in writing an op-ed endorsing HRC – kind of a bookend to what
we wrote back in May?
Rev. Al Sharpton
keep income inequality/racial justice front-and-center.
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ASKS:
Sen. Jeff Merkley-
that ship jobs overseas – you name it. Wish she’d embrace $15 min wage – but we can keep
pushing her.
I’ve pushed her on Fast Track/TPP as we discussed, and I think we got as good of an outcome as
we could hope for.
ASKS:
Congressman Keith Ellison-
Why: As a member of the Progressive Caucus and chair, he has been out there on these issues
and more than instrumental in the endorsement.

Randi Weingarten- Number:
Why: As an ally for you in the city and THE first union to endorse Hillary Clinton, it would go a
long way if she heard from you first.
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- ASKS- a meeting about TPAC
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To: Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Viguers, Jonathan; Snyder, Thomas; Hinton, Karen; Almonte, Catherine; Arslanian,
Kayla; Hagelgans, Andrea; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Walzak, Phil
Subject: MBDB: Prep for Friday
Will update with a call in number for folks tomorrow.
MBDB: Prep for Friday

Scheduled: Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015 from 5:15 PM to 6:15 PM
Location: Industry City, 220 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY.
Invitees: Jonathan Rosen , Viguers, Jonathan , Snyder, Thomas , Hinton, Karen ,
Almonte, Catherine , Arslanian, Kayla , Hagelgans, Andrea , John Del Cecato ,
Walzak, Phil
Sent from my iPhone
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From: Blumm, Kate
To: B
Cc: "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: RE: New concept
Sir—how about testing this out at the Veterans Homelessness roundtable tomorrow? We’re asking
these folks to help provide 600 apartments for homeless vets, bolstered by some substantial
incentives/support from the City. I’d love to experiment with some language if you’re game.

Here are the invitees – I will check to see if all are confirmed. It’s closed press FYI.

John Banks, President, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)
Jolie Milstein, President & CEO, New York State Association for Affordable Housing
(NYSAFAH)
Alex Hanson, NYSAFAH
Bruce Mosler, Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield
Kenneth Fisher, Partner, Fisher Brothers
Sol Arker, Principal, The Arker Companies
Lisa Gomez, Chief Operating Officer & Partner, L+M Development
Mat Holladay, Managing Director of Reliant Realty (Management Company under
Omni New York)
NOTE: May is a West Point graduate and a veteran who served in Afghanistan and
Iraq.
David Kramer, CEO, Hudson Companies
Meredith Marshall, BRP Development
Mike Sturmer, Principal, Lemle & Wolff Companies
Don Capoccia, Principal, BFC Partners
Robert Ezrapour, Artimus Construction

· Tom Ciano, Director of Real Estate Operations, Monadnock Development

From: Blumm, Kate
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: B; FLONYC
Subject: Re: New concept

YES!! Money doesn't exempt anyone from civic duty!! Something I was thinking a lot about
when you spoke to Morgan Stanley et al. earlier this year...

Call later or tmrw is great if you want

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Love it! Like the Patriotic Millionaires!

Need to talk to both of you asap about. This weekend. Chirlane and I
working on new language re: fighting income inequality. Emerged
from my mtg with Peter georgescu yesterday -- see his recent nyt
op-ed. Idea is to re-define our demand to the wealthy. To make it
sharp but also different -- about sacrifice and patriotism -- as
chirlane said, a new patriotism. We laud soldiers and police and fire
for their sacrifice. It's time to demand it of all -- the wealthy
included. An idea we want to develop with you guys

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From: Almonte, Catherine
To: Arslanian, Kayla
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Jonathan Rosen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
Thomas; Hinton, Karen; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: Re: MBDB: Prep Callfor Friday
Will let you know when to dial in.
Sent while mobile
On Oct 27, 2015, at 5:29 PM, Arslanian, Kayla <KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Cat is advising 15-20 mins.

To: 'Jonathan Rosen'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas;
Hinton, Karen; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: RE: MBDB: Prep Callfor Friday
An email will go out from body staff when he is ready to jump on

he is out of the office

From: Jonathan Rosen [mailto:Jonathan@berlinrosen.com]
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
Thomas; Hinton, Karen; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Prisca – new ETA on this?

To: Jonathan Rosen; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
His earlier meeting hasn’t started yet

To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans,
Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
I’m dialed in.

From: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca [mailto:PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov]
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Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Jonathan Rosen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
Thomas; Hinton, Karen; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: Re: MBDB: Prep Callfor Friday
Please dial in
Sent while mobile
On Oct 27, 2015, at 5:29 PM, Arslanian, Kayla <KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Cat is advising 15-20 mins.

To: 'Jonathan Rosen'; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas;
An email will go out from body staff when he is ready to jump on

he is out of the office

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
Prisca – new ETA on this?

To: Jonathan Rosen; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
His earlier meeting hasn’t started yet

To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans,
Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
I’m dialed in.

From: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca [mailto:PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov]
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To: Walzak, Phil; Jonathan Rosen; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea;
Subject: MBDB: Prep Callfor Friday
Updated Call in #
CODE:

To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; Jonathan Rosen; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine;
Viguers, Jonathan
When: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 5:15 PM-6:15 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US &
Canada).
Where: Industry City, 220 36th Street, Brooklyn//CALL IN# CODE:

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To: John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: RE: MBDB: Gala Remarks Prep with JDC
We are delayed by 30
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine;
Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: MBDB: Gala Remarks Prep with JDC
When: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:30 AM-11:00 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: City Hall, The Mayor's Office
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To: John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: RE: MBDB: Gala Remarks Prep with JDC
This meeting is cancelled-
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine;
Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: MBDB: Gala Remarks Prep with JDC
When: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:30 AM-11:00 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: City Hall, The Mayor's Office
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To: Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca;
Hagelgans, Andrea; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Call Time
We are delayed approximately 20-30 minutes.
Call Time
Scheduled: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Location: Call in # Code:
Invitees: Jonathan Rosen , Snyder, Thomas , Arslanian, Kayla , Almonte, Catherine ,
Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca , Hagelgans, Andrea , John Del Cecato , Walzak, Phil
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From: Geri Prado
To: Tom Snyder; John Del Cecato; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Kayla Arslanian
Subject: Saunders briefing
Attachments: 10-29-15 Saunders Briefing.docx
My brain is swiss cheese.
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Staff Contact/Planning Lead: Geri Prado
EVENT: Meeting with AFSCME President Lee Saunders, EA

Paul Booth
MISSION/GOAL: To update them on TPAC’s work, land AFSCME a key

investor
EVENT TIME: 1-2:00 PM
MBDB TIME: 1-2:00 PM
LOCATION: City Hall
ATTENDEES President Lee Saunders

Paul Booth, Executive Assistant
STAFF ATTENDING: Geri Prado
STAFF ASSIGNED TO Geri Prado

MBDB:
PRESS CLOSED
PURPOSE/GOAL: TO ASK AFSCME TO COMMIT TO WORK FOR 2 YEARS AND TO

HELP PROMOTE THE WORK
BACKGROUND ABOUT CURRENT STATE OF AFSCME NATIONALLY
AFSCME along with the other public sector unions are faced with a cliff early next year based
on Harris v. Quinn and Friedrich’s. They are working together to determine their future but also
mounting huge external and internal campaigns aimed at retaining members and selling external
audiences on the necessity of unions.
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AFSCME is one of the lead investors in groups in the progressive community and influential in
the Democracy Alliance and other donor collectives.
AFSCME’s top issues
- Harris v. Quinn, Fredrick’s case (talking points below)

- Right to work, pension privatization
- Creating a case to the public and its members that unions are necessary in order to
balance our economy.
KEY TALKING POINTS
• TPAC is focused on pushing a narrative around the economy that forces pressure and
change by using influential people and numbers online around the country
• This narrative includes poll tested message that resonates and tells the story about income
inequality, how to solve it and unions as a solution
• TPAC has forged a strong relationship with Roosevelt Institute as they will provide
content and we will be the front lines with our coalition to get into the media bloodstream
• Geri, Roosevelt’s senior team have met several times to plan and implement. There have
been two calls with them and our influencers to brief on the message research GQRR
• TPAC can provide this amplification in several ways and it is what, AFSCME, for
example is looking to invest in
o Arming, training spokespeople (TPAC influencers/signers)
o Driving the news cycle through earned and digital media by using influencers and
examples of what electeds and groups are doing locally to make change
o The progressive community writ large is not good at communicating in unison to
create an echo chamber.
o AFSCME sees a void for TPAC to fill coordinating communications, driving the
news cycle and training surrogates to be press ready
KEY ATTENDEE BIOGRAPHIES
Lee Saunders is the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO, which represents 1.6 million members. He was elected at the union’s 40th
International Convention in June 2012.
Saunders, the first African American to serve as AFSCME's president, was previously elected
secretary-treasurer at the union’s 39th International Convention in July 2010.
Saunders grew up in a union household in Cleveland, Ohio. This inspired him to join the Ohio
Civil Service Employees Association (OCSEA) when he began working for the Ohio Bureau of
Employment Services in 1975. His father was a bus driver and a member of the Amalgamated
Transit Union. His mother was a community organizer and, after raising two sons, returned to
college and became a community college professor and a member of the American Association
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of University Professors.
Saunders began his career with AFSCME in 1978 as a labor economist. He has served in the
capacities of assistant director of Research and Collective Bargaining Services, director of
Community Action and deputy director of Organizing and Field Services. Saunders also served
as executive assistant to the president of AFSCME and was responsible for managing what is
acknowledged to be one of the most effective political and legislative operations in the history of
the American labor movement. AFSCME’s clout in fundraising and member mobilization, and
its lobbying expertise are unmatched in the ranks of the AFL-CIO and beyond.
Building on ideas generated by local unions, Saunders has championed AFSCME’s Next Wave
initiative to encourage and develop the next generation of union leadership. He has also
developed and supported programs that foster diversity and promote increased member
participation within the union.
He has served as administrator of a number of AFSCME councils and large local unions across
the country. For nearly four years, he served as administrator of AFSCME District Council 37,
New York City’s largest public employee union, representing 125,000 members. In that capacity,
he was successful in restoring the fiscal health, integrity and good name of the council and its 56
affiliated local unions.
TALKING POINTS ON HARRIS V QUINN
Briefing Points on Harris v. Quinn and Friedrich’s v. CTA
• Harris v. Quinn is a Supreme Court case that was handed down on the last day of term in
2014. It was handed down the same day as the Hobby Lobby decision that dominated
much of the news.
• Harris v. Quinn was decided 5 to 4 and held that home health care workers in Illinois
were no longer obligated to pay what are known as “fair share fees.” These are fees that
employees who choose not become a member of the union pay for the benefits they
receive from the union that still bargains on their behalf in lieu of dues.
• Because of the narrow scope of Harris, the ruling affected only home health care workers
in Illinois – who are public employees. However, in their opinion, the majority made
clear that they believed this holding was appropriate for all public employees leading
many labor and court watchers to believe it is only a matter of time before the court
eliminates fair share for all public employees.
• The case that will likely have this effect is Friedrich’s v. California Teachers Association
– which will be heard by the Court in the upcoming term with a decision expected by
June 2016.
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• If the court hands down a ruling that follows the same principals as Harris v. Quinn, it
will eliminate fair share fees for all public employees – which will deal a job blow to
organized labor.
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To: Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca;
Hagelgans, Andrea; jfdc@akpdmedia.com; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Call Time
We are still delayed, likely another 30 minutes.
Please stand by. I will let you know when to dial in.
Call Time
Scheduled: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2015 from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Location: Call in # Code:
Invitees: Jonathan Rosen , Snyder, Thomas , Arslanian, Kayla , Almonte, Catherine ,
Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca , Hagelgans, Andrea , John Del Cecato , Walzak, Phil
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To: B
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Jonathan Rosen; Hagelgans, Andrea; jfdc; Arslanian, Kayla; Viguers, Jonathan; Salazar-Rodriguez,
Prisca
Subject: Prep
JDC has sent you some material for the HRC endorse. Rosen is sending you facts on the gun issue. We
have 1&1/2 - 2 hours set aside for tomorrow HRC prep at the Sheraton prior to the 6pm Gala. If you
feel the need for more talk tonight let me/us know and we'll get back on with you after the Assembly
dinner is over. (Also JDC coming in to office in the morning to prep with you on Gala remarks.)
Sent from my iPad
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From: Geri Prado
To: B; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Message to My Fellow Execs: Raise Wages!
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/message-to-my-fellow-execs-raise-wages-213308
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To: Geri Prado; B; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Message to My Fellow Execs: Raise Wages!
Cut & pasted for y’all
Message to My Fellow Execs: Raise Wages!If we do we’ll all be richer in

the end.
By TONY JAMES
October 29, 2015
In early 2014, President Barack Obama paid a visit to a local Costco. He

wasn’t there to get a good deal on tires or a big-screen TV but to use
Costco as a platform to advocate a higher minimum wage. That’s because the
retail giant (where I am lead director) has proved that businesses can
perform better by paying more. Costco pays some of the highest wages in
retail—almost twice the minimum wage.
And guess what, it’s doing great. At a time when debate over raising the
minimum wage is front and center, I have a message for my colleagues in
business: We are missing the boat. Knee-jerk opposition is wrong, because
as I have seen at Costco and other companies, raising wages will be good
for business.
Story Continued Below
There are three key reasons. First, it will accelerate growth of the
economy. Second, it will increase labor productivity. And third, it will
reduce government support payments and the pressure to raise taxes on
business.
For the past 50 years, the U.S. has allowed its minimum wage to plummet,
to the point where in real terms our minimum wage today is back where it
was in the late 1930s. We have squeezed consumer demand and sapped
economic growth.
Many businesses and their advocates argue that higher labor costs from an
increased minimum wage would hurt jobs. But in fact, higher wages on a
national scale will accelerate growth by triggering higher demand for the
very sectors that pay low wages, more than offsetting the higher costs.
This is why many studies show higher wages do not cost jobs.
When you raise the minimum wage, you give more money to the people with
the highest propensity to spend. If you give consumers a one-dollar tax
rebate or other one-time break, they spend only about 50 cents. If you
increase their incomes by a dollar, however, they actually spend more than
that dollar, because they also use more credit. This direct spending
increase from higher wages then has an additional 1.5-times multiplier
effect that ripples through the entire economy.
If the federal minimum wage were raised to $12 per hour, that would raise
wages either directly or indirectly for over 20 percent of American
workers. It would raise incomes by over $80 billion and add $200 billion
of economic activity as the multiplier effect cascades throughout the
economy. And that’s just the beginning, because a higher minimum wage
would actually trickle up, causing other incomes to rise, too. All told,
this would drive a 1 to 2 percent near-term jump in gross domestic
product.
If a rise in wages is instituted nationally, a level playing field is
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From: Walzak, Phil
To: Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: Re: morning joe
We will contact them this pm
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: morning joe
Not sure who’s dealing with MJ, but Prisca needs clarity on what time Mayor needs to show up on
Friday.

Can you guys advise?

Marti Adams Baker
Deputy Communications Director | Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio
o: (212) 788-9570 | m: | t: @Marti_Adams

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To: John Del Cecato; Jon Fromowitz; Geri Prado
Subject: Fwd: **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**NEW YORK CITY HOSTS NATIONAL PAID SICK LEAVE SYMPOSIUM
Attachments: image002.jpg
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Sent from my iPhone
From: "Press (DCA)" <press@dca.nyc.gov>

Date: October 29, 2015 at 11:19:07 AM EDT
To: "Press (DCA)" <press@dca.nyc.gov>
Subject: **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**NEW YORK CITY HOSTS
NATIONAL PAID SICK LEAVE SYMPOSIUM
DCA_Logo_StandardColor

October 29, 2015

NEW YORK CITY HOSTS NATIONAL PAID SICK LEAVE
SYMPOSIUM
Leaders from Across the Country Convene to Discuss the Importance of

and Best Practices for Implementing and Enforcing Paid Sick Leave Laws

NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Releases New Data:
Approximately $837,000 Secured in Fines and Restitution for More than 6,000
Employees
NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner

Julie Menin today kicks off “Making Paid Sick Leave Work: Sharing Strategies,”
a national symposium convening jurisdictions who are enforcing, preparing to
implement, or considering paid sick leave laws. The two-day event, beginning on
October 29, addresses the importance of paid sick leave laws, the challenges and
best practices for implementing and enforcing these laws, and frames paid sick
leave movement from a national perspective. Leaders from 16 jurisdictions
across the country are expected to attend the event, which features keynote
speakers, panel discussions, and practitioner workshops. The event, held at the
Ford Foundation, is hosted in partnership with the Center for Law and Social
Policy (CLASP), a Washington, D.C.-based group that advocates for public
policies and programs at the federal, state, and local levels to reduce poverty and
create ladders to opportunity for all. At the event, DCA is announcing new data
on its enforcement of New York City’s Paid Sick Leave Law, which includes
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securing approximately $837,000 in restitution and fines for more than 6,000
employees.
“No one should have to choose between taking care of themselves or a sick
child, and earning a paycheck. The passage of paid sick leave laws in New York
City was a landmark victory for New Yorkers across the five boroughs,” said
Mayor Bill de Blasio. “As we continue to take aim at inequality as a city and as
a nation, it is the implementation of humane, smart policies like this across the
country that will bring us closer to building an America that understands and
supports working families.”
“New York City’s Paid Sick Leave Law extended the right to sick leave to 1.2
million more Americans and, since then, more than a dozen others jurisdictions
have followed suit,” said DCA Commissioner Julie Menin. “Just as we
embarked on implementing the law here, others frequently ask us, and look to
CLASP, to share experiences in implementing and enforcing paid sick leave. We
hope that this gathering will give fresh insight and new ideas to advocates and
leaders throughout the nation and ultimately extend this vital benefit to even
more Americans.”
“CLASP celebrates the movement that has already brought earned sick time to
about 25 jurisdictions around the nation,” said Olivia Golden, executive
director of CLASP. “To fuel this movement, CLASP has helped agencies and
advocates share lessons and discuss challenges around implementation. This
convening builds upon and furthers that effort. We believe that effective
implementation and enforcement are central to the movement’s expansion and in
securing a federal minimum labor standard for earned sick time.”
“It is a tribute to the relentless advocacy of determined organizations that have

made such a compelling and irrefutable case that we now see cities and states
implementing paid sick days,” said Darren Walker, president of the Ford
Foundation. “For these policies to truly have the greatest impact for workers, it
is essential that they are effectively implemented and enforced. We must also
ensure all workers know their rights to guarantee the positive difference so many
have pushed for and is now within the grasp.”
“I’m proud that New York City has been a trailblazer in recognizing paid sick
leave as a basic right, not a luxury,” said Public Advocate Letitia James. “No
person should be forced to choose between their or their child's health and
putting food on the table, a harsh reality that millions of Americans face each
and every day. This forum will provide a significant resource to educate and
encourage other leaders on the importance of creating similar laws to protect
their families,” she added.
“There’s no greater reward in government than learning that the changes we’ve
fought for really are making a difference in people’s lives,” said Manhattan
Borough President Gale A. Brewer, sponsor of New York City’s first law
mandating the right to paid sick leave for most workers. “This law was never
about racking up fines, and I look forward to a decrease in these numbers as paid
sick leave becomes a universally-accepted part of business in our city – but until
then, it’s great to see the Department of Consumer Affairs is hard at work
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enforcing the law and winning restitution for thousands of New Yorkers.”
“Paid sick leave has made Brooklyn a healthier place to work and raise a family.
Commissioner Menin has been an outstanding leader on this effort for our city,
ensuring that DCA puts outreach to businesses and consumers first in everything
they do. I am pleased to see that through their leadership, our City is continuing
to explore best practices for how to improve implementation and enforcement of
paid sick leave,” said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.
“The implementation of paid sick leave in New York City has been a huge
success for both employees and employers due in large part to the tireless
outreach efforts of Commissioner Menin and the Department of Consumer
Affairs. This symposium is a perfect opportunity to showcase our approach,
address common questions, and demonstrate how paid sick leave can be
a success across the country,” said Council Member Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.,
Chair of the Council Consumer Affairs Committee.
“These latest figures are proof that the City’s efforts at educating business
owners and securing restitution for workers under the paid sick leave law have
been a success. Through the dedication and persistence of Mayor de Blasio,
Speaker Mark-Viverito, and many others, these important benefits continue to
have a positive impact on thousands of working New York families,” said
Council Member Margaret Chin.
“Nearly two years ago this administration and the Council took up the fight to
expand paid sick leave and afford working families the respect they deserve.
Today, the implementation of this policy has been a great success and New
Yorkers are the beneficiaries,” said Council Member I. Daneek Miller, Chair
of the Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor.
“All workers are entitled to sick leave. This is a humane policy. People should
not be forced to come to work sick because staying home would result in a loss
of pay. Looking back over the past year since the enactment of the law, I have to
say, the enforcement of the law has been a success,” said Council Member
Karen Koslowitz.
“Thanks to the paid sick leave law in New York City, working New Yorkers no
longer have to worry about losing a paycheck, or their job altogether, when
taking care of themselves or a sick son or daughter,” said Council Member
Brad Lander. “The Department of Consumer Affairs has done a fantastic job of
ensuring that all New Yorkers are aware of this law, not only through outreach
events, but also by conducting investigations, and fining businesses who have
refused to comply. This symposium will ensure that advocates and leaders from
across the country can share best practices, and most importantly, bring effective
enforcement of paid sick leave to even more American workers,” he added.
“Now is a crucial time to insert paid sick leave into the national dialogue as our
country rapidly approaches a national election that will have ramifications on
paid sick laws. Daily millions of workers across the country are forced to choose
between their job and taking care of their health. No one should have to forego
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the benefits provided by paid sick leave in order to be able to provide for their
families, and CLASP is certainly driving that conversation forward,” said
Council Member Ritchie Torres.
With the passage of New York City’s expanded Paid Sick Leave Law in 2014,
the City of New York became the seventh jurisdiction in the country to enact a
paid sick leave law. After New York City passed the law, the momentum has
continued to grow and more than a dozen more jurisdictions have enacted laws
giving workers access to paid sick leave. These laws have given access to sick
leave to more than 10.8 million Americans in 26 jurisdictions.
The implementation and enforcement of labor standards presents unique

challenges. Many municipalities have few or no resources dedicated to the
enforcement of employment standards and may not know the best way to
implement proven, cost-effective strategies. Even for states, which have more
experience enforcing these types of laws, implementing paid sick leave presents
new challenges.
DCA has applied its business outreach and public education know-how and
enforcement expertise to ensure that New York City workers have the right to
take time off from work to care for themselves and their families. New York
City’s extensive education campaign reached more than six million New Yorkers
in 26 languages and DCA has conducted approximately 1,000 events where staff
distributed more than 2 million brochures about paid sick leave. Since April 1,
2014, when NYC’s Paid Sick Leave Law went into effect, DCA has settled
approximately 92 percent of the 553 investigations it conducted, securing nearly
$837,000 in restitution and fines ($484,000 restitution for more than 6,000
employees and $353,000 in fines). Additionally, through settlement agreements,
ensured thousands more are receiving sick leave as required by the law.
This forum will allow municipalities and state governments across the nation to
share their paid sick leave stories, discuss the best implementation strategies, and
suggest solutions to common challenges in enforcing these types of laws.
For more information about New York City’s Paid Sick Leave Law visit
nyc.gov/paidsickleave.
The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) licenses, inspects, and educates

businesses, assists and informs consumers, mediates complaints, and offers free
financial counseling and safe banking products. DCA enforces the Consumer
Protection Law, the Paid Sick Leave Law and other related business laws
throughout New York City and licenses nearly 80,000 businesses in 55 different
industries. For more information, call 311 or visit DCA online at
nyc.gov/consumers or on its social media sites, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
and YouTube.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Abigail Lootens / Emilie Nadler
Department of Consumer Affairs
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(212) 436-0042
press@dca.nyc.gov
Stay Connected:
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From: Walzak, Phil
To: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; Kadushin, Peter; Jonathan Rosen; "jfdc@akpdmedia. com";
Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: RE: Wsj Marist poll
BR shud respond, as its abe re-elect and they are handling Gala tonight
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; Kadushin, Peter; Jonathan Rosen; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.
com'; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Wsj Marist poll
Wsj making results Public at 3 pm. Is city hall or Berlin Rosen responding? Sending more details in poll
in separate email.
45% approval, 46% disapproval. 42% say he deserves reelection, 48% say he doesn't
Sent from my iPhone
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From: Wolfe, Emma
To: "Jonathan Rosen"; Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc; Hagelgans, Andrea; Dan Levitan
Subject: RE: Wsj Marist poll
STOP THIS THREAD.

Everybody stop.
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; Kadushin, Peter; jfdc@akpdmedia. com; Hagelgans,
Andrea; Dan Levitan
Subject: Re: Wsj Marist poll
Plus Dan
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 29, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Same ole same ole
>
> From: Hinton, Karen
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:31 PM
> To: Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; Kadushin, Peter; Jonathan Rosen; jfdc@akpdmedia.
com; Hagelgans, Andrea
> Subject: Re: Wsj Marist poll
>
> Cuomo approval in city 63%, black voters love mayor, white voters hate him
>
>
>> On Oct 29, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Wsj making results Public at 3 pm. Is city hall or Berlin Rosen responding? Sending more details in
poll in separate email.
>>
>> 45% approval, 46% disapproval. 42% say he deserves reelection, 48% say he doesn't
>>
>>
>>
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To: Catherine Almonte; Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Viguers, Jonathan; Snyder, Thomas; Hinton, Karen; Arslanian,
Kayla; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; jfdc@akpdmedia.com
Subject: Re: MBDB: Prep for Friday
Ok. Am en route
From: Catherine Almonte
To: Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Viguers, Jonathan; Snyder, Thomas; Hinton, Karen; Arslanian, Kayla;
Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; jfdc@akpdmedia.com
We have moved to 5th floor, Park 2

Scheduled: Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 from 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Sheraton NY Hotel - 811 7th Avenue - Carnagie West Room
Arslanian, Kayla , Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca , Hagelgans, Andrea , Walzak, Phil , John
Del Cecato
Sent while mobile.
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To: Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; Viguers, Jonathan; Snyder, Thomas; Hinton, Karen; Arslanian, Kayla; Salazar-
Rodriguez, Prisca; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; jfdc@akpdmedia.com
We have moved to 5th floor, Park 2 Room

Scheduled: Thursday, Oct 29, 2015 from 4:15 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Sheraton NY Hotel - 811 7th Avenue - Carnagie West Room
Arslanian, Kayla , Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca , Hagelgans, Andrea , Walzak, Phil , John
Del Cecato
Sent while mobile
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From: Walters, Alexis
To: "Jonathan Rosen"; John Del Cecato
Cc: Dan Levitan; Hinton, Karen
Subject: RE: Briefings Due: Friday, October 30th
Will there be a briefing for this I can to Mayors binder?

To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Walters, Alexis; Dan Levitan; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: Briefings Due: Friday, October 30th
We are here doing it live.
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:05 PM, "John Del Cecato" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
That's a Rosen I think
On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Walters, Alexis <AWalters@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Thanks

John- Do you have an ETA on briefing?

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walters, Alexis; 'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'
Subject: Re: Briefings Due: Friday, October 30th
Copied here
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:49 PM, Walters, Alexis

<AWalters@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Do you remember Del Celcato’s email address?

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walters, Alexis
Subject: RE: Briefings Due: Friday, October 30th
John Del Celcato has Morning Joe.
From: Walters, Alexis

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To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Briefings Due: Friday, October 30th
When: Thursday, October 29, 2015 3:00 PM-3:30 PM.
Where: City Hall
Briefings Due: Friday, October 30 th

· Morning Joe
Briefing: Karen Hinton

· Weekly Homeless Meeting
Briefing: Colicia Hercules

· Meeting regarding School Cleaning Initiative
Briefing: Edie Sharp

· DSNY awards/induction ceremony of 500 New Sanitation
Workers
Briefing: Joan O.

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From: Shamis, Diane (NBCUniversal)
Cc: John Del Cecato; Adams Baker, Marti; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Invitation to MSNBC"s All In with Chris Hayes Tonight Fri 10/30
Would the Mayor please be available to join Chris tonight Friday 10/30 on MSNBC's
All In with Chris Hayes to discuss his endorsement of Hillary Clinton and his
Progressive Agenda initiative .
If tonight is not a possibility (and we could pretape) would Monday 11/2 or Tuesday
11/3 be a possibility?
Thank you for your kind consideration of this request !
Respectfully
Diane
--
Diane Shamis
Editorial & Senior Booking Producer
MSNBC All In with Chris Hayes
917-232-2970
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 14, 2015, at 4:17 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
We’d like to put it on the Mayor’s public schedule which goes out tonight. We locked
for airing tomorrow? Should we list 8pm EST?

From: Shamis, Diane (NBCUniversal) [mailto:Diane.Shamis@nbcuni.com]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: Air time
Excellent!

To: Shamis, Diane (NBCUniversal)
Thanks, a member of our team will meet with Tina and Christian.

From: Shamis, Diane (NBCUniversal) [mailto:Diane.Shamis@nbcuni.com]
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Cc: John Del Cecato
The length and air time will in part depend on the length of the interview today. We
would like to edit it (e.g. add video /illustrative visuals) and since we are shooting so
close to our air time will likely air tomorrow night.

As discussed, Tina Cone our Senior Producer, Christian Alicea our director and I will
stop by today at 1pm just to see where you recommend that we conduct the interview.
Again, we could do a walk and talk segment with the Mayor outside and then also
shoot part in a more formal sit-down fashion.

Our crew will arrive to set up between 3 and 4 pm We plan on meeting the Mayor at
6:10-6:30pm However, if his schedule permits his arrival earlier- 6pm perhaps – that
would be great. More time affords more creativity and adjustment for our camera
folks.

Thank you so much for facilitating this interview. Chris is so looking forward to this
important discussion.

Respectfully,
Diane

To: Shamis, Diane (NBCUniversal)
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Air time
Hi Diane,
Do you have approximate air time and length of interview? Thanks!

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From: Walzak, Phil
To: Wolfe, Emma; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Thornton, Demetrius; Everett, Matt; Griffith, Chantell; Da Costa,
Ricky; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); John, Roxanne; Reisman, Lisette; Leopold, Elana; Louis Espiritusanto, Jose;
Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Zuniga, Andrea; Shorris, Anthony; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; John Del Cecato; Snyder,
Thomas; Williams, Dominic; Hagelgans, Andrea; Arslanian, Kayla; Hinton, Karen; Ko, Eunice; Wiley, Maya;
Caquias, Paula; "jonathan@berlinrosen.com"; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Subject: Re: MBDB: Weekly Planning Meeting
Date: Sunday, November 01, 2015 7:03:45 PM
I have family in town and was to have dinner tmrw nite
From: Wolfe, Emma
Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2015 6:37 PM
Karen; Ko, Eunice; Wiley, Maya; Caquias, Paula; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com'; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
will call in for part of it but have family commitment.

To: Thornton, Demetrius; Everett, Matt; Griffith, Chantell; Da Costa, Ricky; Walzak, Phil; Fuleihan, Dean
(OMB); John, Roxanne; Reisman, Lisette; Leopold, Elana; Louis Espiritusanto, Jose; Darlington, Mandy
(OMB); Zuniga, Andrea; Shorris, Anthony; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas;
Williams, Dominic; Hagelgans, Andrea; Arslanian, Kayla; Hinton, Karen; Ko, Eunice; Wiley, Maya; Wolfe,
Emma; Caquias, Paula; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com'; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Since the Mayor is traveling on Thursday and Friday of this week our planning meeting will be
tomorrow night.
If you can’t make it but will call in please let me know.

Karen; Ko, Eunice; Wiley, Maya; Wolfe, Emma; Caquias, Paula; 'jonathan@berlinrosen.com'; Fialkoff,
Gabrielle
When: Monday, November 02, 2015 6:45 PM-8:15 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: Gracie Mansion ---- Call in 1 code

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From: Geri Prado
To: Thomas Snyder; Arslanian, Kayla
Cc: John Del Cecato; Jeani Murray
Subject: Re: Calls for MBDB re: Forum- Top Tier and time sensitive
Do you need phone numbers?
> On Nov 1, 2015, at 6:36 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:

>
> 1. Joseph Stiglitz- YOU could ask Professor Stiglitz to attend the December 6th forum. He does not
have to be there for the whole time and could have an opening role. The purpose would be to lay the
context for solving income inequality and how important the discussion. He would also state that
ultimately, this is about creating a movement to get the policies needed changed.
>
> 2. Senator Warren- Same as above, Senator Warren, like you, plays a vital role in the discussion
about income inequality. We’d like her to attend and speak to lay the ground work by framing the
corporations and government role in income inequality. Her role could be as small or as large as she
would like. We’d suggest post-stieglitz, setting the scene and leading into the panels of real people,
local folks talking about what they’re doing OR potentially moderating the time.
>
> 3. Katrina Vanden heuval- She is a potential moderator or panelist. Journalist, committed to the issue
and national profile.
>
> All of these would be mixed in with Iowan notables. We have a list of local leaders affiliated with the
university or who have shown real commitment to the issue by pushing an initiative. Also, students are
going to be heavily highlighted as they will either inherit the problem or will be those who carry out the
movement long term
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From: B
To: John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: So I can understand better
Date: Monday, November 02, 2015 3:24:09 PM
Tom, pls hand off to me when you can
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 20:01:24
To: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Snyder, Thomas<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
I can’t find her resume - but here’s her linked-in page (which is pretty
much the same thing)… Tom - can you print out for MBDB?
https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=ACgAAARixxQBDl_HsP_QvMlO5wTDRgON8T
1i-3c&authType=name&authToken=bbUX
On 11/2/15, 2:55 PM, "B" <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
>Pls send me Geri's resume again. Still trying to understand how she sees
>the world
>
>
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To: John Del Cecato
I can¹t get into Linked In. Is there a way for you to send me the contents?
On 11/2/15, 3:01 PM, "John Del Cecato" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>I can¹t find her resume - but here¹s her linked-in page (which is pretty
>much the same thing)Š Tom - can you print out for MBDB?
>
>https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=ACgAAARixxQBDl_HsP_QvMlO5wTDRgON8
>T
>1i-3c&authType=name&authToken=bbUX
>
>On 11/2/15, 2:55 PM, "B" <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
>>
>>Pls send me Geri's resume again. Still trying to understand how she sees
>>the world
>>
>>
>
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To: B; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil
Subject: The Atlantic
A review of Stiglitz’s opus that’s more digestible…
Stiglitz: Here's How to Fix Inequality
If there’s one thing Joseph Stiglitz wants to say about inequality, it’s that it
has been a choice, not an unexpected, unfortunate economic outcome.
That’s unnerving, but it also means that citizens and politicians have the
opportunity to fix the problem before it gets worse.
In his new book, Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An

Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity, Stiglitz, a Nobel-prize winning
economist and a professor at Columbia University asks the question “Can
the rules of America’s economy be rewritten to benefit everyone—not just
the wealthy?” The answer, he insists, is yes.
Stiglitz describes the current situation as “a stark picture of a world gone

wrong”: He notes that 91 percent of all income growth between 2009 and
2012 was enjoyed by the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. In the first half
of the book, Stiglitz focuses on the practices and policies that have gotten
the country to this point. It is a familiar story: The demise of labor unions,
the increasing financialization of the economy, and the lack of wealth-
building opportunities in minority communities have made the rich richer
while leaving everyone else to flounder. He lists off a bevy of other
contributors too: weak wages, ineffective regulation and federal oversight,
and a focus on short-term versus long-term growth, which embodies a
preference for rewarding shareholders over workers and consumers.
Stiglitz also notes that despite advancements in technology, which should—

in theory—increase efficiency and lower costs, consumers are paying more
in fees for financial services, which enriches big banks and companies while
siphoning money out of the middle class. All of these things, he says, have
created a society with a gaping hole, not only in its economic makeup, but in
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its morality.
Stiglitz spends the latter portion of the book laying out how to fix things.
Like his primer on how inequality came to be, the solutions cover everything
from fiscal policy to corporate boardrooms to retirement savings. His
overview doesn’t prioritize pragmatism: A solution that only involves
overhauling the few things that everyone agrees need to be overhauled is no
solution at all, he argues.
Instead, he swings for the fences, suggesting a massive revision in the way
the U.S. economy does business. First up is the attempt to tame what is
called rent-seeking—the practice of increasing wealth by taking it from
others rather than generating any actual economic activity. Lobbying, for
example, allows large companies to spend money influencing laws and
regulations in their favor, but lobbying itself isn’t helpful for the economy
besides creating a small number of jobs in Washington; it produces nothing
but helps an already rich and influential group grow more rich and more
influential. Stiglitz suggests that reducing rent-seeking is critical to reining
in inequality, especially when it comes to complex issues such as housing
prices, patents, and the power that large corporations wield.
To overhaul these behaviors and the policies that support it, Stiglitz says
that America should give up what he deems the “incorrect and outdated”
belief in supply-side economics, which grows from the premise that
regulation and taxes dampen business opportunities and economic growth.
Instead, massive changes to tax laws, regulations, and the financial sector
are needed, he says, in order to curb rent-seeking. For instance, increasing
tax rates, ending preferential treatment for top earners, and refining the tax
code would decrease incentives to amass extreme amounts of wealth, since it
would be so heavily taxed, and that tax would be difficult to shirk. Stiglitz
suggests a 5 percent increase to the tax rate of the top 1 percent of earners—
a move that he says would raise as much as $1.5 trillion over 10 years. He
also calls for a “fair tax,” which would eliminate preferential tax treatment
for money earned from capital gains and dividends—perks enjoyed
primarily by people who can afford to own a lot of stock.
To further ensure that corporations, markets, and individuals aren’t

pursuing profits at the expense of workers and the public, Stiglitz calls for a
more active central bank. He accuses the Fed of being both too narrowly
focused on macroeconomic indicators, and too deferential to the businesses
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and markets it has the ability to regulate. He wants the government to
sponsor a homeownership agency that would dole out housing loans in a
way that encourages buyers instead of developers and would closely monitor
the market for fairness.
Stiglitz’s thoroughness is admirable, but his prescriptions can be

overwhelming, given how much it would take to make each change. The
agenda also includes emphasizing the goal of full employment rather than
focusing on the sometimes reductive unemployment figures; investment in
public infrastructure; better access to financial services, childcare, health
care, and paid leave; and strengthened opportunities for collective
bargaining. Oh, and better wages for workers, and more corporate
transparency, too.
Actually implementing all of these changes would require a complete shift in

American policy and practice. The world that Stiglitz envisions in his book,
one where all citizens can enjoy the promise of education, employment,
housing, and a secure retirement seems at once like the realization of the
American dream and an unattainable utopia.
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To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: FW: from Alan Colmes

Phil,

Double checking to make sure you saw this.
Is this a possibility?

Alan

From: Colmes, Alan
To: 'Walzak, Phil'
Phil,

Here’s an idea:

I’ve been invited to interview a newsmaker at the Harvard Club on Tuesday, November
17, at the Radio Ink conference. Radio Ink is a leading industry publication that is read
by top media people. Would the mayor consider joining me there for an interview in
front of industry professionals? We could also use the interview on my radio show, so
there would be much bang for the buck. Good press will come out of it.

Here is what Radio Ink is putting out:

Radio Ink cordially invites you to participate in a live, onstage interview
with Fox News Radio's highly respected Alan Colmes at Forecast, the
radio industry's premier financial summit. Forecast 2016 that will be
presented at the elegant Harvard Club in New York City on November 17,
2015. We would be happy to try to arrange a time convenient to your
schedule.
In what has become an industry tradition, Forecast 2016 will be

the 13th in a series of compelling economic forecast conferences
presented by Radio Ink, the leading broadcast trade publication.
The executives who typically attend Forecast control radio's top

groups, commanding over 70% of the revenue generated each
year on thousands of stations across the country. Their decision
making power impacts all areas of radio, from what goes over
the air to what goes to the bottom line. These leading radio
executives would truly appreciate your insight and perspective on
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the future of business, media and the
country. http://www.radioinkforecast.com/
Radio Ink Forecast

www.radioinkforecast.com
Radio Ink Forecast Provides the

Most Accurate, Up-to-the-Second
Data and Trends to Enable You to
Plan for 2016.
Previous speakers and participants include Bob Pittman, Steve

Rattner, John Bogle, Governor Mike Huckabee, Andrew Ross
Sorkin, Arianna Huffingron, Dave Ramsey, Ron Insana, Steve
Forbes, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jim Cramer,
Ralph Nader, Rita Cosby, Stewart Alsop, Mort Zuckerman,
Monica Crowley and Alan Colmes.
Hundreds of top tier executives and CEOs from radio's elite

circle, including companies such as iHeart, Cumulus/Westwood
One, CBS, Univision, Entercom, Spanish Broadcasting System
and many more, attend Forecast. Also in attendance are high
level decision makers from the media finance and investment
community, Wall Street, privately held companies and broker
firms.
And immediately following the conference is our annual cocktail

reception honoring the "40 Most Powerful People in Radio." This
invitation only gathering is a highlight of Forecastevery year and
is attended by a "who's who of radio." If your schedule permits,
we would be honored to have you join us for the reception as
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well.

Working on it
Promise!

Hi Phil and Marti,


Alan



To: Walzak, Phil

Can we set a date? <image001.png>


To: Colmes, Alan
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Lets stay in touch

To: Walzak, Phil


To: Colmes, Alan


From: Colmes, Alan
To: Walzak, Phil

One other thing of note is that we have a strong presence on social media
which helps spread our work. I'd really like to get the mayor's message out
there.


Alan


To: Colmes, Alan


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To: Walzak, Phil

Hi Phil,

I caught the tail end of the mayor on Morning Joe before Christie came on and
made ridiculous comments that went unchallenged. I'd like to re-extend an
invitation for the mayor to appear on my radio show. There are only a few of us
on the left who do national shows and we offer a platform that includes about
75 radio stations, Sirius/XM, our app, and online streaming. The power and
effectiveness of talk radio is understood and harnessed by conservatives, but
I've been trying for years to get more liberals to understand its value.


Best Wishes,
Alan
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10444
To: "John Del Cecato"; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: RE:
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 10:43:57 AM
ok
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 10:30 AM
Subject:
I'm headed to Long Island for my candidate's election night event so won't be able to make planning
meeting
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Subject: FW: NEW REPUBLIC: When Endorsements Matter: Marco Rubio and the Race to Win the Invisible Primary
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 2:08:51 PM

From: Clips
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 1:58 PM
Subject: NEW REPUBLIC: When Endorsements Matter: Marco Rubio and the Race to Win the Invisible
Primary
When Endorsements Matter: Marco Rubio and the Race to Win the Invisible Primary
THE NEW REPUBLIC - Laura Reston
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/123332/marco-rubio-and-race-win-invisible-primary
his week, Marco Rubio received a boost that may be just as important as the glowing press
coverage he has received since the last Republican debate. Cory Gardner, the freshman
senator from Colorado, announced Monday that he would back Rubio in the 2016 primary
race, just two days after Paul Singer—an influential Republican donor with billions at his
disposal—did the same.
For Rubio, these endorsements could have a dramatic effect, rallying donors, party leaders,
and voters behind him in the final months before the Iowa caucuses. With their backing,
Rubio could make a serious play to become the establishment pick for the nomination.
“These endorsements are very important in providing a signal to other people in the party that
Rubio is the man to beat, that he has the best chance to break free of the pack,” said Martin
Cohen, a professor of political science at James Madison University, in an interview.
But the latest developments also highlight a divergence in when these endorsements matter.
While they remain critically important for underdog candidates like Rubio—and played a big
role in Barack Obama's insurgent campaign in 2008—endorsements hold very little sway in
the current Democratic primary. Hillary Clinton has already shored up more than enough
support to demonstrate that the Democratic establishment backs her. This was painfully
evident when Bill de Blasio, the liberal mayor of New York City, gave his endorsement to
Clinton after months of holding it out to entice more progressive proposals from the
candidate. Clinton's team announced the endorsement in a round-up of 87 mayors who had
backed her campaign.
We are in the midst of what political scientists call “the invisible primary,” the year before
the Iowa caucuses when candidates compete for campaign operatives, donors, and
endorsements. Behind closed doors, party leaders are weighing the candidates, looking for the
one to unite their party.
In their 2008 book The Party Decides, Cohen and his coauthors David Karol, Hans Noel, and
John Zaller found that endorsements are often the best predictor of the eventual nominee.
Using data from elections between 1980 and 2004, they demonstrated that “early
endorsements in the invisible primary are the most important cause of candidate success in
the state primaries and caucuses."
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Their findings are somewhat counterintuitive. Sweeping electoral reforms during the 1970s
were intended to give voters the power to pick their nominee, wresting the nominating
process away from party strongmen like William “Boss” Tweed, who ran New York politics
for decades. However, The Party Decides demonstrated that political parties still wield
enormous power in primaries, effectively selecting a frontrunner months before voters make
it to the caucuses or ballot boxes.
As a result, the media keeps detailed tallies of endorsements collected by each candidate in
the hopes that they predict the eventual winner. Throughout the summer, Rubio was
something of an afterthought in the political press, after underperforming in both polls and
fundraising tallies. But when Gardner on Monday appeared on Fox News—announcing that
“Marco Rubio presents this nation with the greatest possibilities and opportunities to meet the
challenges of this generation”—it signaled change was afoot.
“Endorsements early on can really pick somebody up who may not be doing that well in the
polls and vault him into a good position,” Cohen said.
Gardner carries particular weight among Republicans. He is considered a rising star in

Republican ranks, after achieving a razor-thin victory over Senator Mark Udall of Colorado
last year. At 41, he could help cement the idea that Rubio is at the vanguard of the next
generation of Republican leaders.
“Singer can obviously help financially. Gardner can be helpful in Colorado, and in
reinforcing the image of Rubio as the choice of a new generation,” said David Karol, an
associate professor at the University of Maryland, in an interview. “But beyond what help
they can provide directly, they are also important in that they stepped up. Many people are
scared to be the first to make a move. It will probably be easier for others to follow.”
“There could be a bandwagon effect,” Cohen said. “In the next few weeks, he could go to the
top of the heap.”
With their support, Rubio could catch up to Bush, who commanded an early lead in
endorsements. According to a point system that FiveThirtyEight uses to track endorsements,
Bush has 37 points, while Rubio has 13.
Compare that margin to the figures from the Democratic primary. Clinton is practically
untouchable when it comes to endorsements. According to FiveThirtyEight, she has already
amassed 391 points. Bernie Sanders has two.
“She is clearly established as the most formidable frontrunner we have had in the last 40
years,” Cohen said. “Something very significant would have to happen—maybe a real
scandal—for the party leaders to abandon her now.”
This is bad news for Bill de Blasio, who has worked all year to fashion himself as a
progressive leader along the lines of Elizabeth Warren. On “Meet the Press” in April, just
hours before Clinton formally announced her candidacy, de Blasio told host Chuck Todd that
he would wait to endorse her until he saw the details of her economic plan. “We need to see
the substance,” he said.
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In the six months since then, it has become clear that de Blasio lacks the national stature to
make a palpable impact on the race. “Hillary Clinton is in a very strong position already,”
Karol said. “De Blasio is not going to give her credibility—she already has credibility. Most
people in Iowa don’t know who he is.”
With Clinton riding a wave of support after a successful debate performance in Las Vegas
and her Benghazi testimony, de Blasio has had to back away from his efforts to nudge
Clinton to the left. “He was trying to become this national progressive leader, but that gambit
has not worked,” Karol said. “He climbed out on a limb and has to climb back to a safe
place.”
Still, his endorsement does have some significance. It demonstrates that Clinton has
successfully begun to unite her party after a summer when its liberal wing looked like it
might pose a real fight. And it also shows that single endorsements are virtually meaningless
now.
“Hillary Clinton is already the overwhelming favorite of the Democratic Party elite,” Karol
said. “De Blasio is not even the icing on the cake, he's more like one sprinkle.”
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If the mayor is unavailable I have the Pope standing by who is a bit easier to
book <image001.png>

Much appreciated!

Alan

From: Colmes, Alan

To: Walzak, Phil
Subject: FW: from Alan Colmes

Phil,

Double checking to make sure you saw this.
Is this a possibility?

Alan

From: Colmes, Alan
To: 'Walzak, Phil'
Phil,

Here’s an idea:

I’ve been invited to interview a newsmaker at the Harvard Club on Tuesday, November
17, at the Radio Ink conference. Radio Ink is a leading industry publication that is read
by top media people. Would the mayor consider joining me there for an interview in
front of industry professionals? We could also use the interview on my radio show, so
there would be much bang for the buck. Good press will come out of it.

Here is what Radio Ink is putting out:

Radio Ink cordially invites you to participate in a live, onstage interview
with Fox News Radio's highly respected Alan Colmes at Forecast, the
radio industry's premier financial summit. Forecast 2016 that will be
presented at the elegant Harvard Club in New York City on November 17,
2015. We would be happy to try to arrange a time convenient to your
schedule.
In what has become an industry tradition, Forecast 2016 will be
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the 13th in a series of compelling economic forecast conferences
presented by Radio Ink, the leading broadcast trade publication.
The executives who typically attend Forecast control radio's top

groups, commanding over 70% of the revenue generated each
year on thousands of stations across the country. Their decision
making power impacts all areas of radio, from what goes over
the air to what goes to the bottom line. These leading radio
executives would truly appreciate your insight and perspective on
the future of business, media and the country.
http://www.radioinkforecast.com/
Radio Ink Forecast

www.radioinkforecast.com
Radio Ink Forecast Provides the

Most Accurate, Up-to-the-Second
Data and Trends to Enable You to
Plan for 2016.
Previous speakers and participants include Bob Pittman, Steve

Rattner, John Bogle, Governor Mike Huckabee, Andrew Ross
Sorkin, Arianna Huffingron, Dave Ramsey, Ron Insana, Steve
Forbes, Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jim Cramer,
Ralph Nader, Rita Cosby, Stewart Alsop, Mort Zuckerman,
Monica Crowley and Alan Colmes.
Hundreds of top tier executives and CEOs from radio's elite

circle, including companies such as iHeart, Cumulus/Westwood
One, CBS, Univision, Entercom, Spanish Broadcasting System
and many more, attend Forecast. Also in attendance are high
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level decision makers from the media finance and investment
community, Wall Street, privately held companies and broker
firms.
And immediately following the conference is our annual cocktail

reception honoring the "40 Most Powerful People in Radio." This
invitation only gathering is a highlight of Forecastevery year and
is attended by a "who's who of radio." If your schedule permits,
we would be honored to have you join us for the reception as
well.

Working on it
Promise!

Hi Phil and Marti,


Alan



To: Walzak, Phil
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Can we set a date? <image001.png>


To: Colmes, Alan

Lets stay in touch

To: Walzak, Phil


To: Colmes, Alan


Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE
network.
From: Colmes, Alan
To: Walzak, Phil

One other thing of note is that we have a strong presence on social media
which helps spread our work. I'd really like to get the mayor's message out
there.

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Alan


To: Colmes, Alan


To: Walzak, Phil

Hi Phil,

I caught the tail end of the mayor on Morning Joe before Christie came on and
made ridiculous comments that went unchallenged. I'd like to re-extend an
invitation for the mayor to appear on my radio show. There are only a few of us
on the left who do national shows and we offer a platform that includes about
75 radio stations, Sirius/XM, our app, and online streaming. The power and
effectiveness of talk radio is understood and harnessed by conservatives, but
I've been trying for years to get more liberals to understand its value.


Best Wishes,
Alan
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10454
From: Blumm, Kate
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; "jfdc@akpdmedia.com" (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: let me know ASAP RE: Sen Warren
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 2:21:00 PM
I gotta lock these. Gracias!

From: Blumm, Kate
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 2:15 PM
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; 'jfdc@akpdmedia.com' (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: Sen Warren

Said w/r/t Puerto Rico that (I’m paraphrasing) Congress bailed out Wall Street during our crisis, and
we surely can muster the energy and sense of duty to do the same for PR. I find this persuasive and
would like to add to Mayor’s Somos remarks. Thoughts/emotions here?

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From: Blumm, Kate
To: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: RE: Sen Warren
Ooh that’s a good article!!

Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 2:22 PM
To: Blumm, Kate; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Re: Sen Warren

I love it. Another mess created by Hedge Funder recklessness!
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-09-04/hedge-funds-miscalculated-puerto-rico-bond-
risk-democrats-say

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 2:14 PM
To: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
Subject: Sen Warren

Said w/r/t Puerto Rico that (I’m paraphrasing) Congress bailed out Wall Street during our crisis, and
we surely can muster the energy and sense of duty to do the same for PR. I find this persuasive and
would like to add to Mayor’s Somos remarks. Thoughts/emotions here?

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To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: did your Nassau candidate win?
Wow! Congratulations. We expect a similar margin here from you in Nov. 2017.

Subject: Re: did your Nassau candidate win?
yes - really big - 16 points!

Subject: did your Nassau candidate win?
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To: B
Cc: Klein, Monica; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Yazgi, Stephanie; Wolfe, Emma; "John Del
Cecato"
Subject: New Mayors Elected Last Night
Sir – There were a few hundred mayoral elections across the country last night. Here are the
highlights of non-incumbents winning:

· Houston, TX (Population: 2.2 million) – Mayor Parker could not seek re-election due to
term limits. There will be a runoff between Sylvester Turner and Bill King on December 12 th .
· Philadelphia, PA (Population: 1.5 million) – Jimmy Kenney won on a message of income
inequality, universal pre-k, community policing, etc. Mayor Nutter was term-limited.
· Indianapolis, IN (Population: 853,000) – Democrat Joe Hogsett won – victory speech
focused on “we are one city” theme. Incumbent Republican Mayor Greg Ballard did not seek
a third term.
· Columbus, Ohio (Population: 822,000) – City Council President Andy Ginther (campaigned
on universal pre-k) defeated the local sheriff. Mayor Coleman did not seek re-election.
· Charlotte, NC (Population: 793,000) – Democrat Jennifer Roberts won – campaigned in
part on a $15/hour minimum wage and expanded business opportunities for MWBEs.
· Salt Lake City (Population: 191,000) – Incumbent Mayor Ralph Becker is losing by 4.38% to
progressive Jackie Biskupski. Final results to come on Nov 17 th .
· Bridgeport, CT (Population: 147,000) – Former Mayor Joe Ganimm, who spent time in
federal prison for corruption, defeated incumbent Mayor Finch in the primary and was
elected last night.
· Charleston, SC (Population: 128,000) – Mayor Riley is retiring. There will be a runoff
between John Tecklenburg and Leon Stavrinakis on Nov 17 th .
· Portland, Maine (Population: 66,000) – Progressive Ethan Strimling unseated incumbent
Mayor Michael Brennan.

Dems now control mayoralties in 27 out of the 30 largest cities in the country.

Thanks,

Mahen

--
Mahen Gunaratna
(212) 676-3154 (o) | (347)-268-4295 (c)

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From: Walzak, Phil
To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; John Del Cecato; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: FYI
Sanders Goes After Clinton In Interview

November 4, 2015 By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments
Sen. Bernie Sanders “is drawing sharper distinctions with front-runner Hillary Clinton,
casting her policy reversals over the years as a character issue that voters should take into
account when they evaluate the Democratic field,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Sanders “also said the federal investigation of the security surrounding Mrs. Clinton’s private
email account is appropriate.”
“Sanders’s pointed comments mark a turning point in what has been a polite Democratic
contest… But the dynamics of the Democratic race are changing with the Iowa caucuses only
three months away, and Mr. Sanders is now questioning Mrs. Clinton’s convictions and
willingness to take on tough policy fights that await the next president.”
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To: Geri Prado; John Del Ceccato
Subject: Re: Call: Climate Change - Tomorrow
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2015 3:04:24 PM
This looks all f’ed up. The meeting invite went to both you and JDC. Neither of you knows the purpose of
this meeting?

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 2:45 PM
To: Nilda Mesa <NMesa@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gouin, Kate" <KGouin@cityhall.nyc.gov>
I did not. Tom you and I discussed and you had moved this group. It's with NextGen Climate.
I can't brief how it came to be with who the people on the call.
On Nov 5, 2015, at 2:27 PM, Mesa, Nilda <NMesa@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Not me -- Geri?
NILDA MESA | Director

Mayor's Office of Sustainability
Main: 212.788.9956 | Direct: 212.788.7772 | Cell:
Fax: 212.312.0985
Email: nmesa@cityhall.nyc.gov
Web: www.nyc.gov/oec
PConsider the environment before printing this email

Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 2:23 PM
To: Gouin, Kate; Mesa, Nilda; Geri Prado
To the best of my knowledge, Nilda or Geri set up the call. Can one of you tell
us the game plan?
From: "Gouin, Kate" <KGouin@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 1:32 PM
Cc: Nilda Mesa <NMesa@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Call: Climate Change - Tomorrow
Hi Tom,

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Can you advise who will be on the Climate Change call tomorrow and what the agenda
is?

Thanks!

Kind regards,

KATE GOUIN

NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability
253 Broadway – 7th Floor | New York, NY 10007
212-676-3025 | kgouin@cityhall.nyc.gov | nyc.gov/OneNYC

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From: Samantha Couch
To: Geri Prado; Sky Gallegos; Mesa, Nilda; Gouin, Kate
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Andrea Purse; Heather Hargreaves
Subject: Re: Climate change, NYC
Confirmed on our end. Thanks!
>Hi Everyone:
>
>I wanted to double check that all received an invite from Tom for tomorrow at 3pm ET. Call in:
>
>Dial-In number: // Meeting ID:
>
>Thank you.
>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Sky. Tom, let us know how you want to proceed. Thanks
>>
>>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 8:41 PM, Sky Gallegos <sgallegos@nextgenclimate.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Would be great. Added a couple people from my side to participate as well.
>>> Samantha from our side will help with scheduling.
>>>
>>>> On 10/24/15, 3:22 PM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey all:
>>>>
>>>> Can we set up a call in the next week or two to discuss a few ideas about
>>>> the Mayor, Next Gen?
>>>>
>>>> In addition to the op-Ed there are some potential other opportunities for
>>>> partnership.
>>>>
>>>> Sky, Tom and I had a quick conversation about what we discussed and it
>>>> sounds like a great idea.
>>>>
>>>> Tom, please include who is point on your end. Should we have Ricky set
>>>> up?
>>>>
>>>> Let us know
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>
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From: Boeglin, Rosemary
To: B; jfdc@akpdmedia.com
Subject: FULL TEXT: Mayor de Blasio says "vulture hedge funders" partly to blame for Puerto Rico"s financial crisis
Date: Saturday, November 07, 2015 5:56:32 PM
Mayor de Blasio says 'vulture hedge funders' partly to blame for Puerto Rico's financial crisis
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - Jennifer Fermino - November 6, 2015
Speaking a day after he returned from Puerto Rico, Mayor de Blasio on Friday blasted “vulture hedge
funders” who he said were part of the reason the embattled island was in such dire financial straights.
“This crisis is, in part, being created by hedge fund managers who are trying to take advantage of the
plight of the Puerto Rican people,” he said.
He quoted liberal U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in calling them “vulture hedge funders” and said
they are “literally trying to make a profit off the financial danger facing Puerto Rico.”
“We can’t let that happen,” he added.
The island is saddled with $72 billion in debt, and its government is on the verge of insolvency.
Kathryn Wylde, president of the pro-business Partnership for NYC, said it’s a “complicated” situation that
wasn’t created by greedy bankers.
“The crisis ... was triggered by the loss of a major U.S. tax incentive that drove the economy for years,
together with the failure of the Puerto Rican government to adjust to the new fiscal reality when that
tax subsidy ended,” she said.
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To: B
Subject: Re: Seeking wisdom
Just back from fishing - can talk now
> On Nov 8, 2015, at 10:54 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> When's good to reach you today? Thanks
>
> From: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 21:10:32
> To: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> Subject: Re: Seeking wisdom
>
> Actually on my annual post-Election Day vacation with my friends. Happy to talk though!
>
>> On Nov 7, 2015, at 12:11 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> You around at all this weekend? Trying to sort some things out. Thanks
>
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From: B
To: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Geri Prado
Subject: Reminder
See below re: use of email. Since I'm going to email you about the forum in a moment, let's stay on
govt email. Thanks
From: Maya Wiley
To: Bill de Blasio
Subject: Re: Pls send again
Sent: Nov 6, 2015 5:42 PM
TPA advances the interests of the city and its residents by advancing your policy agenda.
Therefore, emails about TPA ARE city business and should be on City email accounts.
TPA non-partisan events, like no-partisan candidate fora, are permissible activities that advance the
city's interests.
Any partisan activity - endorsing or denouncing a candidate for political party - is NOT City business and
should not be on City email, City time or utilize any City resources.
Maya
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 6, 2015, at 5:00 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> Your guidance re: TPA emails. Thanks
>
>
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From: B
To: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Geri Prado
Cc: FLONYC
Subject: One more thought
Assuming a grassroots field strategy and a grassroots online strategy as we discussed at the end of the
call (and let's assume Brad Anderson and Iowa are a part of it, for this discussion), THEN my question is
what you might do with the forum. Can you use it as an organizing platform in a very different way? Or
do you postpone it to January and turn it into a straw poll? Here's a simple idea:
1. We announce a straw poll limited to grassroots signatories to the TPAC platform
2. With Brad, we mobilize to get thousands of signatories throughout a cross-section of Iowa and we
keep publicizing grassroots + online building of this support
3. We encourage all Pres campaigns to get their partisans to sign up so they can vote
4. Then we have a straw poll in mid to late January -- online but with an event component to create
excitement. Outcome: we've elevated the issue and gained immediate relevance with which to build our
next steps and our long-term plan
5. AND for the ambitious among you, if you can find another Brad Anderson, you could do the same
thing in NH (or even SC or NV -- perhaps adding a friendlier state for Hillary would give them added
incentive to engage).
6. Everything above may be the mad ramblings of a lunatic progressive... OR they may be creative and
visionary. But pls really try these ideas on for size and let's discuss tmrw night, and lock down a plan of
action. And once we do, let's go on a relentless offensive! Thanks
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To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Geri Prado
Subject: Re: Monday evening
Will do.
Sent from my iPhone

>
>
> Need a TPAC follow-up conf call. Pls sched tmrw for a time after JDC arrives back in nyc. Thanks
>
>
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Cc: Snyder, Thomas
Subject: RE: Monday evening
OK cool
Cc: Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Monday evening
6pm or so tomorrow night
> On Nov 8, 2015, at 6:35 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
>
> When are you back?
>
>
>> On Nov 8, 2015, at 6:23 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Need a TPAC follow-up conf call. Pls sched tmrw for a time after JDC arrives back in nyc. Thanks
>>
>>
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Date: Monday, November 09, 2015 11:11:50 AM
So this 4pm meeting with Rosen today - I will still be on my flight
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To: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Tweet by Jacobin on Twitter
Jacobin (@jacobinmag)
11/9/15, 10:21 AM
Leading liberal Bill de Blasio is turning away from social programs in favor of
tough-on-crime policies. jacobinmag.com/2015/11/de-bla…
Sent from my iPhone
10472
10473
From: Geri Prado
To: Bill Deblasio
Cc: John Del Cecato; Thomas Snyder; Kayla Arslanian; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: Memo for Forum
Attachments: MBDB Memo Pre Primary Action (11-9-15).docx
November 9, 2015
TO: MAYOR BILL de BLASIO
FR: GERI PRADO
CC: TOM SNYDER, JOHN DEL CECATO, HAYLEY PRIM, JEANI MURRAY
RE: PRE-PRIMARY ACTION(S)
Objectives
1. Introduce TPAC brand, purpose en masse to press, digital and “elite” leaders
2. Push accountability for leaders on specific solutions with grassroots asks
3. Build large grassroots communications list for future campaigns- online and offline
a. Key objective for investors
Proposal
1. Field efforts in Iowa- Brad Anderson lead, potentially involve College Ds, Rs
GOAL NUMBER: 50-100 leaders, 250-1000 individuals signed on, start December 6th
ASK: Take an action to hold candidates accountable
- Sign a petition
- Record a video
- Sign up online
WHO are we targeting?
- Potential Influencers- Sign up key leaders around Iowa to be spokespeople on the issue- Mayors,
MoCs, Supervisors
- Grassroots- Effort to sign up people at evens around the issue
o Canvassing large events, meetings
o Influencers ask their lists to carry petition
POLL
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- Based on numbers in at end of year, hold online poll on the issues
o (FLAG: WINNER OF POLL, potentially focus on issues)
o Should announce an online poll closer to the caucus if done
This should tie activities into a larger national effort
2. National Grassroots Campaign- This will be political/press revolving around a digital campaign that
includes list building of email, social media and grassroots individuals dedicated to the issues
GOAL NUMBER: 75-100,000 individuals asking candidates for commitments, 20 partner orgs engaged,
start December 6th
TARGETS: leaders, candidates
WHERE: Nationwide with emphasis on IA, NH, NV, SC, OH, PA, CO, WI, FL, NC
WHO: Engage individuals, influencers and partner organizations to send messages
asking leaders to commit to solutions in 2017
HOW:
- Target key media outlets in states, place online ads
- Ask partners to join to kickoff and send to their lists
- Rolling timeline- CAUCUS DAY end timeline for THIS effort then next phase around other states
o Week 1- Broad push through unveiling online ads in key states and press highlighting advisory
council members lifting campaign, mission with TPAC purpose and our ASK
o Week 2-5- Beginning of video series whose singular focus is on addresses inequality examples of this
might include;
§ 1:1 with champions- MBDB, Elizabeth Warren, etc
§ 5 voters discussing their day to day- how they are impacted
§ 1:1 w. Mayors across the country who are tackling the issue and policies they’ve enacted that can
serve as a national model
o Week 7-8- FINAL PUSH
§ Petition sign ups going into Caucus
§ Co-authored Op-Eds to candidates, leaders pre-Caucus
- Team up with a digital channel such as Snapchat, Tumblr, Elite Daily, etc. for distribution
- This will compliment the Iowa field effort
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3. Forum- post-pone for the General- ANDREA- LEAD, INITIAL TALKS
GOAL: To shine a light on inequality leading into the NY primary and setting the dialog for the general.
TIMING: Either December or pre NY state primary focusing on the General and commitments made in
the Primary
WHERE: CUNY
WHO: Paul Krugman, CUNY with MBDB, potentially other leaders
- Discussion on income inequality with Q and A
- Would be covered in NYC and nationally
We would ask for:
- MBDB with another leader
- Interactive with audience, others outside of NYC who have questions
TPAC would build into the national campaign efforts
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November 9, 2015
FR: GERI PRADO
CC: TOM SNYDER, JOHN DEL CECATO, HAYLEY PRIM, JEANI MURRAY
RE: PRE-PRIMARY ACTION(S)
Objectives
1. Introduce TPAC brand, purpose en masse to press, digital and “elite” leaders
2. Push accountability for leaders on specific solutions with grassroots asks
3. Build large grassroots communications list for future campaigns- online and offline
a. Key objective for investors
Proposal
1. Field efforts in Iowa- Brad Anderson lead, potentially involve College Ds, Rs
GOAL NUMBER: 50-100 leaders, 250-1000 individuals signed on, start December 6th
ASK: Take an action to hold candidates accountable
- Sign a petition
- Record a video
- Sign up online
WHO are we targeting?
- Potential Influencers- Sign up key leaders around Iowa to be spokespeople on the
issue- Mayors, MoCs, Supervisors
- Grassroots- Effort to sign up people at evens around the issue
o Canvassing large events, meetings
o Influencers ask their lists to carry petition
POLL
- Based on numbers in at end of year, hold online poll on the issues
o (FLAG: WINNER OF POLL, potentially focus on issues)
o Should announce an online poll closer to the caucus if done
This should tie activities into a larger national effort
2. National Grassroots Campaign- This will be political/press revolving around a digital

campaign that includes list building of email, social media and grassroots individuals
dedicated to the issues
GOAL NUMBER: 75-100,000 individuals asking candidates for commitments, 20 partner

orgs engaged, start December 6th
TARGETS: leaders, candidates
WHERE: Nationwide with emphasis on IA, NH, NV, SC, OH, PA, CO, WI, FL, NC
WHO: Engage individuals, influencers and partner organizations to send messages
asking leaders to commit to solutions in 2017
HOW:
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- Target key media outlets in states, place online ads
- Ask partners to join to kickoff and send to their lists
- Rolling timeline- CAUCUS DAY end timeline for THIS effort then next phase around
other states
o Week 1- Broad push through unveiling online ads in key states and press
highlighting advisory council members lifting campaign, mission with TPAC
purpose and our ASK
o Week 2-5- Beginning of video series whose singular focus is on addresses
inequality examples of this might include;
 1:1 with champions- MBDB, Elizabeth Warren, etc
 5 voters discussing their day to day- how they are impacted
 1:1 w. Mayors across the country who are tackling the issue and
policies they’ve enacted that can serve as a national model
o Week 7-8- FINAL PUSH
 Petition sign ups going into Caucus
 Co-authored Op-Eds to candidates, leaders pre-Caucus
- Team up with a digital channel such as Snapchat, Tumblr, Elite Daily, etc. for
distribution
- This will compliment the Iowa field effort
3. Forum- post-pone for the General- ANDREA- LEAD, INITIAL TALKS
GOAL: To shine a light on inequality leading into the NY primary and setting the dialog
for the general.
TIMING: Either December or pre NY state primary focusing on the General and
commitments made in the Primary
WHERE: CUNY
WHO: Paul Krugman, CUNY with MBDB, potentially other leaders

- Discussion on income inequality with Q and A
- Would be covered in NYC and nationally
We would ask for:

- MBDB with another leader
- Interactive with audience, others outside of NYC who have questions
TPAC would build into the national campaign efforts
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On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Fyi
From: Ponet, Maibe <MPonet@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Sent: Monday, November 9, 2015 5:28 PM
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); @Incoming
Subject: heads up - SF press shop looking for a contact in our press shop
Christina Falvey, SF Mayor Lee’s spokesperson, called my ext. – she said Alex
Burns called her to comment on MBDB’s progressive agenda. They want to be
helpful. Amy, can one of you give her a call or email her?
christine.falvey@sfgov.org
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From: Geri Prado
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma; John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)
Subject: Re: Is the mayor still going to Iowa for forum?
That is what was said.
On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
++
I thought we said before publically that he would likely attend but not have a formal role?
From: Hinton, Karen

To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: FW: Is the mayor still going to Iowa for forum?

What are we saying?

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
From: Dawsey, Joshua [JOSHUA.DAWSEY@dowjones.com]

To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Is the mayor still going to Iowa for forum?
I'm moving a story tonight or in the morning and would like comment. Thanks much, Josh
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Subject: Re: Stating the obvious
Yes. jeani and I will talk to them and see if they want a role in the Iowa leadership sign on and to help
on that end.
Good reminder.

>
>
> Pls be communicative and respectful to U of Iowa and the co-sponsor groups as we pull this down.
They shouldn't read about our final decision in the papers
>
>
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From: B
To: Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Fw: Quote draft
Again, per my counsel, this should all be on the govt email. Switching us over
To: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato
Cc: Phil Walzak
Cc: Tom Snyder
Subject: Re: Quote draft
Sent: Nov 10, 2015 7:25 AM
Not what we talked about. I was very clear that we need to tease our next steps at the grassroots
energetically. This doesn't do it. This is flat and generic. Try again. And it shouldn't sound like all is
resolved in the Dem party -- progress but more to do. If we mention Dems, we should mention that R's
are starting to engage the issue and we will push them more.
This needs to be energetic. We started April 2 at Gracie mansion (say that, imho) and we have
continued to grow. We are replacing the forum with a new grassroots effort in Iowa and beyond,
starting immediately. Don't start with canceling -- start with a new vision
From: Geri Prado
To: Bill Deblasio
Cc: John Del Cecato
Cc: Phil Walzak
Cc: Tom Snyder
Subject: Quote draft
Sent: Nov 10, 2015 7:07 AM
Here is what we worked though last night. Please let us know your thoughts: Today, Geri Prado,
Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda Committee (TPAC), announced that TPAC was canceling
the bipartisan presidential forum that had been planned for December 6th in Iowa City.

“In April, progressives from across the country convened to state that the issue of income inequality
must be part of the national conversation. These progressive leaders re-grouped in May to form the
beginnings of The Progressive Agenda Committee, dedicated to standing united to combat income
inequality.

“The Democratic candidates have been talking about bold progressive change, and have made it central
to their platforms. The American people and working families are well-served by these values, and it is
clear other efforts beyond a presidential forum will more effectively advance the cause of fighting
income inequality."

“With more than 100 national progressive leaders and groups spanning 20 states, TPAC is more
committed than ever to keeping a bright light on the work to combat income inequality and rebuild our
middle-class -- throughout this election season, and into the future with grassroots efforts to enact
policy and legislative changes. TPAC will also continue the long-term mission of marshaling a large
coalition to ensure solutions to inequality are introduced, refined, and implemented."
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From: B
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Fw: Quote draft
Pls let me know when we can discuss
To: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato
Cc: Phil Walzak
Cc: Tom Snyder
Subject: Re: Quote draft
Sent: Nov 10, 2015 7:25 AM
Not what we talked about. I was very clear that we need to tease our next steps at the grassroots
energetically. This doesn't do it. This is flat and generic. Try again. And it shouldn't sound like all is
resolved in the Dem party -- progress but more to do. If we mention Dems, we should mention that R's
are starting to engage the issue and we will push them more.
This needs to be energetic. We started April 2 at Gracie mansion (say that, imho) and we have
continued to grow. We are replacing the forum with a new grassroots effort in Iowa and beyond,
starting immediately. Don't start with canceling -- start with a new vision
From: Geri Prado
To: Bill Deblasio
Cc: John Del Cecato
Cc: Phil Walzak
Cc: Tom Snyder
Subject: Quote draft
Sent: Nov 10, 2015 7:07 AM
Here is what we worked though last night. Please let us know your thoughts: Today, Geri Prado,
Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda Committee (TPAC), announced that TPAC was canceling
the bipartisan presidential forum that had been planned for December 6th in Iowa City.

“In April, progressives from across the country convened to state that the issue of income inequality
must be part of the national conversation. These progressive leaders re-grouped in May to form the
beginnings of The Progressive Agenda Committee, dedicated to standing united to combat income
inequality.

“The Democratic candidates have been talking about bold progressive change, and have made it central
to their platforms. The American people and working families are well-served by these values, and it is
clear other efforts beyond a presidential forum will more effectively advance the cause of fighting
income inequality."

“With more than 100 national progressive leaders and groups spanning 20 states, TPAC is more
committed than ever to keeping a bright light on the work to combat income inequality and rebuild our
middle-class -- throughout this election season, and into the future with grassroots efforts to enact
policy and legislative changes. TPAC will also continue the long-term mission of marshaling a large
coalition to ensure solutions to inequality are introduced, refined, and implemented."
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To: Snyder, Thomas; B; Geri Prado; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re: New shot
Attachments: default[4].xml
Revised a tiny bit, to address Tom and Phil….
Today, Geri
Prado, Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda
Committee
(TPAC), announced that TPAC was canceling the bipartisan presidential forum
planned for December 6th, and will continue to channel the voices of
everyday
people to candidates, leaders, and elected officials at every level.
“A year ago,
income inequality was not at the center of the national debate. The
result was low voter turnout, and a
determination by everyday Americans that politicians must address the
inequality
crisis.
In April,
progressives from across the country convened in New York to plan ways of
forcing this issue to the forefront – including plans for a presidential
forum
on inequality.
For months,
addressing inequality has become more and more a part of both the
Republican
and Democratic presidential contests – most recently on display during
Friday’s
forum in South Carolina. It is time for
progressives to take our effort to the next level -- getting our leaders
to implement
tangible solutions to this crisis.
With more than

100 national progressive leaders and groups spanning 20 states, TPAC will
continue working hand-in-hand with several other movements, organizations,
and
leaders to combat income inequality and rebuild America’s middle-class.”
On 11/10/15, 9:32 AM, "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>I think its good. But a caution is that we don¹t want to invite questions
>that we are taking credit for the fact that Income issue is now front and
>center. So perhaps including other forces active in the struggle can
>insulate us from that.
>
>On 11/10/15, 9:20 AM, "John Del Cecato" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
>>Does this work? Note that the quote is coming from Geri, not MBDBŠ
>>
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>>The idea is to rip the bandaid off vis a vis the forum, *without* hinting
>>at a new sexy thing right now ‹ which will only give reporters the
>>incentive to shoot holes in that new sexy thing before it¹s fully baked.
>>
>>
>>
>>====
>>
>>Today, Geri
>>Prado, Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda
>>Committee
>>(TPAC), announced that TPAC was canceling the bipartisan presidential
>>forum
>>planned for December 6th, and will continue to channel the voices of
>>everyday
>>people to candidates, leaders, and elected officials at every level.
>>
>>
>>
>>³A year ago,
>>income inequality was not at the center of the national debate. The
>>result was low voter turnout, and a
>>determination by everyday Americans that politicians must address the
>>inequality
>>crisis.
>>
>>
>>In April,
>>progressives from across the country convened in New York to plan ways of
>>forcing this issue to the forefront including plans for a presidential
>>forum
>>on inequality.
>>
>>
>>For months,
>>addressing inequality has become more and more central to both the
>>Republican
>>and Democratic presidential contests most recently on display during
>>Friday¹s
>>forum in South Carolina. It is time to take
>>our effort to the next level, getting our leaders to implement tangible
>>solutions to this crisis.
>>
>>
>>With more than
>>100 national progressive leaders and groups spanning 20 states, TPAC will
>>continue working hand-in-hand with several other movements,
>>organizations,
>>and
>>leaders to combat income inequality and rebuild America¹s middle-class.²
>>
>
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To: B; Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re: Latest draft - does this work?
Does this work? Trying to put it out asap
On 11/10/15, 11:30 AM, "John Del Cecato" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>Today, Geri
>Prado, Executive Director of The Progressive Agenda
>Committee
>(TPAC), announced that TPAC was canceling the bipartisan presidential
>forum
>planned for December 6th, and will continue to channel the voices of
>everyday
>people to candidates, leaders, and elected officials at every level.
>
>
>“A year ago,
>income inequality was not at the center of the national debate. The
>result was low voter turnout, and a
>determination by everyday Americans that politicians must address the
>inequality
>Crisis.
>
>
>In April,
>progressives from across the country convened in New York to plan ways of
>forcing this issue to the forefront – including plans for a presidential
>forum
>on inequality.
>
>
>For months,
>addressing inequality has become more and more a part of both the
>Republican
>and Democratic presidential contests – most recently on display during
>Friday’s
>forum in South Carolina. It is time for
>progressives to take our effort to the next level -- getting our leaders
>to implement
>tangible solutions to this crisis.
>
>
>With more than
>100 national progressive leaders and groups spanning 20 states, TPAC will
>continue working hand-in-hand with several other movements, organizations,
>and
>leaders to combat income inequality and rebuild America’s middle-class.
>In the weeks to come, we’ll be rolling out TPAC’s
>Leadership Council, and implementing an aggressive multi-platform
>communications effort with our supporters."
>
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To: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Tweet by Dean Chang on Twitter
Dean Chang (@dchangnyt)

11/10/15, 5:07 PM
As @NYGovCuomo pushes $15/hr min wage for state workers. @BilldeBlasio's
forum on income inequality is killed. nytimes.com/2015/11/11/nyr…
Sent from my iPhone
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From: B
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; FLONYC
Subject: Re: TPAC TPs
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 12:16:00 AM
We're saying variations of the same thing. And who are you seeing at the NYT?

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:40:09 -0500
To: Walzak, Phil<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; John Del Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Hinton,
Karen<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Snyder, Thomas<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>;
FLONYC<FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>
I think parts of 4 and 7 could be potentially perceived as undisciplined.
I am having lunch with the NYT and will be saying this in a more positive frame as
not to make it appear this is a derailing;
We've been working towards a plan for two months. The forum was a potentially
important tactic that didn't work out as hoped. The strategy is clear, tactics may
switch up which is typical for any organization. Particularly those starting out.
I wanted you all to know what my message is to them.
Thanks.
On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:24 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
I endorse #5 for all qs....
From: B
To: Walzak, Phil
Reply To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato; Hinton, Karen; Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas; FLONYC
1. I believe you meant to say "not afraid" (a tremendous Freudian slip :)
2. I think it's important to talk about being in it for the long haul
3. I like these TP's a lot
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4. If asked did this plan fail, I will say we had a good idea and it didn't
work out. Next case
5. If asked if it is an absolute and total rejection of me and all I stand

for, I will say yes. I'm crushed. My life has ended. My work has ended.
I'm resigning my office later today...
6. I actually won't give the answer in #5
7. I will make clear that we will keep trying many things until we find the
strategies that work best, and then we'll stick with them long-term. Kinda
like the New Deal...

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:24:05 +0000
To: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com)<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>;
Hinton, Karen<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Geri Prado
(geri@progressiveagenda.us)<geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Subject: TPAC TPs
GENERAL TPs
+TPAC is abt advancing a bold agenda to tackle the crisis of our time - income inequality.

+We are going to try a lot of different tactics to achieve our mission, experiment w
different methods. We are afraid to try different things to get where we need to go -->
moving leaders at the local, state and national levels to enact policies to meet inequality
crisis head-on

+The forum was one idea to do that. But as we survey the landscape and see where the
candidates are, especially the Dems, in providing a progressive vision, it’s clear a forum
now isn’t the best way to move the ball forward.

+So we are going to deploy new methods to get the job done.

+But let me say that TPAC was never about a forum or just one event -- nor about one
person. TPAC is about mobilizing a broad movement for progressive change that takes
dead aim at the crisis of income inequality.

+And we are really excited about the new projects and efforts TPAC will launch in the
coming weeks and months to achieve that mission.

Q - What are these projects and efforts?
A - Stay tuned

Q - Are you saying TPAC is responsible for moving candidates like HRC to progressive
positions
A - Of course not. There is a real hunger from everday Americans struggling to get by in
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this afforability crisis that have made their voices heard that demand a progressive
agenda. We are just working to help move that conversation forward.

Q - Worried about your brand after this defeat, your national influence taking a hit?
A - Never about me, about the work -- and more work from TPAC to come!

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From: B
To: John Del Cecato; Geri Prado
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Snyder, Thomas; FLONYC
I like that analogy, John

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 04:48:15 +0000
To: Geri Prado<geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Cc: Walzak, Phil<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>; B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Hinton,
Karen<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Snyder, Thomas<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>;
FLONYC<FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Don't forget that we tried to get a tax on the rich to pay for Pre-K. We didn't end
up getting the tax - but having that pressure allowed us to get the full Pre-K
funding. In the same vein, we didn't get the forum. But we got leaders from all
corners talking about income inequality. Not sure if that's a good talking point for
Mayor himself - but putting it out there.
On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:40 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
I think parts of 4 and 7 could be potentially perceived as undisciplined.
I am having lunch with the NYT and will be saying this in a more positive
frame as not to make it appear this is a derailing;
We've been working towards a plan for two months. The forum was a
potentially important tactic that didn't work out as hoped. The strategy is
clear, tactics may switch up which is typical for any organization.
Particularly those starting out.
I wanted you all to know what my message is to them.
Thanks.
On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:24 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
I endorse #5 for all qs....
From: B
To: Walzak, Phil
Reply To: B
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Cc: John Del Cecato; Hinton, Karen; Geri Prado; Snyder, Thomas; FLONYC
1. I believe you meant to say "not afraid" (a tremendous

Freudian slip :)
2. I think it's important to talk about being in it for the long

haul
3. I like these TP's a lot
4. If asked did this plan fail, I will say we had a good idea and
it didn't work out. Next case
5. If asked if it is an absolute and total rejection of me and all

I stand for, I will say yes. I'm crushed. My life has ended. My
work has ended. I'm resigning my office later today...
6. I actually won't give the answer in #5
7. I will make clear that we will keep trying many things until
we find the strategies that work best, and then we'll stick with
them long-term. Kinda like the New Deal...

Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:24:05 +0000
Cc: John Del Cecato
(jfdc@akpdmedia.com)<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Hinton,
Karen<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Geri Prado
(geri@progressiveagenda.us)<geri@progressiveagenda.us>
Subject: TPAC TPs
GENERAL TPs
+TPAC is abt advancing a bold agenda to tackle the crisis of our time -
income inequality.

+We are going to try a lot of different tactics to achieve our mission,
experiment w different methods. We are afraid to try different things to get
where we need to go --> moving leaders at the local, state and national
levels to enact policies to meet inequality crisis head-on

+The forum was one idea to do that. But as we survey the landscape and
see where the candidates are, especially the Dems, in providing a
progressive vision, it’s clear a forum now isn’t the best way to move the ball
forward.

+So we are going to deploy new methods to get the job done.

+But let me say that TPAC was never about a forum or just one event --
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nor about one person. TPAC is about mobilizing a broad movement for
progressive change that takes dead aim at the crisis of income inequality.

+And we are really excited about the new projects and efforts TPAC will
launch in the coming weeks and months to achieve that mission.

Q - What are these projects and efforts?
A - Stay tuned

Q - Are you saying TPAC is responsible for moving candidates like HRC to
progressive positions
A - Of course not. There is a real hunger from everday Americans
struggling to get by in this afforability crisis that have made their voices
heard that demand a progressive agenda. We are just working to help
move that conversation forward.

Q - Worried about your brand after this defeat, your national influence
taking a hit?
A - Never about me, about the work -- and more work from TPAC to come!

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temp.usp@opensocietyfoundations.org
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To: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen;
Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Tweet by Josh Dawsey on Twitter
Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1)

11/11/15, 10:47 PM
One year ago, de Blasio's chronic lateness became a big deal, feeding into an
image of him. He's trying to shake it. wsj.com/articles/tardi…
Sent from my iPhone
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To: Jonathan Rosen; John Del Cecato; Blumm, Kate; Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Reminder- 4pm today
Offsite at Berlin Rosen. Bring your SOTC ideas!
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From: B
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Pls call when you can
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From: B
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Tried you back. Pls call
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From: Hinton, Karen
Cc: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: Tweet by The Federalist on Twitter
I haven't read this yet but someone told me today it was a fairly good piece in
mayor.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 16, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Gunaratna, Mahen <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Just gave it a listen. Pretty fair assessment overall.
This basically sums up her central premise:
"According to Ball, de Blasio’s term as mayor so far has been ironic. “You can
make a strong case that he is waging a multi-front war on income inequality,
at the same time, where he’s fallen down is on the politics...on the ability to
respond to public opinion,” she said."

To: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Adams Baker, Marti; Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Tweet by The Federalist on Twitter
The Federalist (@FDRLST)

11/16/15, 5:13 PM
On radio today: @mollyesque explains Bill de Blasio and the Divided Left,
@20committee is appalled by Obama soundcloud.com/fdrlst/molly_b…
Sent from my iPhone
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From: B
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; Walzak, Phil; FLONYC
Subject: Re: THE ATLANTIC: The Equalizer: Bill de Blasio vs. Inequality
And we gave her a shitload of time! Really shocking how bad and unfair it is. I have
no use for these people. Let's just do the work and go right around the so-called
referees

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:08:51 +0000
Cc: Jonathan Rosen<Jonathan@berlinrosen.com>; Walzak,
Phil<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>; FLONYC<FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: THE ATLANTIC: The Equalizer: Bill de Blasio vs. Inequality
Not awesome, but that's partly because they started this in April and held it so long.
But agree on no more profiles for now.
On Axe, not sure what the context was - but interview could have happened months
ago for all I know. I haven't talked to him yet
On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:01 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Now I HAVE read this and it's horrible. I strongly advise we avoid profiles
from now on, especially from national publications. Let's just focus on the
work. Someday our national (and our local) work will make sense to
some journalists, but I don't know where we'll find them. And we just
haven't figured out how to explain our work in a compelling fashion. So
let's throw in the towel on this genre
From: bccd@cityhall.nyc.gov
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:37:16 +0000
To: John Del Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Jonathan
Rosen<Jonathan@berlinrosen.com>; Phil
Walzak<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
ReplyTo: bccd@cityhall.nyc.gov
Subject: Fw: THE ATLANTIC: The Equalizer: Bill de Blasio vs. Inequality
I haven't read this yet, but based on the summary I've received this was
a royal waste of our time. And JDC, I'm surprised Axe was hard on us
here

Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 22:13:52 +0000
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Subject: THE ATLANTIC: The Equalizer: Bill de Blasio vs. Inequality
The Equalizer: Bill de Blasio vs. Inequality

THE ATLANTIC - Molly Ball
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-
equalizer/413158/
This past may, Bill de Blasio, the first-term mayor of New York City,
traveled south from his home turf to Washington, D.C. He had come to
solve America’s problems. “What I’m trying to do with the progressive
agenda goes far beyond the boundaries of the Democratic Party,” he
told me, in the large suite of offices that New York City maintains in
downtown D.C. “It’s about changing our national debate and,
ultimately, changing policies.” In less than an hour, de Blasio would
present what he was grandly calling “The Progressive Agenda to
Combat Inequality” during a sweaty press conference on the Capitol
lawn, thereby seeking his place as one of the principal combatants in
the current battle for the soul of his party.
“I think the Democratic Party needs to get back to its roots,” he told
me, his words rapid and full of impatient certitude. “We are a party
that’s supposed to be about progressive economic policies and
economic populism. And we’re supposed to speak for the needs of
working people of every background, of every region. And I don’t
think, as a whole, the party has done a good enough job.”
De Blasio is an ungainly 6 foot 5, with the hooded eyes and dour

countenance of Sam the Eagle, the Muppets’ harrumphing, censorious
patriot. He can sometimes be oblivious to the way his actions come
across, and as we spoke, he rubbed moisturizer into the backs of his
long, hairy hands. He periodically pulled a flip phone—which he keeps
for personal use to supplement the BlackBerry holstered at his hip—out
of his suit pocket to check his text messages.
In de Blasio’s view, the Democrats got slaughtered in the 2014 midterm

elections not because voters rejected liberal ideas but because voters
wanted more of them—and too few Democratic candidates delivered. It
is time, he said, to jettison the timid centrism—tough on crime! pro-
business! down with Big Government!—that Democrats have relied on
since the Bill Clinton years. “What happened in the 2014 election is a
lot of candidates—I would certainly say this about a lot of Democrats—
did not want to say out loud the crisis that we’re facing, and I think
that’s a huge mistake,” he said.
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The crisis he was referring to, income inequality, has risen to become
one of the central preoccupations of American politics as the 2016
presidential election comes closer. In a Pew survey last year, inequality
was Americans’ top choice for “greatest threat to the world.” Even
Republicans are talking about it. None other than Mitt Romney has
said, “The rich have gotten richer, income inequality has gotten worse,
and there are more people in poverty than ever before.”
In the Democratic presidential primary, Senator Bernie Sanders’s

insistent focus on inequality, which he calls “the great moral issue of
our time,” has posed an unexpectedly stiff challenge to Hillary Clinton.
But Clinton’s allies in the party’s more centrist wing fear that adopting
a crusading, progressive tilt would be an electoral dead end. This
intraparty debate could determine the orientation of American politics
for years to come, and de Blasio wants to be in the middle of the fray.
He is uniquely positioned to make his claim on the party’s future.

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has won the left’s heart
with her tirades against big banks. And Sanders, from Vermont, has
become something of a folk hero—and seen his unlikely campaign
catch fire—for his rumpled rabble-rousing. But as members of the
Senate minority, they can do little but spout rhetoric. De Blasio has
something they don’t have: power. He commands a city bureaucracy
hundreds of thousands strong; he has more constituents than most
senators and governors do; he presides over a city council that is both
ideologically sympathetic and structurally weak. In the nearly two years
since he took office, he has embarked on an aggressive program to
make the city less unequal—a program whose significance he believes
most New Yorkers have yet to grasp.
De Blasio wants what he’s doing in New York to serve as an example

for the rest of the country. And he wants Hillary Clinton—whose
successful U.S. Senate campaign he managed in 2000—to embrace that
example. To formulate the agenda he was presenting at the Capitol in
May, he had summoned an all-star cast of liberals, such as Toni
Morrison and Van Jones, to Gracie Mansion. He has given speeches
across the country, in places like Nebraska and Iowa, about what he
calls “the crisis of our time.” He planned to host a forum on income
inequality in Iowa in early December, and invited the top candidates
from both parties to participate—but had to cancel it when none agreed
to attend.* For months, he pointedly refused to endorse Clinton, saying
he needed to be satisfied that she had positioned herself correctly on his
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pet issue. “I think it’s time, in the coming weeks and months,” he told
me in May, “for her to offer a specific vision for addressing income
inequality.”
The long-delayed endorsement—part sincere expression, part attention-

grabbing stunt—struck many commentators as a boneheaded move that
speaks to an unearned and unbecoming grandiosity. As one source well
placed in Clintonland put it to me: “Give me a fucking break.” When
de Blasio marched on Washington in May, 13-point plan in hand, the
New York media seemed mostly to be asking, Who do you think you
are? Noting that de Blasio’s approval rating stood at just 44 percent
among his own constituents, Bob Hardt, the political director of NY1, a
local cable network, observed in a column, “Before heading off to the
fields of Iowa again, perhaps it’s time to look homeward.”
Even some allies fret that de Blasio is getting too big for his britches.
“When you’re mayor, you have the latitude to do those things, but only
after you tend to business at home,” David Axelrod, the Democratic
strategist and former Obama adviser, who has known de Blasio for
more than a decade, told me. “He has to be very careful, I think, not to
play so hard at the national game that he is perceived as neglecting his
responsibilities.”
De Blasio brushes off such concerns. “I think we have a broken

situation in Washington, D.C.,” he told me. “That is not a news flash.
We know this. We know the issue of income inequality is not being
addressed. We know the middle class is in great danger. We’ve got to
have a breakthrough here. And I have the honor of being mayor of the
biggest city in the country. It’s my obligation to act on these issues for
my own constituents.”
Whether de Blasio is able to change the course of the country will

depend on a couple of questions: Is his project in New York working?
And do people like it? The mayor is finding, over the course of nearly
two years in office, that the answers to those questions are not as
closely linked as they might seem.
In september, New York’s Transport Workers Union took out a

newspaper ad featuring de Blasio’s face superimposed on a graffiti-
covered subway car. “Mayor de Blasio risks taking us back to the bad
old days of the 1970s and 1980s,” it said. Chris Christie, the governor
of New Jersey and a Republican presidential candidate, has decried the
“diminution in the quality of life” in the city, blaming it on de Blasio’s
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“liberal policies.” In one poll last spring, just 8 percent of New Yorkers
rated the mayor’s job performance as “excellent”; one voter, Rochelle
Weinberg, a Democrat from Queens, told The Wall Street Journal: “I
can’t stand him. Everything he does makes me angry.”
The New York Post, the city’s conservative tabloid, has seized on
anecdotal reports of disorder, from the prevalence of panhandlers to the
appearance of topless performers in Times Square, to depict de Blasio’s
New York as an urban hellscape. A cover last year blared, “Squeegee
men back: BAD OLD DAYS,” teasing an investigative report that had
turned up all of two examples of the marauding Windexers famously
targeted by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the ’90s. Squeegee men, the
article said, had returned and were “terrorizing” the city.
This tableau of decline is not what de Blasio sees when he surveys his
domain. What he sees is progress. His signature achievement to date
has been the introduction of free prekindergarten education for every
child in the city, a feat he accomplished in his first year. He created a
war room across the street from City Hall that met seven days a week to
steer the breakneck implementation. And when the new pre-K
classrooms opened in September 2014, even some of the mayor’s critics
conceded that it was a huge accomplishment. Now in its second year,
the program serves more than 65,000 city children—more pre-K
students than there are students of all ages in the entire Boston school
district—including half of New York’s homeless children.
Under de Blasio, the city has also mandated that employers offer paid
sick leave, raised the minimum wage for certain workers, and created a
new ID card that helps undocumented immigrants get access to banks
and other services. The card has proved hugely popular—more than half
a million have been issued. Some rents have been frozen, for the first
time in half a century—providing relief to more than 1 million New
Yorkers—and more than 20,000 units of affordable housing have been
created or preserved. Together with Police Commissioner William
Bratton, the community-policing pioneer who held the job under
Giuliani in the 1990s, de Blasio has dialed back the NYPD’s stop-and-
frisk policy and stopped arresting people caught with small amounts of
marijuana.
De Blasio, in other words, is making the city less unequal, little by

little, just as he promised to do. “The sheer amount of dollars de
Blasio’s policies has shifted into the hands of working class New
Yorkers is truly staggering,” the Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez
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wrote in September. “No wonder the 1%—those who had it so good for
so long—want him out.”
These aren’t just nice new programs, allies argue—they’re proof that
liberals can be effective, contra the stereotype of mushy-headed
do‑gooders whose well-intentioned efforts fall prey to dithering,
bureaucracy, and overspending. “New York City, the supposedly
ungovernable city, added an entire grade to the largest school system in
America without a hitch,” Peter Ragone, a longtime adviser to de
Blasio, told me. “That only happens through really strong management.
There’s no way around that.” The economy is strong, the city’s budget
is running a surplus, test scores are up, and overall crime is down. Over
the summer, when many other cities saw an increase in murders, New
York had the fewest in 25 years.
But this sunny picture has not exactly been the popular perception. A
series of trivial flubs have chipped away at de Blasio’s public image.
He was widely mocked for eating pizza with a knife and fork, and at his
first Groundhog Day ceremony, he dropped the groundhog, which later
died. (At his second Groundhog Day, to prevent mishaps, Staten Island
Chuck was presented in a plexiglass enclosure.) Throughout his first
year, he was chronically late, even by New York standards. His attempt
to limit the growth of Uber—perhaps on behalf of the taxi union, a
political ally—was shelved after the company targeted de Blasio with
protests and attack ads. And during a violent standoff on Staten Island
in August, during which a firefighter was shot, de Blasio was
discovered working out, mid-morning, at a gym in Brooklyn. Even
among those constituents who do not see de Blasio as a radical bent on
redistributing their wealth to minorities, a view persists of his
administration as an embarrassing comedy of errors, and the mayor as
its fool—tall, doofy, and deluded. Who cares how much good you’re
doing if New Yorkers have decided you’re a putz?
In october, de Blasio appeared on CNN with his own version of Donald

Trump’s signature hat. It read make america fair again. Although de
Blasio embraces the term progressive, with its suggestion of forward
motion, his liberalism has a fundamentally nostalgic cast. He believes
he is reaching back to an older tradition—a vanished time when broadly
shared prosperity gave people good jobs and good wages. He invokes
the Democratic heritage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Fiorello La
Guardia, two men his Italian mother and her two sisters so admired that
it often felt like they were invisibly present at family gatherings in the
1970s and ’80s. “They talked about them all the time,” de Blasio told
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me. Never mind that the postwar years were far from fair for women, or
blacks, or gays; de Blasio, like Trump, is tapping into a widespread
sentiment that America’s best days may have passed.
Bill de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm Jr. (as a young adult, he
adopted a combination of his childhood nickname and his mother’s
maiden name) in 1961 to a pair of 44-year-old liberal intellectuals. His
family was haunted by McCarthyism: In 1950, both of his parents,
Maria and Warren Wilhelm, had to defend themselves against charges
of communist sympathies before a government-loyalty board. (Maria
worked as a researcher at Time magazine, where her outspoken
liberalism raised the hackles of one of the writers, the noted anti-
communist Whittaker Chambers.) Though they were cleared, the
investigation stymied Warren’s career as a Commerce Department
economist and set off a gradual, alcohol-fueled decline. He left the
family when de Blasio was in elementary school. A decade later, he
shot and killed himself in the parking lot of a Connecticut motel.
De Blasio’s friends say this heritage has given him a profound leftist
identity. “His mother was denounced by Whittaker Chambers. His
father basically had his career ruined by McCarthyites,” one told me.
“On a deep, deep level, he knows that there really is a right wing, and
it’s not nice.”
Thus, while many in his generation thrilled to the vision of Ronald

Reagan, de Blasio had a very different reaction. Reagan’s election, he
told me, was “a shock like you would not believe,” one that he sees as
the root of virtually every pernicious economic trend—“deregulation
and trickle-down economics and globalization.” When I noted that a lot
of people had found Reagan compelling, de Blasio shot back, “Well, I
don’t know many of those people.”
De Blasio’s young adulthood reads as a near-parody of a 1980s lefty’s

life. After earning a master’s degree in international affairs from
Columbia University, he went to Nicaragua to help the Sandinistas; he
marched in protests against the Three Mile Island nuclear-power plant.
He worked on David Dinkins’s 1989 mayoral campaign, then took a
job at City Hall, where, in 1991, he met Chirlane McCray, an African
American poet, activist, and speech writer. In 1979, McCray had
written an essay for Essence titled “I Am a Lesbian.” De Blasio wooed
her nonetheless, and in 1994, they were married in Brooklyn’s Prospect
Park.
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De Blasio continued to pursue a career in government, working under
Andrew Cuomo in Bill Clinton’s Department of Housing and Urban
Development. In 1996, he directed the New York State campaign for
Clinton’s reelection. When Hillary Clinton, then still the first lady,
decided to run for Senate in 2000, she tapped de Blasio to manage her
campaign.
Harold Ickes, the former Clinton adviser, who has known de Blasio
since his Dinkins days, told me that de Blasio initially hesitated to take
the job managing the Senate campaign, because he was intimidated by
the complexities of the Clintons’ world. “I said to him, ‘You can bring
the good news and I’ll bring the bad news,’ ” Ickes said. “We did that a
lot of times—he’d call me and say, ‘Would you mind calling Hillary
and talking about X, Y, or Z issue?’” De Blasio’s management style
was laid-back and indecisive, and toward the end of the campaign he
was removed from the chain of command, according to The New York
Times. Ickes told me that wasn’t the case. The perception, he said, was
based on a misunderstanding of de Blasio’s role: His job was to guide
Clinton through the ins and outs of New York politics, not to serve as
an overall strategist.
It was clear to Ickes even then that de Blasio intended to seek office
himself someday. “He always talked about it, but in New York, it’s like
getting your ticket to the fish counter at Zabar’s on a Friday night—you
have to stand in a long line,” Ickes told me. After Hillary Clinton’s
election, de Blasio ran for a Brooklyn city-council seat. “And the rest is
history, as they say.”
To de Blasio’s allies, the twin strands of his biography—staunch liberal

who’s sure of his principles, and political operative who understands
electoral sausage making—constitute just the combination needed to
bring about New York’s progressive transformation. “He’s basically an
idealist who makes deals to get things done,” Howard Dean, the former
governor of Vermont and a friend of de Blasio’s, told me. “He’s not
starry-eyed. But he’s also not a guy who’s only interested in his own
power.”
One persistent criticism, however, is that de Blasio’s certitude leaves

little room for alternate approaches. At one point, I asked him how he
would adjust his worldview if his policies turned out to be ineffective—
if, as his critics warn, crime and deficits and the squeegee men returned.
He said his approaches had already been tested. “We’ve picked up on
some policies that have already been successful elsewhere,” he said.
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When it came to questions like the value of prekindergarten, he said, “I
think the jury came back a long time ago.”
Despite new york’s reputation as a liberal bastion, before de Blasio’s

election the city had not had a Democratic mayor since Dinkins left
office, in 1993. The odds-on candidate to replace Michael Bloomberg
in 2013 was the city-council speaker, Christine Quinn, who had cozied
up to business interests and helped Bloomberg win a third term by
getting rid of the city’s two-term limit. (She had defeated de Blasio for
the speaker position in 2005.) Bloomberg was still popular with
majorities of city voters and of Democrats; Quinn positioned herself as
the candidate who would stay the course in good times.
But de Blasio correctly sensed that a liberal wind was blowing. He was
at the vanguard of a progressive takeover of city politics that began in
2009, when he won the primary for the citywide office of public
advocate in a surprise upset. De Blasio was endorsed by the Working
Families Party, a labor-backed, left-wing coalition that also helped
seven liberal challengers win city-council primaries and special
elections that year. Once in office, they joined with other liberals on the
council to form an 11-member progressive caucus. They were a
minority on the 51-seat council, but they quickly proved capable of
driving the agenda—and irritating Bloomberg—by, for example,
pushing for paid sick leave and against stop-and-frisk. Quinn opposed
the progressives on both issues, beginning her alienation from the
Democratic base.
De Blasio promised, in his campaign, to fund his pre-K proposal

through a new tax on incomes above $500,000—a way to help the poor
by taking from the rich. But once he assumed office, after coasting in
the general election with 73 percent of the vote, the Democratic
governor, Andrew Cuomo, countered by announcing that the state
would fund the pre‑K expansion without raising taxes. De Blasio
insisted that the tax hike was necessary to ensure future funding, and he
lobbied lawmakers to pass it. At the same time, he announced that some
public charter schools would no longer get free space in public-school
buildings—a policy change that charter-school advocates took as a
declaration of war.
Eva Moskowitz, the CEO of the Success Academy public-charter chain

and a target of de Blasio’s, told me that she believes de Blasio has been
blinded to alternate approaches by his ideology and by his loyalty to the
teachers union. “His views of the solution don’t look that different from
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those being proposed 30 years ago,” Moskowitz said. “I’ve watched up
close for many, many years, and those solutions do not work.”
Not long after de Blasio was sworn in, as he was trying to gin up
support for his pre-K tax, charter-school advocates held a massive rally
in Albany—headlined by Cuomo—and aired television ads blasting the
mayor as anti-student. The blowback helped doom de Blasio’s tax
proposal. So while he publicly claims victory for getting pre-K funded
and running, sources close to him say he privately acknowledges that he
lost the battle. “He got his clock cleaned by Cuomo in Albany the first
year,” says one de Blasio ally. “He knows he misplayed it.”
De Blasio was determined to get better results from the second

legislative session of his term. He stumped across the state to get more
Democrats elected to the legislature in 2014. And he strenuously
avoided criticizing Cuomo. That wasn’t easy, as the governor
continually found large and small ways to needle the mayor, from
refusing to consider de Blasio’s plan to redevelop a rail yard in Queens
to announcing a restrictive Ebola quarantine in the fall of 2014 without
consulting him. Last winter, Cuomo, who oversees the city’s transit
system, blindsided de Blasio by announcing that the subways would
close ahead of a snowstorm—de Blasio found out about the closure
when it was reported by the media. A cartoon in the Daily News
depicted de Blasio as a housefly and Cuomo as a sadistic teenager
ripping off one of his wings.
De Blasio ignored the provocations. He even helped Cuomo at a crucial

moment. Up for reelection in 2014, Cuomo faced a primary challenge
from Zephyr Teachout, a law professor recruited by the Working
Families Party. The party saw Cuomo as exactly the sort of Wall Street
Democrat it was trying to drive out: Despite being the son of one of de
Blasio’s progressive idols (the mayor’s “tale of two cities” campaign
slogan was also the refrain of Mario Cuomo’s landmark Democratic
National Convention speech in 1984), Andrew Cuomo built his career
on a socially liberal but fiscally conservative platform, cutting taxes on
the wealthy as he pushed gay marriage through the legislature. The
Working Families Party’s mission is to make this kind of moderation
unacceptable. “We want to do to Democrats what the Tea Party did to
Republicans,” the party’s national director, Dan Cantor, told me.
Though the WFP had persuaded Teachout to run against Cuomo, de

Blasio urged the party to support the incumbent, seeing an opportunity
to build leverage with a governor who was almost certain to win
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reelection. De Blasio brokered a deal in which the governor made a
series of promises to the progressives: He said he would fight to help
Democrats retake the state Senate, to increase the minimum wage, and
to enact campaign-finance reform. Cuomo recorded a videotaped
address to the WFP’s convention, where members were hotly divided
over which candidate to back. When some complained that in the video
Cuomo had avoided making his promises explicit, de Blasio arranged
to get Cuomo on speakerphone to make the commitments the delegates
were waiting to hear.
It was a close call, but Cuomo won the group’s endorsement, which
would seem to have put him in de Blasio’s debt. Yet the governor
proceeded to renege on the deal. He not only didn’t lift a finger for
Democratic Senate candidates, he started a new party, the Women’s
Equality Party, aimed at undermining the similarly acronymed WFP and
draining its ballot share. Cuomo won reelection with 54 percent of the
vote, a slimmer margin than expected. De Blasio and the Working
Families Party, in the words of New York magazine, “got played.”
De Blasio’s efforts to get more Democrats elected to the legislature also

backfired. Almost all the candidates he’d campaigned for lost; some
were attacked for their association with the liberal mayor. The
Republicans elected in their stead were annoyed with de Blasio as a
result of his efforts against them. When the legislature convened this
year, Cuomo completed the humiliation by antagonizing de Blasio more
brazenly than ever. Cuomo and the split legislature conspired to deny
virtually all of de Blasio’s requests, refusing the changes to housing
policy he sought and passing an insulting one-year extension of mayoral
school control, rather than the permanent extension he had asked for. In
newspaper articles, an anonymous “top Cuomo administration official”
trashed de Blasio’s strategy, telling the Daily News, “He puts himself
in these situations.” The press quickly sniffed out this official’s
identity: Cuomo himself.
De Blasio had finally had enough. In an interview with NY1, the cable
network, he abandoned the pretense of comity and accused Cuomo of
shortchanging the city out of pure spite: “In my many efforts to find
some common ground, suspiciously, it seemed that every good idea got
rejected or manipulated.” Many on the left cheered at the venting of
their long-held frustrations. But beyond catharsis, it wasn’t clear what
de Blasio hoped to achieve with his broadside. In recent polling,
Cuomo’s approval rating in New York City came in higher than de
Blasio’s.
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The greatest test of de Blasio’s progressive ideals has been the city’s
convulsions over police brutality. Last December, after a grand jury
declined to indict the white police officer who’d choked Eric Garner to
death, the mayor seemed to side with the protesters and against the
police. De Blasio said he worries about the danger his own son, who is
biracial, faces at the hands of police. “We’ve had to literally train him,
as families have all over this city for decades, in how to take special
care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to
protect him,” he said.
Two weeks later, two officers were shot and killed as they sat in their
patrol car. “There is blood on many hands tonight,” the head of the
police union, Pat Lynch, said of the killings. “That blood on the hands
starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor.” At the slain
officers’ funerals, hundreds of police officers turned their backs on de
Blasio.
Had this happened in the 1990s, when fear of crime was at its height,
such a moment could well have been a breaking point—the moment
when the mayor lost the city, when the silent majority’s fear of disorder
turned into a visceral rejection, when New Yorkers joined the officers
in turning their backs on the mayor. But in 2015, that didn’t quite
happen. Instead, about 70 percent of New Yorkers told pollsters they
disapproved of the union’s actions and Lynch’s comments.
The incident made clear that times have changed since Bill Clinton and
the Democratic Leadership Council saved the party from itself in the
’90s—a time when the party’s image as soft on crime was its biggest
obstacle to mainstream success. Public sentiment has changed in other
ways, too, since Clinton urged the party to move to the middle.
Americans are far more liberal than they used to be on social issues like
gay marriage. This year, 24 percent of Americans said they consider
themselves liberal, a record high in Gallup’s two decades of polling the
question (though still well behind the 38 percent who call themselves
conservative and the 34 percent who call themselves moderate).
“The Wall Street Democrats do not seem to understand that the debate
has changed,” Michael Podhorzer, the political director of the AFL-CIO
and one of the left’s top strategists, told me. “There is a sense of
entitlement, and a failure to comprehend that the threat is more than
rhetorical. But the reality is, a Wall Street Democrat can’t win today.”
Podhorzer advises Democrats against campaigning explicitly on
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“inequality,” a word, he says, that resonates only with elites. But a
platform of worker-friendly issues, such as raising the minimum wage
and implementing paid family leave, can galvanize a wide spectrum of
voters.
Moderate Democrats, meanwhile, tend to break out in hives when they

hear de Blasio argue that they would win more elections if they just
tacked to the left. They hear in his words a latter-day echo of the Jesse
Jackson–style interest-group liberalism Bill Clinton rejected. “There are
a lot of Democrats and Republicans who aspire to be wealthy
themselves,” Jack Markell, the centrist governor of Delaware, told me.
“If we say to people, ‘The rich are the problem,’ I don’t think that’s a
particularly good strategy.” Elaine Kamarck, a political scientist and
Democratic operative who in 1989 co-wrote a manifesto that established
the stance of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, told me
bluntly that if Democratic candidates move sharply to the left, “they
will lose.”
Hillary Clinton, in her current incarnation, has largely seemed to take

the centrists’ side of the argument. In Ohio in September, she told a
group of women, “You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate
and center. I plead guilty.” But there are signs she feels compelled to
heed the party’s vocal left wing. After scrupulously avoiding taking a
position on the fracas over trade that split the Democrats in the spring,
Clinton came out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership in October.
(Warren, Sanders, and de Blasio had all strongly opposed giving
Obama authority to expedite negotiations for the free-trade agreement, a
major Obama priority for which Clinton had advocated as secretary of
state.) She has also come out against the Keystone XL pipeline, which
environmentalists loathe, and proposed a set of new regulations to rein
in Wall Street.
In late October, de Blasio finally ended the suspense and endorsed

Clinton, calling her “the candidate who I believe can fundamentally
address income inequality effectively.”* The Clinton campaign buried
the news in a press release announcing the support of 85 mayors across
the country.
If de Blasio’s influence on the national discussion remains a work in

progress, that hasn’t stopped him from trying to steer the global one as
well. In September, he welcomed Pope Francis to New York, hailing
him as “the leading moral force on this Earth” and positioning himself
as an ally in the global struggle against poverty. He has made official
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visits to Paris and Israel. He has spoken on more than one occasion
with Alexis Tsipras, the on-again, off-again prime minister of Greece,
whose crusade against austerity he applauds. De Blasio told me that he
recently had a “powerful conversation” with the then-mayor of Rome,
who shared his frustration at being far out in front of his national
government.
The New York press has consistently depicted these activities as

presumptuous—a pattern that clearly irks de Blasio. Why shouldn’t the
mayor of America’s largest and most cosmopolitan city be not only a
national leader but an international one, too? “My job is to produce for
my people in this city, the 8.4 million people that I represent,” de
Blasio told me. “But I am also cognizant of the fact that we do have an
impact on the national discussion. Even a little bit on the international
discussion.”
Nonetheless, there are signs that de Blasio is starting to pay more

attention to his image at home. On a rainy Friday in October, he was
scheduled to visit Washington once again, this time to give the keynote
address to a liberal group called American Family Voices. But
Hurricane Joaquin was headed for the East Coast, and at the last minute
de Blasio canceled his appearance. Frequently called out in the New
York media for his forays onto the national stage, the mayor seemed
eager to avoid the spectacle of being caught speechifying out of town
while his constituents struggled to cope with a storm.
Once criticized for his refusal to engage with trivial political

controversies, de Blasio lately stands accused, in a New York Times
article, of having become too reactive. When Staten Islanders
complained that he hadn’t spent much time in the borough, for example,
de Blasio quickly scheduled a trip there. After long insisting that the
city didn’t need any more police, he agreed to add 1,300 new officers.
He’s even started showing up for events on time. As de Blasio
continues to learn, having a strong sense of direction is only one part of
being a transcendent leader. The other is convincing people to follow
you.
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Arslanian, Kayla; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Da Costa, Ricky; Wiley, Maya;
Reisman, Lisette; Caquias, Paula; Ko, Eunice; Zuniga, Andrea; Jonathan Rosen; John, Roxanne; Thornton,
Demetrius; John Del Ceccato; Griffith, Chantell; Louis Espiritusanto, Jose; Hinton, Karen; Darlington, Mandy
(OMB); Prisca Salazar
Subject: PLANNING MEETING
This Thursday’s Planning Meeting is cancelled.
Tom Snyder
Chief of Staff
10526
To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Sat night
Will do
From: B
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:18 AM
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Sat night
Chirlane and I want to have dinner or drinks with david axelrod, who's in town. Pls set up via del
cecato. And we want jdc to join if he's free
10527
Thanks

I forgot that I have plans on Saturday night that I can’t get out of — but here’s the email for Axe’s
assistant, who can set up drinks. His plane arrives at 6pm on Sat night, I believe…
Chenault Taylor <Chenaut@axelrodstrategies.com>
10528
Subject: RE: Sat night
Good for you.

Ok will try to do TPA earlier.
Subject: Re: Sat night
I have an event at 5pm, then dinner, then a concert with my girlfriend & another couple.. Could do
sometime Saturday morning/early afternoon though
On 11/18/15, 10:37 AM, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca"

>Let me know what time works for David on Sat.

>Im also trying to do a TPA strategy meeting at Gracie on Saturday - Are
>you around this way you guys can go from the meeting to dinner??
>Geri will be in NY for TPA
>
>From: B
>Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:18 AM
>To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
>Cc: John Del Cecato
>Subject: Sat night
>
>
>Chirlane and I want to have dinner or drinks with david axelrod, who's
>in town. Pls set up via del cecato. And we want jdc to join if he's
>free
>
>
10529
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: FW:
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10531
Whoops… Spelled name wrong.. Got it now..
chenault@axelrodstrategies.com
10532
10533
From: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Litvak, Gwendolyn
Subject: Re: Following up
I defer to you guys on this one. That is just not my area of expertise at all.
> On Nov 18, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> So should we delay call?
>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:57 AM
> To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
> Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Litvak, Gwendolyn
> Subject: Re: Following up
>
> OK. Nilda had the convo with Sky, Andrea (from NextGen) and the public health idea that I don’t
know much about. Gwen, I will leave that piece to you.
>
> Thanks
>> On Nov 18, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> I think Nilda may be at an event. Adding Gwen from her team. If Nilda can't join we can just
discuss and I'll coordinate with Nilda on the back end.
>>
>>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:55 AM
>> To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>> Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim
>> Subject: Re: Following up
>>
>> Nilda- did this time work for you?
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>> Works for me.
>>>
>>> From: John Del Cecato
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:11 AM
>>> To: Geri Prado; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>> Cc: Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim
>>> Subject: Re: Following up
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe around noon?
>>>
>>> On 11/18/15, 9:10 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Amy-
>>>>
10534
>>>> We/they are not quite wed to that. Maybe we could get on a quick
>>>> call around this to explain?
>>>>
>>>> Looping in John as he's been dealing with one end of Steyer land and
>>>> I the other.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> On Nov 17, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>>>> <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri -
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI, we have a long-planned sustainability tele town hall with WFP
>>>>> happening in 2 weeks. I expect that we'll announce it at the end of
>>>>> this week. My gut is that it would be too difficult to try to fold
>>>>> NextGen into that, since it's two different sets of stakeholders.
>>>>>
>>>>> But doing a presser or roundtable without an actual announcement
>>>>> also doesn't make much sense to me.... so thoughts welcome!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Mesa, Nilda [mailto:NMesa@cityhall.nyc.gov]
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 5:33 PM
>>>>> To: 'Geri Prado'
>>>>> Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>>>> Subject: RE: Following up
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri --
>>>>>
>>>>> We got slammed this last week -- sorry for not responding right away.
>>>>> Amy and I had a chance to talk and have to do some more internal
>>>>> vetting/organizing. But we'll be back to you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Nilda
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> NILDA MESA | Director
>>>>>
>>>>> Mayor's Office of Sustainability
>>>>> Main: 212.788.9956 | Direct: 212.788.7772 | Cell:
>>>>> Fax: 212.312.0985
>>>>> 253 Broadway, 7th floor NYC 10007
>>>>> Email: nmesa@cityhall.nyc.gov
>>>>> PConsider the environment before printing this email
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
>>>>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 3:19 PM
>>>>> To: Mesa, Nilda
>>>>> Subject: Following up
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nilda!
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering if I could follow up on the convo with Sky and
>>>>> Andrea last week from NextGen. Did you and Amy have a chance to
>>>>> talk about ideas?
10535
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> Geri
>>>
>>
>
10536
Cc: Geri Prado; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Litvak, Gwendolyn
Yes let's delay
> On Nov 18, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Works for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 11/18/15, 9:10 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Amy-
>>>>
10537
>>>>
>>>> I the other.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Nilda
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Main: 212.788.9956 | Direct: 212.788.7772 | Cell:
>>>>> Fax: 212.312.0985
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nilda!
>>>>>
10538
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> Geri
>>>
>>
>
10539
From: Hayley Prim
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Litvak, Gwendolyn; Geri Prado; Mesa, Nilda; Gouin, Kate
Ok-- Will change to 2pm. Thanks all
On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 12:02 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
wrote:
Ok
> On Nov 18, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

>
> Ok with me.
>
>
> From: Litvak, Gwendolyn [mailto:GLitvak@cityhall.nyc.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:01 PM
> To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); 'Geri Prado'
> Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Gouin, Kate
> Subject: RE: Following up
>
> Nilda can do 2pm est if others can do that time.
>
> GWEN LITVAK | 212-442-6332
>
>
> From: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) [mailto:SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov]
> To: 'Geri Prado'
>
>
>
>
> OK. Nilda had the convo with Sky, Andrea (from NextGen) and the public health
idea that I don’t know much about. Gwen, I will leave that piece to you.
>
> Thanks
>> On Nov 18, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
10540
>>
>> I think Nilda may be at an event. Adding Gwen from her team. If Nilda can't
join we can just discuss and I'll coordinate with Nilda on the back end.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>>
>>> Works for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey Amy-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I the other.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri -
>>>>>
>>>>>
10541
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Nilda
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Main: 212.788.9956 | Direct: 212.788.7772 | Cell:
>>>>> Fax: 212.312.0985
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nilda!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> Geri
>
--
Hayley Prim
Political Director
10542
c:
10543
From: Geri Prado
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Litvak, Gwendolyn; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Gouin, Kate
We’ll try to make it quick and to the point on our end. Just better over phone.
> On Nov 18, 2015, at 12:02 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Ok
>
>> On Nov 18, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Ok with me.
>>
>>
>> From: Litvak, Gwendolyn [mailto:GLitvak@cityhall.nyc.gov]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:01 PM
>> To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); 'Geri Prado'
>> Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Gouin, Kate
>> Subject: RE: Following up
>>
>> Nilda can do 2pm est if others can do that time.
>>
>> GWEN LITVAK | 212-442-6332
>>
>>
>> From: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) [mailto:SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:00 PM
>> To: 'Geri Prado'
>> Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Litvak, Gwendolyn
>> Subject: RE: Following up
>>
>> So should we delay call?
>>
>>
>> Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim; Litvak, Gwendolyn
>>
>> OK. Nilda had the convo with Sky, Andrea (from NextGen) and the public health idea that I don’t
>>
>> Thanks
>>>
>>> I think Nilda may be at an event. Adding Gwen from her team. If Nilda can't join we can just
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
10544
>>> To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>> Cc: John Del Cecato; Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim
>>>
>>> Nilda- did this time work for you?
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Nov 18, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Works for me.
>>>>
>>>> Original Message
>>>> From: John Del Cecato
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:11 AM
>>>> To: Geri Prado; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>>> Cc: Mesa, Nilda; Hayley Prim
>>>> Subject: Re: Following up
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe around noon?
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/18/15, 9:10 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Amy-
>>>>>
>>>>> We/they are not quite wed to that. Maybe we could get on a quick
>>>>> call around this to explain?
>>>>>
>>>>> Looping in John as he's been dealing with one end of Steyer land and
>>>>> I the other.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>> On Nov 17, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>>>>> <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Geri -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FYI, we have a long-planned sustainability tele town hall with WFP
>>>>>> happening in 2 weeks. I expect that we'll announce it at the end of
>>>>>> this week. My gut is that it would be too difficult to try to fold
>>>>>> NextGen into that, since it's two different sets of stakeholders.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But doing a presser or roundtable without an actual announcement
>>>>>> also doesn't make much sense to me.... so thoughts welcome!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Mesa, Nilda [mailto:NMesa@cityhall.nyc.gov]
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 5:33 PM
>>>>>> To: 'Geri Prado'
>>>>>> Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
>>>>>> Subject: RE: Following up
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Geri --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We got slammed this last week -- sorry for not responding right away.
>>>>>> Amy and I had a chance to talk and have to do some more internal
>>>>>> vetting/organizing. But we'll be back to you.
>>>>>>
10545
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Nilda
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NILDA MESA | Director
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mayor's Office of Sustainability
>>>>>> Main: 212.788.9956 | Direct: 212.788.7772 | Cell:
>>>>>> Fax: 212.312.0985
>>>>>> 253 Broadway, 7th floor NYC 10007
>>>>>> Email: nmesa@cityhall.nyc.gov
>>>>>> PConsider the environment before printing this email
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 3:19 PM
>>>>>> To: Mesa, Nilda
>>>>>> Subject: Following up
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Nilda!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was wondering if I could follow up on the convo with Sky and
>>>>>> Andrea last week from NextGen. Did you and Amy have a chance to
>>>>>> talk about ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geri
>>
10546
From: Geri Prado
To: Mesa, Nilda
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Litvak, Gwendolyn; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim; Gouin, Kate
good with me
> On Nov 18, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Mesa, Nilda <NMesa@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Can we make it 2:15? I'll be coming from an offsite meeting.
>
> To: Litvak, Gwendolyn; 'Geri Prado'
>
> Ok with me.
>
>
> From: Litvak, Gwendolyn [mailto:GLitvak@cityhall.nyc.gov]
> To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); 'Geri Prado'
>
> Nilda can do 2pm est if others can do that time.
>
> GWEN LITVAK | 212-442-6332
>
>
> To: 'Geri Prado'
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks
>>
10547
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Works for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hey Amy-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I the other.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Geri --
>>>>>
10548
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Nilda
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Main: 212.788.9956 | Direct: 212.788.7772 | Cell:
>>>>> Fax: 212.312.0985
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Nilda!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> Geri
>>>
>>
>
10549
To: B
Subject: Re: POLITICO: [PRO] Whiteboard: NYT/Siena Poll: More than half of NYC residents struggling or "just getting
by"
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:34:11 AM
Agreed

Reply-To: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Fw: POLITICO: [PRO] Whiteboard: NYT/Siena Poll: More than half of NYC residents
struggling or 'just getting by'
This is telling. And a good reason to dislike all politicians

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:06:12 +0000
Subject: POLITICO: [PRO] Whiteboard: NYT/Siena Poll: More than half of NYC residents struggling or 'just
getting by'
[PRO] Whiteboard: NYT/Siena Poll: More than half of NYC residents struggling or
'just getting by'
POLITICO NY - Laura Nahmias
[Link is not available]

More than half of New York City residents are struggling or "just getting by," a new New
York Times/Siena poll released Wednesday shows.

Even as city officials say the local economy is strong, 21 percent of residents said they had
experienced times over the past year when they did not have enough money to buy food for
themselves or their families. And 82 percent said that they did not have enough money to
provide adequate shelter for themselves or their families over the last 12 months.

Read the poll's crosstabs here: http://bit.ly/1lvvDAA
10550
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky;
Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel;
Schwartz, Regina; Zuniga, Andrea; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach (Law);
Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW)); Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine
Subject: RE: MBDB: State of The City Briefing
Please gather.
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 11:11 AM
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da
Costa, Ricky; Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma;
Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Zuniga, Andrea; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious,
Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard;
Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach (Law); Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW)); Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette;
Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: MBDB: State of The City Briefing
When: Thursday, November 19, 2015 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: City Hall, The Blue Room
10551
Subject: Re: RE:
Cool thanks
> On Nov 19, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
>
> Yes
> 830pm drinks at gracie
> Plane lands at 7pm
>
>
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 2:29 PM
> To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
> Subject:
>
> Is Axe nailed for Sat?
10552
To: Tarlow, Mindy
My information:
John Del Cecato
AKPD Message and Media
10553
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky;
Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel;
Schwartz, Regina; Zuniga, Andrea; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach (Law);
Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW)); Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: RE: MBDB: State of The City Briefing
Pls gather (again!)
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 11:11 AM
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da
Costa, Ricky; Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma;
Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Zuniga, Andrea; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious,
Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard;
Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach (Law); Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW)); Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette;
Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: MBDB: State of The City Briefing
When: Thursday, November 19, 2015 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Cc: Jon Fromowitz; Blumm, Kate
Subject: Re: Over 179,000 jobs added since BdB took office
Haha - exactly

wrote:
But what does that matter if he’s late?

Cc: Jon Fromowitz; Blumm, Kate
Subject: Re: Over 179,000 jobs added since BdB took office

Lower unemployment rate than the nation

wrote:
For his stump!

To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Kadushin, Peter
Subject: Over 179,000 jobs added since BdB took office

We’re now up to “over 179,000 jobs since I took office”. Per transcripts,
this is the language the Mayor has been using recently:

· On John Gambling Show on
Nov 4th : “177,000 new jobs since I came into office 22 months
ago.”

· Nov 4th on 1010WINS:
“We’ve had almost 170,000 new jobs created since I took office”

· Media avail on Nov 6th : “I
think it’s about 170,000 new jobs since 22 months ago”

· On Castimatidis on Nov 8th :

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John Castimatidis: Also, in your last 22 months you’ve been mayor, I hear we
added 177 new jobs –
Mayor: 177,000.
Should I send him a note letting him know that we’re now at 179k?

Thanks,

Mahen

--

Since the beginning of 2014 (December 2013 to October 2015)
 ·  NYC has added 179,200
private sector jobs since the start of 2014, an increase of 5.1%.
 ·  The strongest
employment gains since December 2013 were in Health Care &
Social Assistance (+51,100), Professional, Scientific, & Technical
Services (+21,000), and Accommodation & Food Services
(+18,200).

--
Mahen Gunaratna
(212) 676-3154 (o) | (347)-268-4295 (c)

10556
From: Klein, Monica
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: George
Date: Friday, November 20, 2015 11:22:06 AM
Ugh sry my email is having a moment. Ignore
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 20, 2015, at 11:19 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
Looks like old email

Date: Friday, November 20, 2015 at 11:15 AM
To: "Klein, Monica" <MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
Cc: "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: RE: George
Pope security?

From: Klein, Monica
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 11:15 AM
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Kadushin, Peter; John Del Cecato; Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: George
I can try
Sent from my iPhone

Just talked to Josh margolin. He said george did a sit down today
with bratton at 1PP on Pope security. Will air as part of sunday's
show
MK- can we find out more from Peter Donald?
10557
To: Hinton, Karen; Gunaratna, Mahen; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Tweet by Greg Pinelo on Twitter
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2015 10:51:49 AM
Like the three horseman of the apocaplyse
From: Hinton, Karen
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 10:48 AM
To: Gunaratna, Mahen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Tweet by Greg Pinelo on Twitter
what a trio
What is the rubio comment?
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 10:32 AM
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato
Subject: Tweet by Greg Pinelo on Twitter
Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo)

11/22/15, 10:01 AM
So far today:
Christie: DeBlasio should be mayor of Damascus
Rubio: Paris attacks good for me Trump: black guy deserved beating at his rally
Sent from my iPhone
10558
Subject: Re:
I think it was East End Bar and Grill?

Date: Monday, November 23, 2015 at 4:31 PM
Hey –
Question-
Where did you guys have drinks one day after TPA – its near Gracie but Phil cant remember……

Office of The Mayor
212-341-5016
10559
From: B
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Snyder, Thomas
Cc: John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen
Subject: Re: ABNY
Looping JDC + JR
From: bccd@cityhall.nyc.gov
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:33:32
To: Phil Walzak<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Andrea Hagelgans<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Tom
Snyder<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Reply-To: bccd@cityhall.nyc.gov
Subject: ABNY
Pls discuss today: an ABNY speech in 3 weeks re: homelessness
10560
From: Bennett, Rob
To: John Del Cecato
Subject: FW: This better?
Here’s where this got workshopped to…
—
Rob Bennett
Director
Creative Communications
Office of the Mayor | City of New York
c: (917) 806-3639 | twitter: @rob_bennett
From: <Bennett>, rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 11:52 AM
To: "Cahan, Aaron (Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: This better?
BUMP
PW – cool w/ this:
—
Rob Bennett
Director

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 11:43 AM
To: "Cahan, Aaron (Media)" <acahan@digital.nyc.gov>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Works for me.
AH/PW – all good?
—
Rob Bennett
Director
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On Monday, Mayor de Blasio and First Lady McCray introduced NYC’s plan for Mental Healthcare.
Mayor de Blasio spoke candidly about his father’s struggles, and his daughter’s journey towards wellness.
—
Rob Bennett
Director
c: (917) 806-3639 | twitter: @rob_bennett<http://www.twitter.com/rob_bennett>
________________________________
This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is
intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not
10563
From: Bennett, Rob
To: jfdc@akpdmedia.com
Subject: FW: latest sketch -Thanksgiving
See attached. Send notes if you have.
Lots off opportunity for gags on the “to do”.
—
Rob Bennett
Director

To: Dan Gross <DGross@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: FW: latest sketch -Thanksgiving
—
Rob Bennett
Director
From: <Bartholomew>, Caty <cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov>

To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: latest sketch -Thanksgiving
Update – haven't moved the exclamation point or flown the turkey yet, but here's the latest:
From: "Bennett, Rob" <RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>>

Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 2:00 PM
To: "Bartholomew, Caty" <cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov<mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov>>
Call when u can.
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Rob Bennett
Director
From: <Bartholomew>, Caty <cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov<mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov>>

To: rob Bennett <robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>>
Subject: RE: latest sketch -Thanksgiving
________________________________
From: Bennett, Rob [RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>]
To: Bartholomew, Caty
Call me
—
Rob Bennett
Director
From: <Bartholomew>, Caty

<cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov<mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:cbartholomew@digital.ny
c.gov>>
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 11:25 AM
To: rob Bennett
<robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>
I think it previews ok. I'll speed up timing and add language.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 25, 2015, at 10:47, Bennett, Rob

<RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov
><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>> wrote:
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Cool. Call me when ur settled in? # below.
—
Rob Bennett
Director
c: (917) 806-3639<tel:(917)%20806-3639> | twitter:
@rob_bennett<http://www.twitter.com/rob_bennett>
On Nov 25, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Bartholomew, Caty

c.gov><mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov>> wrote:
Hey Rob,
My software's getting updated remotely so I'm going to work from home for a few hours
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 25, 2015, at 09:37, Bennett, Rob

><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>> wrote:
The 8 bit is vintage but the effect/design needs to seem modern. Does that make sense?
I got concerned watching it that it seems weak or dated.
Also, some of the timing is a bit off. H comes in too early.
On my way in.
—
Rob Bennett
Director
c: (917) 806-3639<tel:(917)%20806-3639> | twitter:
@rob_bennett<http://www.twitter.com/rob_bennett>
On Nov 25, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Bartholomew, Caty

c.gov><mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov>> wrote:
10566
Yes, I can add that…this is what I've got so far. Let me know if you have additional changes.
From: <Cahan>, Aaron Cahan

<acahan@digital.nyc.gov<mailto:acahan@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:acahan@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:acahan
@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:acahan@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:acahan@digital.nyc.gov>>
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 5:33 PM
To: "Bennett, Rob"
><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:RobBennett@cityhal
l.nyc.gov>>, "Bartholomew, Caty"
c.gov><mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:cbartholomew@digital.nyc.gov><mailto:cbartholom
ew@digital.nyc.gov>>
I think could be titled or presented with ''Happy Thanksgiving from Mayor de Blasio'' or ''Happy
Thanksgiving From Your Mayor''
From: <Bennett>, Rob Bennett

><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:RobBennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:RobBennett@cityhal
l.nyc.gov>>
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 2:36 PM
To: "Bartholomew, Caty"
ew@digital.nyc.gov>>, Aaron Cahan
Love it. Please develop as discussed.
—
Rob Bennett
Director
From: <Bartholomew>, Caty

ew@digital.nyc.gov>>
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Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 2:26 PM
To: rob Bennett
<robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov>
<mailto:robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:robbennett@cityhall.nyc.gov><mailto:robbennett@cityhall.n
yc.gov>>, "Cahan, Aaron (Media)"
Subject: latest sketch -Thanksgiving
For your review…
I'm happy to make changes or head in a different direction.
CB
________________________________
This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is
intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not
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10568
10569
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Mesa, Nilda
Subject: Re: NextGen
Next week, right Amy?
> On Nov 30, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
> OK. What is the timing of the joint op-ed?
>
>
>> On Nov 30, 2015, at 3:15 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, I'm out of town that day.
>>
>>
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 3:14 PM
>> To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Mesa, Nilda
>> Cc: John Del Cecato
>> Subject: NextGen
>>
>> Hi Nilda and Amy:
>>
>> I hope you both had a good weekend and Thanksgiving.
>>
>> I’m talking to the NextGen folks on Friday at noon. They weren’t responsive re: WFP so I think
we’re at the next thing. Can either of you join on Friday? If not, I can take it as it’s the time that works
for them.
>>
>> Let me know. Thank you
>>
>> Geri
>
10570
From: Geri Prado
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; John Del Cecato; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Subject: Re:
Date: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 7:16:58 AM
This is going to take a more research and lining up but it’s hard to reach out without slight dates. This
far out it’s hard to give concretes. 8 months out the national part will change based on where we are.
I’m speaking for TPAC.
If I get time something will come together. There are a ton of donors to talk to out there. We will make
something happen no problem. National stuff is looser but it will happen.
> On Dec 2, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
> -mayor/FLONYC
>
> FWIW Recommendations should be with who and for how long. Strong and as concrete as possible.
>
> Who would he meet with on Thursday?
>
>
>
>
>> On Dec 2, 2015, at 6:58 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>> I think we had answered but looks like it was a different string to spare you the back and forth. If
you all can get in Thursday night we can definitely build around whatever time you give us. All I would
need is the times available and we can get to work.
>>
>> That’s my opinion, others may have different.
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 2, 2015, at 6:55 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Unless someone's got some thoughts on this, my suggestion is that Chirlane book these flights
just on the basis of family schedule. Then if we have a TPA or other need, we can re-work my flight as
needed. Prisca, pls coordinate with Chirlane. Thanks
>>>
>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: Prisca Salazar-Rodriguez
>>> To: Bill de Blasio
>>> Cc: Chirlane McCray
>>> Cc: Tom Snyder
>>> Cc: Kayla Arslanian
>>> Cc: Geri Prado
>>> Cc: John Del Cecato
>>> Cc: Gabrielle Fialkoff
>>> Subject: RE:
>>> Sent: Nov 29, 2015 6:50 PM
>>>
>>> Will do.
>>>
>>> From: B
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>>> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 6:09 PM
>>> To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
>>> Cc: FLONYC; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Geri Prado; John Del Cecato; Fialkoff, Gabrielle
>>> Subject:
>>>
>>>
>>> Is Saturday, June 11 in Santa Clara in the morning. We need to arrive no later than Friday
afternoon, June 10. We will return on Sunday, June 12.
>>>
>>> The question is what else, if anything, should I be achieving while out there? Should I meet with
Tom Steyer, or do an event with him? Are there people Gabrielle (or Ross) would like me to meet, or
any events to do such as the one Ross created last time I was there?
>>>
>>> We can do that either within the time I'm out there, or should we get me out there a day earlier?
Or we may decide to do none of the above and keep it as brief as possible and focused on family.
Chirlane needs to book the flights by the end of the week, so let's make some quick decisions. Pls
discuss among yourselves (and Ross) and recommend a course of action. Thanks
>>
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>>
>>
>>
10574
From: Geri Prado
Cc: John Del Cecato; Snyder, Thomas; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan; Thornton,
Demetrius
Subject: Re: MBDB: TPA Strategy Meeting
Can't do this.
On Dec 2, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-


<mime-attachment.ics>
10575
From: Fialkoff, Gabr elle
Subject: City Announces Public-Private Partnership to Promote Better Health Outcomes
Date: Thursday, December 03, 2015 11:14:26 AM
Dear John

I am so pleased to announce an important new public-private partnership called Building Healthy Communities. This unique initiative seeks to improve community health outcomes in 12 of our highest-need
neighborhoods by increasing opportunities for physical activity improving access to fresh and affordable food and promoting safe and vibrant public spaces.

Building Healthy Communities is an example of an important strategic alliance between the public and private sectors that allows for private funds to unlock and maximize public dollars. We are grateful to our
founding partners Unilever whose commitment is the largest corporate commitment to the City to date the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and the New York State Health Foundation and also to our 11 City
agencies who have worked together to bring this initiative to life.

Below please read more about Building Healthy Communities in today s Wall Street Journal.

Please feel free to reach out to me directly to learn more about Building Healthy Communities and to get involved in our efforts to ensure that the places where we live learn work and play support good
health.

Best regards
Gabrielle

Gabrielle Fialkoff
Senior Advisor to the Mayor
Director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships
212-341-5084
gfialkoff@cityhall.nyc.gov

Wall Street Journal : Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’
Farms being built at public housing sites to grow produce for communities with limited access to healthy food
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Dec. 2, 2015

When Sade Bennett started working in April at a small farm on the grounds of a New York City Housing Authority
complex in Brooklyn, she had a GED, a 5-year-old son, and a desire to better her health and her community

She has learned how to grow produce, cook it in the healthiest manner, and along the way she obtained a certificate
qualifying her to work in some sustainability-related jobs She even surprised her family at Thanksgiving this year when
she arrived with fresh vegetables

“The lessons that we’ve learned, we take it home to our kids and they have healthier mind-sets,” said Ms Bennett, 25
years old, who lives in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn

The 1-acre plot where Ms Bennett worked, known as the NYCHA farm at Red Hook, will serve as a prototype for
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new Building Healthy Communities initiative The multimillion-dollar public-private partnership
aims to improve the health of New Yorkers in 12 communities that have limited access to healthy food and
are sometimes referred to as food deserts

The initiative plans to build more urban farms, expand school gardens and establish community-center culinary
programs and farmers markets

“Our neighborhoods must be able to offer access to healthy food, opportunities for physical activity and safe, vibrant
public spaces,” Mr de Blasio said

Unilever, a multinational consumer goods company, has already committed $4 1 million to the initiative The Laurie M
Tisch Illumination Fund and the New York State Health Foundation have each pledged $500,000 The initiative will also
use funding from the city Department of Parks & Recreation’s Community Parks Initiative, as well as other agencies

Urban farms will be constructed on NYCHA sites in East Harlem and Brooklyn’s Canarsie section as well as the South
Bronx and Staten Island within the next three years One urban farm is already being designed at the Howard Houses in
Brownsville, in Brooklyn The other neighborhoods should receive money to maintain pedestrian plazas, establish
farmers markets and install outdoor exercise areas, according to a spokeswoman for the mayor

The communities were chosen based on their levels of obesity and diabetes, as well as population density and crime

“We know engaged communities are usually safer communities so that’s where we hope we’re going with this,”
said Gabrielle Fialkoff, the director of the city Office of Strategic Partnerships, which will anchor the initiative

The urban farms will adopt the same model as the Red Hook farm and its workers will be trained by members of its
workforce The urban farm workforce is largely supplied by Green City Force, an AmeriCorps program that enlists 18-
to 24-year-olds from low-income backgrounds into environmental service

The so-called corps members must be unemployed or in a dead-end job and have a GED or high-school diploma They
are paid $1,000 a month to either work on the NYCHA farming beds or raise the public-housing residents’ awareness on
energy efficiency

The produce from the urban farms comes free of charge to the public-housing residents—they only need to volunteer at
the farm or bring a bag of kitchen compost from their own home If they bring compost, they will receive a bag of the
same weight filled with collard greens, celery, cucumbers, cabbage or other vegetables and herbs

The urban farmers then hold culinary classes in a community center to teach residents how to cook the produce

“The experience of the Red Hook farm was one that we wanted to take elsewhere and bring to our other communities,”
Ms Fialkoff said “I think so much is happening in that one place ”
Ashley White, 25, an alumna of Green City Force and an intern at the city Department of Environmental Protection,
said she was motivated to provide healthy food to neighborhoods considered food deserts

“I go to Manhattan and there’s Whole Foods, there’s Trader Joe’s, there’s Union Square, the farmers market,” Ms
White said ”We don’t have any of that ”

The corps members also have used the experience to benefit their own health Ms Bennett said that she has been cutting
sweets from her diet And with her first stipend check, she bought a bicycle

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To: John Del Cecato (jfdc@akpdmedia.com); Walzak, Phil; Blumm, Kate
Subject: FW: 311 complaints - Quality of Life
Date: Friday, December 04, 2015 11:28:38 AM
Attachments: QoL Complaints 2015.xlsx

Attached are the top generally accepted Quality of Life complaints to 311 through end of
November, 2015. Also included full year 2013 & 2014 for comparative purposes.

Might be more than you need but as mentioned last night defining QoL can be tricky. There is no
set definition or list. The 36 complaints (aka Service Requests) in the attached reflect those most
frequently referred to by Agencies, the public, and historically as quality of life related. Most are
NYPD jurisdiction, such as noise, blocked driveways, and drinking in public. Others reflect visible
conditions the public reports to 311 including sanitation issues, rodents, and graffiti.

Also includes the two types of Homeless Service Requests – Assistance and reports of Encampment.

Since QoL is not a hard definition you can exclude those that don’t fit your criteria. You can let me
know and we can revise the spreadsheet or feel free to edit. If you have any questions or need
detail happy to walk you through it.

In the attached QoL-related account for 601,000 complaints through November (1,800 avg per day)
which represents 24% of all Service Requests filed through 311 and is higher in total than same set
in 2014 and 2013.

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Quality of Life (QoL) Complaints to 311
2013 - 2015
2015 Rank Agency Complaint Type 2013 2014 2015
1 NYPD Noise - Residential 151,516 192,608 190,581
2 NYPD Blocked Driveway 57,408 79,170 91,340
3 DEP Noise 40,080 51,906 52,993
4 NYPD Noise - Street/Sidewalk 24,609 35,484 49,036
5 NYPD Noise - Commercial 26,520 37,325 40,133
6 DSNY Sanitation Condition 24,888 27,149 30,078
7 DOHMH Rodent 22,365 24,515 27,397
8 NYPD Derelict Vehicle 11,733 15,197 19,766
9 NYPD Noise - Vehicle 12,772 15,154 18,074
10 DSNY Derelict Vehicles 11,783 12,630 17,287
11 DSNY Graffiti 13,262 15,889 12,897
12 NYPD Animal Abuse 805 9,158 9,752
13 DEP Air Quality 7,738 8,119 8,728
14 DHS Homeless Person Assistance 458 1,887 5,408
15 NYPD Homeless Encampment 2,474 3,025 4,528
16 NYPD Noise - Park 2,940 3,834 4,010
17 NYPD Vending 3,306 3,218 3,865
18 DSNY Vacant Lot 2,461 2,048 1,952
19 DEP Asbestos 1,379 1,608 1,710
20 DSNY Overflowing Litter Baskets 1,225 1,087 1,491
21 EDC Noise - Helicopter 769 1,289 1,419
22 DOHMH Mobile Food Vendor 1,341 1,209 1,354
23 NYPD Drinking 1,332 1,125 1,308
24 DSNY Derelict Bicycle 771 1,212 1,201
25 NYPD Noise - House of Worship 992 1,021 1,022
26 DOT Broken Parking Meter 145 128 791
27 NYPD Urinating in Public 376 417 616
28 DOHMH Unleashed Dog 655 557 607
29 DOHMH Unsanitary Pigeon Condition 516 548 587
30 NYPD Disorderly Youth 514 517 306
31 DOB Scaffold Safety 162 204 229
32 DOHMH Beach/Pool/Sauna Complaint 146 164 179
33 DSNY Collection Truck Noise 137 186 179
34 NYPD Illegal Fireworks 178 223 171
35 NYPD Graffiti 249 236 151
36 DOT Bike Rack Condition 134 98 129
QoL TOTAL 428,139 550,145 601,275
Avg Per Day 1,173 1,507 1,800
Percent Change vs Previous Year - 28% 19%
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GRAND TOTAL (all 311 Service Requests) 2,284,665 2,534,849 2,488,772
Avg Per Day 6,259 6,945 7,451
Percent Change vs Previous Year - 11% 7%
QoL Percent of Total 19% 22% 24%
10580
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Blumm, Kate
Subject: Re: 311 complaints - Quality of Life
Date: Friday, December 04, 2015 11:41:18 AM
This is helpful, thanks… Since noise is a constant (and not all that solvable) - I think sanitation
is a good place to focus energy

Date: Friday, December 4, 2015 at 11:28 AM
To: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Blumm,
Kate" <KBlumm@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: FW: 311 complaints - Quality of Life

Attached are the top generally accepted Quality of Life complaints to 311 through end of
November, 2015. Also included full year 2013 & 2014 for comparative purposes.

Might be more than you need but as mentioned last night defining QoL can be tricky. There is no
set definition or list. The 36 complaints (aka Service Requests) in the attached reflect those most
frequently referred to by Agencies, the public, and historically as quality of life related. Most are
NYPD jurisdiction, such as noise, blocked driveways, and drinking in public. Others reflect visible
conditions the public reports to 311 including sanitation issues, rodents, and graffiti.

Also includes the two types of Homeless Service Requests – Assistance and reports of Encampment.

Since QoL is not a hard definition you can exclude those that don’t fit your criteria. You can let me
know and we can revise the spreadsheet or feel free to edit. If you have any questions or need
detail happy to walk you through it.

In the attached QoL-related account for 601,000 complaints through November (1,800 avg per day)
which represents 24% of all Service Requests filed through 311 and is higher in total than same set
in 2014 and 2013.

10581
10582
From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Tom Snyder; Arslanian, Kayla; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: AD COUNCIL DATE, HANAUER, LAUNCH
Date: Monday, December 07, 2015 11:09:33 AM
Fantastic. Thank you
> On Dec 7, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
> Go with Thursday the 7th at Gracie 6 - 8pm. Dinner.
>
>
>> Ladies and Gent:
>>
>> Hope you had a good weekend.
>>
>> - Checking in on an advisory council date the first week in January.
>> Please let me know date so we can start organizing today.
>> - Can we have him follow up with Hanauer ASAP per our convo this weekend?
>>
>> FOR YOUR SKED- We are looking at Tuesday, January 12th for the re-launch
>> date. Please mark in your calendars though we are NOT going to have an
>> event. We might ask for time beforehand to record a video of him re:
>> inequality.
>>
>> THANK YOU
>
10583
To: Geri Prado
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Tom Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: AD COUNCIL DATE, HANAUER, LAUNCH
Aha - I didn’t check my other email. I see it now, we good.
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 11:09 AM
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; Tom Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: AD COUNCIL DATE, HANAUER, LAUNCH
I only sent to you, tom, cc-ed Hayley. Let me know if you want me to send directly. I thought if you
could help lift it, it would be best.
> On Dec 7, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Arslanian, Kayla <KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
> Will do. Geri, can you cc me on that note to the boss? Thank you!!
>
> From: Snyder, Thomas
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 10:54 AM
> To: Geri Prado; Tom Snyder; Arslanian, Kayla; Salazar-Rodriguez,
> Prisca
> Cc: Hayley Prim; John Del Cecato
> Subject: Re: AD COUNCIL DATE, HANAUER, LAUNCH
>
> Kayla - please get Hanauer call on mayor¹s agenda. Geri - send kayla a brief note on what Mayor
should talk to him about.
>
>
>> Ladies and Gent:
>>
>> Hope you had a good weekend.
>>
>> - Checking in on an advisory council date the first week in January.
>> Please let me know date so we can start organizing today.
>> - Can we have him follow up with Hanauer ASAP per our convo this weekend?
>>
>> FOR YOUR SKED- We are looking at Tuesday, January 12th for the
>> re-launch date. Please mark in your calendars though we are NOT going
>> to have an event. We might ask for time beforehand to record a video of him re:
>> inequality.
>>
>> THANK YOU
>
10584
To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen
Subject: NY Times: Elizabeth Warren Shows Support for Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Plan
Date: Monday, December 07, 2015 7:34:20 PM
Elizabeth Warren Shows Support for Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Plan
NY TIMES - Amy Chozick
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/elizabeth-warren-shows-
support-for-hillary-clintons-wall-street-plan/?_r=0

Hillary Clinton, hearing criticism for her ties to the financial industry, received the
critical support of Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday for her proposal to expand
the Dodd-Frank regulatory structure and urging of President Obama to veto any
legislation that would weaken Wall Street regulation.
“Secretary Clinton is right to fight back against Republicans trying to sneak Wall
Street giveaways into the must-pass government funding bill,” Ms. Warren, the
liberal senator from Massachusetts, wrote on Facebook after Mrs. Clinton published
an Op-Ed article in The New York Times with her proposals to regulate Wall Street.

In the Op-Ed, Mrs. Clinton specifically called for Republicans not to defund the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Ms. Warren previously oversaw.
“Whether it’s attacking the C.F.P.B., undermining new rules to rein in unscrupulous
retirement advisers, or rolling back any part of the hard-fought progress we’ve made
on financial reform,” Ms. Warren wrote, “she and I agree.”
As high-profile Democratic elected officials line up to support Mrs. Clinton’s
candidacy, Ms. Warren has remained neutral. This month, 13 of the 14 Democratic
female United States senators attended a fund-raiser and rally in Washington for
Mrs. Clinton, but the headlines from the event mostly focused on Ms. Warren’s
absence.

On Monday, Ms. Warren stopped short of endorsing Mrs. Clinton, but her message
of support for the candidate’s Wall Street plan could do much to ease concerns that
Mrs. Clinton’s deep donor base of financial executives would make her reluctant to
install tough regulations.

Mrs. Clinton does not support reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era
legislation that broke up the big banks and that liberals, and her primary opponents,
Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, have urged her to adopt.

“My plan goes beyond the biggest banks to include the whole financial sector,” Mrs.
Clinton wrote, explaining that her plan covers the so-called shadow-banking industry
of private equity and hedge funds. “We need to tackle excessive risk wherever it
lurks, not just in the banks.”
Sent from my iPhone
10585
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: jfdc@akpdmedia. com; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Re: wfp/sanders
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 9:54:21 AM
Ok
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
+EW
Dan shud handle
EW has some language

From: Hinton, Karen
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 9:48 AM
To: 'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Fwd: wfp/sanders
Should this be sent to Dan? Do we want to comment?
Sent from my iPhone
From: "Burns, Alex" <alex.burns@nytimes.com>

Date: December 8, 2015 at 9:33:45 AM EST
To: "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: wfp/sanders
You gonna have any reaction to Working Families endorsing

Bernie?
Any comment on whether the mayor played a role in their
deliberations?
--
Alexander Burns
New York Times
Desk: (212) 556-4420
Cell: (917) 838-2039
10586
From: Wolfe, Emma
To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil
Cc: jfdc@akpdmedia. com; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: RE: wfp/sanders
You bet will do

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: jfdc@akpdmedia. com; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Re: wfp/sanders
Emma will u be in touch with Dan?
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
+EW
Dan shud handle
EW has some language

From: Hinton, Karen
To: 'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Fwd: wfp/sanders
Should this be sent to Dan? Do we want to comment?
Sent from my iPhone
From: "Burns, Alex" <alex.burns@nytimes.com>

Date: December 8, 2015 at 9:33:45 AM EST
Subject: wfp/sanders
You gonna have any reaction to Working Families endorsing

Bernie?
Any comment on whether the mayor played a role in their
deliberations?
--
Alexander Burns
New York Times
Desk: (212) 556-4420
Cell: (917) 838-2039
10587
From: Hinton, Karen
To: John Del Cecato
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: Inside City Hall
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 8:03:23 PM
I would like to make some news too.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 7:47 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
How about doing something out of character & giving Paul Ryan a pat on
the back for calling out Trump on the madness?

Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 6:01 PM
To: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Yes I sent the entire list in another email.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Topics?

From: Hinton, Karen
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 4:30 PM
To: 'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'; Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Inside City Hall
Mayor doing Inside City Hall Wednesday. Want to give him three home
bases for topics below. Any thoughts from you?

National Politics
Relationship with Albany stakeholders
Interaction with NYers and public perception of the administration

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
10588
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil
Ha!
On Dec 8, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Btw- I am pretty sure the chef got in trouble for that fish...
To: Wolfe, Emma; Hinton, Karen
Dinner: The fish was dry.
From: "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
Cc: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
TPA I leave to jdc et al

Albany I think we play substance and straight, stay outta personalities and
posturing.
Feud hurting you politically and making it more difficult to get things done. Do u
agree w that? My agenda is to fight for the people of NYC, period. I'm laser-
focused on getting results for working families. And today I'm here to make
sure...
Tell me about dinner - constructive, all I have to say
Etc
From: Hinton, Karen

To: John Del Cecato
10589
Emma John could u send me thoughts on Albany and politics?
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 7:47 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

wrote:
How about doing something out of character & giving Paul

Ryan a pat on the back for calling out Trump on the
madness?

<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Walzak, Phil

<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Topics?
From: Hinton, Karen

To: 'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'; Wolfe, Emma; Walzak, Phil;
Hagelgans, Andrea
Mayor doing Inside City Hall Wednesday. Want to give him

three home bases for topics below. Any thoughts from you?
National Politics
Interaction with NYers and public perception of the
administration
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
10590
To: Hinton, Karen
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
And guess what? Midtown doesn't always have the best food!
And no - I'm not saying they should have gone to godforsaken Brooklyn.
Just drop by the East Village, and enjoy an always perfect meal at Mermaid Inn. Or
any of 100 other places.
On Dec 8, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
true enough....
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
From: Walzak, Phil

To: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: RE: Inside City Hall
well, their ppl shudnt have leaked on us.....
From: Hinton, Karen

To: Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Cecato; Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: Inside City Hall
That poor restaurant. Did you see WSJ today? Will hurt their business.
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

To: John Del Cecato; Wolfe, Emma; Hinton, Karen
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Btw- I am pretty sure the chef got in trouble for that fish...
To: Wolfe, Emma; Hinton, Karen
10591
Dinner: The fish was dry.
From: "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>

To: "Hinton, Karen" <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato
Cc: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea"
TPA I leave to jdc et al

Albany I think we play substance and straight, stay outta personalities and
posturing.
Feud hurting you politically and making it more difficult to get things done. Do u
agree w that? My agenda is to fight for the people of NYC, period. I'm laser-
focused on getting results for working families. And today I'm here to make
sure...
Tell me about dinner - constructive, all I have to say
Etc
From: Hinton, Karen

To: John Del Cecato
Sent from my iPhone
How about doing something out of character & giving Paul Ryan a
pat on the back for calling out Trump on the madness?

10592
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Walzak, Phil

<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Topics?

From: Hinton, Karen
Hagelgans, Andrea


National Politics
administration

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
10593
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Hagelgans, Andrea
Phil is official CH apologist for hometown hero Paul Ryan!
On Dec 8, 2015, at 9:09 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
i disagree
seems gimmicky to me
trump taking enough heat, why give these guys a cheap win
w shud be hitting congress on guns and terror bills
From: John Del Cecato [jfdc@akpdmedia.com]

To: Hinton, Karen
Will send you some ideas on national stuff tomorrow… But I really think we
should focus on a single thing – praising Paul Ryan for having the courage to call
out his own party’s frontrunner

Cc: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Sent from my iPhone
How about doing something out of character & giving Paul Ryan a pat on the
back for calling out Trump on the madness?

10594
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Topics?
From: Hinton, Karen

Hagelgans, Andrea

National Politics
administration
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
10595
To: Hinton, Karen; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Wolfe, Emma; "jfdc@akpdmedia. com";
Norvell, Wiley
Cc: @JustPressOffice
Transportation $
Bill that passed last week a win for New Yorkers, result of all-year push by our congressional
delegation, bipartisan mayors, business leaders, more.
Doesn't just roll back proposed cut - adds an additional $100M/year for 5 years for NYC
roads, bridges, transit, ferries.
Also provides billions for competitive grant funding that could help move forward key bus
rapid transit, subway capital improvements, and other major infrastructure projects.
Does this transportation bill mean Woodhaven SBS, 2nd Ave Subway, all
getting more money?
It means that instead of $80M/year CUT to transit, these projects could now get more
money
Bill increases funding to NYC by about $100M/year. And funds competitive grant
program for bigger projects like ones above.
Big win for New Yorkers. Coalition has long fought for increased funding.
What happens now?
Bill is five years of funding certainty - good news!
We'll put dollars to work on our roads, bridges, transit, ferries
What about Gateway?
For first time, bill includes Amtrak in addition to typical highway and transit programs.
Provisions to make Amtrak more financially stable, reform federal programs that help
make rail investment easier.

10596
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Phillip Walzak; Hagelgans, Andrea; Kadushin, Peter; Wolfe, Emma; 'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'; Norvell,
Wiley; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)
Cc: @JustPressOffice
Sorry it's late. Day got away from me, then I had to leave early. Let me know any changes
if you can tonite. I would like to send at 11 pm.
Amy, if you could send home bases for transportation bill.
Home Bases For Inside City Hall/Erroll Louis -- 32 minutes with a one-minute break. 1-1:40
pm
Errol Louis Topics:
Education
Affordable Housing
Public Safety/NYPD
National Politics
Interaction with NYers and public perception of the administration
PIVOTS TO OUR MESSAGE --
Questions about past controversies: I'm looking forward to build on what we have

accomplished. I'm proud of what we've done in education, affordable housing,
transportation, crime reduction and most recently, gun divestment. Segway to guns and
terrorism.
Questions about Governor: I'm working with the Governor to help NYC. I'm working with
Senators Schumer & Gilligrand, with other electeds to benefit New Yorkers. Together we
helped pass a major transportation bill.
Questions about polls: I'm focusing on helping New Yorkers, not reading polls. I'm focusing
on fighting intolerance and discrimination, homelessness and mental health. The First Lady
rolled out her Thrive NYC.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
KEY MESSAGE - I promised to help end income inequality. To do that, we have to even the
playing field in education, housing and public safety. We've made progress in all three key
areas.
Education: From pre-k to high school, we moved closer to ensuring every child, in every
classroom, realizes a future that isn’t limited by their ZIP code.
Affordable Housing: A city without affordable housing is a city without diversity and
vibrance. That's not NYC. That's why we've built & preserved over 20,000 affordable
apartments.
Crime: During my first two years of service, we have seen the lowest crime rates in record-
keeping history. We have Commissioner Bratton and NYPD officers to thank.
EDUCATION
Q: Tisch and others have been critical of your education agenda. Some have accused you
of rolling back Mayor Bloomberg's accomplishments, especially around smaller schools.
How would you answer those charges?
- For 19 months, we built the foundations: Pre-K for All, after-school, teacher contract,
community/renewal schools.
- Now, we are raising the bar on early literacy, on-time graduation, college readiness
- Investing to make sure kids meet critical benchmarks: all students reading by 2nd grade, AP
Classes in Every School, Computer Science for over 1 million students
- Pre-k is about making sure kids enter school ready to learn.
- From 19K in 2013 to 65K this September
- Average family saves $10,000 per year in childcare costs
RENEWAL SCHOOLS
Q-Pre-K has been a great success, but critics say the school system has a long way to go at reforming
elementary and secondary schools? Are targets too low Renewal Schools? How is this accountability?
- Schools were in long decline when we launched program -- we demand they improve faster than school
system as a whole.
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- Goals being posted online by each school, will be easy to find, family-friendly.
- If they exceed goals, we’ll give tougher ones. If they don’t meet them, closure on the table.
- I expect to make tough decisions soon on closure for next year.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING/REZONING
Q: There has been a lot of opposition to your affordable housing plans. Will you succeed? Should
you have done more community outreach to build support?
- Changes will lower cost of building affordable housing and help us build more. Built 30,000 so far.
- 32BJ endorsed our plans, as did the Hotel Trades Council yesterday.
- Land use process about getting and incorporating feedback from all sides. Confident working with Council
to reach good outcome.
- Vital we get mandatory program passed. It will generate the most results in nation.
HOMELESSNESS
Q: Some would say your biggest failure this year was the increase in homelessness and your inability to
turn the problem around?
- Homeless a huge challenge but we are doing what needs to be done.
- Prevention: Leveraging every resource to keep New Yorkers in their homes, protect them before shelter
is their only option. We provided 90,000 individuals help to prevent homelessness.
- Street: Opening up 500 beds in churches and places of worship to provide shelter and services for those
on our streets, people who traditionally reject shelter.
- Shelter Exit: Creating new rental assistance programs/shelter exit pathways . We helped over 22,000
individuals exit shelter since July 2014.
- Veteran: Placed over 1,700 homeless vets into permanent housing since taking office.
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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Q: Are you and the Governor going to agree to work together on homelessness? Is he going to take
over the management of the homeless programs?
- Providing 15,000 new supportive housing units -- proven method to address homelessness & mental
illness.
- Consistently called on Albany to join NYC in increasing the number of supportive housing apartments
PUBLIC SAFETY/NYPD
Q: Your relationship with NYPD seems to have improved this year. How would you
characterize it?
How would you respond to critics who say the city is not safe and is returning to the bad
old days of the '70s?
- No one values the work NYPD does & the sacrifices made more than me. NYPD is the best police
force in country, if not the world.
- NYC is safest big city in the country; has lowest crime rate among 30 largest cities.
One in a million chance of being a victim in subway

Overall crime down ~2,400 crimes or 2.4%
Shootings down 2.5%
(Murders up 6.2%, small change, 19 more; doesn't indicate crime wave, Brennan Center for Justice report)
NYCHA crime down 11%
- We put into place smart reforms to rebuild police/community relationship.
1,300 more officers for neighborhood policing & anti-terrorist unit;

Unnecessary stop & frisk reduction; &
Aggressive enforcement of quality of life violations
More Public Safety & Anti-Terrorism Unit:
- Deployment of the ShotSpotter system, a new gunshot detection technology that will
decrease officer response times to gunshot incidents
- First deployment of NYPD’s new Critical Response Command, the front-line of the city’s
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defense against terrorism.
- Investment of $7.3 million to upgrade 13,000 bulletproof vests for NYPD officers.
NATIONAL POLITICS
Q: Your Progressive Agenda got off to a rocky start when you had to cancel your presidential forum.
And, you were roundly criticized for traveling to presidential primary states. Can you blame people for
thinking that you care more about having a national profile than being mayor?
- Everything I do, I do to help New York City.
- To fight income inequality we need to build support across the country for changes we need in DC.
- My administration is about results. Anyone who looks at our record sees results. Vision Zero, fewer traffic
deaths; hiring 1,300 officers to buttress our anti-terrorist efforts; enrolling 600,000 New Yorkers in IDNYC.
Q: What do you think of the WFP endorsement of Sanders? Were you consulted?
- Have lots of respect for WFP; what they do is up to them.
- HRC is my candidate for President; she has my full support.
Q: What do you think of the Republican field, especially your harshest critic, Donald Trump?
- The Republican candidates continue to do more to help Hillary Clinton than themselves. They are a sight
to behold.
- As for Donald Trump, his divisive language of "us" versus "them" is dangerous. It has no place in our
society. Is not what our country stands for.
- We should demand from our presidential candidates a standard that in no way beckons George Wallace
or Joe McCarthy.
ALBANY
Q: Last time we talked last this in City Hall you attacked the Governor, accusing him of harming and
seeking vendettas. Do you regret that? Will those words come to haunt you in Albany this
legislative session? What will be your legislative agenda? How was the dinner?
- We had a constructive dinner you read about. I am looking forward. I want to build on
what we have accomplished. I'm proud of what we've done in education, affordable
housing, transportation, crime reduction and most recently, gun divestment.
- I'm working with the Governor to help NYC. I'm working with Senators Schumer &
Gilligrand, with other electeds to benefit New Yorkers. Together we helped pass a major
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transportation bill.
- I'm laser-focused on helping New Yorkers. My agenda will be on legislation that gets
results for working families in better education, more affordable housing, improved
transportation, and less homelessness.
PERCEPTIONS/INTERACTIONS WITH NEW YORKERS

Q: Many pundits say you have indeed accomplished a lot but New Yorkers have a negative perception
of you that you haven't been able to erase. Do you agree? What are you doing about it?
- I agree we've accomplished a lot. And, I agree we've got to do a better job of telling our story. That's
what I'm doing right now on Inside City Hall. We re-paved FDR from top to bottom. We saved every
family with 4-year-olds $10,000 a year by covering pre-K. And, we improved 60 community parks.
Q: You also have changed your media strategy. Tell us about why you did that?
- I wanted to take my message in a more direct route to the public. I'm doing more Town
Halls and more radio call-ins for that very reason. I've always spent a lot of time in
neighborhoods, talking to people.
OTHER TOPICS
Gun Divestment:
- Congress refuses to act. Need new tools.
- KEY MESSAGE: The flow of public and private money needs to stop.
- Public/private investment should end until civilians can’t buy. Only law & military.
- 2 NYC funds divested. Urging 3 others to divest. Others across country should do same.
Private equity, too.
- Weapons used in San Bernardino made by Smith & Wesson & Freedom Group, family of
gun manufacturers.
- Weapon used at Sandy Hook made & marketed by Freedom Group, owned by a NYC-based
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private equity firm, Cerberus. Freedom, #1 manufacturer of assault weapons.
Terrorism Watch List:
- People on FBI Terrorist Watchlist can't board a plane, but they can buy a lethal rifle,
handgun or assault weapon.

- Of course we should have background checks for online purchases of guns. (San
Bernardino assault weapons bought online.)

- 2 common sense bills, blocked by GOP, NRA & other right-wing groups.
Refugees:
- We welcome these refugees to the city of immigrants with open arms while other states
pursue their baseless attempt to prevent their resettlement.

- Our first priority is always safety, which is why refugees undergo most rigorous security
and vetting processes.
Muslim Outreach:
- NYC has been and is a beacon to the world. A city for everyone.

- We must pass to the next generation that tremendous tradition of inclusion, tolerance,
understanding & unity.

- The few who have chosen a negative and violent path do not define the rest of us.
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
10603
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Hayley Prim; Arslanian, Kayla; Snyder, Thomas; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Mayor Bill Peduto - Pittsburgh
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:51:52 PM
That's great. She's on the advisory council list and has been invited. This is great news. Thanks.
> On Dec 17, 2015, at 9:33 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> Just signed onto TPA online. And he is excited to join any gathering of progressive mayors we
organize at Gracie. And fyi, he says Mayor Nan Whaley pushed him to sign on. SHE's someone we
should consider for our leadership group. The real thing. And from Ohio!
>
>
10604
To: B
Cc: Geri Prado; Hayley Prim; Arslanian, Kayla; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Mayor Bill Peduto - Pittsburgh
Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:39:48 PM
Right on!
> On Dec 17, 2015, at 9:33 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> Just signed onto TPA online. And he is excited to join any gathering of progressive mayors we
organize at Gracie. And fyi, he says Mayor Nan Whaley pushed him to sign on. SHE's someone we
should consider for our leadership group. The real thing. And from Ohio!
>
>
10605
Subject: Re: HOLLYWOOD LIFE: Bill De Blasio: Donald Trump Could Be President ‹ ŒDon¹t Count Him Out¹
Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:56:04 PM
thanks

Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 at 4:22 PM
Subject: Fwd: HOLLYWOOD LIFE: Bill De Blasio: Donald Trump Could Be President — ‘Don’t Count
Him Out’
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Date: December 18, 2015 at 4:21:03 PM EST
Subject: HOLLYWOOD LIFE: Bill De Blasio: Donald Trump Could Be President — ‘Don’t
Count Him Out’
Bill De Blasio: Donald Trump Could Be President — ‘Don’t Count Him

Out’
HOLLYWOOD LIFE - Chloe Melas
http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/12/18/mayor-bill-de-blasio-donald-trump-
president-nyc-interview/

HollywoodLife.com caught up with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on Dec. 18 and
we had to ask him what he thought about Donald Trump leading in the polls
despite his offensive comments about banning Muslims but the Mayor of New
York said he’s not surprised. He also told us that he wouldn’t be surprised in the
least if Donald ends up being the Republican nominee!
One person who doesn’t think Donald Trump is losing steam is Mayor Bill de
Blasio. The Mayor of NYC spoke with HollywoodLife.com about the former
Celebrity Apprentice star who is constantly making headlines for his outrageous
remarks on things like gun control and homeland security and said for those who
think Donald will eventually fall by the wayside in the presidential race should
think again.

Even though the election is more than one year away, Mayor Bill de Blasio
thinks this is only the beginning for Donald and believes there’s a significant
chance he could be come the 45th President of the United States. “Yes,” he told
us when we asked if he thought Donald might become president. “Don’t count
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him out. I really do [think he could become president].”

We also asked if he had a chance to watch the fifth presidential debate and he
said he “didn’t watch the debate” because unfortunately he has been so busy that
he didn’t have the time.

But that’s okay because we definitely watched and it was full of the candidates
bashing Trump and vice versa. First Jeb Bush attacked Donald and said he’d be
a “chaos” president. “Donald is great at the one-liners. But he’s a chaos
candidate and he’d be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in
chief we need to keep our country safe.”

Donald made sure not to go down without a fight, “Jeb doesn’t really believe
I’m unhinged he said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign.
It’s been a total disaster, nobody cares… frankly I’m the most solid person up
here. All I want to do is make America great again. I don’t want our country to
be taken away from us and that’s what’s happening. The polices that we’ve
suffered under other presidents has been a disaster for our country and Jeb in all
fairness doesn’t believe that.”
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To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Fw: Mayor-Steyer draft op-ed on 50x30
Attachments: MBdB-Steyer v2 nm.docx
From: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 11:52 AM
Subject: FW: Mayor-Steyer draft op-ed on 50x30
Here it is, but it’s totally off (very wonky, not political). My suggestion is to reframe this using the
Paris agreement as the lede/hook and the framing of the Mayor’s statement on the agreement as
the way to pivot to our message.
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To: Snyder, Thomas; Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Ceccato
Subject: RE: nextGen
His people were happy about using the recent Paris agreement as a hook, so that’s what we’re
doing.

From: Snyder, Thomas [mailto:TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov]
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 1:58 PM
To: Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Hagelgans, Andrea; John Del Ceccato
Subject: Re: nextGen
What will it take to get closure on this? Limping along for several months now. Steyer important for Mayor

Date: Monday, December 21, 2015 at 1:55 PM
Subject: RE: nextGen

Andrea and I are working with JDC, gave them guidance on frame, they’re drafting, I’ll fact
check/review.

Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 1:52 PM
Subject: nextGen
Did we ever get to closure on OpEd with Tom Steyer?
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From: Geri Prado
To: Thomas Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: Kayla Arslanian; John Del Cecato; Hayley Prim
Subject: US Conference of Mayors- Jan 20-24
Hi folks:
Hayley and I were batting around some ideas. If there is a way to hold a small reception and briefing
for a few mayors in DC around TPAC, could you let us know?
I’m thinking 1 hour between events he will be at or after/before.
It would be both an opportunity to talk to mayors already on board and recruit several new. We could
see if we could do it on site.
Let me know if this would be possible.
gp
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To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Re: Progressive Agenda website
Ok thanks
On Dec 22, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
FYI. Said Katz was go-to.

From: Brendan Cheney [mailto:bcheney@politico.com]
To: Hinton, Karen
Subject: Progressive Agenda website
Hi Karen,

I've noticed that the Progressive Agenda website has been taken down and I'm
planning to report on it. Do you want to comment? I've also emailed Rebecca
Katz for comment. Thanks!

Brendan

Brendan Cheney
Reporter, POLITICO States
bcheney@politico.com
@brendancheney
646-779-4793 (w)
(c)
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Subject: FW: THE ATLANTIC: Why America Is Moving Left

From: Ramsawak, Victoria
Subject: THE ATLANTIC: Why America Is Moving Left

Why America Is Moving Left
THE ATLANTIC - Peter Beinart
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/why-america-is-moving-left/419112/

Over roughly the past 18 months, the following events have transfixed the nation.

In July 2014, Eric Garner, an African American man reportedly selling loose cigarettes
illegally, was choked to death by a New York City policeman.

That August, a white police officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed an African American
teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. For close to two weeks, protesters battled
police clad in military gear. Missouri’s governor said the city looked like a war zone.

In December, an African American man with a criminal record avenged Garner’s and
Brown’s deaths by murdering two New York City police officers. At the officers’ funerals,
hundreds of police turned their backs on New York’s liberal mayor, Bill de Blasio.

In April 2015 another young African American man, Freddie Gray, died in police custody, in
Baltimore. In the chaos that followed, 200 businesses were destroyed, 113 police officers
were injured, and 486 people were arrested. To avoid further violence, a game between the
Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox was postponed twice, then played in an empty
stadium with police sirens audible in the distance.

Then, in July, activists with Black Lives Matter, a movement that had gained national
attention after Brown’s death, disrupted speeches by two Democratic presidential candidates
in Phoenix, Arizona. As former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley fidgeted onstage,
protesters chanted, “If I die in police custody, avenge my death! By any means necessary!”
and “If I die in police custody, burn everything down!” When O’Malley responded, “Black
lives matter, white lives matter, all lives matter,” the crowd booed loudly. Later that day,
O’Malley apologized. Donald Trump, who had ascended to first place in the race for the
Republican presidential nomination while promising to represent the “silent majority,” called
O’Malley “a disgusting little weak, pathetic baby.”

Anyone familiar with American history can hear the echoes. The phrase by any means
necessary was popularized by Malcolm X in a June 1964 speech in Upper Manhattan. In the
wake of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in April 1968, Baltimore burned, as many
cities did amid the racial violence that broke out every spring and summer from 1964 to
1969. In November 1969, in a speech from the Oval Office, Richard Nixon uttered the phrase
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silent majority. It soon became shorthand for those white Americans who, shaken by crime
and appalled by radicalism, turned against the Democratic Party in the ’60s and ’70s. For
Americans with an ear for historical parallels, the return of that era’s phrases and images
suggests that a powerful conservative backlash is headed our way.

At least, that was my thesis when I set out to write this essay. I came of age in the ’80s and
’90s, when the backlash against ’60s liberalism still struck terror into Democratic hearts. I
watched as Ronald Reagan moved the country hard to the right, and as Bill Clinton made his
peace with this new political reality by assuring white America that his party would fight
crime mercilessly. Seeing this year’s Democratic candidates crumple before Black Lives
Matter and shed Clinton’s ideological caution as they stampeded to the left, I imagined the
country must be preparing for a vast conservative reaction.

But I was wrong. The more I examined the evidence, the more I realized that the current
moment looks like a mirror image of the late ’60s and early ’70s. The resemblances are clear,
but their political significance has been turned upside down. There is a backlash against the
liberalism of the Obama era. But it is louder than it is strong. Instead of turning right, the
country as a whole is still moving to the left.

That doesn’t mean the Republicans won’t retain strength in the nation’s statehouses and in
Congress. It doesn’t mean a Republican won’t sooner or later claim the White House. It
means that on domestic policy—foreign policy is following a different trajectory, as it often
does—the terms of the national debate will continue tilting to the left. The next Democratic
president will be more liberal than Barack Obama. The next Republican president will be
more liberal than George W. Bush.

In the late ’60s and ’70s, amid left-wing militancy and racial strife, a liberal era ended.
Today, amid left-wing militancy and racial strife, a liberal era is only just beginning.

Understanding why requires understanding why the Democratic Party—and more important,
the country at large—is becoming more liberal.

The story of the Democratic Party’s journey leftward has two chapters. The first is about the
presidency of George W. Bush. Before Bush, unapologetic liberalism was not the Democratic
Party’s dominant creed. The party had a strong centrist wing, anchored in Congress by white
southerners such as Tennessee Senator Al Gore, who had supported much of Ronald
Reagan’s defense buildup, and Georgia Senator Sam Nunn, who had stymied Bill Clinton’s
push for gays in the military. For intellectual guidance, centrist Democrats looked to the
Democratic Leadership Council, which opposed raising the minimum wage; to The New
Republic (a magazine I edited in the early 2000s), which attacked affirmative action and Roe
v. Wade; and to the Washington Monthly, which proposed means-testing Social Security.

Centrist Democrats believed that Reagan, for all his faults, had gotten some big things right.
The Soviet Union had been evil. Taxes had been too high. Excessive regulation had
squelched economic growth. The courts had been too permissive of crime. Until Democrats
acknowledged these things, the centrists believed, they would neither win the presidency nor
deserve to. In the late 1980s and the 1990s, an influential community of Democratic-aligned
politicians, strategists, journalists, and wonks believed that critiquing liberalism from the
right was morally and politically necessary.

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George W. Bush wiped this community out. Partly, he did so by rooting the GOP more
firmly in the South—Reagan’s political base had been in the West—aiding the slow-motion
extinction of white southern Democrats that had begun when the party embraced civil rights.
But Bush also destroyed centrist Democrats intellectually, by making it impossible for them
to credibly critique liberalism from the right.

In the late 1980s and the 1990s, centrist Democrats had argued that Reagan’s decisions to cut
the top income-tax rate from 70 percent to 50 percent and to loosen government regulation
had spurred economic growth. When Bush cut the top rate to 35 percent in 2001 and further
weakened regulation, however, inequality and the deficit grew, but the economy barely did—
and then the financial system crashed. In the late ’80s and the ’90s, centrist Democrats had
also argued that Reagan’s decision to boost defense spending and aid the Afghan mujahideen
had helped topple the Soviet empire. But in 2003, when Bush invaded Iraq, he sparked the
greatest foreign-policy catastrophe since Vietnam.

If the lesson of the Reagan era had been that Democrats should give a Republican president
his due, the lesson of the Bush era was that doing so brought disaster. In the Senate, Bush’s
2001 tax cut passed with 12 Democratic votes; the Iraq War was authorized with 29. As the
calamitous consequences of these votes became clear, the revolt against them destroyed the
Democratic Party’s centrist wing. “What I want to know,” declared an obscure Vermont
governor named Howard Dean in February 2003, “is why in the world the Democratic Party
leadership is supporting the president’s unilateral attack on Iraq. What I want to know is, why
are Democratic Party leaders supporting tax cuts?” By year’s end, Dean—running for
president against a host of Washington Democrats who had supported the war—was the clear
front-runner for his party’s nomination.

With the Dean campaign came an intellectual revolution inside the Democratic Party. His
insurgency helped propel Daily Kos, a group blog dedicated to stiffening the liberal spine. It
energized the progressive activist group MoveOn. It also coincided with Paul Krugman’s
emergence as America’s most influential liberal columnist and Jon Stewart’s emergence as
America’s most influential liberal television personality. In 2003, MSNBC hired Keith
Olbermann and soon became a passionately liberal network. In 2004, The New Republic
apologized for having supported the Iraq War. In 2005, The Huffington Post was born as a
liberal alternative to the Drudge Report. In 2006, Joe Lieberman, the Democratic Party’s
most outspoken hawk, lost his Democratic Senate primary and became an Independent. In
2011, the Democratic Leadership Council—having lost its influence years earlier—closed its
doors.

By the time Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 2008, in part because of her support for the Iraq War, the mood inside the party
had fundamentally changed. Whereas the party’s most respected thinkers had once urged
Democrats to critique liberal orthodoxy, they now criticized Democrats for not defending that
orthodoxy fiercely enough. The presidency of George W. Bush had made Democrats
unapologetically liberal, and the presidency of Barack Obama was the most tangible result.

But that’s only half the story. Because if George W. Bush’s failures pushed the Democratic
Party to the left, Barack Obama’s have pushed it even further. If Bush was responsible for the
liberal infrastructure that helped elect Obama, Obama has now inadvertently contributed to
the creation of two movements—Occupy and Black Lives Matter—dedicated to the
proposition that even the liberalism he espouses is not left-wing enough.
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Given the militant opposition Obama faced from Republicans in Congress, it’s unclear
whether he could have used the financial crisis to dramatically curtail Wall Street’s power.
What is clear is that he did not. Thus, less than three years after the election of a president
who had inspired them like no other, young activists looked around at a country whose people
were still suffering, and whose financial titans were still dominant. In response, they created
Occupy Wall Street.

When academics from the City University of New York went to Zuccotti Park to study the
people who had taken it over, they found something striking: 40 percent of the Occupy
activists had worked on the 2008 presidential campaign, mostly for Obama. Many of them
had hoped that, as president, he would bring fundamental change. Now the collapse of that
hope had led them to challenge Wall Street directly. “Disenchantment with Obama was a
driver of the Occupy movement for many of the young people who participated,” noted the
CUNY researchers. In his book on the movement, Occupy Nation, the Columbia University
sociologist Todd Gitlin quotes Jeremy Varon, a close observer of Occupy who teaches at the
New School for Social Research, as saying, “This is the Obama generation declaring their
independence from his administration. We thought his voice was ours. Now we know we
have to speak for ourselves.”

For a brief period, Occupy captured the nation’s attention. In December 2011, Gitlin notes,
the movement had 143 chapters in California alone. Then it fizzled. But as the political
scientist Frances Fox Piven has written, “The great protest movements of history … did not
expand in the shape of a simple rising arc of popular defiance. Rather, they began in a
particular place, sputtered and subsided, only to re-emerge elsewhere in perhaps a different
form, influenced by local particularities of circumstance and culture.”

That’s what happened to Occupy. The movement may have burned out, but it injected
economic inequality into the American political debate. (In the weeks following the takeover
of Zuccotti Park, media references to the subject rose fivefold.) The same anger that sparked
Occupy—directed not merely at Wall Street but at the Democratic Party elites who coddled it
—fueled Bill de Blasio’s election and Elizabeth Warren’s rise to national prominence. And
without Occupy, it’s impossible to understand why a curmudgeonly Democratic Socialist
from Vermont is seriously challenging Hillary Clinton in the early primary states. The day
Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy, a group of Occupy veterans offered their
endorsement. In the words of one former Occupy activist, Stan Williams, “People who are
involved in Occupy are leading the biggest group for Bernie Sanders. Our fingers are all over
this.”

Arguably more significant than the Sanders campaign itself is the way Democratic elites have
responded to it. In the late 1980s and the ’90s, they would have savaged him. For the
Democratic Leadership Council, which sought to make the party more business-friendly, an
avowed Socialist would have been the perfect foil. Today, in a Democratic Party whose
guiding ethos is “no enemies to the left,” Sanders has met with little ideological resistance.
That’s true not only among intellectuals and activists but among many donors. Journalists
often assume that Democrats who write big checks oppose a progressive agenda, at least
when it comes to economics. And some do. But as John Judis has reported in National
Journal, the Democracy Alliance, the party’s most influential donor club, which includes
mega-funders such as George Soros and Tom Steyer, has itself shifted leftward during the
Obama years. In 2014, it gave Warren a rapturous welcome when she spoke at the group’s
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annual winter meeting. Last spring it announced that it was making economic inequality its
top priority.

All of this has shaped the Clinton campaign’s response to Sanders. At the first Democratic
debate, she noted that, unlike him, she favors “rein[ing] in the excesses of capitalism” rather
than abandoning it altogether. But the only specific policy difference she highlighted was gun
control, on which she attacked him from the left.

Moreover, the Occupy-Warren-Sanders axis has influenced Clinton’s own economic agenda,
which is significantly further left than the one she ran on in 2008. She has called for tougher
regulation of the financial industry, mused about raising Social Security taxes on the wealthy
(something she opposed in 2008), and criticized the Trans-Pacific Partnership (a trade
agreement she once gushed about). Overall, Vox’s Matthew Yglesias has written, Clinton
appears “less inclined to favor a market-oriented approach than a left-wing approach, a real
change from the past quarter century of Democratic Party economic policymaking.” Her
“move to the left,” notes Kira Lerner of ThinkProgress, “distances her policies from those of
her husband and Obama.”

The same dynamic is playing out on criminal justice and race. Disillusioned by Obama,
activists are pushing left. And they’re finding that Clinton and the rest of the party
Establishment are happy to go along.

If Occupy is one of Obama’s unplanned legacies, Black Lives Matter is another. The
movement, which began when a jury acquitted George Zimmerman of the murder of
Trayvon Martin in 2013 and exploded in 2014 after the death of Michael Brown, has multiple
roots. It’s a response to a decades-long rise in incarceration rates and to a spate of police
killings, some caught on video.

But it’s also an expression of disillusion with Obama. State violence against African
Americans is nothing new. Yet the fact that it continued when an African American was
ostensibly running the state convinced young African American activists that Establishment
liberals, even black ones, would not, of their own accord, bring structural change. Only direct
action could force their hand.

“Black Lives Matter developed in the wake of the failure of the Obama administration,”
argues the Cornell sociologist Travis Gosa, a co-editor of The Hip Hop & Obama Reader.
“Black Lives Matter is the voice of a Millennial generation that’s been sold a bad bill of
goods.” This new generation of activists, writes Brittney Cooper, a Rutgers University
professor of Africana studies and women’s-and-gender studies, “will not invest in a nation-
state project that hands them black presidents alongside dead unarmed black boys in the
street.” And they take a dim view of veteran activists, such as Al Sharpton, who defend
Obama. “The most faith they have, hubristic though it may turn out to be,” Cooper argues,
“is in themselves to be agents of change.”

Had Black Lives Matter existed when Bill Clinton was seeking the presidency, he probably
would have run against the group. In January 1992, less than three weeks before the Iowa
caucuses, Clinton flew back to Arkansas to oversee the execution of Ricky Ray Rector, an
African American man so mentally deficient at the time of his execution that he didn’t even
realize the people he had shot were dead. Then, in June 1992, in the aftermath of the Los
Angeles riots, Clinton plucked a rapper named Sister Souljah out of relative obscurity and
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publicly lambasted her for reportedly saying, in response to a question about African
American rioters who attacked whites, “If black people kill black people every day, why not
have a week and kill white people?” Eager to emphasize his centrist credentials, Clinton
found African American militancy an invaluable foil.

Today, by contrast, the Democratic Establishment has responded to Black Lives Matter much
as it responded to Occupy: with applause. In July, at the Netroots Nation conference in
Phoenix, Black Lives Matter activists repeatedly interrupted and heckled Sanders and his
fellow candidate Martin O’Malley. At one point, an activist came onto the stage and declared
that the event was occurring on “indigenous land” whose border “was drawn by white-
supremacist manifest destiny.” For roughly 15 minutes, O’Malley stood in silence as the
activists onstage gave speeches.

Afterward, liberal pundits mostly criticized O’Malley and Sanders for not expressing more
sympathy for the people who had disrupted their events. “Both candidates fumbled,” argued
The Nation. “Frankly,” MoveOn announced, “all Democratic presidential candidates need to
do better.”

The candidates themselves agreed. Later that day, O’Malley publicly apologized for having
said that “all lives matter,” which activists said minimized the singularity of state violence
against African Americans. He soon unveiled an ambitious plan to reduce police brutality
and incarceration rates, as well as a constitutional amendment protecting the right to vote.
Sanders apologized too. He hired an African American press secretary sympathetic to Black
Lives Matter, added a “racial justice” section to his Web site, joined members of the
Congressional Black Caucus in introducing legislation to ban private prisons, and began
publicly citing the names of African Americans killed by police. Hillary Clinton, having
already vowed to “end the era of mass incarceration” that her husband and other Democrats
helped launch in the 1990s, has now met with Black Lives Matter activists twice. Bill Clinton
has said he regrets his own role in expanding the incarceration state. And the Democratic
National Committee passed a resolution supporting Black Lives Matter—which the
movement itself quickly disavowed.

During presidential primaries, candidates often pander to their party’s base. So what’s most
remarkable isn’t Hillary Clinton’s move to the left, or the Democratic Party’s. It’s the
American public’s willingness to go along.

Take Black Lives Matter. In the 1960s, African American riots and the Black Power
movement sparked a furious white backlash. In April 1965, note Thomas and Mary Edsall in
their book Chain Reaction, 28 percent of nonsouthern whites thought President Lyndon B.
Johnson was pushing civil rights “too fast.” By September 1966, after riots in Los Angeles,
Chicago, and Cleveland, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s turn from
racial integration toward Black Power, that figure had reached 52 percent.

This time, however, the opposite is happening. In July 2014, the Pew Research Center
reported that 46 percent of Americans agreed with the statement “Our country needs to
continue making changes to give blacks equal rights with whites.” By July 2015, after the
riots in Ferguson and Baltimore and the rise of Black Lives Matter, that figure had risen to
59 percent. From the summer of 2013 to the summer of 2015, according to Gallup, the
percentage of Americans who declared themselves “satisfied with the way blacks are treated
in U.S. society” dropped from 62 percent to 49 percent. In 2015, public confidence in the
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police hit a 22-year low.

Much of this shift is being driven by a changing mood among whites. Between January and
April alone, according to a YouGov poll, the percentage of whites who called deaths like
those of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray “isolated incident[s]” dropped 20 points. There’s
even been movement within the GOP. From 2014 to 2015, the percentage of Republicans
saying America needs to make changes to give blacks an equal chance rose 15 points—more
than the percentage increase among Democrats or Independents.

That’s not to say Ferguson, Baltimore, and Black Lives Matter have sparked no backlash at
all. Donald Trump has called “the way they [Black Lives Matter] are being catered to by the
Democrats” a “disgrace.” Ted Cruz has accused the movement of inciting the murder of
police, a theme also promoted on Fox News.

Still, even as some Republican politicians attack Black Lives Matter, others are working with
Democrats to promote an agenda of police and prison reform. Last year, then–Speaker of the
House John Boehner declared, “We’ve got a lot of people in prison that frankly, in my view,
really don’t need to be there.” In October, a group of conservative Republican senators—
Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn, Mike Lee, and Lindsey Graham—joined Democrats in
introducing legislation to reduce mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug crimes,
roll back harsh “three strikes and you’re out” sentencing laws, end solitary confinement for
juveniles, and allow teenagers to have their criminal records expunged.

Even among the Republicans running for president, the policy agenda is moving away from
the punitive approach both parties once embraced. Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Chris
Christie, John Kasich, and Ted Cruz have all condemned the excessive imprisonment of
nonviolent drug offenders.

Most interesting—because he is the Republican candidate with the keenest sense of how to
appeal to the general electorate—has been the approach of Senator Marco Rubio. In August,
a Fox News anchor asked him about Black Lives Matter. Instead of condemning the
movement, Rubio told the story of an African American friend of his whom police had
stopped eight or nine times over the previous 18 months even though he had never broken
the law. “This is a problem our nation has to confront,” Rubio declared. Then he talked about
young African Americans who get arrested for nonviolent offenses and pushed into plea deals
by overworked public defenders. The government, he said, must “look for ways to divert
people” from going to jail “so that you don’t get people stigmatized early in life.”

Conservative Republicans didn’t talk this way in the ’90s. They didn’t talk this way even in
the early Obama years. The fact that Rubio does so now is more evidence that today, unlike
in the mid-’60s, the debate about race and justice isn’t moving to the right. It’s moving
further left.

What’s different this time? One difference is that in the 1960s and ’70s, crime exploded,
fueling a politics of fear and vengeance. Over the past two decades, by contrast, crime has
plummeted. And despite some hyperbolic headlines, there’s no clear evidence that it’s rising
significantly again. As The Washington Post’s Max Ehrenfreund noted in September after
reviewing the data so far for 2015, “While the number of homicides has increased in many
big cities, the increases are moderate, not more than they were a few years ago. Meanwhile,
crime has declined in other cities. Overall, most cities are still far safer than they were two
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decades ago.”

And it’s not just crime where the Democratic Party’s move leftward is being met with
acceptance rather than rejection. Take LGBT rights: A decade ago, it was considered suicidal
for a Democratic politician to openly support gay marriage. Now that debate is largely over,
and liberals are pushing for antidiscrimination laws that cover transgender people, a group
many Americans weren’t even aware of until Caitlyn Jenner made headlines. At first glance,
this might seem like too much change, too fast. Marriage equality, after all, gives gays and
lesbians access to a fundamentally conservative institution. The transgender-rights movement
poses a far more radical question: Should people get to define their own gender, irrespective
of biology?

Yet the nation’s answer, by large margins, seems to be yes. When the Williams Institute at
the UCLA School of Law examined polls, it found that between two-thirds and three-
quarters of Americans now support barring discrimination against transgender people. It also
found a dramatic rise in recent years in the percentage of Americans who consider anti-
transgender discrimination a “major problem.” According to Andrew Flores, who conducted
the study, a person’s attitude toward gays and lesbians largely predicts their attitude toward
transgender people. Most Americans, in other words, having decided that discriminating
against lesbians and gay men was wrong, have simply extended that view to transgender
people via what Flores describes as a “mechanism of attitude generalization.”

That is why, in the 2016 presidential race, Republicans have shown little interest in opposing
transgender rights. In July, the Pentagon announced that transgender people will be able to
serve openly in the military. One Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee,
denounced the move. Another, Jeb Bush, appeared to support it. The remaining contenders
largely avoided the issue.

There has been little public backlash on economics, either. President Obama has intervened
more extensively in the economy than any other president in close to half a century. In his
first year, he pushed through the largest economic stimulus in American history—larger in
inflation-adjusted terms than Franklin Roosevelt’s famed Works Progress Administration. In
his second year, he muscled universal health care through Congress, something progressives
had been dreaming about since Theodore Roosevelt ran as a Bull Moose. That same year, he
signed a law re-regulating Wall Street. He’s also spent roughly $20 billion bailing out the
auto industry, increased fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks, toughened emissions
standards for coal-fired power plants, authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to
regulate the production of carbon dioxide, expanded the Food and Drug Administration’s
ability to regulate the sale of tobacco products, doubled the amount of fruits and vegetables
required in school lunches, designated 2 million acres as wilderness, and protected more than
1,000 miles of rivers.

This intervention has sparked an angry response on the Republican right, but not among
Americans as a whole. In polling, Americans typically say they favor smaller government in
general while supporting many specific government programs. When Bill Clinton took office
in 1993, Americans said they favored “a smaller government providing fewer services” over
“a bigger government providing more services” by 37 percentage points. When Obama took
power in 2009, the margin was a mere eight points. And despite the president’s many
economic interventions, the most recent time Pew asked that question, in September 2014,
the margin was exactly the same.
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On health care, the story is similar: no public backlash. When Obama signed the Affordable
Care Act in March 2010, most polls showed Americans opposing it by about eight to 10
points. Today, the margin is almost identical. Little has changed on taxes, either, even though
Obama allowed some of the tax cuts passed under George W. Bush to expire. The percentage
of Americans who say they pay more than their fair share in taxes is about the same as it was
in the spring of 2010 (Pew does not have data for 2009), and lower than it was during the
Clinton years.

It’s true that Americans have grown more conservative on some issues over the past few
years. Support for gun control has dropped in the Obama era, even as the president and other
Democrats have pursued it more aggressively. Republicans also enjoy a renewed advantage
on combatting international terrorism, an issue whose salience has grown with the rise of the
Islamic State. Still, in an era when government has grown more intrusive, African American
activists have grown more confrontational, and long-standing assumptions about sexual
orientation and gender identity have been toppled, most Americans are not yelling “stop,” as
they began doing in the mid-1960s. The biggest reason: We’re not dealing with the same
group of Americans.

On issue after issue, it is the young who are most pleased with the liberal policy shifts of the
Obama era, and most eager for more. In 2014, Pew found that Americans under 30 were
twice as likely as Americans 65 and older to say the police do a “poor” job of “treating
racial, ethnic groups equally” and more than twice as likely to say the grand jury in Ferguson
was wrong not to charge Darren Wilson in Michael Brown’s death. According to YouGov,
more than one in three Americans 65 and older think being transgender is morally wrong.
Among Americans under 30, the ratio is less than one in five. Millennials—Americans
roughly 18 to 34 years old—are 21 percentage points less likely than those 65 and older to
say that immigrants “burden” the United States and 25 points more likely to say they
“strengthen” the country. Millennials are also 17 points more likely to have a favorable view
of Muslims. It is largely because of them that the percentage of Americans who want
government to “promote traditional values” is now lower than at any other time since Gallup
began asking the question in 1993, and that the percentage calling themselves “socially
liberal” now equals the percentage calling themselves “socially conservative” for the first
time since Gallup began asking that question in 1999.

Millennials are also sustaining support for bigger government. The young may not have a
high opinion of the institutions that represent them, but they nonetheless want those
institutions to do more. According to a July Wall Street Journal/ABC poll, Americans over
35 were four points more likely to say the government is doing too much than to say it is
doing too little. Millennials, meanwhile, by a margin of 23 points, think it’s doing too little.
In 2011, Pew found that while the oldest Americans supported repealing health-care reform
by 29 percentage points, Millennials favored expanding it by 17 points. They were also 25
points more likely than those 65 and older to approve of Occupy Wall Street and 36 points
more favorable toward socialism, which they actually preferred to capitalism, 49 percent to
46 percent. As the Pew report put it, “Millennials, at least so far, hold ‘baked in’ support for a
more activist government.”

This is even true among Republican Millennials. The press often depicts American politics as
a battle pitting ever more liberal Democrats against ever more conservative Republicans.
Among the young, however, that’s inaccurate. Young Democrats may be more liberal than
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their elders, but so are young Republicans. According to Pew, a clear majority of young
Republicans say immigrants strengthen America, half say corporate profits are too high, and
almost half say stricter environmental laws are worth the cost—answers that sharply
distinguish them from older members of the GOP. Young Republicans are more likely to
favor legalizing marijuana than the oldest Democrats, and almost as likely to support gay
marriage. Asked how they categorize themselves ideologically, more than two-thirds of
Republican Millennials call themselves either “liberal” or “mixed,” while fewer than one-
third call themselves “conservative.” Among the oldest Republicans, that breakdown is
almost exactly reversed.

In the face of such data, conservatives may wish to reassure themselves that Millennials will
move right as they age. But a 2007 study in the American Sociological Review notes that the
data “contradict commonly held assumptions that aging leads to conservatism.” The older
Americans who are today more conservative than Millennials were more conservative in their
youth, too. In 1984 and 1988, young voters backed Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
by large margins. Millennials are not liberal primarily because they are young. They are
liberal because their formative political experiences were the Iraq War and the Great
Recession, and because they make up the most secular, most racially diverse, least
nationalistic generation in American history. And none of that is likely to change.

One can question how much this matters. America is not governed by public-opinion polls,
after all. Congressional redistricting, felon disenfranchisement, and the obliteration of
campaign-finance laws all help insulate politicians from the views of ordinary people, and
generally empower the right. But despite these structural disadvantages, Obama has enacted a
more consequential progressive agenda than either of his two Democratic predecessors did.
And there is reason to believe that regardless of who wins the presidency in 2016, she or he
will be more progressive than the previous president of her or his own party.

According to Microsoft’s betting market, Predictwise, Democrats have close to a 60 percent
chance of holding the White House in 2016. That’s not because Hillary Clinton, whom the
Democrats will likely nominate, is an exceptionally strong candidate. It’s because the
Republicans may nominate an exceptionally weak one. According to Predictwise, in early
November Marco Rubio—widely considered the GOP’s strongest general-election candidate
—had a 45 percent chance of winning his party’s nomination. But according to Predictwise,
there was also a 37 percent chance that Donald Trump, Ben Carson, or Ted Cruz would win
the nomination. And if any of them did, Clinton’s election would be all but assured.

If Clinton does win, it’s likely that on domestic policy, she will govern to Obama’s left. (On
foreign policy, where there is no powerful left-wing activist movement like Occupy or Black
Lives Matter, the political dynamics are very different.) Clinton’s campaign proposals
already signal a leftward shift. And people close to her campaign suggest that among her top
agenda items would be paid family leave, debt-free college tuition, and universal preschool.

This agenda flows naturally from Clinton’s long interest in the welfare of children and
families. But it’s also the product of a Democratic Party that leans further left than it did in
1993 or 2009. If elected, Clinton will have to work with a Senate that contains two nationally
prominent Democrats, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, both of whom are extremely
popular with liberal activists.

Already, Obama has felt liberals’ wrath. In 2013, Lawrence Summers withdrew his name
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from consideration to be the chairman of the Federal Reserve after Senate liberals protested
his nomination. In 2015, Obama was forced to pull Antonio Weiss’s nomination to be
Treasury’s undersecretary for domestic finance after Warren attacked his Wall Street ties.
Clinton will face this reality from her first day in office. And she will face it knowing that
because she cannot inspire liberals rhetorically as Obama can, they will be less likely to
forgive her heresies on policy. Like Lyndon B. Johnson after John F. Kennedy, she will have
to deliver in substance what she cannot deliver in style.

Just as Clinton would govern to Obama’s left, it’s likely that any Republican capable of
winning the presidency in 2016 would govern to the left of George W. Bush. In the first
place, winning at all would require a different coalition. When Bush won the presidency in
2000, very few Millennials could vote. In 2016, by contrast, they will constitute roughly one-
third of those who turn out. In 2000, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians constituted
20 percent of voters. In 2016, they will constitute more than 30 percent. Whit Ayres, a
political consultant for the Rubio campaign, calculates that even if the 2016 Republican
nominee wins 60 percent of the white vote (more than any GOP nominee in the past four
decades except Reagan, in 1984, has won), he or she will still need almost 30 percent of the
minority vote. Mitt Romney got 17 percent.

This need to win the votes of Millennials and minorities, who lean left not just on cultural
issues but on economic ones, will shape how any conceivable Republican president
campaigns in the general election, and governs once in office. It could tempt a President
Rubio to push for immigration reform that, while beginning with toughened enforcement,
lays out a path to legalization, and eventually citizenship—something he still supports,
despite the fury of his party’s base. (So does Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.)

If America’s demographics have changed since the Bush presidency, so has the climate
among conservative intellectuals. There is now an influential community of “reformocons”—
in some ways comparable to the New Democratic thinkers of the 1980s—who believe
Republicans have focused too much on cutting taxes for the wealthy and not enough on
addressing the economic anxieties of the middle and working classes.

The candidate closest to the reformocons is Rubio, who cites several of them by name in his
recent book. He says that partially privatizing Social Security, which Bush ran on in 2000 and
2004, is an idea whose “time has passed.” And unlike Bush, and both subsequent Republican
presidential nominees, Rubio is not proposing a major cut in the top income-tax rate. Instead,
the centerpiece of his economic plan is an expanded child tax credit, which would be
available even to Americans who are so poor that they don’t pay income taxes.

Although liberals praised his plan for “upend[ing] the last half century of conservative
thinking on taxes,” as The New Republic put it, Rubio included new cuts on taxes of capital
gains, dividends, interest, and inherited estates, which overwhelmingly benefit the rich. But
despite this, it’s likely that were he elected, Rubio wouldn’t push through as large, or as
regressive, a tax cut as Bush did in 2001 and 2003. Partly, that’s because a younger and more
ethnically diverse electorate is less tolerant of such policies. Partly, it’s because Rubio’s
administration would likely contain a reformocon faction more interested in cutting taxes for
the middle class than for the rich. And partly, it’s because the legacy of the Bush tax cuts
themselves would make them harder to replicate.

A key figure in passing the Bush tax cuts was Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,
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who in 2001 warned that unless Washington lowered tax rates, surpluses might grow too
large, thus producing a dangerous “accumulation of private assets by the federal
government.” Greenspan’s argument gave the Bush administration crucial intellectual cover.
But the idea now looks laughable. And it’s hard to imagine the current Federal Reserve chair,
Janet Yellen, endorsing large upper-income tax cuts in 2017.

The Bush tax cuts also passed because a powerful minority of Democrats supported them.
But the kind of centrist, Chamber of Commerce–friendly Democrats who helped Bush pass
his tax plan in 2001—including Max Baucus, John Breaux, Mary Landrieu, Zell Miller, Max
Cleland, Tim Johnson, Blanche Lambert Lincoln—barely exist anymore. The Democrats’
shift left over the past decade and a half means that a President Rubio would encounter more
militant opposition than Bush did in 2001. That militant opposition, along with a changed
electorate and the reformocon faction, doesn’t mean Rubio wouldn’t cut taxes. He likely
would. But he would face greater pressure than Bush did to keep the cuts from too blatantly
benefiting the rich.

As president, Rubio could gut the regulations imposed by Obama’s Environmental Protection
Agency. His big donors would certainly push him to, even though doing so would hurt him
among younger voters. But he’d be unlikely to repeal health-care reform. The plan Rubio has
proposed would strip millions of Americans of their insurance. In other words, it would
commit the same sins that Rubio and other Republicans attribute to the Affordable Care Act.
Republicans, notes Vox’s editor in chief, Ezra Klein, “have spent the past four years
attacking Obamacare for its tough trade-offs and unpopular decisions, but the moment they
begin pushing a serious alternative, they’ll suddenly have to deal with Democrats doing the
same to them.” Which makes it unlikely Rubio would pick that fight early in his first term.

Would Rubio be a more conservative president than Obama? Of course. An era of liberal
dominance doesn’t mean that the ideological differences between Democrats and
Republicans disappear. It means that on the ideological playing field, the 50-yard line shifts
further left. It means the next Republican president won’t be able to return the nation to the
pre-Obama era.

That’s what happened when Dwight Eisenhower followed Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry
Truman. Ike moderated the growth in government expansion that had begun in the 1930s, but
he didn’t return American politics to the 1920s, when the GOP opposed any federal welfare
state at all. He in essence ratified the New Deal. It’s also what happened when Bill Clinton
followed Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. By passing punitive anticrime laws,
repealing restrictions on banks, signing NAFTA, cutting government spending to balance the
budget, reforming welfare, and declaring that the “era of big government is over,” Clinton
acknowledged that even a Democratic president could not revive the full-throated liberalism
of the 1960s and ’70s. He ratified Reaganism.

Barack Obama sought the presidency hoping to be the Democrats’ Reagan: a president who
changed America’s ideological trajectory. And he has changed it. He has pushed the political
agenda as dramatically to the left as Reagan pushed it to the right, and, as under Reagan, the
public has acquiesced more than it has rebelled. Reagan’s final victory came when Democrats
adapted to the new political world he had made, and there is reason to believe that the next
Republican president will find it necessary to make similar concessions to political reality.

This political cycle, too, will ultimately run its course. A sustained rise in crime could breed
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fissures between African American activists and young whites or even Latinos. Slower
economic growth and a rising budget deficit could turn the public against government in a
way that Obama’s policies have not—and force Democrats to again emphasize the creation of
wealth more than its distribution. How this era of liberal dominance will end is anyone’s
guess. But it will likely endure for some time to come.
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From: Geri Prado
Cc: Kayla Arslanian; Thomas Snyder; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: are we still at 3:30pm?
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 3:23:03 PM
Yeah saw on my gmail and Kayla texted. Thanks.
> On Dec 23, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
>
> We are delayed
>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 3:14 PM
> To: Kayla Arslanian; Thomas Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
> Subject: are we still at 3:30pm?
>
> I am worried I have the wrong time. thanks.
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From: Geri Prado
To: Thomas Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: John Del Cecato; Kayla Arslanian
Subject: SCHEDULING: F/U on planning
Could we schedule a time on January 3rd at Gracie to go over plans, roll-out, overall TPAC information
with the Mayor for a few hours? If his schedule and plans allow of course.
Tom, this would be a follow up from the meeting we had last month to cover:
- Overall plan, budget, staffing, branding

- Political- Advisory Council, organizing plan
- Communications and Digital plan
- Fundraising- plan, meeting Addy Rummel (fundraiser)
- Governance
- Advisory Council- prep for January 7th meeting
Let me know if this is possible. It would be me, John and Tom with MBDB.
Thanks-gp
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To: B; FLONYC
Cc: Geri Prado; John Del Ceccato
Subject: MUST READ!!! PPL Roundup
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From: Andrea Hagelgans <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 11:44 AM
To: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Chirlane McCray <FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Karen Hinton <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)" <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>, Emma Wolfe <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Eric
Falk Phillips <EFPhillips@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Viguers,
Jonathan" <JViguers@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Almonte, Catherine" <CAlmonte@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Fw: Final - Paid Parental Leave Roundup
Sir, Ma'am,
Below is the roundup of all the coverage of Paid Parental Leave. I'm out of the office these next few days
so asking the front office team to print for you. But please scroll through to see how this announcement
really resonated in the national and local conversations on family friendly policies
Thanks!
From: Gunaratna, Mahen <MGunaratna@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:01 AM
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); Phillips, Eric Falk
Subject: Final - Paid Parental Leave Roundup
Paid Parental Leave Roundup

Twitter:

Valerie Jarrett (@vj44)
12/22/15, 7:00 PM
Congrats @BilldeBlasio on leading the way & expanding paid leave for NYC employees
Time for Congress to #LeadOnLeave twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/s…
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Tom Perez (@LaborSec)
12/22/15, 9:54 PM
At a time of year when we gather with family, it's great to see @BilldeBlasio help #NYC
employees take care of their families. #LeadOnLeave

Center for Parental Leave Leadership:

Amy Beacom, Ed.D (@cplleadership)
12/23/15, 12:54 AM
We were thrilled to see this! Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen.
Way to #LeadonLeave NYC! twitter.com/EricFPhillips/…

Melanie Kaye @mfonderkaye 33m minutes ago
Great news! @BilldeBlasio to Offer 6 Weeks #PaidParentalLeave For Non-Union City Workers
http://www.wnyc.org/story/exclusive-de-blasio-mandates-six-weeks-paid-parental-leave-non-
union-city-workers/ … via @WNYC

Melanie Kaye@mfonderkaye
Melanie Kaye Retweeted A Better Balance
Great news from @BilldeBlasio today for #NYC#workingfamilies. #LeadOnLeave.
Melanie Kaye added,
A Better Balance @ABetterBalance
Read more about today's Great Victory on Paid Parental Leave for NYC Workers on our blog:
http://bit.ly/22nX4NN #Paidleave

National PartnershipVerified account@NPWF

BREAKING: #NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to offer six weeks #paidleave for new parents who work for
the city: http://www.wnyc.org/story/exclusive-de-blasio-mandates-six-weeks-paid-parental-leave-
non-union-city-workers/ … via @WNYC

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32BJ SEIU @32BJ_SEIU 55s56 seconds ago
32BJ Applauds @BilldeBlasioPaid Parental Leave Announcement
http://www.seiu32bj.org/spotlights/32bj-applauds-mayors-paid-parental-leave-announcement/
…#PaidLeave@NYCMayorsOffice

Coworker.org@teamcoworker
NYC Mayor De Blasio to offer six weeks paid parental leave for some city workers:
union-city-workers/ … via @WNYC#LeadOnLeave

Nona WillisAronowitz @nona 10m10 minutes ago
This is really pretty awesome: http://www.wnyc.org/story/exclusive-de-blasio-mandates-six-weeks-
paid-parental-leave-non-union-city-workers/ …

FPWA @FPWA 4m4 minutes ago

.@BilldeBlasio announces six weeks of paid parental leave for non-union City workers.
http://bit.ly/1Pkk3UT @brigidbergin

Gale A. Brewer @galeabrewer 2m2 minutes ago

The first weeks at home with a new child are stressful enough without worrying about a paycheck.
TY @BilldeBlasio: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/nyregion/new-york-to-offer-6-weeks-
paid-parental-leave-to-nonunion-workers.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur& r=0 …

MomsRising @MomsRising 2m2 minutes ago

WOW! #NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio announces six weeks of #paidleave for city’s 20,000 non-union
workers: http://www.wnyc.org/story/exclusive-de-blasio-mandates-six-weeks-paid-parental-leave-
non-union-city-workers/ …#LeadOnLeave

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MomsRising@MomsRising
"We Are Thrilled to See New York City #LeadonLeave!" Our statement -> http://moms.ly/1YzuYuc
@BilldeBlasio@rowefinkbeiner#NYC#GoodNews

Aarthi Gunasekaran @aarthikaran 35s36 seconds ago

Mayor de Blasio #LeadOnLeave offering 6 weeks parental leave to nonunion workers. Hope it
expands to include all. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/nyregion/new-york-to-offer-6-weeks-
paid-parental-leave-to-nonunion-workers.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur&_r=0 …

SiX @stateinnovation 1m1 minute ago

SiX Retweeted Bill de Blasio
Kudos to everyone fighting for working families in NYC. We can't wait to see who will #LeadOnLeave
in 2016.
SiX added,
Bill de Blasio @BilldeBlasio
Our new parental paid leave is common sense policy & will make healthier, more financially stable
working families. http://on.nyc.gov/1TfiAOI

SiX@stateinnovation
Mayor @BilldeBlasio's EO is a good start. Next we need broader #paidleave from the legislature:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/pass-the-new-york-paid …@ABetterBalance

Amber Scorah @amberscorah 4m4 minutes ago
.@deBlasioNYC Thank you for advocating for families! I hope the country can follow this
lead and pass #parentalleave for all families soon.
Anna Greenberg @Anna_Greenberg 8m8 minutes ago

Mayor de Blasio Announces Paid Parental Leave for NYC Employees http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-
the-mayor/news/968-15/mayor-de-blasio-paid-parental-leave-nyc-employees---putting-nyc-the-
forefront-of/index.page … via @nycgov

A Better Balance @ABetterBalance 1h1 hour ago
Thank you @NYCMayorsOffice for leading on paid parental leave for #NYC workers:
http://bit.ly/1OigjOv #paidleave#LeadOnLeave
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Nona WillisAronowitz @nona 1h1 hour ago
This is really pretty awesome: http://www.wnyc.org/story/exclusive-de-blasio-mandates-six-weeks-
paid-parental-leave-non-union-city-workers/ …

James Igoe @JamesJosephIgoe 14m14 minutes ago

DeBlasio Announces Six Weeks of Paid Parental Leave for 20,000 City Workers
http://observer.com/2015/12/de-blasio-announces-six-weeks-of-parental-leave-for-20000-city-
workers/ … via @instapaper

Family Values @ Work @FmlyValuesWork 3m3 minutes ago

EXCLUSIVE: De Blasio To Offer Six Weeks Paid Parental Leave For Non-Union City
Workers http://bit.ly/1QJ5cV2 #PaidLeave#NYC

Hispanic Federation @HispanicFed 15m15 minutes ago

.@BilldeBlasio showing true leadership: De Blasio To Offer Six Weeks Paid Parental Leave For Non-
Union City Workers http://ow.ly/WePmP

Ms.FoundationWomen @msfoundation 42m42 minutes ago

Our Pres & CEO @MsTeresaYounger commends NYC Mayor de Blasio's action on paid leave. Read
more here: http://on.nyc.gov/1QJggSn #MyFeminismIs

Amy ZimmerVerified account @the_zim 44m44 minutes ago

DeBlasio gives at least 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave to 20K non-union city workers:
http://dnain.fo/1OlMpis

Kathleen Rice @RepKathleenRice 5m5 minutes ago
Great to see @BilldeBlasio#LeadOnLeave in NYC. Now we need Congress to act & ensure all workers
in the U.S. have access to #paidleave.

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A Better Balance@ABetterBalance
Read more about today's Great Victory on Paid Parental Leave for NYC Workers on our blog:
http://bit.ly/22nX4NN #Paidleave

AFT@AFTunion
Paid parental leave is good for kids, parents and our economy. Glad to see
@BilldeBlasio#LeadOnLeavehttp://www.uft.org/press-releases/mulgrew-paid-parental-leave … via
@UFT

Progressive Agenda@TheP2Agenda
What a great milestone for NYC and @BilldeBlasio -- passing paid parental leave policy for 20k city
employees. #LeadOnLeave

AFSCME@AFSCME
Strong new parental paid leave policy from @BilldeBlasio. ALL parents should have that time to
spend w/ new kids http://afsc.me/1QJfAfB

Congressman NadlerVerified account@RepJerryNadler
As a longtime supporter of paid family and parental leave, I commend @BilldeBlasio for taking this
executive action http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/nyregion/new-york-to-offer-6-weeks-paid-
parental-leave-to-nonunion-workers.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur …

Scott M. StringerVerified account@scottmstringer

.@BilldeBlasio & NYC took a great step forward today, showing that work & family are
complementary not competing interests #leadonleave

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Feminist Majority@FemMajority
Way to go @BilldeBlasio! @NYCgov has new guidelines today to protect transgender & gender non-
conforming people AND a new #paidleave policy!

Amy Traub@AmyMTraub
.@BilldeBlasio gave paid leave to #NYC workers. Here’s how that helps the rest of us:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-traub/how-all-new-yorkers-benef_b_8864478.html … via
@HuffPostBiz#LeadOnLeave

Mike Conlow@mikeconlow
Early Christmas present from @billdeblasio! cc @kristentitus@DMAliciaGlen // BdB To Offer 6 wks
Paid Parental Leave http://www.wnyc.org/story/exclusive-de-blasio-mandates-six-weeks-paid-
parental-leave-non-union-city-workers/ …

Mike Conlow@mikeconlow
Paid parental leave is a smart way to retain an experienced team. Bravo @BilldeBlasio

American Women @AmericanWomen 8h8 hours ago

Happy to see @BilldeBlasio offering 6 wks #paidleave for city workers who are parents:
http://bit.ly/1OigjOv @NYWFP

American Women @AmericanWomen 7h7 hours ago

With NYC joining the list of cities providing #paidleave, it's time for natl action on this growing issue!
Join us: http://www.americanwomen.org/paid-leave

Donna Lieberman@JustAskDonna
Great news 4 women families: @billdeblasio 2 offer 6 wks paid parental leave 4 city workers. Way to
#stand4women@ppnyc
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Melissa Portillo@MelissaPortil21
Its going to be a good year w| Mayor @BilldeBlasio 's news on paid paternal leave for all non
union workers. TY,

Jennifer J. Austin@JJAatFPWA
EXCLUSIVE: .@BilldeBlasio to offer six weeks paid parental leave for non-union City workers
union-city-workers/ … via @WNYC

Broadcast Mentions:

Tuesday, December 22, 2015:

NYC to Offer Six Weeks Paid Parental Leave to 20,000 Non-Union Workers

NBC 4 - Melissa Russo - 5:13 pm
This is sure to get the attention of all parents out there – paid parental leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio
is set to sign an executive order adding that benefit for some government employees. Sadye
Campoamor has plenty to sing about today. She’s expecting her first child in March. Sadye is
Director of Community Affairs for New York City public schools. She says, on her salary, several
weeks of time off to bond with her new baby boy was not in her budget but today, something
arrived that Sadye was not expecting – paid parental leave, six weeks at 100 percent pay for all
parents, women or men who have a baby, adopt, or bring home a foster child. It’s a huge
development for the 20,000 or so city workers and managers who right after the New Year will be
able to take paid maternity or paternity leave. It’s also triggering conversations about tens of
thousands of other unionized employees, widely considered to have terrific benefits but never had
this. Alicia Glen: “The perception has been, that this would be very costly but what we were able
to do was find a way to do it in our existing framework so, that there’s no net increase to the
taxpayer.” Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen says the plan will cost $15 million a year, which will be
paid for by capping employee vacation days at 25 instead of 27. Richard Styer, edits a newspaper
about New York City union issues and says, “it is something that the unions, undoubtedly, would
want to pursue but if the mayor is asking for some sort of concessions from managerial level
employees, I’m sure he’d be asking them of unions as well.” It’s something Sayde says is worth
bargaining for.

ABC 7 - Rob Powers - 5:09 pm
Nearly 20,000 New York City non-union employees will soon have six weeks of paid parental
leave. Mayor de Blasio says he will sign the executive order next month. It will allow employees
to take maternity, paternity, adoption, or foster care leave at 100 percent pay. The leave can then
be combined with existing paid time for up to 12 weeks off. The benefit does not extend to the
city’s 300,000 unionized workers.

CBS 2 - Chris Wragge - 5:10 pm
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New York City’s 20,000 non-union workers will soon get six weeks of paid parental leave. Mayor
de Blasio says he will sign an executive order next month. Employees will get maternity,
paternity, adoption, and foster care leave at 100 percent of their salary – or up to 12 weeks total
when combined with existing leave. The changes don’t affect the city’s 300,000 unionized
workers.

FOX 5 - Lynda Schmitt - 5:32 pm
The city will soon offer six weeks of paid parental leave to non-union employees. Mayor de
Blasio’s announcement is being well received. Beginning next month, the city will now provide
it’s 20,000 non-union employees with six weeks fully paid maternity, paternity, adoption, and
foster care leave. The city reconfigured raises and vacation time in order to cover the cost for the
time off for parents. Greg Giangrande, the Chief Human Resources Officer of Time Inc. says more
cities are likely following in New York’s path. The mayor’s office also says it is willing to sit
down and negotiate the same six week paid parental leave plan with union employees.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015:

NYC Non-Union Workers to Get Paid Parental Leave
CBS 2 - Mary Calvi - 4:46 am
Mayor de Blasio says New York City is leading by example. He announced he’ll sign an executive
order next month giving the city’s non-union employees six weeks of paid parental leave.

FOX 5 - Kerry Drew - 5:20 am
Six weeks of paid parental leave will soon be offered to non-union city employees. Mayor de
Blasio made the announcement yesterday. He says he’ll sign an executive order next month adding
that benefit. Approximately 20,000 employees will get the six weeks, fully paid, and can increase
to 12 weeks with existing paid time off. In exchange for the benefit, they will have to give up two
days of paid vacation. Managers in the private sector say it’s about time the city something other
companies already have. The change does not affect the city’s 300,000 unionized workers, but
officials say the benefit can be added into those contracts via collective bargaining.

PIX 11 - Kori Chambers - 5:38 am
The city is giving its non-union employees six weeks of parental leave, but it’s coming at a cost.
Mayor de Blasio says he’ll officially sign off on the order to add the benefit. About 20,000
employees are eligible for the perk. The six weeks can be increased to 12 weeks with existing paid
time off. To cover the $15 million dollar cost, employees will give back two vacation days, and
also taking back a small portion of a planned 2017 raise, as well.

NBC 4 - Darlene Rodriguez - 5:48 am
Thousands of new moms and dads in New York City will soon be eligible for paid parental leave.
Mayor de Blasio announced plans to offer six weeks of paid leave to the city’s 20,000 non-union
workers. The new policy is expected to take effect next month. It will not affect the city’s 300,000
unionized employees.

NBC 4 - Rob Schmitt - 6:37 am
The city plans to pay for this by scaling back a raise that was planned for 2017 and having workers
give back two vacation days.

UNIVISION 41 - Merijoel Duran - 6:08 am

In the News:

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New York to Offer 6 Weeks Paid Parental Leave to Nonunion Workers
NY TIMES - Michael Grynbaum
Mayor Bill de Blasio, opening a new front in his quest to expand workers’ rights, said on Tuesday
that he would offer six weeks of fully paid parental leave to 20,000 public employees, making
New York City among the most generous municipal family-leave providers in the nation.

New mothers and fathers, including workers who adopt a child or accept one into foster care,
would be eligible for the benefits, which far outstrip those currently available to most federal and
New York State employees. The mayor plans to enact the plan by executive order, and the benefits
would go into effect next year.

Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat who is one of the country’s most liberal urban leaders, has made labor
rights a hallmark of his tenure, mandating paid time off for sick workers and urging higher wages.
His announcement comes as some Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and Netflix, have
moved to expand benefits and time off for new parents.

“Too many new parents face an impossible choice: taking care of their child or getting their
paycheck,” Mr. de Blasio said in a statement. “This is a common-sense policy that will make for
healthier and more financially stable working families.”

The executive order would apply only to nonunionized managers and city workers, a small portion
of the city’s 300,000 employees. Among the eligible workers are administrative assistants, budget
analysts and accountants.

But leaders of several municipal labor unions praised Mr. de Blasio’s plan and said they hoped to
begin negotiations with the administration about extending the benefits to their members. Officials
at City Hall said they were eager to begin those talks.

Providing parental leave to the initial group of 20,000 employees will cost $15 million annually.
Budget officials said the expense would be completely offset by cutting two vacation days from
some longtime employees, who currently receive 27 vacation days a year, and by eliminating a
0.47 percent raise for managers that had been scheduled for 2017.

The cost of extending the benefits to all of the city’s unionized work force was not immediately
clear. Any concessions from employees would need to be negotiated with individual unions.

Elected officials at the state and federal level, including President Obama, have called for an
expansion of parental leave benefits in recent years, although progress has been slow. In Albany, a
bill to guarantee some form of paid family leave for workers passed the State Assembly in March,
but did not advance in the State Senate.

Mr. de Blasio has struggled in recent months to find a clear policy victory that he can trumpet to
supporters, particularly among his liberal base, from whom he has met resistance to his plan to
build more affordable housing. But the announcement of his parental leave plan brought plaudits
from notable Democrats and labor leaders alike.

“The mayor’s action puts the city ahead of the curve,” said Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, a
Manhattan Democrat, who is sponsoring a bill in Congress to provide six weeks of paid parental
leave to federal employees.

Workers’ rights advocates in New York said Mr. de Blasio’s plan, despite applying to a small
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group of city employees, could aid their own efforts. “It adds to the momentum to pass a broader
family leave bill at the state level,” said Nancy Rankin, vice president for policy research at the
Community Service Society, a nonprofit advocacy group.

Mr. de Blasio did not hold a public appearance on Tuesday to discuss his executive order. But
aides noted that some members of the mayor’s inner circle had firsthand experience with trying to
balance a new child with responsibilities at work.

Alicia Glen, the deputy mayor for housing and economic development, recalled having to return to
the office three weeks after giving birth to her second daughter while working as a young assistant
commissioner at the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

“Quite frankly, I was pretty exhausted,” Ms. Glen said in a radio interview with 1010 WINS. “I
wished that I had had some more time with her when she was little. Knowing that the next
generation of employees at the city will have that chance is really a terrific day for all of us.”

New York City Expands Parental-Leave Policy
WSJ - Mara Gay
About 20,000 New York City workers will be eligible for six weeks of fully paid parental leave in
the new year, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.

The new policy, which Mr. de Blasio said he would enact by signing an executive order, would
bring the city in line with Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas, which offer similar parental-leave policies.
It is expected to take effect in New York City on Jan. 1.

Under New York City’s new policy, nonunion city workers would be able to receive up to 12
weeks paid maternity, paternity, adoptive or foster-care leave, when the new policy is combined
with existing leave.

paycheck,” Mr. de Blasio said in a news release.

City officials said they planned to pay for the expanded leave with a small part of a pay increase
scheduled for July 2017 that is already included in the city’s $78.5 billion budget, and by capping
vacation leave for longtime employees at 25 days instead of 27. They said it comes at no additional
cost to taxpayers.

The expanded leave applies to all nonunion employees who work for the city, including workers at
more than a dozen agencies such as the Department of Education and the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

The new policy would also cover Mr. de Blasio’s youthful staff at City Hall, where something of a
baby boom has been afoot. More than a dozen children have been born to City Hall employees
over the past two years since the mayor took office.

Mr. de Blasio and his advisers took note, and have discussed expanding the paid-leave policy for
months, according to aides.

Unions wanting to take part in the expanded leave will have to negotiate the policy as part of their
contracts, and several of the city’s largest unions have asked to do so, a spokeswoman for Mr. de
Blasio said.
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United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said Tuesday that he was relieved to
“finally have a willing partner on an issue that is very important to us.” He said he would sit down
with the administration to negotiate the expanded leave as part of the union’s contract.

Building-workers union 32BJ SEIU said it would also seek the expanded parental leave as part of
its contract.

Mayor de Blasio announces six weeks of paid parental leave for city’s non-union employees
DAILY NEWS - Erin Durkin
The city’s 20,000 non-union workers will get six weeks of paid parental leave, Mayor de Blasio
announced Tuesday.

The employees will be able to take the time off for maternity, paternity, adoption or foster care
leave and keep receiving 100% of their salaries.

The $15 million cost will be paid for by cutting some long-serving workers’ vacation time by two
days, from 27 to 25 a year. A scheduled 0.47% raise for managers will also be scrapped.

paycheck,” de Blasio said. “New York City is leading by example, putting us at the forefront of
paid parental leave policies around the country.”

If employees use their existing sick time and vacation, they would be able to take up to 12 paid
weeks off to welcome a new baby.

De Blasio plans to sign an executive order to make the change.

The new policy doesn’t apply to the bulk of the city workforce — the 300,000 unionized workers
— whose leave policies are covered by their negotiated contracts. De Blasio said he’s ready to start
talks with any unions that want to add the benefit to their deals.

Municipal workers can now get six weeks paid parental leave
NY POST - Michael Gartland
Thousands of municipal workers will be eligible for up to six weeks of paid parental leave under
an executive order signed Tuesday by Mayor de Blasio.

Workers with an accumulation of unused sick and vacation days could take off up to 12 weeks
with full pay.

City officials said the new policy — which covers maternity, paternity, adoption and foster-care
leaves — is among the most generous in the country. “New York City is leading by example,”
boasted the mayor.

The change takes effect Jan. 1 for 20,000 managerial and non-union employees.

Officials estimated the cost at $15 million, but said it would come at “no cost to New York City
taxpayers” because longtime workers will be giving up two of 27 vacation days and all the affected
employees are chipping in 0.47 percent of a raise due in July 2017.

The city’s 300,000 unionized workers are not covered, unless a deal is reached with their
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representatives.

De Blasio Announces Six Weeks of Paid Parental Leave for 20,000 City Workers
NY OBSERVER - Jillian Jorgensen
It will be an extra happy New Year for city employees who are expecting a baby: Mayor Bill de
Blasio today announced an executive order that will extend six weeks of paid parental leave to
non-union city employees.

paycheck,” Mr. de Blasio said in a statement. “New York City is leading by example, putting us at
the forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country. This is a common sense policy that
will make for healthier and more financially stable working families – making it good for
employees and employers.”

The new policy will match Austin and Pittsburg, which also offer six weeks of paid time off, as
the most generous municipal policies for workers expecting a baby, adopting, or taking in a foster
child. Combined with other types of leave, like sick time or vacation, employees will be able to
take up to 12 weeks off. The new policy was first reported by WNYC.

The executive order, which will go into effect on January 1, will only apply to managerial or
“original jurisdiction” city employees—those who are not represented by unions. Union employees
can only receive new benefits through collective bargaining, and most unions, 92 percent have
inked long-term contracts in the last two years—but Mr. de Blasio’s office said the city was ready
to “immediately” enter talks with unions that did want to extend the benefits to its members.

As for the city’s non-union workers, they will give up two vacation days—the 26th and 27th days,
earned by long-serving employees), and a .47 percent raise scheduled for July 2017 in order to pay
for the six weeks of leave. Unions seeking the benefit could look to that arrangement for a
framework of how they might pay for it.

The mayor’s office indicated that there was indeed interest from unions in adopting the paid time
policy. Speaking to WNYC, Henry Garrido, president of DC37, the city’s largest municipal union,
said it was “absolutely” a benefit he wanted for his members and that he would look to negotiate
with the city.

Hector Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU, also praised the announcement.

“Our members know how important it is to have a comprehensive paid parental leave policy that
allows them to raise their families and be there for their children,” he said. “We look forward to
working with the administration on this policy and others to make workplaces humane, supportive
and family-sustaining.”

The new policy also drew plaudits from an array of elected officials and advocates, listed in the
mayor’s press release, starting with his wife, Chirlane McCray.

“No one should miss the sweet miracle of those early weeks because they are forced to choose
between paying their bills and taking care of their baby,” Ms. McCray, who also serves as honorary
chair of the city’s Commission on Gender Equity, said. “New parents need time to bond properly
with the baby and also adjust to the new life. Having a baby can be tough, even while it is full of
joy. In a place like New York City, where new parents are often far from family support, giving
new moms and dads paid leave means healthier families.”
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Feminist activist Gloria Steinem also praised the policy, noting city’s had taken the lead while the
federal government’s policies for parental lead have lagged behind.

“Mayor de Blasio is continuing this trend with his action to establish paid parental leave in New
York City. Good for him and good for all of us,” she said.

EXCLUSIVE: De Blasio To Offer Six Weeks Paid Parental Leave For Non-Union City Workers
WNYC - Brigid Bergin
WNYC has learned New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to issue an executive order
guaranteeing some city workers 6-weeks of paid parental leave. He plans to make the
announcement Tuesday.

Starting in January, 20,000 managers and non-unionized workers will be eligible for the policy –
covering maternity, paternity, adoption, and foster care leave, at 100 percent of their salary. When
combined with existing paid time off, some employees will be eligible for up to 12 weeks total.

“I remember after Chiara was born, just our economic reality was that Chirlane had to go back to
work very quickly,” de Blasio told WNYC. “She has always felt a tension over that. She didn’t
feel good about not being able to spend more time with Chiara.”

It’s a decision faced by many new parents: bond with your baby or pay the bills.

“We want to give parents that choice. We want to give them that opportunity at that precious
moment to spend time with their child in the way that makes sense for them,” de Blasio said.

To cover the $15 million cost, all non-union employees will see their vacation time reduced by two
days, from 27 to 25. The city will also take back a small portion of a multi-year raise that would
have taken effect in July 2017 to pay for the extra leave.

The policy does not apply to the city’s 300,000 union employees. But the mayor said the benefit
can be added to their contracts through collective bargaining.

Henry Garrido, head of District Council 37, the largest municipal union, says that is “absolutely"
what he wants for his 122,000 members.

“I think it should be offered to all city employees and I think we should begin a process to
negotiate,” Garrido said.

Paid family leave is becoming more popular in the private sector as companies compete to keep
employees. But in the public sector, this benefit is a rarity. Only Austin and Pittsburgh offer 6
weeks paid leave.

It's something feminist activist and writer Gloria Steinem has been trying to push since the Nixon
administration. She says the city's new policy is progress.

“It sends the message that we might barely begin to catch up with other advanced democracies in
the world that have long since offered such policies,” Steinem told WNYC. She added, “We are
way behind.”

According to a United Nations report, only two countries in the world do not guarantee some form
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of paid leave parental leave: the United States and Papua New Guinea.

Mayor Bill De Blasio order grants parental leave to nonunion workers
AM NY - Matthew Chayes
New York City’s nonunion municipal workers will soon be able to take six weeks of parental leave
under an executive order to be signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The new policy, which affects 20,000 employees, covers maternity, paternity, adoption and foster
care leave and will provide 100 percent of salary and job protection, the mayor’s office said
Tuesday.

between paying their bills and taking care of their baby,” de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, said
in a statement.

Combined with other existing leave, such as vacation time and sick days, a worker can take up to
12 weeks for the parental leave beginning Jan. 1, 2016.

The change won’t cost the city any more money, officials said. It’s being paid for by cutting two
vacation days from the city’s most veteran workers — those who have been on the job about 15 or
more years , de Blasio spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick said — and “re-purposing,” or canceling, a
planned raise in 2017, the mayor’s office said.

Examples of nonunion jobs include budget analyst, secretary and legislative assistants, Spitalnick
said.

The unions representing the city’s nearly 300,000 unionized workers would need to negotiate for a
similar benefit for their membership.

In a prepared statement, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said union
leaders” have been “trying for years” to get mayors to expand parental leave, and “finally have a
willing partner on an issue that is very important to us.” Mulgrew said the union is looking
forward to negotiating the benefit into its contract.

The union 32BJ, which represents building-services workers, said its leaders also “look forward to
working with the administration on this policy.”

According to de Blasio’s office, “families that benefit from paid leave are less likely to receive
public assistance, and that the program can substantially reduce infant mortality rates and improve a
child’s overall health.”

De Blasio said that New York City’s new policy puts it “in line with the most generous localities
in the country, Austin and Pittsburgh.”

Non-union NYC employees to get 6 weeks of paid time off for parental leave
METRO - Angy Altamirano
New parents will have one less thing to worry about in the new year when welcoming a new
bundle of joy to their family.

Starting Jan.1 about 20,000 of the city’s non-union workers are expected to receive six weeks of
paid time off for parental — maternity, paternity, adoption and foster care — leave.
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During this time the employees will be able to receive 100 percent of their salary or up to 12
weeks total when combined with existing leave, such as sick time or vacation days.

“When new parents — women and men — are able to take time to care for their children without
losing their jobs or their pay, it benefits families, communities and businesses by ensuring that
everyone has the opportunity to contribute and compete regardless of parental status,” said Teresa
C. Younger, president and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women.

To provide these six weeks to all managerial and unrepresented employees, the city plans to
remove two days of existing vacations from long-service workers and get rid of an existing 0.47
percent raise for managers scheduled for 2017.

paycheck,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “New York City is leading by example, putting us at the
forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country. This is a common sense policy that
will make for healthier and more financially stable working families — making it good for
employees and employers.”

The new policy does not include union workers although the mayor is said to be ready to “
immediately enter talks” with the city’s municipal unions in regards to them extending the rule to
covered employees.

Henry Garrido, executive director of District Council 37, welcomed the news and hopes to soon
work with the city to extend the policy to DC 37 members.

"As a parent of two children, I fully support the Mayor’s action today and look forward to
engaging in collective bargaining with the city to ensure that our members also enjoy this vital
benefit as soon as possible," Garrido said.

A spokesman for the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association said they had not been informed of the
new policy and declined to make comment.

199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East also declined to comment.

Non-union city employees to get paid parental leave
SI ADVANCE - Diane Lore
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday a new paid parental leave policy for thousands of New
York City employees.

The new policy will provide six weeks of paid time off for maternity, paternity, adoption and
foster care leave, at 100 percent of salary, or up to 12 weeks total when combined with existing
employee leave time.

The mayor will sign an executive order so that the city can provide its approximately 20,000
managerial employees with the new paid parental leave policy as of Jan. 1.

"Too many new parents face an impossible choice: taking care of their child or getting their
paycheck," said de Blasio.

"New York City is leading by example, putting us at the forefront of paid parental leave policies
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around the country. This is a common sense policy that will make for healthier and more
financially stable working families -- making it good for employees and employers," he said.

The six weeks of paid leave at 100 percent of salary can be combined with existing leave --
including accrued sick leave and/or accrued vacation -- so that employees will be able to take up to
12 weeks maternity, paternity, adoption, or foster care leave without losing pay.

According to de Blasio, any changes to benefits for union-represented employees must be done
through collective bargaining, but he said the city is ready to enter talks with its municipal unions
about extending the policy to their employees.

Various studies have found that paid parental leave benefits employers as well as their employees
by helping to reduce turnover. A report last year from the President's Council of Economic
Advisers found that more than 90 percent of employers affected by a California paid leave
initiative reported either positive, or no noticeable, impact on profitability, turnover and morale.

Further, the new benefit will come at no new cost to New York City taxpayers, the mayor said.
The city will repurpose an existing managerial raise of 0.47 percent scheduled for July 2017 and
two days of existing vacation leave policy, which are received by long-service employees.

Empleados de la Ciudad recibirán permiso postnatal
EL DIARIO - Juan Pablo Garnham
A partir 1 de enero, 20,000 empleados de la Ciudad gozarán de un nuevo beneficio cada vez que
tengan un hijo: seis semanas libres recibiendo sus salarios completos . La cifra puede llegar hasta
12 semanas cuando se combine con otros días libres y será una opción en caso de maternidad,
paternidad, adopción y cuidado tutelar.

“Demasiados padres se enfrentan a una elección imposible: cuidar de sus hijos o recibir sus
cheques de pago”, comentó el alcalde Bill De Blasio . “La Ciudad de Nueva York está liderando
mediante el ejemplo. Esta es una política de sentido común que hará a las familias trabajadoras
más saludables y más estables financieramente”.

El beneficio se aplicará a una serie de trabajadores administrativos . Para los empleados en
sindicatos, la Alcaldía indicó que esto deberá pasar por la negociación colectiva, pero que están
listos para hablar con estas organizaciones.

A pesar de que este tipo de permisos pagados son considerados en otros países un derecho del
trabajador, en Estados Unidos no es un requerimiento a nivel federal . Sin embargo, un reporte del
Consejo de Asesores Económicos del Presidente estudió una iniciativa de este tipo en California y
explicó que, en el 90% de los casos, el impacto es positivos o al menos neutros en la
rentabilidad, facturación y la moral. Otros estudios explicó que las familias que reciben postnatal
pagado tienen menos posibilidades de necesitar apoyos públicos.

Numerosos líderes políticos aplaudieron la medida. “Los padres trabajadores deberían poder cuidar
de sus recién nacidos sin tener que estar preocupados de no poder pagar las cuentas. Este anuncio
implica una gran mejora en la calidad de vida de 20,000 familias neoyorquinas”, dijo la codirectora
ejecutiva de Make The Road NY, Deborah Axt .

“Esta nueva política es otro claro signo de que las ciudades en todo el país están dándose cuenta
del valor de las políticas profamilia en los lugares de trabajo”, dijo la senadora Kirsten Gillibrand .
“Necesitamos un programa de postnatal pagado que cubra a todos los estadounidenses”.
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A su vez, el líder sindical Héctor Figueroa también felicitó al alcalde. “La Ciudad de Nueva York
sigue liderando el camino y esta será una de las políticas más progresistas para los empleados
públicos en cualquier ciudad o estado del país”, dijo el presidente del 32BJ SEIU , que agrupa a
70,000 trabajadores en Nueva York .

De Blasio Gives Paid Parental Leave to Non-Union City Workers
DNA INFO - Amy Zimmer
Starting in January, thousands of city workers will be guaranteed at least six weeks of fully paid
parental leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.

Roughly 20,000 managers and non-unionized workers will be eligible for the policy, which covers
maternity, paternity, adoption or foster care leave. These workers will also be allowed to combine
their time off with existing leave — whether through accrued sick leave and/or accrued vacation —
for up to 12 weeks paid leave, officials said.

paycheck,” Mayor de Blasio said in a statement. “New York City is leading by example, putting us
at the forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country.”

The move brings New York City’s workers in line with the most generous paid leave policies for
municipalities across the country, including Austin and Pittsburgh.

Officials said they can't control the leave policies of unionized workers, as any changes to benefits
for represented employees must be done through collective bargaining. But the de Blasio
administration is ready to “immediately” enter talks with its municipal unions about extending the
policy to their covered employees.

The new benefit will not cost taxpayers any additional money because they plan to rearrange
existing raises and vacation time, the city said.

City officials said they did not immediately have the parental leave policies for all unions that
work in the city, including the teachers’ union, uniformed workers like police or firefighters, and
DC 37’s workers who staff hospitals, do maintenance and clerical work and fix the city’s streets,
bridges and parks.

But while some unions have limited maternity coverage, they don’t have anything as
comprehensive as the city’s new policy, officials said.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers said his union is very interested
in paid parental leave.

“We have been trying for years to interest various city administrations in expanding parental leave,
and finally have a willing partner on an issue that is very important to us,” Mulgrew said. “We
look forward to negotiating with the administration for an appropriate way to extend and expand
parental benefits for our members.”

Paid parental leave not only helps employees but also employers, studies have shown, since the
policy helps reduce turnover.

Many advocates across the city hailed the new policy and said they hope it builds momentum for
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other sectors to offer similar plans across the city and state.

“This announcement means a major improvement in the quality of life of 20,000 New York
families, who will be able to prioritize taking care of their children at that most important phase of
life,” said Deborah Axt of the community organizing group Make the Road New York. “We
applaud Mayor de Blasio for this historic announcement and hope that, soon, all New Yorkers will
have the paid family leave they deserve."

Sadye Campoamor, director of community affairs for the Department of Education, who is 6
months pregnant and has been working in city government for more than five years, said the
announcement brought “tremendous relief to our growing family, and means we'll have the
opportunity to care for and bond with our new child.”

“The thought of having no pay for three months was terrifying me — between student loans and
living expenses I was honestly not sure how we would do it,” she said.

Extending the policy to non-city employees would require federal or state action. The de Blasio
administration is pushing for that as well, a mayoral spokeswoman noted.

New York Citys non-union employees to receive 6 weeks of paid parental leave
ASSOCIATED PRESS - Staff
New York City’s non-union employees will soon have six weeks of paid parental leave.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that he will sign an executive order next month adding
the benefit.

Approximately 20,000 employees will now get the six weeks fully paid, which can increase to 12
weeks with existing paid time off. They didn’t have paid parental leave time before.

The change doesn’t affect the city’s 300,000 unionized workers. But officials say the benefit can
be added to those contracts via collective bargaining.

To cover the $15 million cost, the non-union employees will give back two vacation days and the
city will rescind a small portion of a planned 2017 raise.

De Blasio says the change brings New York in line with cities like Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas.

De Blasio announces six weeks' paid parental leave for nonunion city employees
CRAIN’S NY - Peter D’Amato
City employees will get six weeks of paid parental leave under a new policy announced Tuesday
morning by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The leave policy includes time off for maternity, paternity, adoption or foster care and will bring
New York City in line with cities such as Portland, Ore., which recently approved a six-week paid
parental leave policy.

paycheck," said Mayor de Blasio in a statement. "New York City is leading by example, putting us
at the forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country. This is a common-sense policy
that will make for healthier and more financially stable working families, making it good for
employees and employers."

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De Blasio will extend parental benefits to 20,000 city managers and staffers through an executive
order, which will allow benefits to kick in Jan. 1.

New York had long lagged behind other states in maternity leave. The New York Post slammed de
Blasio as a hypocrite for publicly calling for "national paid family leave" without offering the
benefit to city workers.

Under current policy, new parents must use paid sick days to compensate for time spent away from
the job during pregnancy or after the birth of a child. Under the federal Family Medical Leave Act,
employees are given 12 weeks before they must return to their job or risk losing their position.

"Working parents should be able to take care of their newly born children without worrying if
they'll be able to make ends meet," said Deborah Axt, co-executive director of Make the Road, a
social-justice organization focused on black and Latino families.

"This announcement means a major improvement in the quality of life of 20,000 New York
families, who will be able to prioritize taking care of their children at that most important phase of
life," Axt said.

The city said the extension of these benefits will not come at the expense of taxpayers, and instead
will come from repurposing planned raises and vacation leave days.

Employees represented by municipal unions must have changes to benefits approved through
collective bargaining, a change the city is expected to support in contract negotiations.

Studies have found that paid parental leave brings wide-ranging benefits to families. A 2013 report
on California's paid leave policy by researchers from UC-Santa Barbara and the University of
Virginia found women who took paid maternity leave were more likely to be working—and
working more hours in a week—in the second year of a child's life than those who did not.

Mayor Bill De Blasio order grants parental leave to nonunion workers
NEWSDAY - Matthew Chayes
New York City’s nonunion municipal workers will soon be able to take six weeks of parental leave
under an executive order to be signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The new policy, which affects 20,000 employees, covers maternity, paternity, adoption and foster
care leave and will provide 100 percent of salary and job protection, the mayor’s office said
Tuesday.

between paying their bills and taking care of their baby,” de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, said
in a statement.

Combined with other existing leave, such as vacation time and sick days, a worker can take up to
12 weeks for the parental leave beginning Jan. 1, 2016.

The change won’t cost the city any more money, officials said. It’s being paid for by cutting two
vacation days from the city’s most veteran workers — those who have been on the job about 15 or
more years , de Blasio spokeswoman Amy Spitalnick said — and “re-purposing,” or canceling, a
planned raise in 2017, the mayor’s office said.

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Examples of nonunion jobs include budget analysts, secretaries and legislative assistants,
Spitalnick said.

The unions representing the city’s nearly 300,000 unionized workers would need to negotiate for a
similar benefit for their membership.

In a prepared statement, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said union
leaders” have been “trying for years” to get mayors to expand parental leave, and “finally have a
willing partner on an issue that is very important to us.” Mulgrew said the union is looking
forward to negotiating the benefit into its contract.

The union 32BJ, which represents building-services workers, said its leaders also “look forward to
working with the administration on this policy.”

According to de Blasio’s office, “families that benefit from paid leave are less likely to receive
public assistance, and that the program can substantially reduce infant mortality rates and improve a
child’s overall health.”

De Blasio said that New York City’s new policy puts it “in line with the most generous localities
in the country, Austin and Pittsburgh.”

City teachers could see paid parental leave next year
CHALKBEAT NY - Monica Disare
A new city policy could pave the way for New York City’s teachers to get paid parental leave in
2016.
On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he will move to offer city employees six weeks of
guaranteed paid parental leave. The city will extend the benefit to its non-unionized employees on
Jan. 1, according to a statement, and the mayor is poised to “immediately enter talks” with the
municipal unions that representing its other workers — including the 200,000 members of the city
teachers union.

The proposal could improve a situation that can become a hardship for teachers: Currently, they get
no paid leave after having or adopting a child unless they dip into their sick days.

paycheck,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio in a statement. “New York City is leading by example,
putting us at the forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country.”

The United Federation of Teachers quickly praised the idea, saying it has long championed
expanded parental leave policies and is pleased to find a “willing partner.”

“We look forward to negotiating with the administration for an appropriate way to extend and
expand parental benefits for our members,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew said.

All U.S. employees have access to 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave if they meet certain
requirements under the Family and Medical Leave Act. But only a handful of states and cities offer
paid parental leave, said Jamie Dolkas, director of women’s leadership at the Center for WorkLife
Law at UC Hastings.
All told, only 13 percent of workers in the United States have access to paid parental leave through
their employers, she said.

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The city’s proposed policy would allow parents of either gender to take up to 12 weeks of paid
time off by combining the new leave with accrued sick days or vacation days. Officials said the
change would not cost taxpayers.

The UFT and the city are still negotiating the details of a teacher evaluation system. De Blasio and
the union signed nine-year contract deal in 2014.

De Blasio Moves on Paid Parental Leave
GOTHAM GAZETTE - Ben Max
In a somewhat surprising Christmas-week move, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that he
will soon issue an executive order mandating paid parental leave for non-union city employees,
while opening the door for municipal unions to return to the bargaining table to add the benefit to
their contracts.

As Democratic presidential candidates have been blazing the trail decrying that the United States is
woefully behind other developed nations on paid family leave and a major push has been underway
for a statewide policy in New York, de Blasio is taking action and setting the city as a model. It is
a development quickly garnering national attention, and it puts pressure on Albany lawmakers
ahead of their January return to legislative session and budget negotiations.

"New York City is leading by example," de Blasio said in a news release, "putting us at the
forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country. This is a common sense policy that
will make for healthier and more financially stable working families – making it good for
employees and employers."

In framing the need for such a policy, de Blasio invoked his own family experience and the choice
faced by his wife, Chirlane McCray, when they were new parents. In his statement, the mayor said,
paycheck."

In the news release, the administration says that the new policy will provide a "national benchmark
of six weeks at 100 percent salary for maternity, paternity, adoption, or foster care leave" and that
it "puts the City at the forefront of city and state policies around the country."

De Blasio and his team have often worked to establish the mayor and the city as a progressive
leader nationally, including around policies such as universal pre-kindergarten, affordable housing,
and protections for immigrants.

About 20,000 city employees will be covered by the initial parental leave policy starting in 2016,
once de Blasio signs the order. In combination with other vacation and personal time accrued it
could mean up to twelve weeks for some new parents, the administration said. Significantly, the
administration also explained Tuesday that "the new benefit will come at no new cost to New York
City taxpayers, as the City will be repurposing the existing managerial raise of 0.47 percent
scheduled for July 2017 and two days of existing vacation leave policy" of some long-term
employees.

Providing this coverage to 20,000 city employees is a significant first step that could lead to
hundreds of thousands of city workers having the option of paid parental leave.

The administration has publicly said it is ready to reopen collective bargaining with unionized
workers to include the benefit in their contracts. Several unions have quickly indicated that they
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plan to sit down with the administration to alter their recently-bargained deals (de Blasio entered
office with all municipal union contracts expired and has brought 92 percent of city workers under
contract since).

In an interview with WNYC to first announce the policy, de Blasio said that his administration
wants to give parents the choice to spend more time with a new child. "We want to give them that
opportunity at that precious moment to spend time with their child in the way that makes sense for
them," de Blasio said.

The administration opted not to hold a public event on the announcement, though when questions
arose on social media about that decision, mayoral aides noting that there will soon be a signing
ceremony for the executive order. Still, de Blasio certainly turned down even more attention for
the announcement that could have come with a press conference, especially in terms of TV
coverage.

Nevertheless, de Blasio is clearly fortifying what has already been two years of policies aimed at
reducing inequality and creating new opportunities for workers and families, especially those at the
margins.

On Monday, de Blasio spoke at length with reporters about the first half of his four-year term,
reviewing top accomplishments and taking questions about missteps and the path ahead.
Unsurprisingly, de Blasio cited the rollout of universal pre-kindergarten, the initial phase of his
affordable housing plan, the city's new municipal identification program, among other
achievements.

The paid parental leave policy - and its potential expansion to union workers - gives de Blasio
more to claim in what he calls his ongoing pursuit of a more fair city.

The move was quickly met with praise from a wide variety of elected officials and advocates,
some of whom noted that the New York state and federal governments can and should act on paid
family leave. The United States is reported to be one of only two developed nations without a
mandatory paid family leave policy - through the Family and Medical Leave Act, the U.S.
currently mandates unpaid leave so that workers can care for a new child or sick family member,
an option that many cannot afford.

Representatives of some businesses and governments argue that paid family leave can be disruptive
to organizations and, depending on funding mechanisms, a potentially untenable mandate.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said that de Blasio's policy is "an important step
forward and starts to bring city policies into line with those of the Fortune 500 and governments
around the world."

In praising de Blasio's move, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said that the push for a
national policy must continue: "We need a national paid-leave program that covers all working
Americans," she said in a statement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated he supports paid family leave, but wants the two chambers of
the state legislature to help figure out how a statewide policy will be crafted, and how the new
benefit would be paid for. Cuomo's office did not immediately return a request for comment on de
Blasio's announcement. The governor is set to give his combination State of the State and budget
address January 13 in Albany.
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The New York Paid Family Leave Insurance Campaign, which includes advocacy, labor, and
community organizations, has been advocating for a paid leave policy in New York, and issued a
statement in response to de Blasio's announcement calling on state lawmakers to enact "The Paid
Family Leave Insurance Act," which passed the Assembly in March.

The release says that "the legislation would create a paid family leave insurance benefit that is
employee-paid, through small payroll deductions that start at just 45 cents and rise to roughly 88
cents a week over four years" and "modernize New York's Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI)
program, the critical support system for new mothers physically recovering from childbirth, which
is currently frozen at the 1989 rate of $170 per week."

In a nod toward debate to come in the state capital next year, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
offered comment in de Blasio's announcement, saying, "New Yorkers should not have to choose
between keeping their jobs and spending time with a new family member. As longstanding
supporters of paid family leave, the Assembly Majority applauds New York City for taking this
critical step to strengthen family leave benefits for city employees."

Veteran city employees asked to sacrifice so 20,000 others get more parental leave
NY BUSINESS JOURNAL - Michael del Castillo
Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed an executive order that will give 20,000 of New York City's
employees six weeks of paid parental leave at 100 percent of whatever they earn.

But to pull off the human resources coup at no extra charge to the taxpayers, other members of the
city’s staff won’t be given scheduled compensation increases.

paycheck,” said de Blasio in a statement. “New York City is leading by example, putting us at the
forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country.”

To pay for the leave, a managerial raise to all employees of 0.47 percent scheduled for July 2017
will instead be used as the employees' contribution to parental leave days, according to the
statement.
Also, instead of some long-term employees receiving a 26th and 27th day of vacation, they will all
be capped at 25 days, with the extra days being shifted to the leave.

“With Mayor de Blasio’s action bringing paid parental leave to city workers, the City of New York
joins more than 163 countries in providing paid leave to women for childbirth, adoption and foster
care,” said Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, in the statement.

The six weeks of paid leave at 100 percent of salary can be combined with existing days off,
giving employees as much as 12 weeks maternity, paternity, adoption, or foster care leave without
losing pay. The order goes into effect January 1, 2016.

As de Blasio mentioned in his written statement, this level of parental leave makes the city
competitive with two other states: Austin, Texas, and Pittsburgh. However, the U.S. Department of
Labor has, through the Family Medical Leave Act, long enabled 12 weeks parental leave for
eligible employees at other companies.

New York City extends parental leave to 6 weeks
CNN MONEY - Robert Mclean
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New York City's 20,000 non-union employees will soon get six weeks of paid parental leave,
making the Big Apple the latest municipality to expand benefits offered to new parents.

paycheck," Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. "New York City is leading by example, putting us
at the forefront of paid parental leave policies around the country."

The six weeks of leave will include 100% of the employee's salary, and can be combined with
existing leave -- such as sick days and vacation time, to reach a maximum of 12 weeks. The policy
will cover maternity, paternity, adoption and foster care leave, and will be paid for by redirecting
existing city funds.

The city said it is prepared to open negotiations with unions immediately in order to extend the
benefit to all city employees.

The move comes a few weeks after the Portland, Oregon City Council voted to give city
employees six weeks of paid parental leave. That policy will begin in January.

San Francisco and Cincinnati have also recently expanded parental leave for city workers. Seattle
and Washington, D.C., are considering proposals.

New York City's new parental leave policy is set to go into affect Jan. 1.

New York Doubles Paid Parental Leave For Some City Employees
HUFFINGTON POST - Emily Peck
New York City just gave some of its employees a nice little Christmas bonus.

Starting Jan. 1, several thousand city workers will get an additional six weeks of paid parental
leave.

Approximately 22,000 non-unionized workers will benefit from the change, according to an
announcement from Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday. If workers combine the leave with other
existing benefits, they'll be able to get 12 weeks' paid time off after the arrival of a new child, said
de Blasio. The policy is gender-neutral and will apply to birth parents, foster parents and parents
who adopt.
City officials hope to extend the benefits to New York's 300,000 unionized workers, according to
The New York Times.

New York joins a growing wave of localities -- and employers -- offering paid time off to parents,
even as the U.S. remains the only developed country with no national paid leave for mothers.
Among U.S. cities, only Austin and Pittsburgh also offer six weeks' paid leave to their employees.
But a number of companies, particularly in the tech industry, have expanded their leave benefits
this year.

paycheck,” de Blasio said in a statement. “This is a common sense policy that will make for
healthier and more financially stable working families -- making it good for employees and
employers.”

To pay for the new benefit, the city will use money that was already in the budget to give more
vacation days to employees, who currently have 27 days a year. The city will also do away with
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plans to give managers a small raise.

The state of New York is also considering a paid family leave benefit, consisting of six weeks of
paid leave that would be funded through a payroll deduction.

Earlier this year, the federal government began offering paid leave to its own employees.

Opinion: How All New Yorkers Benefit When Municipal Workers Get Paid Parental Leave
HUFFINGTON POST - Amy Traub
Now that's a holiday gift! On Tuesday, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that approximately
20,000 employees of New York City would be guaranteed paid parental leave--giving mothers and
fathers critical time off to bond with a new baby, adoptee, or foster child without giving up a
paycheck.

Although paid leave for new parents is the standard worldwide, the United States guarantees zero
paid time off for mothers or fathers. As a result, nearly 1 in 4 employed U.S. mothers return to
work within two weeks of childbirth, according to research from former Demos fellow Sharon
Lerner. This puts the health of parents and their babies at risk and weakens family economic
stability. As I've argued before, a lack of paid leave also undermines women's equality.

The mayor's executive order will give municipal workers six weeks of paid leave at their full
salaries, which can be combined with existing sick and vacation leave to provide up to 12 weeks of
paid leave. And while the mayor cannot unilaterally change employment terms for New York's
300,000 unionized employees, the city expressed willingness to start immediate talks with
municipal unions about adding paid family leave for their members. City unions have responded
that they are indeed interested.

Thanks to Mayor de Blasio's leadership, employees of New York City can look forward to happier,
healthier, and more economically secure times as they welcome new little ones in 2016 and
beyond.

But it's not just municipal employees who stand to benefit.

When President Obama took executive action this year to extend paid leave for federal workers, he
argued that it would "help achieve the goals of recruiting and retaining talent, lowering costly
worker turnover, increasing employee engagement, boosting employee morale, and ensuring a
diverse and inclusive workforce." A growing number of high-profile tech employers, from Netflix
to Facebook to PayPal are expanding their paid leave policies with same aim. There is no reason
New York City could not reap similar gains from the family-friendly policy.

At the same time, all New Yorkers--and all Americans--will benefit if New York City's bold action
inspires more momentum for change at the state and national level. Legislation to expand paid
leave for all working people is pending in Congress, as well as in a number of states, including
New York. By extending paid leave to city workers, Mayor de Blasio could be putting this critical
benefit a step closer for all of us.

New York City will offer its employees a generous benefit most companies in America do not
BUSINESS INSIDER - Rachel Gillett
In the US, only 12% of employers offer paid parental leave, according to the Society for Human
Resource Management. That number gets even smaller when you look at the public sector.

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Federal employees currently have no guarantee of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a
child, though a bill before Congress seeks to change that. And just two US cities — Austin and
Pittsburgh — currently offer six weeks of paid parental leave to its employees, while Portland will
offer 6,000 employees the benefit in the new year.

Come January 1, New York City will add 20,000 city employees to that list of lucky few
government employees who can take time to care for a new child without the worry of financial
chaos.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday a new paid-parental-leave policy for New York City
employees that provides six weeks of fully paid time off for maternity, paternity, adoption, and
foster-care leave, which can be combined with existing time off like accrued sick time and
vacation for up to 12 paid weeks.

"I remember after [my daughter] Chiara was born, just our economic reality was that Chirlane had
to go back to work very quickly," de Blasio told WNYC. "She has always felt a tension over that.
She didn't feel good about not being able to spend more time with Chiara."

The US is currently the only developed nation in the world that doesn't ensure any paid time off
for new parents, according to a report from the International Labor Organization. Under the Family
and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993, people working at companies with at least 50 employees
must be allowed to take 12 weeks off work following the birth of their child, but that time does not
have to be paid.

Without the guarantee of paid leave while caring for a child, many new parents are faced with the
choice between economic hardship and returning to work prematurely.

According to a 2012 report from the US Department of Labor on family and medical leave, about
15% of people who were not paid or who received partial pay while away turned to public
assistance for help. About 60% of workers who took this time off reported it was difficult making
ends meet, and almost half reported that they would have taken longer time off if more pay had
been available.

"No one should miss the sweet miracle of those early weeks because they are forced to choose
between paying their bills and taking care of their baby," said NYC first lady Chirlane McCray in a
statement.

The current policy applies to managers and nonunionized workers and covers the city's 300,000
union employees — though de Blasio noted that the city is ready to enter talks with municipal
unions about extending the policy to their covered employees.

Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values @ Work, commends the mayor for the policy and
says that she hopes it will spur the New York State Senate to join California, New Jersey, and
Rhode Island in offering a paid family-leave insurance program.

In 2004, California became the first state to implement a paid-family-leave policy that enables
most working Californians to receive 55% of their usual salary — up to $1,104 per week — for a
maximum of six weeks.

According to a report last year from the president's Council of Economic Advisers, more than 90%
of employers affected by California's paid-family-leave initiative reported either positive or no
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noticeable effect on profitability, turnover, and morale.

"The vast majority of New Yorkers work for employers who want to provide paid family leave but
can't afford to do it on their own, and many workers need time to care for an ailing parent, partner,
or child, as well as to welcome a new child. This is great news for the holidays, and a great
message to Albany: the time to act is now," Bravo says.

NYC employees to receive 6 weeks of paid parental leave
NORTH JERSEY - AP
New York City's non-union employees will soon have six weeks of paid parental leave.

the benefit.

weeks with existing paid time off. They didn't have paid parental leave time before.

The change doesn't affect the city's 300,000 unionized workers. But officials say the benefit can be
added to those contracts via collective bargaining.


De Blasio says the change brings New York in line with cities like Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas

NYC 6-Week Paid Parental Leave For 20,000 New York City Workers To Be Offered, Mayor De
Blasio Says
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES - Andrew Burton
Twenty-thousand public employees in New York City will be offered six weeks of paid parental
leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. The offer will be among the most generous
family leave policies in the country, according to a statement from his office, and will go into
effect Jan. 1, 2016.

The plan was expected to cover maternity, paternity, adoption and foster care leave. De Blasio,
among the country’s most liberal mayors, will enact the plan by executive order. The benefits will
initially apply only to non-unionized workers.

paycheck,” de Blasio said in the statement. “This is a common-sense policy that will make for
healthier and more financially stable working families.”

To pay for the added benefits, longtime employees who currently receive 27 vacation days per year
will lose two of those days, and the city will also cancel a planned 0.47 percent raise for managers
that was scheduled for 2017. The parental-leave benefits will cost some $15 million, and combined
with existing paid time off, some employees will be eligible for as many as 12 weeks off, WNYC
reported.

“I remember after Chiara was born, just our economic reality was that Chirlane had to go back to
work very quickly,” de Blasio told WNYC, referencing his daughter and wife, respectively. “She
has always felt a tension over that. She didn’t feel good about not being able to spend more time
with Chiara.”
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Paid family leave has become increasingly common in the private sector in an effort to make
businesses more appealing to employees. The benefit remains rare in the public sector, however.
Very few American cities offer paid leave. The U.S. is one of two countries — the other Papua
New Guinea — that does not guarantee some form of paid parental leave.

Great Victory on Parental Leave for New York City Workers
A BETTER BALANCE - Staff
NYC Mayor de Blasio’s announcement today that the city will provide paid family leave to
approximately 20,000 city workers is a great step forward in the efforts going on around the
country to insure that families can care for new children without risking their economic security. A
Better Balance has been working with the Administration analyzing other paid leave programs and
offering advice on various policy proposals for over a year and we are delighted with the outcome
of the Mayor’s efforts to support city workers when a new child is added to their family.

We are thrilled that the plan will give workers full salary for 6 weeks (as well as the chance to use
other leave to allow 12 weeks off with pay) and that the plan will allow time off for both mothers
and fathers and for birth children as well as adopted and foster care children. Although the policy
only applies to workers who are not in the city’s various unions, the Mayor has made clear his
commitment to open talks with all unions so that all city workers can be covered. City workers
will not have to pay for this excellent benefit and by using city money that was formerly budgeted
for other personnel costs, there will be no need for an increase in taxes.

This is a win-win for everyone – city workers, their families and the City of New York. Not only
will this be a good thing for the morale and wellbeing of city workers, but all New York City
residents should be proud that our city is a leader in the national movement to insure paid leave for
families when they need it to care for a new child.

We hope this announcement will spur the Governor and New York State legislature to act this year
to insure that all New Yorkers, wherever they work, will have access to paid family leave.

Mulgrew on paid parental leave
UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS - Staff
On Dec. 22, 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new policy guaranteeing six
weeks of paid parental leave (covering maternity, paternity, adoption and foster care leave) to non-
union city employees beginning in January 2016. When combined with existing paid time off,
some employees will be eligible for up to 12 weeks total. The policy does not apply to the city's
300,000 union employees, but the mayor's office says it is "ready to immediately enter talks with
its municipal unions about extending the policy to their covered employees."

In response, UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued the following statement:

We have been trying for years to interest various city administrations in expanding parental leave,
and finally have a willing partner on an issue that is very important to us. We look forward to
negotiating with the administration for an appropriate way to extend and expand parental benefits
for our members.

How All New Yorkers Benefit When Municipal Workers Get Paid Parental Leave
DEMOS - Amy Traub
Now that’s a holiday gift! On Tuesday, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that approximately
20,000 employees of New York City would be guaranteed paid parental leave—giving mothers
and fathers critical time off to bond with a new baby, adoptee, or foster child without giving up a
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paycheck.

Although paid leave for new parents is the standard worldwide, the United States guarantees zero
paid time off for mothers or fathers. As a result, nearly 1 in 4 employed U.S. mothers return to
work within two weeks of childbirth, according to research from former Demos fellow Sharon
Lerner. This puts the health of parents and their babies at risk and weakens family economic
stability. As I’ve argued before, a lack of paid leave also undermines women’s equality.

The mayor’s executive order will give municipal workers six weeks of paid leave at their full
salaries, which can be combined with existing sick and vacation leave to provide up to 12 weeks of
paid leave. And while the mayor cannot unilaterally change employment terms for New York’s
300,000 unionized employees, the city expressed willingness to start immediate talks with
municipal unions about adding paid family leave for their members. City unions have responded
that they are indeed interested.

Thanks to Mayor de Blasio’s leadership, employees of New York City can look forward to
happier, healthier, and more economically secure times as they welcome new little ones in 2016
and beyond.

But it’s not just municipal employees who stand to benefit.

When President Obama took executive action this year to extend paid leave for federal workers, he
argued that it would “help achieve the goals of recruiting and retaining talent, lowering costly
worker turnover, increasing employee engagement, boosting employee morale, and ensuring a
diverse and inclusive workforce.” A growing number of high-profile tech employers, from Netflix
to Facebook to PayPal are expanding their paid leave policies with same aim. There is no reason
New York City could not reap similar gains from the family-friendly policy.

At the same time, all New Yorkers—and all Americans—will benefit if New York City’s bold
action inspires more momentum for change at the state and national level. Legislation to expand
paid leave for all working people is pending in Congress, as well as in a number of states,
including New York. By extending paid leave to city workers, Mayor de Blasio could be putting
this critical benefit a step closer for all of us.

Mayor de Blasio Announces New Paid Parental Policy
JP UPDATES - Menachem Rephun
Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new paid parental leave policy for NYC workers. Offer
six weeks of paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption, and foster care at 100% salary, the
policy is expected to push NY to the forefront of city/state policies nation-wide. De Blasio will
sign an executive order enabling NYC to to provide it’s roughly 20,000 managerial/original
jurisdiction employees with the new policy effective January 1.

paycheck,” de Blasio said. “New York City is leading by example, putting us at the forefront of
paid parental leave policies around the country. This is a common sense policy that will make for
healthier and more financially stable working families – making it good for employees and
employers.”

The policy has also garnered support from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

“Paid parental leave has been a focus of mine since the launch of Family Friendly Brooklyn, my
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vision for a borough that prioritizes the wellness of nearly 200,000 Brooklynites under the age of
five,” Adams said. “I am pleased that dialogue with City Hall has helped foster a robust policy
allowing men and women employed by our City to put the health of their families first during the
fundamental beginning of their newborns’ lives. Paid parental leave assists our efforts to address
the inequality gap and helps all of Brooklyn’s children start off on more equal footing, all without
putting one’s job security in the balance. Mayor de Blasio’s executive order is a crucial step
toward achieving universal paid parental leave across our state and our country.”

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has also expressed support.

“This new policy is another clear sign that cities across the country are realizing the value of
family-friendly workplace policies,” Gillbrand said.

“We need a national paid-leave program that covers all working Americans. I am thrilled that
Mayor de Blasio is taking a lead in this important fight by giving thousands of New York City
workers extended paid parental leave. We must continue pushing to ensure that all working
families have financial security with access to these common sense policies.”

Along with Lesotho, Swaziland, and Papua New Guinea, the U.S. is currently the only country in
the world that does not mandate paid maternity leave. By contrast, the U.K. offers 90% pay for
280 days, Mexico offers 100% pay for for 84 days, Russia offers 100% pay for 140 days, and
Indonesia offers 100% pay for 84 days of both maternity and paternity leave. Other countries
offering 100% paid parental leave are Germany, India, China, France (offering both paid maternity
and paternity leave), and Brazil.

De Blasio Announces 6 Weeks Of Paid Parental Leave For Non-Union City Workers
GOTHAMIST - Emma Whitford
All non-union city employees will receive six weeks of paid parental leave starting in 2016 thanks
to an executive order from Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday.

"I remember after Chiara was born, just our economic reality was that Chirlane had to go back to
work very quickly," Mayor de Blasio told WNYC, which first reported the announcement. "She
has always felt a tension over that. She didn't feel good about not being able to spend more time
with Chiara."

The Mayor's office says that the new terms will be applicable to 20,000 city employees, and will
cover six weeks at 100% pay rate. Combined with existing sick and vacation leave, some
employees will be eligible for 12 paid weeks, total.

The policy will cover maternity and paternity leave, as well as adoption and foster care.

Parental leave has not historically been a legal requirement in New York State. However, the
national Family and Medical Leave act mandates up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected parental
leave following the birth of a child. Time off due to pregnancy complications can be subtracted
from this. The law applies to public agencies, public and private schools, and any company with
more than 50 employees, so long as the employee meets a lengthy list of additional requirements.

After their son died on his first day of day care in July, Amber Scorah and Lee Towndrow have
been campaigning for paid parental leave.

Scorah and Towndrow, both occasional Gothamist contributors, work full-time—Scorah as an
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editorial producer at Scholastic, and Towndrow is a freelance visual effects artist. "Without a solid
paid parental leave program in the US, you can choose to step away from your job, but then you
lose your health insurance and your income," Towndrow told us last month. "You're putting your
child more at risk."

In a heartbreaking op-ed published in the NY Times, Scorah elaborates on the painful bind she and
her partner found themselves in, and their realization that day care was the only feasible option.
She writes, "I justified it a million ways, as one justifies when one has run out of alternatives."
In response to the Mayor's announcement, Scorah said that while six weeks is a "commendable
step," the new guidelines could go much farther.

"All progress forward on this issue is a relief to me, but the narrow segment of the population who
will receive this, along with the extremely short duration of leave it guarantees illustrates the
gaping need for the United States to change its outdated policies and pass a national parental leave
system that works for all families," she said. "We are so far behind."

Out of 41 countries highlighted in a recent International Labor Organization study, the US
mandates the shortest parental leave. Iceland has the second-shortest leave, at 13 weeks, but it's
entirely compensated. The UK and Australia mandate an entire year, partially compensated.

While the city's 300,000 union employees are not covered by the policy—any changes to their
existing contracts must be negotiated through collective bargaining—the Mayor's office has stated
that it is "ready to immediately enter talks with its municipal unions about extending the policy to
their covered employees."

"[Service workers' union] 32BJ SEIU and our 70,000 members in New York applaud Mayor de
Blasio and his administration for this important step forward in the continued fight for paid leave
for working men and women," said 32BJ President Hector Figueroa in a statement. "We look
forward to working with the administration on this policy."

According to de Blasio's announcement, the city plans to fund the new parental leave initiative—
estimated to cost about $15 million annually—by capping vacation days at 25 for long-term
employees with at least 15 years on the job (down from 27). The city will also redact a planned
0.47% raise planned for non-union managerial workers for July 2017.

Mayor Announces Plan to Offer 6 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave for Some City Workers
NY1 - Staff
Mayor de Blasio announces a plan to offer six weeks paid parental leave for some city workers.

Twenty thousand managers and non-unionized workers would be eligible under the new policy, as
of January 1.

The plan covers adoption and foster care for those workers at up 100 percent of their salary or 12
weeks fully paid when combined with existing leave.

The city's 300,000 union employees are not eligible, but could negotiate the same leave through
their separate unions.

The plan is expected to cost 15 million dollars with no new charges to city taxpayers.

However, vacation time for eligible workers will be cut and a small portion of a multi-year raise
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will be revoked.

NYC Approves 6-Week Paid Parental Leave For Non-Union City Workers
CBS 2 - Staff/AP
New York City’s non-union employees will soon have six weeks of paid parental leave.

the benefit.

The issue is personal for de Blasio, who said his wife was forced to return to work shortly after the
birth of their daughter, WCBS 880’s Marla Diamond reported. In January, 20,000 managers and
non-unionized city workers will be eligible for six weeks paid parental leave at 100 percent of
their salary.

“When parents have a chance to be with their children in those formative weeks and months,
they’re gonna be better, happier, more productive parents,” Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen told 1010
WINS’ Al Jones.

Donna Dolan, Director of New York’s Paid Leave Coalition, said the decision is a game-changer.

“Finally, there will be parents in New York City that won’t have to worry about financial
insecurity if they try to take time off to spend time with a newborn,” Dolan said.

The change doesn’t affect the city’s 300,000 unionized workers. But officials say the benefit can
be added to those contracts via collective bargaining.



“We have an opportunity to show the nation that we can have thoughtful, progressive policies
around families,” Glen said.

NYC's employees getting 6 weeks paid parental leave
CBS NEWS - AP

the benefit.




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NYC workers to get 6 weeks of paid parental leave
FOX 5 - AP

the benefit.





NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
ABC 7 - Staff
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced a new paid parental leave policy for New York City
employees that allows six weeks of paid time off for maternity, paternity, adoption and foster care
leave at 100 percent of salary, or up to 12 weeks total when combined with existing leave.

The policy brings New York City in line with the most generous localities in the country, Austin
and Pittsburgh.

De Blasio will sign an executive order so that the city can provide its approximately 20,000
managerial and original jurisdiction employees with this new paid parental leave policy as of
January 1, 2016. Any changes to benefits for represented employees must be done through
collective bargaining, and the city is ready to immediately enter talks with its municipal unions
about extending the policy to their covered employees.

"Too many new parents face an impossible choice, taking care of their child or getting their
paycheck," de Blasio said. "New York City is leading by example, putting us at the forefront of
paid parental leave policies around the country. This is a common-sense policy that will make for
healthier and more financially stable working families, making it good for employees and
employers."

To cover the $15 million cost, the non-union employees will give back two vacation days, and the
city will take back a small portion of a planned 2017 raise.

NYC Employees to Receive 6 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
ABC NEWS - AP

the benefit.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio announces new parental leave policy for city workers
NEWS 12 - Staff
Mayor Bill De Blasio announced a new paid parental leave policy for non-union city workers
Tuesday.

He says employees will now get paid time off for six weeks for maternity, paternity, adoption and
foster care leave.

Parents can even jump up to 12 weeks when combined with existing leave, but workers will have
to give back two vacation days and a planned raise to make up the costs.

De Blasio says, "Too many new parents face an impossible choice: taking care of their child or
getting their paycheck. This is a common sense policy that will make for healthier and more
financially stable working families."

President of the United Federation of Teachers Michael Mulgr says “We have been trying for years
to interest various city administrations in expanding parental leave, and finally have a willing
partner on an issue that is very important to us. We look forward to negotiating with the
administration for an appropriate way to extend and expand parental benefits for our members.”

The policy goes into effect Jan. 1

###

--
Mahen Gunaratna
(212) 676-3154 (o) | (347)-268-4295 (c)
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From: Fialkoff, Gabrielle
Subject: Thank You

MAYOR’S OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007

Dear John –

I hope this note finds you and your loved ones enjoying the holiday season. With 2015 coming to
a close, I wanted to take a moment to look back on some of the partnerships the de Blasio
administration has formed this year with the private sector and the impact that these initiatives
are already having on the lives of our 8.5 million fellow New Yorkers.

Below are a few of the highlights; whether it is increasing workforce opportunities for New York’s
young people, reforming our mental health system, or re-opening Gracie Mansion, (please let me
know if you would like to arrange a tour in the New Year) we are extremely proud to have worked
with so many committed individuals, corporations, and foundations to create access and
opportunity for so many New Yorkers.

Thank you for your partnership and commitment to our great City, working together it will remain
the safest city in America and the commerce and cultural capital of the world.

I look forward to working with you in the New Year.

Happy Holidays,
Gabrielle

Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnerships 2015 Year in Review

Created the Center for Youth Employment
This unprecedented interagency public-private partnership coordinates the City’s youth workforce
programs and serves as an entry point for private sector employers:
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· $5.4 million year-one private sector investment from over 60 partners
· Doubled quality private sector paid internships in the Ladders for Leaders program from
475 to 1,035
· Increased summer jobs for the city’s vulnerable youth from 1,000 to 2,078
· Funded training for 1,000 guidance counselors, teachers and other educators in college
and career readiness.

Announced Computer Science for All
$81 million public-private partnership to deliver computer science education to all 1.1 million NYC
public school students:
· Increasing share of public school students receiving computer science education from 5%
to 100% over ten years
· Meeting the private sector’s need for 233,000 new tech employees with a diverse and
local talent pipeline

Won Social Innovation Fund Grant for “Connections to Care”
A five-year, $30 million partnership with the White House’s Corporation for National and
Community Service:
· Grant increases access to mental health services by training staff in mental health
techniques at partnering community-based organizations
· Program targets hard-to-reach populations and those who are in need but may not seek
out services

Released ThriveNYC
Mental Health Roadmap, developed by the Mayor’s Fund, guided the City toward a more effective
and holistic mental health system. ThriveNYC has 54 initiatives to increase mental health services,
including:
· Training 250,000 New Yorkers on mental health First Aid
· Recruiting 400 clinicians to serve in NYC Mental Health Corps
· Citywide public awareness campaign

Launched Building Healthy Communities
Targeting 12 historically underserved neighborhoods to improve access to healthy food, increase
physical activity, and promote public safety:
· Creating green spaces, urban farms, gardens, engaged and safe communities, and
programming to address chronically high rates of disease in our most high-need
neighborhoods
· $5.3 million committed from private funders, including Unilever (largest corporate
commitment in City history), the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and the New York
State Health Foundation

Partnered with Warby Parker to Expand Vision Screenings in Community Schools
Helping students overcome barriers to learning:
· Serving over 65,000 students, K-12 in 130 Community Schools with full vision screenings
·
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Homegrown tech company Warby Parker providing 20,000 free pairs of glasses to
students

Announced “Talk to Your Baby”
Public-private partnership with Scholastic, Inc., Sesame Workshop and Clinton Foundation urging
parents to talk, read, and sing to their babies during critical 0-3 age range:
· Provided baby book bundles that included a book edited by First Lady Chirlane McCray
and an evidence based tool-kit for parents to 200,000 low-income families
· Funded media campaign to reach new parents via TaxiTV, subway ads, and text messaging

Opened Gracie Mansion
Reopened the People’s House to New Yorkers across the five boroughs:
· “Windows on the City,” a new installation featuring 49 new works of art reflecting
diversity of New York during the Federal period
· Resumed weekly public tours
· Developing new programming in the home and across the five boroughs to connect New
Yorkers to Gracie Mansion and of our shared history.

Gabrielle Fialkoff
212-341-5084

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To: John Del Cecato
Subject: Tweet by Boston Globe Metro on Twitter
Date: Sunday, December 27, 2015 10:17:36 PM
Boston Globe Metro (@GlobeMetro)

12/27/15, 9:25 PM
Walsh, de Blasio take different paths on preschool promise
bos.gl/oTE5ceg
Sent from my iPhone
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To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; "John Del Cecato"
Subject: FW: MSNBC: Video: Inside de Blasio"s plummeting poll numbers
Worth a watch
_____________________________________________
From: Clips
Subject: MSNBC: Video: Inside de Blasio's plummeting poll numbers
Video: Inside de Blasio's plummeting poll numbers
MSNBC - Morning Joe
http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/inside-de-blasios-plummeting-polll-
numbers-592853571974
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is reaching the midpoint of first term with low poll
numbers. New York Magazine's Andrew Rice joins Morning Joe to discuss why the
public is seemingly disappointed in him.
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From: David Axelrod
To: B
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: CNN Transcript - Lead-In on NYC Challenges + Rahm/Chicago
Very helpful and gracious.

And, as you said, it has the added value of being true. I wrote my first column
about the police issue 42 years ago. It didn't start under Rahm. It's been going on
for generations. But he now has the chance to do something about it.
Thanks, brother.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 29, 2015, at 6:47 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
See below. What I said when asked re: Rahm. I hope it's helpful. And I
believe it's the God's honest truth.
From: "Kadushin, Peter" <pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:33:09 +0000
Subject: RE: CNN Transcript - Lead-In on NYC Challenges +
Rahm/Chicago
Sir,
I gave the Rahm comments some more thought based on our post-game.
If I'm a reporter, the next question will be: so what should Rahm do to change the
dialogue? How does he help Chicago/the nation heal?
You may already have an answer in mind, but just something to be prepared for. I can
also start brainstorming possible responses with the team.
Peter

To: B
Cc: Kadushin, Peter
Subject: CNN Transcript - Lead-In on NYC Challenges + Rahm/Chicago
Host: We’re back now with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as the NYPD ramps up
security for New Year’s Eve. And we also want to talk about other grave concerns for
mayors and for law enforcement officials across the country. I’m sure, Mayor, that
you’ve had your eye trained on Chicago as we have, where Mayor Rahm Emanuel is
under fire right now. He’s been facing these calls to step down in the wake of the
shooting and killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. We also saw the shooting by
police in Chicago this weekend that included an innocent bystander – a 55-year-old
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woman who is the mother of five kids – just devastating when you see that that
happened. There are calls for him to resign, but when you look at this, having come at
this as the mayor of New York as we saw so much outrage over what happened with
Eric Garner, what do you think the mayor needs to do and officials in Chicago need to
do to bridge this gap with the African American community?

Mayor: Look, there’s a lot of work to be done in all our cities. So let me – let me be
blunt to begin with. We’ve had a path we had to travel in this city over the last two
years. We had a lot of tension between police and community over the previous stop-
and-frisk policy, which we’ve changed. We’ve had to make a series of reforms – and
they’ve been tough to do. They’ve taken a lot of money, a lot of time and energy.
We’re going to retrain our entire police force in how to deescalate conflict – we’re in
the middle of doing that now. A lot has to change. The Eric Garner incident was very
painful for this city, and that pain lingers – and I understand. So I can relate to some of
the challenges that Rahm Emanuel’s going through. Look, he has to succeed is the
bottom line. Folks who are calling for his resignation I don’t think are thinking through
the whole equation. Rahm Emanuel is now the person who is in the position to turn
the situation in Chicago around, who can drive the reforms and changes that are
needed – and they’re going to have to be very, very substantial, because the
community has deep and real concerns. So I would say no, Rahm Emanuel is needed at
his post. I know he has a long history of changing organizations, and he’s a forceful
leader. If he applies himself, as I think he will do very effectively, to reform, I think he’ll
be – he’s literally the only person who can make these changes, but they have to
happen urgently.

...

--
Mahen Gunaratna
(212) 676-3154 (o) | (347)-268-4295 (c)

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From: B
To: Hinton, Karen; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; FLONYC; Klein, Monica
Subject: Re: NEWSDAY: Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for American progressives
Yeah and their editorials have been pretty good to us. Let's lean their way a little
more

Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:31:24 +0000
To: Hagelgans, Andrea<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Walzak, Phil<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>; John Del
Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Jonathan Rosen<Jonathan@berlinrosen.com>;
FLONYC<FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Klein, Monica<MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Re: NEWSDAY: Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for American
progressives
Been pushing AMNY/Newsday for a while! Glad to!
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 30, 2015, at 7:23 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Yes!
From: B
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen
Reply To: B
Cc: FLONYC
Subject: Fw: NEWSDAY: Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for American
progressives
Ok, well at least ONE reporter understands what I'm talking about! :)
This is a message (how national progressive change helps nyc) I will cite
a lot in 2016. And karen, make sure we give emily a few exclusives or
one-on-ones in the coming months. She has always tried to present our
side of the story. Thanks

Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:00:53 +0000
Subject: NEWSDAY: Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for
American progressives
Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for American progressives
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NEWSDAY - Emily Ngo
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/bill-de-blasio-predicts-2016-will-be-
big-year-for-american-progressives-1.11274698

Mayor Bill de Blasio predicted Tuesday that the 2016 election cycle would serve
as a “real sea change moment,” placing left-leaning leaders in Washington
whose policies would benefit the city.

“The American people are going to make decisions that will have a profoundly
important impact on New York City,” the Democratic mayor said at an unrelated
Times Square news conference.

He said federal lawmakers will debate funding for mass transit, affordable
housing, education and other policies that he called “real domestic issues that
have gone untreated.”

De Blasio faced criticism earlier this year for several trips around the country to
promote his progressive agenda and for his delayed endorsement of Hillary
Clinton for president. He was forced to scrap a presidential forum he had
planned in Iowa this month when no candidates committed to attending.

He said that decisions on the national stage affect policy at the local level.

“We had good news a few weeks back when the highway bill finally passed,” de
Blasio said, calling it an “example of a national issue that profoundly affected
New York City” and a “ray of light” from an often-gridlocked U.S. Congress.

De Blasio, as part of a national bipartison coalition of mayors, had successfully
lobbied for the federal transportation bill that provides $500 million over five
years for city roads, bridges, transit and ferries and roll backed a proposed $80
million annual cut for subways and buses in the city.

The mayor recommended Tuesday that reporters read an Atlantic magazine
article titled “Why America is Moving Left.”

The piece describing a changing electorate led by progressive millennials and
minority voters “speaks volumes about what next year is about,” de Blasio said.
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To: B; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Jonathan Rosen; FLONYC; Klein, Monica
Hear hear!

Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 7:38 AM
<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Walzak, Phil" <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Jonathan
Rosen <jonathan@berlinrosen.com>, FLONYC <FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Klein, Monica"
<MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Let the courtship deepen! :) Well done, Karen

Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:34:15 +0000
To: Hinton, Karen<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Walzak, Phil<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>; John Del
Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Jonathan Rosen<Jonathan@berlinrosen.com>;
FLONYC<FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Klein, Monica<MKlein@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Yes, Karen has done a great job of courting them/emily.
From: Hinton, Karen
Cc: B; Walzak, Phil; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; FLONYC; Klein, Monica
Been pushing AMNY/Newsday for a while! Glad to!
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 30, 2015, at 7:23 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Yes!
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From: B
To: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen
Reply To: B
Cc: FLONYC
Subject: Fw: NEWSDAY: Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for American
progressives
Ok, well at least ONE reporter understands what I'm talking about! :) This is a message (how
national progressive change helps nyc) I will cite a lot in 2016. And karen, make sure we give
emily a few exclusives or one-on-ones in the coming months. She has always tried to
present our side of the story. Thanks

Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:00:53 +0000
Subject: NEWSDAY: Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for American progressives
Bill de Blasio predicts 2016 will be big year for American progressives
NEWSDAY - Emily Ngo
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/bill-de-blasio-predicts-2016-will-be-
big-year-for-american-progressives-1.11274698

Mayor Bill de Blasio predicted Tuesday that the 2016 election cycle would serve
as a “real sea change moment,” placing left-leaning leaders in Washington
whose policies would benefit the city.

“The American people are going to make decisions that will have a profoundly
important impact on New York City,” the Democratic mayor said at an unrelated
Times Square news conference.

He said federal lawmakers will debate funding for mass transit, affordable
housing, education and other policies that he called “real domestic issues that
have gone untreated.”

De Blasio faced criticism earlier this year for several trips around the country to
promote his progressive agenda and for his delayed endorsement of Hillary
Clinton for president. He was forced to scrap a presidential forum he had
planned in Iowa this month when no candidates committed to attending.

He said that decisions on the national stage affect policy at the local level.

“We had good news a few weeks back when the highway bill finally passed,” de
Blasio said, calling it an “example of a national issue that profoundly affected
New York City” and a “ray of light” from an often-gridlocked U.S. Congress.

De Blasio, as part of a national bipartison coalition of mayors, had successfully
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lobbied for the federal transportation bill that provides $500 million over five
years for city roads, bridges, transit and ferries and roll backed a proposed $80
million annual cut for subways and buses in the city.

The mayor recommended Tuesday that reporters read an Atlantic magazine
article titled “Why America is Moving Left.”

The piece describing a changing electorate led by progressive millennials and
minority voters “speaks volumes about what next year is about,” de Blasio said.
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Cc: Wolfe, Emma; Phillips, Eric Falk; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Walzak, Phil
Subject: RE: SOTC
Ok, JR- can you join? Otherwise, we’ll just meet internally and update folks

Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:16 AM
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; Phillips, Eric Falk; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re: SOTC
I'm driving - may not be able to make it on
On Dec 31, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Ok. Will push to 10:30

From: Wolfe, Emma
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:02 AM
To: Hagelgans, Andrea; Phillips, Eric Falk; John Del Cecato; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm,
Kate; Walzak, Phil
Subject: SOTC
5-10 late stuck in other mtg, there soon.
--------------------
Organizer: Hagelgans, Andrea
When: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM December 31, 2015
Subject: SOTC
Location: City Hall - COW - - DIAL IN - Meeting ID:
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From: emma maguire wolfe
To: Thomas Snyder
Cc: Nick Baldick; Jonathan Rosen; John Del Cecato; Ross Offinger; Gabriel Schnake Mahl; PhilWalzak (
Seignious, Sandy; Williams, Dominic; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; N. Smith; dkieve@hilltoppublicsolutions.com; Salazar-
Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: Re: Meeting hold
Date: Monday, January 04, 2016 10:26:31 AM
will make myself available.
#
this is a personal account - for official business please email at ewolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov
thanks
#
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Thomas Snyder < wrote:

Mayor and Chirlane really want to have this meeting occur on a weekend,
specifically January16 or 17. So: January 12 if OFF.
Please indicate your availability to attend a meeting on either or both of Saturday

the 16th and Sunday the 17th. These would be daytime meetings. Sorry for all the
confusion.
On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 3:20 PM, tomsnyder < wrote:

Please hold Tuesday January 12, 4 - 8pm at Gracie for our mini-retreat. All out
of towners can make this time. Awaiting final confirm from First Lady to lock
down.
Sent from my iPad
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From: Thomas Snyder
To: Nick Baldick; Jonathan Rosen; John Del Cecato; Ross Offinger; Emma Wolfe; PhilWalzak ( Williams,
Dominic; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; N. Smith; dkieve@hilltoppublicsolutions.com; FLONYC; BdB
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; John, Roxanne; Seignious, Sandy; Gabriel Schnake Mahl
Subject: Re: Meeting hold
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 10:58:16 AM
CONFIRMED: We will meet Sunday January 17th at Gracie for our mini-retreat. 11am
- 3pm.
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Thomas Snyder < wrote:

Mayor and Chirlane really want to have this meeting occur on a weekend,
specifically January16 or 17. So: January 12 if OFF.
Please indicate your availability to attend a meeting on either or both of Saturday

the 16th and Sunday the 17th. These would be daytime meetings. Sorry for all the
confusion.
On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 3:20 PM, tomsnyder < wrote:

Please hold Tuesday January 12, 4 - 8pm at Gracie for our mini-retreat. All out
of towners can make this time. Awaiting final confirm from First Lady to lock
down.
Sent from my iPad
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To: B; Ramsawak, Victoria
Cc: FLONYC; Snyder, Thomas; Geri Prado; John Del Cecato
Subject: RE: Income Inequality in the News – Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Date: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 12:36:41 PM
Got it

From: B
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 12:36 PM
To: Ramsawak, Victoria
Cc: Gunaratna, Mahen; FLONYC; Snyder, Thomas; Geri Prado; John Del Cecato
Subject: Re: Income Inequality in the News – Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Mahen, again clarifying that the is very valuable resource needs wider distribution. Everyone
I've cc'ed above should get it when I do, starting with Chirlane and Tom. Both Geri Prado
and John Del Cecato are authorized to receive these, too. Thanks
From: "Ramsawak, Victoria" <VRamsawak@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 17:20:49 +0000
Subject: Income Inequality in the News – Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Income Inequality in the News – Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Headlines:
Economists Take Aim at Wealth Inequality

NY TIMES - Nelson D. Schwartz
Puerto Rico Aims to Solve Its Affordable-Housing Crisis
WSJ - Theresa Agovino
Opinion: Efforts to weaken unions a direct strike against the middle class
NEWSDAY - Michele Jawando
Column: Why Economists Took So Long to Focus on Inequality
BLOOMBERG - Justin Fox
The Winners and Losers of Economic Clustering
CITY LAB - Richard Florida
How Zoning Restrictions Make Segregation Worse
Bernie Sanders Takes On Wall Street
THE ATLANTIC - Clare Foran
The Poorest Americans Die Younger Than the Poorest Costa Ricans
THE ATLANTIC - Olga Khazan
What top researchers discovered when they re-ran the numbers on income inequality
WASHINGTON POST - Jim Tankersley
The CEO of your company has probably already earned your 2016 salary this year
WASHINGTON POST - Philip Bump
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Income Inequality in the News:
Economists Take Aim at Wealth Inequality

NY TIMES - Nelson D. Schwartz
When pundits and presidential candidates talk about inequality and the tiny sliver of the
population whose fortunes have soared, they often drop names like Warren Buffett, Bill
Gates, Sheldon Adelson and Mark Zuckerberg.
But those are just the most visible members of a larger but less-talked-about cadre of the big
winners in today’s economy. This group consists of roughly 250,000 Americans who mainly
populate the executive offices and managerial suites of major companies and financial
institutions, along with a smattering of top law firms, hedge funds and other elite aeries.
These people — the top one-quarter of 1 percent of the country’s employed population —
have enjoyed explosive gains in income and wealth in recent decades, even as salaries and
wages stagnated for the typical American worker.
“You hear about C.E.O.s, entertainers, athletes and hedge funders, but that’s the tip of the
iceberg,” said Nicholas A. Bloom, a professor of economics at Stanford who is finishing a
paper examining the underlying dynamics of income inequality. “It’s a much, much bigger
group and they are outpacing everyone else.”
Like those of many of his peers who are presenting new research at the annual meeting of the
American Economic Association, which began here on Sunday and ends on Tuesday, Mr.
Bloom’s findings are bringing to light fresh perspectives on why income inequality is
growing and how it is reshaping the national and global economy.
While the much-talked-about 1 percent is doing just fine, the supersize gains are taking place
even further up the income ladder, according to what Mr. Bloom and four colleagues found
by examining 35 years of data from the Social Security Administration.
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The phenomenon is not limited to Wall Street or the big banks — manufacturers rewarded
their top executives every bit as generously as did firms in the finance, insurance and real
estate sectors. And this pattern is being repeated in countries where the political landscape is
quite different from that of the United States, like Sweden, Germany and Britain.
“This is a truly global phenomenon, and I don’t know any serious economist who would
deny inequality has gone up,” said Mr. Bloom, a native of Britain whose politics veer toward
a laissez-faire approach and the Conservative Party there. “The debate is over the magnitude,
not the direction.”
The economic association’s meeting is something of a barometer of what concerns

economists most, drawing more than 13,000 attendees from the ranks of academia, as well as
research groups and the private sector. And in panels, research presentations and speeches,
what was once mainly a preoccupation of ivory tower Marxists and other players on the
margins of the profession is taking center stage.
“In the last few years, there’s been a huge change in the mainstream of the profession,” said
Steven Fazzari, an economics professor at Washington University in St. Louis who first came
to the conference as a job-hunting graduate student in 1982. “The issue of income inequality
was a backwater in the economics field, and it was largely ignored.”
At the same time, there’s a growing consensus among economists of all ideological stripes
that inequality is growing — in the United States and abroad — even if the usual political
fault lines appear when the discussion turns to the consequences of the trend and whether
new public policies are needed to address it.
“It’s pretty much indisputable that the percentage of income being earned by the top 1
percent, or the top quarter of 1 percent, is going up,” said Richard H. Thaler, the
association’s president.
“It was true five years ago, but it was not as widely recognized,” said Mr. Thaler, a
behavioral economist who teaches at the University of Chicago. “As with climate change,
scientific consensus takes a while to build.”
And, to borrow language from an economic seminar, there’s also a striking correlation
between the emergence of income inequality as an issue here and the near-rock-star status
accorded a handful of once-obscure experts on the subject inside and outside academia.
The best known of these is Thomas Piketty, whose 700-page tome, “Capital in the Twenty-
First Century,” became an improbable best-seller in 2014 and made the French academic a
media superstar.
Emmanuel Saez, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, who has

collaborated with Mr. Piketty, won a MacArthur “genius” grant in 2010. Raj Chetty of
Stanford, who has looked closely at economic mobility, also received a MacArthur grant and
has presented findings to Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Obama administration officials.
“There are definitely fashions in the field,” said Dean Baker, co-director of the left-leaning
Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. “As much as most economists
might hate to acknowledge it, there’s no way you can’t respond to Piketty’s success.”
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Anticipated presentations at the economic association meeting include new findings from
David Autor, an influential M.I.T. economist, on the links between college performance and
increased financial aid as well as research by Enrico Moretti of Berkeley into how state tax
increases prompt the highest earners to move to lower-tax locations.
For all the intense focus on the roots and extent of income inequality today, most academics
are leery of any easy solution. At the same time, they acknowledge that their traditional tools
are inadequate for the task.
“There’s no reason the free market will solve this,” Mr. Bloom said.
He believes inequality is being magnified by technological change and what’s known as skills
bias, where workers with a particular expertise reap the biggest reward. Neither is amenable
to quick fixes.
In Professor Bloom’s new paper, which he wrote with David J. Price, a Stanford graduate
student, and three other economists — Jae Song, Fatih Guvenen and Till von Wachter — the
top quarter of 1 percent of Americans appears to be pulling away from the rest.
For workers at this threshold, who earn at least $640,000 annually, their salaries rose 96
percent from 1981 to 2013, after taking account of inflation.
The trend was especially pronounced among the most successful enterprises in the American
economy, creating a divergence between the highest-paid people at companies that employ
more than 10,000 people and the rest of the work force. In this rarefied circle, overall pay
jumped 140 percent versus a 5 percent drop for the typical employee at these corporate
behemoths.
The split in compensation between executives and everyone else was much less pronounced
at smaller companies, according to the research by Mr. Bloom and his colleagues. At these
firms, between 1981 and 2013, top salaries rose 49 percent, while median pay rose 30
percent.
In addition, Mr. Bloom and his team also found a sharp divergence between pay at the most
successful companies and also-rans in the same field — think Apple versus BlackBerry. The
highest-paid workers cluster at the winners, heightening income disparities in the overall
work force.
Mr. Bloom traces the outsize gains to large grants of stock and options to top workers at big
companies, with their fortunes rising in line with the performance of the stock market.
“There used to be a premium for working at a big company, even in a lower-level job,” he
said. “That’s not true anymore. The people who have really suffered are lower-level
employees at big companies.”
Puerto Rico Aims to Solve Its Affordable-Housing Crisis

WSJ - Theresa Agovino
Hope may be on the way for some 30,000 residents of Puerto Rico who are lingering on
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waiting lists for public housing and rent vouchers that can last up to four years.
Despite the island’s financial crisis, Puerto Rico’s Department of Housing is launching a trial
program that is going to be using an affordable-housing tool that has been effective in other
parts of the U.S. for years.
Teaming up with for-profit McCormack Baron Salazar, the department is going to start
developing projects with both market-rate and affordable units. The higher rents from the
market-rate units make it possible to add to the island’s affordable-housing stock and
revitalize neighborhoods.
“We are changing affordable housing in Puerto Rico,” said Alberto Lastra Power, Puerto
Rico’s secretary of housing. “We are trying to jump-start the economy.”
Last year, the Housing Department and McCormack completed a plan to develop a total of
752 units in three developments for a cost of $170.3 million. Two will be in San Juan while
the third will be in Caguas, about a half-hour drive south from the capital.
The majority of the units—509 apartments—will be rented at affordable rents to very low-
income families, most of whom will only earn up to 40% of the area’s average median
income. Meanwhile, 129 apartments are slated to house low-income families, or those
earning up to 60% of the median income.
The remaining 114 units will be market rate. Rents for all the units are still being determined.
Ordinarily a project with this mixture of rents wouldn’t be financially feasible because the
income wouldn’t be sufficient to pay operating expenses, debt service on construction loans
and provide a return on equity to the developer.
But, like developers of affordable-housing projects in the U.S., the Puerto Rico venture is
getting an unusual mixture of financing.
The developments will get $105.2 million from the sale of tax credits. Puerto Rico’s housing
agency also is lending McCormack $65.1 million including $56 million the agency is getting
from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
McCormack has been building mixed-income housing to revitalize neighborhoods since 1973
and has completed 171 developments with almost 19,500 homes. The St. Louis-based firm
answered a request for proposals issued by Puerto Rico’s government in 2014 for what would
be its first mixed-income development on the island.
McCormack will be paid a development fee as well as a management fee once the housing
opens. “This kind of project is our sweet spot,” said Tony Salazar, president of McCormack’s
West Coast operation.
Mixed-income developments in the continental U.S. have proven to have positive results on
community such as lowering crime and increasing property values.
But the Puerto Rico project still needs to generate enough revenue to pay expenses, the loan
and management fees. Success depends on having market-rate rents that are high enough to
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compensate for the lower affordable-housing rates.
“You need the right mix to get enough income,” said Michael Lappin, managing partner of
MLappin & Associates, an advisory and development-services firm specializing in affordable
housing. “I guess they figured out the right mix.”
The project is an about face for the government, which said in the Puerto Rico State Housing
Plan issued at the end of 2014 that the island wasn’t yet ready for mixed-income projects
because of the uncertainty of filling the market-rate units.
Puerto Rico’s financial problems may have exacerbated that ambiguity. Many Puerto Ricans
are leaving the island in search of employment in the continental U.S. while other can’t
afford to pay rent. Housing vacancy rates surged 13% from 2010 to 2014, according to the
Puerto Rico State Housing Plan report.
Mr. Lastra Power isn’t worried. He said that much of the housing vacancy today is in the
luxury market and believes college graduates and young couples will be attracted to the
market-rate units.
Puerto Rican officials are hoping they can replicate the benefits of the project. They envision
the projects enticing other developers to the same neighborhoods, creating hubs of economic
activity that will help ease Puerto Rico’s financial crisis.
“After many years, the government is focusing on bringing a new landscape to affordable
housing,” said Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz, founder and principle of Alvarez-Diaz & Villalon, an
architecture firm that is designing the projects. “When this works there will be copy cats.”
Mr. Salazar said the company isn’t especially concerned about Puerto Rico’s finances. “Of
course the situation makes your antenna go up,” he said. “But we are used to it. We have
worked in Detroit and Cleveland.”
The first project is set to begin at the end of the month and be completed in October 2017.
All the units are scheduled to be completed by April 2018.
Opinion: Efforts to weaken unions a direct strike against the middle class
NEWSDAY - Michele Jawando
America’s economy has swung out of balance. Working Americans today are working harder
and producing more than ever, but their pay remains stuck. Meanwhile, as wages remain
stagnant for the middle class and are actually falling for low-wage workers, the richest
Americans are taking home an increasingly larger share of the economic pie.
But when workers are represented by unions, the pendulum swings in the direction of
working Americans, helping to boost the economy for everyone. Union workers typically
earn higher salaries and have greater access to retirement benefits, medical benefits and most
types of paid leave than their non-unionized counterparts.
Unions also play a critical role in intergenerational mobility. In fact, a Center for American
Progress report finds that children with union parents earn more, attain higher levels of
education, and have better health than children from nonunion households.
Meanwhile, increased unionization amplifies the size of the middle class’s share of income,
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creating competition that helps to reduce income inequality and improve working conditions
for all workers.
How do unions do it?
Under federal law, unions are obligated to bargain on behalf of all employees, even those in a
workplace who decline to join the union. In many public unions, employees always have the
choice to join the union or not, and those who opt out — all of whom also receive union-
acquired benefits — pay their fair share to the union solely for the costs of negotiation.
But over the last few years, conservative “right to work” advocates have been steadily
working in the courts to undermine the middle class by attacking American unions. In a case
before the U.S. Supreme Court this month — Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
— right-to-work advocates are once again seeking to erode the strength of our unions, and
could overturn 40 years of Supreme Court precedent in the process.
In their latest legal battle, right-to-work advocates are claiming that paying for the benefits
they receive is a violation of their right to free speech. In other words, they aren’t challenging
their right to receive union-earned benefits; they are challenging their obligation to help
cover the costs.
While some may see this attack as affecting only unions, the reality is this is a direct strike at
the middle class. If the court sides with right-to-work conservative advocates, employers will
have an increasingly upper-hand in negotiations. At best, this would mean the middle class
would continue to decline or, at worse, disappear altogether. And in the legal landscape, it
would mean a dramatic reinterpretation of decades-old law and a sharp conservative turn in
favor of corporations over workers.
The simple truth is that no one is required to join a union and no one is required to pay any
fees that go to politics or political candidates. Nothing in this case will change that. This case
is about making it even harder for working people to come together, speak up for one
another, and negotiate the rules about benefits, hours and wages.
Unions have been and remain critical to the strength of America’s middle class, to ensuring
financial security for millions of families, and to buoying the economy. In representing
workers’ voices and leveling the power dynamics between employers and employees, unions
are vital to building and growing America’s middle class.
It is no coincidence then that attacks on unions have coincided with the decline of the middle
class. The Supreme Court should not pound another nail in that coffin at the behest of
conservatives and the wealthy few. Our economy should work for everyone, and unions play
a vital role in accomplishing that.
The attack on workers in Friedrichs is more than a conservative ideology; it is an attempt to

begin turning back the clock on workers’ rights and the survival of the middle class, radically
altering the law in the process.
Column: Why Economists Took So Long to Focus on Inequality

BLOOMBERG - Justin Fox
In the early 1980s, the share of earnings going to those at the very top of the income
distribution in the U.S. -- the 1 percent -- began to rise a lot. For two decades, the economics
profession barely noticed.
Then, in the early 2000s, Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics and Emanuel
Saez of the University of California-Berkeley began releasing evidence, gleaned from
Internal Revenue Service data, that top earners’ share had doubled since 1980, and was higher
than at any time since the Great Depression. Their data showed even more dramatic gains
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higher up on the scale -- the share of income going to those in the top 0.1 percent had more
than tripled in the 1980s and 1990s, while the share going to the top 0.01 percent had almost
quadrupled.
Since then, inequality has become a major focus of economic research. At the annual
meetings of the American Economic Association and a host of affiliated organizations that
I’m attending in San Francisco this week, I’ve counted at least 70 papers, speeches and panel
discussions devoted to income and wealth inequality. The topic creeps into discussions of
many other matters as well. Reports Nelson Schwartz in the New York Times:
“In the last few years, there’s been a huge change in the mainstream of the profession,” said
Steven Fazzari, an economics professor at Washington University in St. Louis who first came
to the conference as a job-hunting graduate student in 1982. “The issue of income inequality
was a backwater in the economics field, and it was largely ignored.”
Interestingly, this explosion in inequality research has occurred in a decade when the share of
income going to the very top has actually declined slightly, according to the World Wealth
and Income Database maintained by Piketty, Saez and several others. The top 1 percent’s
share of pre-tax income peaked in 2007, at 22.8 percent. In 2014 it was 21.2 percent.
So economists largely ignored a major economic phenomenon as it was occurring, and now
they’re obsessing over it even though it may have peaked or at least paused. What’s up with
that?
The answer may lie in agnotology, the study of the cultural suppression of knowledge. That’s
what Dan Hirschman, a lecturer in economic sociology at the University of Michigan who
will start work later this year as an assistant professor of sociology at Brown, proposes in a
chapter, titled “Rediscovering the 1%: Economic Expertise and Inequality Knowledge,” of his
brand spanking new Ph.D. dissertation. It makes for interesting reading.
The term “agnotology” was coined 20 years ago by Stanford University historian of science
Robert N. Proctor. Epistemology is the study of what knowledge is and how it is acquired;
Proctor proposed, half-jokingly it seems, that agnotology was the opposite.
Proctor was referring at the time to the tobacco industry’s efforts to obscure the links between
smoking and cancer. Hirschman’s account of the economics profession’s treatment of
inequality relies on no such deliberate suppression of knowledge. It is about, in his words,
“normative ignorance” instead of “strategic ignorance.”
The National Bureau of Economic Research published the first detailed analyses of the U.S.
income distribution based on tax records in the early 1920s, with a heavy focus on those near
the top because at that point they were the only Americans who paid income taxes. The
Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis later took over the project and
published detailed income-distribution data in the 1950s and early 1960s, and again briefly in
the 1970s.
The BEA finally gave up not because of political pressure but because its resources were
limited and economists just didn’t seem interested in the numbers. Macroeconomists were
satisfied with knowing the economy-wide income breakdown between labor and capital,
while labor economists were more interested in survey data that allowed them to connect
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incomes to variables such as education, gender and race. The fact that those surveys had to be
“top-coded” -- results from those with the highest incomes were censored to protect people’s
privacy -- didn’t seem to be a major problem. In Hirschman’s telling, the discipline had
established two “regimes of perceptibility” that rendered what was going on at the top of the
income distribution invisible.
When anecdotal evidence of rising incomes at the very top began to appear in the 1980s,
economists mostly ignored it. Lester Thurow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
was a significant exception, but by that point he was more a public intellectual than a
research economist, and his arguments didn’t get much traction within the discipline.
In the early 1990s, Hirschman recounts, two prominent MIT economists closer to the
academic mainstream -- James Poterba in an academic paper with Daniel Feenberg, and Paul
Krugman in work aimed at a lay audience -- noted what appeared to be a sharp rise in
incomes among those at the very top. Income inequality was briefly a big political issue, with
Bill Clinton citing Krugman’s estimates on the campaign trail in 1992.
But then that was it. Clinton’s political priorities soon shifted, as did Poterba’s and
Krugman’s research interests. Writes Hirschman:
Without a recognized place among academics, or even a tight connection to a particular

statistical agency or dataset, it became just one more economic fact bandied about in a
presidential election.
It was only when Piketty and Saez came along, and not only published data on changes in the
income distribution since 1913 but updated it every year and made it available to all, that the
explosion in top incomes became a major research focus. Hirschman again:
[G]iven that policymakers and the public always have limited attention, and given that the
economic world does not present itself unproblematically in some ordered and logical
fashion, economic theories and data collection practices shape both which aspects of
economic life we view as important, and the precise ways in which we can detect or fail to
detect changes.
Now that they have the data readily available, economists -- and by extension most of the
rest of us -- have come to view income inequality as important. They have also begun to
entertain new theories for why top incomes have grown so much.
When income inequality was discussed in the 1990s the dominant explanation, based on
decades of work by labor economists on the link between education and pay, was “skill-
biased technological change.” That is, technological progress was changing work in ways that
favored those who got high scores on their SATs. This made rising inequality seem both
inevitable and to some extent desirable. In the past, technological progress brought higher
living standards. We wouldn’t want to stand in the way of that, would we?
Skyrocketing incomes among the top 0.01 percent are harder to account for this way.
Sociologists have looked to changing social norms as an explanation; political scientists to
changing laws and political priorities. Now economists are starting to pay more attention to
those possibilities. They are also proposing, as Piketty did in his bestseller “Capital in the
21st Century,” new economic explanations for rising inequality. They are far from coming to
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any sort of consensus on what exactly is going on and what if anything should be done about
it. But they’re definitely working on it. Finally.
My own sense is that the economics profession’s performance on income inequality hasn’t
been terrible. Lots of things in this world operate with long and variable lags, and it
shouldn’t be all that surprising that it took a while for economists to focus on a new,
unexpected and unmeasured change in the income distribution. Also, rising incomes across
the board in the mid- to late 1990s made income inequality seem a less than pressing matter.
In the stagnant post-2000 economy, economists understandably began looking for ways to
explain what had gone wrong.
Still, as I wander from presentation to presentation at this week’s economics meetings in San
Francisco, I can’t help but wonder what important knowledge the economists are
inadvertently suppressing today.
Their research was first published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2003, but had
been widely disseminated before then and discussed in a 2002 New York Times Magazine
article by Paul Krugman.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP
and its owners.
The Winners and Losers of Economic Clustering

By now, we know that the clustering of companies and talent in urban areas drives
innovation and economic growth. But it also generates distinct winners and losers both across
and within cities and metros.
This is the upshot of my new study with my Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI) colleagues
Roger Martin, Melissa Pogue, and Charlotta Mellander, which was published as part of a
special journal issue in honor of the 25th anniversary of Michael Porter’s landmark book, The
Competitive Advantage of Nations. Porter is known for his research on the role of clusters of
firms in economic development. Our study brings together Porter’s seminal work on
industrial clusters with my research on the clustering of talent and occupations. While
Porter’s work distinguishes between more locally-oriented and traded industries that export
goods and services outside of their immediate geographic areas, my work distinguishes
between creative, knowledge-based occupations in science, technology, design, and
entertainment and routine occupations in manufacturing and services.
The chart below shows how we marry these two approaches, combining them to generate
four distinct occupational-industrial categories: creative occupations in traded industries
(which we call creative-in-traded), creative occupations in local industries (creative-in-local),
routine occupations in traded industries (routine-in-traded), and routine occupations in local
industries (routine-in-local). Our analysis examines the role of these four types of industries
in innovation, economic growth, and inequality across some 260 metro areas that account for
more than three-quarters of the U.S. population.
Mapping occupation and industry
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To start, our study finds a clear connection between traded industries and creative
occupations. According to our analysis, 46 percent of workers in traded industries are in
creative jobs, compared to 35 percent in local industries. This is not surprising, since traded
industries compete on innovation and creativity.
The next two maps and table show the spiky geography of these competitive creative-in-
traded jobs across U.S. metros.
The first map, above, shows the geography of creative-in-traded employment. This category
is highly uneven across the country, although it does concentrate on the East and West
Coasts. As the table below shows, the leading center for creative-in-traded employment is
San Jose, where creative-in-traded jobs make up a third of employment, followed by nearby
San Francisco. Next comes Boston, followed by Raleigh in the North Carolina Research
Triangle, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Austin, where creative-in-traded jobs make up
roughly a fifth of employment.
The map below shows the average wages of creative-in-traded workers across all metros.
Again we see a clear bi-coastal pattern with the highest wages concentrated along the West
Coast (the Bay Area, greater L.A., and Seattle) and the Boston-New York-Washington
Corridor on the East Coast, as well as leading knowledge and tech hubs in other parts of the
country. In both cases, the geography of creative-in-traded employment is extremely spiky.
Creative-in-traded employment is a key driver of both innovation and economic growth,

according to our analysis. It is positively associated with higher levels of innovation (with a
correlation of .61), higher levels of economic output per capita (.53), and higher wages (.6).
(As usual, we note that correlation does not equal causation, but simply points to associations
between variables). That said, creative occupations are more closely associated with
innovation and economic growth (with correlations of .52 to economic output, .52 to patents,
and .66 to wages) than traded industries (with correlations of .38 to economic output, .35 to
patents, and .25 to wages). Furthermore, creative-in-local jobs are modestly associated with
wages (.34) and economic output (.17), but not with innovation. On the other hand, both
routine-in-traded and routine-in-local jobs are negatively correlated to wages and innovation,
while only routine-in-local jobs are negatively associated with economic output per capita.
Who comes out on top
Our study also sheds additional light on the winners and losers of this increasingly spiky,
knowledge-intensive, trade-based economy. As the chart below shows, creative-in-traded
industries have far and away the highest wages out of the four categories, despite employing
the smallest share of workers. Their average salary ($79,000) is 31 percent more than the
wages of creative-in-local workers, 117 percent more than those of routine-in-traded
workers, and 182 percent more than those of routine-in-local workers. On the other side of
the spectrum, workers in routine-in-local industries—which make up the largest category and
represent 45 percent of all workers—have the lowest wages.
These trends are even more pronounced when we track them over time. As the chart below
shows, the share of creative-in-traded workers increased from 13.3 to 13.9 percent between
2000 and 2012, while the share of routine-in-local workers increased from 43.5 to 44.8
percent. Furthermore, the wages of creative-in-traded workers increased from 74.0 to 78.5
percent above the national average wage, while the wages of routine-in-local workers fell
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from 31.7 to 36.8 percent below the national average. The wage gap between creative and
routine workers—and between creative and routine metros—has increased considerably over
time.
Troublingly, our research finds a rather close connection between creative-in-traded

employment and inequality. The share of creative-in-traded jobs is positively associated with
income inequality (.31). In other words, the higher the share of creative-in-traded
employment in a metro, the more unequal it is. The share of routine-in-traded jobs (largely in
manufacturing), for instance, is negatively associated with inequality (-.20).
This divide is magnified by housing costs, which are higher in more knowledge-based
metros. To get at this, we ran correlations between the share of creative-in-traded workers
and both overall wages and those left over after paying for housing for each group. All four
categories of workers have higher wages in more creative-in-traded metros. But, when we
take housing costs into account, we find distinct winners and losers in these more advanced,
knowledge-based metros.
On the one hand, the two groups of creative workers end up being better off after paying for
housing, with positive correlations for both creative-in-traded (.33) and creative-in-local
(.36) workers. For both categories, their wages rise enough on average to more than cover the
increased costs of housing in these more expensive metros. On the other hand, the two groups
of routine workers do not see an improvement. Our analysis found a statistically insignificant
correlation for routine workers in traded clusters, and routine workers in local industries are
significantly worse off (with a negative correlation of -.43).
Raising the bottom
The consequences of these findings are stark. Higher wages in metros with larger creative-in-
traded employment create greater incentives for more skilled and advantaged workers to
migrate to these metros. As housing costs rise, routine workers—especially those in routine-
in-local jobs—are shunted off to less expensive metros which, by definition, have smaller
concentrations of higher-paying creative-in-traded jobs. This creates a vicious cycle in which
the advantaged become more advantaged over time, while the disadvantaged sink further into
poverty.
This spiky and unequal nature of the new economy provides a substantial challenge to local
and national policymakers. While government can do its part by improving education and
undertaking efforts to better prepare more workers for creative jobs, there are simply not
enough creative jobs to go around. Today, roughly half of the U.S. workforce is in low-wage
routine jobs, effectively ensuring the continued stagnation of American middle-class wages.
While the proportion of creative jobs is increasing slightly, the process is painfully slow: 1.4
percent per year over the past half-century, on average. At that rate, it will take another 25
years to achieve the same amount of creative jobs as routine ones.
The only way out of this dilemma is to transform routine jobs into creative jobs. As we
outline in our report, the burden of change lies with business and industry, which has much
to gain in terms of productivity, quality, and customer service by increasing the creative
content of what is currently routine work. Moving forward, the competitiveness of cities will
turn on their ability to employ more workers in creative and traded industries, and to
transform their economies and workforces from routine to creative work.
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How Zoning Restrictions Make Segregation Worse
We’ve long known two things about land use regulations. One is that elements of them—in
the form of large lot requirements and other aspects of “exclusionary zoning”—have led to
the racial and economic segregation. The other is that restrictive land use and building codes
in cities limit housing construction (and therefore housing supply), leading to increased costs,
worse affordability problems, and deepened inequality in urban centers.
What we haven’t fully understood—until now—is how restrictive land use regulations in
cities and urban centers shape segregation across entire metropolitan areas. A new study by
Michael C. Lens and Paavo Monkkonen from UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Health,
published in the Journal of the American Planning Association, takes on the precise nature of
the connection between land use restrictions and the economic segregation of metros. The
study uses new and better measures for both segregation and land use restrictions to examine
this relationship in 95 large metropolitan areas in 2000 and 2010.
To measure land use regulation, the study uses the Wharton Residential Land Use Regulation
Index (developed by real estate economist Joseph Gyourko and his collaborators), which is
based on 11 categories of land use regulation. To get at economic segregation, the study uses
advanced measures from sociologists Sean Reardon of Stanford, David O’ Sullivan of
Berkeley, and Kendra Bischoff of Cornell that assess not just income segregation overall, but
how segregated the poor and the wealthy are across metro areas. The study employs detailed
statistical models that control for the factors that influence segregation like population size,
race, poverty, affluence, inequality, the number of jurisdictions, and independent of
metropolitan fragmentation.
Ultimately, the research leads to four key findings that improve our understanding of the
connection between land use restrictions and segregation.
1. Density restrictions isolate the wealthy
Density restrictions work to increase segregation, mainly by exacerbating the concentration of

affluence. This contradicts the commonly held belief that exclusionary zoning leads to the
concentration of the poor. Instead, the authors find that the main effect of density restrictions
is to enable the wealthy to wall themselves off from other groups.
This result aligns with my own findings, which suggest that segregation of the wealthy,
highly educated, and knowledge class is the driving force of overall economic segregation.
These groups colonize the most central, economically functional, and desirable locations—in
turn shunting the poor, less educated, and service and working classes.
2. Restrictions in both cities and suburbs matter
The economic segregation of metros is significantly higher in places where cities (not just
suburbs) employ more stringent land use and density restrictions. This finding adds important
nuance to the conventional view that segregation is the consequence of exclusionary zoning
in the suburbs. Density restrictions in the city not only lead to higher housing prices (think
San Francisco), but to greater economic segregation across a metro as a whole. As the
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authors write, “density restrictions are a culprit in the social fragmentation of metropolitan
areas and should be relaxed where possible.”
3. Local government restrictions contribute to segregation
The precise way in which the government is involved in land use regulation is a key
contributor to segregation. Many people assume that segregation is the consequence of
exclusionary zoning, broadly speaking. But the new study finds that segregation varies by
both the nature and extent of government involvement, as well as the type of land use
restriction. Notably, the authors discover that segregation is not associated with a broad
measure of land use restriction overall, but is instead the result of more specific types of
regulation and restrictiveness.
On the one hand, segregation is positively associated with land use restrictions, such as local
project approvals and local zoning approvals. Places that require multiple levels of approval
to get housing built are more segregated, largely because such regulations hinder new
housing development. Furthermore, segregation is higher in metros where local governments
are more involved in residential development and feel pressured to restrict population growth.
On the other hand, segregation is not associated with open space requirements, supply
restrictions, or delayed approvals.
4. State involvement can temper segregation
Segregation is lower in cities and metros where state governments are more involved in land
use regulation, residential development, and growth management.
Overall, the findings of the study have substantial implications not just for our understanding
of the way urban form and land use restrictions impact economic segregation, but for urban
policy as well. For one, they tell us that not all forms of land use restrictions are a problem:
some (like zoning approvals) are much bigger culprits than others (like open space
requirements).
The study also shows that cities and urban centers play an important role in economic
segregation in addition to suburbs. Not only do restrictions on density lead to higher housing
prices (as a growing chorus of urban economists have shown), they also shape economic
segregation across entire metros. So strategies to reduce economic segregation must be
regionally based and involve central cities as well as suburbs. Here the authors point out that
“efforts to force wealthier parts of [the] city to build housing for low-income households, or
inclusionary housing, are more effective at reducing segregation than bringing higher-income
households into lower-income parts of the city.”
Importantly, the study shows that greater involvement at the state level can help temper some
of the most damaging effects of exclusionary zoning. The authors write:
Greater pressure from multiple local interest groups regarding residential development
exacerbates the tendency to segregate by income. At the same time, income segregation is
ameliorated by a higher level of involvement from state institutions. Taken together, these
findings suggest that land use decisions cannot be concentrated in the hands of local actors.
The complication here, of course, is that most state legislatures are controlled by suburban
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and rural interests and have historically shown little desire to address urban problems like
segregation and inequality. Perhaps this will change as the problems of poverty, inequality,
and segregation shift from their historic location in cities and urban centers to suburbs and
metropolitan areas more broadly.
Bernie Sanders Takes On Wall Street

THE ATLANTIC - Clare Foran
At a moment when Bernie Sanders needs to show that he has broad appeal, the Vermont
senator and White House hopeful is sticking to his comfort zone.
Sanders delivered an impassioned speech attacking Wall Street in Manhattan on Tuesday.

The address was a virtual call and response of boos, jeers, and spirited applause in response
to blistering criticism of corporate power and promises to reform a broken financial system.
Sanders pledged to break up big banks. (“If a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist!”)
He vowed to check the power of the financial services industry by implementing “a 21st-
century Glass-Steagall Act,” legislation beloved by progressive icon Elizabeth Warren that
would separate commercial from investment banking. He painted Wall Street as a destructive
force, capable of ripping apart “the fabric of our nation.”
The speech is sure to fire up Sanders loyalists. Anger over income inequality and the excess
of Wall Street has been the animating theme of the senator’s presidential campaign. The
address also gave Sanders an opportunity to draw a contrast with Democratic frontrunner
Hillary Clinton, who has faced accusations of a cozy relationship with Wall Street.
Yet as the clock ticks down to the start of primary voting season, a focus on Wall Street may
not be the best way to win converts, especially as Americans fret over national security and
the threat of terror.
Terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have heightened the significance of national
security in the minds of voters. Sanders talks about security and the threat of terror on the
campaign trail. He seemed to hit his stride during December’s Democratic debate, where he
painted Clinton as a dangerous interventionist.
Security, however, remains a strong suit for Clinton. The former secretary of state appears at
ease and knowledgable when the subject arises. Sanders, on the other hand, has struggled to
shake off criticism that he seems far more eager to talk about income inequality than foreign
policy. Viewed through that lens, Sanders’s Wall Street speech seems like something of a
missed opportunity to broaden his appeal beyond a core economic message.
The Sanders campaign faces a challenge in the weeks ahead as it works to translate
grassroots enthusiasm into voter turnout. Further complicating matters, polling suggests that
Sanders may have hit a wall as he attempts to amass support.
To be sure, railing against big banks has the potential to strike a chord with voters on the left
and the right. Populist anger in the aftermath of the financial crisis fueled Occupy Wall Street
and the Tea Party. Sanders has already attracted support from Republican voters. The senator
also hopes to win over Donald Trump fans by tapping into working-class anger. At this point,
however, loudly repeating a well-worn message seems unlikely to sway any voter who hasn’t
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already sided with Sanders.
During his speech on Tuesday, the senator appeared to be preaching to the choir. The event
was punctuated by cries of “We love you Bernie!” At one point, the audience finished
Sanders’s sentence for him. “The reality is that Congress does not regulate Wall Street,”
Sanders began. He stopped as the crowd took over, a chorus of voices enthusiastically
yelling: “Wall Street regulates Congress!” “You got it,” Sanders said with a smile after
pausing for applause to die down.
A strategy focused on winning over conservatives with a fiery populist refrain faces structural
hurdles. It’s one thing for a lifelong Republican to decide they like Sanders. It’s another
matter for Republicans to vote for the senator in the primary, especially if that requires
registering as a Democrat. While some voters have shown they are willing to do that, the
extra step that would need to be taken in some states has the potential to complicate any plan
by the campaign to court Republicans.
Still, Sanders’s Wall Street speech was a powerful reminder of the strength of his populist
appeal. The senator has exceeded expectations in both the size of the crowds he manages to
draw at campaign rallies, and the amount of small-dollar donations he pulls in. In December,
the campaign announced it broke a record for the number of individual contributions taken in
by a presidential campaign at this point in the race.
That grassroots appeal shone clearly in Manhattan as Sanders raised the specter of the
financial crisis, and promised a new, and better, way forward. Standing in front of an
energized crowd, Sanders declared: “Here is a New Years’ Resolution that I will keep, if
elected president, and that is: If Wall Street does not end its greed, we will end it for them!”
The crowd erupted into cheers of “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”
What remains unclear is whether the strength of that appeal will be enough.
The Poorest Americans Die Younger Than the Poorest Costa Ricans
THE ATLANTIC - Olga Khazan
One of the many things economic development buys is longer life. In countries with per-
capita GDPs of $1,000 to 2,000 per year, like Haiti, people can expect to die when they’re
about 60, but when that figure rises to $40,000 per year, like in Japan, people live until
they’re about 80 on average.
This is, however, not the case among poor Americans, who are dying younger in greater
numbers, or in so-called “overachiever” countries like Costa Rica, where people live about as
long as Norwegians even though they’re about as poor as Iraqis.
Now, a surprising new study shows that in terms of mortality, it’s actually better to be poor
in Costa Rica than poor in the U.S.
According to research published by Luis Rosero-Bixbya from the Universidad de Costa Rica
and William H. Dow from the University of California, Berkeley, in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, the richest Americans do indeed live longer than the richest
Costa Ricans—something you’d expect when comparing a global economic powerhouse to a
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tiny Latin American country. But Costa Ricans in the lowest fourth of the country’s income
spectrum have a significantly lower age-adjusted mortality rate than their counterparts in the
United States.
“From a life-expectancy standpoint, it is thus better to live in Costa Rica for low-[income]
individuals, whereas it is better to live in the United States for high-[income] people younger
than 65,” Rosero-Bixbya and Dow write.
The difference does not come down to income inequality, as measured by the Gini index.
Inequality is higher in Costa Rica than in the U.S. However, life expectancy outcomes are
more unequal across the economic spectrum in the U.S. than in Costa Rica. Poor Americans
under 65 die at a rate 3.4 times higher than their rich counterparts, while that difference is just
1.5 in Costa Rica.
The authors are not sure why, but they have a few guesses:
Universal health care: In 2011, 86 percent of Costa Ricans were covered by the country’s
public health-insurance system. The rest get subsidized or free care, depending on their
ability to pay. The study authors found that 35 percent of the poorest Americans are
uninsured, compared with just 15 percent of the poorest Costa Ricans. Meanwhile, the
country’s per-capita health expenditures are a tenth of America’s.
Obesity: One way the authors tried to determine the reason for the disparity was by looking at
how much various health factors differed within the income spectrum of each country. Costa
Ricans are less likely to be obese overall, and there’s less of a difference in the obesity rate
between the rich and poor in Costa Rica than in the United States.
Smoking: The mortality difference among the poor in the two countries is driven mainly by
just two causes of death, lung cancer, and heart disease. “U.S. men have four times higher
risk of dying by lung cancer and 54 percent higher risk of dying by heart diseases than Costa
Rican men,” the authors note. The smoking rates of the poorest Americans are much higher
than that of the richest Americans, while the rate doesn’t vary nearly as much in Costa Rica.
This study provides further evidence that in the U.S., money buys health, to an extent not
seen in other countries. There’s nothing that puts that in stark relief like looking at the long,
healthy lives of poor foreigners.
What top researchers discovered when they re-ran the numbers on income inequality
WASHINGTON POST - Jim Tankersley
The world's most famous inequality researchers unveiled a new way of adding up the
growing gap between the super-rich and everyone else on Tuesday.
The findings by economists Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman and Thomas Piketty, which are
preliminary, were hotly anticipated ever since the American Economic Association
conference posted a one-paragraph summary of their results ahead of the event in San
Francisco. "In contrast to survey and individual tax data, we find substantial increase in
average real pre-tax incomes for the bottom 90% since the 1970s," one line in the preview
said, potentially suggesting that concerns about a stagnant middle had been overblown.
That summary was greeted with cheers by some conservatives that proof that Democrats,
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particularly Hillary Clinton, have been wrong to focus on income inequality and middle-class
wage stagnation so much.
On Tuesday, the economists said they analyzed inequality trends using a new combination of
tax, survey and national accounts data, which the economists say more accurately captures
income levels across the population over time. By their analysis, the bottom 90 percent
appears to have done better since the late 1970s than previously estimated — but not much
better. You can see the trend in the following slide from their presentation.
Instead of slightly declining, after adjusting for inflation, since the late 1970s, the average
income for Americans in the bottom 90 percent now appears to have increased by 0.7 percent
a year.
That pales in comparison for income for the top 10 percent, which grew three times faster
than it did for the bottom 90 percent, or for the top 1 percent, which increased four times
faster.
As you can see, those trends are a big departure from the preceding decades, when income
grew relatively evenly at all levels.
By 2012, the economists found, more than half the income in America went to the top 10
percent of earners. (That's before accounting for taxes and transfer payments such as Social
Security, which the trio will account for in an upcoming paper using the same new data.)
The new data still show inequality widening over the last half-century. The share for the top
10 percent in 2012 is higher than any other recorded year, dating back to 1917. In recent
years, the economists find, that is largely attributable to a spike in income for the very rich
from capital gains, dividends and other capital income sources, as opposed to wages paid for
labor.
The newly described income growth for the 90 percent "does make a little difference" in the
inequality debate, "but not a lot," Zucman said in an interview.
"The bottom line," he said, "is an economy where the income for the bottom 90 percent
grows only 0.7 percent, is not doing very well."
That's especially true in recent years.
Thanks to slow income growth early in the 2000s and the effects of the Great Recession and
its aftermath, Zucman and his co-authors found, income for the 90 percent hasn't grown on
net since the turn of the century.
The CEO of your company has probably already earned your 2016 salary this year
WASHINGTON POST - Philip Bump
About an hour after the sun rose for the first time over Bentonville, Ark., in 2013 -- at 8:30
a.m. on Jan. 1 of that year -- Michael Duke, then-CEO of Walmart, had earned as much as a
typical employee of his company would earn over the next 364 days.
That's an estimate, of course. Duke wasn't getting checks every half hour (we assume), and
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that determination is made by comparing his salary to the Walmart median, as determined by
Payscale.com. Duke's 2013 pay is also an extreme example of the split between executive
salaries and those of the employees they manage.
But it's also likely the case that, if you work for a large company, your CEO has already or
will soon have already pocketed your annual salary, less than a week into 2016. With income
inequality a hot topic on the campaign trail, we figured this was worth putting into context.
There are a few ways to look at it. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute regularly
calculates the ratio between executive and median-employee pay -- a ratio that has changed
dramatically over the years.
In 1965, CEOs made 20 times the salary of an average, non-management employee (we're
using the mean here, not the median, as we did above). That means that a CEO would have
earned his employee's salary by Jan. 19, at about 7 a.m.
By 1978, CEOs were making just less than 30 times the average employee. He or she (he)
would have earned the average salary by Jan. 13, at about 6 a.m.
Then things got crazy. In 1989, CEOs made 58.7 times their employees, pulling in the
average income by Jan. 7. In 1995, it was 71.6 times, meaning that by about midnight on Jan.
4, a CEO had earned an average employee's annual salary.
The most recent figure from EPI is for 2014. That year, CEOs earned 303 times as much as
the average, non-management employee. Before the sun rose on Jan. 2, he or she had earned
that employee's salary. (That didn't change much from 2013.) But 2014 wasn't the peak. The
peak was in 2000, when the average CEO earned his average employee's salary before Jan. 1
was even over.
We can get more specific. According to the most recent data from Payscale, here's when
CEOs of top companies earned a median employee's salary this year. (For the best-paid
bosses, it has already happened.)
You're probably wondering about two other CEOs. First, there's Warren Buffett of Berkshire
Hathaway. He makes a (relatively modest) nine times his median employee's salary, meaning
that he will have earned that much by Feb. 10 of this year. The other is Amazon's Jeff Bezos,
the guy who owns The Washington Post. The most recent data from Payscale is from 2013,
when he made 18 times his median (Amazon) employee. If that ratio still holds, he'll make an
average employee's salary by Jan. 21 at 8 a.m.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, by the way, has a different set of numbers on average pay
and chief executive pay. Those who fit the government's definition of a "chief executive"
("Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the
help of subordinate executives and staff managers") earned $180,700 as of May 2014 -- 3.8
times that of the average worker ($47,230). By that standard, a BLS chief executive will not
earn an average salary until April 6.
One more comparison. The chief executive of the United States -- that is, Barack Obama --
earns $400,000 a year and gets a $50,000 expense account. That means he makes 9.5 times
the annual mean wage, and will have earned the median American salary on Feb. 8 of this
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year, shortly after noon. Not bad money. Not CEO-circa-2000 money, or Walmart-CEO-in-
2013 money, but not bad regardless.
Current data is not available for Donald Trump, the one presidential candidate for whom the
presidency is a distinct pay cut.
Opinion: The ‘hollowing’ of the middle class?

WASHINGTON POST - Robert J. Samuelson
We’ll be hearing a lot about the middle class in the coming months. That’s one sure bet for
2016, as both parties compete for votes. What’s less sure is whether we’ll get an accurate
assessment of the middle class’s condition. By now, the conventional wisdom is familiar: The
top 1 percent has skimmed most income gains for itself, producing decades of stagnant living
standards for most Americans. Wall Street has slaughtered Main Street.
Now comes a report from the Pew Research Center that paints a more complex picture. It’s
not that the Pew study contradicts all the conventional wisdom. It finds (as have others) that
economic inequality is increasing. One of the study’s main conclusions is that the middle
class is being hollowed out, as more Americans find themselves in either upper- or lower-
income households. The extremes grow at the expense of the center.
Consider. In 1971, about 61 percent of adults lived in middle-income households (defined as

three-person households with incomes from $41,869 to $125,608 in today’s dollars). By
2014, that share had dropped to 50 percent. Meanwhile, the share of low-income households
(households with incomes of $41,868 or less) grew from 25 percent to 29 percent, and the
share of upper-income households (incomes above $125,608) increased from 14 percent to
21 percent.
But the study convincingly rebuts the notion that the living standards of most Americans had
stagnated for many decades. Pew calculated household incomes, adjusted for inflation, all
along the economic spectrum and found that, until the early 2000s, most households reaped
slow but steady increases. Growing inequality did not siphon off all gains for those who are
not rich . Here’s how Pew describes this period:
“Households typically experienced double-digit gains in each of the three decades from 1970
to 2000. Middle-income household income increased by 13% in the 1970s, 11% in the
1980s, and 12% in the 1990s. Lower-income households had gains of 13% in the 1970s, 8%
in the 1980s and 15% in the 1990s. Upper-income households registered a 10% gain in the
1970s [and] . . . 18% in both the 1980s and 1990s.”
What’s happened since, of course, is that the Great Recession erased some of these gains.
Unemployment rose, overtime pay declined and many of the unemployed had to accept lower
wages to get new jobs. Pew estimates that household incomes dropped to levels of the late
1990s. That’s a steep decline. Still, the Great Recession left intact most gains achieved since
1970. In 2014, typical middle-income households had incomes 34 percent higher than in
1970; in 2000, the advance had been 40 percent.
Indeed, these figures probably understate the gains. Like many others, the Pew study relies on
pre-tax cash incomes. It ignores taxes and non-cash government transfer programs to the
poor (food stamps, Medicaid) and employer-provided fringe benefits for workers (mainly
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health insurance and vacations). These blunt inequality and raise recipients’ living standards,
as Cornell University economist Richard Burkhauser and others have argued.
The good news is this: Despite the top 1 percent’s outsize incomes, this hasn’t yet shut down
the upward march of living standards for most of the population. We’ve mistaken what is
plausibly a one-time setback — the response to the Great Recession — for long-term
stagnation. People have understandably but wrongly taken their recent experience and
projected it onto the past.
Still, greater inequality threatens future living standards. That’s the bad news. The middle-
class spirit is central to the American tradition. By Pew’s definitions, middle-income
households still dominate. This is a unifying force in an era of growing fragmentation. But if
present trends continue, it will weaken. Class warfare, already rising, will intensify.
What can be done?
We need a prudent agenda — not a vendetta against the rich or the poor but a purging of
policies that abet inequality with few offsetting benefits. Tax breaks that favor the rich,
starting with the infamous “carried interest” subsidy, should be abolished. Limits on unskilled
immigrants, who inflate the ranks of the poor, should be enacted as part of comprehensive
immigration legislation. Half of Hispanic immigrants have low incomes, Pew says.
The hollowing of the middle class is simply not in America’s best interest. The biggest boost
to middle-class fortunes could be a tight job market that raises wages without triggering an
inflationary wage-price spiral. Whether this ideal outcome can be achieved in the real world
may be one of 2016’s big stories. We’ll see.
Why aren’t Republicans talking about income inequality?

THE HILL - Pat Soldano
On the campaign trail, the approach from Republican presidential candidates thus far has
been to refrain from debate on specific issues like minimum wage and tax hikes for the
wealthy. Instead, Republicans have chosen to focus broadly on a message of economic
growth and job creation which has been widely criticized for its inability to connect directly
with voters.
In a recent Hill article Tim Devaney is correct to note that the GOP’s unwillingness to
discuss income inequality is leaving them vulnerable to attacks from the left and could “place
them at odds with the average worker.”
The current Republican strategy allows the left to dominate the conversation on income
inequality. This is a political misstep by Republicans and allows Democrats to continue
branding the GOP as out of touch and catering to “the rich.” Rather than ignoring these
issues raised by the left, the right should be engaging in debate and putting forward center-
right solutions to these topics of genuine interest to voters.
Over the past few years I’ve had the opportunity to participate in a research campaign with
Each American Dream and Frank Luntz to better understand how Americans view economic
freedom and opportunity. A chief focus of our research has been to grasp the public’s views
on the causes of income inequality and the policy solutions they wish to see their elected
leaders pursue.
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The takeaway from this research was very clear: while Americans are genuinely dissatisfied
with the way income and wealth are distributed in America, voters overwhelmingly side with
center-right solutions to these issues.
In our national survey of 1,200 likely voters, 74 percent of Americans agree with the
statement that the widening gap between the rich and poor is a serious problem in America
today. The left has been correct, in political terms, to highlight income inequality as a key
issue of this election cycle. However, when we tested ideas typically put forward from the
left to combat income inequality, we observed that they polled significantly lower than ideas
commonly associated with conservative economic values.
For example, when Americans were asked what they believed were effective solutions to
help reduce or solve income inequality, our top response received was “reform the welfare
system to promote work and individual success, not dependency on government”, with 57
percent of respondents agreeing with this statement. In contrast, “raising the minimum wage”
placed fifth in our survey, with only 25 percent of respondents believing this was an effective
policy measure to combat income inequality.
The disparity between these two alternatives only intensified in swing states with those
believing reform to the welfare system was necessary jumped to 59 percent while raising the
minimum wage fell to 21 percent of respondents. Although our research did back the
findings of several other surveys that found that a majority of Americans support raising the
Federal minimum wage, we found that when compared to center-right alternatives, raising
the minimum wage is an inferior solution to a majority of American voters.
We’ve also witnessed candidates on the left demand higher taxes for the wealthy while
decrying that the “rich still aren’t paying their fair share”. For example, earlier this summer
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed an across-the-board hike on death tax rates and
lowering of the exemption levels for families experiencing the passing of a loved one.
This drastic tax increase is part of larger series of tax increases proposed by Sanders which
target the wealthy for purposes of wealth redistribution. Similar to our argument on the
minimum wage, while it may appear on the surface that a majority of the Americans prefer
raising taxes on the wealthy, when compared to conservative economic alternatives this view
falls apart. When asked what policy would better help reduce or eliminate income inequality,
only 10 percent listed “raising taxes on the rich to give it to those who need it more” as a top
solution. This placed behind “reducing burdensome regulations so businesses can hire more
people” (35 percent), “more job training for the 21st century” (24 percent), and even “cutting
taxes for everyone” (15 percent).
The center-right holds an additional advantage when it comes to the American electorate’s
view of what constitutes fair levels of taxation. Despite the left’s consistent talking point of
“the rich not paying their fair share”, when voters were asked what should be the most a
wealthy person could pay in total taxes and still be considered a "fair" level of taxation, over
two-thirds of Americans responded that a rate of 30 percent or less was fair. This statistic
points in favor of the right’s push for comprehensive tax reform and certainly contradicts
Sen. Sanders’ call to raise death tax rates to 65 percent.
When proponents of tax and minimum wage hikes attempt to hammer conservative
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candidates for being out of touch on income inequality, the response should be that all
hardworking taxpayers deserve to see their pay increase, but raising taxes and the minimum
wage will only lead to fewer jobs while doing little to address income inequality. Instead, we
should focus on creating more opportunity for more Americans by reforming our tax code
and welfare system to encourage respect for hard work and success. This will lead to a
healthy economy with more opportunity, where all individuals can thrive rather than just get
by.
As the 2016 election heats up and income inequality continues to be a key issue for primary
voters, Republican candidates should be running towards the debate on income inequality
rather than running from it. It provides both the chance to defend the principles of economic
freedom and opportunity and to resonate with the real concerns of the American electorate.
Soldano is chair of Each American Dream.
Opinion: How affordable housing mandates make housing more expensive

LOS ANGELES TIMES - Gary Galles
This month the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a legal challenge to San
Jose's controversial inclusionary housing ordinance. Enacted in 2010 and upheld by
California's top court in June, this zoning law requires housing developers of 20 or more
units to sell 15% of them at prices far below their market value or pay a six-figure fee
instead.
More than 170 California communities impose similar mandates and set-asides, but the net
effect isn't more affordable housing for all. Rather it is a reduction in the construction of new
homes, which pushes prices upward.
This is hardly a solution to a housing affordability crisis. It's also an unconstitutional

government taking of private property without just compensation, and a violation of several
precedents specifically, which is why the San Jose case deserves consideration by the
Supreme Court.
If you think affordable housing mandates can't do much harm in regions where home prices
are already among the highest in the nation, think again. In a Reason Public Policy Institute
study that investigated the impact of housing set-asides in the San Francisco Bay Area from
2003 to 2007, economists Benjamin Powell and Edward Stringham found that the volume of
new home construction dropped on average 30% in the first year after such a law passed, and
prices rose 8%.
In a study looking at Southern California, Stringham and Powell found that housing starts in
eight cities dropped off significantly after the inclusionary zoning went into effect. In the
seven years before the law, over 28,000 new homes were built. In the seven years after? Only
11,000. Yes, 770 “affordable” units were constructed, but what's more important is the 17,000
homes that weren't built at all, making the housing shortage more acute and pushing up
prices.
A different set of researchers from NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Public Policy
found that inclusionary zoning programs in the Bay Area produced relatively few affordable
units compared with other low-income housing policies. And their statistical analysis of
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California and Massachusetts laws found that inclusionary zoning laws “contribute to
increased sales prices of existing single-family homes during rising regional markets, and
may depress local housing prices when regional prices decline.”
An analogy reveals the foolishness of inclusionary zoning.
Suppose there was a law that if you opened a new supermarket you had to sell 15% of your
groceries to low-income people at far-below market prices to improve their access to good
nutrition. This would clearly be an unfair burden. Those wanting to open new supermarkets
did nothing to cause the problem; on the contrary, they intended to increase food
accessibility.
Those eligible to buy the cheap food would benefit. But if this regulatory “tax” led to fewer
new markets, many more people would lose. To cover the cost of this forced charity, new
supermarkets would charge higher prices for the remaining 85% of their groceries. Existing
stores might, in turn, decide to raise their prices because the new stores would provide no
price competition on most goods.
Our society recognizes the downstream consequences of forced charity policies when the
product is food; that's why the food stamp program doesn't constrain suppliers or meddle
with free-market rates. (Instead, it helps low-income consumers afford full-price goods.) We
should notice the same consequences when the product is housing.
Perhaps the reason that inclusionary zoning mandates aren't more widely opposed is that they
transfer so much wealth from real estate developers and homebuyers to people who already
own property. The mandates are portrayed as compassionate, but they survive because they
have the opposite of the supposed intention, resulting in higher home prices, not lower.
Ultimately, the most important reason for ending inclusionary zoning may not be economic,
but simply moral. The blatant unfairness to developers — who are not a cause of the housing
crunch, but are part of the solution — run counter to the rules of fair play enshrined in the
5th Amendment.
Let's hope that the Supreme Court will not just hear the challenge against San Jose's
counterproductive housing ordinance, but will strike down such mandates across the nation.
We should be building our way out of the housing crunch, not burying ourselves deeper
under a rubble of self-deceptive policies.
Gary M. Galles is a professor of economics at Pepperdine University, a research fellow with

the Independent Institute in Oakland and author of "Faulty Premises, Faulty Policies."
Sanders' Economic Plan Best for the 99 Percent

HUFFINGTON POST - Roger Hickey
The Democratic presidential campaign -- unlike the Republican circus -- has actually
produced a debate in which each candidate's economic agenda has gotten better and more
populist. But as you can see at candidatescorecard.net/, there are also big differences.
Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders agree that America's long period of declining wages
and growing inequality has been due to chronic slow growth and high unemployment. In
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Hillary's words "getting closer to full employment is crucial to raising wages." Both are
committed to some amount of increased public spending on infrastructure and investments in
"green industries." But the difference between the two candidates on public investment is a
matter of scale.
Hillary Clinton wants $275 billion more in infrastructure investment in the next five years.
Bernie Sanders would increase by $1 trillion our public investments in jobs-creating

infrastructure over the same five year period - creating one million new jobs, while helping to
retool the US economy to reduce carbon emissions.
One explanation for the difference in size of their spending plans may be found in Bernie
Sanders' willingness to tax the wealthy and corporations. While Hillary has outlined some
plans for higher capital gains taxes, she still has not rolled out detailed plans that would show
us whether she would ask corporations to pay a larger share of taxes to pay for growth-
producing public investments -- or whether her corporate tax plans would be "revenue-
neutral." Clinton's reluctance to raise taxes on corporations limits her ambitions on public
investment.
Secretary Clinton has also drawn a line that is limiting her ability to help create programs to
support the incomes of middle-class and poor Americans. She has declared she will not raise
taxes on anyone making under $250,000 per year. Other Democrats have locked themselves
into similar pledges -- notably Barack Obama in 2008 -- but Hillary has now pivoted to
attacks on Bernie that are more typical of Republicans than Democrats.
This is unfortunate. If Democrats of earlier eras had adopted the Clinton approach there
would be no Medicare or Social Security -- and no publicly-funded elementary schools or
high schools.
Here's how the debate has turned ugly: Secretary Clinton is attacking Bernie Sanders'
Medicare For All proposal because she says it will raise taxes on the middle class. What she
doesn't say is that the Sanders plan would allow Americans to stop paying health insurance
premiums, that their deductibles and copayments would be dramatically reduced, and that
insurance executives would no longer interfere with their care.
The Sanders Medicare For All proposal would save the average family more than $5,000 per
year. It also would increase, not lower, incomes for 95 percent of Americans, according to
Professor Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst.
Professor Friedman writes that if Medicare for All was enacted "we would, as a country, save
nearly $5 trillion over ten years in reduced administrative waste, lower pharmaceutical and
device prices, and by lowering the rate of medical inflation."
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich notes that:
“Bernie's proposals would cost less than what we'd spend without them. Most of the "cost" ...
would pay for opening Medicare to everyone. This would be cheaper than relying on our
current system of for-profit private health insurers that charge you and me huge
administrative costs, advertising, marketing, bloated executive salaries, and high
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pharmaceutical prices.”
Paul Waldman recently wrote in the Washington Post that "Every single-payer system in the
world, and there are many of them of varying flavors, is cheaper than the American health
care system. Every single one. So ... you can't say (Sanders' proposal) represents some kind
of profligate, free-spending idea that would cost us all terrible amounts of money."
But rather than argue the case on its merits, Secretary Clinton has chosen to use the anti-
government framing of the right by pledging that she will never "raise taxes" on the middle
class (a group which, by her definition, includes people making $250,000 per year.)
Social Security would never have been created if Democrats had taken this position in the
1930s, since it is funded by payroll taxes. But that funding is one of its sources of political
and fiscal strength, since it is forbidden by law from contributing to the federal deficit.
And if Democrats had taken Secretary Clinton's tax position in the 1960s we wouldn't have
Medicare today, since that program is also partially funded through a payroll tax. Both Social
Security and Medicare have provided enormous benefits and savings for the middle class.
They provide better service than private corporations could provide, at a much lower cost.
Medicare For All would do the same.
Sen. Sanders has proposed to increase Social Security benefits for all recipients, a move
which would increase the income of a typical senior by roughly $1,300 per year. He would
fund his proposal by having the wealthiest 1.5 percent of Americans pay into the program at
the same rate as everyone else.
That happens to conform to Secretary Clinton's pledge not to raise taxes for households with
less than $250,000 in income. Nevertheless, she has refused to support the Sanders proposal
and has not ruled out a Social Security benefit cut.
Then there's college education. Sen. Sanders proposed to make public colleges and
universities tuition-free, as many were in the past (and has they are in a number of other
countries today). Vice President Biden supports this concept. But Secretary Clinton opposes
it, even though it would save middle-class families more than $9,400 on average for each
child they send to public college.
Sanders would pay for his college tuition plan with a tax on Wall Street speculation, so
there's no middle-class tax involved. But Hillary Clinton has rejected it for a much more
limited plan that would cost middle-class families much more. She says she is "not in favor
of making college free for Donald Trump's kids." But how likely are billionaires' children to
attend a public college? And you could use that logic to oppose free high schools or
elementary schools, too.
In reality, it won't be Donald Trump's kids who lose out if Sanders' plan is blocked. The sons
and daughters of the middle class will pay the price instead.
What about the minimum wage? Bernie Sanders has called for a gradual increase to $15 per
hour by 2020. For her part, Secretary Clinton has called for a $12 per hour minimum wage.
Under the Sanders plan, full-time minimum wage workers would receive an additional
$6,240 more per year than under Clinton's proposal.
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Together these wage and jobs proposals would help the middle class by increasing demand
for workers while at the same time raising the floor on their income. By contrast, Secretary
Clinton has offered a weaker minimum wage proposal and not proposed a major jobs plan.
The middle class bore the brunt of the 2008 financial crisis, which cost the US economy at
least $6 trillion. Sen. Sanders predicted that Wall Street deregulation could lead to a taxpayer
bailout and a financial crisis, and he has a plan for preventing the next one - by reinstating
the Glass-Steagall rule and breaking up commercial banks, investments banks, hedge funds
and insurance companies which now threaten the global economy. Hillary Clinton opposes
both measures.
Secretary Clinton's use of anti-government, anti-tax rhetoric is counterproductive at best. It

prevents her from supporting excellent proposals like Sen. Kristin Gillibrand's FAMILY Act,
which Sen. Sanders supports. It would provide American families with at least 3 months of
paid leave to care for a newborn baby or seriously ill or injured family members. This would
particularly benefit working women, and it would only cost the average worker just $1.61 per
week.
What's more important - another Grover Norquist "no taxes" pledge, or a comprehensive plan
for caregivers which costs less per week than a cup of coffee?
A framing like Secretary Clinton's paints government as inherently bad, even when it can
deliver urgently needed programs more fairly and cost-effectively than the private sector. It
closes the door on important proposals like the FAMILY Act and Medicare For All, and it
undermines successful programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Here's the bottom line: The middle class is in crisis, and Secretary Clinton's proposals
merely tinker at the margins of that crisis. They would not shift the fundamental direction of
an economy that is growing more unequal every day. Nor would they offer greater security
for the millions of Americans who live in fear of the future and wonder how they'll make it
through today.
What's more, Secretary Clinton's agenda has been presented with a framing that threatens to
undermine her own party's greatest achievements and make future advances for the middle
class more difficult to achieve. The leader of the Democratic Party should fight for better
government, not reinforce the anti-government tropes of the right. That sort of talk may have
had an audience in the 1990s, but it is politically unwise today.
Bernie Sanders offers the best economic plan for the middle class. And he has shown that he
is willing to challenge the Republican Party's rhetoric, rather than offer a pale reflection of it.
Advocates press Baker for healthy foods initiative funding

BOSTON GLOBE - Sarah Shemkus
In Springfield’s Mason Square, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the state, the nearest
supermarket is two miles — and multiple bus rides — away. Local nonprofits have tried for
years to attract a grocery store, but companies have balked at opening in the low-income
neighborhood.
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That’s where community leaders hope the Massachusetts Food Trust comes in. Using a
nonprofit developer and money from the fund, they hope to build retail space at low cost,
offer it at bargain rents, and reduce the financial risks to entice a supermarket operator to
Mason Square. As an added bonus, the project could create as many as 150 jobs in a city and
neighborhood that need them.
There’s just one catch: the state has yet to release some $2 million authorized by the
Legislature in 2014 to get the food trust up and running.
The Mason Square supermarket and other food-focused projects around the state are awaiting
action from the Baker administration, which last year failed to fund the program — and
many other authorized projects — because of state government’s shaky finances. Public
health and economic development advocates, looking to increase access to healthier foods
while creating jobs in low-income communities, are pressing the administration to release the
money later this year.
“We know we have the need here in Massachusetts,” said Maddie Ribble, director of policy
and communications for the Massachusetts Public Health Association. “We’re trying to make
the case to the governor that it could do tremendous good.”
The trust would be a fund that offers loans, grants, and technical assistance to new or
growing food businesses that show potential to improve access to healthy food. The program
was recommended in 2012 by the Grocery Access Task Force, a group of representatives
from nonprofits, the food industry, and government agencies.
Though Massachusetts is one of the wealthiest states in the country, it has fewer than one
supermarket for every 10,000 people, a lower rate than all but two other states, New Jersey
and Texas, according to a 2010 report by The Food Trust, a national advocacy group. If
funded, the Massachusetts Food Trust would help new businesses to bring healthy food
options to underserved areas in an already underserved state, Ribble said.
Lower-income neighborhoods in cities like Worcester, Springfield, and Lowell are even less
likely to have nearby supermarkets that offer fresh meats, vegetables, and other products.
Families in these areas often rely on processed and fast-foods that are high in fat, sodium,
and sugar. Research, from institutions including the national Centers for Disease Control,
shows lack of access healthy foods can lead to higher rates of obesity, heart disease, and
related medical issues.
“Right now, the unhealthy choice is the easy choice,” said Joe Kriesberg, president of the
Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations. “It is easy to find a
McDonald’s, it is easy to find a convenience store and get a bag of chips.”
The Massachusetts Food Trust would also boost local economies, supporters said. In other
states, similar programs have attracted an average of $10 in private investment for every $1
of public seed funding, Ribble said. In Pennsylvania, a similar program with $30 million in
seed funding has supported nearly 90 new projects and created more than 5,000 jobs since
2004.
In New York, the $30 million Healthy Food and Health Communities Fund has created or
preserved more than 1,000 jobs since it launched in 2010, said Sajan Philip, senior loan
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officer for the Low Income Investment Fund, the agency that administers the program.
The Massachusetts Food Trust would invest in a range of projects, from traditional
supermarkets and farmers markets to food business incubators that give start-ups the space,
equipment, and technical guidance to get new, locally made food products off the ground.
Food hubs also have great potential, Ribble said. These central facilities aggregate the wares
of small farmers and sell the produce to bigger retailers, giving local growers access to new,
more profitable markets.
In Mason Square, money from the Massachusetts Food Trust would help a nonprofit
economic development group Develop Springfield build a retail space that can be leased to a
full-service supermarket, said Jessica Collins, executive director of Springfield public health
organization Partners for a Healthier Community
In Lowell, Mill City Grows, a nonprofit that promotes healthy foods in low-income areas,
hopes funding from the Massachusetts Food Trust could allow it to expand its mobile farmers
market — a truck loaded with local produce that stops at sites throughout the city. The
operation runs five days a week, selling fresh fruits and vegetables at eight locations; with the
money to buy an additional van, it could reach 14 regular sites and make school visits, said
founding co-director Francey Slater.
“I’m really excited about this — the potential it has to really spur growth in the healthy foods
sector in Massachusetts,” she said.
The money for the Massachusetts Food Trust was authorized as part of a $2.2-billion
environmental bond bill. In the complex world of government budgeting, however,
authorization is just a first step — once a project is authorized, the governor’s office needs to
release the specified funds.
Peter Lorenz, spokesman for the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, said
his agency and others will develop a capital spending plan over the next few months to
determine which projects get funding in the fiscal year that begins July 1.
At a glance
Though Massachusetts is one of the wealthiest states in the country, it has fewer than one
supermarket for every 10,000 people, a lower rate than all but New Jersey and Texas,
according to a 2010 report by The Food Trust, a national advocacy group.
Councilor’s rise to head of pack is historic

BOSTON GLOBE - Meghan E. Irons
Michelle Wu’s big moment came early Monday morning, as the at-large councilor led her
colleagues to the Faneuil Hall stage for their inauguration ceremony.
There, they raised their right hands and pledged to serve the residents of Boston.
A few hours later, cheers rained down on Wu as she stood on a dais at City Hall and marked
her historic ascendancy to the presidency of the Boston City Council.
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Wu’s presidency is a turning point for the council, the city, and Wu, who in 2013 became the
first Asian-American woman to be elected to the council. As she takes the helm, she also will
serve as the first woman of color to be called council president.
Only two other women have held the post — Louise Day Hicks in 1976 and Maureen
Feeney, 2007 to 2008.
“This is a seminal moment for our community, not just for Michelle, but for what it can begat
for our community,’’ said Leverett Wing, a close friend of Wu’s and longtime Asian-
American political activist. “It shows that an Asian-American can achieve leadership status,
not only as an Asian-American, but as a woman and a woman of color.”
In her inauguration speech, Wu welcomed the two newest members of the council, Annissa
Essaibi George, who won an at-large seat, and Andrea Joy Campbell, who now represents
District 4, before outlining a bold agenda. She urged her colleagues to work to reduce income
inequality, reform the criminal justice system, and improve educational opportunities.
Wu, who lives in Roslindale with her husband, Conor, and son, Blaise, said she was grateful
for the opportunity to serve and was ready to start addressing issues critical to the city.
“I’m just so excited for the council,” Wu said, pausing for photos Monday. “I’ve had the
chance to sit down with everyone over the last couple of weeks. [There were] great ideas
[and a] lot of energy to get things done this term.”
Geoff Why, a partner at Mintz Levin, said he met Wu when she was a first-year Harvard
Law School student. He was overcome with emotion at her election, he said. Why, a fourth-
generation Chinese-American, had moved to Boston in 1984 and served in the administration
of former governor Deval Patrick. On arrival in Boston, he said, he saw few Asian-
Americans. Now they are everywhere, he said.
That demographic shift was not lost on him as he watched Wu step into her new leadership
role, he said.
“I never envisioned what I saw . . . which was the election of an Asian-American woman as
a city council president,” he said. “It’s easy to say it was a historic occasion . . . but it really,
to me, is a mirror of the emergence of the Asian-American and diverse populations of this
city.”
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a mentor to Wu and her former law professor, was also in City
Hall to share the big day with Wu. She said knew there was something special about Wu the
first time she met her.
“She’s not just a woman full of good ideas and a passionate heart,” Warren gushed, “but a
woman who gets out and does what needs to be done.”
“I’m proud of you, Michelle,” Warren said, and hugged Wu.
Wu, a 30-year-old attorney, a new mother, and a community advocate, was raised in
suburban Chicago to parents who had immigrated from Taiwan. She came to Boston to
attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School. She has been a restaurant owner, legal
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services attorney, and legal guardian of her younger sister. She also held stints in the
administration of Mayor Thomas M. Menino and was the constituency director for Warren’s
Senate campaign.
In her first term in office, Wu pushed a law providing some city workers six weeks of paid
parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child. The measure caught the attention of
President Obama, who said in a Labor Day speech in Boston the city should be “proud of
what you’re doing for working families.”
She also worked on a measure that guarantees that transgender municipal employees and their
dependents have access to gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy, and mental health
services.
But Wu also took heat for voting for Bill Linehan as council president two years ago.
Although she said she does not regret the vote, some progressives have not forgiven her for
it.
At the council meeting, Linehan — the oldest councilor currently serving — handed her the
gavel. The room erupted in hoots, cheers, and a standing ovation, as Wu beamed.
“Thank you so much to my fellow Boston City Councilors,” Wu said. “Thank you for putting
your trust in me.”
Afterward, a crowd swarmed her, each group wanting to snap pictures with her.
“Michelle, Michelle,” they said.
Wu, smiling widely, obliged.
Will California’s Fair-Pay Law Eliminate The Gender Wage Gap?

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES - Michelle Mark
Kim-Shree Maufas comes from generations of California women who have worked alongside
men without receiving equal compensation. From her grandmother, who left sharecropping to
become a licensed vocational nurse, to her mother, who worked as an industrial mechanic,
Maufas said the women in her family are all too familiar with the sting of being paid less
than a man for performing the same tasks.
Maufas, who works as an executive assistant at a San Francisco public relations firm, said
she is fortunate to work at a female-dominated company with an equity pay policy, where
she doesn’t feel discriminated against or unequally compensated for her labor. But in her
previous jobs doing accounting work for firms, she remembers not always feeling so certain.
“The idea that [my mother] was dealing with as much danger and needed as much training
and education as men did, but wouldn't possibly be getting the same pay, is just devastating.
And it has happened constantly,” Maufas said. “I could certainly say that maybe I was not
getting paid the same as a male counterpart in that private-sector world.”
Maufas is one of millions of female workers in California who may now find it easier to take
an employer to court for unequal compensation, thanks to the state’s new fair-pay law, which
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took effect Friday. But while the legislation is being touted by its proponents as the toughest
such law in the country, some have voiced concerns that it could be logistically complicated
to roll out and leaves not only companies but also individual managers and executives
susceptible to potential lawsuits.
“That’s obviously scarier from a personal standpoint,” said Heather Sager, who specializes in
employment law at the San Francisco firm Vedder Price. “Is it really fair to hold the head of
that company responsible for what I, as a defense attorney, would likely argue are lone-wolf
errors?”
California’s Fair Pay Act was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in October and expands existing
federal legislation that prohibits employers from paying women less than men for equal work.
Under the state’s new law, employees are protected from workplace wage secrecy policies
and retaliation for invoking the legislation. The burden of proof has been shifted to
employers, who must prove they pay workers of both genders equally for “substantially
similar work,” regardless of job title or location, unless the company has a bona fide
business- or non-gender-related reason. The legislation cites data revealing that California
women earn an average of 84 cents for every dollar earned by men. The national average
remains roughly 79 cents per dollar for full-time female workers, compared with their male
colleagues.
Due to the broadness of the law and its increased onus on employers, Sager said she now
encourages executives to embark on what they have traditionally been reluctant to do:
implement potentially complicated or expensive audits, employee surveys and financial
analysis of compensation packages to ensure the companies are “bulletproof” and aren’t
leaving themselves open to lawsuits. The San Francisco-based company Salesforce, for
example, reported it spent an extra $3 million on payroll expenses in 2015 in an effort to
review the software company’s 17,000 employees’ salaries and ensure there was no gender
pay gap.
While C-Suite executives are often reluctant to expend time and money on laborious
company audit that may uncover nothing of concern, Sager said the preventative measures
will always be cheaper in the long run than dealing with a class-action lawsuit. But Sager
said it’s now more important ever that companies evaluate not just salaries, but the on-the-
ground workplace experiences their employees encounter every day. If wage parity exists but
workplace culture and ambiguous bonus packages appear to favor male employees, for
example, the company is still liable.
“It's extremely challenging, if not impossible, to win this type of litigation on the employer's
side based on paperwork and policies alone,” she said. “There's always an element of the
reality of the workplace, and if the employer is not up to speed on what's going on from a
practical standpoint, they're not going to be able to fulfill their burden of proof on the defense
side.”
The legislation was first introduced by Democratic state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson just days
after actress Patricia Arquette used her Acadamy Award speech in February 2015 to call
attention to the country’s gender pay gap. Jackson used the public attention Arquette brought
to the issue to fuel support in the state, which has been scrutinized for high-profile instances
of gender discrimination in Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
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“To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have
fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all
and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” Arquette said after winning the
best supporting actress Oscar.
The law also comes after last year’s infamous gender discrimination lawsuit filed by Ellen
Pao, a former partner at Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield &
Byers who alleged the company had promoted men rather than women and didn't support
women who had complained of sexual harassment. Although a civil jury ruled the firm did
not discriminate against Pao, the incident shone a national spotlight on gender discrimination
problems in California’s booming tech industry.
President Barack Obama has addressed the gender pay gap in the U.S. time and time again
during his administration to little effect. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Obama's first bill
signed in office, allows women more time to file a discrimination lawsuit — but the law
didn't address wage transparency or provide women with the means to know when they're
being discriminated against. In the absence of federal legislation, states have taken it upon
themselves to pass laws to address the wage gap. In addition to California, New York,
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, North Dakota and Oregon all passed equal pay legislation in
2015, while Massachusetts has two bills pending. Roughly 21 other states also had equal pay
bills defeated during the same time period, according to data kept by the American
Association of University Women.
Legal experts said despite the logistical kinks and trepidation from employers, the California
law is ultimately a positive step for women that could spark a ripple effect across the U.S.
and inspire similar legislation in other states. Emily Martin, vice president and general
counsel for the D.C.-based National Women’s Law Center, said the law may well lead to
some legal disputes over the definition of “substantially similar work,” but it’s not a bad
thing that employers are being encouraged to think critically about the justifications they use
to determine pay scale, and whether those reasons really are business- or job-related.
“[The law] recognizes that one of the best ways to fight pay discrimination is with sunshine,
and that if people don't know how much their co-workers are making, they'll never know if
they're experiencing pay discrimination,” Martin said. “The extent that there's some question
about what ‘substantially similar’ means, what I think it will do that's a really valuable thing
is lead employers to take a closer look at their own pay practices to try and ensure that they
are meeting this really strong, protective legal standard.”
Don't Punish Entrepreneurs Because They're Richer Than You

FORTUNE - Chris Matthews
The reason for income inequality may actually be beneficial.
It’s difficult to talk openly about income inequality without raising the ire of the Internet, a
fact that Paul Graham, co-founder of Y-Combinator, learned this week.
In an essay published on his blog, venture capitalist Graham argued that income inequality,
which has been increasing so much of late that representatives of both political parties are
now decrying it, is actually a good thing. He was roundly lambasted for the logic of his
argument, which he tried to clarify in a simplified version of his essay on Tuesday morning.
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Graham’s simplified version: Not all causes of income inequality are bad. We should attack
poverty, he said, but be careful not to go after the people who are creating new companies,
jobs, and innovation, just because they are getting rich from doing so.
The problem with this argument is that there are few people in the mainstream who are
arguing that the way to attack the problem of economic inequality is to take away the rewards
of success. Sure, thinkers like French economist Thomas Piketty have argued that global
income and wealth inequality should be fought in part with a tax on wealth. But the other part
of this argument is that the revenue should then be used to fund things like education and
affordable housing that would count as “attacking poverty.”
Second, Graham implies that the majority of America’s superrich, the 0.1% of earners who
have captured most of the gains in income over the past two generations, are founders of
companies. But economic studies show that these people are mostly “executives, managers,
supervisors, and financial professionals,” and not the sort of risk-taking entrepreneurs that
Graham is defending.
In other words, there’s no reason to believe that the proposals on the mainstream left, like
higher taxes on wealth, financial transactions, and income, combined with a higher minimum
wage, earned-income tax credits, and investment in infrastructure and education would do
much to dissuade Silicon Valley entrepreneurs from inventing the next revolutionary product.
But that doesn’t mean that Graham’s fundamental point is incorrect. The possibility of great
wealth is a very important motivator for the entrepreneurial class, and economic studies have
shown that countries like those in Scandanavia, with its high tax rates and wealth
redistribution, have lower levels of technological innovation. As MIT economist Daron
Acemoglu has written:
Imagine if the U.S. increased taxation, reduced rewards for entrepreneurship and discouraged
risk-taking: It is reasonable to expect that its entrepreneurs—in Silicon Valley, medicine,
robotics, and aerospace, to name a few—would become less daring and innovative. This
could have negative consequences for growth and prosperity not only in the United States,
but throughout the world. There is no other country that could step in as the innovation
engine of the world economy.
This is not to say that the United States couldn’t benefit from a bit more wealth redistribution
or more investment in public goods like education, but there is a point at which increased
equality is paid for with slower growth and less efficiency. For a more eloquent defense of
this important point, however, Graham may have checked out the writing of a fellow tech
entrepreneur Bill Gates, who in a 2014 blog post, recognized that we need to reduce income
inequality in order to create social stability and faster economic growth. And he did so while
proposing policies, like a progressive consumption tax, that wouldn’t curtail entrepreneurship.
Hidden Factors In Your Brain Help To Shape Beliefs On Income Inequality

NPR - Shankar Vedantam
An experiment, conducted at bars in Kansas, suggests that hierarchical thinking comes more
easily to people than egalitarian thinking. This may have implications for the topic of income
inequality.
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Transcript:
DAVID GREENE, HOST:
Income inequality - it has become one of the themes in this year's presidential election. New
social science research suggests that the way you think about this issue might be shaped by
some hidden factors in your brain - and also by whether you've been drinking. NPR's social
science correspondent, Shankar Vedantam, is here to explain. Hey, Shankar.
SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: Hi, David.
GREENE: All right, income inequality, hidden biases and drinking - this is going to be good.
VEDANTAM: Well, it is going to be good. And I'm going to take you out in a second to a
bar in Lawrence, Kan., David.
GREENE: Oh, good - I was hoping for that.
VEDANTAM: But first, I need to explain the context of the new research. A basic idea in
human development is that the things we learn early on in life stick in the brain. Now, that's
true whether you're talking about languages you learn or patterns and behavior.
GREENE: Or you learn to ski. And, I mean, people seem to learn to ski much better when
they're younger.
VEDANTAM: Exactly. Now, new research applies this idea to our attitudes toward fairness.
When you think about it, most of our early relationships - parent-child or student-teacher -
these are hierarchical relationships. As we grow older, we learn to think of relationships in
more egalitarian terms. But if you buy the idea that the things we learn first stick in the brain,
that means that hierarchical ways of thinking are primary because we learn to think that way
first. I was speaking with Laura Van Berkel. She's a graduate student in social psychology at
the University of Kansas. Here's how she put it to me.
LAURA VAN BERKEL: We learn hierarchies and think about hierarchies for a long time
before we really begin to develop egalitarian attitudes. So even though we might like
egalitarianism more as we develop, we still have that initial preference for hierarchy.
GREENE: So it's not a democracy when you're young. You either have a parent or teacher
literally giving you instructions, telling you what to do, and you're sort of mind gets used to
that. And then those things stick there.
VEDANTAM: That's exactly right. And when you think about how this applies to public
policy, if income inequality bothers you, it's really because you want a more egalitarian
world. If it doesn't bother you, it's probably because you're OK with there being high-status
and low-status people - with there being hierarchies. Van Berkel's theory is that for many of
us, hierarchical thinking comes more easily and automatically, whereas egalitarian thinking
requires more effort, so just like speaking your first language comes more naturally to you
than speaking a second language.
GREENE: And so in a way, it would be more natural for you to not care if there's a lot of
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inequality. It takes effort for you to think about, like, I want there to be fairness. I think I get
that. So how does drinking come into play here?
VEDANTAM: That's a good question, David. To test whether egalitarian thinking is

secondary in the brain to hierarchical thinking, Van Berkel hit up on an ingenious idea. When
people are drunk, they often reveal hidden attitudes because alcohol tends to make people
feel disinhibited. That led Van Berkel and her colleagues to run an experiment.
VAN BERKEL: We stood outside bars in downtown Lawrence, Kan., and people that agreed
to participate answered our survey questions about how much they liked hierarchy and
equality. And they blew into a breathalyzer. The higher people's blood alcohol content - or
the more drunk they were - the more they liked hierarchy and power.
VEDANTAM: One important thing to point out, David, is that people's ideologies did not
affect the outcome. Both liberals and conservatives endorsed hierarchies when they were
drunk. And the drunker they got, the more they stepped away from egalitarianism.
GREENE: OK, so you're drunk. You're not making as much effort because you can't, and
you're also sort of resorting to kind of natural, child-like feelings.
VEDANTAM: That's exactly right. Now, it's also possible that for some reason, people who
endorse hierarchical thinking are also more likely to get drunk. So this is a correlation that
the researchers are finding. To further test that conclusion, they conducted several other
experiments. When people are distracted or under time pressure, they also tend to fall back
on primary ways of thinking. Again, in these experiments volunteers tend to support
hierarchical systems. So when volunteers are asked to divide resources in a game, for
example, people given less time to think about it are more likely to divide the money unfairly
and to endorse existing hierarchies. So the bottom line, David - if you want people to endorse
hierarchical thinking, put them under time pressure or just get them drunk.
GREENE: Shankar, thanks for coming in, as always.
VEDANTAM: Happy to be here, David.
GREENE: Shankar Vedantam is NPR's social science correspondent. He is also the host of
the new podcast that explores the unseen patterns in human behavior. It is called Hidden
Brain.
Chicago: America's most segregated city

CNN MONEY - Tami Luhby
The Windy City, which is currently contending with a series of police shootings of black
Chicagoans, is the most segregated major metro area in the nation. And it's been in the top 3
in terms of segregation for many years, according to the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood
and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In Chicago, blacks and whites live clustered in separate parts of the city. In fact, some 72%
of black or white residents would have to move to a different census tract to even out the
numbers, according to a commonly used segregation measure called the index of
dissimilarity. In New York, the figure is 65% and in Philadelphia, it's 63%.
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"Even in a country marked by high levels of segregation, Chicago stands out," said Richard
Reeves, a senior fellow at Brookings who recently co-authored a blog post on inequality in
Chicago.
Over the past 40 years, there's been a marked increase in the number of very wealthy and
very poor Chicagoans, said Janet Smith, co-director of the Voorhees Center. The middle
class, meanwhile, has moved to the suburbs.
Young, white, highly educated professionals are moving to Chicago's North Side along Lake
Michigan and neighborhoods west of the downtown, while very low-income areas in the
city's South and far West sides are also expanding.
"In 1970, Chicago had a lot of middle-class families," Smith said. "That's not the case
anymore."
The population shift is one reason why the income of white residents has risen steadily since
1990. While blacks saw their income climb a bit at the end of the last century, it has since
fallen below 1990 levels, according to Census figures.
More than one-third of Chicago's black residents are poor. But that statistic doesn't show how
concentrated poverty is.
Just over half of census tracts with a majority black population have more than 30% of
families living in poverty, according to Reeves' post. Only 2% of predominantly white census
tracts have that high a percentage of families in poverty.
On the flip side, only 7% of majority black tracts have fewer than 10% of families in
poverty, while 81% of majority white tracts do.
Previous housing and mortgage policies that kept black residents confined to Chicago's poorer
neighborhoods also limited their ability to buy homes and build wealth. As a result, many
black residents rent for generations.
"The scars of segregation, redlining, housing policies and discrimination are still very visible
today," said Lauren Nolan, economic development planner at the Voorhees Center.
Unemployment among blacks is higher in Chicago than it is nationally, and the gap between
whites' and blacks' unemployment rates is larger. Whites had an average annual
unemployment rate of 5.3% in 2014 nationally, while the rate for blacks was 11.3%.
One reason why so many blacks in Chicago are out of work is because of the loss of
manufacturing jobs on the city's South side over the past 15 to 20 years, Smith said. This also
adds to blacks' higher poverty rates and declining incomes.
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From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Arslanian, Kayla
Cc: jfdc
Subject: Briefing for Gracie w/agenda
Date: Thursday, January 07, 2016 9:15:02 AM
Attachments: MBDB Memo re AC Gracie Meeting (1-6-15).docx
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January 6, 2016

CC: JOHN DEL CECATO, TOM SNYDER
FR: GERI PRADO
RE: BRIEFING FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING
The Progressive Agenda Committee, soon to be Progressive America is hosting a group of

committed leaders to be potential Advisory Council members.
The memo we will distribute tomorrow is attached and has the definition and expectations of
Advisory Council members.
Tomorrow, attendees are:
In Person:
- Katrina vanden Heuval, Editor, The Nation
- Heather McGhee, Executive Director, Demos
- Potentially: Liz Shuler, Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO
On the Phone:
- Congressman Keith Ellison
- Mayor Betsy Hodges
- Maria Elena Durazo, Vice President, Senior Advisor of Immigration Strategy, Unite HERE
Commitments:
So far Maria Elena Durazo, Robert Reich (who cannot attend) have confirmed they will sit on
the Advisory Council with YOU.
Discussion Guide/Agenda: topics to cover, free flowing, interactive conversation allowing for
input. Loose Structure as follows:
1. Introductions- YOU introduce ME and have others on phone and in room announce
themselves.
2. Overview- why you’re here and what we hope to accomplish- YOU will be lead on this
section. Some key points:
• Thank people for their leadership from the start.
• We have gone into a planning phase to see how we can best help build the
movement in order to restore economic balance
• We’ve asked you here to go over plans and get your thoughts and input
• This is a work in progress so please speak up as we walk through the
presentation and of course this is meant to be a discussion
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• YOU then turn it over to Geri to take everyone though the plan framework. All
on the phone and in the room will have hand outs
3. Big picture plans for Progressive America- GERI is point on this section allowing for
discussion throughout
• Long term
• Short term- Phase 1
4. Discussion- Questions, input, suggestions
5. Leadership structure- YOU will run this section
• YOU will say that it is important to have a group of committed leaders who are
invested and can help and have input to the various campaigns of Progressive
America
• This organization is about inclusivity and solving important issues and each one
of you are dedicated to restore balance
• YOU are to ask that each of them consider standing with you as Advisory Council
members
• GERI can explain what that would entail and what our plans are to release
• JOHN will explain our ask to get their Voice on inequality on video
• YOU should wrap this section up by asking if they have questions and they can
work with me to discuss more about their committment
6. Closing, Next steps- GERI will wrap up
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To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; jfdc; Geri
Subject: POLITICO: THE OBAMA ISSUE: Obama’s Policy Legacy: The Nation He Built
THE OBAMA ISSUE: Obama’s Policy Legacy: The Nation He Built

POLITICO - Michael Grunwald
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/obama-biggest-achievements-
213487#ixzz3wX0a8dpq

A POLITICO review of Barack Obama’s domestic policy legacy—and the changes he made
while nobody was paying attention.––

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act, the 906-page health care reform law known as Obamacare. It was, as a live
microphone caught Vice President Joe Biden exclaiming to his boss, a big deal, with Biden
memorably inserting an extra word for emphasis—and for history—between “big” and
“deal.”

Obamacare would cover millions of the uninsured, a giant step toward the Democratic dream
of health care for all. It also included dozens of less prominent provisions to rein in the
soaring cost and transform the dysfunctional delivery of American medicine. It was the kind
of BFD that the most consequential presidencies are made of, even though it had squeaked
through Congress without any Republican votes, and few Americans truly understood what
was in it.

Even fewer Americans understood what was in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act, the 55-page addendum that officially finalized Obamacare. This was the strange
legislative vehicle that Democrats had jerry-rigged to drag reform around a Republican
filibuster. Its substance was mostly an afterthought—the New York Times ran a dutiful story
on page A16 after it passed—but as Obama noted when he signed it the next week at
Northern Virginia Community College, it included another BFD.

“What’s gotten overlooked amid all the hoopla, all the drama of last week, is what’s
happened in education,” he said.

Yes, education. Tucked into the parliamentary maneuver that rescued his health care law was
a similarly radical reform of the trillion-dollar student loan program. When Biden’s wife, Jill,
a professor at Northern Virginia, introduced Obama that day, she called it “another historic
piece of legislation.” The House Republican leader, John Boehner of Ohio, complained that
“today, the president will sign not one, but two job-killing government takeovers.”

Obamacare wasn’t really a government takeover, but the student loan overhaul actually was;
it yanked the program away from Sallie Mae and other private lenders that had raked in
enormous fees without taking much risk. The bill then diverted the budget savings into a $36
billion expansion of Pell Grants for low-income undergraduates, plus an unheralded but
extraordinary student-debt relief effort that is now quietly transferring the burden of college
loans from struggling borrowers to taxpayers. It all added up to a revolution in how America
finances higher education, completely overshadowed by the health care hoopla and drama.
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Over the past seven years, Americans have heard an awful lot about Barack Obama and his
presidency, but the actual substance of his domestic policies and their impact on the country
remain poorly understood. He has engineered quite a few quiet revolutions—and some of his
louder revolutions are shaking up the status quo in quiet ways. Obama is often dinged for
failing to deliver on the hope-and-change rhetoric that inspired so many voters during his
ascent to the presidency. But a review of his record shows that the Obama era has produced
much more sweeping change than most of his supporters or detractors realize.

It’s true that Obama failed to create the post-partisan political change he originally promised
during his yes-we-can pursuit of the White House. Washington remains as hyperpartisan and
broken as ever. But he also promised dramatic policy change, vowing to reinvent America’s
approach to issues like health care, education, energy, climate and finance, and that promise
he has kept. When you add up all the legislation from his frenetic first two years, when
Democrats controlled Congress, and all the methodical executive actions from the past five
years, after Republicans blocked his legislative path, this has been a BFD of a presidency, a
profound course correction engineered by relentless government activism. As a candidate,
Obama was often dismissed as a talker, a silver-tongued political savant with no real record
of achievement. But ever since he took office during a raging economic crisis, he’s turned out
to be much more of a doer, an action-oriented policy grind who has often failed to
communicate what he’s done.

What he’s done is changing the way we produce and consume energy, the way doctors and
hospitals treat us, the academic standards in our schools and the long-term fiscal trajectory of
the nation. Gays can now serve openly in the military, insurers can no longer deny coverage
because of pre-existing conditions, credit card companies can no longer impose hidden fees
and markets no longer believe the biggest banks are too big to fail. Solar energy installations
are up nearly 2,000 percent, and carbon emissions have dropped even though the economy is
growing. Even Republicans like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who hope to succeed Obama
and undo his achievements, have been complaining on the campaign trail that he’s
accomplished most of his agenda.

“The change is real,” says Ron Klain, who served as Biden’s White House chief of staff, and
later as Obama’s Ebola czar. “It would be nice if more people understood the change.”

Obama, Art-ified: A tour through the unprecedented body of artwork depicting Barack
Obama. (Click to view gallery.) | Images courtesy of the artists

In a conflict-obsessed media environment that is not exactly geared toward substantive policy
analysis, Obama’s technocratic brand of change has tended to be more opaque than, say,
Donald Trump’s plan for a wall along the Mexican border or Bernie Sanders’ promise of free
college for all. At times, its complexity has camouflaged its ambition. At other times, its
ambition hasn’t lived up to Obama’s rhetoric; not everything has changed in the Obama era.
For example, he talked a big game about eliminating wasteful programs, but other than
killing the F-22 fighter jet, an absurdly expensive presidential helicopter and a hopelessly
captured bank regulatory agency called the Office of Thrift Supervision, he hasn’t done
much of that.

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The most obvious thing Obama hasn’t done is usher in a new era of public enthusiasm for
government action and the Democratic Party. He was reelected by a comfortable margin, but
conservative Republicans have taken back both houses of Congress and made impressive
gains in statehouses on his watch, riding a powerful wave of hostility to federal overreach.
That political legacy could imperil some of Obama’s left-of-center policy legacy if a
Republican is elected to succeed him. It has already stymied gun control and immigration
reform, while forcing Obama to accept deep spending cuts he didn’t want.

But it’s remarkable how often Obama has gotten what he wanted, in many cases policies that
Democrats (and sometimes moderate Republicans) have wanted for decades, and how often
those policies have slipped under the radar.

It’s fairly well known that Obama bailed out U.S. automakers, enacted an enormous
economic stimulus package, signed the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the
Great Depression, killed the Keystone XL pipeline and issued historic carbon regulations to
fight climate change. But how many Americans are aware of his administration’s harsh
regulations cracking down on for-profit diploma mills, inefficient industrial motors and
investment advisers with conflicts of interest? Everyone knows the Obamacare website was a
disaster, but few realize that Obama got some of the Silicon Valley techies who fixed it to
stick around and start up a U.S. Digital Service, a groundbreaking effort to bring government
tech into the 21st century.

I’ve spent a lot of time studying Obamaworld’s obscure policy changes. I wrote a book about
that Obama stimulus, The New New Deal, and I helped former Treasury Secretary Tim
Geithner with his memoir. But even though the subtitle of my book was The Hidden Story of
Change in the Obama Era, I didn’t realize the scope of the change before I reviewed
hundreds of pages of reports and interviewed dozens of his current and former aides for this
article. I remember President Bill Clinton crusading for the Food and Drug Administration to
regulate tobacco, but I somehow missed that Obama finally made it happen. I was aware that
Obama was doubling fuel-efficiency standards for cars, and I even knew he was pushing a
flurry of lower-profile efficiency mandates for appliances. But I had no clue that just one of
those rules, for commercial air conditioners, will singlehandedly reduce U.S. energy use by 1
percent.

Internally, Obama has made a point of distinguishing his approach from Clinton’s “small
ball,” telling aides he didn’t seek the job to promote school uniforms. Take that $800 billion
stimulus, which set the tone for his swing-for-the-fences presidency in his very first month.
Its main goal was saving the economy, but as his first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, liked to
say, it was also stuffed with an entire administration’s worth of accomplishments. By
contrast, Clinton fought unsuccessfully early in his presidency for a mere $16 billion
stimulus, just enough to fund the high-speed broadband and high-speed rail initiatives in
Obama’s package. One veteran of both White Houses summed up the difference by telling
me Clinton’s put out more fact sheets touting its work, while Obama’s has been too busy
doing work.

“People were always saying: ‘Why aren’t we talking about this cool accomplishment? Under
Clinton we would’ve bragged about it for weeks!’” recalls Jon Favreau, Obama’s first-term
speechwriter. “The answer was usually: ‘Because there are a million other things going on.’”

Somehow, Obama’s policy-first approach has managed both to galvanize his Republican
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enemies, who portray him as a European-style leftist on a big-government rampage, and to
disappoint many liberal elites, who see his presidency as a series of ineffectual half-
measures. His administration has struggled to explain complex achievements like
clearinghouses for derivatives trades, net neutrality rules for the Internet and temporary legal
status for undocumented immigrants who arrived as children. It’s been hard to break through
with policy details when so many eyes have been on the Great Recession, the Republican
revival, the partisan budget wars that have raged since 2011 and other Washington dramas.
His foreign policy—drawdowns in Afghanistan and Iraq, messes in Russia and Syria,
openings to Iran and Cuba, the killing of Osama bin Laden, a pending Pacific Rim trade deal
and the global climate agreement in Paris—has also distracted attention from his domestic
work.

But after seven years of anti-small ball, the results are pretty straightforward. The economy
was bleeding 800,000 jobs a month when Obama took office; it has now enjoyed a record 69
straight months of private-sector job growth, though economists disagree about how much
credit Obama deserves for the recovery, and in any case wage growth has been tepid. The
deficit has shrunk by nearly $1 trillion, and Medicare’s long-term solvency has been extended
by 13 years. The resuscitated auto industry produced 11 million vehicles in 2014. Federal
contractors can no longer discriminate against gays, women can now serve in combat and the
rich are paying higher taxes. A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is policing
unscrupulous mortgage brokers, payday lenders and other rip-off artists, and the financial
system has much less risky leverage.

Before Obama, Americans were using more energy every year; now we use less energy
overall, and more of that energy is clean. Oil imports are down 60 percent from 2008 levels,
more than a third of America’s coal plants are shutting down and sales of LED bulbs have
increased 50-fold. Health care inflation and the uninsured rate have fallen to their lowest
levels in half a century, and doctors now use iPads instead of clipboards. Student borrowers
can now ratchet down their monthly payments to 10 percent of their discretionary income
and get their loans forgiven after 20 years, rules that are gradually and almost silently easing
the student debt crisis. Nine of 13 federal appeals courts now have a majority of Democratic-
appointed judges; in 2009, it was one of 13.

Americans might not agree how much Obama can personally take credit for all of it, or
whether that’s Change We Can Believe In. But it’s change.

Early in his presidential transition, Obama led a brainstorming session with his policy team
about first-term accomplishments. Geithner offered a downer of a reality check: “Your
accomplishment is going to be preventing a second Great Depression.”

“That’s not enough for me,” the president-elect shot back. “I’m not going to be defined by
what I prevented.”

That attitude defined Obama’s first two years in office, which featured the most energetic
flurry of legislation since the Great Society. He wanted to do stuff, not just avoid stuff. He
wanted to be a Ronald Reagan of the left. And he believed, as Emanuel put it, that the crisis
would be a terrible thing to waste.

Obama began with a stimulus larger than the entire New Deal in real dollars. Widely
ridiculed as Porkulus at the time, it is now widely credited by economists with helping to end
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the Great Recession with short-term economic adrenaline: record aid to the vulnerable that
directly boosted 13 million Americans out of poverty; record aid to states that averted
300,000 teacher layoffs; hard-hat projects that upgraded 42,000 miles of road, 2,700 bridges
and 6,000 miles of rail; and roughly $300 billion worth of tax cuts for businesses and
families.

But with little fanfare, the stimulus also poured cash into Obama’s long-term agenda for
reshaping the country. It transformed the U.S. clean-energy sector, blasting an astonishing
$90 billion into renewables and other long-neglected green priorities, while birthing a new
research agency called ARPA-E. The only investment that got much press was a failed $535
million loan to a solar manufacturer called Solyndra, but that same loan program financed
nine of the world’s largest solar farms, among other projects; the overall portfolio is thriving.
The green stimulus helped quadruple U.S. wind power, put the first 400,000 electric vehicles
on American roads and began a low-carbon transition that helped the United States lead the
push for a bold global climate deal in Paris.

Meanwhile, the Race to the Top competition had an even faster impact on education,
inspiring almost every state to embrace at least some of Obama’s preferred K-12 reforms—
removing caps on charter schools, expanding testing, adopting tougher standards like the
Common Core—just to improve their chances for a grant. There is now a growing backlash
against excessive testing and the Common Core, but in the words of Obama’s outgoing
education secretary, Arne Duncan, “The Race changed the game in education before the Race
even started.”

In the same vein, a $25 billion incentive program in the stimulus for health information
technology has helped drag a pen-and-paper medical system into the digital age, with
adoption soaring from about 10 percent of hospitals and 20 percent of doctors in 2008 to
about 80 percent of hospitals and 80 percent of doctors today. E-prescriptions are ubiquitous,
and digitization is already reducing fatal errors and unnecessary tests caused by sloppy
handwriting and inaccessible files. There have been problems getting electronic systems to
talk to each other, sparking a backlash of sorts from irritated doctors, but Farzad Mostashari,
Obama’s former health IT czar, is confident online medicine will inevitably produce the
efficiencies common in online banking and dating. He says the griping reminded him of
Louis C.K.’s “Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy” riff, where the comedian mocks
airline passengers who whine about slow Wi-Fi instead of appreciating the miracle of flight.

“Come on, in five years, we changed an approach that had been dominant in medicine for
4,000 years,” Mostashari says.

The stimulus also offered an introduction to Obama-ism. Purity was not a priority. He
needed three GOP senators to avoid a filibuster, so he caved to their demands, including an
$800 billion cap and the removal of a $10 billion initiative to renovate America’s schools.
But popularity was not a priority either. He constantly browbeat his policy advisers to tell
him what would work and leave the politics to him. He expected his wonks and hacks—what
Emanuel dubbed his Aspen Institute and Tammany Hall—to stick to their respective knitting.

But Obama’s guiding political assumption—that data-driven, evidence-based policy, at least
in its center-left form, would inevitably turn out to be good politics—ended up being
seriously flawed. A stark example from the stimulus was Making Work Pay, an $800 tax cut
for most workers. His economists wanted to dribble out the cash to recipients a few dollars a
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week in their paychecks, because studies showed they would be less likely to spend the
windfall if they realized they were getting it. His political advisers argued that it would be
insanity to conceal middle-class tax cuts rather than send Americans fat envelopes with
Obama’s name on them. But Obama sided with his policy team, and later surveys showed
that less than 10 percent of the public had any clue he had cut their taxes.

The stimulus, the Tammany Hall types joked, was Crafted by Economists, Implemented by
Wonks, Beloved by None. And it was not Obama’s only crisis response whose policy results
outstripped its political reputation. His much-maligned auto bailout rescued General Motors
and Chrysler from bankruptcy and helped revive the industrial Midwest. Geithner’s widely
mocked stress tests for big banks stabilized a financial system that was still on the edge of
collapse despite Bush’s Wall Street bailouts. One recent study concluded that without the
government’s suite of emergency measures, GDP losses would have tripled and
unemployment would have soared to 16 percent.

Yet those very emergency measures fueled the anti-government Tea Party on the right, while
convincing many on the left that Obama cared more about Wall Street than Main Street.
Those beliefs did not seem to change much even after Obama went on to push
comprehensive Wall Street reforms through Congress, while helping to craft aggressive new
international financial rules known as Basel III. It’s hard to explain how a barrage of inside-
baseball reforms like enhanced capital and liquidity requirements, “living wills,” “orderly
resolution authority,” “SIFI surcharges” and a new oversight body known as “FSOC” have
reduced the risk of future bailouts, but the bottom line is that financial behemoths no longer
enjoy much of a “too-big-to-fail subsidy.” They used to borrow at much lower rates than
small banks because lenders correctly assumed the government would rescue them in a panic.
Not anymore. And Obama’s new consumer bureau may be the most influential new
regulatory agency since the EPA, already collecting more than $10 billion in fines from
financial players that used to enjoy relative impunity.

Nevertheless, Republicans have savaged Obama’s financial policies as a command-and-
control assault on free enterprise that will inevitably lead to more bailouts. Many liberals
have dismissed them as a craven sellout because they didn’t break up the mega-banks. And if
Obama was disappointed by the public’s lack of appreciation for his role in ending the
financial crisis and reducing the risk of another one, well, the public hasn’t been too
enthusiastic about the signature achievement that bears his name, either.

Obamacare has unleashed America’s biggest expansion of health care access since the
creation of Medicare and Medicaid. It has already extended medical coverage to some 18
million uninsured Americans. It also closed loopholes that insurers used to deny coverage to
insured Americans when they got sick. And it eliminated co-payments for quit-smoking
programs, birth control pills, certain cancer screenings and other preventive care. As Obama
has suggested, it’s what he was talking about when he talked about change.

But behind the headlines about access, Obamacare had another set of even more
transformative goals for the system. For years, U.S. health inflation had far outpaced general
inflation, inflicting crushing burdens on patients and companies while gravely threatening the
federal government’s budgetary future. America’s long-term fiscal problems were almost
entirely health care problems, and Obama was determined to “bend the cost curve” of
Medicare and Medicaid spending projections that were sloping upward at a scary angle.

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He faced two obstacles, the first political. “Controlling costs” sounded like a euphemism for
rationing care, and GOP opponents made Obamacare sound like a plot to pull the plug on
granny, portraying an independent board that could recommend cost-effective tweaks to
Medicare as a bureaucratic “death panel.” And many Democrats preferred the giveaway
provisions expanding access—one Obama aide called them “candy for the left”—to the
spinach-like takeaways that threatened to reduce income for doctors, hospitals and other
influential lobbies.

The other obstacle to cost control was that no one was sure how to do it. There were dozens
of ideas floating around, like reduced Medicare reimbursements to providers, increased
competition that could drive down prices, and incentives to promote home visits and generic
drugs. The holy grail was finding alternatives to the longstanding fee-for-service system that
rewards providers for providing more care instead of better care, like “bundled payments” to
a single provider to cover entire medical episodes, or “accountable care organizations” that
would receive fixed payments to coordinate care for specific patients. But no one knew
whether any of those approaches would work, because none of them had much of a track
record.

Obama insisted on including almost all of them. Less than one-fourth of the bill was devoted
to access. The rest was stuffed with almost every cost-control idea in circulation, from new
competitive bidding rules for wheelchairs to a government Innovation Center to test new
payment models to a “Cadillac tax” on pricey employer-sponsored plans. “We did a
smorgasbord of just about everything people thought could conceivably help,” says Peter
Orszag, Obama’s former budget director.

And so far, the cost curve is bending even faster than White House officials had dreamed.
Health care is still getting more expensive, but since 2010, the growth rate has slowed so
drastically that the Congressional Budget Office has slashed its projection for government
health spending in 2020 by $175 billion. That’s enough to fund the Navy for a year, or the
EPA for two decades. “We wanted to throw a whole bunch of stuff against the wall to see if
any of it would stick, which probably sounded bogus,” Orszag says. “But if these results
continue, they’ll fundamentally change the fiscal trajectory of the country.”

Some of the see-what-sticks cost experiments also seem to be improving care. One recent
report found that infections and other “hospital-acquired conditions” have declined 17
percent since 2010, when Obamacare created financial incentives for hospitals to avoid them.
That reduction saved an estimated 87,000 lives and $20 billion. A similar effort to incentivize
better management of discharged patients has coincided with a decline in hospital
readmission rates that’s keeping 150,000 more Medicare patients at home every day,
according to Meena Seshamani, director of the administration’s Office of Health Reform.

Under Obamacare, about one-fifth of Medicare patients have already shifted into alternatives
to fee-for-service, and the goal is to get half the system paying for value rather than volume
by 2018. Maryland’s hospitals are now paid through “global budgets” that include outpatient
care, so they no longer have incentives to admit patients just to keep their beds full. A recent
New England Journal of Medicine article found the state’s hospital costs increased at less
than half the expected rate in the program’s first year, saving Medicare $116 million. There
are signs that Obama’s convoluted jumble of changes may be starting to rationalize an
irrational system. Patrick Conway, the director of the new innovation center, told me about a
new Independence at Home experiment that coordinates nurse and doctor visits for frail and
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disabled patients—and saved Medicare $3,000 per beneficiary in its first year. One elderly
diabetic who had 19 hospitalizations the previous year had only one after enrolling in the
program.

Obamacare remains largely unloved, even though periodic Republican efforts to repeal it are
unpopular, too. GOP critics have hammered away at Obama’s false promise that all
Americans who liked their plans would be able to keep them, at an Obamacare adviser who
suggested voters were stupid, at the fiasco with its website, at the unpopular “individual
mandate,” at problems with exchanges and co-ops and other new planks of reform. Patients
have complained about high deductibles and heightened uncertainty; many providers are
unhappy about reduced reimbursements; a frenzy of mergers is reshaping the entire industry.
The recent bipartisan budget deal suspended the Cadillac tax, as well as Obamacare’s tax on
medical devices—setbacks for cost control. Meanwhile, much of the left is still upset that
Obama didn’t push for the “public option,” a government-run insurer that could have helped
cut costs by competing with the private sector but that didn’t have 60 votes in the Senate.

The result of all this dissatisfaction with Obamacare, as well as the Obama recovery and
Obama’s financial reforms, was a Republican landslide in the 2010 midterms, returning the
House to GOP control. In a divided government, the president no longer had the power to
advance his agenda through legislation—and his opposition had no interest in helping him.

But he was still president.

Washington is obsessed with the White House bully pulpit, but that’s not what’s driven
change in the Obama era. Obama has certainly had memorable rhetorical moments: his
rendition of “Amazing Grace” in Charleston, his meditation on civil rights in Selma, even his
observation that Trayvon Martin could have been his son. Polls suggest his “evolution” on
gay marriage helped build popular support, and his rainbow-lit White House after the
Supreme Court upheld it was powerful symbolism. Some Americans have surely been
inspired by Obama’s history-making firsts: appointing the first female Fed chair, the first
drug czar in recovery, the first gay Army secretary, the first transgender White House staffer,
the first black man and woman to serve as attorney general and, of course, the fact of his own
skin color. His aides also argue some of his bully-pulpit crusades have inspired change
outside Washington. For example, 21 states raised their minimum wages after Obama
elevated the issue.

But his minimum-wage push stalled in Congress, as did his public pushes for universal pre-
K, free community college and paid parental leave. Obama made some of his most eloquent
speeches after the massacres in Tucson, Newtown and Charleston, but the gun control bills
he pushed went nowhere. He simply lacked the votes. The same problem stalled his
American Jobs Act, a package of tax cuts, infrastructure projects and other goodies he
announced in a prime-time address to Congress in 2011. Pundits had been scolding him for
neglecting his bully pulpit, so he embarked on a national barnstorming tour to build support,
leading crowds in chants of “Pass the bill!” Congress did not pass the bill.

Obama’s aides sometimes wondered if his outspoken advocacy for his priorities made them
less likely to happen, since supporting Obama’s priorities was dangerous politics for the
GOP. That’s why he took the opposite approach to immigration reform, keeping relatively
quiet so that Republicans who considered him toxic wouldn’t reflexively reject reform. But
again, nothing happened, because, again, reform lacked the necessary support in Congress.
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The outside game has been vastly overrated in the Obama era. For all the change he’s driven,
there hasn’t been much in the hearts-and-minds arena.

Instead, Obama has relied on the inside game. Since 2011, that’s meant executive orders,
regulations and other unilateral actions. The president no longer had a friendly Congress, but
he still controlled the executive branch, the vast bureaucracy responsible for the actual
workings of government. He couldn’t pass a law requiring employers to provide paid sick
leave, but he did issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to do it. He protected
the world’s largest marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean and 19 other national monuments
without any input from Congress. His agencies have auctioned off public spectrum to
improve mobile broadband access, created a “myRA” to help Americans without pensions
save for retirement and pushed through a “gainful employment rule” cracking down on
colleges whose former students have high debt levels and low incomes, a rule that’s already
decimating the for-profit education industry. Now his administration is finalizing a “fiduciary
rule” that will require financial advisers to serve the best interest of their clients, and
changing overtime rules to ensure that firms can’t deny time-and-a-half to workers making
less than $50,000 a year by classifying them as managers. And he just announced a new
effort to expand background checks for gun purchases, a modest attempt to achieve through
executive action what he could not through legislation.

While his slogans have varied—“we can’t wait,” “pen and phone,” “Year of Action”—his
incremental move-the-needle strategy hasn’t. It just became more obvious in 2015, when
Republicans took back the Senate and he began joking about his “rhymes-with-bucket list.”
The day after the election, in a low-key not-quite-pep talk that was quintessential Obama, he
told his staff to take an hour to mope, then get back to work.

“We still run the largest organization on the planet, with the largest capacity to do good,” he
told them.

Obama’s most aggressive uses of Washington’s levers of power have involved energy, most
visibly his Climate Action Plan to avoid 6 billion metric tons of carbon through 2030. Its
highest-profile element is his carbon rule for power plants, which aims to slash power-sector
emissions by 32 percent. But a slew of lesser-known restrictions on soot, mercury, sulfur
dioxide, smog and other coal-fired pollutants have already helped force nearly one-third of
America’s coal plant capacity into retirement, getting the sector more than halfway to its
carbon goal before the carbon rule was even announced. The stimulus-launched clean energy
revolution is also helping; the administration has already approved 57 renewable power
projects on federal land, 57 more than every previous administration combined.

However, the most ambitious plank of the Climate Action Plan, accounting for half of its
emissions goals, has been practically invisible. It’s an energy efficiency effort known as
“appliance and equipment standards.” It’s on track to slash 3 billion tons of emissions by
2030; that’s the equivalent of taking every car off America’s roads for two years, or shutting
down every power plant for a year and a half—a striking behind-the-scenes example of the
Obama administration taking matters into its own hands.

Since 1979, the Department of Energy has set standards to cut energy waste from all kinds of
products sold in the United States, reducing electricity consumption while saving consumers
money on utility bills. The standards have worked; the average refrigerator sold today, though
considerably bigger and cheaper than 1970s models, uses one-fourth as much power. But the
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program sputtered to a virtual halt in the Bush administration. In his third week as president,
Obama visited DOE and pledged to wipe out the growing backlog of overdue standards.
“We’ll lead a revolution in energy efficiency,” he said. He talked about efficiency with such
enthusiasm while the economy was falling apart that Jon Stewart did a riff on The Daily
Show making fun of the president’s priorities. At an event at a Home Depot later that year,
the president actually declared energy efficiency “sexy.”

DOE has responded by completing new standards for 39 separate products, from pool heaters
to clothes dryers. It finalized more than twice as many rules in 2014 as it finalized during the
entire Bush administration, and it still hopes to complete as many as 20 more. Obama’s new
standards for industrial motors and fluorescent lighting have each produced record electricity
savings—and the upcoming rule for commercial air conditioners will surpass them by far.
Most of the new rules even drew support from the manufacturers who must comply, although
lately they have pushed back.

That’s because DOE’s rule-making pace has gone from hectic to frantic since Obama made
the standards so central to his climate plan. One industry official told me the regulatory
process since then has been “an I Love Lucy-type conveyor belt.” Ernest Moniz, Obama’s
second-term energy secretary, oversaw appliance standards as a DOE official under President
Clinton, and he’s made it abundantly clear they’re a top priority now.

“They’re hell-bent to ram through as many rules as they can, as fast as they can, at the
highest levels they think they can justify to a judge,” says Stephen Yurek, president of the
Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute. But like it or not, the barrage of strict
new rules is a key reason why U.S. power demand, after decades of growth, is now virtually
flat, averting the need for new plants while saving consumers billions of dollars.

The rules are just part of a larger efficiency crusade that included more than $15 billion worth
of stimulus investments; a leap in automobile fuel-efficiency standards to 54.5 miles per
gallon by 2025 along with the first-ever fuel standards for heavy trucks; and an intensive
effort to green the government and cut federal emissions 40 percent. Obama has authorized
$2 billion in contracts for agencies to pursue green retrofits financed by future energy
savings, which have helped reduce federal energy use to its lowest level in 40 years—while
avoiding the need for congressional approval. There’s been a special focus on greening the
Pentagon, where leaders like Navy energy chief Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (ret.), former
head of the American Council on Renewable Energy, and Air Force energy chief Miranda
Ballentine, former head of sustainability at Wal-Mart, are getting the world’s single largest
consumer of energy to consume a lot less of it. Ballentine says the Air Force has already cut
its carbon footprint 21 percent since 2008, through changes like LED-lit runways and fuel-
efficiency upgrades for a fleet of jets larger than all U.S. airlines’ combined.

“There weren’t many places where I could have a bigger impact than Wal-Mart, but it
doesn’t get bigger than this,” she says.

So, yes, lots of change. Healthier school lunches. A ban on “light” cigarettes. Streamlined
financial aid forms that take college applicants 20 minutes to complete instead of an hour.
Reduced sentencing disparities between crack and powdered cocaine. A popular new
competitive grant program called TIGER for innovative transportation projects. Immigration
enforcement that prioritizes dangerous felons rather than ordinary families. The Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act easing gender discrimination lawsuits. New rules requiring fast-food
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restaurants to post nutritional information. The percentage of student borrowers getting relief
through through “income-based repayment” has tripled in just the past two years. George W.
Bush’s tax cuts are gone for families earning more than $450,000 a year and permanent for
everyone else; Bush’s limits on stem-cell research are gone, too. Medicare will now cover
end-of-life planning discussions, a shift that could help ease the pain, as well as the cost, of
many American deaths. And data and evidence have been so central to Obamaworld
policymaking that a former Republican congressional staffer, Brookings Institution scholar
Ron Haskins, has written a paean titled Show Me the Evidence: Obama’s Fight for Rigor and
Results in Social Policy.

But any evaluation of Obama’s policy legacy has to grapple with the fact that it’s been a
political debacle for most Democrats who aren’t named Obama. The GOP now has an iron
grip on the House and a solid majority in the Senate; compared with 2009, there are 10
additional Republican governors and some 900 additional Republican state legislators. This
isn’t just a political problem: It had an instant impact on his agenda—for example, crippling
his vision for a national high-speed rail network. America’s first bullet train was supposed to
be operating by now in Florida, but after riding a Tea Party wave into office in 2010, GOP
Governor Rick Scott killed the project. And congressional Republicans have refused to
approve a penny for high-speed rail since then.

The resurgent Republicans made spending cuts their top priority, threatening to shut down the
government or force it into a catastrophic default if Obama didn’t agree to a retrenchment.
He grudgingly accepted a deal that included the deep cuts known as the “sequester,” reducing
discretionary spending to its lowest levels since the Eisenhower era. That fiscal squeeze,
along with Obama’s tax hikes and the economic recovery, has helped reduce deficits from an
unsustainable 10 percent of GDP to a relatively stable 3 percent. But it also threatens the
future of Obama’s progressive project—things like infrastructure and health care and
education cost money.

Of course, if a Republican succeeds Obama with a Republican Congress in place, the likely
result would be far deeper spending cuts. The GOP candidates have proposed trillions of
dollars’ worth of tax cuts as well, and they all hope to roll back Obamacare, Wall Street
reform and the EPA’s carbon rule. Really, they hope to roll back the entire Obama era.

But that might not be doable anymore. It’s easier to prevent people from getting stuff than it
is to take away stuff people already have, and even if Republicans gain full control of
Washington, there are signs that they would be reluctant to kick 15 million people off health
insurance and remove Obamacare’s insurance protections for everyone else. It’s also unclear
that they would be able to reverse the ongoing shift in the health care system from paying for
volume to paying for value—or that they would want to. Similarly, the GOP candidates
would certainly be less inclined to enforce carbon regulations. But it’s tough to see how they
could reverse the larger trends toward cleaner energy that began during the Obama era, as
dirty power gets more expensive and clean power gets cheaper. If one lesson of the Obama
era is that doing stuff in Washington is hard, another is that undoing stuff is even harder.

Nevertheless, 2016 will be in part a referendum on the Obama era, even if the Democratic
nominee is named Clinton, even in the increasingly unlikely event the GOP nominee is
named Bush. The Republicans are already running against Obama, attacking his big-
government, anti-business, climate-obsessedways. And Hillary Clinton has, at times warily,
made the case that economic indicators have improved under Obama, which is true.
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Unemployment has dropped from a peak of 10 percent in 2009 to 5 percent today. House
Speaker Paul Ryan recently called this “the illusion of success,” but if it is, it’s an illusion
that includes fewer uninsured, a better housing market and a vastly improved fiscal outlook.

Still, that raises a question: If the Obama brand of change is so great, why haven’t more
Americans embraced it? Does he have a larger “Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy”
problem?

When I put this to Obama’s political aides, they acknowledge everything isn’t amazing,
especially middle-class wage growth, but they also say plenty of Americans are happy. The
president’s approval ratings are hovering just below 50 percent, better than any 2016
candidate’s in this era of rigid partisan polarization. And in their focus groups, Americans
respond much more positively to Obama and his achievements when they’re reminded that
he inherited an economy contracting at a minus 8 percent annual rate.

That said, Obama’s Change We Can Believe In is clearly less resonant today than it was as
an alternative to Bush in 2008. In a recent GQ interview with Bill Simmons, Obama blamed
this on bad salesmanship, saying he wished he had communicated better early in his
presidency. “I think a certain arrogance crept in, in the sense of thinking as long as we get
the policy ready, we didn’t have to sell it,” Obama said. “One thing I learned through some
tough election cycles: You can’t separate good policy from the need to bring the American
people along and make sure that they know why you’re doing what you’re doing.”

With all due respect, that’s bogus. I’ve done tons of reporting on Obama’s early presidency,
and while his team was focused on policy, nobody in the White House thought they wouldn’t
have to sell it. And they tried to.

It just didn’t sell. The question is why, a question I can’t answer, but a question that matters
for 2016. At the time, there were all kinds of internal debates about messaging—how much to
blame Bush, how much to promise, how much to talk about jobs while jobs were still
disappearing, how much to dance in the end zone once the policies seemed to be working but
people were still hurting—and none of them has ever been resolved.

But one possibility, a troubling one for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, is that
Obama’s activist policies poll badly because people just don’t like them. I thought about this
after Obama’s recent Oval Office address about terrorism, when the media consensus seemed
to be that he should have announced plans to Do More. Bush was a Do More president in
foreign affairs, and by most accounts it didn’t work out too well. But Americans seem to
respond well when commanders in chief vow to Do More to keep them safe.

In domestic affairs, however, Americans often react badly to promises to Do More. They
seem to suspect that when government acts, it’s probably acting to help someone else. It may
be that, just as Americans wanted to Do Less abroad after Bush, they’ll look for someone
who will promise to Do Less at home after Obama.

Then again, if Democrats do manage to hold the White House, Obama’s domestic legacy as a
Do More guy will be safe. The prevailing media narrative of his era has been all about
Washington paralysis, but the prevailing historical narrative is much likelier to focus on
social and economic change, for better or for worse. For those of us who follow policy and
politics in real time, that gap between perception and reality in the Obama era ought to be a
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BFD.

Michael Grunwald is senior staff writer for Politico Magazine and editor-at-large of The
Agenda.
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From: Hinton, Karen
To: jfdc
Date: Thursday, January 07, 2016 9:00:19 PM
Will look sorry.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 7, 2016, at 8:59 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Emailed you at a separate address – not sure if you check it
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From: Hinton, Karen
To: Robert Greenwald; jfdc
Cc: Regina Clemente; Banks, Angela
Subject: RE: Connecting
Date: Saturday, January 09, 2016 12:19:37 PM
1 pm. Does that work?
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
________________________________________
From: Robert Greenwald [robert@bravenewfilms.org]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 11:44 AM
To: Hinton, Karen; jfdc
Cc: Regina Clemente; Banks, Angela
Thanks.
Let us know good time to talk
Best.
From: Hinton, Karen [mailto:KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: Robert Greenwald <robert@bravenewfilms.org>; jfdc <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: Regina Clemente <regina@bravenewfilms.org>; Banks, Angela <abanks@cityhall.nyc.gov>
We have a presser then, and I'll be preparing for that and reporters' questions from morning until about
1. I can do at 1. Rob Bennett is probably going to be your go-to guy on this but I can tell you about
what we are doing around gun control and safety. We are preparing to include gun control/safety in our
State of the City at the end of the month. Karen
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
________________________________________
From: Robert Greenwald [robert@bravenewfilms.org]
To: Hinton, Karen; jfdc
Cc: Regina Clemente
Hi Karen....
Never heard back.
Are we on for Monday?
From: Robert Greenwald
Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 7:18 AM
To: 'Hinton, Karen' <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>; jfdc <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: Regina Clemente <regina@bravenewfilms.org>
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Thank john!
Hi Karen, look forward to talking and having some real impact.
Did you get to see trailer?
Monday at 2.30 or 3.00 pst?
I am copying regina our campaign director...
Fyi, I had been emailing withMBDB and connectedme with rob bennett.
Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 6:06 AM
To: jfdc <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: Robert Greenwald <robert@bravenewfilms.org>
Could we talk Monday? What's a good time!
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 8, 2016, at 9:02 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Robert - meet Karen Hinton, MBDB's press secretary... Karen, meet Robert... Hoping you guys
can talk about gun safety & how to get the word out!
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From: Geri Prado
To: jfdc; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Fwd: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2016 10:48:30 PM
I got a note from Naomi (Saunders EA) checking FYI. I said this was CH and you,
Tom were on it. I then got worried that LS would call MBDB.

Date: January 10, 2016 at 10:46:27 PM EST
To: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Phil Walzak
<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>, EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov, Tom Snyder
<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow
Hi everyone-
You're all likely aware but I wanted to flag that tomorrow is when the
Supreme Court is starting oral arguments on Friedrichs.
Mayor- AFSCME has asked for you to author an Op-Ed with a hard
deadline of Wednesday. They sent over request and Tom and Phil have
the info needed.
National and locally based groups are converging on the SC steps

tomorrow.
Heads up as President Saunders or President Weingarten may call if they

haven't already.
Thank you and let me know if there is any information you'd like.
Gp
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From: Nicholas Baldick
To: Thomas Snyder
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Peter Ragone; David Kieve; Emma Wolfe; PhilWalzak ( Williams, Dominic;
Gabrielle Fialkoff; N. Smith; FLONYC; Roxanne John; Ross Offinger; Anna Greenberg
Subject: Re: Confirmed
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 3:05:57 PM
Attachments: Draft Retreat Agenda 1.17.16.docx
Draft Agenda Attached
If anyone has thoughts please send to me, we have no editorial pride on agendas
On Jan 12, 2016, at 9:16 AM, Thomas Snyder <

wrote:
Given the many schedule changes, I am confirming that our mini-retreat

is happening this Sunday the 17th at Gracie from 11am - 3pm. Nick will
be sending around an agenda shortly.
Nick Baldick
Hilltop Public Solutions
The Washington Harbour
3000 K Street NW, Suite 320
Main: 202-298-3232
Fax: 202-298-6115
nbaldick@hilltoppublicsolutions.com
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Mini Retreat
Sunday, January 17th, 2016
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
GOALS OF THIS RETREAT: A clear-eyed look at 2017 and how we can create the most
optimal route to reelection in 2016.
AGENDA:
I. OPENER – Mayor de Blasio
II. FINANCE PLAN – Nick Baldick (15 minutes)
III. STRATEGIC PLAN & MESSAGE – Phil Walzak (40 minutes)
IV. BREAK
V. OUTREACH PLAN – Emma Wolfe (40 minutes)
VI. CITY HALL SCHEDULE & RESPONSIVENESS – Tom Snyder (30 minutes)
VII. SHAPING THE FIELD – Emma Wolfe & Nick Baldick (20 minutes)
VIII. THE STATE - STATE SENATE & STATE-CITY DYNAMICS – Emma Wolfe and
Nathan Smith (30 minutes)
IX. CAMPAIGN FOR ONE NEW YORK - Jonathan Rosen (15 minutes)
X. CONCLUSION
Materials / Presentations:
• 2016 Toplines Strategic Plan, Message Box (PW)
• Fundraising Plan (NB)
• State Strategy /State Senate (EW)
• Schedule Program (TS)
• 2016 Outreach Plan (EW)
• 2017 Scenarios (EW)
10747
From: Phillip Walzak
To: Nicholas Baldick
Cc: Thomas Snyder; Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Peter Ragone; David Kieve; Emma Wolfe; Williams, Dominic; Gabrielle
Fialkoff; N. Smith; FLONYC; Roxanne John; Ross Offinger; Anna Greenberg
Subject: Re: Confirmed
and also HRC stuff
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Nicholas Baldick

<nbaldick@hilltoppublicsolutions.com> wrote:
Draft Agenda Attached
If anyone has thoughts please send to me, we have no editorial pride on agendas

wrote:
Given the many schedule changes, I am confirming that our mini-

retreat is happening this Sunday the 17th at Gracie from 11am - 3pm.
Nick will be sending around an agenda shortly.
Nick Baldick
Main: 202-298-3232
Fax: 202-298-6115
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Main: 202-298-3232
Fax: 202-298-6115
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To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky; Shorris,
Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz,
Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB);
Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach (Law); Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW));
Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine
Subject: RE: MBBD: SOTC Prep
We are delayed. Please stand by.
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 3:48 PM
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky;
Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl,
Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach
(Law); Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW)); Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine;
Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: MBBD: SOTC Prep
When: Thursday, January 14, 2016 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz,
Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB);
Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach (Law); Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW));
Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine
Subject: RE: MBBD: SOTC Prep
Please gather.
Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl,
Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Carter, Zach
(Law); Yarde, Ann-Marie (LAW)); Wiley, Maya; Reisman, Lisette; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine;
Viguers, Jonathan
Subject: MBBD: SOTC Prep
When: Thursday, January 14, 2016 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
10752
From: B
To: Walzak, Phil; Hinton, Karen; Jonathan Rosen
Cc: jfdc; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: Re: HRC question/Blitzer
Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 12:57:44 PM
I got this

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:53:51 +0000
To: Hinton, Karen<KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov>; B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>;
Jonathan Rosen<Jonathan@berlinrosen.com>
Cc: jfdc<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Hagelgans, Andrea<AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: RE: HRC question/Blitzer
Rec not be a pundit

Double down on HRC msg, record a progressive agenda, and express confidence it resonates w the
people and will ultimately prevail on its substance

From: Hinton, Karen
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 12:52 PM
To: B
Cc: jfdc; Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: HRC question/Blitzer

Mayor will ask also about Bernie threat to HRC.

Copying others for thoughts.
Sent from my iPhone
From: "Overzat, Gregory" <Gregory.Overzat@turner.com>

Subject: RE: 1:10
Primarily the threat Bernie’s seemingly posing to her in the latest polls and the issue of
income inequality, which has been a major issue in the Democratic race

To: Overzat, Gregory <Gregory.Overzat@turner.com>
Subject: Re: 1:10

Any specifics on HRC?
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Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 15, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Overzat, Gregory <Gregory.Overzat@turner.com>

wrote:
AMAZING!! Wolf is interested in the Cruz stuff of course, besides the

“New York values” comment, him also making the remark that he can win
New York (does the Mayor agree?), want to talk a bit about Hillary too
leading into Sunday night’s debate.

Subject: 1:10

1:10 good, arriving 1:00 or so. See you soon. What other questions aside
from Cruz?

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

10754
From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: B; Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Hagelgans, Andrea; Wolfe, Emma
Doing Ashley ban field -- mini ambush - will ask him about stock market . Will talk
about property values we released today. he spoke with dean.
Said ok to property values since CUNY issue hopefully behind us.
Will use throughout afternoon getting times from producer
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 15, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Walzak, Phil <PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Rec not be a pundit

Double down on HRC msg, record a progressive agenda, and express confidence it
resonates w the people and will ultimately prevail on its substance

From: Hinton, Karen
To: B


Sent from my iPhone

Subject: RE: 1:10
Primarily the threat Bernie’s seemingly posing to her in the latest polls
and the issue of income inequality, which has been a major issue in the
Democratic race

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Subject: Re: 1:10

Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 15, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Overzat, Gregory

<Gregory.Overzat@turner.com> wrote:
AMAZING!! Wolf is interested in the Cruz stuff of course,

besides the “New York values” comment, him also making
the remark that he can win New York (does the Mayor
agree?), want to talk a bit about Hillary too leading into
Sunday night’s debate.

Subject: 1:10

1:10 good, arriving 1:00 or so. See you soon. What other
questions aside from Cruz?

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

10756
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: RE: HRC question/Blitzer
Some info here:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/15/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-birther-movement-marco-rubio/

Ted Cruz gets a birther lawsuit challenge

By Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 12:29 PM ET, Fri January 15, 2016
Washington (CNN)- Ted Cruz is now facing a federal lawsuit challenging his
eligibility to run for president, based on the theory espoused by Donald Trump that he
may not be a natural-born citizen.
The lawsuit, filed in Texas on Thursday by Newton Boris Schwartz Sr., raises legal
uncertainty about whether Cruz qualifies for the constitutional requirement that a
President be a "a natural-born citizen" because he was born in Canada.
Cruz was conferred American citizenship at birth because his mother is an American
citizen, and legal experts have largely agreed that would qualify him as natural-born
citizenship. Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and also had Canadian
citizenship until he renounced it in 2014.
Schwartz cites legal theorists including Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe who
say while Cruz is generally accepted to be a natural-born citizen, no court has
definitively ruled on the question.
The move follows weeks of attacks by the GOP front-runner on Cruz's status, which
came to a head during Thursday's GOP debate. Trump told Cruz he was a liability as
a candidate if he runs for president, because his eligibility will be tied up in lawsuits for
years.
Trump also spread many of the birther theories that hung over President Barack
Obama when he ran for office, fueled by conspiracy theorists who did not believe that
Obama was born in the U.S., as he was. Obama's mother was also a U.S. citizen at
his birth, and no credible legal challenge to his eligibility ever progressed in the
courts.
Legal experts believe the same will be true of the Cruz challenge.
Asked if Schwartz had standing to file the lawsuit, American University law professor
and CNN contributor Stephen Vladeck said "not even a little."
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Standing is the legal principle that requires an individual to have suffered some harm
to bring a lawsuit.
"Standing's only going to work if some state denies Cruz access to the ballot,"
Vladeck said, at which point Cruz himself could sue to have it resolved.
Cruz has maintained he is a natural-born citizen.
"Back in September, my friend Donald said he had his lawyers look at this in every
which way," Cruz said in Thursday night's debate. "There was nothing to this birther
issue."
"Since September, the Constitution hasn't changed," Cruz added. "But the poll
numbers have."
From: Hinton, Karen

To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen

There's a lawsuit filed today to resolve issue associated with birthers but don't know details.

Mahen what can u find out?

We may need to clean up?
Sent from my iPhone
-mayor

Don’t love being associated w those clowns broadly
Maybe if its seen as some sort of way to help trump bec HRC beats trump more easily?

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: B; Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Hagelgans, Andrea

What we think about birther comments?
Sent from my iPhone
10758
Rec not be a pundit

Double down on HRC msg, record a progressive agenda, and express
confidence it resonates w the people and will ultimately prevail on its
substance

From: Hinton, Karen
To: B


Sent from my iPhone

Subject: RE: 1:10
Primarily the threat Bernie’s seemingly posing to her in the

latest polls and the issue of income inequality, which has
been a major issue in the Democratic race

Subject: Re: 1:10

Sent from my iPhone

AMAZING!! Wolf is interested in the Cruz stuff

of course, besides the “New York values”
comment, him also making the remark that he
can win New York (does the Mayor agree?),
want to talk a bit about Hillary too leading into
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From: Hinton, Karen
[mailto:KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: Overzat, Gregory
<Gregory.Overzat@turner.com>
Subject: 1:10

1:10 good, arriving 1:00 or so. See you soon.
What other questions aside from Cruz?

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

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Cc: Jonathan Rosen; Hagelgans, Andrea; Gunaratna, Mahen
I don’t think we should pull any punched with Cruz on birtherism. He’s legit. Obama’s legit. Romney &
McCain were legit. Let’s remember this is a serious job & not a game.
On Sanders/HRC – I think the focus is rebuilding the middle class – which Sander & HRC are both speaking
to… As Phil says, I’m not a pundit – I’m just stuck by how the Dem side is focused on tackling inequality
while the GOP is a freak show

Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 1:44 PM
Cc: Jonathan Rosen <jonathan@berlinrosen.com>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>,
"Hagelgans, Andrea" <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Gunaratna, Mahen"
There's a lawsuit filed today to resolve issue associated with birthers but don't know details.
Mahen what can u find out?
We may need to clean up?
Sent from my iPhone
-mayor

Don’t love being associated w those clowns broadly
Maybe if its seen as some sort of way to help trump bec HRC beats trump more easily?

From: Hinton, Karen
To: Walzak, Phil
Cc: B; Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Hagelgans, Andrea

What we think about birther comments?
Sent from my iPhone
10761
Rec not be a pundit

Double down on HRC msg, record a progressive agenda, and express
confidence it resonates w the people and will ultimately prevail on its
substance

From: Hinton, Karen
To: B


Sent from my iPhone

Subject: RE: 1:10
Primarily the threat Bernie’s seemingly posing to her in the

latest polls and the issue of income inequality, which has
been a major issue in the Democratic race

Subject: Re: 1:10

Sent from my iPhone

AMAZING!! Wolf is interested in the Cruz stuff

of course, besides the “New York values”
comment, him also making the remark that he
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can win New York (does the Mayor agree?),
want to talk a bit about Hillary too leading into

From: Hinton, Karen
[mailto:KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov]
To: Overzat, Gregory
<Gregory.Overzat@turner.com>
Subject: 1:10

1:10 good, arriving 1:00 or so. See you soon.
What other questions aside from Cruz?

Karen Hinton
Press Secretary

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To: jfdc
Subject: Re: MBDB: SOTC Prep
Ok.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:06 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
I've got a couple of meetings today and most likely won't be there
On Jan 17, 2016, at 9:29 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Hey guys, There will some snacks at Gracie tomorrow but not a full lunch
but please feel free to bring food with you to the meeting.

Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 1:18 PM
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder,
Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky; Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams,
Dominic; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl,
Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious,
Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch,
Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine;
Viguers, Jonathan
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: MBDB: SOTC Prep
When: Monday, January 18, 2016 12:45 PM-1:45 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern
Time (US & Canada).

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From: tomsnyder
To: FLONYC; John, Roxanne; David Kieve; Nick Baldick; jfdc; N. Smith; agreenberg@gqrr.com; PhilWalzak
( Gabrielle Fialkoff; Emma Wolfe; Williams, Dominic; Ross Offinger
Subject: Fwd: Draft Year Calendar 2016 as Jan. 15.doc
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2016 5:11:21 PM
Attachments: Draft Year Calendar 2016 as Jan. 15.doc
Attached is a draft 2016 calendar. Please add in dates, events, etc. ASAP so I can
finalize a calendar. Get additions to me this week so I can finish Friday.
Sent from my iPad

To: " <
Subject: Draft Year Calendar 2016 as Jan. 15.doc
Sent from my iPad
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10769
10770
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; jfdc; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Yazgi, Stephanie; Zuniga, Andrea
Subject: Re: DC
Date: Monday, January 18, 2016 12:46:11 PM
Correct.
> On Jan 18, 2016, at 12:37 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> Cool. So if I do the event with Joel at 6pm, that doesn't conflict with your needs, correct? Thanks
>
> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:57:20
> To: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> Cc: Snyder, Thomas<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>; jfdc<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>; Salazar-Rodriguez,
Prisca<PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> Subject: Re: DC
>
> The time I have been given is 1:30-4:15 on Friday.
>
> Meetings w Mayors 1:30-2
> Mtg w Linda lipsen
> Waiting to hear back from 1-2 depending on timing.
>
>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 9:34 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Geri, what is your vision for my time in DC? What are you trying to get done between Thurs
evening and Friday during the day? Thanks
>>
>>
>> <winmail.dat>
>
> <winmail.dat>
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To: Geri; B; Hagelgans, Andrea
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; jfdc
Subject: RE: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow
Attachments: MBDB Friedrichs Op-Ed JJD.DOCX
AFSCME asked if we are open to the attached edits (viewable in track changes)
Once we approve, they will work on placement
If we decline the edits, they will work on placing the original version we sent over
To: B; Zuniga, Andrea
Subject: Re: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow
Looping Andie. She was working w them.

>
>
> This op-ed worked out ok, correct?
>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:46:27
> To: Bill de Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Phil Walzak<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>;
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Tom Snyder<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>; John Del
Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
> Subject: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow
>
> Hi everyone-
>
> You're all likely aware but I wanted to flag that tomorrow is when the Supreme Court is starting oral
arguments on Friedrichs.
>
> Mayor- AFSCME has asked for you to author an Op-Ed with a hard deadline of Wednesday. They
sent over request and Tom and Phil have the info needed.
>
> National and locally based groups are converging on the SC steps tomorrow.
>
> Heads up as President Saunders or President Weingarten may call if they haven't already.
>
> Thank you and let me know if there is any information you'd like.
>
> Gp
>
>
>
> <winmail.dat>
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benefits negotiated on their behalf without covering their fair share of the cost of those
negotiations.
If the Supreme Court does decide to dismantle the fair share system, it will be overruling its own
long settled precedent. In 1977’s landmark case Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, the court
affirmed that it is consistent with the Constitution for public sector unions to collect fair share
fees from all employees who choose not to join a union. Since then, the decision has been
applied numerous times and is the basis for labor laws in many states, including New York. All
told, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association will hinder the work of unions that represent
more than 9 million public employees in 23 states and the District of Columbia.2 It’s important
to understand that the potential impact of this case will reach far beyond unions and their
members. This case has been brought by wealthy special interests in a clear effort to further shift
power and wealth in our country even further away from working people toward those at the top
who have already manipulated our economic rules to benefit themselves at the expense of the
rest of us.
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said, “Strong, responsible unions are essential to
industrial fair play.” 3 That is as true today as ever. Doing away with the fair share system will
not only hurt our public employees—it will hurt every New Yorker who counts on unions to look
out for them and their family.
2
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/will-the-supreme-court-gut-public-employee-unions/423666/
3
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/11/z-business-quotations
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To: B; Geri; FLONYC
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Wolfe, Emma; Snyder, Thomas; jfdc; Zuniga, Andrea
Subject: re: Friederichs-oral arguments start tomorrow
Sir,
Here is the op-ed with the changes highlighted. They struck the last two graphs that treated the
specifics of the case.

Thanks,
Andrea

New York City’s greatness is founded on a simple proposition: If you come here and work hard,
opportunity will find you. And ever since a group of printers formed the Franklin Typographical
Society in 1794, labor unions have played a central role in looking out for the interests of hard-
working New Yorkers and making sure their voices are heard at the negotiating table.

Our City’s public service workers—including teachers, police officers, and firefighters—are ably
represented by municipal unions. On behalf of their members, these unions negotiate and work with
City agencies to provide workers with fair wages, training on the latest developments in their field,
and the equipment they need to do their jobs and serve the public safely and effectively.
For example, our Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responders negotiated together to obtain the
same protective “bunker gear” worn by firefighters. This gear will allow them to operate safely in
hazardous conditions, which isn’t just good for them—it’s good for all New Yorkers.

Despite the many benefits they provide, no one in New York City or anywhere else in America can be
forced to join a union if it goes against their ideals. This is only right. But municipal unions, like all
other unions, are required by law to negotiate on behalf of all City employees, whether or not they
are members. And that means all City employees should have to pay a “fair share” or “agency fee”
to cover the cost of negotiation, since all employees share the benefits of the union’s negotiation
efforts. Again, this is only right.

It also works. Since I took office a little more than two years ago, my Administration has reached
contract settlements with 94% of the City workforce. This would not have been possible without the
professionalism and expertise that municipal unions bring to every negotiation. In fact, before fair
share fees helped make unions a stronger partner, labor unrest was much more common in New
York City. [FACT about strikes pre-Abood]
But now the Supreme Court has heard a case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, that
threatens to upend a system that has been proven to work for working people, employers and
communities like ours. It also threatens to invalidate tens of thousands of contracts across the
country, including those here in New York.

It’s important to understand that the potential impact of this case will reach far beyond unions and
their members. This case has been brought by wealthy special interests in a clear effort to further
shift power and wealth in our country even further away from working people toward those at the
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top who have already manipulated our economic rules to benefit themselves at the expense of the
rest of us.

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said, “Strong, responsible unions are essential to
industrial fair play.” That is as true today as ever. Doing away with the fair share system will not
only hurt our public employees—it will hurt every New Yorker who counts on unions to look out for
them and their family.

To: Geri; B; Hagelgans, Andrea
Subject: RE: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow

AFSCME asked if we are open to the attached edits (viewable in track changes)

Once we approve, they will work on placement

If we decline the edits, they will work on placing the original version we sent over

To: B; Zuniga, Andrea
Subject: Re: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow

Looping Andie. She was working w them.

>
>
> This op-ed worked out ok, correct?
>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:46:27
> To: Bill de Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Phil Walzak<PWalzak@cityhall.nyc.gov>;
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>; Tom Snyder<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>; John Del
Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
> Subject: Friedrichs- oral arguments start tomorrow
>
> Hi everyone-
>
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> You're all likely aware but I wanted to flag that tomorrow is when the Supreme Court is starting
oral arguments on Friedrichs.
>
> Mayor- AFSCME has asked for you to author an Op-Ed with a hard deadline of Wednesday. They
sent over request and Tom and Phil have the info needed.
>
> National and locally based groups are converging on the SC steps tomorrow.
>
> Heads up as President Saunders or President Weingarten may call if they haven't already.
>
> Thank you and let me know if there is any information you'd like.
>
> Gp
>
>
>
> <winmail.dat>

Andrea Hagelgans
Office of the Mayor
Direct – 212.341.5372
Cell –

10784
From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas; Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia
Cc: Wolfe, Emma; jfdc
Subject: Mayors memo for TPAC
Attachments: USCM TPAC Mayors (1-19-16).docx
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January 16, 2016

FR: GERI PRADO
CC: JOHN DEL CECATO, TOM SNYDER, ANDREA ZUNIGA, GEORGIA GANN
RE: MAYORS ORGANIZING
YOU will be meeting either one on one or in large meeting settings with various Mayors
throughout the USCM. Below are the target for TPAC and what we would like them to do if they
sign on.
We are reaching out to Mayors to accomplish the following as part of our overall organizational
goals, namely building our war room to drive the news cycles with stories of inequality:
1. Highlight work in cities done by Mayors to show solutions of economic inequality in the
press and online (we need them to help feed us info through and will monitor their
earned media, online if added to the lists)
2. Use best practices and “case studies” to drive stories and pressure federal leaders to
provide support (we need this help from their staff)
3. Create a growing echo chamber of Mayors to highlight needs of their cities, their work
in the national media directly (we will provide opportunities)
THE ASK: A crucial part of our organization will be to lift up both the work of Mayors and the
impacts of what they are doing in their cities. This will create a drumbeat nationally to show
that mayors are solving problems, but need more help.
We also need them to amplify our work, the work of their colleagues to help garner press
online and offline as well as communicate with their supporters.
OUR ASKS ARE AS FOLLOWS AS IT IS IMPORTANT THEY SIGN UP TO TAKE ACTION, NOT
MERELY SIGN ON TO END INEQUALITY WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE CASE
1. Act in the form of agreeing to amplify TPAC online and jointly sign an email around an
issue approved by them and their team
2. Agree to participate in press events (pre-approved in purpose and schedule by them and
their team)
3. Provide what work they are doing in their cities for us to highlight nationally
4. Agree to reach out to other major Mayors in their states and ask them to do the same.
5. Link to a key donor to help TPAC
WHO: There are three categories of mayors we are focused on in priority order:
Group 1- Those on board and have agreed to combat economic inequality.
 This group should be our tightest organizers and the first to participate in our war room
to drive examples and needs of economic inequality.
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 They should also be the lead organizers to bring on other mayors in their states or who
are colleagues from other states
o Newark, NJ- Ras Baraka
o Pittsburgh- Bill Peduto
o Dayton, OH- Nan Whaley
o Minneapolis, MN- Betsy Hodges
o Seattle, WA- Ed Murray
o Portland, ME- Michael Brennan
o Santa Fe, NM- Javier Gonzales
Group 2- Those who are targeted and priorities to sign on to work with TPAC
 We want to show diversity of economies, politics, geography by recruiting Mayors from
these cities. Adding them to our list
o Ohio- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo
o Florida- Miami, Orlando
o Colorado- Denver
o Nevada- Las Vegas
o Iowa- Des Moines
o New Hampshire- Manchester
o Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Madison
o Michigan- Detroit
o Minnesota- St. Paul
o Missouri- St. Louis, Kansas City
o
Group 3- Those who are not on either but are taking steps publicly to take on
economic inequality
 If they approach and would like to be a part, fantastic. They will be incorporated into
our structure
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From: Steve Aiello
To: Ferrer, Rosemary
Cc: JBanks@rebny.com; jcavelli@wcs.org; jfdc; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; wfloyd@google.com;
PMadonia@rockfound.org; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; mschlein@accion.org; Seignious, Sandy; Snyder, Thomas;
Sunshine@sunshinesachs.com; Walzak, Phil; chris.ward@aecom.com; Weisbrod, Carl (Planning); Williams,
Dominic; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: Re: Group Dinner at La Mela
Okay. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

Happy New Year.
Steve
On Jan 19, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Ferrer, Rosemary <rf@dhclegal.com> wrote:
Due to the Mayor calling a senior staff meeting we have to cancel tonight.

We hope to reschedule soon.

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10789
From: Geri Prado
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Arslanian, Kayla; Snyder, Thomas; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan
Cc: Addy Rummel; jfdc
Subject: Briefings and call TODAY
Attachments: USCM TPAC Mayors (1-19-16).docx
Hi Everyone:
My briefing for the USCM is attached. Addy’s is coming tomorrow as we are still locking down. PLEASE
INCLUDE ADDY IN THE STRING FOR THE CALL TODAY.
I cannot attend and she will cover the section re: the meeting and potential meetings we have between
1:30-4pm on Friday.
Thank you
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January 16, 2016

FR: GERI PRADO
CC: JOHN DEL CECATO, TOM SNYDER, ANDREA ZUNIGA, GEORGIA GANN
RE: MAYORS ORGANIZING
YOU will be meeting either one on one or in large meeting settings with various Mayors
throughout the USCM. Below are the target for TPAC and what we would like them to do if they
sign on.
We are reaching out to Mayors to accomplish the following as part of our overall organizational
goals, namely building our war room to drive the news cycles with stories of inequality:
1. Highlight work in cities done by Mayors to show solutions of economic inequality in the
press and online (we need them to help feed us info through and will monitor their
earned media, online if added to the lists)
2. Use best practices and “case studies” to drive stories and pressure federal leaders to
provide support (we need this help from their staff)
3. Create a growing echo chamber of Mayors to highlight needs of their cities, their work
in the national media directly (we will provide opportunities)
THE ASK: A crucial part of our organization will be to lift up both the work of Mayors and the
impacts of what they are doing in their cities. This will create a drumbeat nationally to show
that mayors are solving problems, but need more help.
We also need them to amplify our work, the work of their colleagues to help garner press
online and offline as well as communicate with their supporters.
OUR ASKS ARE AS FOLLOWS AS IT IS IMPORTANT THEY SIGN UP TO TAKE ACTION, NOT
MERELY SIGN ON TO END INEQUALITY WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE CASE
1. Act in the form of agreeing to amplify TPAC online and jointly sign an email around an
issue approved by them and their team
2. Agree to participate in press events (pre-approved in purpose and schedule by them and
their team)
3. Provide what work they are doing in their cities for us to highlight nationally
4. Agree to reach out to other major Mayors in their states and ask them to do the same.
5. Link to a key donor to help TPAC
WHO: There are three categories of mayors we are focused on in priority order:
Group 1- Those on board and have agreed to combat economic inequality.
 This group should be our tightest organizers and the first to participate in our war room
to drive examples and needs of economic inequality.
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 They should also be the lead organizers to bring on other mayors in their states or who
are colleagues from other states
o Newark, NJ- Ras Baraka
o Pittsburgh- Bill Peduto
o Dayton, OH- Nan Whaley
o Minneapolis, MN- Betsy Hodges
o Seattle, WA- Ed Murray
o Portland, ME- Michael Brennan
o Santa Fe, NM- Javier Gonzales
Group 2- Those who are targeted and priorities to sign on to work with TPAC
 We want to show diversity of economies, politics, geography by recruiting Mayors from
these cities. Adding them to our list
o Ohio- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo
o Florida- Miami, Orlando
o Colorado- Denver
o Nevada- Las Vegas
o Iowa- Des Moines
o New Hampshire- Manchester
o Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Madison
o Michigan- Detroit
o Minnesota- St. Paul
o Missouri- St. Louis, Kansas City
o
Group 3- Those who are not on either but are taking steps publicly to take on
economic inequality
 If they approach and would like to be a part, fantastic. They will be incorporated into
our structure
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From: The Office of Mayor de Blasio
To: jfdc
Subject: You are cordially invited to the 2016 State of the City Address
The Mayor of the City of New York
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Bill de Blasio
cordially invites you to the
2016 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Doors open at 6:00 PM

Program begins promptly at 7:00 PM
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Concert Hall
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx
RSVP by Friday, January 29, 2016

(212) 788-2569 or
email: invitation@cityhall.nyc.gov
Space is limited
Seating is on first come first serve basis.
THIS INVITATION IS NON-TRANSFERABLE.
Yes, I am attending
No, I will not attend
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To: Walzak, Phil; B
Cc: Geri; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: income inequality alert
Another point from same report:

The richest 1% now has as much wealth as the rest of the world combined,
according to Oxfam.

Date: Monday, January 18, 2016 at 5:12 PM
To: Bill de Blasio <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, "Snyder,
Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: income inequality alert
The 62 richest people on earth now hold as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion
https://t.co/maE0Ry7leZ https://t.co/5NhU5sHvb4
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/689208401352617984
Sent via TweetDeck
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To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; jfdc; Glen, Alicia; Buery, Richard; Arslanian, Kayla; Fuleihan, Dean
(OMB); Blumm, Kate; Viguers, Jonathan; Adams Baker, Marti; Bruch, Mary; Cutler, Dorothy; Patchett, James;
Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Da Costa, Ricky; Jonathan Rosen; Williams, Dominic; Darlington, Mandy
(OMB); Bennett, Rob; Griffith, Chantell; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Snyder, Thomas; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Wolfe,
Emma; Shorris, Anthony; Seignious, Sandy; Tarlow, Mindy
Cc: Confer, Alexis
Subject: RE: MBDB: SOTC Prep
This meeting is in the Governor’s room
_____________________________________________
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; jfdc; Glen, Alicia; Buery, Richard; Arslanian, Kayla; Fuleihan,
Dean (OMB); Blumm, Kate; Viguers, Jonathan; Adams Baker, Marti; Bruch, Mary; Cutler, Dorothy;
Patchett, James; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Da Costa, Ricky; Jonathan Rosen; Williams,
Dominic; Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Bennett, Rob; Griffith, Chantell; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Snyder, Thomas;
Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Wolfe, Emma; Shorris, Anthony; Seignious, Sandy; Tarlow, Mindy
Cc: Confer, Alexis
Please gather.
_____________________________________________
To: Walzak, Phil; jfdc; Glen, Alicia; Buery, Richard; Arslanian, Kayla; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Blumm,
Kate; Viguers, Jonathan; Adams Baker, Marti; Bruch, Mary; Cutler, Dorothy; Patchett, James; Schwartz,
Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Da Costa, Ricky; Almonte, Catherine; Jonathan Rosen; Williams, Dominic;
Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Bennett, Rob; Griffith, Chantell; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Snyder, Thomas; Schnake
Mahl, Gabriel; Wolfe, Emma; Shorris, Anthony; Seignious, Sandy; Tarlow, Mindy
Cc: Confer, Alexis
We are going to gather for this meeting shortly.
A notification will be sent out.
Marti has the 2 items that are going to be discussed.
James and DM Glen are needed in this meeting per Phil.
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; jfdc; Glen, Alicia; Buery, Richard; Arslanian, Kayla; Fuleihan,
Dean (OMB); Blumm, Kate; Viguers, Jonathan; Adams Baker, Marti; Bruch, Mary; Cutler, Dorothy;
Patchett, James; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Da Costa, Ricky; Almonte, Catherine; Jonathan
Rosen; Williams, Dominic; Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Bennett, Rob; Griffith, Chantell; Fialkoff, Gabrielle;
Snyder, Thomas; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Wolfe, Emma; Shorris, Anthony; Seignious, Sandy; Tarlow,
Mindy
Cc: Confer, Alexis
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When: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 5:00 PM-6:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: City Hall, The Governor's Room
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: jfdc
Subject: Fwd: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Over Public Union Fees
I meant to send this to you. We've been working w AFSCME on Friedrichs.
We got a quote in Newsweek around this.

Date: January 16, 2016 at 10:50:45 AM EST
To: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>, Jacob Sittig <jsittig@bpimedia.com>, Kipp
Hebert <khebert@hilltoppublicsolutions.com>
Subject: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Over Public Union Fees
Can we add to clips? Right on, Geri!
http://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-seems-skeptical-over-public-
union-fees-414194
Sent from my iPhone
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From: Thomas Snyder
To: FLONYC; Roxanne John; Jonathan Rosen; jfdc; Nick Baldick; David Kieve; Ross Offinger; Emma Mw; PhilWalzak
( Dom Williams; Gabrielle Fialkoff; Nathan Smith; agreenberg@gqrr.com
Subject: Calendar 2016
Attachments: Draft Year Calendar 2016.doc
Attached is final draft 2016 calendar. Very few of you have added any items. We
really need to get this right so please take one hard look and send me additions
before I forward to Mayor.
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From: Geri Prado
To: B; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas; Wolfe, Emma; Hagelgans, Andrea; Zuniga, Andrea
Cc: jfdc
Subject: Fwd: [progressive-messaging] Friedrichs Opinion Piece- Amplification Request
The large group meeting (unions and progressive groups) were appreciative of the
work you've done on Friedrichs.
I wanted to pass along this article that came out today.
From: Kate Snyder <kate@snyderstrategies.com>

To: progressive-messaging@googlegroups.com
Subject: [progressive-messaging] Friedrichs Opinion Piece-
Amplification Request

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/opinion/scalias-putsch-at-the-supreme-
court.html
This opinion piece by Linda Greenhouse hits on some important lines of argument.
Please amplify.
K
The Opinion Pages | CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER
Scalia’s Putsch at the Supreme Court
48 COMMENTS
Linda Greenhouse JAN. 21, 2016
IN his vitriolic dissent last June from the Supreme
Court’s same-sex marriage decision, Justice Antonin
Scalia accused the majority of having carried out a
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“judicial putsch.” Justice Scalia should know. He and
his four conservative colleagues were then in the
process of executing one themselves.
On June 30, four days after handing down the

marriage decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, the court
announced that it would hear a major challenge to the
future of public-employee labor unions. That
case,Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, was
argued last week. As was widely reported, the outcome
appears foreordained: the court will vote 5 to 4 to
overturn a precedent that for 39 years has permitted
public-employee unions to charge nonmembers a
“fair-share” fee representing the portion of union dues
that go to representing all employees in collective
bargaining and grievance proceedings. As the exclusive
bargaining agent, a union has a legal duty to represent
everyone in the unit, whether members or not; the fee
addresses the problem of “free riders” and the
resentment engendered by those who accept the
union’s help while letting their fellow workers foot the
bill.
The stakes are obviously high for the millions of

workers and thousands of contracts covered by these
arrangements in the 23 states that now permit them. If
the court accepts the argument that the mandatory
fees amount to compelled speech in violation of the
objecting employees’ First Amendment rights, public-
employee unions would forfeit hundreds of millions of
dollars in dues revenue. New York and 20 other states
filed a brief in support of California, which is
defending its fair-share system, to argue that these
provisions “are important to ensuring a stable
collective-bargaining partner with the wherewithal to
help devise workplace arrangements that promote
labor peace.”
I want to focus here, however, not on the implications

the Friedrichs case holds for the public workplace, but
on what it means for the Supreme Court. Actually, I
couldn’t express my concern better than Justice
Stephen G. Breyer did last week when he questioned
Michael A. Carvin, the lawyer for the 10 California
teachers who are challenging the state’s labor law.
Justice Breyer was referring to the compromise at the
heart of the 1977 precedent, Abood v. Detroit Board of
Education, that Mr. Carvin was asking the court to
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overrule. The court in that case upheld the
constitutionality of the fair-share fee as long as it was
limited to the union’s collective-bargaining expenses
and did not subsidize the union’s political or other
“nonchargeable” activities.
“What is it, in your mind,” Justice Breyer asked Mr.

Carvin, “that you can say from the point of view of this
court’s role in this society in that if — of course, we can
overrule a compromise that was worked out over 40
years and has lasted reasonably well …” The justice
ruminated for a moment on his own practice of filing
dissenting opinions, and then returned to his point:
“You start overruling things, what happens to the
country thinking of us as a kind of stability in a world
that is tough because it changes a lot?”
Indeed. Exactly seven years ago, in a public-employee

labor case from Maine, Justice Breyer wrote an
opinion that cited the Abood decision and included
this sentence: “The First Amendment permits the
government to require both public sector and private
sector employees who do not wish to join a union
designated as the exclusive collective-bargaining
representative at their unit of employment to pay that
union a service fee as a condition of their continued
employment.”
The opinion continued: “The court has determined

that the First Amendment burdens accompanying the
payment requirement are justified by the government’s
interest in preventing free riding by nonmembers who
benefit from the union’s collective bargaining activities
and in maintaining peaceful labor relations.”
The case was Locke v. Karass. The decision was

unanimous.
What changed since 2009? How could the court go

from unquestioning acceptance of a long-lived
precedent to a situation in which all that remains in
doubt is whether that same precedent will be
overturned in early June or late June? In the answer
to that question lie some disturbing observations
about the Roberts court.
It’s no secret that in recent years, major segments of

the Republican Party have declared open season on
public employee unions — selectively, of course. Police
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unions and correctional officers’ unions, which have
stood in the way of reform-minded policy initiatives in
states and cities across the country, have been exempt
as targets. Conservative and Tea Party ire has instead
been focused on teachers’ unions. It’s not an
accident that when Mr. Carvin (a leading figure behind
the two failed challenges to the Affordable Care Act)
and the right-wing foundations supporting his lawsuit
set out to recruit plaintiffs, they looked for teachers
and not prison guards.
Reading the transcript of last week’s argument, I felt

as though I had stumbled into the inner sanctum
of Wisconsin’s union-busting governor, Scott Walker.
Both Justice Scalia and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
suggested that when it comes to public employment,
there can be no real distinction between a union’s
workplace activities and its political activities.
“The problem is that everything that is collectively

bargained with the government is within the political
sphere, almost by definition,” Justice Scalia said,
addressing Edward C. Dumont, California’s solicitor
general.
Justice Kennedy elaborated at length: “It’s almost

axiomatic. When you are dealing with a governmental
agency, many critical points are matters of public
concern. And is it not true that many teachers
strongly, strongly disagree with the union position on
teacher tenure, on merit pay, on merit promotion, on
classroom size?” He continued: “The term is ‘free
rider.’ The union basically is making these teachers
‘compelled riders’ for issues on which they strongly
disagree.”
That’s about as unconstrained and revealing a rant as

I’ve heard from the Supreme Court bench. It happens
also to be based on some false premises. California
labor law does not in fact permit collective bargaining
over teacher tenure or standards for termination or
budget-driven layoffs. I’m no expert on California
labor law; I read it in the union’s brief. But the details
hardly matter. What matters is the glaring anti-union
animus and the obvious fact that if everything a public
employee union does is deemed political, the Abood
compromise, based on a distinction between
collective-bargaining activities and everything else,
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necessarily collapses.
And what exactly is it about the California teachers

union’s activities that the plaintiffs find objectionable?
Impossible to say. The initial complaint referred only
to their dislike of “many of the union’s public policy
positions, including positions taken in collective
bargaining,” but the plaintiffs refused to be more
specific or to cooperate with the union in developing
an evidentiary record. Instead, the plaintiffs under Mr.
Carvin’s direction sought to lose the case as quickly as
possible, to speed it on its way to the Supreme Court.
They asked the Federal District Court to rule against
them, which it did, and they then asked the United
States Court of Appeals to affirm that negative
judgment, which it promptly did in a two-page
summary opinion, observing that the outcome was
“governed by controlling Supreme Court and Ninth
Circuit precedent.”
To call this litigation pathway unusual is an

understatement. But it was hardly a shot in the dark.
In majority opinions in 2012 and again in 2014,
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. — yes, the same Justice
Alito who signed Justice Breyer’s opinion back in 2009
— suggested that he was ready and willing to revisit
the Abood precedent. In the more recent case, Harris
v. Quinn, he called Abood “troubling” and
“questionable on several grounds.” But neither of those
two cases offered a target for a direct hit. The current
case was manufactured to serve that role.
If the political atmosphere surrounding public

employee unions has changed, so has the court’s vision
of the role of the First Amendment. The court issued
the Citizens United decision, with its embrace of a
First Amendment right to unlimited corporate (and
union) political spending, a year to the day after
Justice Breyer’s opinion in the Maine labor case. In the
intervening six years, the Roberts court has waved the
First Amendment banner ever higher to undermine
long-accepted governmental regulatory authority. Not
too long ago, it was federalism — states’ rights — that
seemed to energize conservatives on the Supreme
Court. The Abood regime is in fact more than
respectful of states’ rights: states are enabled but not
required to adopt a fair-share fee system, and 22 states
have chosen against it. But federalism can’t save the
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unions from the ever more powerful First Amendment.
So what we have here are the majority’s policy

preferences conveniently clad in First Amendment
armor. But even the best armor is vulnerable, and as
the court strides recklessly into a danger zone, I’m left
with Justice Breyer’s question: What’s the country to
think?

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From: B
Cc: jfdc; Geri
Excellent. Thanks
From: Kayla Arslanian
To: Bill de Blasio
Cc: John Del Cecato
Cc: Geri Prado
Sent: Jan 21, 2016 6:51 PM
Sir -
Aiming to set this call up for tmrw AM during the block of call time.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:26 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> Make sure I call him to thank pls
>
> From: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:06:27
> To: Geri Prado<geri@progressiveagenda.us>; Bill de Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> Subject: Re: Thank you
>
> Woot woot
>
>> On 1/21/16, 9:55 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>>> Subject: Thank you
>>> Date: January 21, 2016 at 9:50:32 AM EST
>>> To: Marc Perrone <mperrone@ufcw.org>, sapplebaum@ufcw.org, Ademola
>>> Oyefeso <aoyefeso@ufcw.org>
>>>
>>> President Perrone, Vice President Applebaum, Ademola:
>>>
>>> We received the contribution from UFCW for 2016. I want to say thank
>>> you for the support, your belief in us as we start out this venture.
>>>
>>> Ademola and I have discussed the ways we can work together on getting
>>> workers¹ stories to drive an important narrative around inequality.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or just would
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>>> like general progress check ins.
>>>
>>> Lastly, your idea around convening Mayors and labor is one we briefly
>>> discussed and could start planning for next quarter. Ademola and I can
>>> discuss the best way to accomplish the various goals.
>>>
>>> Thank you again
>>>
>>> In Solidarity,
>>>
>>> Geri Prado
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B; jfdc; Walzak, Phil
Subject: Fwd: Shared from Twitter: America the Unfair? - NYTimes.com
America the Unfair?
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders don’t agree on much. Nor do the Black Lives
Matter movement, the Occupy Wall Street protests and the armed ranchers who
seized public lands in Oregon. But in the insurgent presidential campaigns and in
social activism across the spectrum, a common thread is people angry at the way
this country is no longer working for many ordinary citizens.
And they’re right: The system is often fundamentally unfair, and ordinary voices are
often unheard.
It’s easy (and appropriate!) to roll one’s eyes at Trump, for a demagogic tycoon is
not the natural leader of a revolution of the disenfranchised. But the populist
frustration is understandable. One of the most remarkable political science studies in
recent years upended everything rosy we learned in civics classes.
Martin Gilens of Princeton University and Benjamin I. Page of Northwestern

University found that in policy-making, views of ordinary citizens essentially don’t
matter. They examined 1,779 policy issues and found that attitudes of wealthy
people and of business groups mattered a great deal to the final outcome — but
that preferences of average citizens were almost irrelevant.
“In the United States, our findings indicate, the majority does not rule,” they
concluded. “Majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the
policies our government adopts.”
One reason is that our political system is increasingly driven by money: Tycoons
can’t quite buy politicians, but they can lease them. Elected officials are hamsters on
a wheel, always desperately raising money for the next election. And the donors
who matter most are a small group; just 158 families and the companies they
control donated almost half the money for the early stages of the presidential
campaign.
That in turn is why the tax code is full of loopholes that benefit the wealthy. This is
why you get accelerated depreciation for buying a private plane. It’s why the
wealthiest 400 American taxpayers (all with income of more than $100 million)
ended up paying an average federal tax rate of less than 23 percent for 2013,
and less than 17 percent the year before.
Conversely, it’s why the mostly black children in Flint, Mich., have been poisoned by
lead coming out of the tap: As Hillary Clinton noted Sunday in the Democratic
debate, this wouldn’t have happened in an affluent white suburb. Lead poisoning
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permanently impairs brain development, but it’s not confined to Flint. Some 535,000
children across the country suffer lead poisoning, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Those kids never have a chance — not just because of the lead, but also because
they don’t matter to the American political system. American politicians are too busy
chasing campaign donors to help them.
There are solutions — more about that in a moment — but a starting point is to
recognize that this public mood of impotence and unfairness is rooted in something
real. Median wages have stalled or dropped. Mortality rates for young white
adults are rising, partly because so many self-medicate with painkillers or heroin.
Blacks have been protected from this phenomenon by another unfairness: Studies
indicate that doctors discriminate against black patients and are less likely to
prescribe them painkillers.
America’s political and economic inequalities feed each other. The richest 1 percent
in the U.S. now own substantially more wealth than the bottom 90 percent.
Solutions are complex, imperfect and uncertain, but the biggest problem is not a
lack of tools but a lack of will. A basic step to equalize opportunity would be to
invest in education for disadvantaged children as the civil rights issue of the
21st century.
“I think any candidate seriously aiming to reduce inequality would have a mild
increase in tax on the rich to fund higher school spending,” says Nicholas Bloom, a
Stanford expert on inequality. I would add that investments in education should
begin early, with high-quality prekindergarten for at-risk children.
We also need political solutions to repair our democracy so that ordinary citizens
count along with the affluent. “There is no magic bullet that will set things right, but
meaningful campaign finance reform must be at the center of a reform agenda,”
Gilens says. “States and cities are leading the way. Arizona, Maine and Connecticut
have had statewide, publicly funded ‘clean election’ systems for some time with
varying degrees of success.”
One step toward transparency: President Obama could require federal contractors to

disclose political contributions.
Right now, the bitterness at America’s grass roots is often channeled in ways that
are divisive and destructive: at immigrants, say, or at Muslims. The challenge will be
to leverage the populist frustration into constructive postelection policy. But it has
been done before.
“Reforms were adopted in the first Gilded Age, an era similarly plagued by
government dysfunction, political corruption and enormous economic inequality,”
Gilens notes. “Perhaps they will be again.” For the sake of our country, let’s work for
an encore.
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To: Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan; Caquias, Paula; jfdc
Subject: RE: MBDB: TPAC Call Time
Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 9:38:41 AM
This will begin at 1030am
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 9:40 AM
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan; Caquias, Paula;
jfdc
Subject: MBDB: TPAC Call Time
When: Friday, January 22, 2016 10:30 AM-12:30 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Where: 15 Maiden Lane, 11th floor
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Cc: jfdc; Geri
Subject: Re: Calls Today
Date: Friday, January 22, 2016 10:09:14 AM
Roger that
Sent while mobile.
> On Jan 22, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Arslanian, Kayla <KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Mayor off. Plus Cat who is staffing him today.
>
> Do we have a number for Mayor to reach Marc Perrone on? We shld definitely make this call today.
Cat, I deem you keeper of this flame.
>
> And cld someone pls send the call sheets to my gmail? - tx.
>
>
>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:26 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Make sure I call him to thank pls
>>
>> From: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:06:27
>> To: Geri Prado<geri@progressiveagenda.us>; Bill de Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>> Subject: Re: Thank you
>>
>> Woot woot
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>>>> Subject: Thank you
>>>> Date: January 21, 2016 at 9:50:32 AM EST
>>>> To: Marc Perrone <mperrone@ufcw.org>, sapplebaum@ufcw.org, Ademola
>>>> Oyefeso <aoyefeso@ufcw.org>
>>>>
>>>> President Perrone, Vice President Applebaum, Ademola:
>>>>
>>>> We received the contribution from UFCW for 2016. I want to say thank
>>>> you for the support, your belief in us as we start out this venture.
>>>>
>>>> Ademola and I have discussed the ways we can work together on getting
>>>> workers¹ stories to drive an important narrative around inequality.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or just would
>>>> like general progress check ins.
>>>>
>>>> Lastly, your idea around convening Mayors and labor is one we briefly
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>>>> discussed and could start planning for next quarter. Ademola and I can
>>>> discuss the best way to accomplish the various goals.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you again
>>>>
>>>> In Solidarity,
>>>>
>>>> Geri Prado
>>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Snyder, Thomas; jfdc
does this help: TOTAL SPENT ON TPAC (NB helped me out here on pre-my date):
Paid for 2015:

UNITE HERE $200,000
C41NY: $280,000 (excluding UNITE transfer, and noting that this includes significant OSI
funds)
FOR 2016:
AFSCME + UFCW $250,000
Total: $730,000
>
>
> Guys, I need a clearer answer here. I count 4 major sources. Let's do it this way. How much have
they given combined since Day One of TPA and how much of that was spent. Irrelevant to me which
committee it went to if it was/is being used for TPA. Pls clarify today
>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:46:44
> To: Snyder, Thomas<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> Cc: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; jfdc<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: Thank you
>
> That went into CONY.
>
>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Plus 200K from UNITE HERE.
>>
>>>
>>> UFCW and AFSCME total 275k. 250 in the bank.
>>>
>>> OSI paid for 2015 contracts and that was 250k that came in through
>>> transfer.
>>>
>>>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:28 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So how much has come in total between OSI + UniteHere + AFSCME + UFCW??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
>>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:06:27
>>>> To: Geri Prado<geri@progressiveagenda.us>; Bill de
>>>> Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>>> Subject: Re: Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Woot woot
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>>>>
>>>>> On 1/21/16, 9:55 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>>>>>> Subject: Thank you
>>>>>> Date: January 21, 2016 at 9:50:32 AM EST
>>>>>> To: Marc Perrone <mperrone@ufcw.org>, sapplebaum@ufcw.org, Ademola
>>>>>> Oyefeso <aoyefeso@ufcw.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> President Perrone, Vice President Applebaum, Ademola:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We received the contribution from UFCW for 2016. I want to say thank
>>>>>> you for the support, your belief in us as we start out this venture.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ademola and I have discussed the ways we can work together on getting
>>>>>> workers¹ stories to drive an important narrative around inequality.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or just
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> like general progress check ins.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lastly, your idea around convening Mayors and labor is one we briefly
>>>>>> discussed and could start planning for next quarter. Ademola and I can
>>>>>> discuss the best way to accomplish the various goals.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you again
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Solidarity,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geri Prado
>>>>
>>>> <winmail.dat>
>>
>> <winmail.dat>
> <winmail.dat>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: jfdc; FLONYC; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Jeff Furman- Board chair, Ben and Jerry"s
there are two kinds of people in this world: pro-cherry and anti-cherry apparently

>
>
> That's great news! Congrats! And I definitely want to meet him/them. As for JDC's idea, somehow I
don't think it will be a big seller...
>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:29:36
> To: Bill de Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> Cc: John Del Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
> Subject: Jeff Furman- Board chair, Ben and Jerry's
>
> I don’t know if I told you this but he had signed on to be on the Advisory council. He and I will be
meeting in NYC and I’d like to see if we could get you, Ben and Jerry to sit down at some point. They
are big surrogates for Bernie but are all about voting rights, democracy issues and inequality.
>
> New ice cream coming out: Empower-Mint
>
> JDC- I gave him your idea for Cherried Interest Loophole<winmail.dat>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: jfdc; Snyder, Thomas; FLONYC
Subject: Re: Quick update for TPAC 1/22
Will do!

>
>
> Excellent report! Well done. Pls cc Chirlane and Tom on these progress reports
>
>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:33:12
> To: Bill de Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> Cc: John Del Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
> Subject: Quick update for TPAC 1/22
>
> Things that are happening:
>
> War Room
>
> - We’re amplifying the Flint issue and how the community is hurting based on inequitable “cost
cutting” choices
> - We are going to push out press, social media around the anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act
along with SiX dropping bills in several state legislatures around the country for equal pay- NEXT WEEK
> - Progress Iowa- JDC advocated rightly to help them out with their war room dedicated to economic
messaging on the ground in Iowa
> - Jeff Furman (Ben and Jerry’s chair) invited us to join the week of action in DC April 16-18 around
voting rights. We are also going to discuss private sector/business leader organizing for influencers and
hopefully getting Ben Cohen on board
>
> Echo chamber/Cities best work
>
> - I have talked to Peduto/Hodges staff and reached out to Whaley and Murray to discuss highlighting
their cities. We’re likely to start with Dayton if Whaley agrees. This means soliciting personal stories and
highlighting the policy work.
> - we are looking to “crowdsource” ideas (with the Mayors’ consent) where we ask people about their
anxieties but also what they would ask of their elected leaders.
> - this launches the personal story line AND highlights as cities getting things done because of
innovative, progressive mayors
> this will be what we launch in March under Progressive America
>
>
> <winmail.dat>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B
tom asked a clarifying question and I realize I had made a mistake. See below and a note about the rest
of UFCW’s money.
>
>
> For 2015:
> UNITE HERE $200,000
> C41NY: $280,000 (excluding UNITE transfer, and noting that this includes significant OSI
funds)
>
> FOR 2016:
> AFSCME + UFCW $275,000
>
> Total: $730,000
UFCW 2017- $125,000
that would be a total RAISED of $855,000. To date spent: $505,000 (May 2015-December 2015), on
hand $250,000.
>> On Jan 22, 2016, at 12:49 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>>
>>
>> Guys, I need a clearer answer here. I count 4 major sources. Let's do it this way. How much have
they given combined since Day One of TPA and how much of that was spent. Irrelevant to me which
committee it went to if it was/is being used for TPA. Pls clarify today
>>
>> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:46:44
>> To: Snyder, Thomas<TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>> Cc: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>; jfdc<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
>> Subject: Re: Thank you
>>
>> That went into CONY.
>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>> Plus 200K from UNITE HERE.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> UFCW and AFSCME total 275k. 250 in the bank.
>>>>
>>>> OSI paid for 2015 contracts and that was 250k that came in through
>>>> transfer.
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:28 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So how much has come in total between OSI + UniteHere + AFSCME + UFCW??
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> From: John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:06:27
>>>>> To: Geri Prado<geri@progressiveagenda.us>; Bill de
>>>>> Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> Woot woot
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/21/16, 9:55 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>>>>>>> Subject: Thank you
>>>>>>> Date: January 21, 2016 at 9:50:32 AM EST
>>>>>>> To: Marc Perrone <mperrone@ufcw.org>, sapplebaum@ufcw.org, Ademola
>>>>>>> Oyefeso <aoyefeso@ufcw.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> President Perrone, Vice President Applebaum, Ademola:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We received the contribution from UFCW for 2016. I want to say thank
>>>>>>> you for the support, your belief in us as we start out this venture.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ademola and I have discussed the ways we can work together on getting
>>>>>>> workers¹ stories to drive an important narrative around inequality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or just
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> like general progress check ins.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lastly, your idea around convening Mayors and labor is one we briefly
>>>>>>> discussed and could start planning for next quarter. Ademola and I can
>>>>>>> discuss the best way to accomplish the various goals.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you again
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In Solidarity,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geri Prado
>>>>>
>>>>> <winmail.dat>
>>>
>>> <winmail.dat>
>> <winmail.dat>
>
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To: B
Following up on Morris Pearl.
Yes, we sent him materials on TPAC, as promised.
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To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; jfdc; Glen, Alicia; Buery, Richard; Confer, Alexis; Arslanian, Kayla;
Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Blumm, Kate; Adams Baker, Marti; Bruch, Mary; Cutler, Dorothy; Patchett, James;
Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Da Costa, Ricky; Almonte, Catherine; Jonathan Rosen; Williams,
Dominic; Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Bennett, Rob; Griffith, Chantell; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Snyder, Thomas;
Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Wolfe, Emma; Shorris, Anthony; Seignious, Sandy; Tarlow, Mindy
We are delayed.
To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Walzak, Phil; jfdc; Glen, Alicia; Buery, Richard; Confer, Alexis; Arslanian,
Kayla; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Blumm, Kate; Viguers, Jonathan; Adams Baker, Marti; Bruch, Mary;
Cutler, Dorothy; Patchett, James; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Da Costa, Ricky; Almonte,
Catherine; Jonathan Rosen; Williams, Dominic; Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Bennett, Rob; Griffith,
Chantell; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Snyder, Thomas; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Wolfe, Emma; Shorris, Anthony;
Seignious, Sandy; Tarlow, Mindy
When: Friday, January 22, 2016 5:30 PM-7:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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From: Geri Prado
To: Thomas Snyder
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Kayla Arslanian; jfdc; Addy Rummel
Subject: Re: Call time Tonight
THANKS

wrote:
We'll know by 11am to confirm or not.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Geri Prado

Hey all:
Addy is working on calls and is point for the 7:30-9pm call time. A few
questions given the weather (so let us know if this isn’t happening
understandably).
1. Are we still on for call time and is that still the current time you think
we’ll have?
2. I don’t think we’ll be able to staff but we’re looking at 2-3 MAX
timed calls. Is there a way for him to call Addy before he gets started
and walk through who these folks are in addition to us giving the call
sheets?
3. Anything else you need from us besides confirms on who?
Thanks and hope the weather isn’t too rough on you. gp
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From: The Office of Mayor de Blasio
To: jfdc
Subject: REMINDER: You are cordially invited to the 2016 State of the City Address
The Mayor of the City of New York
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Bill de Blasio
cordially invites you to the
2016 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Doors open at 6:00 PM

Program begins promptly at 7:00 PM
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Concert Hall
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx
RSVP by Friday, January 29, 2016

(212) 788-2569 or
email: invitation@cityhall.nyc.gov
Space is limited
Seating is on first come first serve basis.
THIS INVITATION IS NON-TRANSFERABLE.
Yes, I am attending
No, I will not attend
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Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Adams Baker, Marti; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe,
Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan,
Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian,
Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Confer, Alexis; Bennett, Rob; Patchett, James
Please gather
Shorris, Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Adams Baker, Marti; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Tarlow,
Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil;
Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery,
Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan; Confer, Alexis;
Bennett, Rob; Patchett, James
When: Monday, January 25, 2016 3:00 PM-4:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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To: Shorris, Anthony
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky; Griffith,
Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Adams Baker, Marti; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake
Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian, Kayla; Viguers,
Jonathan; Confer, Alexis; Bennett, Rob; Patchett, James
Moving meeting to the COW now. Sorry for all the back and forth.

From: Shorris, Anthony
To: Almonte, Catherine
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky;
Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Adams Baker, Marti; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe,
Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy;
Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler,
Dorothy; Arslanian, Kayla; Viguers, Jonathan; Confer, Alexis; Bennett, Rob; Patchett, James
Subject: Re: MBDB: SOTC Prep
Have a few Feds in here for another few minutes...
Anthony E. Shorris
First Deputy Mayor
City of New York
City Hall
New York, NY 10007
212-788-3191
On Jan 25, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Almonte, Catherine <CAlmonte@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
We are now meeting in the Governor’s Room. Please make your way up there.

_____________________________________________
To: jfdc; Jonathan Rosen; Blumm, Kate; Snyder, Thomas; Da Costa, Ricky; Shorris,
Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Adams Baker, Marti; Fialkoff, Gabrielle;
Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe, Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans,
Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB);
Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte,
Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan; Confer, Alexis; Bennett, Rob; Patchett, James

Call in # for those not in CH.

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10839
From: Wiley, Maya
To: Geri
Cc: B; jfdc; FLONYC; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Jeff Furman- Board chair, Ben and Jerry"s
Happy too if I can.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 25, 2016, at 8:12 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
> He is going to be in town on Monday. I am going to come up to meet with him and will check with
Tom and Prisca to see if there is time.
>
> Looping Maya in case she can attend as well.
>
>> On Jan 22, 2016, at 12:42 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> That's great news! Congrats! And I definitely want to meet him/them. As for JDC's idea, somehow I
don't think it will be a big seller...
>>
>> From: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>
>> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:29:36
>> To: Bill de Blasio<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>> Cc: John Del Cecato<jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
>> Subject: Jeff Furman- Board chair, Ben and Jerry's
>>
>> I don’t know if I told you this but he had signed on to be on the Advisory council. He and I will be
meeting in NYC and I’d like to see if we could get you, Ben and Jerry to sit down at some point. They
are big surrogates for Bernie but are all about voting rights, democracy issues and inequality.
>>
>> New ice cream coming out: Empower-Mint
>>
>> JDC- I gave him your idea for Cherried Interest Loophole
>> <winmail.dat>
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Anthony; Griffith, Chantell; Williams, Dominic; Adams Baker, Marti; Fialkoff, Gabrielle; Tarlow, Mindy; Wolfe,
Emma; Schnake Mahl, Gabriel; Schwartz, Regina; Hagelgans, Andrea; Walzak, Phil; Seignious, Sandy; Fuleihan,
Dean (OMB); Darlington, Mandy (OMB); Glen, Alicia; Bruch, Mary; Buery, Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian,
Kayla; Viguers, Jonathan; Confer, Alexis; Bennett, Rob; Patchett, James
Please gather
_____________________________________________
Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian, Kayla; Viguers, Jonathan; Confer, Alexis; Bennett, Rob; Patchett,
James
We are delayed
Richard; Cutler, Dorothy; Arslanian, Kayla; Almonte, Catherine; Viguers, Jonathan; Confer, Alexis;
Bennett, Rob; Patchett, James
When: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 2:30 PM-3:30 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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From: Geri Prado
To: B; FLONYC
Cc: jfdc; Tom Snyder
Subject: TPAC Equal Pay Graphics
Attachments: ProgressiveAmerica C1 LillyLedbetterAnniv SL FB1200x1200.png
ProgressiveAmerica C2 LillyLedbetterAnniv SL FB1200x1200.png
Not sure if you can see these graphics.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of Lily Ledbetter and SiX, with us and other large groups are working with
legislators to drop equal pay bills in key states.
We are pushing out these online through various means and pushing out press saying we need to go
further. We are helping with the communications plan.
Will send clips.
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10844
From: Geri Prado
To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: jfdc
Subject: Re: TPAC Equal Pay Graphics
It's going to be on all of our accounts which has our logo and names...
That's what the handles are...
What is the answer on the budget and fundraising?
> On Jan 28, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> Minus B and FLONYC
>
> Excellent graphics. Why no ³Progressive Agenda² named on the flyers?
>
>> On 1/28/16, 9:49 AM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>> Not sure if you can see these graphics.
>>
>> Tomorrow is the anniversary of Lily Ledbetter and SiX, with us and other
>> large groups are working with legislators to drop equal pay bills in key
>> states.
>>
>> We are pushing out these online through various means and pushing out
>> press saying we need to go further. We are helping with the
>> communications plan.
>>
>> Will send clips.
>>
>
> <winmail.dat>
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To: Geri; Spitalnick, Amy (OMB); jfdc
Subject: Final NextGen OpEd
Attachments: 50x30DraftOpEd CLEAN[1].docx
Here is the final Steyer/De Blasio piece.

Geri – Amy: please decide who tries to get this approved on Steyer end and placed in paper?
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10848
From: Hinton, Karen
To: B
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; jfdc; Kadushin, Peter; Arslanian, Kayla; Snyder, Thomas; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Subject: You change laws, not hearts - HRC
Before Hardball, thought you might want to take a quick look at today’s news on HRC/Sanders &
Trump/GOP debate --
HRC Article Excerpt/VOX/Ezra Klein
http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10858464/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-political-realism
What Clinton is relearning in the snows of Iowa and New Hampshire is that there's nothing audacious
about hope. Hope is the one commodity every voter wants to buy. It's pragmatism that you can't sell.
And Clinton is a political pragmatist — maybe even a political pessimist. In October, she met backstage
with representatives from the Black Lives Matter movement. The discussion was recorded — though it's
not clear if Clinton knew that at the time — and the result is a revealing look into her politics.
For the first 10 minutes, Clinton is polite, conciliatory, and careful. She both justifies and apologizes for her
tough-on-crime past, and she argues that caution is required by the political present. She tries to make
the activists feel heard without promising anything she can't deliver. She says she needs them to develop
solutions that she can sell and pass.
But the activists give no ground. "What you just said was a form of victim blaming," one of them replies.
"You were saying what the Black Lives
Matter movement needs to do to change white hearts is to talk about policy change."
At this, Clinton's demeanor changes. Real emotion breaks through. She interrupts her interlocutor and
raises her voice.
"I don’t believe you change hearts," she says. "I believe you change laws, you change allocation of
resources, you change the way systems operate. You’re not going to change every heart. You’re not."
This is Hillary Clinton's political philosophy in a nutshell.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
DES MOINES, IOWA - Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords will campaign with Hillary Clinton this
weekend, joining the Democratic frontrunner's army of surrogates making a final push in the Hawkeye
state before the caucuses on Monday.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Bernie Sanders at a Crossroads: Attack Hillary Clinton or Stay Positive?
MASON CITY, Iowa — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and his top advisers returned to Iowa on
Wednesday evening having confronted a decision that will have lasting consequences for his presidential
campaign and his political image: whether to open a new, tougher line of advertising against his
rival Hillary Clinton in the closing days of the race for Iowa.
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The senator has prided himself on running an inspiring, issue-oriented campaign, and he says often that he
is not interested in tearing down Mrs. Clinton.
But the decision he is now grappling with echoes questions voiced by his supporters as Mr. Sanders finds
himself in striking distance of Mrs. Clinton in Iowa: Does he have the stomach to directly attack and
potentially defeat her, or will he be satisfied having injected important issues into the race and preserved
his reputation for eschewing negative campaigning?
The Sanders campaign made a major purchase of television time in Iowa that began Wednesday and
continues until the caucuses. The campaign’s ad makers have prepared two sets of commercials: One
continues the feel-good tone of “America,” the campaign’s popular 60-second spot, which shows farmers,
children, dancing older couples and families cheering for Mr. Sanders, to the sound of Simon and
Garfunkel’s 1960s folk anthem of the same name.
The other takes aim at a central vulnerability of Mrs. Clinton, her Wall Street ties, by contrasting Mr.
Sanders’s vision for overhauling the financial industry with Mrs. Clinton’s.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
WSJ --
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s campaign has agreed in principle to her chief rival Bernie
Sanders‘s request for additional debates — paving the way for a possible Democratic forum next week in
advance of the New Hampshire primary.
The New Hampshire Union Leader and MSNBC have proposed holding a debate on Feb. 4, just days before
the New Hampshire primary. That debate is not approved by the Democratic National Committee, which
has only officially sanctioned six events and has threatened to exclude candidates from future debates if
they participate in unsanctioned forums.
________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hill
Six months after it began, the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server shows no
signs of slowing down.
Former FBI officials said the length of the probe is not unusual and speculated that a decision on whether
to file charges against Clinton or her top aides could come later this year, during the heat of the general
election campaign.
“I don’t know that there’s any magical cutoff date,” said Ron Hosko, the FBI’s former assistant director of
the criminal investigative division and a 30-year veteran of the bureau.
For Democrats, the extended investigation has become a source of some anxiety, with Republicans
gleefully raising the prospect of the Democratic presidential front-runner being indicted.
“It does give pause to Democrats who are concerned that there may be another shoe to drop down the
road,” said Andrew Smith, a political science professor at the University of New Hampshire.
________________________________________________________________________________________
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Hillary Clinton’s Crucible
Charles M. Blow/Excerpts/JAN. 28, 2016
Monday night’s presidential town hall provided the best format and platform yet for the Democratic
candidates. Each was able to play to his or her strengths without the back-and-forth conflict-baiting that
debate moderators seem to demand.
Even so, Hillary Clinton stood out.
Not only did she seem completely at ease in this environment, but she was also confident and wide-
ranging in her answers, delivering many in an assertive tone that was one tick below yelling, and displaying
a depth and breadth of knowledge that few can match.
She was at the top of her game.
She had to be. Senator Bernie Sanders is breathing down her neck in Iowa with a message that’s
increasingly popular among dissatisfied liberals and that she hasn’t been able to counter sufficiently.
Furthermore, at the previous debate, she made a huge tactical error by attacking Sanders’s motives and
integrity, a move that made her appear smaller, desperate and hostile.
At the town hall, Clinton’s back was against the wall, and she performed brilliantly. Indeed, that seems to
be when she gives her best performances — when her back is against the wall. But she is often in that
position because of her own doing, her own lapses in judgment, her own miscalculations.
It is an odd, cyclical exercise to continue to praise her for climbing out of holes she digs for herself. There
almost seems to be a self-destructive, self-defeating impulse at play, a need to be perpetually down so
that she can perpetually fight her way back up, a sort of crisis dependency.
Then there is the strange reality that the ritual of her fighting her way back, even with strong showings like
Monday’s, can take on air of disingenuousness in and of itself.
The cynical read is that these command performances are calculated, the maneuvering of a purely political
being with a gift for guile.
That assessment isn’t particularly fair, but it is quite real. I believe it happens in part because there can be
an animatronic plasticity present in her comportment and conveyance that raises questions of ambition
versus authenticity. She is hands down the most broadly qualified and experienced among the candidates.
But there remains an intangible quality that eludes her: connectivity. Even many people who admire her
simply don’t trust her.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Washington Post -- Sanders Unloads On Washington Post
DES MOINES — Move over, Donald Trump. Stand aside, Fox News. There's a new feud underway between
a presidential candidate and a news media organization — this one between a Democratic presidential
candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and the editorial page of this newspaper.
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The first volley was the editorial, posted late Wednesday online and in Thursday's print edition, headlined:
"A campaign full of fiction." The print edition sub-headline contended, "Sen. Sanders is not a brave truth-
teller. He's just telling progressives what they want to hear."
It got even rougher from there. The senator from Vermont is making "fantastical claims about how he
would make the European social model work in the United States," ignoring the fact that Wall Street
reforms since the financial collapse are "significantly reducing the risks big banks pose," and distorting the
fiscal implications of his proposals, the editorial argued.
At a breakfast with reporters here Thursday that was sponsored by Bloomberg Politics, Sanders fired back
— again and again and again.
"That's not a new argument. We've been hearing that months and months, and that's in a sense what this
campaign is about," Sanders said in response to a request for his reaction to the editorial. "People are
telling us, whether it's the Washington Post editorial board or anybody else, our ideas are too ambitious —
can't happen. Too bold — really? Well, here's something which is really bold. In the last 30 years, there
has been a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class and working families of this country. The
middle class has become poorer and trillions of dollars have been transferred to the top one-tenth of 1
percent."
"That's pretty radical, isn't it?" Sanders said. "Where was The Washington Post to express concern that the
middle class was shrinking?"
Sanders was just warming up. "Where was The Washington Post talking about this radical transformation
of America?" he demanded, then proceeding to go on for nearly four minutes in his rebuttal.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Here’s How Much Bernie Sanders Would Raise Taxes
Time Magazine
"It's a very, very, very big tax increase for everyone except those at the bottom."
Ever since Walter Mondale lost the 1984 election by a landslide after saying he would raise taxes, the
conventional wisdom has been that it was the worst thing a presidential candidate could say. Bernie
Sanders doesn’t buy that.
“We will raise taxes,” the Vermont Senator told a crowd at the CNN Democratic town hall this week. “Yes,
we will.”
Sanders, who is neck-and-neck with Hillary Clinton in Iowa and leading New Hampshire, has proposed an
array of ambitious new government programs, from free college tuition and paid family leave to universal
health care, and recently dropped a new tax plan explaining how he’d pay for it all.
The upshot?
“It’s a very, very, very big tax increase for everyone except those at the bottom,” Roberton Williams, a
fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, told TIME.
In an analysis released today, the Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy research organization, found
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that Sanders’ plan would lead to 10.56% lower after-tax income for all taxpayers, and a 17.91% lower
after-tax income for the wealthiest Americans.
“When accounting for reduced GDP, after-tax incomes of all taxpayers would fall by at least 12.84
percent,” the report said.
________________________________________________________________________________________
What to Look For in a Republican Debate Without Donald Trump
Comments by NEW YORK TIMES reporters/JAN. 28, 2016
I’ll be curious to see who will take the brunt of the attacks, Ted Cruz or Mr. Trump. Mr. Cruz can be
expected to target Mr. Trump, regardless of whether he is present. But which of the two leaders in Iowa
the rest of the field chooses to focus on could go a long way in telling us who they think is in the stronger
position going into the final weekend before Iowa.
— Jonathan Martin
Mr. Trump will not be the only target of Republicans who is not on the debate stage on Thursday. All of
the candidates will be auditioning to prove that they are best suited to take on Hillary Clinton.
The last thing she needs four days before the caucuses is a stage full of Republicans criticizing her and
drawing unfavorable contrasts for Democrats and independents. On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton joked that
being targeted by Republicans was “perversely flattering.”
— Amy Chozick
Mr. Cruz took on all comers as a college-debate champion. But can he outfox an invisible man? If Mr.
Trump goes through with his pledge to skip the debate, look for Mr. Cruz to make the evening a
referendum on his choice, making the case again and again that Mr. Trump has shown disrespect to the
Iowans whose votes he is seeking.
— Matt Flegenheimer
I will be paying close attention to a man on the stage who is not known for his debating skills: Jeb Bush. If
Mr. Bush hopes to get a second look from voters (in Iowa but also New Hampshire), he could use a
breakout moment.
Mr. Bush has shown that he is comfortable attacking Mr. Trump, but if the billionaire businessman
boycotts the debate, as promised, it is unclear whether Mr. Bush will be as comfortable, or capable, of
delivering a blow to his other rivals.
— Ashley Parker
Does Mr. Kasich still get a free pass?
The Ohio governor has drawn scant criticism from his opponents so far, with the occasional exception of
Mr. Trump. But Mr. Kasich’s polling numbers have risen lately in New Hampshire, where he has insistently
wooed more moderate Republican voters. With a tight race there among the establishment-friendly
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candidates, rivals like Mr. Christie and Mr. Rubio may not allow Mr. Kasich to deliver his message again
unchallenged.
— Alexander Burns
Karen Hinton
Press Secretary
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From: Geri Prado
To: jfdc; Tom Snyder
Subject: version 2- mayors handout, summary. take a look
Date: Monday, February 01, 2016 8:53:54 AM
Attachments: Mayors TPAC lit piece v2.docx
Memo MBDB re PA plan v2 (2-1-16).docx
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The Progressive Agenda Committee addresses economic inequality head-on by empowering people across
America to tell their stories and unite to advance concrete policy solutions to level the playing field.
Who we are: In May, 2015 a committed groups of elected leaders, entertainers, authors, academics and
community leaders came together to demand that economic inequality become the central issue of the
presidential campaign and eventually, the presidency. We are turning the movement of those individuals and
leaders who have signed on and building an organization that will focus solely on economic inequality.
Our principles:
Those at the top have waged a long-term campaign to manipulate the system in their favor, leading to
unhealthy and damaging levels of economic inequality. We believe we must now re-write the rules of the
economy with policies that level the playing field for all:
We believe America’s economic and political rules need to be rewritten to reflect these principles with
examples of specific policies:
1. Working people earn enough money to support their families.
 Raise the federal minimum wage, so that it reaches $15/hour, while indexing it to inflation.
 Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and protect and expand Social Security.
2. Corporate executives and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, and do not have an outsized voice
in the political process.
 Closed the Carried Interest Loophole
 Implements the “Buffett Rule”
 Close the CEO tax loophole that allows corporations to take advantage of “performance pay”
write-offs.
 End tax breaks for companies that send American jobs overseas and oppose deals that hand
more power to corporations at the expense of jobs, workers’ rights and the environment
3. Working people are able to care for their loved ones and keep their jobs, and not have to make a
choice between one or the other.
 Pass national paid sick leave.
 Paid family leave
4. Working people are able to organize and advocate for themselves to counter the power of corporate
executives and the wealthy.
 Reform the National Labor Relations Act, to enhance workers’ right to organize and rebuild the
middle class.
 Pass comprehensive immigration reform to grow the economy and protect against exploitation
of low-wage workers.
5. The playing field is fundamentally leveled to allow everyone in America to have a fair shot to get ahead
from the beginning and to invest in programs that strengthen our communities
 Make Pre-K, after-school programs and childcare universal.
 Allow students to refinance student loan debt to take advantage of lower interest rates, and
support debt-free college.
 Invest in schools, not jails-- and give a second chance to those coming home from prison.
 Increase access to democracy through voting rights, limiting money in politics and
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The political and economic changes needed to make these principles reality would disproportionately help
women, communities of color, and millennials. This is not by chance. The American population is rapidly
changing and we must act now to ensure everyone is able to participate in our democracy and our economy.
We want to work closely with Mayors to turn policy goals into action:
• Driving a narrative to demand change, aimed at the policy makers who matter
• Using cities as examples of progress and pushing success stories out through digital
and earned media
• Personalizing the impacts of economic inequality to engage people and motivate them
to take action
Our press and digital operation will work with those who have committed to drive a narrative
around the principles in creative, attention grabbing ways with YOU, your constituents and
surrogates in the local, national and online media. For example a few who are have worked us
and are surrogates for the issue are:
- Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich
- Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City
- Congressman Raul Grijalva
- Mayor Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis
- Unite HERE Vice President of Immigration, former Los Angeles Federation
President Maria Elena Durazo
See a complete list of who has signed on here: www.progressiveagenda.us/signers
How can you get involved?

Mayors are trusted leaders and drivers of change with the power to make a real, tangible impact in their
communities. We would like to amplify YOUR success combatting income inequality and draw attention to the
needs of your constituents. We want to do more than just highlight the problem of inequality; we’re asking
you to help us share real solutions that are leveling the playing field on the local level.
Signing on to the Progressive Agenda Committee means:

1. Jointly signing emails to both your list and ours around key issues of inequality
2. Amplifying messages on your social media accounts
3. Participating in targeted press events, pre-approved by your team
4. Sharing work you are doing in your city for TPAC to highlight nationally
5. Lending your name to public supporter lists on our website and materials
For more information email info@progressiveagenda.us or call Geri Prado, Executive Director at (303) 809-
0449.
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ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY
TOPLINE SUMMARY
1. BUILD OUR AUDIENCE. Our FIRST mission is to list-build – getting VIPs and everyday
Americans from key media markets into a massive list. We’ll start by targeting a
handful of politically-powerful cities and mayors – like Des Moines, Pittsburgh, and
Dayton. We will also target celebrities, elites, and others with huge but non-traditional
followings (think Susan Sarandon, Lebron James, etc.)
2. BUILD OUR BRAND. We’ll do this through executing a war room, working over
reporters, and using social media. We’ll do it in two steps. First step: get people’s
stories about inequality in their lives. Second step: get people to identify how that
might change.
3. EXECUTE OUR CAMPAIGNS. Once we have our audience and our brand, we will launch
individual campaigns to enact change – like closing the carried interest loophole (and
many others). Done properly, we’ll have our foot-soldiers and our mission control
ready to send the message for change to key policy-makers.
Movement Goal: Advocate for and change policies that restore economic balance by targeting
policy makers with the power to make those changes.
Organizational Goal: Through building a large, inclusive list of supporters to amplify in the
press, digitally and in localities.
Mission (how we package what we do): Progressive America will address economic inequality
head on by empowering people across the country to tell their stories, engage with one
another and unite to advance concrete policy solutions to the level the playing field.
Our principles:
Those at the top have waged a long-term campaign to manipulate the system in their favor,
leading to unhealthy and damaging levels of economic inequality. We believe we must now re-
write the rules of the economy with policies that level the playing field for all:
We believe America’s economic and political rules need to be rewritten to reflect these
principles with examples of specific policies:
 Raise the federal minimum wage, so that it reaches $15/hour, while indexing it
to inflation.
2. Corporate executives and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, and do not have an
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outsized voice in the political process.
 Close the CEO tax loophole that allows corporations to take advantage of
“performance pay” write-offs.
 End tax breaks for companies that send American jobs overseas and oppose
deals that hand more power to corporations at the expense of jobs, workers’
rights and the environment
3. Working people are able to care for their loved ones and keep their jobs, and not have
to make a choice between one or the other.
4. Working people are able to organize and advocate for themselves to counter the power
of corporate executives and the wealthy.
 Reform the National Labor Relations Act, to enhance workers’ right to organize
and rebuild the middle class.
 Pass comprehensive immigration reform to grow the economy and protect
against exploitation of low-wage workers.
5. The playing field is fundamentally leveled to allow everyone in America to have a fair
shot to get ahead from the beginning and to invest in programs that strengthen our
communities
 Allow students to refinance student loan debt to take advantage of lower
interest rates, and support debt-free college.
 Invest in schools, not jails-- and give a second chance to those coming home
from prison.
 Increase access to democracy through voting rights, limiting money in politics
and
The political and economic changes needed to make these principles reality would
disproportionately help women, communities of color, and millennials. This is not by chance.
The American population is rapidly changing and we must act now to ensure everyone is able to
participate in our democracy and our economy.
YOUR Role
As the Founder and key principle we will rely on you for the following activities:
- Being part of the strategic campaign ideas (need to discuss with legal team)
- Be a lead spokesperson both in traditional media and digital, online media
- Help recruit targeted mayors, entertainers and other relevant principles
- Help raise money along with a growing group of fundraisers and the executive director
- Allow the opportunity for New York City to be a major if not flagship example of
inequality as well as what can be and is being done to turn the tide
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Model/Operation:
Progressive Agenda will be a 501c3 as largely an educational organization. However, there will
also be a 501c4 operation that specifically advocates for action. This also allows for more
diverse funding streams for each and allows the organization to be involved in foundation,
various organizational, individual fundraising including high and low dollar methods.
Day to day, our operations will focus on two main actions to move towards our goals. Our
staffing and program costs will reflect these two operational mechanics to fund campaigns that
allow for list building in order to change the public debate.
1. War room- drive the Inequality is a policy choice driven by CEOs and helped by
Washington.
o Highlight examples of inequality and solutions to drive the news cycle.
o Enlist high value influencers to drive message and encourage followers to
amplify
o Build relationships with key reporters nationally, locally as well as employ
digital news outlets and pundits
Our press and digital operation will work with those who have committed to drive
a narrative around the principles in creative, attention grabbing ways with YOU,
your constituents and surrogates in the local, national and online media. For
example a few who are have worked us and are surrogates for the issue are:
- Unite HERE Vice President of Immigration, former Los Angeles
Federation President Maria Elena Durazo
2. Echo chamber- highlight needs and work through focusing on cities (personal stories
of constituents and work of mayors) to create demand on what needs to be done to
help localities, federally.
o Work with those impacted in cities to gather personal stories
o Work with Mayors to lift successes, what is needed and their agenda
o Tie together to create a “package” to be driven in the war room and thorugh
the local media
o Build large lists of supporters locally, online and principal recruitment to
grow echo chamber to affect key policy makers
Reaching Scale:
Timeline (January 2016-December 2017):
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 Phase 1: Create demand through introducing ourselves, build a personal impact
“library” of stories, working with key mayors to plan Cities “packages”, lay
organizational groundwork, define an enemy (war room)
 February 15th- Launch War Room
 March 21st (week of)- Launch personal stories, Cities, new name
 Phase 2: Introduce first solution: Carried Interest Loophole rebranding,
explaining what it is and does and how it ties into the problem.
 Phase 3: Begin campaign on how to close Carried Interest Loophole
Deliverables (1st year):

- Organization
o Brand and purpose defined
o C3 and c4 established
o Raised total budget in order to run program for year 1 (March 2016 ½ of budget)
- Digital:
o Website built for purposes needed to capture supporters
o Large online list of 300,000
o Large Twitter, Facebook followers as well as other relevant platforms
- Communications:
o Message calendar
o Large press list of national reporters and state, local press corps
o Substantial list of press clips from activities
- Political
o List of 100 surrogates who have and will take action and amplify PA messaging
o List of 2,500 leaders from around the country signing on
o Mayors from large cities in key battleground states signed on
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From: Geri Prado
To: jfdc; Tom Snyder
Subject: version 3- summary
Date: Monday, February 01, 2016 9:58:31 AM
Attachments: Memo MBDB re PA plan v3 (2-1-16).docx
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ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY
TOPLINE SUMMARY
1. BUILD OUR AUDIENCE. Our FIRST mission is to list-build – getting VIPs and everyday
Americans from key media markets into a massive list. We’ll start by targeting a
handful of politically-powerful cities and mayors – like Des Moines, Pittsburgh, and
Dayton. We will also target celebrities, elites, and others with huge but non-traditional
followings (think Susan Sarandon, Lebron James, etc.)
2. BUILD OUR BRAND. We’ll do this through executing a war room, working over
reporters, and using social media. We’ll do it in two steps. First step: get people’s
stories about inequality in their lives. Second step: get people to identify how that
might change.
3. EXECUTE OUR CAMPAIGNS. Once we have our audience and our brand, we will launch
individual campaigns to enact change – like closing the carried interest loophole (and
many others). Done properly, we’ll have our foot-soldiers and our mission control
ready to send the message for change to key policy-makers.
Movement Goal: Advocate for and change policies that restore economic balance by targeting
policy makers with the power to make those changes.
Organizational Goal: Through building a large, inclusive list of supporters to amplify in the
press, digitally and in localities.
Mission (how we package what we do): Progressive America will address economic inequality
head on by empowering people across the country to tell their stories, engage with one
another and unite to advance concrete policy solutions to the level the playing field.
Our principles:
Those at the top have waged a long-term campaign to manipulate the system in their favor,
leading to unhealthy and damaging levels of economic inequality. We believe we must now re-
write the rules of the economy with policies that level the playing field for all:
We believe America’s economic and political rules need to be rewritten to reflect these
principles with examples of specific policies:
 Raise the federal minimum wage, so that it reaches $15/hour, while indexing it
to inflation.
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2. Corporate executives and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, and do not have an
 Close the CEO tax loophole that allows corporations to take advantage of
 End tax breaks for companies that send American jobs overseas and oppose
deals that hand more power to corporations at the expense of jobs, workers’
rights and the environment
3. Working people are able to care for their loved ones and keep their jobs, and not have
to make a choice between one or the other.
4. Working people are able to organize and advocate for themselves to counter the power
of corporate executives and the wealthy.
 Reform the National Labor Relations Act, to enhance workers’ right to organize
and rebuild the middle class.
 Pass comprehensive immigration reform to grow the economy and protect
against exploitation of low-wage workers.
5. The playing field is fundamentally leveled to allow everyone in America to have a fair
shot to get ahead from the beginning and to invest in programs that strengthen our
communities
 Allow students to refinance student loan debt to take advantage of lower
interest rates, and support debt-free college.
 Invest in schools, not jails-- and give a second chance to those coming home
from prison.
 Increase access to democracy through voting rights, limiting money in politics
and making voting easier and fair for all communities.
The political and economic changes needed to make these principles reality would
disproportionately help women, communities of color, and millennials. This is not by chance.
The American population is rapidly changing and we must act now to ensure everyone is able to
participate in our democracy and our economy.
YOUR Role
As the Founder and key principle we will rely on you for the following activities:
- Being part of the strategic campaign ideas (need to discuss with legal team)
- Be a lead spokesperson both in traditional media and digital, online media
- Help recruit targeted mayors, entertainers and other relevant principles
- Help raise money along with a growing group of fundraisers and the executive director
- Allow the opportunity for New York City to be a major if not flagship example of
inequality as well as what can be and is being done to turn the tide
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Model/Operation:
Progressive Agenda will be a 501c3 as largely an educational organization. However, there will
also be a 501c4 operation that specifically advocates for action. This also allows for more
diverse funding streams for each and allows the organization to be involved in foundation,
various organizational, individual fundraising including high and low dollar methods.
Day to day, our operations will focus on two main actions to move towards our goals. Our
staffing and program costs will reflect these two operational mechanics to fund campaigns that
allow for list building in order to change the public debate.
1. War room- drive the Inequality is a policy choice driven by CEOs and helped by
Washington.
o Highlight examples of inequality and solutions to drive the news cycle.
o Enlist high value influencers to drive message and encourage followers to
amplify
o Build relationships with key reporters nationally, locally as well as employ
digital news outlets and pundits
Our press and digital operation will work with those who have committed to drive
a narrative around the principles in creative, attention grabbing ways with YOU,
your constituents and surrogates in the local, national and online media. For
example a few who are have worked us and are surrogates for the issue are:
- Unite HERE Vice President of Immigration, former Los Angeles
Federation President Maria Elena Durazo
2. Echo chamber- highlight needs and work through focusing on cities (personal stories
of constituents and work of mayors) to create demand on what needs to be done to
help localities, federally.
o Work with those impacted in cities to gather personal stories
o Work with Mayors to lift successes, what is needed and their agenda
o Tie together to create a “package” to be driven in the war room and thorugh
the local media
o Build large lists of supporters locally, online and principal recruitment to
grow echo chamber to affect key policy makers
Reaching Scale:
Timeline (January 2016-December 2017):
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 Phase 1: Create demand through introducing ourselves, build a personal impact
“library” of stories, working with key mayors to plan Cities “packages”, lay
organizational groundwork, define an enemy (war room)
 February 15th- Launch War Room
 March 21st (week of)- Launch personal stories, Cities, new name
 Phase 2: Introduce first solution: Carried Interest Loophole rebranding,
explaining what it is and does and how it ties into the problem.
 Phase 3: Begin campaign on how to close Carried Interest Loophole
- Organization
o Brand and purpose defined
o C3 and c4 established
o Raised total budget in order to run program for year 1 (March 2016 ½ of budget)
- Digital:
o Website built for purposes needed to capture supporters
o Large online list of 300,000
o Large Twitter, Facebook followers as well as other relevant platforms
- Communications:
o Message calendar
o Large press list of national reporters and state, local press corps
o Substantial list of press clips from activities
- Political
o List of 100 surrogates who have and will take action and amplify PA messaging
o List of 2,500 leaders from around the country signing on
o Mayors from large cities in key battleground states signed on
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From: Geri Prado
To: Bill de Blasio; FLONYC
Subject: Re: Quick update- TPAC Equal Pay Round Up
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 10:58:56 AM
Sorry, I meant to include the First Lady as well. Also, our Twitter handle
@thep2agenda and our Facebook page has all of the graphics up that we directed
press and supporters to as well. These graphics were cut and pasted.
On Feb 2, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us>

wrote:
I’m not sure if you’re going to be able to see some of the graphics but
am going to try to cut and paste below. We put out a statement to the
press, used Facebook and Twitter to echo to supporters and to the
media.
Equal Pay statement to the press:

“Closing the gender pay gap is at the core of the fight against income inequality. The Lilly
Ledbetter Act was an important step towards ending pay discrimination, but it is not
nearly enough. Seven years have gone by and women are paid 79 cents for every dollar
paid to men. We need to show the next generation that they can achieve – and earn –
anything their male counterparts do. If DC won't take action to close the pay gap, then
the states should.”
Equal Pay- We did a big push along with SiX, those in states around the anniversary of
Lilly Ledbetter with the call of “#equalpaycantwait. Below are what we put out around this
online and in the press
Progressive Agenda: It’s 2016. How is this still a thing? #EqualPayCantWait
Women are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men.

For women of color, it’s even worse. #equalpaycantwait
The average woman will lose $400,000 in wages over her lifetime due to the pay
gap. That’s why #equalpaycantwait
Progressive Agenda @TheP2Agenda Jan 28

Let's make pay discrimination a thing of the past. Six policy solutions to
close the gap: #EqualPayCantWait
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To: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Geri; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: Next Friday, February 12th
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 3:55:33 PM
I’m out of town from 2/13-19 - but Geri can either go sans JDC, or else
maybe we do earlier?
On 2/2/16, 12:45 PM, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca"

>We are tentative for the 13th - will let you know when its confirmed.
>
>
>From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 2:43 PM
>To: Snyder, Thomas
>Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; jfdc
>Subject: Re: Next Friday, February 12th
>
>OK. If there is another day such as Thursday let me know. Am I still on
>for Saturday or are you still waiting for MBDB sign off?
>
>
>
>> On Feb 2, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Snyder, Thomas <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>wrote:
>>
>> + Prisca
>>
>> Not likely on Friday
>>
>> On 2/2/16, 1:54 PM, "Geri Prado" <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Tom:
>>>
>>> I believe the Mayor and I are tentative for the 13th. I might bring
>>> up our two new team members to NYC for a meeting with me, JDC, the
>>> digital team to flesh out the message calendar.
>>>
>>> I¹d also like to see if it¹s possible for us to all sit with the
>>> Mayor maybe late afternoon post call time for a beer with us. We
>>> could all meet at Bar Toto.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> gp
>>
>> <winmail.dat>
>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B; FLONYC
Subject: WA State- Equal Pay passes House
Date: Thursday, February 04, 2016 5:23:34 PM
Attachments: bug sm.png
TPAC helped amplify this national wide push.
The Washington House has passed a bill that seeks to reduce the wage gap
between men and women
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 03, 2016 - 1:57 pm EST
OLYMPIA, Washington — The Washington House has passed a bill that seeks to
reduce the wage gap between men and women and prohibit employers from
assigning less favorable employment opportunities to women because of their
gender.
The measure passed Wednesday on a 56-41 vote and now heads to the Senate for
consideration.
House Bill 1646 would also ban employers from retaliating against an employee for
asking about their wages or the salary of other employees, among other practices.
The right for women to have salaries equal to men in comparable jobs is already
protected under current civil rights law, said lawmakers opposed to the bill in a floor
debate before the vote. Advocates of the bill said existing law doesn't go far enough
to protect women from making less money than men.
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To: FLONYC; B
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Blumm, Kate; Wolfe, Emma; Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; jfdc
Subject: FW: NYT: 5 Notable Quotes From Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City Speech
Date: Friday, February 05, 2016 3:06:11 PM
I am quite happy with these quotes being noticed. NYC independence, Diversity, the “NYC
patriotism/Boosterism theme” that the First Lady mentioned recently, mental health, support for
officers. If these are the take aways in the NYT, that’s a good sign that it connected with folks
Don’t remember us getting a column like this last year, which is exciting

From: Clips
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 3:02 PM
To: Clips
Subject: NYT: 5 Notable Quotes From Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City Speech

5 Notable Quotes From Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City Speech
NY TIMES – J. David Goodman and Susanne Craig
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/nyregion/5-notable-quotes-from-mayor-bill-de-blasios-
state-of-the-city-speech.html

Here are five notable quotes from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City address on
Thursday, with explanations of their significance.

“Today we take the next great step in connecting New Yorkers to the heart of our new
economy for New York.”

The speech was filled with proposals large and small, with little in common other than that
the city could undertake them largely on its own, without input or assistance from Albany.

The city, for example, would pay the $2.5 billion cost of a proposed streetcar system that
would join Brooklyn and Queens along the East River waterfront. The city, rather than the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is state-run, would also operate the line.
Likewise, a proposed development that would make Governors Island a year-round hub for
attracting new businesses would focus on the 150 acres that are under city control.

“Different as our lives are, we are bound together by an invisible thread. We are united by the
profound and powerful fact that we are all New Yorkers.”

If there was a dominant theme, it was that the city draws its strength from its polyglot nature,
the diversity of its enclaves and neighborhoods.

It was not the sort of overarching message that supports a single policy proposal, but rather a
thread the mayor wove through a litany of initiatives, from doing more to clean up graffiti to
making rooftop repairs in public housing complexes to using countdown clocks to track the
progress of buses through the streets.

“For the first time, as a city, we are fighting to shatter that stigma and deal with the public
health crisis of mental health.”

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The mayor mentioned mental health or mental illness roughly a dozen times. The issue is
expected to be a major priority for him this year, and his wife, Chirlane McCray, will
continue to be a driving force in the related initiatives.

Mr. de Blasio said the program his wife is to lead would include establishing a hotline for
people in crisis, and offering mental health first-aid training for New Yorkers so they are able
to identify and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse. The mayor blew a kiss
to Ms. McCray when he introduced her.

“Everything we’re doing to make this a fairer city, a city of opportunity, rests on the work we
do to keep people safe.”

The address included several minutes of praise for the work of uniformed members of the
city’s police, fire and correction departments, on and off the job. Members of the audience
rose in applause as the mayor introduced Police Officer Kenneth Healey, who survived being
struck in the head by a hatchet-wielding attacker in 2014.

The praise seemed meant to underscore how far Mr. de Blasio has gone to try to repair his
relations with the Police Department, which became badly strained after two officers were
shot and killed in the line of duty in December 2014.

Even as the mayor spoke, two officers were shot in the South Bronx; both were expected to
survive. After the speech was over, Mr. de Blasio was told of the shooting, left the stage and
went immediately to the hospital where they had been taken. Once there, he addressed
reporters while standing alongside Patrick J. Lynch, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
president who had been a vocal antagonist of the mayor’s last year.

“We call these speeches the State of the City. To me, that really means the State of Our
People. Because it’s the 8.5 million of us, living in neighborhoods across the five boroughs,
that make this the greatest city in the world.”

Throughout the speech, the mayor played municipal booster. Two times he called New York
the “greatest city in the world”; he did not use the phrase at all in his two previous State of
the City addresses.

The sentiment appeared to be in keeping with the absence of sweeping new initiatives and
highlighted a message — one that is likely to be repeated frequently in the second half of Mr.
de Blasio’s term as the 2017 election approaches — that life in New York has improved on
his watch.

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To: Jonathan@berlinrosen.com; jfdc; Wolfe, Emma
Subject: FW: NYT Magazine profile
Date: Monday, February 08, 2016 5:14:44 PM
Attachments: 02-14-16 McCray + Mayor NYTmag Cover.pdf
Chirlane McCray SundayMag BWPrintAd 0214816.pdf

From: White, Erin
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 5:13 PM
To: B; FLONYC
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Hagelgans, Andrea; Hinton, Karen; John, Roxanne; Bray, Jackie; Phillips, Eric Falk
Subject: NYT Magazine profile

Sir/Ma’am:

The First Lady’s profile will go live on the web at 5 a.m. tomorrow and be the cover of this week’s
magazine. Attached is the current cover for your reference.

Based on the cover, conversations with Rachel (the reporter) and the fact-checking session we can
expect the profile to address:
· The First Lady’s early career in New York and the early days of your relationship;
· The difficulties of transitioning into the role as First Lady, including the release of the
Esquire piece and early media challenges;
· The unique partnership between the two of you and the First Lady’s ground-breaking role;
· The First Lady’s commitment to reform mental health care in New York City; and
· The challenges of being in a position of power as a woman and especially as a woman of
color.

I will send around an analysis and highlights by 6:30 a.m. We’ll also be ready to activate validators
and push back if needed.

Additionally, I’ve attached the cover, as well as a print ad that will appear in the Thursday print
paper to preview the weekend magazine, for your review and reference. The cover puts the First
Lady front and center, making it clear from the get go the piece is about her. The Times needs
permission from both of you to use the photo. For background, Henry says their asking is a courtesy
and we should agree.

One last note – Ma’am, today’s Huffington Post Live appearance made the homepage, which gets
hundreds of thousands visitors every day.

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Thanks,

Erin White
Communications Advisor, Office of the Mayor
O: 212-341-5030
C: 347-789-0501
ewhite@cityhall.nyc.gov

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From: B
To: Snyder, Thomas; O"Brien, Kevin
Cc: jfdc
Subject:
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:22:57 PM
A very strong candidate for TPA political director. Did great work around our May 12 kick-off of the TPA.
Del Cecato (cc'ed here) will discuss with you
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To: jfdc
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re:
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:50:14 PM
Ok, cool

Original Message
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:41 PM
Cc: Walzak, Phil
Subject: Re:
I talked to him about Kevin too. I don't think he wants anything but to have someone meet with
> On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:33 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
> You may have just tanked kevin with him...
>
> Original Message
> From: John Del Cecato
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:31 PM
> To: Hagelgans, Andrea
> Cc: Walzak, Phil
> Subject: Re:
>
>
> I'll fill you in tomorrow
>
>> On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:23 PM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>> Original Message
>> From: B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:14 PM
>> To: Hagelgans, Andrea
>> Reply To: B
>> Cc: jfdc
>> Subject:
>>
>>
>> is a valued friend of Del Cecato (cc'ed here) who he believes would be a valuable addition to
us in either Comms or speechwriting. Sounds like someone we should engage asap. Pls meet with him.
Thanks
>>
>>
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To: Snyder, Thomas; O"Brien, Kevin
Subject: " resume
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 9:47:41 AM
Attachments: resume.docx
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To: jfdc
Subject:
Pls send me his contact info and resume

Andrea Hagelgans
Office of the Mayor
Direct – 212.341.5372
Cell –

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From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: jfdc; Tom Snyder
Subject: Harry Belefonte
Just endorsed Bernie Sanders. You may know but in case, it’s public now.
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From: B
Cc: jfdc
Subject: Re:
Sounds more like Comms anyway
From: Andrea Hagelgans
To: Bill de Blasio
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: RE:
Sent: Feb 11, 2016 11:16 AM
Kate interviewed him for speechwriting and while she liked him, he didn't have the strongest written
product for speechwriting. I'll meet with him about other possibilities
From: B
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:15 PM
Cc: jfdc
Subject:
is a valued friend of Del Cecato (cc'ed here) who he believes would be a valuable addition to us in
either Comms or speechwriting. Sounds like someone we should engage asap. Pls meet with him.
Thanks
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Subject: "s resume
Attachments: - Resume.pdf
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10893
To: jfdc
Subject: Article
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2016 3:07:06 PM
Hey JDC -
MBDB wanted to share this article with you and discuss next time you guys talk. Tx.
http://www.thenation.com/article/how-populists-like-bernie-sanders-should-talk-
about-racism/
Sent from my iPhone
From: B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: February 13, 2016 at 7:49:15 AM EST
To: "Arslanian, Kayla" <KArslanian@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: Fw: Checking in
Reply-To: B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
http://www.thenation.com/article/how-populists-like-bernie-sanders-
should-talk-about-racism/
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From: Geri Prado
To: Tom Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Viguers, Jonathan
Cc: jfdc
Subject: Meeting tomorrow
Attachments: Plan meeting GM 2-19-2016 sugg agenda.docx
Attached is our suggested agenda for tomorrow.
We have printing covered for the TPAC materials on our end. Thanks.
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February 19, 2016
Suggested Agenda
1. Welcome- Mayor Bill de Blasio

2. New Team Introductions
3. Plan, Strategy Presentation- Team TPAC- 20 mins
4. Discussion, Feedback- 40 minutes
TPAC Team:
Geri Prado
Adrianne Marsh- Marsh Strategies, Message and Communications
Jeff Krehely- TKP Consulting, Policy, Issue and Foundation
Mark Skidmore- Bully Pulpit Interactive, Digital Strategy
Jacob Sittig- Bully Pulpit Interactive, Digital Strategy
Addy Rummel- New Partners, Fundraising
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10897
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: Walzak, Phil; Adrianne Marsh; jfdc; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Re: TPAC Filing- public statement, transparency
Politico- Laura Nahimas. Phil, Dan Levitan and Adrianne and I hopped on a call to prepare.
gmail- autofill, sorry about that.
> On Feb 22, 2016, at 2:21 PM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
>
> Getting this onto official email, where is belongs (a reminder to everyone: all TPAC communication
should be on my official email).
>
> Your plan sounds good. Phil/Tom, you should share this information with all appropriate team
members. And Geri, which media outlet and reporter is asking today? Thanks
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Geri Prado
> To: Bill de Blasio
> Cc: Phil Walzak
> Cc: Tom Snyder
> Cc: Adrianne Marsh
> Subject: TPAC Filing- public statement, transparency
> Sent: Feb 22, 2016 2:13 PM
>
> Hi Mayor:
>
> A heads up that weâ€™re telling a reporter (and others who ask) that we are going to file our
information in May and then every 6 months.
>
> This is inline with our c4 IRS requirements. We went beyond what is required of us as a DC based
organization and registered with the NY Charitable board as well for added transparency. that was done
last year as well.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Thanks- Geri
> <winmail.dat>
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From: Geri Prado
To: B; O"Brien, Kevin; Snyder, Thomas; adrianne@marshstrategies.com; jfdc
Subject: Tweet by Progressive Agenda on Twitter
As a side note here is what TPAC pushed on Twitter and more in depth on Facebook
just echoing the facts and creative approach.
Progressive Agenda (@TheP2Agenda)

2/22/16, 2:37 PM
Oregon passes highest minimum wage in the country, with innovative 3-tiered
approach that addresses cost of living good.is/articles/orego…
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From: O"Brien, Kevin
To: B; Geri; Snyder, Thomas; Adrianne Marsh; Jacob Sittig; jfdc
Subject: Oregon Min Wage Tweet
https://mobile.twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/701917212555288576
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>>>> To: B<BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>>> Subject: Re:
>>>>
>>>> He may need a little while (a week or two) to transition out of the
>>>> Senate
>>>> Energy CommitteeŠ But he¹s getting his ducks in a row nowŠ
>>>>
>>>> I discussed with Geri, and she seemed open to it, and she raised the
>>>> issue
>>>> of having enough money to cover himŠ I think it would be good for the two
>>>> of you to discuss budget & fundraising potential this weekendŠ In the
>>>> meantime, I¹ll send Geri his resume (I already sent to Tom & Kevin)
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/12/16, 11:08 AM, "B" <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to move immediately to make him TPA pol dir. Is he ready? Have
>>>>> you
>>>>> discussed with Geri? I'm happy to talk to her when I see her this
>>>>> weekend
>>
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10905
To: Geri; B; FLONYC
Cc: jfdc; O"Brien, Kevin
Subject: Re: TPAC Update 2/26/16
+ Kevin
>We¹ve been hunkered down getting ready for going up in a few weeks. There
>are a lot of moving pieces and we feel like we¹re in a great place moving
>into early March.
>
>A few asks for you:
>- Can we move with setting up a celebrities meeting at Gracie Mansion
>late March?
>- Can I send a memo to your team with dates, requests for your time,
>needs (for example the op-ed in late March)?
>- Did you see my email re: ? I have not heard back from him
>
>On to the updates-
>
>Planning:
>- On soft roll-out for launch March 7th which includes digital properties
>(all social media, website) including personal stories of impact post DEM
>debate.
>- We¹re locking in the calendar- message and tick tock for March and
>beyond- through the conventions
>- We will have a one pager that outlines the first week in addition to
>the calendar in the next few days.
>- A few members of the team and I will be in NYC to set up meetings with
>YOU, key politicos and reporters in the next week or two depending on
>your schedule
>- We will walk through with you before March 7th what the soft roll-out
>will look like and then build steam from there
>
>Communications
>- Adrianne is finishing up the communications calendar and messaging work
>as is the digital team
>- We have a FAQ around TPA v. Progressive America we will work on with
>Phil which includes YOUR role. We will check with legal on this point as
>well
>- Adrianne and I would like to have a call with Phil and the appropriate
>people to lay out the plan and work be prepared with talking points.
>Timeline: next week
>
>Political, Organizing
>- We have a call with the Federal Affairs team to discuss targeting
>various cities/mayors. We have shared that draft targeted list with NY CH
>staff. We will also discuss CPC and CBC outreach.
>- I have talked to Jeani Murray about organizing in the targeted cities
>for TPAC and we are talking more in the next day.
>- Jeff Krehely will be taking on helping organizing celebrities with me
>and you. He did this with his work with the Human Rights Campaign. We
>would like to set up a meeting at Gracie to convene key celebrities in
>March- Can we move this on the schedule?
>- Jeani, Jeff and I will split up conversations with signers communicate
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>amplification opportunities for March
>- Advisory Council members- we have Maria Elena Durazo, Betsy Hodges,
>Jeff Furman (Ben and Jerry), YOU, Heather McGhee and I¹m following up
>with Reich, a few more mayors and Katrina Vanden Heuval. Waiting to hear
>back from Ellison.
>- Looking forward to hearing about Magic Johnson..
>- Proposal off to NextGen for partnership opportunities. Will follow up
>on my conversation with Sky
>
>Digital
>- Website is being built and the ad campaign is being finalized
>- We will set up a time for YOU to see this with the team
>- This week we amplified AL, OR, ME and a series of studies and stories
>of inequality throughout the week:
>
>Finance
>Raised in 2016: $300,000, Q1 Budgeted $343.515
>
>Governance:
>
>- Meeting with legal team Monday to present what is needed for c3. Moving
>to an incorporated c4 on March 3rd. Will work on board needs for the c3
>but will be doing the minimum on this
>- After that meeting, will work with CH and Laufer (Nick if correct
>person) on incorporating all moving pieces.
>- Business plan complete- legal team reviewing along with budget
>- Audit beginning on TPAC for NY charitable filing that will coincide
>with c4 filing with IRS in May.
10907
From: Geri Prado
To: B
Cc: O"Brien, Kevin; jfdc; Snyder, Thomas; Adrianne Marsh; Jeff Krehely; Jacob Sittig
Subject: Senator Warren: How to level the playing field for working families
ICYMI: Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2016/02/29/how-level-playing-field-for-working-
families/vOsSvroKc8D78uROQHfq0N/story.html
How to level the playing field for working

families
I graduated from law school nine months pregnant with my second baby —
and 100 percent unemployable. In 1976, no law firm was going to offer a job
to a woman in my “condition,” and even if it did, it was perfectly legal to fire
me for taking time off when my son was born.
Then things began to change. Twenty-three years ago this month, the
landmark Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, was signed into law.
Today, most American workers can take unpaid time off to care for a family
member or for themselves without worrying that their job won’t be there for
them when they return.
The FMLA was a huge step forward for working families, but let’s be honest:
It’s not nearly enough. Allowing for unpaid time off after your dad has a
stroke or you get hit by a car is the very least our country can do for families
struck by a crisis. There’s much more to do:
First, raise wages. No one who works full-time should live in poverty — and
that starts with raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It also means
passing equal-pay laws. The gender pay gap can add up to hundreds of
thousands of dollars in additional wages over a lifetime of work for women
doing the same jobs as their male colleagues. And finally, it means
protecting workers’ right to organize. Unions help workers secure higher
wages for their members, by almost 14 percent, according to the Economic
Policy Institute, but they also increase wages for all workers, union or not.
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Second, provide some additional insurance for workers so that taking a little
time off to care for a newborn or a loved one doesn’t spell financial ruin —
and that includes paid family and medical leave and paid sick days. OK, so
we don’t get fired for getting sick or having babies, but according to the
Department of Labor, only 12 percent of American private-sector workers
get any paid family or medical leave. Without paid leave, too many people
must choose between their family responsibilities and their paychecks.
Some workers cope by piecing together personal days, sick days, vacation
days, or a short-term disability insurance policy — but 40 percent of all
private-sector workers and 70 percent of low-wage workers don’t get even a
single paid sick day. That needs to change.
Third, establish some basic rules of the road for work schedules. Half of
low-wage workers have little or no say over when they work, and an
estimated 20 to 30 percent work jobs where they can be called in to work at
the last minute. Imagine trying to plan for anything — child-care, going back
to school, or a taking a second job — without knowing when you’ll be
working next week. Imagine planning a monthly budget when your work
hours — and your paycheck — can fluctuate 70 percent in a single month.
Fair and predictable work schedules can give families the certainty they
need.
Fourth, enforce the labor laws we already have on the books. Two-thirds of
workers in low-wage industries experience wage violations. The amount of
money recovered for victims of wage theft in 2012 alone was at least $933
million — almost three times greater than all the money stolen in robberies
in the United States that year. And while we’re at it, let’s fix outdated and
broken overtime rules. When the president’s new overtime regulations go
into effect later this year, more than 13 million Americans will become
eligible for overtime, creating an additional $1.5 billion in wages in the first
year alone.
Finally, after a lifetime of hard work, retirement with dignity should be

guaranteed to every American. This means expanding and protecting Social
Security. For Americans with a pension, employers must make good on their
promises. And the Department of Labor’s rule to prevent investment-
adviser conflicts of interest will help make sure that the money workers save
for retirement isn’t eaten away by fees and commissions paid to retirement
investment advisers who put their own interests ahead of their customers.
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We have a long way to go to level the playing field for working families and
truly deliver on the promises of the FMLA. It won’t be easy. Getting
protections for workers through Congress never is — the FMLA took almost
10 years to become law. But we can make change happen — and give
working families a real opportunity to build a future for themselves and for
their kids.
Elizabeth Warren is a US senator from Massachusetts
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To: Geri
Cc: B; jfdc; Yazgi, Stephanie
Subject: Re: A few updates
Plus Stephanie
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 29, 2016, at 3:04 PM, Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us> wrote:
>
> 1. Jeani Murray- will come on board to help with the political organizing of cities, surrogates/signers.
We’re working out details this week.
> 2. Jeff Krehely- you met him and he will be helping as lead on the celebrity organizing angle with
me, you. We have asked for a time to set for a meeting, potentially at Gracie if you and the First Lady
are ok with that in late March or April
>
> 4. We’ll be sending a memo with requests for you for the next two months for TPAC/PA political and
press planning
>
>
> Hope you had a good weekend.
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From: Geri Prado
To: PhilWalzak ( Snyder, Thomas
Cc: jfdc; Adrianne Marsh; Jacob Sittig
Subject: Progressive America "roll-out"/communications conversation
Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 11:33:01 AM
Attachments: Memo re MBDB PA requests.docx
Progressive America March Roll Out.docx
FAQ’s – Progressive America.docx
Attached are three documents for our call:
1. Is a March rollout doc which starts next week. That consists of a splash page and a social media
push to cover post-debate Flint. A bigger push will be the 3rd wee of March when our full-site is ready.
We have a message calendar that lives online with key dates we can share you on or Tom can review
with you as we went over with him, the Mayor and staff a few weeks ago.
2. FAQ DRAFT- clearly anything with the Mayor is on you Phil but we thought we’d start with some
language for us to go back and forth with. Should Levitan be on the call?
3. Request for the Mayor. I have a memo which reviews some key cities but also has a few asks on it
for the Mayor. The big press asks for March: a co-authored op ed to discuss and recording a video on a
handheld we can push out. Other request are non-public but for recruitment.
A preface is that all of this as it pertains to the Mayor or NYC is draft and we’ll not do anything on that
front until we discuss with you- Phil and your team.
Looking forward to talking.
Geri
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February 29, 2016
TO: MAYOR BILL de BLASIO, TOM SNYDER, PHIL WALZAK, ANDREA HAGLEGANS
CC: JOHN DEL CECATO, ADRIANNE MARSH, JEFF KREHELY, JACOB SITTIG, JEANI MURRAY
RE: REQUESTS FOR MAYOR de BLASIO AND PROGRESSIVE AMERICA
To get Progressive America up and running, we will be focused on a soft digital launch during
the week of March 6th. Throughout the first timeframe which will go through the conventions,
we will be following key debate and election schedules to launch specific topics of personal
impact and successes in specific cities. The initial cities (currently vetting) are as follows:
- Flint, MI
- Dayton, OH
- New York City, NY
- Minneapolis, MN
- St. Louis, MO
- Seattle, WA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Florida city
- Las Vegas, NV
- Charlotte, NC
- Two Convention cities: Cleveland and Philadelphia
In these cities and more we will be focused on signing on leaders to the agenda, but in these
cities we will be doing deeper work to highlight impacts of inequality and work with leaders to
push solutions through digital and press means while growing our political lists to amplify the
work and needs.
In order to strengthen, supplement and in some cases, lead this work, we have specific asks for
Mayor de Blasio and his communications team that also have political implications. This is for
discussion with the City Hall staff and we can discuss what, how, modifications.
For the months of March and April
Week of March 6th:

- Work with communications team in the chance there is incoming around the site, social
media properties and messaging we push out around Flint, MI
- Make key political calls to specific celebrities and potential advisory council members
- Allow for a plan around celebrities to host an initial meeting in NYC for later March or
early April
Week of March 13th:

- Help with outreach to celebrities and other notables and mayors
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- Op ed around inequality and work in NYC, community impacts and Progressive America
by MBDB co-authored by key Mayors (Hodges, Whaley, Kinney, Murray, etc) for
following two weeks
- Record video on handheld- for discussion with comms team
Week of March 20th

- Unveil of Progressive America full site- email to list
For April:
- Work with CH communications team to see what we can do around the primary.
Leading into the NYC primary, discuss potential “profile” of NYC by Progressive America
with NYers, key leaders, highlights of MBDB accomplishments and what is needed from
D.C. to make real change (similar to asks of other mayors)
o Similar to Poppy Harlow segment- how to demonstrate problem, solution, hope,
action
As much as possible, it would also be important for us to be able to amplify all the Mayors’
accomplishments. If there are things coming up that fit into the policy parameters of this work,
we would like to have something ready ahead of time to push out. We are asking this of all
mayors, key surrogates.
A few important dates in the first 6 months we’re focused on:

- March 6th: DEM Debate in Flint, MI
- March 8th: Michigan Primary (HI, ID, MS…)
- March 9th: DEM Debate in Minneapolis, MN
- March 10th: GOP Debate in Florida (Miami?)
- March 15th: Big Primary States: OH, FL, MO, NC, IL
- April 15th: Tax Day
- April 19th: New York Primary
- June 7th: Last Primaries
- July 18th: GOP Convention- Cleveland
- July 25th: DEM Convention- Philadelphia
Full message calendar on Google Docs
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Progressive America March Roll Out
Goals: 1) to introduce Progressive America

2) to transition from TPAC
3) to begin branding Progressive America
4) to establish mission focus around economic inequality
5) to utilize short term hook around high profile political events through “left behind” frame
Immediate Needs:
1) Digital – Splash page (3/7), ad campaign (3/7), Web page (3/20),
2) Comms – access point for press (3/7), TPs (3//7), FAQs (3/7), canned social media posts (3/7)
3) Political – 20-50 “real people” around Flint (3/7), 2 celebrities (3/8 & 3/11), 10-20 FL “real people)
3/9/10), coalition partners to echo (3/12)
4) Policy – stats for tweet composition (3/4)
5) Legal – filed paperwork for TPAC to PA swap (3/4)
Week 1 – Building A Mystery: Don’t Forget About Flint/Miami Behind. Join ProgressiveAmerica.com
Objective: Introduce Progressive America through a slow build on social media.
Message: Progressive America is a place where we can level the economic playing field together.
Narrative: Cities like Flint/Miami aren’t backdrops for political grandstanding. The people who live here have
been left behind by America’s economic policies just as the cameras will leave these people behind after the
press events, debates, and elections leave town.
Date Tactic Lead Due Out
3/4 File legal paperwork to transfer TPAC to PA GP Lawyers need to line up
paperwork
3/6 First PA tweet/instag photo of cameras leaving Flint AM AM will craft. GP approves. KH
(7?) debate. will send.
3/7 Put up PA splash page BPI
3/7 Begin ad campaign BPI
3/7 Have 20-50 people teed up to layer our “earned” social GP GP will connect with Progress
media push MI/other partners. AM will craft
emailable ask to people.
3/7 Email to TPAC email list asking them to post BPI AM will craft message and BPI
will send.
3/8 Paid and “earned” social continues around asking Flint/MI BPI/A
not to be forgotten after the Primary M
3/8 Celeb teed up to RT and comment JK GP/JK will work through MBDB
to ID and ask celeb.
3/9- Have 10-20 people teed up to layer our “earned” social AM AM will work with the FDP to
10 media push after the Miami debates see if there are go to vols for
this.
3/9- Ad campaign moves to Miami BPI
10
3/11 Miami celeb teed up to RT and comment post GOP debate JK GP/JK will work through MBDB
to ID and ask celeb.
3/12 Coalition partners asked to put out a tweet over this GP GP will ask several groups to
weekend to echo our message tweet. KP will craft tweet
options for them to consider.
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Week 2 – Building A Mystery: (Post-Primary) Don’t Forget About (insert primary state). Join
ProgressiveAmerica.com
Objective: Further amplify Progressive America’s presence in the digital space.
Narrative: Early primary states are where the path to victory for POTUS candidates can be solidified, but what
happens after they deliver the nomination? The people who live here should not be left behind by America’s
economic policies just as the campaigns will leave many of these people behind. Progressive America knows
there is more work to be done here.
3/13 Coalition partners asked to put out a tweet over this GP GP will ask groups to tweet. KP
-14 weekend to echo our message will craft tweet to consider.
3/14 Ad campaign in the primary states tees up BPI
3/15 Primaries in Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois and AM GP will make the ask of coalition
Florida will be “earned” social media photos of victory partners for 5 people per state
parties, pressers, viz events, etc in these states that show a (AM will do MO and FL). AM and
presence from campaigns asking the campaign shown not KP will work on a bank of posts
to forget about X state after this day. We will ask coalition and in following up with ID’ed
partner affiliates in each states to have at least 5 people in posters.
each state teed up to put post something.
3/16 Email goes out to TPAC list about post-primary message BPI AM will craft and BPI will send
3/16 One celebrity and 10 “real people” teed up to amplify the JK/ JK ID celeb and AM/GP will work
post-primary “don’t forget” message. AM on 10 real people.
3/17 Celeb teed up to say something very edgy about the cities GP GP will work through MBDB to
have been left behind (ie: New Orleans and Ferguson) ID and ask celeb.
Example: “Bad economic policies caused New Orleans &
Ferguson & bad policies leave them behind now. Don’t
forget Flint too. Join
ProgressiveAmerica.us
3/17 Have 10-20 people teed up to layer all the places left GP GP works with coalition to ID
-19 behind by bad economic policies. people in states yet to target.
AM and KP craft bank of posts.
Week 3 – Progressive America understands the problem: Personal Impact

Objective: Promote the basis for PA’s mission through personal impact stories
Narrative: People have been left behind by America’s economic policies. Their struggle is real. These stories
are the fuel that drives Progressive American to empower us all to make the change we seek.
3/20 Unveil website & ad campaign shifts to personal stories BPI
3/21 5 people on FB, tumblr, youtube, etc tell their personal AM GP and AM work with coalition
story & are clear about who is to blame (ID the “enemy”). to ID stories. BPI helps to push
The ask is to go to our site to tell their story. out stories.
3/22 Amplify personal impact stories w/ 10-20 people asking AM AM and KP craft bank of posts.
-26 their networks to tell stories or ask who is to blame.
3/23 Email to list asking for personal stories BPI AM to craft, BPI to send
3/24 Celeb posts about a personal impact story JK JK will ID celeb & AM/KP craft
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Week 4 – Progressive America understands the problem: Who Is Writing The Rules?
Narrative: People have been left behind by America’s economic policies. Those who have the power and
resources to influence policy have stacked the deck in their favor. It’s time those most impacted by economic
policies stood together as one voice to rewrite the rules.
3/27 Begin ramping up with echo chamber with PA posts of KP KP tweets out a few ID’ed
headlines about policies that favor the top headlines from the PA account
3/28 Ad campaign continues around personal stories with more BPI
of a focus on “the enemy”
3/29 More headlines from the PA account on unfair policies with AM GP and AM work with coalition
10-20 people teed up to react to the headlines on “earned” partners to get people to echo.
social media.
3/30 Videos of people reacting to headlines begin to trickle out BPI GP and AM will help ID real
-1 people and will work with BPI on
the video needs
4/1 TBD April Fool’s with celeb (Louis CK?) around a new law ALL JK ID celeb; AM/GP will work on
that passed at the end of the day we reveal the joke and bringing coalition in; BPI will be
call on people to join PA to rewrite the rules. ready with ads and website to
reflect
4/2 PA posts to message around “joke” KP/ “earned” social and ads from PA
BPI to amplify larger message
Week 5 - 7 – Progressive America is the solution: The Ties That Bind

Narrative:
4/3 - Brainstorm ideas
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4/10 Brainstorm ideas
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4/17 Brainstorm ideas
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Week 5 - 9 – Progressive America is the solution: The Progressive Agenda
Objective: Promote the policy solutions
Narrative: The rules are not written in our favor. Together we can rewrite the rules and we can focus on
policies that level the playing field.
4/24 Economic Policy Priority 1: Working people earn enough
-30 money to support their families
• Raise the federal minimum wage, so that it
reaches $15/hour, while indexing it to
inflation.
• Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and
protect and expand Social Security.
5/1 Economic Policy Priority 2: Corporate executives and the

-7 wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, and do not have an
• Close the Carried Interest Loophole
• Implement the “Buffett Rule”
• Close the CEO tax loophole that allows
corporations to take advantage of
• End tax breaks for companies that send
American jobs overseas and oppose deals
that hand more power to corporations at
the expense of jobs, workers’ rights and the
environment
• Increase access to democracy through
voting rights, limiting money in politics and
making voting easier and fair for all
communities.
5/8 Economic Policy Priority 3: Working people are able to care

-14 for their loved ones and keep their jobs, and not have to
make a choice between one or the other.
• Pass paid national paid sick leave.
• Pass paid family leave
5/15 Economic Policy Priority 4: Working people are able to

-21 organize and advocate for themselves to counter the
power of corporate executives and the wealthy.
• Reform National Labor Relations Act, to enhance
workers’ right to organize & rebuild middle class.
• Pass comprehensive immigration reform to grow
the economy and protect against exploitation of
low-wage workers.
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5/22 Economic Policy Priority 5: The playing field is
-28 fundamentally leveled to allow for investments in
programs that strengthen our communities so that
everyone in America has a fair shot to get ahead from the
beginning.
• Make Pre-K, after-school programs and childcare
universal.
• Allow students to refinance student loan debt to
take advantage of lower interest rates, and support
debt-free college.
• Invest in schools, not jails-- and give a second
chance to those coming home from prison.
Week 10- 23 – Progressive America: It Start With The Cities

Objective: Showing the enemies, personal impacts and solutions (achieved and yet to be) we use cities to
demonstrate how change can happen on the local level
Narrative:
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FAQ’s – Progressive America
Q. What is Progressive America?
We are a national hub that works collaboratively with anyone, everywhere to

address economic inequality by elevating personal and community impacts that
advance concrete policy solutions to level the playing field for all.
Q. Why the change from The Progressive Agenda?
Progressive America is very much focused around the policy solutions to economic inequality.
Our first goal was to get the policy right and that occurred with The Progressive Agenda. That
effort worked with experts, issue advocacy leaders, groups that organize those most affected by
these policies and activists to ensure these priorities were a good basis to organize around. We
are now ready to organize people around these solutions; thus, Progressive America is born.
Q. Is this a non-profit, political committee, fundraising entity – what type of organization

is this and why?
As an organization focused on the issues and solving inequality, we are a 501 c4 organization
and will also have a 501c3 arm. The majority of our work is around the impacts of economic
inequality to individuals and communities. We’re also going to be working with others on
solutions and our growing coalition will help push for those changes.
We are not a political committee. We do believe that the political system must be changed in
order to truly level the playing field for all, but we will not be advocating for or against specific
candidates. We will be also shining a light on those who have and continue to manipulate the
rules in their favor to create huge inequality.
Q. What makes you different from all the other groups working on income inequality?
It’s true that a lot of our allies in this cause are working hard to address and solve economic
inequality; many focus on paid sick leave or minimum wage, collective bargaining and do great
work focusing on individual or a few issues -- but we are focusing on systemic change of the
economy as our singular focus, and not tied to any single issue campaign or electoral cycle.
Progressive America provides a home for anyone seeking to bring fairness and equality to our
nation’s economic policies by looking for solutions to our most common problems, strengthening
voices for change through a commitment to authenticity, and empowering those most impacted
to lead the way.
What you’ll see from Progressive America is a dialogue where people are encouraged to very
plainly speak their minds around this effort – to discuss the causes and solutions with real grit.
It’s also a place where people are encouraged to be part of how change happens by engaging
face to face with lawmakers on how to move these policies forward. This is also a place where
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Mayor de Blasio has a passionate commitment to solving economic inequality. As a result, he
was among the few early people who established The Progressive Agenda. And, quite frankly,
he’s a policy wonk that way. It’s no wonder that many of these policies are embraced in New
York City and they’re already seeing changes. Those successes are definitely examples to
celebrate as Progressive American organizes around the country.
Q. So what is Mayor de Blasio’s role in Progressive America?
Mayor de Blasio’s commitment to these policies and this cause hasn’t changed. He’s invested
in Progressive America as it takes the policies he was a huge part in crafting and works to
organize people around them to make institutional change at all levels of government. He will
continue to be a strong voice along with many others for Progressive America and will do his
part with the many other supporters who join our effort.
(If pressed)
That said, Progressive America has transitioned from The Progressive Agenda by almost hitting
a “reset button”. Progressive America takes with it the policies and the guidance of The
Progressive Agenda, but it also starts fresh with an entirely new organizing team that is based in
the nation’s capitol where Progressive America’s long-term goal is to make the largest policy
impact. This shift comes with a renewed emphasis on our organization’s most valued voices
coming from those most impacted by policy changes.
Q. Does this mean that even his former staff who once played a role with this group, like
Rebecca Katz, are no longer working with you?
That’s correct. Rebecca Katz and others were an instrumental part of The Progressive Agenda
and have been vital to the transition, but Progressive America is an entirely new team charged
with an expanded mission to organize people around addressing policy changes at all levels of
government.
Q. Mayor de Blasio has gotten some flack for his ties to this group’s predecessor TPA,
including claims that it serves as a national effort that might help boost his future
political goals. Is that true? Does he have his eye on higher office?
This organization has no connection of any kind to any one person’s electoral plans. Period.
Any questions about aspirations for any of the leaders invested in this effort are best answered
by contacting their campaign or official offices.
Q. The mayor has also been questioned by good government groups about TPA and two
other similar organizations being conflicts of interest, since big donors can give
unlimited sums of money to these groups. They can influence the mayor and also skirt
campaign finance laws. Is there any merit to these claims?
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From: Geri Prado
To: PhilWalzak (
Subject: Re: Progressive America "roll-out"/communications conversation
Date: Friday, March 04, 2016 11:37:24 AM
Attachments: Memo re MBDB PA requests.docx
Attached on the memo. Scroll post-cities.
On Mar 4, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Phillip Walzak <

wrote:
where are those?
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Geri Prado

I also want to see on the Mbdb asks we sent were ok or not so we can
plan. I wanted to send you before sending to him since there are
political and press implications.
> On Mar 1, 2016, at 11:32 AM, Geri Prado

>
> <Memo re MBDB PA requests.docx>
> <Progressive America March Roll Out.docx>
> <FAQ’s – Progressive America.docx>
>
>
> Attached are three documents for our call:
>
> 1. Is a March rollout doc which starts next week. That consists of a
splash page and a social media push to cover post-debate Flint. A
bigger push will be the 3rd wee of March when our full-site is ready.
We have a message calendar that lives online with key dates we can
share you on or Tom can review with you as we went over with him,
the Mayor and staff a few weeks ago.
> 2. FAQ DRAFT- clearly anything with the Mayor is on you Phil but we
thought we’d start with some language for us to go back and forth
with. Should Levitan be on the call?
> 3. Request for the Mayor. I have a memo which reviews some key
cities but also has a few asks on it for the Mayor. The big press asks
for March: a co-authored op ed to discuss and recording a video on a
handheld we can push out. Other request are non-public but for
recruitment.
>
> A preface is that all of this as it pertains to the Mayor or NYC is draft
and we’ll not do anything on that front until we discuss with you- Phil
and your team.
>
> Looking forward to talking.
>
> Geri
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February 29, 2016
TO: MAYOR BILL de BLASIO, TOM SNYDER, PHIL WALZAK, ANDREA HAGLEGANS
CC: JOHN DEL CECATO, ADRIANNE MARSH, JEFF KREHELY, JACOB SITTIG, JEANI MURRAY
RE: REQUESTS FOR MAYOR de BLASIO AND PROGRESSIVE AMERICA
To get Progressive America up and running, we will be focused on a soft digital launch during
the week of March 6th. Throughout the first timeframe which will go through the conventions,
we will be following key debate and election schedules to launch specific topics of personal
impact and successes in specific cities. The initial cities (currently vetting) are as follows:
- Flint, MI
- Dayton, OH
- New York City, NY
- Minneapolis, MN
- St. Louis, MO
- Seattle, WA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Florida city
- Las Vegas, NV
- Charlotte, NC
- Two Convention cities: Cleveland and Philadelphia
In these cities and more we will be focused on signing on leaders to the agenda, but in these
cities we will be doing deeper work to highlight impacts of inequality and work with leaders to
push solutions through digital and press means while growing our political lists to amplify the
work and needs.
In order to strengthen, supplement and in some cases, lead this work, we have specific asks for
Mayor de Blasio and his communications team that also have political implications. This is for
discussion with the City Hall staff and we can discuss what, how, modifications.
For the months of March and April
Week of March 6th:

- Work with communications team in the chance there is incoming around the site, social
media properties and messaging we push out around Flint, MI
- Make key political calls to specific celebrities and potential advisory council members
- Allow for a plan around celebrities to host an initial meeting in NYC for later March or
early April
Week of March 13th:

- Help with outreach to celebrities and other notables and mayors
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- Op ed around inequality and work in NYC, community impacts and Progressive America
by MBDB co-authored by key Mayors (Hodges, Whaley, Kinney, Murray, etc) for
following two weeks
- Record video on handheld- for discussion with comms team
Week of March 20th

- Unveil of Progressive America full site- email to list
For April:
- Work with CH communications team to see what we can do around the primary.
Leading into the NYC primary, discuss potential “profile” of NYC by Progressive America
with NYers, key leaders, highlights of MBDB accomplishments and what is needed from
D.C. to make real change (similar to asks of other mayors)
o Similar to Poppy Harlow segment- how to demonstrate problem, solution, hope,
action
As much as possible, it would also be important for us to be able to amplify all the Mayors’
accomplishments. If there are things coming up that fit into the policy parameters of this work,
we would like to have something ready ahead of time to push out. We are asking this of all
mayors, key surrogates.
A few important dates in the first 6 months we’re focused on:

- March 6th: DEM Debate in Flint, MI
- March 8th: Michigan Primary (HI, ID, MS…)
- March 9th: DEM Debate in Minneapolis, MN
- March 10th: GOP Debate in Florida (Miami?)
- March 15th: Big Primary States: OH, FL, MO, NC, IL
- April 15th: Tax Day
- April 19th: New York Primary
- June 7th: Last Primaries
- July 18th: GOP Convention- Cleveland
- July 25th: DEM Convention- Philadelphia
Full message calendar on Google Docs
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To: O"Brien, Kevin; Geri; Walzak, Phil; jfdc; Da Costa, Ricky
Subject: Re: TODAY/time-sensitive
Minus B
Ricky - Sched this for 2:15 today. PRIORITY. Above group.
On 3/4/16, 11:51 AM, "B" <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>
>Need all of you addressed here to convene in the next few hours. Just
>spoke briefly with Geri, and some serious decisions need to be made
>immediately. Pls talk and then update me. Thanks
>
>
>
>
10928
From: Geri Prado
To: Yazgi, Stephanie
Cc: jfdc; Snyder Thomas; O"Brien Kevin
Subject: Re: FYI
Date: Monday, March 07, 2016 9:59:21 AM
Who is point on tax policy at CH? Not my lane but I’d also suggest vetting the legislation against the backdrop of pros and cons with potential
national legislation or EO. There may be zero downside but just a suggestion.
> On Mar 7, 2016, at 9:56 AM, Yazgi, Stephanie <syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

>
> Who is talking to him about it?
>
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 9:55 AM
> To: Yazgi, Stephanie; Geri
> Cc: Snyder, Thomas; O'Brien, Kevin
> Subject: Re: FYI
>
>!
>
> I hope the mayor enthusiastically backs this effort, to say the least
>
> From: Stephanie Yazgi <syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov>>
> Date: Monday, March 7, 2016 at 9:52 AM
> To: Geri Prado <geri@progressiveagenda.us<mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us>>, John Del Cecato
<jfdc@akpdmedia.com<mailto:jfdc@akpdmedia.com>>
> Cc: "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>>, "O'Brien, Kevin"
<KOBrien@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:KOBrien@cityhall.nyc.gov>>
> Subject: FYI
>
> Carried interest in NYS
> * Two assemblymen plan to introduce a bill today that's intended to help close the so-called carried interest loophole, which allows fund
managers to pay a substantially lower federal tax rate on much of their income, The New York Times reports:
http://goo.gl/LbLigg<http://sailthru.cityandstateny.com/click/6241974.14093/aHR0cDovL2dvby5nbC9MYkxpZ2c/5107c31221e070dffadfb658B6dcce7d5
>
>
>
>
>
> STEPHANIE YAZGI
> syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov<mailto:syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov>
> m) 917 374 8235 |Office of the Mayor
> P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
>
>
> <winmail.dat>
10929
From: Wolfe, Emma
To: O"Brien, Kevin; Yazgi, Stephanie; Snyder, Thomas; Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic;
Fuleihan, Dean (OMB)
Cc: Geri Prado; jfdc
Subject: Re: Carried Interest Bill in State Legislature.
Would like state legislative affairs to run these traps please.
From: O'Brien, Kevin

Sent: Monday, March 7, 2016 11:24 AM
To: Yazgi, Stephanie; Snyder, Thomas; Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic; Fuleihan,
Dean (OMB); Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Geri Prado; jfdc
Subject: RE: Carried Interest Bill in State Legislature.
I’ve sent to to Cmmr. Jiha and asked for his team’s analysis.

To: Snyder, Thomas; Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Wolfe, Emma
Cc: O'Brien, Kevin; Geri Prado; jfdc

I think we should also know how it compares to the Gillibrand Delauro bills nationally and if they are
contradictory in any way.

To: Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Wolfe, Emma
Cc: Yazgi, Stephanie; O'Brien, Kevin; Geri Prado; jfdc
Subject: Carried Interest Bill in State Legislature.

Can someone in Tony or Dean’s shop give us an analysis of this bill? Is it something we can support?
Consistent with Mayor’s past statements?

From: "Soliman, Sherif" <SSoliman@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Monday, March 7, 2016 at 10:27 AM
Subject: RE: FYI

Below is the bill that has been introduced on Friday.

STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
9459
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IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2016
___________
Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, BICHOTTE, BRINDISI -- read once
and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to investment
management
services to a partnership or other entity
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and
Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 208 of the
tax
2 law, as amended by section 5 of part T of chapter 59 of the
laws of
3 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) (i) The term "investment income" means income, including
capital
5 gains in excess of capital losses, from investment capital, to
the
6 extent included in computing entire net income, less, (A) in
the
7 discretion of the commissioner, any interest deductions
allowable in
8 computing entire net income which are directly or indirectly
attribut-
9 able to investment capital or investment income, (B) any of capital
gain
10 included in federal taxable income that has to be
recharacterized as
11 business income pursuant to paragraph (u) of subdivision nine of
this
12 section; provided, however, that in no case shall investment
income
13 exceed entire net income. (ii) If the amount of interest
deductions
14 subtracted under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph exceeds
investment
15 income, the excess of such amount over investment income must be
added
16 back to entire net income. (iii) If the taxpayer's investment
income
17 determined without regard to the interest deductions subtracted
under
18 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph comprises more than eight
percent of
19 the taxpayer's entire net income, investment income determined
without
20 regard to such interest deductions cannot exceed eight percent of
the
21 taxpayer's entire net income.
22 § 2. Subparagraph (ix) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section
23 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause 8 to
read as
24 follows:
25 (8) the net operating loss deduction allowed under section one
hundred
26 seventy-two of the internal revenue code shall for purposes of
this
27 paragraph be determined taking into consideration the re-
characteriza-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in
brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14325-
02-6
A. 9459 2
1 tion of income pursuant to paragraph (u) of subdivision nine of
section
2 two hundred eight of this article.
3 § 3. Subdivision 9 of section 208 of the tax law is amended by
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adding
4 a new paragraph (u) to read as follows:
5 (u) Special rule for corporate partners performing investment
manage-
6 ment services. In the case of a taxpayer that is a partner who
performs
7 investment management services (as defined in subsection (h) of
section
8 six hundred thirty-one of this chapter) for the partnership, the
taxpay-
9 er will not be treated as a partner for purposes of this article
with
10 respect to the amount of the partner's distributive share of
income,
11 gain, loss and deduction (including any guaranteed payments) which
is in
12 excess of the amount that such distributive share would have been if
the
13 partner had performed no investment management services. Instead,
such
14 excess amount shall be treated as an amount received from a
trade or
15 business carried on by the taxpayer, and notwithstanding any
state or
16 federal law to the contrary, such excess amount shall be
characterized
17 as a payment for services rendered. For purposes of this paragraph,
the
18 amount of the distributive share that would have been determined if
the
19 partner performed no services, shall not be less than zero.
20 § 4. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision
21 4 to read as follows:
22 4. Rule for investment management services to a partnership or
other
23 entity. For purposes of subdivision three of this section, the
amount of
24 distributive share of partnership income, gain, loss or
deduction
25 (including any guaranteed payments) received as a partner by a
corpo-
26 ration which renders investment management services to a
partnership or
27 other entity, as defined in subsection (h) of section six hundred
thir-

28 ty-one of this chapter, which is in excess of the amount that
such
29 distributive share would have been if the partner had
performed no
30 investment management services, shall be treated as a business
receipt
31 that arises from the performance of services. For purposes of
this
32 subdivision, the amount of the distributive share that would have
been
33 determined if the partner performed no services, shall not be less
than
34 zero.
35 § 5. Subsection (b) of section 617 of the tax law, as amended by
chap-
36 ter 606 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
37 (b) Character of items. Each item of partnership and S
corporation
38 income, gain, loss, or deduction shall have the same character
for a
39 partner or shareholder under this article as for federal income
tax
40 purposes. Where an item is not characterized for federal income
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tax
41 purposes, it shall have the same character for a partner or
shareholder
42 as if realized directly from the source from which realized by the
part-
43 nership or S corporation or incurred in the same manner as
incurred by
44 the partnership or S corporation. See subsections (f) and
(g) of
45 section six hundred thirty-two of this article for special rules
for
46 partners and shareholders performing investment management services.
47 § 6. Subsection (d) of section 631 of the tax law, as amended by
chap-
49 (d) Purchase and sale for own account.-- (1) A nonresident, other
than
50 a dealer holding property primarily for sale to customers in the
ordi-
51 nary course of his or her trade or business, shall not be
deemed to
52 carry on a business, trade, profession or occupation in this state
sole-
53 ly by reason of the purchase and sale of property or the purchase,
sale
54 or writing of stock option contracts, or both, for his or her
own
55 account.
A. 9459 3
1 (2) This subsection shall not apply to a partner or
shareholder
2 performing investment management services as described under
subsection
3 (h) of this section.
subsection
5 (h) to read as follows:
6 (h) Investment management services. (1) For purposes of this
section,
7 the term "investment management services" to a partnership, S
corpo-
8 ration or other entity means providing a substantial quantity of
any of
9 the following services to the partnership, S corporation or other
enti-
10 ty:
11 (i) advising the partnership, S corporation, or entity as to
the
12 advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling any
specified
13 asset, or
14 (ii) managing, acquiring, or disposing of any specified asset, or
15 (iii) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified
assets,
16 or
17 (iv) any activity in support of any service described in
subparagraphs
18 (i) through (iii) of this paragraph.
19 (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "specified asset"
means
20 securities (as defined in section four hundred seventy-five
(c)(2) of
21 the internal revenue code without regard to the last sentence
thereof),
22 real estate held for rental or investment, interests in
partnerships,
23 commodities (as defined in section four hundred seventy-five
(e)(2) of
24 the internal revenue code), or options or derivative contracts
with
25 respect to any of the foregoing.
26
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(3) A partner or shareholder will not be deemed to be
providing
27 investment management services under this subsection if at least
eighty
28 percent of the average fair market value of the specified assets of
the
29 partnership, S corporation or other entity during the taxable
year
30 consist of real estate.
31 § 8. Section 632 of the tax law is amended by adding two
new
32 subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
33 (f) Special rule for partners performing investment
management
34 services. In the case of a partner who performs investment
management
35 services for the partnership, the partner will not be treated as a
part-
36 ner for purposes of this article with respect to the amount of the
part-
37 ner's distributive share of income, gain, loss and deduction
(including
38 any guaranteed payments) which is in excess of the amount such
distribu-
39 tive share would have been if the partner had performed no
investment
40 management services. Instead, such excess amount shall be treated
as an
41 amount received from a trade, business, profession or occupation
carried
42 on in the partner's own capacity for purposes of this article.
Notwith-
43 standing any state or federal law to the contrary, such excess
amount
44 shall be characterized as a payment for services rendered for
purposes
45 of this article, and for purposes of section six hundred thirty-
one of
46 this article shall be allocated in accordance with the rules and
regu-
47 lations applicable to:
48 (1) individuals rendering personal services in the case of an
individ-
49 ual partner, or
50 (2) a business carried on in New York in the case of a partner
that is
51 a partnership, estate or trust, or
52 (3) a corporation under articles nine-A and thirty-two of this
chapter
53 in the case of a partner that is an S corporation.
54 For purposes of this subsection, the amount of the distributive
share
55 that would have been determined if the partner performed no
services,
56 shall not be less than zero.
A. 9459 4
1 (g) Special rule for shareholders performing investment
management
2 services. In the case of a shareholder who performs investment
manage-
3 ment services for the S corporation, the shareholder will not be
treated
4 as a shareholder for purposes of this article with respect to the
amount
5 of the shareholder's pro rata share of income, gain, loss and
deduction
6 which is in excess of the amount such pro rata share would have
been if
7 the shareholder had performed no investment management
services.
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8 Instead, such excess amount shall be treated as an amount received
from
9 a trade, business, profession or occupation carried on in the
sharehold-
10 er's own capacity for purposes of this article. Notwithstanding
any
11 state or federal law to the contrary, such excess amount shall be
char-
12 acterized as a payment for services rendered for purposes of this
arti-
13 cle, and for purposes of section six hundred thirty-one of this
article
14 shall be allocated in accordance with the rules and regulations
applica-
15 ble to:
individ-
17 ual shareholder, or
18 (2) a business carried on in New York in the case of a
shareholder
19 that is an estate or trust.
20 For purposes of this subsection, the amount of the pro rata share
that
21 would have been determined if the shareholder performed no
services,
23 § 9. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016
and
24 before January 1, 2017, (i) no addition to tax under subsection
(c) of
25 section 685 or subsection (c) of section 1085 of the tax law
shall be
26 imposed with respect to any underpayment attributable to the
amendments
27 made by this act of any estimated taxes that are required to be
paid
28 prior to the effective date of this act, provided that the
taxpayer
29 timely made those payments; and (ii) the required installment of
esti-
30 mated tax described in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph
3 of
31 subsection (c) of section 685 of the tax law, and the exception to
addi-
32 tion for underpayment of estimated tax described in paragraph 1 or
2 of
33 subsection (d) of section 1085 of the tax law, in relation to
the
34 preceding year's return, shall be calculated as if the amendments
made
35 by this act had been in effect for that entire preceding year.
36 § 10. This act shall take effect upon enactment into law by the
states
37 of Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts of legislation having
an
38 identical effect with this act, but if the states of Connecticut,
New
39 Jersey and Massachusetts shall have already enacted such
legislation,
40 this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
commissioner
41 of taxation and finance shall notify the legislative bill
drafting
42 commission upon the enactment of such legislation by the
states of
43 Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts in order that such
commission
44 may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the
official
45 text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
effectuating
46 the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-
b of
10935
47 the public officers law.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9459
SPONSOR: Aubry (MS)
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to investment management

PURPOSE:
This bill aims to close the Carried Interest Tax Loophole on the State
level by taxing the Carried Interest Income of hedgefund and private
equity investors as traditional ordinary earned income.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: of the bill amends the tax law by adding (a) (i) The term
"investment income" means income, including capital gains in excess of
capital losses, from investment capital, to the extent included in
computing entire net income, less, any of capital gain included in
federal taxable income that has to be recharacterized as business income
Section 2: of the bill adds the net operating loss deduction allowed
under section one hundred seventy-two of the internal revenue code shall
for purposes of this Paragraph be determined taking into consideration
the re-characterization of income
Sections 3: of the bill provides a special rule Special rule for corpo-
rate partners performing investment management services.
Section 4: of the bill provides rules for investment management services
to a partnership or other entity.
Section 6: clarifies that this subsection shall not apply to a partner
or shareholder performing investment management services
Subsection 7: of the bill amends the tax law by adding the definition of
the term 'Investment Management Services' and 'Specified assets
Section 8: of the bill amends the Tax Law by adding a special rule for
partners performing investment management services.
Section 10: of the bill provides that This act shall take effect upon
enactment into law by the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Massa-
chusetts of legislation having an identical effect with this act, but if
the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts shall have
already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediate-
ly; provided that the commissioner of taxation and finance shall notify
the legislative bill drafting commission upon the enactment of such
legislation by the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts
in order that such commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
legislative law and section 70-b of 19 the public officers law.

JUSTIFICATION:
Currently the Carried Interest Tax Loophole in the federal tax code
allows hedgefund investment managers and private equity billionaires to
declare as carried interest a percentage of their investment fee to get
a lower tax rate. The returns from these fees which can be sizeable--
typically qualify as long-term capital gains-and as such are treated
much differently and are taxed at a much lower rate than ordinary
income. This essentially enables these private equity and hegdefund
managers to pay a substantially lower tax rate - 20 percent instead of
39 percent- this is fundamentally unfair.
With the considerable gridlock at the federal level on nearly every
issue facing the American people, the Patriotic Millionaires recognize
the power that New York can wield in eliminating the preferential tax
treatment that hedge fund managers enjoy. New York's private equity and
hedge funds earn $18.9 billion per year in under-taxed carried interest,
using conservative estimates. It is unconscionable that money managers
10936
in New York pay a lower tax rate on income that they earn by investing
other people's money than hard working New Yorkers in every city and
town from Long Island to Buffalo.
Closing the loophole will benefit the economy far beyond the more than
$3.7 billion in tax revenue it would raise for New York State. It would
generate significant tax receipts (with projections ranging from $1.8 to
$18 billion a year nationwide) and serve as a sign to the rest of the
country that the New York State Legislature is able to create reasonable
comprehensive tax reform that does not seek to further enrich members of
the economic elite on the backs of everyday working Americans.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect upon enactment into law by the states of
Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts of legislation having an iden-
tical effect with this act, but if the states of Connecticut, New Jersey
and Massachusetts shall have already enacted such legislation, this act
shall take effect immediately; provided that the commissioner of taxa-
tion and finance shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
upon the enactment of such legislation by the states of Connecticut, New
Jersey and Massachusetts in order that such commission may maintain an
accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions
of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of 19 the public
officers law.
Status Text Summary Sponsor's Memo Unformatted Text Bill File Mayor Posn Same-As
History Bill Text PDF
Refine Report New Report Action Results Previous Document
Bottom of Form

To: Soliman, Sherif
Subject: FW: FYI

Adding Sherif who can perhaps shed some light on this. Perhaps obtain a copy of the bill.

From: Stephanie Yazgi <syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov>
To: Geri <geri@progressiveagenda.us>, John Del Ceccato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Cc: Tom Snyder <tsnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Kevin O'Brien <KOBrien@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: FYI

Carried interest in NYS
* Two assemblymen plan to introduce a bill today that’s intended to help close the so-called carried
interest loophole, which allows fund managers to pay a substantially lower federal tax rate on much
of their income, The New York Times reports: http://goo.gl/LbLigg

10937
STEPHANIE YAZGI
syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov
m) 917 374 8235 |Office of the Mayor
P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to

10938
From: Jiha, Jacques (DOF)
To: Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Snyder, Thomas; Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic; Wolfe, Emma;
Brindisi, Francesco (OMB); Simonia Brown (OMB)
Cc: Yazgi, Stephanie; O"Brien, Kevin; Geri Prado; jfdc
Dean,
We are looking into it. At first glance, the two concerns are 1) unilateral
disarmament and 2) the classic prisonners' dilemma. This is better dealt with at the
federal level.
Sent Via DOF Mobile Device
-------- Original message --------

From: "Fuleihan, Dean (OMB)" <FuleihanD@omb.nyc.gov>
Date: 3/7/2016 11:46 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Soliman, Sherif"
<SSoliman@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Shorris, Anthony" <AShorris@cityhall.nyc.gov>,
"Williams, Dominic" <DWilliams@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma"
<EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Jiha, Jacques (DOF)" <JihaJ@finance.nyc.gov>,
"Brindisi, Francesco (OMB)" <BrindisiF@omb.nyc.gov>, "Brown, Simonia (OMB)"
<BrownS@omb.nyc.gov>
Cc: "Yazgi, Stephanie" <syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "O'Brien, Kevin"
<KOBrien@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado <gprado@aflcio.org>, jfdc
Jacques, Francesco -- Please get back to us today.

Simonia – Please get the Ways and Means analysis?



Subject: RE: FYI


10939

STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
9459
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2016
___________
and
management
Assem-
tax
laws of
capital
the
the
allowable in
attribut-
gain
recharacterized as
this
income
deductions
investment
added
income
under
percent of
without
the
section
read as
24 follows:
hundred
this
characteriza-
brackets
LBD14325-
10940
02-6
A. 9459 2
section
adding
manage-
performs
section
taxpay-
with
income,
is in
the
such
trade or
state or
characterized
the
the
subdivision
other
amount of
deduction
corpo-
partnership or
thir-

such
performed no
receipt
this
been
than
34 zero.
chap-
10941
corporation
for a
tax
tax
shareholder
part-
incurred by
(g) of
for
chap-
49 (d) Purchase and sale for own account.-- (1) A nonresident, other
than
ordi-
deemed to
sole-
sale
own
55 account.
A. 9459 3
shareholder
subsection
subsection
section,
corpo-
any of
enti-
10 ty:
the
specified
13 asset, or
assets,
16 or
subparagraphs
means
(c)(2) of
thereof),
partnerships,
10942
(e)(2) of
with
26 (3) A partner or shareholder will not be deemed to be
providing
eighty
the
year
new
management
management
part-
part-
(including
distribu-
investment
as an
carried
Notwith-
amount
purposes
one of
regu-
individ-
49 ual partner, or
that is
chapter
share
services,
A. 9459 4
management
manage-
treated
amount
10943
deduction
been if
services.
from
sharehold-
any
char-
arti-
article
applica-
15 ble to:
individ-
shareholder
that
services,
and
(c) of
shall be
amendments
paid
taxpayer
esti-
3 of
addi-
2 of
the
made
states
an
New
legislation,
commissioner
drafting
states of
commission
10944
official
effectuating
b of

BILL NUMBER: A9459
SPONSOR: Aubry (MS)
TITLE OF BILL:

PURPOSE:


JUSTIFICATION:
10945

This is a new bill.

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
officers law.
Bottom of Form

To: Soliman, Sherif
Subject: FW: FYI


Subject: FYI


10946

STEPHANIE YAZGI

10947
From: Wolfe, Emma
To: Yazgi, Stephanie; Snyder, Thomas; Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB)
Cc: O"Brien, Kevin; Geri Prado; jfdc; Zuniga, Andrea; Gann, Georgia; Schwartz, Regina
Date: Monday, March 07, 2016 12:15:16 PM
+AZ, GG to get response asap

To: Snyder, Thomas; Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB);
Wolfe, Emma
Cc: O'Brien, Kevin; Geri Prado; jfdc

I think we should also know how it compares to the Gillibrand Delauro bills nationally and if they are
contradictory in any way.



Subject: RE: FYI


STATE OF NEW YORK

________________________________________________________________________
9459
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2016
___________
and
management
Assem-
tax
10948
laws of
capital
the
the
allowable in
attribut-
gain
recharacterized as
this
income
deductions
investment
added
income
under
percent of
without
the
section
read as
24 follows:
hundred
this
characteriza-
brackets
LBD14325-
02-6
A. 9459 2
section
adding
manage-
performs
section
taxpay-
with
income,
10949
is in
the
such
trade or
state or
characterized
the
the
subdivision
other
amount of
deduction
corpo-
partnership or
thir-
such
performed no
receipt
this
been
than
34 zero.
chap-
corporation
for a
tax
tax
shareholder
part-
incurred by
(g) of
for
chap-
49 (d) Purchase and sale for own account.-- A nonresident, other
10950
(1)
than
ordi-
deemed to
sole-
sale
own
55 account.
A. 9459 3
shareholder
subsection
subsection
section,
corpo-
any of
enti-
10 ty:
the
specified
13 asset, or
assets,
16 or
subparagraphs
means
(c)(2) of
thereof),
partnerships,
(e)(2) of
with
26 (3) A partner or shareholder will not be deemed to be
providing
eighty
the
year
new
management
10951
management
part-
part-
(including
distribu-
investment
as an
carried
Notwith-
amount
purposes
one of
regu-
individ-
49 ual partner, or
that is
chapter
share
services,
A. 9459 4
management
manage-
treated
amount
deduction
been if
services.
from
sharehold-
any
char-
arti-
article
applica-
15 ble to:
10952
individ-
shareholder
that
services,
and
(c) of
shall be
amendments
paid
taxpayer
esti-
3 of
addi-
2 of
the
made
states
an
New
legislation,
commissioner
drafting
states of
commission
official
effectuating
b of

BILL NUMBER: A9459
SPONSOR: Aubry (MS)
TITLE OF BILL:
10953
PURPOSE:
JUSTIFICATION:
This is a new bill.
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
10954
officers law.
Bottom of Form

To: Soliman, Sherif
Subject: FW: FYI


Subject: FYI


STEPHANIE YAZGI

10955
From: O"Brien, Kevin
To: jfdc; Yazgi, Stephanie
Date: Monday, March 07, 2016 12:24:30 PM
And did some googling…looks like Sander Levin has been involved in this, too.

Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 12:23 PM
Cc: O'Brien, Kevin

Yes - I think it's Tammy Baldwin's
On Mar 7, 2016, at 12:03 PM, Yazgi, Stephanie <syazgi@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
Oh lord!
You are right!
Any national leg on this!?

Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 12:01 PM

I think Gillibrand and DeLauro have legislation on paid family leave – not carried
interest?

To: "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Soliman, Sherif"
<SSoliman@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Anthony Shorris <AShorris@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Dominic
Williams <DWilliams@cityhall.nyc.gov>, "Fuleihan, Dean (OMB)"
<fuleihand@omb.nyc.gov>, "Wolfe, Emma" <EWolfe@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Cc: "O'Brien, Kevin" <KOBrien@cityhall.nyc.gov>, Geri Prado <gprado@aflcio.org>,

I think we should also know how it compares to the Gillibrand Delauro bills nationally
and if they are contradictory in any way.

To: Soliman, Sherif; Shorris, Anthony; Williams, Dominic; Fuleihan, Dean (OMB); Wolfe,
Emma
10956

Can someone in Tony or Dean’s shop give us an analysis of this bill? Is it something we can
support? Consistent with Mayor’s past statements?

Subject: RE: FYI


STATE OF NEW YORK

________________________________________________________________________
9459
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2016
___________
Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, BICHOTTE,
BRINDISI --
read once and
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to
investment management
The People of the State of New York, represented in
Senate and Assem-
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section
208 of the tax
2 law, as amended by section 5 of part T of chapter 59
of the laws of
4 (a) (i) The term "investment income" means income,
including capital
5 gains in excess of capital losses, from investment
capital, to the
6 extent included in computing entire net income,
less, (A) in the
7 discretion of the commissioner, any interest
deductions allowable in
8 computing entire net income which are directly or
indirectly attribut-
9 able to investment capital or investment income, (B) any
of capital gain
recharacterized as
11 business income pursuant to paragraph (u) of subdivision
nine of this
12 section; provided, however, that in no case shall
investment income
13 exceed entire net income. (ii) If the amount of
interest deductions
14 subtracted under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph
exceeds investment
15 income, the excess of such amount over investment income
must be added
16 back to entire net income. (iii) If the taxpayer's
investment income
17 determined without regard to the interest deductions
subtracted under
18 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph comprises more than
eight percent of
19 the taxpayer's entire net income, investment income
determined without
10957
20 regard to such interest deductions cannot exceed eight
percent of the
22 § 2. Subparagraph (ix) of paragraph (a) of subdivision
1 of section
23 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new
clause 8 to read as
24 follows:
25 (8) the net operating loss deduction allowed under
section one hundred
26 seventy-two of the internal revenue code shall for
purposes of this
27 paragraph be determined taking into consideration the
re-characteriza-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new;
matter in brackets
LBD14325-02-6
A. 9459 2
1 tion of income pursuant to paragraph (u) of subdivision
nine of section
3 § 3. Subdivision 9 of section 208 of the tax law is
amended by adding
5 (u) Special rule for corporate partners performing
investment manage-
6 ment services. In the case of a taxpayer that is a
partner who performs
7 investment management services (as defined in subsection
(h) of section
8 six hundred thirty-one of this chapter) for the
partnership, the taxpay-
9 er will not be treated as a partner for purposes of
this article with
10 respect to the amount of the partner's distributive
share of income,
11 gain, loss and deduction (including any guaranteed
payments) which is in
12 excess of the amount that such distributive share would
have been if the
13 partner had performed no investment management services.
Instead, such
14 excess amount shall be treated as an amount received
from a trade or
15 business carried on by the taxpayer, and
notwithstanding any state or
characterized
17 as a payment for services rendered. For purposes of this
paragraph, the
18 amount of the distributive share that would have been
determined if the
19 partner performed no services, shall not be less than
zero.
20 § 4. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a
new subdivision
22 4. Rule for investment management services to a
partnership or other
23 entity. For purposes of subdivision three of this section,
the amount of
24 distributive share of partnership income, gain, loss
or deduction
25 (including any guaranteed payments) received as a
partner by a corpo-
partnership or
27 other entity, as defined in subsection (h) of section six
hundred thir-
10958
28 ty-one of this chapter, which is in excess of the
amount that such
29 distributive share would have been if the partner
had performed no
30 investment management services, shall be treated as a
business receipt
31 that arises from the performance of services. For
purposes of this
32 subdivision, the amount of the distributive share that
would have been
33 determined if the partner performed no services, shall
not be less than
34 zero.
35 § 5. Subsection (b) of section 617 of the tax law, as
amended by chap-
36 ter 606 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as
follows:
37 (b) Character of items. Each item of partnership and
S corporation
38 income, gain, loss, or deduction shall have the same
character for a
39 partner or shareholder under this article as for
federal income tax
40 purposes. Where an item is not characterized for
federal income tax
41 purposes, it shall have the same character for a partner
or shareholder
42 as if realized directly from the source from which
realized by the part-
43 nership or S corporation or incurred in the same manner
as incurred by
44 the partnership or S corporation. See subsections
(f) and (g) of
45 section six hundred thirty-two of this article for
special rules for
46 partners and shareholders performing investment management
services.
47 § 6. Subsection (d) of section 631 of the tax law, as
amended by chap-
49 (d) Purchase and sale for own account.-- (1) A
nonresident, other than
50 a dealer holding property primarily for sale to customers
in the ordi-
51 nary course of his or her trade or business, shall
not be deemed to
52 carry on a business, trade, profession or occupation in
this state sole-
53 ly by reason of the purchase and sale of property or the
purchase, sale
54 or writing of stock option contracts, or both, for
his or her own
55 account.
A. 9459 3
1 (2) This subsection shall not apply to a partner
or shareholder
2 performing investment management services as described
under subsection
4 § 7. Section 631 of the tax law is amended by adding a
new subsection
6 (h) Investment management services. (1) For purposes of
this section,
7 the term "investment management services" to a
partnership, S corpo-
8 ration or other entity means providing a substantial
quantity of any of
9 the following services to the partnership, S corporation
or other enti-
10 ty:
10959
11 (i) advising the partnership, S corporation, or
entity as to the
12 advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling
any specified
13 asset, or
14 (ii) managing, acquiring, or disposing of any specified
asset, or
15 (iii) arranging financing with respect to acquiring
specified assets,
16 or
subparagraphs
19 (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term
"specified asset" means
20 securities (as defined in section four hundred seventy-
five (c)(2) of
21 the internal revenue code without regard to the last
sentence thereof),
partnerships,
23 commodities (as defined in section four hundred seventy-
five (e)(2) of
24 the internal revenue code), or options or derivative
contracts with
26 (3) A partner or shareholder will not be deemed
to be providing
27 investment management services under this subsection if at
least eighty
28 percent of the average fair market value of the specified
assets of the
29 partnership, S corporation or other entity during the
taxable year
31 § 8. Section 632 of the tax law is amended by
adding two new
33 (f) Special rule for partners performing
34 services. In the case of a partner who performs
35 services for the partnership, the partner will not be
treated as a part-
36 ner for purposes of this article with respect to the
amount of the part-
37 ner's distributive share of income, gain, loss and
deduction (including
38 any guaranteed payments) which is in excess of the amount
such distribu-
39 tive share would have been if the partner had performed
no investment
40 management services. Instead, such excess amount shall be
treated as an
41 amount received from a trade, business, profession or
occupation carried
42 on in the partner's own capacity for purposes of this
article. Notwith-
43 standing any state or federal law to the contrary, such
excess amount
44 shall be characterized as a payment for services
rendered for purposes
45 of this article, and for purposes of section six hundred
thirty-one of
46 this article shall be allocated in accordance with the
rules and regu-
48 (1) individuals rendering personal services in the case
of an individ-
49 ual partner, or
10960
partner that is
52 (3) a corporation under articles nine-A and thirty-two
of this chapter
54 For purposes of this subsection, the amount of the
distributive share
55 that would have been determined if the partner
performed no services,
A. 9459 4
1 (g) Special rule for shareholders performing
2 services. In the case of a shareholder who performs
investment manage-
3 ment services for the S corporation, the shareholder will
not be treated
4 as a shareholder for purposes of this article with respect
to the amount
5 of the shareholder's pro rata share of income, gain, loss
and deduction
6 which is in excess of the amount such pro rata share would
have been if
7 the shareholder had performed no investment
management services.
8 Instead, such excess amount shall be treated as an amount
received from
9 a trade, business, profession or occupation carried on in
the sharehold-
10 er's own capacity for purposes of this article.
Notwithstanding any
11 state or federal law to the contrary, such excess amount
shall be char-
12 acterized as a payment for services rendered for purposes
of this arti-
13 cle, and for purposes of section six hundred thirty-one of
this article
14 shall be allocated in accordance with the rules and
regulations applica-
15 ble to:
16 (1) individuals rendering personal services in the case
of an individ-
18 (2) a business carried on in New York in the case of
a shareholder
20 For purposes of this subsection, the amount of the pro
rata share that
21 would have been determined if the shareholder
performed no services,
23 § 9. For taxable years beginning on or after January
1, 2016 and
24 before January 1, 2017, (i) no addition to tax under
subsection (c) of
25 section 685 or subsection (c) of section 1085 of the tax
law shall be
26 imposed with respect to any underpayment attributable to
the amendments
27 made by this act of any estimated taxes that are
required to be paid
28 prior to the effective date of this act, provided
that the taxpayer
29 timely made those payments; and (ii) the required
installment of esti-
30 mated tax described in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) of
paragraph 3 of
31 subsection (c) of section 685 of the tax law, and the
exception to addi-
32 tion for underpayment of estimated tax described in
10961
paragraph 1 or 2 of
33 subsection (d) of section 1085 of the tax law, in
relation to the
34 preceding year's return, shall be calculated as if the
amendments made
35 by this act had been in effect for that entire preceding
year.
36 § 10. This act shall take effect upon enactment into law
by the states
37 of Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts of
legislation having an
38 identical effect with this act, but if the states of
Connecticut, New
39 Jersey and Massachusetts shall have already enacted
such legislation,
40 this act shall take effect immediately; provided that
the commissioner
41 of taxation and finance shall notify the legislative
bill drafting
42 commission upon the enactment of such legislation by
the states of
43 Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts in order that
such commission
44 may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base
of the official
45 text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
of effectuating
46 the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
section 70-b of

BILL NUMBER: A9459
SPONSOR: Aubry (MS)
TITLE OF BILL:
PURPOSE:
This bill aims to close the Carried Interest Tax Loophole on the
State
level by taxing the Carried Interest Income of hedgefund and
private
Section 1: of the bill amends the tax law by adding (a) (i) The
term
"investment income" means income, including capital gains in
excess of
federal taxable income that has to be recharacterized as business
income
Section 2: of the bill adds the net operating loss deduction
allowed
under section one hundred seventy-two of the internal revenue code
shall
for purposes of this Paragraph be determined taking into
consideration
Sections 3: of the bill provides a special rule Special rule for
corpo-
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Section 4: of the bill provides rules for investment management
services
Section 6: clarifies that this subsection shall not apply to a
partner
Subsection 7: of the bill amends the tax law by adding the
definition of
Section 8: of the bill amends the Tax Law by adding a special rule
for
Section 10: of the bill provides that This act shall take effect
upon
enactment into law by the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and
Massa-
chusetts of legislation having an identical effect with this act,
but if
already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect
immediate-
ly; provided that the commissioner of taxation and finance shall
notify
the legislative bill drafting commission upon the enactment of
such
legislation by the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and
Massachusetts
in order that such commission may maintain an accurate and timely
effec-
tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of
New York
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently the Carried Interest Tax Loophole in the federal tax
code
allows hedgefund investment managers and private equity
billionaires to
declare as carried interest a percentage of their investment fee
to get
a lower tax rate. The returns from these fees which can be
sizeable--
typically qualify as long-term capital gains-and as such are
treated
income. This essentially enables these private equity and
hegdefund
managers to pay a substantially lower tax rate - 20 percent
instead of
With the considerable gridlock at the federal level on nearly
every
issue facing the American people, the Patriotic Millionaires
recognize
the power that New York can wield in eliminating the preferential
tax
treatment that hedge fund managers enjoy. New York's private
equity and
hedge funds earn $18.9 billion per year in under-taxed carried
interest,
using conservative estimates. It is unconscionable that money
managers
in New York pay a lower tax rate on income that they earn by
investing
other people's money than hard working New Yorkers in every city
and
Closing the loophole will benefit the economy far beyond the more
than
$3.7 billion in tax revenue it would raise for New York State. It
would
generate significant tax receipts (with projections ranging from
$1.8 to
$18 billion a year nationwide) and serve as a sign to the rest of
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the
country that the New York State Legislature is able to create
reasonable
comprehensive tax reform that does not seek to further enrich
members of
This is a new bill.
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect upon enactment into law by the states
of
Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts of legislation having an
iden-
tical effect with this act, but if the states of Connecticut, New
Jersey
and Massachusetts shall have already enacted such legislation,
this act
shall take effect immediately; provided that the commissioner of
taxa-
tion and finance shall notify the legislative bill drafting
commission
upon the enactment of such legislation by the states of
Connecticut, New
Jersey and Massachusetts in order that such commission may
maintain an
accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of
the laws
of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
provisions
of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of 19 the
public
officers law.
Status Text Summary Sponsor's Memo Unformatted Text Bill File Mayor Posn
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To: Soliman, Sherif
Subject: FW: FYI


Subject: FYI

* Two assemblymen plan to introduce a bill today that’s intended to help close the so-
called carried interest loophole, which allows fund managers to pay a substantially
lower federal tax rate on much of their income, The New York Times
reports: http://goo.gl/LbLigg
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STEPHANIE YAZGI

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To: Snyder, Thomas
Cc: B; Jonathan@berlinrosen.com
Subject: Re: Carried interest
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016 11:07:01 PM
Who - me!?!
On 3/10/16, 11:02 PM, "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
>I think you're mocking me

>
>
>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 10:47 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>> I¹ll read it over my spinach quiche and French Press coffee tomorrow
>>
>>> On 3/10/16, 10:44 PM, "Snyder, Thomas" <TSnyder@cityhall.nyc.gov>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>> This weeks New Yorker has a feature article on carried.
>>>
>>
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To: B; Snyder, Thomas
Subject: Thomas Frank in The Guardian
Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here's

why | Thomas Frank
Let us now address the greatest American mystery at the moment: what
motivates the supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald
Trump?
I call it a “mystery” because the working-class white people who make up

the bulk of Trump’s fan base show up in amazing numbers for the
candidate, filling stadiums and airport hangars, but their views, by and
large, do not appear in our prestige newspapers. On their opinion pages,
these publications take care to represent demographic categories of nearly
every kind, but “blue-collar” is one they persistently overlook. The views of
working-class people are so foreign to that universe that when New York
Times columnist Nick Kristof wanted to “engage” a Trump supporter last
week, he made one up, along with this imaginary person’s responses to his
questions.
When members of the professional class wish to understand the working-

class Other, they traditionally consult experts on the subject. And when
these authorities are asked to explain the Trump movement, they always
seem to zero in on one main accusation: bigotry. Only racism, they tell us, is
capable of powering a movement like Trump’s, which is blowing through the
inherited structure of the Republican party like a tornado through a cluster
of McMansions.
Trump himself provides rather excellent evidence for this finding. The man
is an insult clown who has systematically gone down the list of American
ethnic groups and offended them each in turn. He wants to deport millions
upon millions of undocumented immigrants. He wants to bar Muslims from
visiting the United States. He admires various foreign strongmen and
dictators, and has even retweeted a quote from Mussolini. This gold-plated
buffoon has in turn drawn the enthusiastic endorsement of leading racists
from across the spectrum of intolerance, a gorgeous mosaic of haters, each
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of them quivering excitedly at the prospect of getting a real, honest-to-god
bigot in the White House.
Trump on Michigan and Mississippi wins: ‘Only I did well tonight’
All this stuff is so insane, so wildly outrageous, that the commentariat has
deemed it to be the entirety of the Trump campaign. Trump appears to be a
racist, so racism must be what motivates his armies of followers. And so, on
Saturday, New York Times columnist Timothy Egan blamed none other
than “the people” for Trump’s racism: “Donald Trump’s supporters know
exactly what he stands for: hatred of immigrants, racial superiority, a
sneering disregard of the basic civility that binds a society.”
Stories marveling at the stupidity of Trump voters are published nearly

every day. Articles that accuse Trump’s followers of being bigots have
appeared by the hundreds, if not the thousands. Conservatives have written
them; liberals have written them; impartial professionals have written them.
The headline of a recent Huffington Post column announced, bluntly, that
“Trump Won Super Tuesday Because America is Racist.” A New York Times
reporter proved that Trump’s followers were bigots by coordinating a map
of Trump support with a map of racist Google searches. Everyone knows it:
Trump’s followers’ passions are nothing more than the ignorant blurtings of
the white American id, driven to madness by the presence of a black man in
the White House. The Trump movement is a one-note phenomenon, a vast
surge of race-hate. Its partisans are not only incomprehensible, they are not
really worth comprehending.
***
Or so we’re told. Last week, I decided to watch several hours of Trump

speeches for myself. I saw the man ramble and boast and threaten and even
seem to gloat when protesters were ejected from the arenas in which he
spoke. I was disgusted by these things, as I have been disgusted by Trump
for 20 years. But I also noticed something surprising. In each of the
speeches I watched, Trump spent a good part of his time talking about an
entirely legitimate issue, one that could even be called leftwing.
Yes, Donald Trump talked about trade. In fact, to judge by how much time
he spent talking about it, trade may be his single biggest concern – not
white supremacy. Not even his plan to build a wall along the Mexican
border, the issue that first won him political fame. He did it again during the
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debate on 3 March: asked about his political excommunication by Mitt
Romney, he chose to pivot and talk about … trade.
It seems to obsess him: the destructive free-trade deals our leaders have
made, the many companies that have moved their production facilities to
other lands, the phone calls he will make to those companies’ CEOs in order
to threaten them with steep tariffs unless they move back to the US.
Trump embellished this vision with another favorite leftwing idea: under
his leadership, the government would “start competitive bidding in the drug
industry”. (“We don’t competitively bid!” he marveled – another true fact, a
legendary boondoggle brought to you by the George W Bush
administration.) Trump extended the critique to the military-industrial
complex, describing how the government is forced to buy lousy but
expensive airplanes thanks to the power of industry lobbyists.
Thus did he hint at his curious selling proposition: because he is personally

so wealthy, a fact about which he loves to boast, Trump himself is
unaffected by business lobbyists and donations. And because he is free from
the corrupting power of modern campaign finance, famous deal-maker
Trump can make deals on our behalf that are “good” instead of “bad”. The
chance that he will actually do so, of course, is small. He appears to be a
hypocrite on this issue as well as so many other things. But at least Trump is
saying this stuff.
All this surprised me because, for all the articles about Trump I had read in
recent months, I didn’t recall trade coming up very often. Trump is
supposed to be on a one-note crusade for whiteness. Could it be that all this
trade stuff is a key to understanding the Trump phenomenon?
***
Trade is an issue that polarizes Americans by socio-economic status. To the

professional class, which encompasses the vast majority of our media
figures, economists, Washington officials and Democratic powerbrokers,
what they call “free trade” is something so obviously good and noble it
doesn’t require explanation or inquiry or even thought. Republican and
Democratic leaders alike agree on this, and no amount of facts can move
them from their Econ 101 dream.
To the remaining 80 or 90% of America, trade means something very
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different. There’s a video going around on the internet these days that shows
a room full of workers at a Carrier air conditioning plant in Indiana being
told by an officer of the company that the factory is being moved to
Monterrey, Mexico, and that they’re all going to lose their jobs.
As I watched it, I thought of all the arguments over trade that we’ve had in
this country since the early 1990s, all the sweet words from our economists
about the scientifically proven benevolence of free trade, all the ways in
which our newspapers mock people who say that treaties like the North
American Free Trade Agreement allow companies to move jobs to Mexico.
Well, here is a video of a company moving its jobs to Mexico, courtesy of

Nafta. This is what it looks like. The Carrier executive talks in that familiar
and highly professional HR language about the need to “stay competitive”
and “the extremely price-sensitive marketplace”. A worker shouts “Fuck
you!” at the executive. The executive asks people to please be quiet so he can
“share” his “information”. His information about all of them losing their
jobs.
***
Now, I have no special reason to doubt the suspicion that Donald Trump is
a racist. Either he is one, or (as the comedian John Oliver puts it) he is
pretending to be one, which amounts to the same thing.
But there is another way to interpret the Trump phenomenon. A map of his
support may coordinate with racist Google searches, but it coordinates even
better with deindustrialization and despair, with the zones of economic
misery that 30 years of Washington’s free-market consensus have brought
the rest of America.
It is worth noting that Trump is making a point of assailing that Indiana air
conditioning company from the video in his speeches. What this suggests is
that he’s telling a tale as much about economic outrage as it is tale of racism
on the march. Many of Trump’s followers are bigots, no doubt, but many
more are probably excited by the prospect of a president who seems to mean
it when he denounces our trade agreements and promises to bring the
hammer down on the CEO that fired you and wrecked your town, unlike
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Here is the most salient supporting fact: when people talk to white,
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working-class Trump supporters, instead of simply imagining what they
might say, they find that what most concerns these people is the economy
and their place in it. I am referring to a study just published by Working
America, a political-action auxiliary of the AFL-CIO, which interviewed
some 1,600 white working-class voters in the suburbs of Cleveland and
Pittsburgh in December and January.
Support for Donald Trump, the group found, ran strong among these
people, even among self-identified Democrats, but not because they are all
pining for a racist in the White House. Their favorite aspect of Trump was
his “attitude”, the blunt and forthright way he talks. As far as issues are
concerned, “immigration” placed third among the matters such voters care
about, far behind their number one concern: “good jobs / the economy”.
“People are much more frightened than they are bigoted,” is how the
findings were described to me by Karen Nussbaum, the executive director of
Working America. The survey “confirmed what we heard all the time:
people are fed up, people are hurting, they are very distressed about the fact
that their kids don’t have a future” and that “there still hasn’t been a
recovery from the recession, that every family still suffers from it in one way
or another.”
Tom Lewandowski, the president of the Northeast Indiana Central Labor

Council in Fort Wayne, puts it even more bluntly when I asked him about
working-class Trump fans. “These people aren’t racist, not any more than
anybody else is,” he says of Trump supporters he knows. “When Trump
talks about trade, we think about the Clinton administration, first with
Nafta and then with [Permanent Normal Trade Relations] China, and here
in Northeast Indiana, we hemorrhaged jobs.”
“They look at that, and here’s Trump talking about trade, in a ham-handed
way, but at least he’s representing emotionally. We’ve had all the political
establishment standing behind every trade deal, and we endorsed some of
these people, and then we’ve had to fight them to get them to represent us.”
Now, let us stop and smell the perversity. Left parties the world over were
founded to advance the fortunes of working people. But our left party in
America – one of our two monopoly parties – chose long ago to turn its back
on these people’s concerns, making itself instead into the tribune of the
enlightened professional class, a “creative class” that makes innovative
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things like derivative securities and smartphone apps. The working people
that the party used to care about, Democrats figured, had nowhere else to
go, in the famous Clinton-era expression. The party just didn’t need to listen
to them any longer.
What Lewandowski and Nussbaum are saying, then, should be obvious to

anyone who’s dipped a toe outside the prosperous enclaves on the two
coasts. Ill-considered trade deals and generous bank bailouts and
guaranteed profits for insurance companies but no recovery for average
people, ever – these policies have taken their toll. As Trump says, “we have
rebuilt China and yet our country is falling apart. Our infrastructure is
falling apart … Our airports are, like, Third World.”
Trump’s words articulate the populist backlash against liberalism that has
been building slowly for decades and may very well occupy the White House
itself, whereupon the entire world will be required to take seriously its
demented ideas.
Yet still we cannot bring ourselves to look the thing in the eyes. We cannot
admit that we liberals bear some of the blame for its emergence, for the
frustration of the working-class millions, for their blighted cities and their
downward spiraling lives. So much easier to scold them for their twisted
racist souls, to close our eyes to the obvious reality of which Trumpism is
just a crude and ugly expression: that neoliberalism has well and truly
failed.
Thomas Frank is the author of Listen, Liberal or Whatever Happened to

the Party of the People, published 15 March by Metropolitan Books
This article was amended on 9 March 2016 to reflect the fact that Nafta
stands for the North American Free Trade Agreement. An earlier version of
this article referred to it as North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement.
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From: Geri Prado
To: B; jfdc; Walzak, Phil; Snyder, Thomas
Cc: Jeff Blake Krehely
Subject: The New Yorker: Billionaire"s Loophole
Worth the read:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/david-rubenstein-and-the-carried-interest-dilemma
The Billionaires’ Loophole

<http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160314_r27787-863.jpg>After an
earthquake damaged the Washington Monument, Congress picked up half the bill. Rubenstein paid the
rest. Illustration by Oliver Munday
<> <>On August 23, 2011, a magnitude-5.8 earthquake shook the Washington Monument for about
twenty seconds, sending tourists on the observation deck down eight hundred and ninety-seven steps.
One of the two strongest quakes ever recorded east of the Rockies, it fractured two dozen of the stone
protrusions that hold up the marble slabs at the monument’s peak. That December, Congress
appropriated half of the fifteen million dollars required to repair the obelisk, saying that the rest would
have to be raised from private citizens.
Within weeks, David Rubenstein, the co-founder of the Carlyle Group, a private-equity firm, announced
that he would provide the funds. On June 2, 2013, Rubenstein joined the Secretary of the Interior and
the head of the National Park Service to inspect the progress, atop the scaffolding. In public
appearances, he often tells what happened next, in a deadpan manner that he says is joking. As he
recalled last year in a talk at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he decided, while his hosts were looking
away, to leave his mark: “I took a pen out and I wrote my initials at the very top.”
Rubenstein, with an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion, is one of the wealthiest people in Washington.
He is an American-history buff, and practices what he calls “patriotic philanthropy,” on behalf of the
national heritage. In 2007, he spent $21.3 million on a seven-hundred-and-ten-year-old copy of the
Magna Carta. He loaned it to the National Archives and, four years later, financed the construction of a
new, $13.5-million gallery to house the document. He has bought two copies of the Emancipation
Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, and loaned one to President Obama, who displayed it for a
time in the Oval Office. He has made substantial gifts to Monticello, to James Madison’s estate at
Montpelier, to Robert E. Lee’s mansion, to the Iwo Jima Memorial, and, last month, to the Lincoln
Memorial. (Although he has also donated generously to hospitals, universities, and other traditional
beneficiaries, more than half of the several hundred million dollars he has given away fits the “patriotic”
theme.)
His role as a civic patriarch extends to other projects. He is the president of the Economic Club of
Washington, which brings together the city’s business élite for discussions with government and financial
leaders, and he sits on the boards of the Kennedy Center, the Brookings Institution, and the
Smithsonian. Every few months, he funds a bipartisan dinner salon for senators and representatives at
the Library of Congress, where he interviews a prominent Presidential historian, such as David
McCullough, Ron Chernow, or Doris Kearns Goodwin.
In 1987, after a short career in politics, Rubenstein founded Carlyle, building it around his Washington
relationships and those of his partners—“access capitalism,” Michael Lewis called it, in a critical 1993
profile of Rubenstein in The New Republic. For the most part, Rubenstein has received favorable press
coverage, including widespread praise for his charitable work. In 2012, the Washington Post described
him as the “generous repeat benefactor for Washington’s endangered national icons,” and the magazine
Washingtonian named him a Washingtonian of the Year. He is a frequent guest on Bloomberg Television
and on CNBC. Last May, on a “60 Minutes” segment titled “All-American,” he said, referring to the
Washington Monument, “The government doesn’t have the resources it used to have. We have gigantic
budget deficits and large debt. And I think private citizens now need to pitch in.”
Until recently, relatively little attention had been paid to one source of Rubenstein’s wealth, which he
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has quietly fought to protect: the so-called carried-interest tax loophole. The tax break has helped
private equity become one of the most lucrative sectors of the financial industry. Since the end of the
recession, private equity has reported record profits, and at least eighteen private-equity executives are
estimated to be worth two billion dollars or more each. And during the current Presidential campaign,
with its populist themes, the loophole has become a target among Democrats and Republicans alike.
The notion of “carried interest” derives from the share of profits that twelfth-century ship captains
received on the cargo they carried. It came into its modern usage in the nineteen-twenties, in the oil-
and-gas industry, and was enshrined in the federal tax code in 1954. When a group of partners drilled
for oil, a few would put up the money and others would invest only their labor, or “sweat equity”—
finding land and investors, buying equipment, and so on. If the partners sold out, the I.R.S. would tax
the profits of all the partners at the lower rate for capital gains rather than as ordinary income.
Over time, partnerships in other industries, mainly real estate and venture capital, began taking
advantage of the same form of taxation. Private-equity firms stretched the model to its breaking point.
Their work is essentially a combination of investment banking and management consulting: they are
compensated not for building new ventures from scratch, with the risk that entails, but for managing the
investments of wealthy individuals and pension funds and other institutional clients. These funds are
pooled, along with borrowed money, to acquire private companies or to take public companies private—
before making improvements or cutting costs and selling at a big profit.
<http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/a19812>“This is an unfortunate time to run aground.”

<> <>Even if no profits are realized, private-equity firms get paid: under the “2 and 20” compensation
structure, they receive a two-per-cent fee annually on assets under management, in addition to a
twenty-per-cent cut of profits beyond a given benchmark. The I.R.S. characterizes the managers’ cut of
the profits as carried interest, taxing it as though it were capital gains made through the sale of a
person’s own investment. For most of the past fifteen years, long-term capital gains have been taxed at
fifteen per cent, compared with thirty-five per cent for ordinary income in the top bracket.
One name for the tax break is the “hedge-fund loophole,” but hedge funds benefit much less than
private equity does, because their trades tend to be too short-term to qualify for the low capital-gains
rate. At a Credit Suisse forum in Miami, in 2013, Rubenstein said of private equity, “Carried interest is
really what the business has historically been about—producing distributions for your investors from
good sales and I.P.O.s . . . and getting twenty per cent of the profits for yourself.” He went on, “That’s
how we’ve really grown our business.”
Barack Obama, during his first Presidential campaign, pledged to reform the tax on carried interest and,
in 2012, went after Mitt Romney for having enjoyed its benefits as the co-founder of Bain Capital. This
year, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump have all attacked the loophole, often using
hedge-fund managers as the rhetorical target. As Trump put it in August, “They’re paying nothing, and
it’s ridiculous. . . . These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky.” Jeb Bush, who made a
foray into private equity in 2014, also called for closing the loophole during his ill-fated campaign.
Private-equity partners argue that their tax treatment is justified under the tradition of encouraging
risky business partnerships and is necessary for their industry to flourish. So far, the partners have won
out: despite the rise of anti-Wall Street sentiment after the 2008 financial collapse, the loophole has
withstood every effort at reform.
David Rubenstein, who is sixty-six, grew up in Baltimore, in a two-bedroom row house in the city’s
northwestern corner, which was then predominantly Jewish. His father sorted mail for the postal service,
and his mother was a homemaker. As a student at City College, a premier, boys-only public high school,
Rubenstein was serious-minded and kept to himself. “He was very, very quiet,” his fellow-student Kurt
Schmoke, who, in 1987, became the city’s first elected black mayor, told me. “He liked to talk about
government and politics—not so much about business.”
In 1975, after graduating from Duke and then the University of Chicago law school, and spending two
years at the corporate law firm Paul, Weiss, in New York, Rubenstein served as the counsel to Senator
Birch Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, on the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. A year later, at
the age of twenty-six, he joined Jimmy Carter’s Presidential campaign as a policy aide and was
subsequently hired as a deputy to Stuart Eizenstat, President Carter’s domestic-policy adviser.
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Rubenstein helped write memos for Carter, prepare him for press conferences, and draft State of the
Union addresses.
At the White House, Rubenstein subsisted on vending-machine snacks, staying late enough to get his
briefing papers at the top of Carter’s stack. “He was almost painfully shy,” Eizenstat told me. “He almost
never spoke to the press. He kept his head down. He almost never spoke in meetings.” On his late
shifts, Rubenstein got to know Alice Rogoff, an assistant to the director of the Office of Management
and Budget, when she came by to drop off memos. They married in 1983; Rogoff is now an arts
philanthropist and the owner of the Alaska Dispatch News, the state’s largest newspaper. (She lives part
time in Anchorage.)
Rubenstein was crushed when Carter lost to Ronald Reagan, in 1980. “I tried to help my country, and it
didn’t work,” he told the Washington Post years later. In 1981, he took a job in the mergers-and-
acquisitions group at the Washington-based law firm Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, but he soon
started exploring a career change. Legal work bored him, and he was in touch with friends from his
days at the White House who were prospering in business. “I realized I was going somewhere that
wasn’t going to take me where I wanted to be,” he said at Rensselaer.
<>At that time, the first “leveraged-buyout firms,” as private equity was then called, were springing up
in New York and Boston, led by groups such as Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Rubenstein
decided to apply to this line of business what he’d learned in Washington about lobbying. Nobody in
private equity had yet thought to choose partners chiefly on the basis of their relationships with
government officials and their knowledge of regulated industries. Gary Shapiro, then a lobbyist for the
consumer-electronics industry who worked alongside Shaw, Pittman in one lobbying fight against
Hollywood, recalls hearing Rubenstein’s pitch when they travelled together to Japan, in the early
eighties: “His vision was to combine capital with politically connected people whose phone calls are
accepted around the world. We laughed at him, like, Yeah, right.”
<http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/a19721>
In 1986, Stephen Norris, a lawyer for Marriott, learned of a change to the federal tax code recently
initiated by Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska. It allowed Alaska Native corporations, created
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to sell their paper losses at a discount to companies that
could use them to reduce their own taxes. Norris started a business that matched companies with
Native Alaskans and persuaded Rubenstein to leave Shaw, Pittman and join him. In a single year, they
brokered the transfer of a billion dollars in losses, earning at least ten million dollars in fees. In 1987,
they were on the verge of another big transfer when the government closed that loophole. The episode
became known in Washington business lore as the Great Eskimo Tax Scam.
<>In September of that year, Rubenstein founded the Carlyle Group, with Norris; Dan D’Aniello, of
Marriott; and William Conway, of the telecom giant M.C.I. The firm was named for the New York hotel,
to evoke old-money grandeur. The partners soon brought in Frank Carlucci, Ronald Reagan’s final
Secretary of Defense. Fred Malek, the former deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee,
did consulting work for the firm.
Carlyle struggled in its first several years, making an unsuccessful venture into airline food, with
Caterair, and losing a bid for the restaurant chain Chi-Chi’s. In 1990, though, the focus on Washington
paid off. Thanks mainly to Carlucci, Carlyle was able to buy B.D.M., Ford Aerospace’s defense
consultancy, which was the first of many military-industrial investments. (Seven years later, having
expanded B.D.M.’s operations into Saudi Arabia, Carlyle sold the consultancy, making a six-hundred-
and-fifty-per-cent profit.)
Two members of the George H. W. Bush Administration, Richard Darman, the budget director, and
James Baker III, the Secretary of State, joined Carlyle when they left the government. In the late
nineteen-nineties, the ex-President himself came on board and helped position the firm to win a bidding
war for one of South Korea’s top banks. The firm branched out into new industries, buying ownership
stakes in Dunkin’ Donuts and Hertz, among many others.
In 2007, Carlyle’s twentieth anniversary, the firm managed seventy-five billion dollars in assets, and
Rubenstein made his début on the Forbes 400 list. By 2009, Carlyle’s portfolio included $1.5 billion from
the New York State pension fund. According to an investigation that year by Andrew Cuomo, then the
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state attorney general, the pension money had been obtained in part through improper payments to
middlemen by a Carlyle affiliate. Though Carlyle was not accused of any wrongdoing, it agreed to pay
twenty million dollars to resolve the matter.
Over the years, Rubenstein’s Democratic allegiance has loosened. In 1990, Carlyle put George W. Bush,
who had just left the oil business in Texas, on the Caterair board. In the late nineties, Rubenstein and
Rogoff still hosted the Carters at their Nantucket vacation home, but they more often socialized with
George and Barbara Bush. In 2000, Rubenstein, Rogoff, and their three children (two daughters and a
son, now grown) accompanied Barbara Bush and her grandchildren on a safari. That same year,
Rubenstein and Rogoff attended Barbara Bush’s seventy-fifth-birthday party, in Kennebunkport.
Rubenstein has admitted that his relationship with the Bush family affected his politics, but he also
developed strong ties with the Clinton Administration. In 2001, Carlyle hired two former Clinton officials
—the chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission and the Securities and Exchange
Commission. For years, Rubenstein has refrained from contributing to political campaigns, and Carlyle
has never formed a political-action committee. Rubenstein told Reuters in 2012, “I don’t really try to get
involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I’m a Democrat or Republican. Right now,
I just view myself as an American.” Last year, when President Obama visited Anchorage, he had dinner
with Rogoff at her home.
Rubenstein, who declined to participate in this story, has long since overcome his shyness. “David’s
evolution is really like a butterfly coming out of a cocoon,” Eizenstat told me. During Rubenstein’s first
appearance on the Charlie Rose show, in 2006, with Stephen Schwarzman, the co-founder of the
Blackstone Group, another private-equity firm, he was asked to name the “most dynamic industry” to
invest in. Dryly, he responded, “Other than the private-equity industry?” He went on, “The private-
equity industry has become an industry by itself, as you know. The firms like Steve’s and ours and
others have become quite large.” He held his hands apart to suggest this remarkable growth.
<>In 2012, when Carlyle made its first offering of public stock, it reported that Rubenstein, D’Aniello,
and Conway—Norris departed in 1995—had been paid about a hundred and forty million dollars each
the previous year, an amount that dwarfed the pay of nearly all top C.E.O.s that year. (Jamie Dimon, of
JPMorgan Chase, made twenty-three million dollars.) They had also received significant returns on their
own investments in Carlyle funds: Rubenstein collected fifty-seven million dollars, D’Aniello seventy-
eight million.
Of that hundred and forty million in pay, a hundred and thirty-four million came from the firm’s share of
its investors’ profits. The filings make it difficult to determine the exact distribution, but industry experts
say that at a large firm like Carlyle three-quarters of a partner’s pay typically comes out of carried
interest. By that calculation, the loophole would have saved the partners about twenty million dollars
each, in 2011 alone. Over the next four years, each partner’s savings would have amounted to more
than fifty million dollars.
<http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/a19723>“First, let’s get you nice and numb for this procedure.”
In 1889, Andrew Carnegie published “The Gospel of Wealth,” his Gilded Age manifesto. He believed that
concentrated wealth was essential to capitalism, but that much of that wealth must be given away, in
order to maintain a “reign of harmony” with the poor. The “duty of the man of Wealth,” he wrote, is to
“set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide
moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all
surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds.” Those should be put toward whatever, “in
his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community.” Warren
Buffett and Bill Gates frequently invoke Carnegie when they speak of their Giving Pledge campaign,
which commits billionaires to giving away at least half their money. A hundred and forty others have
signed it, including Rubenstein, Carl Icahn, Michael Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk.
<>Like Buffett and Gates, Rubenstein has urged others to follow Carnegie’s credo. “There’s no evidence
that you really need the wealth in the afterlife,” he said during his talk at Rensselaer. “I got to the point
where I realized I had more money than I obviously needed, or I didn’t want to ruin my children’s life
by giving them too much.”
Rubenstein prides himself on driving a fifteen-year-old Mercedes station wagon, but he does not quite
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follow Carnegie’s call for unostentatious living. In addition to his Nantucket compound, where thirty
people can comfortably stay, he has a vacation home in Colorado, and travels in a sixty-five-million-
dollar Gulfstream. His main residence, which sprawls over seven thousand square feet, sits in suburban
Bethesda. Nevertheless, he’s more modest than counterparts such as Schwarzman, who in 2007 threw
himself a now infamous three-million-dollar birthday party at the Park Avenue Armory, in New York, and
who spends more freely in politics, especially on Republican candidates.
One afternoon last October, Rubenstein and his mother gathered with several hundred other guests at
the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, the Beaux-Arts main branch of the New York Public Library,
rechristened in 2008 in exchange for a hundred-million-dollar gift. Rubenstein was there to receive the
Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, along with seven others, including Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen and
the Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman, Sr. Rubenstein roamed around the vast Celeste Bartos Forum,
hands in his pockets, with the proprietary air of a man at his daughter’s wedding.
The theme was Scottish, in honor of Carnegie, and, after a lunch of braised short ribs Balmoral and
roasted tatties, Judy Woodruff, the PBS news anchor, began the ceremony. There were video clips
about the recipients, narrated by Tina Fey. “Like Andrew Carnegie, Mr. Rubenstein came from modest
circumstances,” she said. Before Rubenstein received his medal, Woodruff said, “His philanthropy is
historic. . . . He never tires of giving back.”
Rubenstein, a square-shouldered, dough-faced man with neat white hair and tortoiseshell glasses,
speaks in a rapid-fire monotone. In his acceptance speech, he said, “When I was told about this award,
I thought there must have been a category for a Jewish boy from Baltimore, and that’s how I got it.”
Carnegie, he said, had written him a letter from the beyond. “ ‘Philanthropy is something that anyone
can do and everyone should do,’ ” the “letter” read. “ ‘Good philanthropists invariably live very long lives
and when their time is up they are warmly welcomed into a special place in Heaven.’ ” On his way out,
Rubenstein picked up a party favor: a sugar cookie decorated with Carnegie’s bearded visage in frosting.
<>The person most responsible for inspiring the movement against the carried-interest tax loophole is
Victor Fleischer, a tax-law professor at the University of San Diego School of Law. Fleischer, the son of
two college professors in Buffalo, became aware of the loophole in the late nineteen-nineties, when he
was working as a tax attorney at Davis Polk, in New York. Fleischer does not consider himself
particularly liberal. He is motivated, he told me, by a basic idea. “It’s important to think about how the
tax system treats people. The tax system has to fund the government and the government has to do
things for everyone.”
For more than a decade, Fleischer has argued that the loophole contributes significantly to income
inequality, by inflating what he calls the “alpha income” of financiers in the top one per cent of the one
per cent. In legislative circles, he is among the foremost authorities on the issue. The other side has
acknowledged his expertise in its own way: early in his research, he declined a consulting gig for a
private-equity lobbyist.
Before the two-thousands, the taxation of partnership income had never been cause for public debate.
It became largely moot in 1986, when a tax-reform deal signed by Ronald Reagan equalized the rates
for capital gains and top-bracket ordinary income. But George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton raised taxes
on ordinary income, and Clinton, in 1997, cut the tax on capital gains significantly. Five years later,
George W. Bush cut rates on both kinds of compensation, and there was, once again, a big advantage
in having one’s pay categorized as capital gains. And a growing industry was poised to profit from that
distinction.
In 2006, Fleischer, then an untenured professor at U.C.L.A., circulated a research paper, his first on the
carried-interest loophole, called “Two and Twenty.” (It was published two years later, in the New York
University Law Review.) He argued that the compensation scheme in private-equity firms meant that
partners were not taking the kind of risk for which the capital-gains tax was designed. “If the fund does
well, the managers share in the treasure,” he wrote. “If the fund does badly, however, the manager can
walk away.” He noted that some partners were even taking a portion of their management fees in the
form of carried interest, to increase the tax advantage. “This quirk in the tax law allows some of the
richest workers in the country to pay tax on their labor income at a low rate.”
<http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/a19815>
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Members of Congress aren’t known to scrutinize academic articles about tax law. But Fleischer’s report
had been picked up by several economics blogs, and in 2007, as Democrats assumed control of both
Houses of Congress, it circulated among tax staffers on the Senate Finance Committee. Fleischer was
asked to come in and brief committee aides. Soon afterward, the chairman, Max Baucus, of Montana,
and the top Republican, Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, produced a bill to close one part of the loophole,
which covered the corporate taxes of publicly traded companies. It was nicknamed the “Blackstone bill,”
because that firm was then preparing a $4.7-billion public offering. Senator Barack Obama was one of
the bill’s four co-sponsors.
<>Around the same time, Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat on the House Ways and Means
Committee, learned about the loophole, at a dinner with his wife and an old law-school friend, who had
become a tax attorney. “He said to us, ‘I want to give you an example of how unfair the tax code is,’ ”
Levin told me. “ ‘I want to tell you about carried interest.’ ”
In June of 2007, Levin produced a more sweeping bill, which became the model for future reform
attempts. He called for closing the loophole on the profits of all private-equity partnerships. The capital-
gains break would still apply for those who put money at risk by contributing to a private-equity fund,
including the firm’s partners, when they had invested their own money. But all income from managing
the firm’s assets would be taxed at ordinary rates. The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation
estimated that closing the loophole would bring the Treasury twenty-five billion dollars in revenue over
ten years.
The private-equity industry was ready. The biggest firms—Carlyle, Blackstone, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts,
and Texas Pacific Group—coördinated operations through a trade association called the Private Equity
Council, founded the year before. Together, the council and the individual companies retained twenty
lobbying firms for the task. Blackstone spent $4.9 million on lobbying in 2007, working mainly with a
team from Ogilvy Government Relations, led by Wayne Berman, a veteran Republican lobbyist. Carlyle
also used Ogilvy, along with McKenna, Long & Aldridge, a smaller firm that generally lobbied Democrats.
<>The private-equity lobby could expect strong Republican opposition to tax increases and, among
most members of the Democratic House, reflexive support for the loophole-closure bill. But there was
an opening when it came to one sliver of the Democratic caucus: Finance Committee members reluctant
to raise taxes on big donors in the financial centers they represented. Private-equity lobbyists focussed
on Chuck Schumer, of New York, and Maria Cantwell, of Washington. Schumer had strong ties to the
industry; the private-equity firm Apollo was one of his biggest donors, not far behind Bank of America.
Hillary Clinton, the other senator from New York, then early in her first run for President, said that she
supported closing the loophole. At a July campaign event in Keene, New Hampshire, she evoked Warren
Buffett’s famous complaint that he is taxed at a lower rate than his secretary: “It offends our values as
a nation when an investment manager making fifty million dollars can pay a lower tax rate on her
earned income than a teacher making fifty thousand dollars pays on her income.” Clinton, who had
received almost thirteen million dollars in donations from Wall Street, her second-largest source after
law firms, was not a co-sponsor of the Baucus-Grassley bill.
In the summer of 2007, David Rubenstein went to Capitol Hill to appeal to the Democrats. He visited
the Finance Committee offices, according to former staffers, and met with Baucus. Rubenstein’s
familiarity with Capitol Hill provided what so many others tried to acquire by means of campaign
contributions: he was on a first-name basis with dozens of members of Congress. One lobbyist who
visited Capitol Hill with Rubenstein told me that he has a “policy focus. He’s very cerebral, and could
make an argument and articulate it. He’s a salesman.” Eizenstat said, “He’s created a sort of halo effect
wherever he goes.”
During the same period, Bruce Rosenblum, a managing director at Carlyle who was then the chairman
of the Private Equity Council, appeared before several congressional committees. He argued, among
other things, that the industry served the economy by streamlining companies and producing investment
gains for pension funds, and that raising taxes on private equity might prompt some firms to move
abroad. Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee in July, he challenged the notion that private-
equity partners were not true entrepreneurs: “Is creating the next Google more important than an
investment to strengthen iconic American brands such as Dunkin’ Donuts and Burger King?”
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In September, Rosenblum testified before the House Ways and Means Committee. Rubenstein was his
implicit subject: “The relentless media and political focus on a handful of highly successful founders of
large private-equity firms ignores the fact that these individuals, like many other successful business
founders, were not necessarily ‘rich’ when they started their businesses.” Victor Fleischer testified at the
same hearing. “The partnership-tax rules were designed with small business in mind, not billion-dollar
investment funds,” he said.
Levin’s bill advanced through the House, but the Senate proposal stalled in the Finance Committee. At a
September hearing, Cantwell said, “Isn’t, in an information age, access to capital even more critical than
in the industrial age, as it relates to spurring more entrepreneurship?” Schumer insisted that any reform
also apply to real estate and venture capital. “I want to make sure that New York partnerships are not
singled out,” he said. Grassley, referring to Schumer and private-equity firms, told Bloomberg News,
“They contribute most of their money to the Democratic Party, and he wants to protect the income.”
<http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/katz-2010-06-28>“This human experiment has gone on long

enough. Give the hippos control.”June 28, 2010
As Barack Obama began campaigning in earnest for President, he seized on Wall Street reform as a way
both to appeal to liberal values and to highlight Hillary Clinton’s ties to the financial industry. On
September 17th, on the floor of the Nasdaq exchange, in New York, he declared that a “mentality has
crept into certain corners of Washington and the business world that says, ‘What’s good for me is good
enough.’ ” The next day, during a speech at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, in Washington, he said
that the carried-interest loophole was contributing to economic inequality: “We’ve lost the balance
between work and wealth.”
In November, the House voted to reform carried interest, but Baucus lacked the support to bring the
Senate bill to a full committee vote.
After President Obama was sworn in, he was cautioned by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner not to go
after high finance too hard. Geithner worried about imperilling the fragile recovery, and he wanted to
coax financiers into accepting other industry reforms. Even so, by 2010, when the recession had
officially been over for several months, congressional Democrats were talking about closing the carried-
interest loophole with renewed seriousness.
<> <>At that time, Carlyle and other firms were preparing public offerings, and the industry lobby
seized on a little-discussed element of the reform efforts: the “enterprise-value tax,” in private-equity
parlance. Raising taxes on carried interest would apply not just to a partner’s regular pay but also to
the sale of a stake in a firm. Schwarzman, who still held a sizable stake in Blackstone, was particularly
upset. Later, he described the period as “a war.” He said, “It’s like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.”
(He was widely criticized for the analogy, and apologized.)
In May of 2010, when Rubenstein returned to Capitol Hill, he was “the perfect good guy,” a private-
equity lobbyist told me. “Unlike these guys throwing themselves million-dollar birthday parties, David is
donating the Magna Carta to charity.” Evan Bayh, the Democratic senator from Indiana and the son of
Rubenstein’s former boss, was among those receiving visits from private-equity lobbyists, and soon
Bayh was heard arguing that taxing “enterprise value” was unfair. Bayh, who left the Senate six months
later, now works for Apollo, one of the largest private-equity firms. Asked to comment, he said through
a spokeswoman that he “does not recall much about this given it was six years ago.”
The debate unfolded on the floor of the Senate. (Democrats had strategically attached the reforms to a
larger tax package, dodging the Finance Committee.) Schumer insisted, as he had in 2007, that the
legislation had to apply equally to all sectors; yet by threatening a greater variety of industries the bill
was likely to become unworkable. Former Representative Barney Frank, of Massachusetts, told me, “The
best way to avoid supporting what is doable is to insist on making it un-doable. Schumer wanted to
broaden the bill to death.”
Soon Democratic senators with ties to venture capital and real estate were protesting. Mark Warner, of
Virginia, who, elected two years earlier, had made a fortune as the founder of the venture firm
Columbia Capital, co-authored a May 11th letter to Baucus urging that the Senate retain “a capital gains
incentive for those who contribute to the viability of our start-up community—venture capitalists.” The
real-estate lobby, meanwhile, relied on senators like Robert Menendez, of New Jersey, for whom real-
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estate interests were the second-largest source of contributions; and Kay Hagan, of North Carolina, a
Schumer protégée who often lined up behind him on financial issues.
At that time, Obama was shepherding the Dodd-Frank financial-reform bill through Congress, and the
White House did not intervene in the carried-interest fight. Speaking about the Administration, a former
senior Democratic Senate aide told me, “They’re judicious about using their lobbying—you want to use
it where you’re thinking you’re going to be effective.” The White House decided that its advocacy would
not “move the needle one way or another.”
Some support came from unexpected corners. On May 29th, Fred Wilson, the co-founder of Union
Square Ventures and an early investor in Twitter, disputed on his blog the notion that reform would
impinge on the flow of capital. “Changing the taxation of the managers will not reduce the amount of
capital going to productive areas,” he wrote. “It’s time for asset managers to start paying their fair
share of taxes. We are among the most highly compensated people in the world. And we’ve been
getting a huge tax break for years.”
Lobbyists knew that, with the midterm election season looming, there was little time to get a
controversial bill passed, and that sixty votes were required to overcome an inevitable Republican
filibuster. “You’d see lobbyists raising technical issues with Democratic staffers,” Lily Batchelder, then the
Democratic chief tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, told me. “It takes some time to
educate staff members and educate their bosses that such issues are mostly smoke and mirrors”—
techniques meant to stall the bill.
By June, the legislation had been weakened to the point that many ambivalent Democrats were
mollified. But there were still holdouts, including Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, and the few
moderate Republicans in the chamber—Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, of Maine, and Scott Brown,
who had received heavy Wall Street backing in his recent election. The former senior Senate aide told
me, “Every time we’d do a whip count, we got to fifty-seven, fifty-eight. We never quite got to sixty.”
<http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/steed-2013-03-11>“When I go see a big pile of rocks, I want to

be entertained.”March 11, 2013
On June 8th, Rubenstein’s cell phone rang as he was speaking to supporters of the Economic Club, at
the Phillips Collection. He left the stage to take the call. Among those in the audience was Gary
Shapiro, the consumer-electronics lobbyist who was Rubenstein’s travel companion to Japan in the
eighties. After a few minutes, Shapiro recalls, Rubenstein returned and said, “That was a senator. That
one call just saved us on carried interest.” (Rubenstein denies making this comment.)
<>On June 30th, in the last of several votes, the package came up three votes short. In the end,
Batchelder says, the private-equity lobbyists “ran out the clock.” Since 2010, when Republicans retook
control of Congress, prospects for closing the loophole have not revived.
Rubenstein has maintained a good relationship with President Obama. In 2012, at the urging of the
White House, Carlyle took a majority stake in a troubled Sunoco oil refinery near Philadelphia, the
largest refinery on the East Coast. A few months later, Rubenstein defended Obama against charges
that he is anti-business, telling Reuters, “Generally I think the Administration is quite open and
accessible.” In early 2014, Carlyle hired Obama’s first chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission, Julius Genachowski, as a managing director and partner in its U.S. buyout team.
Obama has continued to invoke carried-interest reform as a way to raise revenue. Rubenstein, who no
longer has to contend with any real attempts to close the loophole, has little to gain by insisting that it
be retained. Instead, he characterizes reform efforts as a distraction. He told Charlie Rose in 2012, “Our
bigger problem isn’t carried interest. Our bigger problem is the one-trillion-dollar annual deficit and the
sixteen trillion dollars of debt we have.” At the Credit Suisse forum in 2013, Rubenstein said of the
potential savings from closing the loophole, “It’s a very modest amount of money.”
<>Victor Fleischer disagrees. He believes that the revenue gained by loophole closure would be many
times as much as official projections, which have ranged from fifteen billion dollars over ten years to
twenty-five billion dollars. Government models assume that private-equity firms would find ways to keep
categorizing their incomes as capital gains, even once the loophole was closed. Fleischer asked me, “If
the legislation would be so easy to get around, why do they spend so much time, money, and effort to
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defeat it?”
Writing in the Times in June of 2015, Fleischer analyzed the most recently available I.R.S. income data,
which are from 2012, and described a technique of approximating the carried interest generated by
financial firms. (Investment funds are not required to report that figure outright.) He estimated that, in
2012, one subset of financial firms had generated forty billion dollars in carried interest, taxable at the
capital-gains rate. Had the loophole been closed, the Treasury would have taken in eight billion
additional tax dollars, or eighty billion over ten years, from just this one subset. He also often argues
that the government estimates could not be right, given that Schwarzman alone made around seven
hundred million dollars in each of the past two years, resulting in annual tax savings of close to a
hundred million dollars for a single person.
Last October, at the Carnegie ceremony, Rubenstein told me, “I don’t think anything will get done until
comprehensive tax reform is discussed and everything’s looked at.” This position is both an
acknowledgment that, in this election cycle, popular sentiment has shifted against the loophole, and an
evasion, because of the unlikelihood of broad tax reform. Although the latest attempt to close the
loophole came from Dave Camp, a Republican congressman from Michigan, as part of a 2014 plan to
overhaul the tax code, the Speaker at the time, John Boehner, when asked about Camp’s plan, said,
“Blah, blah, blah.” Boehner’s replacement, Paul Ryan, of Wisconsin, has said that comprehensive tax
reform will not be taken up until 2017 at the earliest.
The easiest way to close the loophole would be to equalize the rates on capital gains and regular
income, as was done in 1986, but this would encounter staunch Republican opposition in a legislative
fight. Marco Rubio, whose chief campaign fund-raiser is Wayne Berman, now the head of Blackstone’s
in-house lobbying operation, is proposing to do away with capital-gains taxes entirely.
Major philanthropists today do not quote indiscriminately from Andrew Carnegie’s “Gospel.” In one
passage, Carnegie writes that making a large charitable gift is “a much more potent force for the
elevation of our race’’ than dividing the money into “trifling amounts” for distribution as donations or
higher wages, which would likely be “wasted in the indulgence of appetite.” He says that “even the
poorest can be made to see this.”
David Rubenstein’s patriotic philanthropy can be seen as a way of establishing the level of control over
his wealth that Carnegie enjoyed. In Carnegie’s time, there was no federal income tax; charity was the
primary means the rich had of giving back to society, and they could, of course, determine the size of
their contributions. The super-wealthy now view taxes more or less the way Carnegie viewed higher
wages, or alms spread among the needy: as more likely to be frittered away than if they bestowed the
money themselves. The tax code supports this view, making charitable giving tax-deductible. By 2013,
the amount written off by all taxpayers was more than forty billion dollars annually. The wealthy benefit
the most, because they are deducting income that would otherwise be taxed at the highest personal
rate.
<http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/shanahan-2002-09-09>“I’ve never actually stormed a castle, but

I’ve taken a bunch of siege-management courses.”September 9, 2002
<>The Library of Congress dinners remain one of Rubenstein’s most useful tools for strengthening his
influence. Last November, the guest was Robert Caro, speaking about Lyndon Johnson. There were ten
tables, with ten settings each, and two red armchairs positioned on risers at the front of the room.
Among the members of Congress who attended were several Democratic senators who had figured
prominently in the carried-interest debate: Chuck Schumer, Mark Warner, and Kay Hagan, the Schumer
protégée, who lost her North Carolina seat in 2014.
Representative Bill Posey, a Florida Republican, stepped outside after dinner. “I love these things—
they’re out of the park,” he told me. “They’re so enlightening about history.” Posey was unaware that
Rubenstein paid for the dinners. One staff member at the library, referring to earlier events, told me, “I
looked around and thought, This is pretty chummy here. These members of Congress don’t even know
they’re being lobbied.”
Recently, I spoke with Morris Pearl, who in 2014 retired as a managing director at BlackRock, the asset-
management firm, to become chairman of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy advocates for
higher taxes on the rich, which was organized in 2010. (The membership now numbers about two
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hundred and includes Norman Lear, the TV producer, and Leo Hindery, Jr., a private-equity executive
who has for years supported closing the carried-interest loophole.) I asked Pearl whether philanthropy
mitigated the need for reform. “We need to make collective decisions by our elected representatives on
how to spend our money,” he said. “It’s not up to each individual person to decide how to spend the
money.”
On November 18th, Pearl joined Sander Levin, now the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means
Committee, at a press conference to renew the call for closing the carried-interest loophole. Levin said,
“There’s more and more insistence in this country on fairness and a belief that this institution does not
respond to the circumstances of the typical family and the typical worker.” He told me, “Philanthropic
contributions don’t answer the need for tax fairness. Under that theory, why not just lower the tax rate
still more and the rich will have more money to give away?”
<>Many of today’s Wall Street philanthropists win the public’s esteem by giving away money that,
without the loophole they’ve fought to protect, would not all have been theirs to donate. “I don’t want
to bash the philanthropy, because it does good,” Victor Fleischer told me. “But we’re creating what’s
essentially a parallel system, where a small number of individuals control quasi-public spending, and
that will reflect their values and not democratic values.” Of Rubenstein, he said, “It’s great that he’s
helping out with the Washington Monument. But, if we had a government that was better funded, it
could probably fix its own monuments.” ♦
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Subject: Re: FYI
Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:55:58 AM
I don’t unfit

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: FYI
cool! That’s 30 mins from my hometown of Jacksonville

unfortunately we took a turn for worse in our election last time around
know anyone who might have lauren’s contact info?

Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:38 AM
Subject: FYI
http://www.wuft.org/news/2016/03/15/poe-defeats-braddy-in-gainesville-mayoral-race/
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From: Mark Skidmore
To: Geri; Preeti Wali; Jacob Sittig; Tom Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: jfdc
Subject: Re: Meeting with the Mayor- Team Bully Pulpit Interactive
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10:56:39 AM
Thank you Geri!
We would be very happy to discuss our thoughts/ideas and also happy to share/send notes ahead of
time. Please let us know what works best for the Mayor yourselves and John in the coming days and
weeks.
All our best,
Mark
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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 9:46 AM
To: Mark Skidmore; Preeti Wali; Jacob Sittig; Tom Snyder; Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
Cc: John Del Cecato
Subject: Meeting with the Mayor- Team Bully Pulpit Interactive
Hi everyone:
I’m linking you all together to set up a time in the near future with the Mayor and his team. The Mayor
met Mark and Jake at Gracie but Preeti is new to the team and will be a part of briefing and debriefing
with all of you
Purpose:
- BPI: I think you should walk through the new website and see when they’d want it to go live and who
their liaison will be.
- Discuss potential program when Progressive America is up and running again and potential campaigns
around the Mayors work. they have great ideas on the work he’s doing now in the context of PA and
other with the potential of a lot of list growth that would be beneficial on multiple fronts
- Tom- give direction on collateral for the BPI team
I’m copying John as I think he should also be a part of this if I am not and can help facilitate on the NY
end.
I’ll leave to you all but I definitely think part of this should be with the Mayor so he can see this
amazing tool (the website) they’ve designed and the potential resource it could be for signers, the
organization long term and see if it fits his vision.
The other aspects can be between staff- who will take over the management of it and what you want
day to day.
Thank you—
Geri
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From: B
To: FLONYC; jfdc
Subject: Fw: OBSERVER: Opinion: Bill de Blasio’s Big Moment
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:46:37 AM
Interesting

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:27:31 +0000
To: Clips<Clips@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: OBSERVER: Opinion: Bill de Blasio’s Big Moment
Opinion: Bill de Blasio’s Big Moment

NY OBSERVER - Brent Budowsky
http://observer.com/2016/03/bill-de-blasios-big-moment/

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is America’s leading progressive populist mayor who
combines a powerfully reformist political philosophy with a need to govern the city that
never sleeps with a strong hands-on leadership every hour of every day.

While he has ably managed city government and superbly led New York during significant
terror threats, Mr. de Blasio has earned a prominent role in the pantheon of national
progressive leaders alongside Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator
Sherrod Brown and former and hopefully future Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, among
others.

What has made Mr. de Blasio so valuable to the city he leads and Democrats nationally has
been his ability to stand for high ideals in the tradition of leaders named Roosevelt and
Kennedy, while administering an apparatus of the world’s largest municipal government on a
daily, hands-on basis.

The late former mayor John Lindsay, who I was privileged to work for as a very young man,
once said that being mayor of New York is the second toughest job in the nation. How right
he was!

As the political eyes of the nation soon turn to New York for the April 19 presidential
primary the mayor will assume a vital role that will continue through the Democratic
National Convention and the general election in November, and beyond.

Regarding the two leading Democratic presidential candidates, my long held and often stated
view is that Hillary Clinton is superbly qualified to be president while Mr. Sanders is the
progressive conscience of the Democratic Party whose leading role in national politics has
only begun.

Let me also repeat here my long held and often stated hope that both candidates will
campaign by offering a positive vision for the future. Fair and constructive criticism between
the candidates is right and proper so long as the tone is respectful and civil and the purpose is
to achieve the maximum possible progressive reformation of America, which will ultimately
require a united front among Democrats and electing more progressive Democrats to the
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House, Senate and statewide office.

The nomination by Republicans of Donald Trump could bring Armageddon for what
progressives stand for, but it also creates the possibility of a landslide victory for Democrats
and progressives with both Mr. Sanders and Ms. Clinton running far ahead of Mr. Trump in
polls.

Those of us who are progressive and populist are outraged the obstructionist efforts of
Republicans in Washington to prevent the confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice and
force a government shutdown of a Supreme Court that will be gridlocked by 4-4 votes on
crucial matters of justice in America.

Few issues are more important to the future of the nation than the battle for the future of the
Supreme Court, which could define the course of justice in America for a generation. On this
great matter there is complete agreement between Ms. Clinton and Mr. Sanders for one
historic direction, and complete agreement between Mr. Trump and Ted Cruz for the opposite
—and in my view catastrophic—direction for the rule of law.

In a similar vein Democrats can witness the GOP campaign between two extremist
candidates, Mr. Trump and Mr. Cruz, either of whom would take America on what we
progressive populists believe would be a dark and dangerous path.

As the Democratic campaign reaches New York, and then the national convention, and then
the general election Mr. de Blasio can, should and I believe will play a critical role. He is a
genuine and influential progressive leader who has earned great respect from progressives in
what we might call the Sanders-Warren wing of the party while he is a long-time friend,
former campaign manager and supporter of Ms. Clinton.

Let’s remember that great progressive presidents such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John
F. Kennedy had to build politically winning and governing coalitions. As Democrats in 2016
seek to build a coalition that can win the general election and lead the nation with a
successful progressive governing coalition, Mr. de Blasio is positioned to play a central role.

Leading progressive voices such as Mr. de Blasio, Ms. Warren, Mr. Brown and Mr. Feingold
have great moral credibility with Mr. Sanders and his supporters and substantial governing
and political clout with Ms. Clinton and her supporters. They can light the flame of the
progressive movement—and I deliberately use the word movement—while bringing the
Clinton and Sanders campaigns and supporters closer together behind a progressive platform
seeking a mandate to govern and the ability to govern.

No mission is more important to the achievement of progressive goals than the election of
more progressive Democrats to the House and Senate.

The future of America can be viewed as two alternate universes, to use a concept of
theoretical physics.

One universe would be the election of an extreme Republican president with the continuation
of a Republican Congress with the power to create a conservative Supreme Court majority to
thwart justice in America for decades. The other universe would be the election of a
progressive Democratic president with a mandate large enough to create a Democratic
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majority in Congress and a liberal Supreme Court that would empower a new commitment to
justice in America for decades.

Every progressive populist should go to sleep at night dreading the prospect of a Trump or
Cruz presidency, but also dreaming of the prospect of a Democratic president and Congress
and liberal Supreme Court majority.

For these reasons I have proposed that whoever is nominated for president—leading
progressive Democrats such as Mr. Sanders, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. Warren—unite behind
what I call a People’s PAC to raise huge amounts of good clean money from large numbers
of small donors. President Obama began this vision in 2008 and Mr. Sanders elevated it to
new and spectacular heights in 2016.

The sky is the limit if the progressive cause becomes a continuing, lasting and powerful
movement that can elect essential progressive Democrats and ultimately realize the campaign
finance revolution Mr. Sanders champions and Ms. Clinton supports—ending the scourge of
corruption brought by the five conservative men of the Supreme Court in its heinous Citizens
United decision and replacing it with campaign donations that are of, by and for the people.

Mr. de Blasio can play a crucial role in the unfolding drama of choosing America’s next
leader and deciding the course of America’s future. As the primary campaign soon shifts to
New York, the man and the moment will come together which is great news for Democrats,
America and the world.
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To: B; FLONYC
Subject: Re: OBSERVER: Opinion: Bill de Blasio¹s Big Moment
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 10:36:10 AM
Love it

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 9:46 AM
To: FLONYC <FLONYC@cityhall.nyc.gov>, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: Fw: OBSERVER: Opinion: Bill de Blasio’s Big Moment
Interesting

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:27:31 +0000
To: Clips<Clips@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Subject: OBSERVER: Opinion: Bill de Blasio’s Big Moment
Opinion: Bill de Blasio’s Big Moment

NY OBSERVER - Brent Budowsky
http://observer.com/2016/03/bill-de-blasios-big-moment/

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is America’s leading progressive populist mayor who
combines a powerfully reformist political philosophy with a need to govern the city that
never sleeps with a strong hands-on leadership every hour of every day.

While he has ably managed city government and superbly led New York during significant
terror threats, Mr. de Blasio has earned a prominent role in the pantheon of national
progressive leaders alongside Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator
Sherrod Brown and former and hopefully future Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, among
others.

What has made Mr. de Blasio so valuable to the city he leads and Democrats nationally has
been his ability to stand for high ideals in the tradition of leaders named Roosevelt and
Kennedy, while administering an apparatus of the world’s largest municipal government on a
daily, hands-on basis.

The late former mayor John Lindsay, who I was privileged to work for as a very young man,
once said that being mayor of New York is the second toughest job in the nation. How right
he was!

As the political eyes of the nation soon turn to New York for the April 19 presidential
primary the mayor will assume a vital role that will continue through the Democratic
National Convention and the general election in November, and beyond.
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Regarding the two leading Democratic presidential candidates, my long held and often stated
view is that Hillary Clinton is superbly qualified to be president while Mr. Sanders is the
progressive conscience of the Democratic Party whose leading role in national politics has
only begun.

Let me also repeat here my long held and often stated hope that both candidates will
campaign by offering a positive vision for the future. Fair and constructive criticism between
the candidates is right and proper so long as the tone is respectful and civil and the purpose is
to achieve the maximum possible progressive reformation of America, which will ultimately
require a united front among Democrats and electing more progressive Democrats to the
House, Senate and statewide office.

The nomination by Republicans of Donald Trump could bring Armageddon for what
progressives stand for, but it also creates the possibility of a landslide victory for Democrats
and progressives with both Mr. Sanders and Ms. Clinton running far ahead of Mr. Trump in
polls.

Those of us who are progressive and populist are outraged the obstructionist efforts of
Republicans in Washington to prevent the confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice and
force a government shutdown of a Supreme Court that will be gridlocked by 4-4 votes on
crucial matters of justice in America.

Few issues are more important to the future of the nation than the battle for the future of the
Supreme Court, which could define the course of justice in America for a generation. On this
great matter there is complete agreement between Ms. Clinton and Mr. Sanders for one
historic direction, and complete agreement between Mr. Trump and Ted Cruz for the opposite
—and in my view catastrophic—direction for the rule of law.

In a similar vein Democrats can witness the GOP campaign between two extremist
candidates, Mr. Trump and Mr. Cruz, either of whom would take America on what we
progressive populists believe would be a dark and dangerous path.

As the Democratic campaign reaches New York, and then the national convention, and then
the general election Mr. de Blasio can, should and I believe will play a critical role. He is a
genuine and influential progressive leader who has earned great respect from progressives in
what we might call the Sanders-Warren wing of the party while he is a long-time friend,
former campaign manager and supporter of Ms. Clinton.

Let’s remember that great progressive presidents such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John
F. Kennedy had to build politically winning and governing coalitions. As Democrats in 2016
seek to build a coalition that can win the general election and lead the nation with a
successful progressive governing coalition, Mr. de Blasio is positioned to play a central role.

Leading progressive voices such as Mr. de Blasio, Ms. Warren, Mr. Brown and Mr. Feingold
have great moral credibility with Mr. Sanders and his supporters and substantial governing
and political clout with Ms. Clinton and her supporters. They can light the flame of the
progressive movement—and I deliberately use the word movement—while bringing the
Clinton and Sanders campaigns and supporters closer together behind a progressive platform
seeking a mandate to govern and the ability to govern.
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No mission is more important to the achievement of progressive goals than the election of
more progressive Democrats to the House and Senate.

The future of America can be viewed as two alternate universes, to use a concept of
theoretical physics.

One universe would be the election of an extreme Republican president with the continuation
of a Republican Congress with the power to create a conservative Supreme Court majority to
thwart justice in America for decades. The other universe would be the election of a
progressive Democratic president with a mandate large enough to create a Democratic
majority in Congress and a liberal Supreme Court that would empower a new commitment to
justice in America for decades.

Every progressive populist should go to sleep at night dreading the prospect of a Trump or
Cruz presidency, but also dreaming of the prospect of a Democratic president and Congress
and liberal Supreme Court majority.

For these reasons I have proposed that whoever is nominated for president—leading
progressive Democrats such as Mr. Sanders, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. Warren—unite behind
what I call a People’s PAC to raise huge amounts of good clean money from large numbers
of small donors. President Obama began this vision in 2008 and Mr. Sanders elevated it to
new and spectacular heights in 2016.

The sky is the limit if the progressive cause becomes a continuing, lasting and powerful
movement that can elect essential progressive Democrats and ultimately realize the campaign
finance revolution Mr. Sanders champions and Ms. Clinton supports—ending the scourge of
corruption brought by the five conservative men of the Supreme Court in its heinous Citizens
United decision and replacing it with campaign donations that are of, by and for the people.

Mr. de Blasio can play a crucial role in the unfolding drama of choosing America’s next
leader and deciding the course of America’s future. As the primary campaign soon shifts to
New York, the man and the moment will come together which is great news for Democrats,
America and the world.
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To: jfdc; Snyder, Thomas
Ok – use call in # Code:

Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 11:32 AM
I’ve got to fly to Ottawa tonight at 830, but can call in for first part of the planning mtg
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To: jfdc
Cc: Snyder, Thomas
I don't see it starting till closer to 730
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 11:32 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> I’ve got to fly to Ottawa tonight at 830, but can call in for first part of the planning mtg
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To: jfdc
Subject: Re: Call in.
Call in
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 6:59 PM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Ok
>
>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:
>>
>> Don't want to confuse things. Let's use the number on the calendar invite.
>>
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From: Geri Prado
To: Bill de Blasio; Snyder, Thomas; jfdc
Cc: Reese, Ezra (Perkins Coie); Berger, Henry
Subject: Resignation from President/Officer role- TPAC
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:49:05 AM
Attachments: PRADO Resignation as President Letter.docx
Honorable Mayor de Blasio

Mr. Tom Snyder, Chief of Staff
Mr. John Del Cecato, Partner of AKPD, Senior Advisory
Attached is my resignation as President of TPAC. Thank you again for this amazing
opportunity to serve in an officer position. I will remain in the ED role as we work
out details.
Respectfully,
Geri Prado
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From: Thomas Snyder
To: PhilWalzak (
Cc: Henry Berger; Kadushin, Peter; David Kieve; Nicholas Baldich; Kevin O"Brien; jfdc
Subject: Re: Progressive Agenda
Date: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:56:58 PM
Perhaps the real obstacle to the City handling comment is it begs the question why
not Geri? Who's in charge, etc...? We have never put out the fact that TPA no longer
employs GP, and that we are in a hold mode. I suppose if City handles public
comment about the 990 filing contents, we could just say if asked that Geri no
longer works for TPA because (why?) and we are continuing to build the TPA
network etc etc.
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Phillip Walzak < wrote:
i think it is a question on if it is the right look for City Hall to issue stmnts, as
opposed to someone who is with or aligned w the actual entity itself?
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Henry Berger >

wrote:
we are claiming in legal papers we ar filing next week that CONY is a “partner”
and acting as part of the Mayor’s Office. We have also said in a letter to JCOPE
that TPA is functionality a successor to CONY. Why re we so reluctant to take
ownership of this. For legal purposes its us but we don;t want to comment on
it? I don’t understand
On May 13, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Kadushin, Peter

<pkadushin@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
I think that would be best. I can address the City Hall related questions, but prefer
questions directly relating to the filing be handled by RKK if possible.
And there won't be much to say.
From: Phillip Walzak [
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 4:59 PM
To: David Kieve
Cc: Henry Berger; Tom Snyder; Nicholas Baldich; Kevin O'Brien; jfdc; Kadushin, Peter
Subject: Re: Progressive Agenda
could RKK simply send an email in response to ppl on may 15, as she did
TPAC before? or is that weird?
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:53 PM, David

Kieve <dkieve@hilltoppublicsolutions.com> wrote:
We don't have a contract with TPA.
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Henry Berger <berger@election-

law.com> wrote:
isn’t this what Hilltop will cover
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On May 13, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Thomas Snyder
< wrote:
I don't think we want comments coming from the City.
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Phillip

Walzak < wrote:
W Geri out, who reps it now?
I ask bec on May 15 the filing comes out showing transfer

from CONY and some payments, and we should have at
least a comment prepared a whatever backup helps.
Who would that come from? should not come from City?
thanks
--
David Kieve
(202) 298-3232 (office)
(202) 298-2168 (direct)
(202) 302-6578 (cell)
dkieve@hilltoppublicsolutions.com
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To: jfdc
Subject: ICYMI: Mayor"s Fund Announces Youth Employment Partnership With Five Key NYC Industries
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 12:42:22 PM
Dear John—

Yesterday, we announced partnerships that have the potential to change the lives of young people
and to impact New York City’s workforce in meaningful ways by bringing together employers,
government and non-profits to create pipelines into New York City’s most influential industries. 126
employers in five of New York’s largest sectors —hospitality, business services, media and
entertainment, real estate, and fashion—will provide paid summer internships for New York’s best
and brightest students. It is my hope that summer jobs will be just the beginning of these
partnerships as we seek to expand career building efforts.

Together we will build a pipeline of diverse, homegrown talent to ensure New York City’s continued
success.

We are so grateful for the support of all of the founding partners and host companies. If you are
interested in hosting a summer intern this year, it is not too late! Please reach out to me and I am
happy to connect you to our team.

Warm regards,
Gabrielle
THE CITY OF NEW YORK

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
NEW YORK, NY 10007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2016

CONTACT: pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov, (212) 788-2958
FIRST LADY CHIRLANE MCCRAY, MAYOR’S FUND TO ADVANCE NEW

YORK CITY AND NYC BUSINESS LEADERS ANNOUNCE 5 NEW INDUSTRY
PARTNERSHIPS TO CONNECT STUDENTS TO NYC’S LEADING EMPLOYERS
At launch, 126 companies from media and entertainment, real estate, hospitality,
business services and fashion industries are on board to support new career experiences
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Industry partnerships will create 500 paid internship opportunities for high school and
undergraduate college students for summer 2016
Initiative will bring together government, business and nonprofits with the NYC Center
for Youth Employment to build pipelines of diverse, local talent and put young people on
a path to career success
NEW YORK— First Lady Chirlane McCray, the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York
City and leaders from New York City’s real estate, hospitality, business services, media
and entertainment, and fashion industries today announced the launch of a new strategy
and approach for creating career opportunities for New York City young adults. This
initiative leverages new public-private partnerships with key city industries to both provide
unique work experiences for young people and build a pipeline of talent for companies that
is homegrown and diverse.
These partnerships will bring together industry stakeholders, including companies, trade
associations and related City agencies, in unprecedented collaboration with the NYC
Center for Youth Employment, a Mayor’s Fund initiative that is dedicated to increasing and
improving New York City’s youth employment services. The goal of the partnerships is to
address private sector workforce needs, starting first with creating quality internship
experiences and opening a dialogue on the employee skills valued by each sector.
So far, the Mayor’s Fund has signed on 126 companies in every borough and of all sizes to
either host 500 students in paid, specialized internships this summer or sponsor those
opportunities. These opportunities will all be privately funded with the support of founding
partners: Time Warner, Hearst, Discovery Communications, Pearson, CBS Corporation,
Citi Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Deloitte, RBC Capital Markets, Guardian, the Real
Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the Council of Fashion Designers of America
(CFDA), NYC & Company, the New York City Economic Development Corporation
(NYCEDC) and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME).
This announcement was made today at the headquarters of founding partner Time Warner
by First Lady Chirlane McCray and Gabrielle Fialkoff, Senior Advisor to the Mayor and
Director of the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnerships; Gary Ginsberg, Executive Vice
President of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner Inc.; Deanna
Mulligan, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Guardian; Bill Rudin, President of
Rudin Management Company and Chairman of the Association for A Better New York;
fashion designer Prabal Gurung; Fred Dixon, President and CEO of NYC & Company; and
Melissa Smith, head of the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Bank for the Northeast Region and
Chair of the Northeast Operating Committee.
“Great careers are often traced back to a first job as a lifeguard, a grocery store cashier, a
pizza parlor dishwasher, or a summer camp counselor. We all start somewhere. But our
young people are not the only ones who benefit from summer work experiences – our
business community is in dire need of more qualified workers,” said First Lady and
Mayor’s Fund Board Chair Chirlane McCray. “If New York City wants to remain the
opportunity capital of the world, we need to bridge the gap between employer needs and
employee skills. We need to bring business, government and nonprofits together to develop
talent and channel it to our 21st century workplaces. That’s why we are building a jobs
pipeline with our Center for Youth Employment and the five industry partnerships that we
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are so proud to launch today.”
"On behalf of Time Warner, we are proud to be a founding partner in this important
initiative. As someone who benefitted immensely from the internship opportunities I was
afforded during my high school and college years, I know first -hand how transformative
this program will be for the thousands of New York public high school students whose
lives will be enriched by it. And for companies such as ours whose lifeblood depends on
telling the world's best stories, having access to the trendsetters of tomorrow will be
invaluable as we help shape the future of media through our film and television content,"
said Gary Ginsberg, Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and
Communications at Time Warner Inc.
“By connecting students to New York City’s leading employers for summer internships,
we are equipping our next generation of leaders with the tools, experiences and exposure
they need to flourish in the future,” said Bill Rudin, Vice Chairman & CEO of Rudin
Management Company and Chairman of the Association for a Better New York. “In
addition to nurturing a talent pipeline from which our industries can draw, we are giving
young people the opportunity to discover what they are passionate about and putting them
on a path to success.”
“Internships are often the foundation to a career in the fashion industry,” said Prabal
Gurung, Creative Director of Prabal Gurung. “They allow for students to gain firsthand
experience and to explore different areas and interests, taking a deeper dive into the
business. A challenge for many students is gaining access to these internships, so we are
proud to be partnering with the Mayor’s Fund and First Lady Chirlane McCray to improve
access and help nurture tomorrow's talent.”
“Guardian is proud to be a founding partner of the Center for Youth Employment. It is the
responsibility of each of us across the public and private sector to continue to develop new
ways of bridging the gap between corporations, schools and government to create jobs for
those who need them. A way all companies can start now is by committing to two actions:
internship and mentorship,” said Deanna Mulligan, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Guardian.
“JPMorgan Chase understands the crucial role summer employment plays in putting young
people on the pathway to productive careers” said Melissa Smith, Chair of the Northeast
Operating Committee for JPMorgan Chase. “We are proud to be a leading sponsor of
the City’s effort to increase the number of students who are able to benefit from a
meaningful summer work experience.”
“We know that our young people are struggling to transition from their education to a
successful career. And we know that our city’s businesses are looking to hire from a
diverse, experienced workforce. With these five partnerships, we are combining the forces
of government and the private sector to satisfy both of those clear needs,” said Gabrielle
Fialkoff, Senior Advisor to the Mayor and Director of the Mayor’s Office of Strategic
Partnerships. “These 500 internships will build true pipelines of trained talent for our
growing industries, helping our youth to take the next step toward a great job, connecting
our employers to loyal and eager future employees, and strengthening our city’s economy
overall.”
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“New York City’s thriving media and entertainment sectors offer unparalleled
opportunities to build a meaningful career. MOME is committed to ensuring these
industries reflect the diversity of our city itself, and to open doors for young New Yorkers
from all backgrounds,” said Media and Entertainment Commissioner Julie Menin.
“These internships will provide students with real-world experience and key connections
that will surely enhance their future employment prospects. I thank all of our industry
partners who were instrumental in bringing this initiative to life.”
“In order to ensure the future of our city, we must nurture talent that can build upon our
success in every industry and in every corner of New York," said NYCEDC President
Maria Torres-Springer. “These paid summer internships with leading companies will
provide students with the opportunity to gain vital career exposure, professional
development training and mentorship, while assisting them in building the skills necessary
to thrive in New York City’s workforce.”
“DYCD is proud to work with the Mayor’s Fund to ensure our young people get unique job
opportunities to help them build the necessary skills to succeed and advance in any career
path,” said Department of Youth & Community Development Commissioner Bill
Chong. “Connecting our youth to unique paid internships in the fields of fashion,
hospitality, real estate, media and entertainment will give participants in our Ladders for
Leaders program first-hand, real world job experience with the most dynamic companies in
the city as they prepare to become our next generation of influencers.”
“The tourism industry supports hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs in every

borough, serving as an essential gateway to the middle class for many New Yorkers,” said
Fred Dixon, President and CEO of NYC & Company. “Through this unique partnership,
young New Yorkers will gain valuable experience from leaders in the New York City
tourism industry, and businesses have access to motivated, local talent. NYC & Company
is proud to partner with the First Lady and Mayor’s Fund to strengthen the tourism
industry, its workforce, and young New Yorkers’ professional development.”
“The real estate industry is proud to partner with the Mayor’s Fund on this important
program, which provides public high school students with invaluable work experience
while also exposing them to a range of exciting career opportunities,” said Tishman
Speyer President and CEO Rob Speyer, who also serves as Chair of both the Board of
Advisors for the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City and the Real Estate Board
of New York. “Tishman Speyer is a long-time partner with the City on its internship
initiatives, and we are excited to welcome a new group of exceptional young adults again
this summer."
“I’ll never forget my experience as a law firm intern when I was an undergraduate and
how it helped prepare me for my career. Similarly, our members recognize how critically
important hands-on work experience in a professional environment is to a student’s
development,” said John H. Banks, III, President of the Real Estate Board of New
York. “We are committed to furthering the expansion of quality internships being offered
through this initiative and investing in students seeking opportunities to kick-start their
careers.”
“RBC is committed to supporting New York City's youth,” said Blair Fleming, Head of
RBC Capital Markets in the United States. “Partnering with the Mayor’s Fund is one
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way of giving back to and enriching our community, and we are delighted to have this
opportunity. We are excited to continue our mission of creating opportunities for young
people in NYC through our many partnerships and events, such as RBC Race for the Kids,
and to advancing an agenda of philanthropy and diversity.”
“Most fashion careers start with the internship, which offers valuable insights into the
industry. By partnering with the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and the New
York City Economic Development Corporation, the CFDA is providing high school
students and college undergraduates with the opportunity to become tomorrow’s fashion
leaders,” said Steven Kolb, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CFDA.
“We are proud to continue our collaboration with Mayor de Blasio, First Lady McCray,
and the NYC Center for Youth Employment to connect more young people with summer
job opportunities,” said Brandee McHale, President of the Citi Foundation. "These first-
job experiences provide the workplace and leadership skills crucial to career success and
the early money management know-how that can help build a strong financial future."
“Internships are crucial to the media and entertainment industry as well as the entire
business sector. Much like our young people need exposure and work opportunities to
prepare them for careers, businesses are in need of more diverse and experienced
talent. Discovery is proud to be one of the founding partners of this new initiative, which is
investing in the future of our students and the future of business,” said Adria
Alpert Romm, Chief Human Resources and Global Diversity Officer at Discovery
Communications.
“Deloitte recognizes that preparing today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders is beneficial

for our communities. Through supporting initiatives like this, we are able to demonstrate
our commitment to help grow and develop the workforce of the future,” said Steve
Gallucci, New York Tri-State managing partner, Deloitte LLP.
“Given the demand for jobs from our young people, this initiative is another step in the
right direction. Increased jobs for youth is essential and I look forward to working with this
administration in increasing even more opportunities,” said Council Member Jumaane D.
Williams.
"I am pleased to see these partnerships being developed across sectors. Working with
business leaders is a critical component in providing meaningful employment opportunities
for New York City's young people. We must take advantage of our City's thriving business
sector to build these collaborations, a foundation on which we should continue to expand
and grow the City's support for youth," said Council Member Julissa Ferreras.
“When the Mayor’s Fund launched the Center for Youth Employment one year ago, our
goal was to join forces with private sector to develop a new approach to our city’s youth
employment services – one that works for both our youth and our employers. The result is
the incredible partnerships that we are launching today,” said Darren Bloch, Executive
Director of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. “Through these specialized
internships, we are opening new doors for our city’s students to gain needed skills, while
also supporting the talent demands of both small and large employers in our city’s most
active and iconic industries. It is a true win-win for our youth, our businesses and our
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city.”
“The NYC Center for Youth Employment is focused on creating work opportunities that
help our young people to identify their career interests and prepare them to thrive in their
chosen fields,” said David Fischer, Executive Director of the NYC Center for Youth
Employment. “By involving employers who best know the skills they need and the
credentials, attributes and experiences they most value in their employees, these five
partnerships will help to put hundreds of young adult New Yorkers on a path to success.”
Over the past five years, New York City’s high school graduation rate has improved to 70
percent, but only 33 percent of graduates are considered college or career ready. At the
same time, one out of every three American companies has openings for which they can’t
find qualified workers, and only 10 percent of companies report having recruitment
outcomes that meet their diversity goals.
These partnerships will help to address these clear challenges, by providing more
opportunities for young adult New Yorkers to gain exposure and experience that will
prepare them for jobs and careers. At the same time, they will enable employers in key
fields to help construct workplace opportunities for young people in their sector that build
necessary skills and connectivity, creating true pipelines of diverse talent into their
industries.
The partnerships will also result in feedback loops within these sectors, including clinics
with participating employers. Employers and businesses know their industries best, and
their responses and opinions will assist both the City and the private sector in better
understanding the skills needed for success, where entry-level jobs exist, and how to shape
internship experiences so that work for both students and business.
The 500 students who will participate in these internships will be selected from the NYC
Ladders for Leaders program. A nationally recognized program administered by the NYC
Department for Youth and Community Development, Ladders connects high achieving
high school and college students with paid, professional summer internships within leading
large and small businesses, nonprofits and government agencies citywide. These industry
partnerships will further specialize the opportunities available through Ladders for Leaders.
Each Ladders for Leaders candidate is selected through a rigorous application process and
receives 30 hours of pre-employment training. This year’s program will begin in July 2016
and will last for six weeks, with students working for a minimum of 25 hours per week.
This initiative is part of the NYC Center for Youth Employment’s ongoing efforts to create
pipelines of young talent into our city’s industries, in order to build employment services
that meet the needs of both young adult New Yorkers and city business. Launched one year
ago by the Mayor’s Fund, the NYC Center for Youth Employment has a specific goal of
supporting 100,000 unique work-related experiences each year, including high-quality
summer jobs, career exposure, skills-building, and supportive mentorships, by 2020. In
collaboration with City agencies, employers and other stakeholders, the Center works
toward expanding effective programs and filling in gaps to strengthen the overall system of
work experience and career exploration services for youth.
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Real Estate Industry
The Mayor’s Fund is collaborating with founding partner REBNY to identify employers in
the real estate industry that can best offer real world training through 100 paid internships
this summer. So far, the following real estate companies have signed on to this partnership,
by either committing to host young people this summer or sponsoring internships at other
real estate companies:
· The Brodsky Organization

· Cushman & Wakefield
· Douglaston Development
· The Durst Organization
· Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc.
· Jamestown LP
· Rockrose Development Corp.
· Rudin Management Company, Inc.
· SL Green Realty Corp.
· Tishman Speyer
· Two Trees Management Co.
· Vornado Realty Trust
Media/Entertainment Industry
The Mayor’s Fund has joined forces with founding partners MOME, Time Warner, Hearst,
Discovery Communications, Pearson and CBS Corporation to create the Media &
Entertainment Momentum Fund. This partnership will offer 100 summer internships within
the city’s large and small media and entertainment companies, including but not limited to
production, design, post-production, and stagecraft. MOME will financially back 30 of
those internships and the four founding partners will support the remaining 70 internships.
So far, the following media and entertainment companies have signed on to this
partnership, by either committing to host young people this summer or sponsoring
internships at other media and entertainment companies:
A to Z Media
A2IM ( American Association of Independent Music)
Access Theater
Advenutre Pants TV
Atlantic Pictures
AudioSalad
CariBEING
Casbah Pictures
CBS Corporation
Cowboy Bear Ninja Productions
DE | 1989
Decker Design Inc.
Discovery Communications
Downtown Music Publishing
En Garde Arts
Ense
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Epic Theatre Ensemble
Firelight Films
Gold Village Entertainment
Havas
Hearst
Limebeat
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)
Marauder
Ma-Yi Theatre Company
Merry Bright Music Enterprises
New York Musical Festival
Panavision
PaperCutz
Pearson
Rada Films
Song Trust
Take Two (Zelnick Media Corporation)
The New Group
The Public Theater
Theatreworks USA
Time Warner
TommY BoY Entertainment
Vineyard Theatre
VP Records
Workman Publishing
Hospitality Industry
The Mayor’s Fund is working with founding partner NYC & Company to secure 100
internships throughout New York City’s hospitality industry. These internships will be
sponsored by participating employers, hospitality companies and NYC & Company. So far,
the following hospitality companies have signed on to this partnership, by either
committing to host young people this summer or sponsoring internships at other hospitality
companies:
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American Airlines
Born Hotels
The Broadway League
CityExperts
Convene
LaGuardia Plaza Hotels
Manhattan by Sail
Modell's Sporting Goods
New York Cruise Lines
NY Marriott Marquis
Patina Group
RAYMI Restaurant
Statue Cruises (Hornblower)
Wave Hill
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Business Services Industry
The Mayor’s Fund is working with founding partners JPMorgan Chase, Citi Foundation,
Deloitte, RBC Capital Markets and Guardian, as well as the Association for a Better New
York and New York City’s borough-based Chambers of Commerce and Business
Improvement Districts to coordinate 100 internship placements for this summer. Internships
will be financially backed by founding partners and participating employers. So far, the
following business services companies have signed on to this partnership, by either
committing to host young people this summer or sponsoring internships at other business
services companies:
Amalgamated Bank
Bernard Herold, Investments
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP
Blackstone
Boies, Schiller, Flexner LLP
Boston Consulting Group
Citi Foundation
Con Edison
Cooley LLP
Deloitte
HAKS Construction
HFZ
Hughes Hubbard and Reed
Guardian
JPMorgan Chase
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP
Mayerson & Associates
Paulson & Co
Fashion Industry
In March, the Mayor’s Fund, the CFDA and the NYCEDC launched NYC Fashion
Forward, committing to pair 100 students with paid internships at both small to mid-sized
and large fashion employers citywide. NYC Fashion Forward has since secured 38 fashion
companies to provide all 100 internships for the summer of 2016. NYCEDC is financially
backing 60 summer jobs, while the remaining 40 positions will be employer-funded. The
following fashion employers have committed to host young people this summer:
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3.1 Phillip LIM
Alice & Olivia
B. Michael America
Barney's
Cadet
CFDA
Coach
Create-A-Marker
Cynthia Rowley
David Wolfson & Assocaites, Inc
Design Incubator
Designers & Agents
DKNY
DVF Studio
DYE-Namix
Haskell
J.Crew
K/LLER Collection
Kate Spade & Company
Krupp Group
Lord & Taylor
LuLu Frost
Macy's
Maison De Mode
Melissa Joy Manning
Misha Nonoo
New York Embrodiery
Nicholas K
Nicole Miller
Opening Ceremony
Ovadia & Sons
Prabal Gurung
Rachel Comey
Ralph Lauren
The Sak Brand
Tommy Hilfiger
Williamson PR
ZAC Posen
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To: Kadushin, Peter; jfdc; Snyder, Thomas; O"Brien, Kevin; nbaldick@hilltoppublicsolutions.com; Caquias, Paula;
Berger, Henry; Almonte, Catherine; Wiley, Maya; Arslanian, Kayla; Wolfe, Emma; Jonathan@berlinrosen.com;
Subject: MBDB: Conference Call
Date: Sunday, May 22, 2016 6:31:58 PM
Please dial in
MBDB: Conference Call

Scheduled: Sunday, May 22, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Call In # Code:
Invitees: Kadushin, Peter , jfdc , Snyder, Thomas , O'Brien, Kevin , Nick Baldick ,
Caquias, Paula , Berger, Henry , Almonte, Catherine , Wiley, Maya , Arslanian, Kayla ,
Wolfe, Emma , Jonathan Rosen , Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca
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From: Pham, Linda
To: jfdc
Subject: RE: Save the Date: Gracie Mansion Conservancy Benefit, October 17
Good afternoon John Del Cecato,

I hope your week is starting out well. We wanted to follow up with you on your attendance to our Gracie
Mansion Conservancy Benefit Dinner on Monday, October 17 th , 2016. For your convenience please select
your tickets and let us know how you like to be listed as in our program directly at
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/gracie/donate/donate.page .

Thank you so much for your time and generosity in preserving Gracie Mansion.

We look most forward to hearing from you.

Warm Regards,
Linda Pham
The Gracie Mansion Conservancy
181 East End Avenue @ 88 th Street
direct 212-676-3060 | gracie tours

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To: Chiu, Bess
Subject: Re: FOIL notification - pt. 4 of 4
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:28:46 PM
Got em, thanks

From: "Chiu, Bess" <bchiu@cityhall.nyc.gov>
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 2:25 PM
To: JFDC <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>
Subject: FOIL notification - pt. 4 of 4
Part 4

Bess Chiu
Associate Counsel
Office of the Counsel to the Mayor
212-341-5092 | bchiu@cityhall.nyc.gov

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To: jfdc
Subject: $20 Million in Private Donations Raised for Mayor de Blasio"s Computer Science for All Initiative
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016 4:22:24 PM

CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007
Dear John --
Today, we are proud to announce that in one year, we have raised $20 million, trained over
450 teachers, and have expanded Computer Science education to nearly 250 schools as part
of Computer Science for All, a landmark ten-year public-private initiative to bring CS
education to all 1.1 million NYC public school students.
Please see below for the full release and for more information on CS4All.
Warm regards,
Gabrielle
$20 MILLION IN PRIVATE DONATIONS RAISED FOR MAYOR DE BLASIO’S

COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR ALL INITIATIVE
Program has already reached 246 schools and trained more than 450 teachers
Goal of universal access to computer science education for 1.1 million students ahead of
progress
NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Gabrielle
Fialkoff, Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships, announced
today that Mayor de Blasio’s Computer Science for All (CS4All) initiative has raised $20
million in private funding. The fundraising campaign is half-way toward meeting a $40
million goal that will ultimately be matched in public funding for one of the cornerstones
of the Mayor’s Equity and Excellence education reforms.
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Today, 246 elementary, middle and high schools across the city are participating in
CS4All. More than 450 teachers are receiving rigorous training to bring computer science
instruction to their schools. CS4All gives students the computational thinking, problem
solving and critical thinking skills necessary for college and professional success. Last
September, the Mayor announced that the City would be bringing the program to every
elementary, middle, and high school by 2025.
“Last year we announced an ambitious plan to bring computer science education to every
public school student by 2025 – making New York City the largest school district in the
country to do so. Today, we are announcing real strides in completing our goal,” said
Mayor Bill de Blasio. “The city’s tech industry is growing, yet before Computer Science
for All, fewer than five percent of our public school students had even the most basic skills
necessary to apply for these jobs. Through this program, we’re laying the groundwork
today so that our kids can apply for these jobs tomorrow.”
The initiative is a model for effective public-private partnerships, with the City of New
York and the private sector bearing programmatic costs equally. Today the Mayor
announced new commitments from: Math for America (MƒA); Robin Hood Education and
Technology Fund, co-chaired by David Siegel and John Overdeck; Paulson Family
Foundation; Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.; the Hutchins Family Foundation;
Association for a Better New York and the Rudin Family Foundation; Wachtell, Lipton,
Rosen & Katz; Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel; and Nancy and Alan Schwartz.
Founding partners Fred Wilson and CSNYC, Robin Hood and the AOL Charitable
Foundation, as well as early investment from AT&T that helped make the initiative
possible. Public dollars support the infrastructure and human capital needed to pull off
what is the largest effort of its kind. Private dollars support the training of nearly 5,000
teachers over the next ten years. These funds are overseen and administered by the New
York City Fund for Public Schools.
“Computer Science for All is a cornerstone of equity and excellence in our public schools
– these are the skills our students need to be successful in high school, college, and careers
in the 21st century,” said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. “This isn’t just for
particular students from particular backgrounds; learning how to think critically and
computationally, and how to create with technology, must be for all students. I thank our
private partners for recognizing the importance of this initiative and for their investment.”
"The Mayor’s vision for New York City schools will put a new generation on the path
toward success,” said Gabrielle Fialkoff, Senior Advisor to the Mayor and Director of
the Office of Strategic Partnerships. “Through this landmark public-private partnership,
we will level the playing field for every student in every borough. Computer Science for
All is an investment in creating opportunities for all of our young people, particularly in a
global economy where technology is integral to every industry.”
Through the implementation of this ten-year initiative, New York City will be the largest
school district in the country to provide computer science education to all students,
particularly populations underrepresented in tech including girls, African-American and
Latino students and students from low-income families. Most students in public schools
traditionally either lack access to computer science or gain these skills too late. Early and
widespread exposure to computer science is key to breaking down gender and racial
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barriers, leading to greater diversity and equality in the tech sector and relevant industries.
The initiative promotes critical skills like thinking creatively, working as a team, and
interacting with technology, as well as technical skills that will power the 21st century
economy.
Computer science education at the scale of New York City’s public school system,
encompassing 1.1 million students, will allow a new generation to be active creators of
technology. By expanding access to computer science throughout NYC public schools,
CS4All will also promote the cultivation of local and diverse talent for the City’s own
workforce, including technology, and have a ripple effect across the country, where only a
quarter of professional computing jobs are held by women and less than ten percent are
held by African-Americans and Latinos.
Of the 246 schools participating in Computer Science for All programs, 98 are offering
full-year courses or multi-year sequences including AP Computer Science Principles, the
Software Engineering Program (SEP) and the SEP Jr. program for elementary schools.
Teachers from the remaining schools have participated in the “CS Track” of the
Department of Education’s STEM Institute and received intensive training to implement
rigorous, hands-on CS lessons and units in their schools. Through teachers’ participation in
these programs, students in elementary, middle and high school will learn the fundamentals
of computer science, such as coding, robotics and web design.
By 2025, all New York City public school students will receive at least one meaningful,
high-quality computer science unit or course at each school level: elementary, middle, and
high school. The centerpiece of the initiative is the training of nearly 5,000 teachers who
will, by year ten, bring computer science to more than 245,000 students each year.
Importantly, many of these students will be prepared to fill the 200,000 additional
technology jobs that New York City’s employers will create over the next decade while all
graduates will be equipped with soft skills needed to successfully navigate the 21st century
economy. Together, the Equity and Excellence initiatives will support progress across all
schools so that, by 2026, 80 percent of students graduate high school on time, two-thirds of
graduates are college ready and all students are reading on grade level by the end of
2nd grade. More information on Equity and Excellence is available online.
"I am very gratified to see so many leaders of the private sector in NYC get behind
CS4All. This is the kind of transformational effort that requires the support of both
government and the private sector. Together we are making sure that all of our students in
NYC are trained in the skills that they need to be successful in the private sector and really
any sector. So it makes sense that everyone is coming together to support this work,” said
Fred Wilson, Founder and Chairman of CSNYC Partner and Union Square
Ventures.
“Computer Science is a spectacularly rich and beautiful subject, closely connected to

mathematics and science, and nowadays to everyday life as well,” said John Ewing, MƒA
President. “MƒA’s one thousand math and science teachers are enthusiastic about the
computer science initiative, and many are already involved. We are delighted to support an
effort at the frontiers of education – one that offers exciting opportunities not only for
students but for teachers as well."
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“CS4ALL is about helping our students develop the necessary skills and competencies to
be successful in the 21st century. Access to high-quality computer science education will
increase the demand for our city’s students in higher education and in the job market,” said
John Paulson, President of Paulson and Co. Inc.
“We are incredibly pleased to support the City’s commitment to providing computer
science and technology skills to a new generation of innovative thinkers," said Joel S.
Marcus, Chairman, CEO and Founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. "As
the leading provider of science and technology campuses, and the developer of the City’s
first and only world-class science and technology campus in Manhattan, Alexandria feels
strongly about creating the knowledge workforce of the future and supporting the
recruitment of highly skilled talent for our tenants who work day-in and day-out to treat,
cure, and manage disease."
"Just as accounting is the language of business and calculus is the language of physics,
computer science is the language of innovation. The vision of Computer Science for All to
teach teachers is a uniquely powerful means to equip the students of New York City to
participate and prosper in the innovation economy of the future. The Hutchins Family
Foundation is pleased to be able to play a part in this invaluable initiative." Debbie and
Glenn Hutchins, co-Founders of the Hutchins Family Foundation.
“CS4All is the largest public sector effort to educate our children in computer science and
to match their skills with the needs and the opportunities of tomorrow,” said William C.
Rudin, Chairman of the Association for a Better New York. “The May and Samuel
Rudin Family Foundation and the ABNY Foundation are proud to be supporters of Mayor
de Blasio and the New York City Department of Education in taking on bold initiatives for
our children and for the future of our city.”
“Wachtell Lipton has been proud to join with leaders in every sector of our city to support
CS4All. Its progress in just the first year, and its transformative vision for the years to
come, will make a powerful difference in the lives of children across this city who will be
given the opportunity to learn, and ultimately themselves to lead, in a critical business
sector and in an indispensable language of the future,” said Kevin S. Schwartz, Partner
at Wachtell, Lipton and Rosen & Katz.
"CS4All is an initiative that I hope spreads across the country fast, including Silicon
Valley! Computer science is a ‘basic’ goal for all students now, and the sooner we make
the curriculum available to all, the better,” said Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angel.
“As a founding partner of CS4All, Robin Hood is proud of what has been accomplished in
just a year. With professional development opportunities for hundreds of teachers and
schools, this was a strong start to what is already an important initiative. We all share a
commitment that all of New York City’s students should be graduating from high school
having received a strong education and with the skills and tools they need to succeed,”
Reynold Levy, President of Robin Hood.
“We know that many young people miss out on careers in technology, because they just
don't have the chance to uncover their passion for it,” said Sara Link, President of the
AOL Charitable Foundation. “By giving NYC students from all backgrounds the
exposure to computer science, they are gaining skills and experiences they will need to
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achieve success in their academic careers and beyond in our tech-enabled world. The AOL
Charitable Foundation is proud to support this groundbreaking program alongside CSNYC,
Robin Hood, the DOE and other leading partners to make a real difference in the lives of
NYC students.”
"Tech jobs are growing faster than any other sector, and yet we do not have enough skilled
workers to fill them. CS4All ensures that the next generation of New Yorkers will be fully
prepared for the jobs of the future," said Kathryn S. Wylde, President and CEO of the
Partnership for New York City.
“We often say that genius is evenly distributed across zip codes, but opportunity is not.
This is particularly true when it comes to access to Computer Science education – skills
that are increasingly critical to the well-paying jobs of the future,” said Mitch Kapor, tech
pioneer and partner at Kapor Capital. “We’ve seen in Oakland that these types of
public-private partnerships can help tap the genius that is often overlooked in
underrepresented students, and we are enthusiastic supporters of New York’s CS4ALL
efforts.”
"More than at any time in our history, it is critical for companies like AT&T to invest in
developing a diverse talent pipeline, providing our young people with the skills that they
need to succeed and that will help our society prosper. That’s why AT&T is so proud to be
a longtime supporter of STEM education in New York City, starting with our investment
in the Software Engineering Pilot program that laid the groundwork for Computer Science
for All,” said Marissa Shorenstein, New York State President of AT&T. "We are
thrilled to watch our commitment come to life in more than 250 schools during just the
first year of this initiative, and we look forward to seeing hundreds more following suit
next year.”
"As a partner in this effort, we applaud the work of NYC schools to expand access to
computer science for all students, especially for underrepresented minorities. It's inspiring
to see educators rise up to bring this opportunity to classrooms and to students who would
otherwise be left behind,” said Hadi Partovi, Founder of Code.org.
“Facebook applauds Mayor de Blasio’s important effort to provide all 1.1 million New
York City public school children access to a computer science education. By equipping
every single student with the skills and knowledge to compete in today’s economy,
Computer Science for All will help create a new generation of talented, creative leaders,”
said Will Castleberry, Vice President of State and Local Policy of Facebook.
"Accenture is delighted to support New York City’s Computer Science For All initiative –
which has the potential to fundamentally change the future of the tech industry through its
scale and scope,” said Lynn McMahon, New York Metro Managing Director of
Accenture. “Technology is changing the workplace in many ways, and we are committed
to helping the next generation build skills that will help them succeed in the digital
economy.”
“Computer Science for All demonstrates the power of public private partnerships,” said
Sarah Geisenheimer, Executive Director of the Fund for Public Schools. “With
commitments from the City and private funders we are able to move quickly to ensure that
every single NYC student has access to an education that will equip them with the skills to
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succeed in the future. We are grateful for this partnership and the investments that will
create opportunities for all our students.”
“New York's CS4All initiative is an essential program for preparing students to live and
work in a world where technologies are increasingly pervasive. The New York Hall of
Science is proud to stand as a partner with the Department of Education to help give New
York City students every advantage in acquiring the skills and knowledge that will enable
them to play an active role in shaping the future of technology,” said Margaret Honey,
President and CEO of the New York Hall of Science.
"I congratulate Mayor de Blasio's ambitious effort to integrate computer science as a new
subject matter into the public schools in New York. In this digital era it is more critical
than ever before for every student in our city to have exposure to the fundamentals of
computers. I am thrilled to support the work of this initiative,” said Eliot Horowitz, Chief
Technology Officer and co-Founder at MongoDB.
"Code/Interactive is proud to partner with the NYC Department of Education to develop

computer science programs in schools across the city. We trained over 100 computer
science teachers this summer through the NYC Department of Education's STEM Institute,
Exploring Computer Science professional development, and Code.org's AP Computer
Science Principles course. Our work with students, teachers, and schools would not be
possible without support and leadership from the Mayor's Office and the NYC Department
of Education," said Michael Denton, Executive Director of Code/Interactive.
“By integrating computer science into existing math classes through our introductory
course, schools across NYC have been able to introduce computer science to their entire
student body – without having to create a dedicated class. We’re proud to continue our
work with thousands of students across NYC,” said Emmanuel Schanzer, Founder of
Bootstrap.
“The K-5 teachers in our workshop at the STEM Institute have been amazing. It's exciting
to see educators at different points in their careers designing and coding their own robots
and lessons to bring back to their classrooms. At only a couple weeks into the New Year,
our early ed teachers are already starting to introduce robotics and coding into their
classrooms, integrating their new skills and knowledge with their regular lessons and
classroom activities. This level of buy-in and integration is paramount to the success of
computer science education, and we're thrilled to be working with the NYC Department of
Education to help teachers channel this enthusiasm into high quality and engaging
lessons,” said Gaelen Hadlett, co-Director of Sunset Spark.
“Computer Science for All is enabling our students to become better thinkers, problem-
solvers, and builders of ideas and technology – as opposed to just consumers. It’s thrilling
to see our educators expanding their toolbox, as they collaborate across the city to bring
innovative lessons to their classrooms. Our partners are essential in making all of this
possible, and we will continue to work hand-in-hand to achieve equity and excellence for
all students,” said Phil Weinberg, Deputy Chancellor for Teaching and Learning.
“We are excited to partner with nearly 5,000 innovative, committed and creative teachers
and their administrators to bring computer science to all NYC students. The 450-plus
teachers we’ve worked with have shown tremendous dedication to learning new content,
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embracing their students’ and their own creativity, and expanding opportunities for all
students,” said Debbie Marcus, Executive Director of Computer Science for the New
York City Department of Education.
“We recognize that all children, regardless of socioeconomic status or background, need to
have access to the computer science skills that will help them to thrive in the marketplace
and we applaud City leaders for taking the necessary action to make this a reality for
students across New York” said Leecia Eve, Vice President of New York State
Government Affairs at Verizon. “Programs like these are vital to our communities and
mirror our commitment to providing equal access to technology and STEM education for
underserved students. And in the spirit of this mission, through the White House
ConnectEd program, we are proud to donate tablets and Internet access for students, along
with professional development for the teachers through Verizon Innovative Learning to
three City schools. The work being done in NYC is a model example of what we need to
see nationwide.”
"Classroom teachers are essential allies in democratizing access to computing education –

and I admire CS4All’s strong commitment to supporting teachers as part of this initiative.
Our research team has been delighted to support NYC teachers through professional
development events, curriculum, and building connections to an international community
of educators who are passionate about computing as a creative medium," said Karen
Brennan, Associate Professor and Director of the Creative Computing Lab at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education.
"CS4All is an important step in expanding access for girls, who have been left behind in
computer science education. As we continue to grow CS4All in New York City, we look
forward to seeing more public and private investment to ensure that we're meeting the
needs of girls and other underrepresented minorities," said Reshma Saujani, Founder and
CEO of Girls Who Code.
"New York City is moving towards computer science being considered a core subject, as
necessary as history and literature for our students' success. By working together, we are
helping more students gain critical skills and be better prepared for the careers and
demands of an information economy," said Michael Mulgrew, President of the United
Federation of Teachers.
“Technology and computer literacy has quickly become an integral part of the 21st century
workforce, and our schools must adapt quickly to teach our students the skills they need to
succeed in college and to get good paying jobs. That’s why I am a strong supporter of
STEM initiatives and computer science programs to close the digital gap that
disproportionally affects low income students and students of color,” said Congressman
José E. Serrano. “I applaud Mayor de Blasio’s leadership on this issue and for making the
right investments to make sure all our kids have the best opportunity to thrive in life.”
Council Member Daniel Dromm, Chair of the New York City Council Committee on
Education said, "These donations are equipping our students with skills that will benefit
them their entire lives. Computer science education teaches students to think creatively and
strategically. Those who wish to major in computer science in college will be better
prepared for this course of study. I am pleased that the Administration is prioritizing
Computer Science for All and will continue to work with them to further expand this
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initiative."
"Computer science is the cornerstone of the modern economy and therefore should be a
major component of our education curriculum," said Council Member James Vacca,
Chair of the New York City Council Committee on Technology. "CS4All is a great
leap towards providing computer science training for all of our students. I'm pleased that
we've reached this important funding benchmark and look forward to the full
implementation of the initiative. I applaud Mayor de Blasio, Chancellor Fariña and
Director Fialkoff for their commitment to this cause."
“New York’s fastest growing business sector is the tech industry, only second in the
country to Silicon Valley and accounting for over 300,000 new jobs with median salaries
of $100,000. Computer science is no longer a niche discipline as the subject has become an
integral part of nearly every aspect of our lives, and it’s time our classrooms caught up
with that trend. 21st century schools should have 21st century curricula, and we owe it to
the 1.1 million NYC public school students to prepare them for the 21st century job
market,” said Council Member Mark Levine. “We’ve taken a big step forward by adding
computer science curricula to over 246 schools. I applaud the Mayor for his CS4ALL
campaign, and look forward to seeing the positive effects it will have in the years to
come.”
About the Fund for Public Schools

The Fund for Public Schools (FPS) is a nonprofit partner to the NYC Department of
Education, building public-private partnerships to strengthen our city’s public schools and
create opportunities for its 1.1 million students. The Fund secures private dollars for
critical system-wide education initiatives, develops partnerships, and encourages broad
public engagement both in our schools and in the lives of our students.
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To: jfdc
Subject: ICYMI: In New York, an Explosion of Partnerships Between Philanthropy and Government

CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

In New York, an Explosion of Partnerships Between

Philanthropy and Government
Alyssa Ochs

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Credit: Momos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY- SA 3.0)

Mayoral funds represent an interesting development in local philanthropy, and not one without
controversy. In the recent past, we’ve written about the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles and the Mayor’s
Fund to Advance New York City, which are both public-private efforts aimed at mobilizing extra
resources—from foundations, corporations, and major individual donors—to address challenges in
those cities.

But in New York City, there’s another entity that’s linked to the mayor connected with philanthropy
and is all about strengthening new types of partnerships for the good of the city. It's called the NYC
Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnerships, and it's at the nexus of a rapidly expanding set of initiatives
bringing together philanthropic funders and city agencies, touching on multiple areas of life in the
city.

Before saying more about this effort, it's worth noting that partnerships between government and
philanthropy have really blossomed at the national level under the Obama administration. The White
House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation has been at the center of this action. The
administration's best-known effort to work with philanthropy, My Brother's Keeper, boosts boys and
young men of color. But there have been other initiatives, too, including one focused on young women
of color, as we've reported.

So what's happening along these lines in New York?

Well, a few weeks ago, Mayor de Blasio announced the success of Computer Science for All, or CS4All,
one of the top initiatives of his Office of Strategic Partnerships. The aim of this effort is to bring
computer science education to 1.1 million public school kids. Right now, 95 percent of students in
New York—who are mostly low-income kids of color—don’t have access to CS education.

A key to CS4All has been rallying private funders to pitch in, and over the past year, many have
stepped up, donating an impressive $20 million. As you would hope, the tech community has gotten
behind CS4All, and founding partners including the venture capitalist Fred Wilson, the AOL
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Charitable Foundation and AT&T. Also, as you'd expect, the Robin Hood Foundation has been
involved from the start. Meanwhile, new commitments have come in from the Paulson Family
Foundation, Math for America, the Rudin Family Foundation and several other funders.

This strong philanthropic support in New York for computer science education comes amid a flurry of
funder-backed initiatives around the U.S. to teach kids to code and bolster tech skills overall. Quite a
bit of this work is focused on bringing more diversity to the STEM field by engaging girls and young
people of color.

These efforts draw in a diverse array of funders and stakeholders because they advance several goals
at once, including promoting equity, meeting future employer needs, and strengthening local
economies.

“The city’s tech industry is growing, yet before Computer Science for All, fewer than 5 percent of our
public school students had even the most basic skills necessary to apply for these jobs,” Mayor de
Blasio said. “Through this program, we’re laying the groundwork today so that our kids can apply for
these jobs tomorrow.”

CS4ALL has already reached 246 schools and trained more than 450 teachers, and interestingly, the
City of New York and the private sector are bearing costs of the program equally.

But there’s much more to NYC’s Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP) than just this one relevant and
timely program. It’s a new division that Mayor de Blasio created to mobilize philanthropic support
behind a range of efforts to address inequities in the city. It was also designed to oversee the various
funds set up to support city programs, namely the Mayor’s Fund, Fund for Public Health, and Fund
for Public Schools.

Gabrielle Fialkoff has been the woman in charge of this ambitious effort since March 2014. As senior
advisor to the Mayor of New York City and the director of OSP, she oversees the activities of these
and other city-affiliated nonprofits. The Fund for Public Housing and the Gracie Mansion
Conservancy are also on this list.

As well, the Office of Strategic Partnerships recently launched a brand new initiative called Building
Healthy Communities (BHC), so this is another effort to keep an eye on around town. The goal is to
improve health outcomes in 12 underserved neighborhoods, and this public-private partnership
encompasses things like physical activity, access to healthy food, and public safety in communities
notorious for poverty.

The leaders at work on BHC are OSP and the Fund for Public Health, which is doing the grants
management and ongoing fundraising. Current funding is coming from the following sources, several
of which we cover regularly here at IP: Unilever North America, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination
Fund, New York State Health Foundation, Target, Aetna Foundation, Astoria Energy, Empire Blue
Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus, the New York Community Trust, the Durst Organization, Merck Family
Fund, Pure Edge, Inc. Success Through Focus, KaBOOM!, New York City FC, the U.S. Soccer
Foundation, and Adidas. So far, this effort has at least $12 million to work with.

The neighborhoods of East Harlem, Brownsville, Canarsie, Mott Haven, Hunts Point, Morrisania,
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem, Corona, Flushing, Mariners Harbor, and Stapleton were chosen
to be part of BHC because of their lack of parks and access to safe public spaces and healthy foods.

There’s so much inter-agency collaboration involved in this effort that it can be difficult to wrap your
head around it all at times. For example, BHC funds are paying for five urban farms at developments
of the New York City Housing Authority, the building of 50 new soccer fields is underway with the US
Soccer Foundation, and BHC is working with the Department of Transportation to improve public
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walking paths and signage. Check out this press release for full details.

Although it’s not what we think of as a traditional philanthropic funder, OSP is definitely an entity to
watch and get involved with, given its connectedness and impressive influence. NYN
Media’s interview with Fialkoff is worth a read to get a sense of her perspective, and the Office of the
Mayor’s news page is a good way to keep up with what these partnerships are doing.

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To: jfdc
Cc: B; Almonte, Catherine
Subject: Re: Need asap
Ok. John - I'll reach out separately.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 16, 2016, at 8:10 AM, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com> wrote:
Tomorrow's great for me!
On Nov 16, 2016, at 7:41 AM, B <BCCD@cityhall.nyc.gov>

wrote:
Meal or drinks with John Del Cecato (cc'ed here). Tmrw

(Thurs) is ideal. Let me know. Thanks
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To: jfdc
Subject: Macy"s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Dear John–

It’s that time of year again! We are pleased to be part of the world famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade.

The Mayor’s office would like to offer you tickets to this year’s parade. The City’s viewing area is
located on Central Park West and Columbus Circle (please see diagram below)

If you would like to attend, please email Matt Everett at meverett@cityhall.nyc.gov with the number
of tickets you are requesting. Please note that there is a limited number available, and tickets must
be picked up from the Mayor’s Fund offices at 253 Broadway, 6th floor from Thursday, November
17 through Wednesday, November 23.

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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Gabrielle Fialkoff
212-341-5084

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To: jfdc
Subject: RE: Need asap
Cool
Sounds good
On 11/16/16, 11:13 AM, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
How is dinner at Gracie at 8pm tomorrow

To: B
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Almonte, Catherine


>
>
> Meal or drinks with John Del Cecato (cc'ed here). Tmrw (Thurs) is ideal. Let me know. Thanks

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Cc: Almonte, Catherine
On 11/17/16, 6:06 PM, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:
What is your cell - for some off reason I don’t have it
Lol

Cc: Almonte, Catherine

Cool – that works for me!

On 11/17/16, 6:03 PM, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Hey! He wants to meet at 830ish at Friend of a Farmer in Gramercy Park -


Sounds good

On 11/16/16, 11:13 AM, "Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca" <PSalazar-Rodriguez@cityhall.nyc.gov>
wrote:

How is dinner at Gracie at 8pm tomorrow

To: B
Cc: Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca; Almonte, Catherine


>
>
> Meal or drinks with John Del Cecato (cc'ed here). Tmrw (Thurs) is ideal. Let me know. Thanks
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To: jfdc
Subject: A Year of Partnership

CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007

Dear John–

I hope you and your loved ones are having a wonderful holiday season. As we find ourselves at the
end of another successful year, I wanted to share with you some of the partnerships the de Blasio
Administration has developed with the private sector to further the Mayor’s goals of fighting
inequality across the five boroughs. Below are a few highlights; we are especially proud of our
success in securing a record number of summer jobs for NYC’s young people, the First Lady’s
continued steadfast leadership on the issue of Mental Health, the expansion of our Building Healthy
Communities Initiative, and the early success of Computer Science for All.

None of this would have been possible without the support and commitment of our partners – the
companies, foundations, and individuals who are just as dedicated to making this an even better City
for all 8.5 million New Yorkers.

Many thanks, and I look forward to continued partnership in 2017.

Happy Holidays,
Gabrielle

Center for Youth Employment: Announced Record Number of Summer Jobs and Employers
· 475 employers participated in Ladders for Leaders internships, double the number from the
previous summer.
· Launched Industry Partnerships to support jobs in five of New York’s most vital sectors:
media and entertainment, real estate, hospitality, business services, and fashion.
· The Summer Youth Employment Program, the nation’s largest summer jobs program,
enrolled a record 60,113 participants in 2016.
· Created an Employer Best Practices Playbook, to share strategies for businesses to host
interns and build a pool of diverse talent.

Fund for Public Schools: 250 Schools Now Have Computer Science Education, with 450 Teachers
Trained
· Secured 50% of the private funding needed in the first 12 months for Computer Science for
All, a ten-year citywide initiative to create universal computer science education in public
schools.
· Training and implementation ahead of schedule in the initiative’s first year.
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Fund for Public Health: Building Healthy Communities (BHC), 3 Urban Farms Launched – 8000
Pounds of Food Delivered to NYCHA Residents
· Built 3 urban farms at NYCHA developments in East Harlem, Brownsville, and Canarsie,
training and employing NYCHA youth.
· Activated programming to improve health outcomes in the underserved neighborhoods of
East Harlem, Hunts Point, Morrisania, Mott Haven, Brownville, Stapleton, Corona, and
Flushing.
· Developed and distributed BHC maps and guides for Brownsville and South Bronx to
increase knowledge and awareness of key health assets for the community.

City Soccer Initiative: Funded 50 New Soccer Fields and Programming for 10,000 Kids
· $3-million public-private partnership with NYCFC, adidas, the US Soccer Foundation to build
50 mini-soccer fields and the “Soccer for Success” mentorship programming to 10,000 kids
across the five boroughs.

ThriveNYC: Celebrated First Anniversary of First Lady’s Mental Health Plan with Major Milestones
· Trained 578 employees at 15 Community-Based Organizations in the first year of
Connections to Care, a $30-million public-private partnership with the White House to train
service providers in low-income communities to address clients’ mental health needs.
· Launched NYC Well, a free, confidential service to connect New Yorkers to support for
mental health and substance use.
· Hosted CitiesThrive, a conference that brought together representatives from over 60 cities
to promote mental health policy and action.

Created Fund for Public Housing
· Developed this year to form public-private partnerships to serve the City’s 500,000 NYCHA
residents, the Fund for Public Housing has raised $900,000.
· Created youth leadership development opportunities for hundreds of NYCHA teens.
· Provided scholarships to 10 CUNY-City College students who live in public housing.

Gracie Mansion Conservancy: 21,000 New Yorkers Visit the People’s House
· Between weekly tours, special events, and heritage receptions, Gracie Mansion welcomed
over 21,000 visitors through its doors in 2016.
· The First Lady launched the Gracie Book Club, with its inaugural theme, “Envisioning Distant
Neighbors.”

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To: jfdc
Subject: 2017: A Year of Partnerships and Accomplishments
Dear John –

This year, with your support, the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnerships has made important strides in building
innovative partnerships to address our City’s greatest challenges and provide more opportunities for all New
Yorkers. I am happy to share a few updates with you on our key initiatives and look forward to taking this shared
work further as we embark on the start of the second administration. Wishing you a wonderful and joyous holiday
season.

Best Regards,
Gabrielle

Through Building Healthy Communities, a partnership that leverages $318-million in capital spending with
$12-million in private funds, we are increasing food access and physical activity while promoting public
safety in 12 historically-underserved neighborhoods.
· The first urban farms in the nation on public housing property produced and distributed over 25,000
pounds of fresh, sustainably-grown produce for free to NYC Housing Authority residents with
environmental benefits of 3,000 pounds of food scraps diverted from landfills through composting, 70
young NYCHA residents trained in farming and culinary skills, and over 800 residents engaged
through volunteer work
· Opened the first 10 of 50 new mini-soccer pitches as part of the NYC Soccer Initiative, which will make
open space, sports, and youth programming more accessible to 10,000 New York City youth.
The Center for Youth Employment (CYE), a privately funded team tasked with coordinating, expanding,
and improving the City’s youth workforce development efforts with a goal of creating 100,000 “more and
better” internships, mentorships & summer jobs by 2020, continued to pave the way for the next generation
to enter the workforce.
· Launched a first-of-its- kind pro-bono ad campaign targeting employers; 600 employers participated (up
from 475 in 2016) to provide over 1,850 internships to homegrown talent through the Ladders for
Leaders program.
· Successfully expanded career pathways opportunities for students by adding health care and tech sectors
to Industry Funds, joining real estate, media & entertainment, hospitality & tourism, business &
professional services and fashion.
· Tripled number of summer jobs for vulnerable youth in the Summer Youth Employment Program.
· CYE worked with the Department of Youth & Community Development to set broad parameters for how
the Summer Youth Employment Program will operate over the next several years to best serve young
people.
Computer Science for All, an $81 million initiative to bring computer science education to all 1.1 million
students, made a major impact in New York City schools.
· As of the first day of this school year, approximately 940 teachers received Computer Science for All
training to bring back to their 524 elementary, middle, and high schools.
· The number of students taking an AP Computer Science exam in 2017 more than tripled, and the number
of students passing an AP Computer Science exam increased more than fourfold.

The City’s partnership with Warby Parker is providing free vision screenings and medical eye exams for all
children in Community Schools who need them.
· This year’s expansion will bring critical vision services to all 227 Community Schools in New York City,
reaching an additional 118,000 students and providing nearly 20,000 pairs of eyeglasses.
· The City is dedicating more than $1 million to support expansion of this innovative partnership, now
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providing free vision screenings, eye exams and eyeglasses to an additional 97 Community Schools in
New York City this school year.

Connections to Care, a $30 million, five-year initiative that is part of the ThriveNYC program, training staff
in community-based organizations in proven mental health techniques to connect clients with access to
clinical care.
· In two years, trained over 1,000 non-profit staff and served over 9,000 program participants.

The Gracie Mansion Conservancy continues to build dynamic, thought-provoking programming to reach all
New Yorkers.
· Celebrated the 75th Anniversary of Gracie Mansion serving as New York City’s Mayoral residence with
the installation of “New York 1942” art exhibit borrowing over 50 works from museums in all 5
boroughs. Launched season two of the Gracie Book Club, which focuses on life in the City in the
1940s, with a discussion of Ann Petry’s classic novel The Street at the Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture .
· Launched a partnership with MCC Theater, one of New York’s leading non-profit Off-Broadway
companies, to increase access to arts and culture for vulnerable youth. This partnership provides 75
young people from across the City with tickets to attend productions in MCC’s 2017-18 season, along
with pre- and post-show workshops with actors, designers, and other members of MCC’s creative
team.
· Created one of a kind holiday décor to reflect the priorities of the administration at Gracie Mansion with
Rafanelli Events to welcome the public for the holiday season. Over 10,000 New Yorkers visited Gracie
this holiday season and approximately 25,000 visited The People’s House in 2017.

Protecting our immigrant communities.
· Doubled the funding of NYCitizenship, a public-private partnership that provides free legal assistance and
financial counseling for immigrants who seek to naturalize, leveraging our public libraries. To date
11,200 people have been reached, 1,987 screened for eligibility, 991 naturalization applications filed
with 753 accompanying fee waivers, and 343 clients were able to naturalize.

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Linkedin: @mcruzlee
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DRAFT REMARKS 3
First Lady Chirlane McCray
Thank you, XXX, for that wonderful introduction.
When I first moved to New York, I was 22 years old. I had 35 dollars in my pocket, a POSSIBLE lead
on a job, and a place to crash until I found a room of my own. That was it.
But for me, it was EVERYTHING. As I quickly came to understand New York’s greatness comes not
simply from having the best food, the tallest buildings, or the most interesting nightlife.
It comes from OUR PEOPLE – every one of them, no matter where they come from, what they look
like, how much money they have, or whether they suffer from a mental illness. That is all very
personal to me with the work I do as First Lady.
So when my husband talks about fighting inequality, it’s not simply out of a sense of social
responsibility. He knows that providing opportunity to EVERY child is the very FOUNDATION upon
which our city was built.
At a time when the world can feel like it’s UPSIDE-DOWN, we can take some comfort in knowing
that things are RIGHT-SIDE-UP here in New York. Just a few FACTS.
Overall crime is DOWN. (POINT THUMB DOWN)
Job creation is UP. (POINT THUMB UP)
Murders are DOWN.
High school graduation is UP.
Stop-and-Frisk is DOWN.
Pre-K and after-school slots are UP.
Shootings are DOWN.
Mental health access is UP.
I could go on and on.
But let me interrupt myself by plugging our new mental health hotline – which is 1-888-NYC-WELL.
Say it with me! 1-888-NYC-WELL!
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That is the foundation that we’re working to strengthen every day. But while we do, we must also
vigilantly guard against those who would put CRACKS in it -- whether through malice, indifference,
ignorance or neglect.
As November 8th taught us, there is nothing certain about the world of politics these days. But
there are SOME things we can say now, for sure.
There will be a truckload of money spent to try to wrestle the reins of New York City Hall away from
a progressive champion like Bill de Blasio. The other side will use their deep pockets to smear and
distort and outright LIE about his record. And in their effort to bring DOWN turnout and turn UP
the hate, they will try to breathe life into an ENCYCLOPEDIA of fake news.
I ask you to take the hurt and anger and disappointment we all felt so deeply on the LAST election
night and turn those feelings into ACTION. Help us fight with the FACTS. Spread the truth. Focus all
our energy on BUILDING the world we want to see. Tell your friends how THEY can get involved –
and why standing on the sidelines IS NOT an option.
YOU know that change isn’t easy. That’s why you’re here. And I thank you so much for being a part
this gathering.
So let’s hear from the guy you came to see – my husband – the current and – God-willing – NEXT
mayor of New York – Bill de Blasio.
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Hey John-
the First
Lady is
giving brief
remarks at
the Kings
County
Democratic
gala two
weeks from
now.
Because
they are
endorsing
candidates
there, this
is an
outside
event for
us and we
can't use
City Hall
speechwriting
for it. Are
you able
and
available to
help out on
this? The
info I have
is below,
and I've
also
attached
her basic
Mental
Health
stump
speech
(she is
being
honored for
her work
on MH).
Because
she has a
really heavy
week
leading up
to this
event, we
would need
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Jonathan
Harkavy. I
had let
them know
ahead of
time that
FLONYC is
coming
from DC
that day,
so they're
flexible with
timing.
She's being
honored for
her work
on mental
health and
is one of
four
honorees
(list below).
They can
place her at
the
beginning
or end of
the
program
and she
can speak
as long or
as short as
she wants -
we're able
to advise
on what
works best
for CMC.
There will
be about
500 people
in
attendance.
They have
yet to
finalize
other folks
at their
table, but
there will
be room for
both
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The 2017
Democratic
County
Gala
Hosted by
the Kings
County
Democratic
Committee
DATE AND
TIME:
Thursday
5/4/2017
Program
Starts at
7:15 pm
LOCATION:
El Caribe
Country
Club | 5945
Strickland
Avenue,
Brooklyn
NY, 11234
PURPOSE:
To connect
with the
Brooklyn
Democratic
Party’s
leaders
while
highlighting
the First
Lady’s
ThriveNYC
initiative.
BACKGROUND:
This event
is the
annual gala
for the
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Kings
County
Democratic
Party. All
electeds
that
represent
Brooklyn at
the City,
State, and
Federal
level are
invited.

Kings
County
Democratic
Committee
Chairman
Frank
Seddio has
personally
requested
to honor
First Lady
Chirlane
McCray for
her work
on mental
health.
Distinguished
Honorees
Chirlane
McCray
First Lady
of the City
of New
York
Hon.
Steven H.
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<CMCstump3.docx>
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1400 R St, Lincoln, NE 68588
Attendees: Brian Hastins, President and CEO, University of Nebraska Foundation;
David Boocker, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences;
Jim Crounse;
300 attendees
Site Advance: Michael Carey
Telephone:
Setup: Lecture Style; About 200 Attendees
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open
Format:
‐ YOU proceed backstage
‐ Brian Hastins, President and CEO of the University of Nebraska Foundation, gives
opening remarks and introduces David Boocker
‐ David Boocker, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, gives remarks and
introduces Jim Crounse
‐ Jim Grounse gives remarks and introduces YOU
‐ YOU give remarks
‐ At conclusion of remarks, Dean Bocker proceeds back onto stage to moderate
Question and Answers
‐ YOU conclude and depart stage

7:30 ‐ 7:45 PM MOVE TO OVERFLOW ROOMS //STUDENTS
Location: Mammel Hall ‐ Room 1100K and 1100L
University of Nebraska
1400 R St, Lincoln, NE 68588
Telephone:

7:45 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM MAMMELL UNIVERSITY EN ROUTE 5013 UNDERWOOD AVE, OMAHA,
NE 68132
Travel Time: 15 mins.
Car : MBdB, JDC

8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH JIM CROUNSE AND JDC
Location: 5013 Underwood Ave
Omaha, NE 68132

9:30 ‐ 1145 PM TRAVEL FROM UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA EN ROUTE RESIDENCE INN DES MOINES
DOWNTOWN, 100 SW WATER STREET, DES MOINES, IA
Travel Time: 2 Hours and 15 Minutes
Car : MBDB, JDC

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Michael Paul Carey
Director of Scheduling and Advance
City Hall
New York, New York 10007
212.341.5396

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Attendees: Senator Tom Harkin;
Domenic Lamberti, student introducer;
100 students, faculty, and community
Telephone:
Setup: Lecture Style setup
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open
Format:
‐ YOU arrive and proceed into hold.
‐ YOU greet with Senator Harkin and student Domenic Lamberti.
‐ YOU, Senator Harkin, and Domenic Lamberti proceed to Reading Room
‐ Domenic Lamberti opens and introduces Senator Harkin
‐ Senator Harkin gives remarks and introduces YOU
‐ YOU conclude and Senator Harkin comes back up to podium to moderate
questions
‐ YOU take questions from attendees
‐ YOU conclude
‐ YOU, Senator Harkin, and Domenic Lamberti proceed back to Hold
‐ YOU greet with 10 students
‐ YOU depart

12:15 ‐ 12:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 2507 UNIVERSITY AVENUE EN ROUTE 1801 GRAND AVE
Car : MBdB, JDC

12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM IN PERSON INTERVIEW WITH DAVE PRICE FROM WHO‐HD
Location: 1801 Grand Ave
Des Moines, Iowa 50265

1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 1801 GRAND AVE, DES MOINES, IOWA EN ROUTE 400 ROBERT D. RAY
DRIVE // PICK UP LUNCH
Car : MBdB, JDC

1:30 ‐ 1:45 PM IN PERSON INTERVIEW WITH KAY HENDERSON, IOWA RADIO
Location: City Hall, Lower Level Conference Room
400 Robert D. Ray Drive
Des Moines, IA 50309
Site Contact: Kay Henderson
Telephone:

2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH AREA MAYORS HOSTED BY MAYOR COWNIE
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Location: City Hall ‐ Kofu Conference Room
400 Robert D. Ray Dr
Telephone:
Press: Closed

3:00 ‐ 3:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 400 ROBERT D. RAY DR, DES MOINES, IA 50309 EN ROUTE 100 SW
WATER STREET, DES MOINES, IA ON FOOT
Car : MBdB, JDC

3:30 ‐ 5:30 PM TPA FOLLOW UP CALL TIME
Location: 100 SW Water Street

5:30 ‐ 5:45 PM TRAVEL FROM 100 SW WATER STREET EN ROUTE 777 3RD STREET
Car : MBdB, JDC

5:45 ‐ 6:45 PM REMARKS AT PROGRESSIVE IOWA GATHERING
Location: ISEA – 2nd Floor
777 3rd St
Des Moines, IA
Attendees: Tammy Wawro, President, Iowa State Education Association;
Matt Sinovic, Executive Director, Progress Iowa;
75‐100 attendees
Telephone:
Setup: Reception Style
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Format:
‐ YOU arrive and proceed into hold
‐ YOU greet with Matt Sinovic and Tammy Wawro
‐ Matt Sinovic opens and introduces Tammy Wawro
‐ Tammy Wawro gives remarks and introduces YOU
‐ YOU conclude and mix and mingle
‐ YOU depart

7:00 ‐ 7:45 PM TRAVEL FROM ISEA EN ROUTE DES MOINES MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN // DINNER
Car : MBdB, JDC
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3:30 ‐ 5:30 TPA FOLLOW UP CALL TIME
Location: 100 SW Water Street

5:30 ‐ 5:45 TRAVEL FROM 100 SW WATER STREET EN ROUTE 777 3RD STREET

5:45 ‐ 6:45 REMARKS AT PROGRESSIVE IOWA GATHERING
Location: ISEA ‐ Second Floor, 777 3rd St
Attendees: About 75‐100
Setup: Reception Style
Notes: YOU are introduced by Matt Sinovic, Executive Director of Progress Iowa

7:00 ‐ 7:45 TRAVEL FROM ISEA EN ROUTE DES MOINES MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN ON FOOT // DINNER

7:45 ‐ 8:30 REMARKS AT CENTURY CLUB EVENT
Location: Des Moines Marriott Downtown ‐ Waterloo Room
Attendees: 20‐25 folks
Press: Closed

8:30 ‐ 8:45 TRAVEL FROM 700 GRAND STREET EN ROUTE 100 SW WATER STREET

PRESS CONFERENCES

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE

11:00 ‐ 11:45 MEETING WITH SENATOR JESSE HAMILTON
11:45 ‐ 12:45 MEETING WITH DC HERMAN AND DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY
1:00 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH MAYOR’S FUND
3:00 ‐ 4:00 WEEK AHEAD BRIEF
4:00 ‐ 5:00 STAFF DEBRIEF
6:45 ‐ 7:00 VAISAKHI FESTIVAL CELEBRATION

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11063
11064

2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM LUNCH
Location: City Hall, the Mayor's Office

2:30 ‐ 2:45 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE
Travel Time: 15 mins. ‐ Subway Option 6 train to 23rd Street
Car : MBdB, EL

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM
Location:

4:05 ‐ 4:15 PM TRAVEL FROM EN ROUTE
Travel Time: 10 mins. ‐ Subway option: Take 6 from 23rd Street
Car : MBdB, EL

4:15 ‐ 5:15 PM
Location:

5:15 ‐ 5:45 PM TRAVEL FROM EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION
Car : MBdB, EL

6:30 ‐ 7:15 PM DRINKS WITH RON MOELIS
Location: Gracie Mansion, The Peach Room

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11065
11066
Press: Closed

3:30 ‐ 6:00 BUDGET PREP: TOPIC TBD

6:00 ‐ 6:15 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 102 NORTH END AVE. NY, NY ON FOOT
Travel Time: 15 mins. on foot

6:15 ‐ 8:30 ATTEND ABIGAIL DISNEY FILM PREMIER AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL WITH FLONYC
Location: Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11‐11, 102 North End Ave. NY, NY
Press: Closed
Notes: Running time of Film is 90 Minutes. At conclusion of the film, there is a Q&A with
Abigail Disney.

8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM 102 NORTH END AVE. NY EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

PRESS CONFERENCES
None Scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE

9:15 ‐ 10:15 (T) PRE‐K FOR ALL DAY OF ACTION WITH YOU
12:45 ‐ 1:00 VOTE IN 2015 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WITH YOU
6:15 ‐ 8:30 ATTEND ABIGAIL DISNEY FILM PREMIER AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL WITH YOU

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11067
11068
7:30 ‐ 8:00 (t) REMARKS AT 23RD CELEBRATION OF WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN HOSTED BY DR. CLARKE WITH
YOU

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11069
11070
4:00 ‐ 5:00 BILL HEARING AND SIGNING

5:00 ‐ 8:00 BUDGET PREP

8:00 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

PRESS CONFERENCES

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE

No public schedule.

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11071
11072


5:00 ‐ 8:00 BUDGET PREP
Location: City Hall, The Committee of the Whole


PRESS CONFERENCES
11am – Assembly Member Rosenthal “Legislation On Empowering Caregivers” 50 people
12pm – U.S. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries ”Public Safety” 50 people
1pm – Advocates Without Boarders “Supporting Mayor’s Initiative on Stopping Violence in Communities” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No public schedule.

11073
11074

6:30 ‐ 7:00 INTERNAL MEETING ON TPA
Note: YOU requested to meet with JDC, Aaron, Hayley, John Davis, Emma

7:00 ‐ 7:10 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 233 BROADWAY ON FOOT

7:10 ‐ 8:00 C4 EVENT HOSTED BY ANTHONY CONSTANTINOPLE, STEVE SINACORI, AND PETER VALLONE, SR.
Location: Woolworth Tower Kitchen, 233 Broadway
Notes: This was rescheduled from 3/26 after the East Village building collapse.

8:00 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM 233 BROADWAY EN ROUTE CITI FIELD

8:00 ‐ 8:30 CALL WITH DA KENNETH THOMPSON ON JOEL ISRAEL INDICTMENT
Notes: YOU dial

8:30 ‐ 9:00 DROP BY UNIFORMED COALITION CONTRACT CELEBRATION
Location: Citi Field ‐ Empire Suite #231

9:00 ‐ 9:20 TRAVEL FROM CITI FIELD EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

PRESS CONFERENCES
To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No public schedule.

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11075
11076
Location: Woolworth Tower Kitchen, 233 Broadway

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 233 BROADWAY EN ROUTE CITI FIELD

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM CALL WITH DA KENNETH THOMPSON ON JOEL ISRAEL INDICTMENT
Location: Mayor Calls

8:30 ‐ 9:00 PM DROP BY UNIFORMED COALITION CONTRACT CELEBRATION
Location: Citi Field, Empire Suite #231, 123‐01 Roosevelt Ave, New York, NY
11368

9:00 ‐ 9:20 PM TRAVEL FROM CITI FIELD EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11077
11078
11079

11080
11081
11082
4:00 ‐ 4:45 MEETING WITH ANNE BREWER

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11083
11084
11085

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE

9:30 ‐ 10:00 SPANISH LULLABY AUDIO RECORDING
11:15 ‐ 12:15 VISIT FREEDOM HOUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER
12:30 ‐ 1:20 VISIT HRA SERVICE OFFICES AT BANKNOTE BUILDING
2:00 ‐ 4:30 PRIVATE APPOINTMENT
5:15 ‐ 5:45 WEEK AHEAD BRIEF
6:30 ‐ 7:00 CALL WITH GARY BELKIN

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11086
11087
6:00 ‐ 8:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT WISCONSIN FOUNDERS DAY
Location: 758 North Broadway, Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)
Notes: YOU and Mike Tate sit at keynote table. Mike Tate introduces YOU around 7:10
PM.

PRESS CONFERENCES
To be Updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No Events Scheduled.

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11088
11089


PRESS CONFERENCES

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE

9:30 ‐ 10:30
3:30 ‐ 3:45 CALL WITH JENNIFER BUFFETT
8:00 ‐ 9:30 DISCUSSION WITH TONI MORRISON ON “GOD HELP THE CHILD”

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11090
11091

2:30 ‐ 3:30 PRESENTATION OF BUDGET

3:30 ‐ 4:30 WHITESPACE

4:30 ‐ 5:30 NEXTGEN NYCHA FINAL PREP
Notes: Event is on Monday.

5:30 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 20 HICKSVILLE ROAD, BETHPAGE, NEW YORK//CALLS EN ROUTE
Travel Time: 1 hour 30 mins.

7:00 ‐ 7:30 ATTENDS WAKE SERVICES FOR POLICE OFFICER MOORE
Location: Chapey and Sons Funeral Home, 20 Hicksville Road, Bethpage
Note: Service is 7‐9:30 PM.

7:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM 20 HICKSVILLE ROAD, BETHPAGE, NEW YORK EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

PRESS CONFERENCES
To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No public schedule.

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11092
11093
5:30 ‐ 7:00 ATTEND BELL HOOKS CONVERSATION WITH FLONYC AND DANTE
Location: The Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street, Alvin Johnson / J.M. Kaplan Hall, The New
School
Note: YOU and Dante are seated in the Front Row.

7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM 66 WEST 12TH STREET EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

PRESS CONFERENCES
To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:30 ATTEND POLICE OFFICER MOORE FUNERAL SERVICE WITH YOU
2:30 ‐ 5:00 LUNCH WITH BELL HOOKS
5:30 ‐ 7:00 BELL HOOKS + FLONYC: CRITICAL THINKING

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11094
11095
11096
City Hall
212.341.5396

11097
11098

3:30 ‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH PAUL ADLER

4:30 ‐ 5:00 MEETING WITH TONY SHORRIS AND DOM WILLIAMS RE: MANHOLES

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PERSONNEL MEETING WITH
Note: is the NYPD Commo Candidate Phil wants YOU to meet.

6:00 ‐ 6:30 TAPING OF NYU GRADUATION VIDEO
Notes: YOU record a thirty second video for NYU's Graduation.


6:30 ‐ 6:45 CALL WITH NICHOLAS GRAVANTE EN ROUTE
Location: YOU call

7:00 ‐ 7:45 PERSONELL MEETING WITH CARLA MATERO AND FLONYC

8:00 ‐ 8:15 MEETING WITH MICHAEL, MANAGER OF SPECIAL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION AT GRACIE AND FLONYC
Location: Gracie Mansion, The Library

PRESS CONFERENCES

9 AM – Scaffold Safety Coalition “Worker Safety” 50 people
10 AM – Coalition For Asian Americans & Families “Data Bill” 50 people
11 AM – Speaker Mark‐Viverito “Move Systems Presser” 30 people
12 PM – C/M Mendez “Dance Parade” 50 people
1 PM – New Yorkers For A Vaccine Free 2015 “New Yorkers for a Vaccine Free 2015” 15 people
2 PM – Speaker Mark‐Viverito “Housing Issues” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE

11:00 ‐ 11:30 CALL WITH SADE BADERINWA
12:00 ‐ 1:00 LIVE INTERVIEW WITH WENDY BRENNAN & CAROLINE MODARRESSY‐TEHRANI
2:00 ‐ 4:00 WABC PREP
4:00 ‐ 4:45 MEETING WITH JOSE LOUIS
7:00 ‐ 7:45 MEETING WITH CARLA MATERO AND YOU
8:00 ‐ 8:15 MEETING WITH MICHAEL, MANAGER OF SPECIAL AND YOU
11099
11100
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM IN PERSON WITH MOLLY BALL, THE ATLANTIC
Location: 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 350

2:30 ‐ 2:50 PM TRAVEL FROM 1301 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW EN ROUTE US CAPITOL
Travel Time: 20 Minutes

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM TPA PRESS CONFERENCE
Location: Steps of the US Capitol, House Triangle

4:00 ‐ 4:20 PM TRAVEL FROM US CAPITOL EN ROUTE SOFITEL HOTEL

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM PREP FOR USCOM AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Location: Sofitel Hotel (Lobby)

5:00 ‐ 5:15 PM TRAVEL FROM SOFITEL HOTEL EN ROUTE WHITE HOUSE ON FOOT

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Location: White House, The Oval Office

6:45 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM SOFITEL HOTEL EN ROUTE ST. REGIS HOTEL ON FOOT

7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM REMARKS AT USCOM DINNER
Location: St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006 (Chandelier
Room)

8:30 ‐ 8:45 PM TRAVEL FROM ST. REGIS HOTEL EN ROUTE SOFITEL HOTEL

RON
Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square
806 15th Street NW Washington DC 20005

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:10 ‐ 11:30 AM DEPART GRACIE MANSION EN ROUTE 462 1ST AVENUE
11:30 ‐ 12:00 PM VISIT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL'S NEW CHILD PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM ANNOUNCE BELLEVUE HOSPITAL'S NEW CHILD PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
12:30 ‐ 12:40 PM DEPART 462 1ST AVENUE EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 ‐ 3:30 PM WABC PREP

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
11101
212.341.5396

11102
11103
11104
11105

11:30 ‐ 12:00 PM HOLD // PREP
Location: Freight and Salvage ‐ Green Room
2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA

12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM GREET/MEET WITH FORMER SECRETARY REICH
Location: Freight and Salvage ‐ Green Room, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA
Notes: At 12:20 PM, lav mic placed on YOU.

12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM CONVERSATION WITH FORMER SECRETARY ROBERT REICH
Location: Freight and Salvage
2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA
Attendees: About 400
Telephone:
Setup: Theater Seating; 2 Seats on Stage; Lav Microphone. Event will be
taped for future documentary for Secretary Riech. Four cameras
total, 2 on stage interview style.
Press: Open
Format:
‐ YOU and Secretary Reich arrive backstage from Green Room
‐ [12:00 PM] Dean Henry introduces Secretary Reich onto stage
‐ Secretary Reich gives one minute overview
‐ Secretary Reich introduces YOU onto stage
‐ YOU and Secretary Reich move to chairs on stage
‐ Secretary Reich leads a conversation with YOU
‐ [1:15 PM] Secretary Reich opens up to questions from the audience
‐ [1:30 PM] Secretary Reich concludes
‐ YOU and Secretary Reich depart backstage
‐ (T) YOU hold a press gaggle
Notes: Event will be taped for future documentary from Secretary Reich

1:30 ‐ 2:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 2020 ADDISON AVENUE, BERKELEY, CA EN ROUTE 500 EL CAMINO
REAL, SANTA CLARA, CA
Car : MBdB, JDC
Follow Up: MPC

2:15 ‐ 2:30 PM LUNCH WITH FLONYC AND (T) CDB
Location: Santa Clara University, Office of the President, Conference Room

2:30 ‐ 3:10 PM MEETING WITH ADVISOR, FLONYC, AND (T) CDB

11106
3:15 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING WITH ADVISOR, FLONYC, AND (T) CDB

3:45 ‐ 4:05 PM MEETING WITH FATHER MICHAEL ENGH, PRESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY,
FLONYC, AND (T) CDB

4:05 ‐ 4:10 PM TRAVEL FROM PRESIDENT'S OFFICE EN ROUTE RECITAL HALL ON FOOT
Walking : MBdB, FLONYC, Father Engh, MPC, (T) CdB, JDC

4:30 ‐ 5:45 PM REMARKS AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Location: Recital Hall
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Attendees: FLONYC;
CdB;
Father Michael Engh, President, Santa Clara University;
Dr. Elsa Chen, Political Science professor;
About 200 attendees
Site Contact: Molly McDonald
Staff Contact: Michael Carey
Telephone:
Telephone:
Setup: Auditorium; Fixed Seating. At 4:20 PM lav mic placed on
YOU. Podium on stage right.
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open
Format:
‐ YOU, FLONYC, and CdB arrive back stage
‐ [4:20 PM] FLONYC and CdB move to seats. Lav mic placed on YOU
‐ [4:30PM] President Michael Engh makes remarks
‐ Father Engh introduces YOU
‐ YOU move to podium on stage right
‐ YOU deliver remarks
‐ At conclusion, Elsa Chen, Political Science Professor, comes onto stage
‐ YOU and Dr. Chen proceed to two chairs on stage for Q&A from audience
‐ [5:20 PM] Dr. Chen asks final question
‐ YOU depart stage
‐ YOU proceed to rehearsal hall for photo with 10 students
‐ (T) YOU hold a gaggle for on‐topic Q&A
‐ YOU depart

6:00 ‐ 7:10 PM TRAVEL FROM SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY EN ROUTE OLD SKOOL CAFE, 1429
11107
MENDELL ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124
Car : MBdB, FLONYC
Follow Up: MPC, JDC

7:15 ‐ 8:45 PM EVENT IN HONOR OF CAMPAIGN FOR ONE NEW YORK WITH FLONYC
Location: Old Skool Café
1429 Mendell St.
San Francisco, CA 94124
Attendees: Ron Conway;
12 attendees
Telephone:
Setup: Sit down dinner setup.
Format:
‐ YOU arrive
‐ Ron Conway introduces YOU
‐ YOU have a conversation over dinner with attendees
‐ YOU depart

8:45 ‐ 9:00 PM TRAVEL FROM OLD SKOOL CAFE EN ROUTE MARRIOTT MARQUIS
Car : MBdB, FLONYC
Follow Up: MPC, JDC

RON SAN FRANCISCO MARRIOTT MARQUIS, 780 MISSION STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94103

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11108
11109
1:30 ‐ 2:15 TRAVEL FROM 2020 ADDISON AVENUE, BERKELEY, CA EN ROUTE 500 EL CAMINO REAL, SANTA CLARA,
CA

2:15 ‐ 2:30 LUNCH WITH FLONYC

2:30 ‐ 3:10 MEETING WITH ADVISOR, FLONYC, AND (T) CDB


3:45 ‐ 4:05 MEETING WITH FATHER MICHAEL ENGH, PRESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, FLONYC, AND (T)
CDB

4:05 ‐ 4:10 TRAVEL FROM PRESIDENT'S OFFICE EN ROUTE RECITAL HALL ON FOOT

4:30 ‐ 5:45 REMARKS AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Location: Recital Hall, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Notes: After remarks YOU take photo with 10 students. (T) YOU hold a gaggle for on‐topic
Q&A

6:00 ‐ 7:10 TRAVEL FROM SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY EN ROUTE OLD SCHOOL CAFE, 1429 MENDELL ST. SAN
FRANCISCO, CA

7:15 ‐ 8:45 EVENT IN HONOR OF CAMPAIGN FOR ONE NEW YORK WITH FLONYC
Location: Old Skool Café, 1429 Mendell St., San Francisco, CA 94124
Notes: Sit down dinner with Ron Conway and 12 guests.

8:45 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM OLD SKOOL CAFE EN ROUTE MARRIOTT MARQUIS

RON
SAN FRANCISCO MARRIOTT MARQUIS
780 MISSION STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103

FLONYC SCHEDULE

4:30 ‐ 5:45 REMARKS AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY WITH YOU AND CHIARA
7:15 ‐ 8:45 EVENT IN HONOR OF CAMPAIGN FOR ONE NEW YORK WITH YOU

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
11110
New York, New York

11111
11112
Notes: Event will be taped for future documentary for Secretary Reich. Four cameras total, 2
on
stage interview style.

1:30 ‐ 2:15 TRAVEL FROM 2020 ADDISON AVENUE, BERKELEY, CA EN ROUTE 500 EL CAMINO REAL, SANTA CLARA,
CA

2:15 ‐ 2:30 LUNCH WITH FLONYC



3:45 ‐ 4:05 MEETING WITH FATHER MICHAEL ENGH, PRESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY, FLONYC, AND (T)
CDB

4:05 ‐ 4:10 TRAVEL FROM PRESIDENT'S OFFICE EN ROUTE RECITAL HALL ON FOOT

4:30 ‐ 5:45 REMARKS AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Location: Recital Hall, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Notes: After remarks YOU take photo with 10 students. (T) YOU hold a gaggle for on‐topic
Q&A

6:00 ‐ 7:10 TRAVEL FROM SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY EN ROUTE OLD SCHOOL CAFE, 1429 MENDELL ST. SAN
FRANCISCO, CA

7:15 ‐ 8:45 EVENT IN HONOR OF CAMPAIGN FOR ONE NEW YORK WITH FLONYC
Location: Old Skool Café, 1429 Mendell St., San Francisco, CA 94124
Notes: Sit down dinner with Ron Conway and 12 guests.

8:45 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM OLD SKOOL CAFE EN ROUTE MARRIOTT MARQUIS

RON
780 MISSION STREET

FLONYC SCHEDULE

4:30 ‐ 5:45 REMARKS AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY WITH YOU AND CHIARA
7:15 ‐ 8:45 EVENT IN HONOR OF CAMPAIGN FOR ONE NEW YORK WITH YOU

11113

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11114
11115

10:30 ‐ 11:30 AM MEETING WITH LIBBY SCHAAF, MAYOR OF OAKLAND
Location: Max’s Opera Café
601 Van Ness Ave
Telephone:
Notes: (Reservations under: Tomiquia Moss)

11:30 ‐ 11:45 AM TRAVEL FROM MAX'S OPERA CAFE EN ROUTE 414 BRANNAN STREET
Car : MBdB, JDC

12:00 ‐ 1:30 PM TECH ROUNDTABLE LUNCHEON
Location: Hattery/1776
414 Brannan Street
Attendees: Autumn Sample Kurtz, Executive Director, T4A.org;
Luis Arbulu, Director, Open Innovation, Samsung;
Jill McCarthy, Senior Advisor, T4A.org;
Erik Christoffersen, Chairman, CUPP Computing;
Jim Green, Co‐Founder & President, T4A.org / VP Government Affairs,
Salesforce;
Jonathan Kaplan, Founder & CEO, The Melt;
Dan'l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft;
Craig Newmark, Founder, craigslist & craigconnects;
Rusty Reuff, Co‐Founder, T4A.org;
Jay Costa, Executive Director, CounterPAC;
Bill Howe, Associate Director, eScience Institue at the University of
Washington;
Ben Rattray, Founder & CEO, Change.org
Setup: Conference Room setup
Press: Closed
Format:
‐ YOU arrive
‐ YOU are greeted by Autumn Sample Kurtz, Executive Director of T4A.org, and host
Luis Arbulu, Director of Open Innovation, Samsung
‐ YOU are escorted to conference room, shake hands around the table, and sit in a
designated middle seat
‐ Autumn Sample Kurtz opens with introduction of TechTable, attendees introduce
themselves, ending with Luis Arbulu
‐ Luis Arbulu introduces YOU
‐ YOU speak for ~7 minutes
‐ Roundtable discussion
‐ YOU conclude with takeaways from conversation and asks
‐ Autumun Sample Kurtz closes
‐ YOU depart
11116

1:30 ‐ 1:45 PM TRAVEL FROM HATTERY/1776 EN ROUTE MARRIOTT MARQUIS // PICK UP FLONYC
Car : MBdB, JDC

1:30 ‐ 1:45 PM INTERNAL CALL ON CARDINAL DOLAN FOLLOW UP

1:45 ‐ 2:45 PM TRAVEL FROM MARRIOTT MARQUIS EN ROUTE SAN JOSE CITY HALL
Travel Time: 1 hour
Car : MBdB, FLONYC
Follow Up: MPC

3:15 ‐ 4:15 PM MEETING WITH SAM LICCARDO, MAYOR OF SAN JOSE
Location: San José City Hall
200 E. Santa Clara St., 18th floor
San Jose, CA 95113
Telephone:

4:15 ‐ 4:30 PM TRAVEL FROM SAN JOSE CITY HALL EN ROUTE SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Car : MBdB, FLONYC

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11117
11118
3:15 ‐ 4:15 MEETING WITH SAM LICCARDO, MAYOR OF SAN JOSE WITH FLONYC
Location: San José City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St., 18th floor, San Jose, CA 95113

4:15 ‐ 4:30 TRAVEL FROM SAN JOSE CITY HALL EN ROUTE SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY

RON
780 MISSION STREET

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11119
11120
11121
Notes: YOU, Commissioner Trottenberg, and BP Otto wear DOT vests and gloves and help
resurface road.
Event Lead: Wiley Norvell

1:00 ‐ 1:45 TRAVEL FROM STATEN ISLAND EN ROUTE CITY HALL

1:00 ‐ 1:30 INTERNAL CALL ON TLC ENFORCEMENT EN ROUTE
Dial‐in:
ID:

2:00 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER BRATTON
Staff Lead: Dom Williams

3:15‐3:30 PHONE INTERVIEW WITH NYT SARAH MASLIN NIR ON NAIL SALONS
Note: YOU Call
Staff Lead: Kate Blum

3:45 ‐ 4:00 PREP FOR MEETING WITH FRATERNAL POLICE ORGANIZATIONS

4:00 ‐ 5:00 MEETING WITH POLICE FRATERNALS
Staff Lead: Marco Carrion

5:00 ‐ 5:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE


5:00 ‐ 5:30 PREP CALL FOR PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SENATOR SCHUMER
Dial‐in Number: ( Meeting ID:
Event Lead: Amy Spitalnick

5:30 ‐ 6:15

6:15 ‐ 6:45 TRAVEL FROM EN ROUTE BLUE WATER GRILLE, 31 UNION SQUARE W

7:00 ‐ 8:30 DINNER WITH CONGRESSMAN ISRAEL AND GENE SCHNEUR
Location: Blue Water Grille, 31 Union Square W
Note: Reservations Under Israel
Note: Congressman Israel will pay for dinner.

8:30 ‐ 8:50 TRAVEL FROM 31 UNION SQUARE W EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

None Scheduled.

FLONYC SCHEDULE

11122
12:00 ‐ 1:00 BUZZFEED INTERVIEW
1:30 ‐ 3:30 MAYOR’S FUND TIME
3:45 ‐ 4:15 REACH OUT AND READ GREATER NY VIDEO RECORDING
6:30 ‐ 7:30 DRINSK WITH LOREE SUTTON AND LAURIE LEITCH

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
212.341.5396

11123
11124
11125
11126
11127
Event Lead: Helen Ho
Press: Open
Notes: Commissioner Loree Sutton is Parade Grand Marshall
Notes: No formal speaking program. YOU have the option of holding small gaggle at end
of parade.

2:50 ‐ 2:55 TRAVEL FROM ALAMEDA AVENUE & NORTHERN BLVD EN ROUTE GIARDINO ON FOOT

3:00 ‐ 3:45 COFFEE WITH MELINDA KATZ
Location: Giardino Restaurant, 44‐37 Douglaston Pkwy
Staff Lead: Avi Fink

3:45 ‐ 4:15 TRAVEL FROM QUEENS EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

3:45 ‐ 4:15 PREP CALL ON PROSE ANNOUNCEMENT
Dial‐in:
ID:

4:30 ‐ 5:00 TOUCHBASE CALL WITH ALICIA GLEN
Contact: YOU dial Alica’s cell

5:00‐6:00 DRINKS WITH KEN SUNSHINE
Location: Gracie Mansion, The Porch

None scheduled.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No public schedule.
11128
11129
6:00 ‐ 6:30 MEETING WITH TOM SNYDER AND RACHEL LAUTER
Note: YOU requested to meet with Tom and Rachel on upcoming appointments.


7:00 ‐ 8:30 WEEKLY PLANNING MEETING

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE

10:45 ‐ 12:00 VISIT MIC OFFICE
12:15 ‐ 1:00 MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER BASSETT & DM LILLIAM BARRIOS‐PAOLI
1:15 ‐ 1:45 DROP BY MUNI ID OFFICE
4:00 ‐ 5:00 COFFEE WITH LINDA VILLAROSA
7:00 ‐ 8:30 WEEKLY PLANNING MEETING WITH YOU

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
New York, New York

11130
11131
12:45‐1:15 DELIVER REMARKS AT ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE
Location: Hilton Downtown, 40 Lodge St
Staff Lead: Sherif Soliman

1:15‐1:20 TRAVEL FROM HILTON DOWNTOWN EN ROUTE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING

1:20‐1:40 LUNCH // PREP
Location: Legislative Office Building ‐ Room 211

1:45 ‐ 2:15 PRESS AVAIL
Location: Legislative Office Building ‐ LCA Room 130
Event Lead: Phil Walzak

2:15 ‐ 2:20 TRAVEL FROM LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING EN ROUTE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING

2:30 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH SENATOR JEFF KLEIN & IDC
Location: State Capitol Building ‐ Room 432

3:15 ‐ 3:45 MEETING WTIH SENATOR JOHN FLANAGAN AND SENIOR STAFF

5:00‐5:30 MEETING WITH SENATOR ANDREW LANZA, SENATOR MARTY GOLDEN & SENATOR SIMCHA
FELDER

5:45‐8:00 TRAVEL FROM ALBANY EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION
Travel Time: 2 hours 15 mins.

6:00 ‐ 6:30 TPA CONFERENCE CALL FOLLOW UP EN ROUTE
Dial‐in:
ID:

8:30 ‐ 9:30 MEETING WITH REVEREND SHARPTON


To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE

7:30 ‐ 8:00 DEPART GRACIE EN ROUTE JFK
9:00 SWISS INTERNATION AIRLINES LX #015 EN ROUTE ZURICH AIRPORT

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And Veterans

3:30 ‐ 3:45 FOLLOW UP MEETING ON CYPRIS HILLS LDC

4:00 ‐ 4:15 PREP FOR NY1 NOTICIAS INTERVIEW
Note: Phil and Maibe will brief you before interview

4:15 ‐ 4:30 IN PERSON INTERVIEW WITH JUAN MANUEL BENÍTEZ FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
Press lead: Maibe Ponet

5:00 ‐ 5:30 TAPING OF NATIONAL YIDDISH FESTIVAL PSA
Note; Sid spoke to you about this. This is also part of our anti Semitism outreach plan.

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PREP FOR FACEBOOK EVENT ON FRIDAY

6:00 ‐ 6:05 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE SURROGATES COURT ON FOOT

6:15 ‐ 7:00 DELIVER REMARKS AT ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH RECEPTION
Location: New York County Surrogate’s Courthouse, 31 Chambers Street
Staff Lead: Ellyn Canfield
Notes: YOU present proclamations to honoree organizations Adhikaar and New York Nepalese
Football Club

7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM SURROGATES COURT EN ROUTE 888 7TH AVENUE, MANHATTAN

7:30 ‐ 8:15 REMARKS AT CARNEGIE HALL MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE GALA
Location: Carnegie Hall ‐ Weill Terrace Room, 888 7th Avenue
Staff Lead: Gabrielle Fialkoff
Notes: Attendees include emcee Becky Quick (CNBC), Ron Perelman, Robert Kraft, and Sandy
Weil
Notes: YOU arrive and sit at table for 15 minutes. YOU speak around 7:50 PM.

8:30 ‐ 9:00 DEPART CARNEGIE HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION


To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE (6 hours ahead, all times CEST)

10:50 ARRIVE ZURICH AIRPORT, SWITZERLAND
12:50 ‐ 2:05 DEPART ZURICH AIRPORT EN ROUTE FLORENCE PERETOLA
3:00 ‐ 3:30 DEPART FLORENCE PERETOLA EN ROUTE HOTEL L’OROLOGIO
5:00 ‐ 6:00 DINNER WITH ROXANNE JOHN
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7:00 ‐ 9:00 BLACK PORTRAITURES II CONFERENCE OPEN HOUSE & RECEPTION

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2:00 ‐ 2:30 MEETING WITH KATE BLUMM
Note: YOU wanted to meet with Kate and Andrea

2:30 ‐ 3:00 TOUCHBASE WITH NILDA MESSA
Note: YOU asked to speak to Nilda about Electric vehicle/city fleet; St. Patricks energy
efficiency/ geothermal‐ How can we help them?; The coffee bean and tea leaf‐ 773 Market St. sf‐
recycling guide inside

3:00 ‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR FARINA
Location: City Hall, the Mayor's Office

4:30 ‐ 5:30 MEETING WITH MICHAEL MULGREW

6:30‐7:00 DEPART CITY HALL EN ROUTE TBD

7:00 ‐ 8:00 DINNER WITH JDC
Location: TBD

8:00 ‐ 9:00 DEPART TBD EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

To be updated.


8:40 ‐ 9:30 BLACK PORTRAITURES II CONFERENCE WELCOME
1:00 ‐ 2:30 LUNCH WITH ELLYN TOSCANO
4:30 ‐ 6:00 (T) ATTEND ACTIVATING HISTORIES, VISUALIZING AND RESTAGING THE ARCHIVE PANEL
6:30 ‐ 8:30 RESIGNIFCATIONS EXHIBITION & RECEPTION
8:30 ‐ 10:00 BARDINI MUSEO DINNER

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9:00 ‐ 9:30 (T) BLACK PORTRAITURES II SATURDAY WELCOME
11:00 ‐ 11:45 VISIT VILLA GUICCIARDINI WITH MAYOR DARIO NARDELLA
1:00 ‐ 2:00 (T) LUNCH WITH US CONSUL GENERAL ABIGAIL RUPP
5:30 ‐ 7:00 ATTEND SCREENING OF BELLE
8:00 ‐ 9:30 DINNER WITH ELLYN TOSCANO

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Staff Lead: Bob Linn

6:00 ‐ 7:00 INTERNAL MEETING ON MAYOR ORGANIZING

7:00 ‐ 7:30 TOUCHBASE WITH EMMA WOLFE

None Schedule

9:30 ‐ 11:00 (T) THE COURT MOOR: BLACKNESS, SERVITUDE & THE ARTIFICE OF COURT CULTURE
2:30 ‐ 4:00 ATTEND NEW READINGS/NEW THEORIES IN LITERATURE, MUSIC, & FILM
7:00 ‐ 8:30 DINNER WITH ROXANNE JOHN

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Note: YOU requested to meet with Maya, Henry, Zach et al ASAP

4:30 ‐ 5:30 INTERNAL MEETING ON YMI UPDATE
Note: YOU requested an YMI Update three weeks ago.

5:30 ‐ 6:30 MEETING WITH SAM SCHWARTZ
Note: Commissioner Trochtenberg will join this meeting.


7:00 ‐ 8:00 PREP FOR DAILY SHOW

To be updated.

9:50 ‐ 11:15 DEPART FLORENCE PERETOLA EN ROUTE ZURICH AIRPORT
12:55 ‐ 3:50 DEPART ZURICH AIRPORT EN ROUTE JFK AIRPORT

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Setup: Roundtable Discussion with Press Conf Post.
Press: Closed

1:30 ‐ 2:00 POST MEETING PRESS CONFERENCE

3:00‐4:00 INTERNAL MEETING ON AIRBNB
Note: YOU requested a meeting on AirbNb

4:00‐5:00 MEETING TO DISCUSS MAYOR’S OFFICE DONATIONS
Note: YOU requested to meet with Maya, Henry, Zach et al
ASAP

5:00‐5:30 INTERNAL MEETING ON YMI UPDATE
Note: YOU requested an YMI Update three weeks ago.

5:45‐6:45 PREP FOR DAILY SHOW
Location: City Hall, The Mayor’s Office

6:45‐7:10 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

NONE SCHEDULED

9:50 ‐ 11:15 DEPART FLORENCE PERETOLA EN ROUTE ZURICH AIRPORT
12:55 ‐ 3:50 DEPART ZURICH AIRPORT EN ROUTE JFK AIRPORT
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Staff Lead: Jon Paul Lupo

4:00 ‐ 4:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 1 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH
Travel Time: 30 mins. ‐ Train option, R train to 5 Ave/59th St.

4:30 ‐ 5:15 MEETING WITH ROBERT KRAFT
Location: Plaza Private Residence, One Central Park South

5:15 ‐ 5:30 TRAVEL FROM 1 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH EN ROUTE 607 W. 51ST STREET

5:40 ‐ 6:30 TAPING OF THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART WITH FLONYC AND DANTE
Location: 607 W. 51st Street, (btwn 11th & 12th Ave.), New York, NY 10019
Staff Lead: Andrea Hagelgans

None Scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
5:40 ‐ 6:30 TAPING OF THE DAILY SHOW WITH YOU AND DANTE

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3:30 ‐ 4:00 INTERNAL MEETING ON GULINO CASE
Note: YOU requested from Tony an update.

4:00 ‐ 5:30 BUDGET MEETING
Staff Lead: Dean

5:45 ‐ 6:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE, 36 BATTERY PLACE ON FOOT

6:00 ‐ 7:00 REMARKS AT JEWISH HERITAGE EVENT WITH FLONYC
Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage ‐ Events Hall, 2nd Floor, 36 Battery Place

7:00 ‐ 7:20 TRAVEL FROM MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE, 36 BATTERY PLACE EN ROUTE 60 CENTRE STREET ON
FOOT

7:30 ‐ 8:30 REMARKS AT MAYOR'S OFFICE PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE EVENT WITH FLONYC
Location: New York County Supreme Courthouse, 60 Centre Street

8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM 60 CENTRE STREET EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION


To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:45 MEETING WITH JULIE & KEN BURNS, ROOM TO GROW
12:45 ‐ 2:30 MAYOR’S FUND CALL TIME
2:30 ‐ 3:20 HAIR & MAKE‐UP
3:30 ‐ 4:00 CRAIN’S JULY 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN PHOTOSHOOT
6:00 ‐ 7:00 REMARKS AT JEWISH HERITAGE EVENT WITH YOU
7:30 ‐ 8:30 REMARKS AT MAYOR'S OFFICE PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE EVENT WITH YOU

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12:00 – 12:15 PREP CALL FOR CONFERENCE CALL WITH SECRETARY
REICH

12:15 – 12:45 CONFERENCE CALL WITH SECRETARY REICH ON TRADE
AGREEMENT
DIAL IN: , CODE:

1:15 ‐ 1:30 PREP FOR MEETING WITH SPEAKER MELISSA MARK‐
VIVERITO

1:30 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH SPEAKER MELISSA MARK‐VIVERITO

3:30 ‐ 4:00 INTERNAL MEETING ON GULINO CASE
Note: YOU requested from Tony an update.

Staff Lead: Dean

5:45 ‐ 6:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE MUSEUM OF
JEWISH HERITAGE, 36 BATTERY PLACE ON FOOT

6:00 ‐ 7:00 REMARKS AT JEWISH HERITAGE EVENT WITH FLONYC
Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage
Events Hall, 2nd Floor
36 Battery Place

7:00 ‐ 7:20 TRAVEL FROM MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE,
36 BATTERY PLACE EN ROUTE 60 CENTRE STREET ON FOOT

7:30 ‐ 8:30 REMARKS AT MAYOR'S OFFICE PUERTO RICAN
HERITAGE EVENT WITH FLONYC
Location: New York County Supreme
Courthouse, 60 Centre Street

8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM 60 CENTRE STREET EN ROUTE GRACIE
MANSION


9am Host: NY Communities For Change
Topic: ”Housing”
Attendees: 50 people

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10am Host: Councillman Gibson
Topic: “Civilization of the Police Department”

11am Host: Communities For Change
Topic: “Budget”

12pm Host: NY Immigration Coalition
Topic: “Civic Engagement”

1pm Host: Councilman Gorodnick
Topic: “Housing”

2pm Host: The Innocence Project
Topic: “Wrongful Conviction Reform”

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:45 MEETING WITH JULIE & KEN BURNS, ROOM TO GROW
2:30 ‐ 3:20 HAIR & MAKE‐UP
3:30 ‐ 4:00 CRAIN’S JULY 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
PHOTOSHOOT

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3:00‐4:00 WHITESPACE

4:00‐5:30 MEETING WITH MMV

5:45‐6:45 WHITESPACE

6:45 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 200 WEST STREET ON FOOT

7:00 ‐ 7:30 WELCOME REMARKS AT DREAMYARD BRONX‐TOKYO POETRY EXCHANGE
Location: Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street
Attendees: About 100
Staff Lead: Michael Carey
Press: Closed
Notes: YOU give brief welcoming remarks acknowledging Ambassador Kennedy and Vice
Governor Nobuhiro Maeda via satellite

7:30 ‐ 7:50 TRAVEL FROM 200 WEST STREET EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:30 ‐ 3:15 MEETING WITH DR. GARY BELKIN
3:30 ‐ 4:30 OTR WITH ERIN BILLUPS, NY1

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7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION EN ROUTE LINCOLN PLACE AND FIFTH AVENUE, BROOKLYN

7:30 ‐ 8:30 MARCH IN 19TH ANNUAL BROOKLYN PRIDE PARADE WITH FAMILY
Location: Lincoln Place & 5th Ave.
Staff Lead: Kicy Motley
Press: Open

8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM LINCOLN PLACE AND 5TH AVENUE, BROOKLYN EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

9:00‐ ?

None Scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:30 ‐ 8:30 MARCH IN 19TH ANNUAL BROOKLYN PRIDE PARADE WITH FAMILY

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5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM REMARKS AT MAYOR’S YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Staff Lead: Alexis Confer

5:45 ‐ 5:55 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 60 CENTRE STREET ON FOOT

6:00 ‐ 6:45 PM REMARKS AT DOE BIG APPLE TEACHER RECOGNITION AWARDS
Location: Manhattan Supreme Court, Centre Street
Staff Contact: Carla Mateo

6:45 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 60 CENTRE STREET EN ROUTE CITY HALL ON FOOT

7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM BUDGET MEETING

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

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Staff Lead: Jon Paul Lupo
Notes: YOU sign 6 bills.

5:30 ‐ 6:00 MEETING WITH NICK HANAUER

6:15‐7:30 USCOM Call Time
Staff Lead: Stephanie Y.

7:30‐8:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:45 ‐ 3:00 MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR FRANK FIALKOFF WITH YOU
3:45 ‐ 4:15
6:00 ‐ 7:00 BROOKLYN FEEDBACK SESSION WITH GARY BELKIN

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5:30 ‐ 6:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 165 E 56TH STREET

6:00 ‐ 6:45 REMARKS AT AJC ANNUAL MEETING
Location: 165 E 56th Street
Press: Open
Note: Program continues after your departure

6:45 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM 165 E. 51ST STREET EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:00 ‐ 9:45 DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECH AT COMMITTEE FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN & FAMILIES WHITE PAPER
PRESENTATION
1:45 ‐ 2:15 MEETING WITH CHRISTINA HUFFINGTON
6:00 ‐ 6:30 CALL WITH DARREN BLOCH

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Note: YOU call Erika at

3:30 ‐ 4:00 TOUCHBASE WITH MAYA WILEY


5:30 ‐ 6:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 165 E 56TH STREET

6:00 ‐ 6:45 REMARKS AT AJC ANNUAL MEETING
Location: 165 E 56th Street
Press: Open
Note: Program continues after your departure

6:45 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM 165 E. 51ST STREET EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:00 ‐ 9:45 DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECH AT COMMITTEE FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN & FAMILIES WHITE PAPER
PRESENTATION
1:45 ‐ 2:15 MEETING WITH CHRISTINA HUFFINGTON
6:00 ‐ 6:30 CALL WITH DARREN BLOCH

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To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:00 ‐ 3:00 FOLLOW UP MEETING ON MENTAL HEALTH WITH YOU
4:30 ‐ 5:45 DELIVER REMARKS AT COALITION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES, INC.’S ANNUAL LEADERSHIP
AWARDS

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6:15 ‐ 8:15
Location:

8:15 ‐ 8:45 NY EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:30 ‐ 6:00 ATTEND GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL WITH YOU, CDB, AND
DDB
6:15 ‐ 8:15

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6:00 ‐ 6:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 45 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA

6:30 ‐ 7:30 MAYOR'S FUND EVENT HOSTED BY ROB SPEYER WITH FLONYC
Location: 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 7th Floor

7:30 ‐ 8:00 TRAVEL FROM 45 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION


9 AM –
Teamsters Joint Council
“Horse Carriages”
150 people

10 AM –
Council Member Reynoso
“Rally for Broadway Triangle in Brooklyn”
50 people

11 AM –
Council Member Eugene
“Early Childhood Education”
100 people

12 PM –
NYC Charter School Center
“Charter Schools”
40 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE

11:30 ‐ 12:30 PREP FOR STATEN ISLAND REMARKS
1:00 ‐ 1:45 MEETING WITH REGINA FLEMING, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA
6:30 ‐ 7:30 MAYOR'S FUND EVENT HOSTED BY ROB SPEYER WITH YOU
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5:00 ‐ 5:30 BI WEEKLY MEETING WITH TOM AND RACHEL RE: APPOINTMENTS

5:30 ‐ 5:45 MEETING WITH TOM, RACHEL, AND COMMISSIONER WEISBROD RE: PLANNING COMMISSION

6:30 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE , BROOKLYN

7:00 ‐ 8:30
Location:

8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

9am – Vocal NY “Drug Policies” 50 people
11am – Trial Layers “Sandy Recovery” 50 people
12pm – Metro Industrial Area Foundation “NYCHA” 300 people
2pm – C/M Johnson “HIV/AIDS Housing” 30 people
4pm‐ Community Food Advocate “Universal School Lunch” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 MEETING AT NEW YORK‐PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL YOUTH ANXIETY CENTER
2:00 ‐ 2:45 MEETING WITH THE ROADMAP EXPERT ADVISORY GROUP AND DR. BELKIN
3:30 ‐ 4:15 PREP FOR LGBT PRIDE EVENT
4:15 ‐ 5:00 PREP FOR STATEN ISLAND REMARKS
7:00 ‐ 8:30

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Note: YOU meet with Jon on Friday. This is a prep session.

4:30 ‐ 5:00 TOUCHBASE WITH MAYA WILEY

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PERSONELL MEETING WITH GERI PRADO
Note: JDC will join this meeting. YOU are meeting with Geri to discuss TPA.

6:30 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL EN ROUTE 200 EASTERN PKWY, BROOKLYN

7:00 ‐ 8:00 REMARKS AT MAYOR'S OFFICE LGBT PRIDE CELEBRATION WITH FLONYC
Location: Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn
Event Lead: Carla Matero
Press: Open

8:00 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM 200 EASTERN PKWY, BROOKLYN EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 1:45 DELIVER REMARKS AT MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER & ADVOCATE ROUNDTABLE
1:45 ‐ 2:15 TOUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER & PROGRAMS
2:45 ‐ 3:30 VISIT COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTION OF STATEN ISLAND
3:50 ‐ 5:10 DINNER // PREP
5:20 ‐ 5:30 INTERVIEW WITH GINI SHERRY, SI ADVANCE
5:30 ‐ 6:00 STATEN ISLAND FEEDBACK SESSION WITH GARY BELKIN
7:00 ‐ 8:00 ATTEND MAYOR’S OFFICE LGBT PRIDE CELEBRATION WITH YOU

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2:15 ‐ 2:45 TRAVEL FROM EN ROUTE YM & YWHA OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND
INWOOD, 54 NAGLE AVENUE, NEW YORK // OFF TOPIC PREP

2:45 ‐ 3:00 PREP // HOLD ON SITE WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER BRATTON AND MMV
Location: YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, 54 Nagle Avenue

3:00 ‐ 4:30 PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE POLICE COMMISSIONER
Location: YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, 54 Nagle Avenue
Event Lead: Jerika Richardson
Press Lead: Karen Hinton

4:30 ‐ 4:50 TRAVEL FROM YM & YWHA OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND INWOOD, 54 NAGLE AVENUE, NEW YORK
EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

5:00 ‐ 6:00 UPK ENROLLMENT MEETING
Location: Gracie Mansion, The Dining Room

6:00 ‐ 6:15 TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION EN ROUTE CITI, 399 PARK AVENUE

6:15 ‐ 7:00 REMARKS AT MAYOR'S FUND CENTER FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT THANK YOU RECEPTION WITH
FLONYC
Location: Citi, 399 Park Avenue
Attendees: 60 supporters of the Center for Youth
Staff Lead: Gabrielle Fialkoff
Press: Closed

7:00 ‐ 7:15 TRAVEL FROM CITI, 399 PARK AVENUE EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION


To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 12:35 CALL WITH GLORIA STEINEM
2:15 ‐ 3:00 INTERVIEW WITH ERROL LOUIS
3:30 ‐ 4:30 MEETING WITH CYNTHIA GERMANATA, LADY GAGA’S MOTHER AND THE BORN THIS WAY
FOUNDATION
4:30 ‐ 5:15 PREP FOR CYE
6:15 ‐ 7:00 REMARKS AT MAYOR'S FUND CENTER FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT THANK YOU RECEPTION WITH YOU

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4:00 ‐ 5:00 WEEKLY MEETING WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER

5:15‐5:25 LIVE ON 1010 WINS

5:30 ‐ 6:00 MEETING WITH JON SAMUELSON (TWU)

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PERSONEL MEETING WITH JONATHAN SOTO


To be updated.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:30 ‐ 2:30 PREP FOR DHS GRADUATION
5:30 ‐ 6:00 DELIVER REMARKS AT DHS 2015 GRADUATING & COLLEGE BOUND SENIORS

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
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Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
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3:00 ‐ 4:00 FOLLOW UP MEETING ON MENTAL HEALTH WITH YOU

Michael Paul Carey
City Hall
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Staff Contact: Natalie Grybauskas,
Site Contact: Charles Fall,

7:50 ‐ 8:15 TRAVEL FROM STATEN ISLAND TO BEVACCO RESTAURANT, 60 HENRY STREET, BROOKLYN
Car: MBdB

8:15 ‐ 10:00
Location: Bevacco Restaurant, 60 Henry Street, Brooklyn

No Scheduled Press Conferences.

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 – 12:30 FILM VIDEO FOR REFINERY 29 WITH CHIARA DE BLASIO
1:30 – 2:30 CHIARA ATTENDS BETSEY JOHNSON SPRING 2016 FASHION SHOW
3:00 – 3:30 WEEKLY SCHEDULING REVIEW MEETING //CALL WITH MBDB
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FLONYC SCHEDULE
No Schedule

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TABLETOP PREP INCLUDING OFF TOPIC ‐CALL
Car: MBDB, Andie Z.
Call In #:
Code #:

4:30 ‐ 7:00 SOFTBALL
Location: Parade Grounds Field 5 (bottom of Prospect Park)

7:30 ‐ 9:30


FLONYC SCHEDULE
4:00 – 5:00 ATTEND DIANE VON FURSTENBERG FASHION SHOW
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3:45 ‐ 4:00 POOLED WALK AND TALK WITH MAYOR, POLICE COMMISSIONER, USSS, AND OTHERS FOR
EXPLANATION OF NYPD ASSETS.
Location: 1PP

4:00 – 4:15 TRAVEL FROM 1PP TO CITY HALL ON FOOT

4:30 ‐ 5:00 TIMES SQUARE BRIEFING

5:00 ‐ 5:30 COMPUTER SCHOOL LABS VIDEO TAPING
Location: Governor's Room

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PREP FOR CHRIS HAYES

6:10 ‐ 6:40 INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS HAYES

6:40 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO GRACIE MANSION

7:00 ‐ 8:00 MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR ALICIA GLEN

8:00 ‐ 9:00 DRINKS WITH COLIN MYLER, EDITOR‐IN‐CHIEF, NYDN
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Interviews with AP and WABC (Dave Evans)

3:00 ‐ 6:00 ON‐SITE SPEECH PREP
Location: Bronx Latin School, 800 Home Street
Staff Contact: Andrea Hagelgans,

6:00 ‐ 6:30 TRAVEL FROM THE BRONX TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBdB

11am – Council Member Drum – “Rikers Island” 200 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:30 – 11:30 WHITESPACE
11:30 – 12:30 MEETING WITH MELISSA GONZALEZ

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3:30 ‐ 4:15 DECISION MEMO ON BROADWAY TRIANGLE

3:30 ‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH GERI PRADO

4:15 ‐ 4:30 DECISION MEMO ON SERVICE PROVIDER WAGE ADJUSTMENT

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PREP FOR TELE TOWN HALL

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PARTICIPATE IN TELE TOWN HALL WITH CHANCELLOR FARINA
Location: Gracie Mansion, Dining Room
Staff Contact: Rick Fromberg,
Press Contact: Marti Adams,


11:00 – AP Voice “Voters Registration” 30 people
12:00 – Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer “Release of Report” 40 people
1:00 – Council Member King “Denouncing Arrest for Bree” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:30‐12:00 ATTEND MAYORAL EDICATION SPEECH
4:00 ‐4:30 MEET AND GREET WITH LEADERS AT THE NY
ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES ANNUAL CONFERENCE
4:30 – 5:00 REMARKS AT NY ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES ANNUAL CONFERENCE
7:30‐9:00 WEEKLY PLANNING MEETING WITH MBDB

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11:30 ‐ 12:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 4 NEW YORK PLAZA, 7TH FLOOR at WATER AND BROAD.
Car: MBdB, Elana Leopold

12:00 ‐ 1:00 DAILY NEWS ED BOARD MEETING
Location: 4 New York Plaza, 7th Floor at Water and Broad.
Staff Lead: Phil Walzak
Telephone:

1:00 ‐ 1:30 TRAVEL FROM 4 NEW YORK PLAZA TO GRACIE MANSION

1:30 ‐ 3:45 BLOCK

4:15 ‐ 5:00 TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO

5:00 ‐ 5:30
Location:

5:30 ‐ 6:20 TRAVEL FROM TO STATEN ISLAND YANKEE STADIUM
Travel Time: MBdB, Elana Leopold
Car: 50 Mins.

6:20 ‐ 10:00 SOFTBALL GAME VS. NYC COUNCIL
Location: Staten Island Yankee Stadium
Staff Lead: Gabriel Schnake‐Mahl
Telephone:

TBD

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:30‐12:00 ATTEND CRAIN’S 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN NYC PRIVATE RECEPTION
6:45 – 10:15
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11201
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PRIVATE CALL
Location: Bar Toto, 411 11th Street, Brooklyn
Dina‐In #:
Code #:

2:30 ‐ 3:30 MEETING WITH BERNIE SANDERS
Location: TBD

4:00 ‐ 6:30 CALL TIME

6:30 ‐ 7:15 TRAVEL TIME FROM BAR TOTO TO 55 WEST 77th STREET, NYC
Location: Scaletta, 55 West 77th Street

7:15 ‐ 9:30 DINNER WITH KEN SUNSHINE
Location: Scaletta, 55 West 77th Street, NYC

9:30 TRAVEL FROM 77TH STREET TO GRACIE MANSION

10:00 – C/M Kallos “Human Trafficking” 30 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No schedule
11202
11203
FLONYC SCHEDULE
No schedule
11204
11205

2:30 ‐ 3:00 TRAVEL FROM 136TH STREET TO GRACIE MANSION

3:00 ‐ 3:30 MEETING WITH CA

3:30 ‐ 4:00 CALL WITH GERI PRADO


7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL TIME

7:30 ‐ 9:00 DINNER WITH SPEAKER MMV

No schedule

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No schedule
11206
11207
Car: MBdB

2:30 ‐ 3:30 MEETING WITH PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW YORK CITY MEETING HOSTED BY: JOHN PAULSON
Location: Paulson & Co., Inc., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 50th Floor, (between 49th & 50th
Streets)
Staff: FDM Shorris, Emma Wolfe, Gabrielle Fialkoff

3:30 ‐ 4:00 TRAVEL FROM 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS TO CITY HALL
Car: MBdB

4:00 ‐ 5:00 MEETING WITH JAMES BLAKE AND ATTORNEY KEVIN MARINO, CARLOS FLEMMING AND PC
Staff: Zach Carter


6:00 ‐ 6:30 TRAVEL TME
Car: MBdB

6:30 ‐ 7:00 (T) ATTEND BP KATZ 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, SPECIAL GUEST CONGRESSMAN JOE CROWLEY
Location: The Astor Room, 34‐12 36th Street, Astoria

7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL TIME TO UPPER EAST SIDE
Car: MBdB

7:30 ‐ 9:00 PRIVATE DINNER
Location: Upper East Side

No schedule

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No schedule
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11209

2:00 ‐ 2:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

2:30 ‐ 3:30 MEETING WITH PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW YORK CITY RE EDUCATION HOSTED BY: JOHN PAULSON
Location: Paulson & Co., Inc., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 50th Floor, (between 49th & 50th
Streets)
Staff Lead: Gabrielle Fialkoff,
Press: Closed

3:30 ‐ 4:00 TRAVEL FROM 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS TO CITY HALL
Car: MBdB

4:00 – 4:30 PREP FOR MEETING WITH JAMES BLAKE

4:30 ‐ 5:30 MEETING WITH JAMES BLAKE AND ATTORNEY KEVIN MARINO, CARLOS FLEMMING AND POLICE
COMMISSIONER

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM WHITESPACE


6:30 ‐ 7:00 (T) ATTEND BP KATZ 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, SPECIAL GUEST CONGRESSMAN JOE CROWLEY
Location: The Astor Room, 34‐12 36th Street, Astoria


7:30 – 8:00 (T) ATTEND THE DCCC DINNER HONORING BERNARD SCHARTZ
Location: Home of Dennis Mehiel

7:30 ‐ 9:00 PRIVATE DINNER [may need to adjust time to 8:15]
Location: Paola's ‐ 1295 Madison at 92nd St

9:00 Coalition for the Homeless “K‐2 (Synthetic Marijuana)”
25 people
12:00 NY Salon Management Center “Against Governor’s Proposal Wage Bond”
300 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
8:00 ‐ 900 WHITESPACE//BOARDING TIME
9:00 ‐ 11:30 DEPART SAN JOSE, CA EN ROUTE TO HI
12:00 ‐ 12:30 CHECK IN: MARRIOTT WAIKIKI, HONOLULU, HI
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11211
3:00 ‐ 3:30 CALL WITH SENATOR HAMILTON
Note: YOU call cel

3:30 ‐ 4:30 TPA CALLS

Staff Lead: Dom Williams,


11:00 Senator Gianaris “Voters Registration” 10 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No schedule
11212
11213


3:00 – 4:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO JFK

4:00 – 4:30 MEET & GREET POPE FRANCIS
Location: JFK – HANGER 19

4:30 ‐ 5:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL ‐ VIA HELICOPTER TO 34TH STREET HELIPORT ‐
THEN CAR TO CATHERDRAL
Travel Time: 1 Hour
MBdB, Elana Leopold, DI Redmond, PW

5:30 ‐ 7:30 ATTEND EVENING PRAYER AT THE VESPERS SERVICE WITH THE POPE ‐ MEET POPE ON THE STEPS OF
CATHEDRAL
Location: St. Patrick's Cathedral
Site Advance: Michael Carey,
Staff Contact: Elena Leopold,

8:00 ‐ 8:30 REMARKS AT UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS NETWORK (SACHS)
Location: The New School, 68 5th Avenue
Staff Lead: Nilda Mesa,

9:00 ‐ 9:30 TRAVEL FROM NEW SCHOOL TO GRACIE MANSION
Travel Time: 30 Mins
Car: MBdB


11:00am ‐ Coalition For Community Advancement “Rezoning For East NY/Cypress Hill” 40 people
12:00pm ‐ Families of the wrongfully convicted “Wrongful Convictions” 35 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No schedule
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11215
11216
2:00 ‐ 2:30 ATTEND THE VIEWING OF WITH MBDB
3:15 ‐ 5:00 VISIT OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH MBDB AND THE POPE
5:30 ‐ 8:00 ATTEND MASS WITH THE POPE AND MBDB

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11218
YOU call Cell

6:00 ‐ 8:00

RON

None scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
3:30 4:30 MEETING WITH RAUL CASTRO WITH MBDB
11219
11220
Car: MBdB

3:30 ‐ 4:30 MEETING WITH ALEXIS TSIPRAS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
Location: Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations, 866 Second
Avenue
*NOTE – There will be a photospray at the beginning of meeting.

30 ‐ 5:00 TRAVEL FROM PERMANENT MISSION OF GREECE TO THE UNITED NATIONS, 866 SECOND AVENUE TO
CITY HALL
Car: MBdB

5:00 ‐ 5:30 MEETING WITH SOUTH BRONX UNITE MEMBERS AND MMV

5:45 ‐ 6:15 PREP FOR CNN


7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 30 ROCEFELLER PLAZA
Travel Time: 30 MINUTES

7:30 ‐ 8:00 ATTEND STEVEN SPINOLA TRIBUTE DINNER RECEPTION
Location: Rainbow Room ‐ 30 Rockefeller Plaza (49th & 5th) 65th Floor

8:00 ‐ 9:00 (T) POTUS & FLOTUS RECEPTION FOR UNGA
Location: The New York Palace, 455 Madison Avenue (50th & Madison)

9:00 Keith Wright “Planned Parenthood” 25 people
11:00 C/M Dromm ”100 Birthday” Proclamation 100 people
2:00 UFT “Teachers Union” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 – 2:00 MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL LAUNCH
2:00‐ 2:30 MEETING WITH NYC DEPT. OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS RE; CITY HALL ART
3:00 – 3:10 VIDEO MESSAGE RECORDING FOR THIRTY MILLION WORDS EVENT
3:10 – 3:20 VIDEO MESSAGE RECORDING FOR HOWIE THE HARP ADVOCACY CENTER ANNUAL GRADUATION
CEREMONY
3:20 – 3:30 VIDEO MESSAGE RECORDING FOR "UNITE TO FACE ADDICTION" MARCH TO WASHINGTON
3:30‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH RYAN DODGE
8:00 – 9:00 (T) POTUS & FLOTUS RECEPTION
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11222
2:00 – 2:30 ON‐TOPIC PREP FOR MESSAGE EVENT

2:30 ‐ 3:30 ANTI‐EVICTION MESSAGE EVENT
Location: City Hall, Blue Room
Staff Contact: Marti Adams


4:00 – 5:00 Decision Memo

5:00 ‐ 5:30 MEETING WITH SOUTH BRONX UNITE MEMBERS AND MMV
Staff Contact: Marco Carrion & Jon Paul Lupo

5:45 ‐ 6:15 PREP FOR CNN


7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
Car: Mbdb, EL

7:30 ‐ 8:00 ATTEND STEVEN SPINOLA TRIBUTE DINNER RECEPTION
Location: Rainbow Room ‐ 30 Rockefeller Plaza (49th & 5th) 65th Floor
Staff Contact: Gabrielle Fialkoff

8:00 ‐ 9:00 (T) POTUS & FLOTUS RECEPTION FOR UNGA
Location: The New York Palace, 455 Madison Avenue (50th &
Madison)

8:30 – 9:30 MEETING WITH SEAN PARKER
Location:

9:00 Keith Wright “Planned Parenthood” 25 people
11:00 C/M Dromm ”100 Birthday” Proclamation 100 people
2:00 UFT “Teachers Union” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 – 2:00 MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL LAUNCH
2:00‐ 2:30 MEETING WITH NYC DEPT. OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS RE: CITY HALL ART
3:00 – 3:10 VIDEO MESSAGE RECORDING FOR THIRTY MILLION WORDS EVENT
3:10 – 3:20 VIDEO MESSAGE RECORDING FOR HOWIE THE HARP ADVOCACY CENTER ANNUAL GRADUATION
CEREMONY
3:20 – 3:30 VIDEO MESSAGE RECORDING FOR "UNITE TO FACE ADDICTION" MARCH TO WASHINGTON
3:30‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH RYAN DODGE
8:00 – 8:30 (T) POTUS & FLOTUS RECEPTION FOR UNGA
11223
11224
11225
1:00 C/M Lanceman “Riggers Reform”
30 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 ATTEND PLAN PARENTHOOD RALLY
2:00 ‐ 6:00 PM WRITING TIME
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM HOLD: (T) NEW YORK LIBERTY VS. INDIANA FEVERS

11226
11227

3:00 ‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH THE CHANCELLOR
Site Lead: Karin Goldmark
Telephone:

4:00 ‐ 4:30 TAPING FOR COMMISSIONER NIGRO TRIBUTE

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PREP FOR PARENTS NIGHT

6:00 ‐ 6:45 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO BROOKLYN
Location: 6565 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Car: MBdB, Catherine Almonte

6:45 ‐ 8:00 ATTEND HIGH SCHOOLS PARENT FAMILY NIGHT
Location: Brooklyn Generation High School, 6565 Flatlands Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11236
Staff Lead: Andrea Hagelgans
Telephone:

8:00 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM 6565 FLATLAND AVE TO 411 11TH ST.
Location: Bar Toto, 411 11th St, Brooklyn
Car: MBdB

8:30 ‐ 9:30 MEETING WITH ARNIE SEGARRA & LUIS GARDEN ACOSTA
Location: Bar Toto, 411 11th St, Brooklyn
Staff Lead: Roberto Perez
Telephone:

9:30 ‐ 10:00 TRAVEL FROM BAR TOTO TO STATEN ISLAND
Location: Arthur Kill Road, from Richmond Avenue to Bloomingdale Road
Car: MBdB, Jonathon Viguers

10:00 ‐ 10:30 STATEN ISLAND PAVING WITH BP ODDO
Location: Arthur Kill Road, from Richmond Avenue to Bloomingdale Road
Site Advance: Stefan Grybauskas
Telephone:

10:30 ‐ 11:00 TRAVEL FROM STATEN ISLAND TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBdB

10:00 C/M Williams “Bulletproof Legislation”‐ 50 people
11:00 C/M Reynoso “Department of Buildings Reform” ‐100 people
12:00 Families For Better Schools “Public Schools” ‐200 people
1:00 C/M King “Three Fifths Clause Amendment” ‐100 people
2:00 Restaurant Action Alliance “Styrofoam Ban” ‐25 people
11228
3:00 C/M Cumbo “Equal Employment Opportunities”‐ 100 people
1:00 NYC Council Stated Meeting ‐ Council Chambers

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:30 ‐ 12:30 PM MAYOR'S FUND ‐ ABO TRAINING
1:15 ‐ 1:45 PM CALL WITH RYAN DODGE
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP WITH SPANISH SPEAKING TRANSLATOR FOR RENEWAL SCHOOL FAMILY
NIGHT
2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM MEET & GREET WITH JUDGE STEVEN LEIFMAN AND ELIZABETH GLAZER
3:15 ‐ 4:15 PM PRIVATE APPOINTMENT
6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM RENEWAL SCHOOL ‐ HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY NIGHT ‐ QUEENS

11229
11230
12:30 ‐ 1:30 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRIEFING


2:00 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH ALEXIS TSIPRAS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE
Staff Lead: Penny Abeywardena
Telephone:

3:00 ‐ 4:00 WEEKLY HOMELESS MEETING

4:00 ‐ 4:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO STATEN ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL ‐ MANHATTAN SIDE

4:30 ‐ 5:15 UPDATE NEW YORKERS ON NEW FERRY SERVICE SCHEDULE WITH COMM TROTTENBERG
Location: Staten Island Ferry, Manhattan Side

5:15 ‐ 6:00 TRAVEL FROM FERRY TERMINAL TO 6 EAST 43RD STREET ‐ 3RD FLOOR

6:00 ‐ 7:00 CALL TIME
Location: Emigrant Savings Bank, 6 East 43rd Street ‐ 3rd floor

7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM 6 EAST 43RD STREET TO GRACIE MANSION

7:30 ‐ 9:00 WEEKLY PANNING MEETING

11:00 NY Communities For Change “Help with Debt Crisis In Puerto Rico” ‐75 people
12:00 NY Immigration Coalition “Education Language Access” ‐ 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 2:00 PM MAYOR'S FUND TIME
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM OTR WITH ANNA SALE “DEATH, SEX AND MONEY”
7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM MBDB WEEKLY PLANNING
11231
11232
11233
11234

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No Schedule
11235
11236


4:30 ‐ 5:30 GUNS & DA'S DECISION MEMO


6:30 ‐ 7:00 MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR GLEN

7:00 ‐ 7:30 MEETIN WTIH DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY

7:30 ‐ 8:00 MEETING WITH ELANA

8:15 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 425 LAFAYETTE STREET

8:30 ‐ 10:00 DINNER WITH LUIS MIRANDA
Location: The Library at The Public Theater – 425 Lafayette Street ‐ NYC


FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 11:00 GROUND BREAKING STATEN ISLAND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER WITH MBDB
12:30 ‐ 1:30 MEETING WITH KEN RASKE, PRESIDENT OF GNYHA & DR. RAMANATHAN RAJU, PRESIDENT/CEO
NYCHHC
7:00 ‐ 7:45 HONORING AT THE FEMINIST PRESS ANNUAL GALA

11237
11238
Location: Parade Grounds Field 5 ‐ Parade Place between Woodruff and Crooke
Avenue

7:00 ‐ 9:00

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:00 ‐ 10:00 WORKOUT

11239
11240

2:05 ‐ 2:30 MEETING WITH EMMA WOLFE

2:30 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH TOM SNYDER


4:30 ‐ 5:30 GUNS & DA'S DECISION MEMO


6:30 ‐ 7:00 MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR GLEN

7:00 ‐ 7:30 MEETIN WTIH DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY

7:30 ‐ 8:00 MEETING WITH ELANA

8:15 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 425 LAFAYETTE STREET

8:30 ‐ 10:00 DINNER WITH LUIS MIRANDA
Location: The Library at The Public Theater – 425 Lafayette Street ‐ NYC


FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 11:00 GROUND BREAKING STATEN ISLAND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER WITH MBDB
12:30 ‐ 1:30 MEETING WITH KEN RASKE, PRESIDENT OF GNYHA & DR. RAMANATHAN RAJU, PRESIDENT/CEO
NYCHHC
7:00 ‐ 7:45 HONORING AT THE FEMINIST PRESS ANNUAL GALA

11241
11242
Telephone:

5:00 ‐ 5:30 CALL IN FOR 880 INTERVIEW
Press Contact: Karen Hinton
Telephone:


7:00 ‐ 7:45 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO LA MARINA

7:45 ‐ 8:30 ATTENDIING SPEAKER HEASTIE BIRTHDAY RECEPTION
Location: La Marina – 348 Dyckman St.
Staff Contact: Sherif Soliman
Telephone:
Remarks: prepared
Press: Open

8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM LA MARINA TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBdB


No presser scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:45 ‐ 11:00 MEETING WITH SHAWANDA MOORE, GM STAFF
11:00 ‐ 12:00 ABNY PREP
2:30 ‐ 6:00 PRIVATE TIME

11243
11244
Telephone:

5:00 ‐ 5:30 CALL IN FOR 880 INTERVIEW
Dial in #: TBD
Telephone:


7:00 ‐ 7:45 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO LA MARINA
Car: MBdB

7:45 ‐ 8:30 ATTENDIING SPEAKER HEASTIE BIRTHDAY RECEPTION
Telephone: (
Remarks: prepared
Press: Open

8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM LA MARINA TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBdB


No presser scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:45 ‐ 11:00 MEETING WITH SHAWANDA MOORE, GM STAFF
11:00 ‐ 12:00 ABNY PREP

11245
11246
1:30 ‐ 3:00 BILL SIGNING/HEARING
Staff Contact: Jon Paul Lupo
Telephone:
Press: Open

3:00 ‐ 4:00 MENTAL HEALTH ROLL‐OUT BRIEFING WITH FLONYC & DM BUERY

4:00 ‐ 4:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 1177 6TH AVENUE
Car: MBdB

4:30 ‐ 5:45 P CALL TIME
Location: 1177 6th Avenue ‐ 29th Floor

5:45 ‐ 6:00 P TRAVEL FROM 1177 6TH AVENUE TO 45 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
Car: MBdB

6:00 ‐ 7:30 PRIVATE DINNER
Location: Limani @ 45 Rockefeller Plaza

7:30 ‐ 8:00 P TRAVEL FROM 45 ROCKEFELLER TO GRACIE MANSION

8:00 ‐ 9:00 DRINK WITH AL SHARPTON

**12:00 Families For Better Schools “Public Schools” 200 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 10:15 PREP FOR SANDY HOME REPAIR EVENT
11:30 ‐ 12:15 SANDY HOME REPAIR EVENT
12:30 ‐ 1:15 LUNCH WITH NYS ASSEMBLYWOMAN MICHELE R. TITUS
2:15 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT
3:00 ‐ 4:00 MENTAL HEALTH ROADMAP BRIEFING WITH MBDB AND DM BUERY
4:00 ‐ 4:30 DEPART CITY HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION

11247
11248

2:00 – 3:00 VISION ZERO DECISION MEMO
Location: City Hal, The Blue Room

3:00 – 4:00 BRIEFING ON 32BJ PREVAILING RATE

4:00 – 5:00 WEEKLY MEETING WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER

5:00 – 6:00 MEETING WITH THE CHANCELLOR

6:00 – 6:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 1000 5TH AVENUE
Travel Time: 30 MINS

6:30 – 7:10 MAYOR’S ITALIAN HERITAGE EVENT WITH FLONYC
Location: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, 1000 5th Avenue
Staff Contact: Carla Montero
Telephone:
Press Contact: Monica Klein
Telephone:
Press: Open

7:10 – 7:20 TRAVEL FROM 1000 5TH AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION
Travel Time: 10.Mins.
Car: MBdB, FLONYC

7:30 – 8:30 MEETING WITH GEORGE GRESHAM

8:30 – 10:00 WEEKLY PLANNING MEETING

10:00 Eva Moskowitz “Politics” ‐ 10 people
12:00 Speaker Mark‐Viverito “Young Woman’s Initiative ‐ 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
8:00 ‐ 9:00 REMARKS AT ABNY STEERING COMMITTEE BREAKFAST WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF
1:00 ‐ 1:45 MEETING WITH BARBARA SMITH

2:45 ‐ 3:15 ATTEND AT THE HOWIE THE HARP ADVOCACY CENTER GRADUATION CEREMONY
6:30 ‐ 7:10 ITALIAN HERITAGE RECEPTION WITH MBDB
8:30 ‐ 10:00 MBDB WEEKLY PLANNING MEETING

11249
11250
11251
11252
11253
None Scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:40 ‐ 11:00 PREP FOR WALL STREET JOURNAL
11:00 ‐ 11:10 PHONE CONVERSATION W/ THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
7:30 – 8:15 MEETING WITH MAYOR AND MAYA

11254
11255
11256
6:00 ‐ 6:30 DEPART GRACIE MANSION EN ROUTE HARLEM
6:30 ‐ 7:30 ATTEND UPSTANDERS AWARDS WITH MBDB

11257
11258
11259
11260
11261

11262
11263
11264
11:50 - 12:30 PM TRAVEL FROM & KAUFMAN STREET TO MONY WINERY, BEIT
SHEMESH, ISRAEL // IN-CAR BRIEFING WITH US DEP. MISSION
DIRECTOR
Car : MBdB, Penny Abeywardena, Amy Spitalnick, Avi fink
12:30 - 2:00 PM MEET WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND TEACHERS FROM
HAND IN HAND SCHOOL
Location: Mony Winery, Beit Shemesh, Israel
Attendees: 50-100 Students, Parents, and Faculty
Staff Contact: Penny Abeywardena /Avi Fink
Telephone:
Press Contact: Amy Spitalnick
Telephone:
Setup: Meet Israeli Jewish, Arab, and Palestinian children, families and
faculty, and highlight the importance of tolerance and inclusion
between all people.
Press: Open
Format:
-YOU arrive and are greeted by Shuli Dichter, Rebecca Bardach, and FAMILY TBD
-YOU move to the winery
-YOU sit with Dichter, Bardach, and FAMILY for light refreshments and discussion on
Hand in Hand’s work
-YOU move to the olive grove
-YOU meet students, families, and faculty to discuss their experience in and impact of
the school
-YOU hold press gaggle and brief on-topic Q&A
-YOU depart
2:00 - 2:30 PM TRAVEL FROM HAND IN HAND TO KING DAVID HOTEL

2:30 - 6:45 PM [DOWNTIME/PREP TIME AND/OR ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS AT KING

DAVID]
Note: Shabbat Ends at Sunset – 6:05PM
6:45 - 7:00 PM DEPART FOR BARKAT EVENT

7:00 - 8:00 PM MEETING OR HADASSAH EIN KEREM VISIT WITH MAYOR BARKAT
Telephone:
11265
11266

11267
11268
Telephone:
Telephone:

1:15 ‐ 2:15 LUNCH/DOWNTIME

2:15 ‐ 2:30 TRAVEL TO MEETING WITH PM NETANYAHU
Car: MBdB, Penny Abeywardena, Amy Spitalnick, Avi fink

2:30 ‐ 3:30 MEETING WITH PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Location: Prime Minister's Office, 3 Kaplan St. Hakirya, Jerusalem
Telephone:
Telephone:

3:30 ‐ 4:00 P TRAVEL BACK TO KING DAVID HOTEL

4:00 ‐ 4:30 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR SHAPIRO
Location: King David Hotel
Telephone:
Telephone:

4:30 ‐ 4:30 P DEPART TO AIRPORT

7:15 ‐ 7:15 DEPART ISRAEL ON EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES FLIGHT 11 –
FLIGHT ARRIVES JFK AT 11:55PM
Location: Airline Confirmation: 3976IL

None Scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
None Scheduled

11269
11270
11271
Telephone:
Telephone:

2:30 ‐ 3:00 TRAVEL FROM 25TH PRECINCT TO 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS

3:00 ‐ 3:45 IN STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH ANGIE MARTINEZ
Location: 32 Avenue of the Americas
Staff Contact: Karen Hinton
Telephone:

3:45 ‐ 4:00 TRAVEL FROM 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICA'S TO CITY HALL

4:00 ‐ 5:00 WEEKLY MEETING WITH THE POLICE COMMISSIONER


Car: MBdB, Catherine Almonte. Johnathan Viguers

5:45 ‐ 5:50 5 MINUTE CALL WITH SEC. JOHNSON (SEC. WANTS TO THANK YOU FOR SENDING ALONG THE MOU)
Location: Sec. will call you on your cell

6:15 ‐ 9:00 GRACIE GALA DINNER
Telephone:

10:00 C/M Barron “Housing Discrimination Applications” ‐ 15 people
11:00 C/M Mealy “Court System In Brownsville” ‐ 30 people
12:00 NY Public Libraries “Budget”

FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:15 ‐ 9:00 GRACIE MANSION CONSERVANCY BENEFIT GALA

11272
11273
Location: 15 Maiden Lane ‐ 11th floor

3:00 ‐ 7:00 CALL TIME
Location: 15 Maiden Lane ‐ 11th floor

7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM MAIDEN LANE TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBdB

7:30 ‐ 9:30


FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:30 ‐ 9:40 CALL LISA GARCIA QUIROZ
11:30 ‐ 12:00 DEPART PRIVATE APPOINTMENT EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION
1:25 ‐ 2:15 MEET & WALK WITH KELI GOFF
8:00 ‐ 10:00

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11275
2:30 ‐ 3:30 WEEKLY MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR FARIÑA

3:30 ‐ 4:30 INTERNAL MEETING REGARDING MWBE

4:30 ‐ 5:30 SOMOS BRIEFING

5:30 ‐ 6:00 MEETING WITH NYC CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT & FLONYC REGARDING CITY HALL ART
Location: City Hall, The Governor's Room
Site Contact: Diya Vij, DCLA
Telephone:

6:00 – 7:00 MEETING REGARDING POLICE BILLS


7:45 – 7:50 METS Radio Interview on WOR
Call‐In # ‐ Host Pete McCarthy

8:00 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO TRELAWNI PLACE BAR AND GRILL
Car: MBdB

8:30 ‐ 10:30 DINNER WITH AM NICK PERRY, AM MARCOS CRESPO & FLONYC (DINNER INCLUDES SPOUSES)
Location: Trelawni Place Bar and Grill, 1440 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn
Telephone:

10:30 ‐ 11:00 TRAVEL FROM TRELAWNI PLACE BAR AND GRILL TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBdB, FLONYC

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7:30 ‐ 8:00 TRAVEL FROM 220 36TH STREET ‐ BROOKLYN TO THE STANDARD HOTEL
Location: 30 Mins.
Staff Contact: Catherine Almonte
Telephone:
Site Advance: Javon Coney
Telephone:

8:00 ‐ 9:30 ATTEND THE 30TH BIRTHDAY OF ALEXANDER SOROS
Location: The Standard Hotel, 848 Washington Street
Telephone:
Press: Closed
**FLONYC WILL MEET YOU AT DINNER.

9:30 ‐ 10:00 TRAVEL FROM THE STANDARD HOTEL TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, FLONYC


10:00 – Council Member Cumbo “Sex Education”‐ 200 people
12:00 – Council Member Levin “Foreign Language” ‐ 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:45 ‐ 1:30 BREAK//LUNCH
1:30 ‐ 1:40 CALL WITH NOAH KAUFMAN

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Press: Open

3:00 ‐ 4:00 TRAVEL FROM 13 MAPLE TERRACE TO SHERATON NY
Travel Time: 1 Hrs.
Car: MBDB, Catherine Almonte

4:00 ‐ 4:30 REMARKS AT 1199 MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Location: Sheraton NY ‐ 811 7th Avenue
Attendees: 400 – 500 1199 officers and staff
Site Contact: Helen Schaub
Telephone:
Staff Contact: Gabriel Schnake‐Mahl
Telephone:
Press: Closed

4:30 ‐ 6:00 PREP FOR FRIDAY
Location: Sheraton NY Hotel ‐ 811 7th Avenue ‐ Carnagie West Room

6:15 ‐ 8:00 RE‐ELECT GALA
Location: Sheraton NY ‐ 811 7th Avenue
Site Contact: Jonathan Viguers
Staff Contact: Kayla Arslanian
Telephone:

8:00 ‐ 8:30 TRAVEL FROM 811 7TH AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBdB, FLONYC

9:00 Air BNB “Short Term Rental”
100 people
10:00 Council Member Cumbo “Breast Cancer”
200 people
11:00 Council Member Rodriguez “Legislation”
50 people
12:00 Council Member Torres “Mold Legislation”
50 people
1:00 Council Member Levine “Foreign Language Education”
50 people
3:00 Council Member Ulrich & Public Advocate James “Veteran Rally”
100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:45 ‐ 3:15 MEETING WITH AZIZA BOLTON
4:15 ‐ 5:30 WELCOMING REMARKS AT CEO MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT ROUNDTABLE AT THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE
6:15 ‐ 8:00 ATTEND MBDB RE‐ELECT GALA

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(THE SECRETARY IS BEING HONORED AT THE ANNUAL GLOBAL LEADERSHIP DINNER NEXT WEEK)

3:30 ‐ 4:00 FLU SHOT

Car: MBdB

4:30 ‐ 5:00 CHANGE INTO HALLOWEEN COSTUME

5:00 ‐ 7:00 MAYOR'S GRACIE MANSION HALLOWEEN EVENT
Attendees: 600 from on‐line public lottery
Site Contact: Carla Matero
Telephone:
Press Contact: Erin White
Telephone:

7:30 – 8:00 TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO CITIFIELD

8:00 ‐ 11:00 ATTEND METS WORLD SERIES GAME
Location: Citifield

9am – C/M Rodriguez “Illegal Hotels” 100 people
10am – C/M Gibson “DOB Reform” 15 people
11am – C/M Levin “Illegal Hotels” 100 people
12pm – C/M Rosenthal “Tenant Harassment” 50 people
1pm – AIR BNB “Short Term Rentals” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM MBDB WEEKLY SCHEDULING REVIEW CALL
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 ‐ 4:30 PM WHITESPACE // BOOK YOUR TRAVEL ITINERARY
4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM HALLOWEEN CUSTOME & MAKEUP
5:00 ‐ 7:00 PM GRACIE MANSION HALLOWEEN EVENT WITH MBDB
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8:30 ‐ 9:00 TRAVEL FROM BROOKLYN TO GRACIE MANSION

No Schedule

FLONYC SCHEDULE
DOWN DAY
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3:30 ‐ 4:00 (T) CALL IN INTERVIEW ON THE FRANCESA SHOW
Press Contact: Peter Kadushin
Telephone:

4:00 ‐ 5:00 MBDB: MEETING WITH DEAN REGARDING NOVEMBER FINANCIAL PLAN


6:00 ‐ 7:30 MAYOR'S RECEPTION ‐ 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINDSAY ADMINSTRATION
Attendees: 350 guests
Site Contact: Mkada Beach,
Telephone: Veronica Lake,
Press Contact: Erin White
Telephone:


9:30 ‐ 10:30 DRINKS WITH SPEAKER MMV

9:00 Public Advocate Letitia James “Crossing Guards” ‐ 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:30 ‐ 2:00 CALL WITH RYAN DODGE (GRACIE MANSION)
2:15 ‐ 3:00 MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN COREY JOHNSON (GRACIE MANSION)
3:15 ‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH ASSEMBLYMAN ANDREW HEVESI (GRACIE MANSION)
6:00 ‐ 7:30 ATTEND MAYOR'S RECEPTION ‐ 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINDSAY ADMINISTRATION (GRACIE MANSION)

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Telephone:


None Scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:05 ‐ 9:30 VOTE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PREP FOR O MAGAZINE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PHONE INTERVIEW W/ KATIE ARNOLD‐RATLIFF, O
MAGAZINE
4:00 ‐ 5:00 MENTAL HEALTH ROLL‐OUT BRIEFING WITH MBDB & DM BUERY

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Press Contact: Wiley Norvell
Telephone:

11:30 ‐ 12:30 INDUSTRIAL POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH MMV [INCLUDING OFF‐TOPIC]
Location: Greenpoint Manufacturing & Design Center, 1205 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
11222
Staff Contact: Lindsay Greene
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:
Press: Open

12:30 ‐ 1:00 TRAVEL FROM 1205 MANHATTAN AVENUE, BROOKLYN TO PARK SLOPE BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, 431
6TH AVENUE BROOKLYN

12:30 – 1:00 DAILY COMMS CALL WITH ROSEMARY [WEEKEND CATCH UP]

1:00 ‐ 1:15 VOTE
Location: Park Slope Branch Public Library, 431 6th Avenue Brooklyn
Press Contact: Natalie Grybauskas
Telephone:

1:15 ‐ 1:30 OTR ‐ STOP BY JUNIOR'S TO CELEBRATE THEIR 65TH ANNIVERSARY [PRESENT PROC AND BUY A PIECE
OF CHEESECAKE]
Location: 386 Flatbush Avenue Ext, Brooklyn

Car: MBdB, Johnathan Viguers.

1:30 – 2:00 CALL WITH DM BUERY
*YOU CALL HIM ON HIS CELL

2:00 ‐ 3:00 TPA AND PREP FOR MEETING WITH MARC PERRONE & STU APPLEBAUM

3:00 ‐ 4:00 MEETING WITH MARC PERRONE & STU APPELBAUM
Staff Contact: Kayla Arslanian / Catherine Almonte
Telephone:

4:00 ‐ 5:00 MENTAL HEALTH ROLL‐OUT BRIEFING WITH FLONYC & DM BUERY
Telephone:

5:00 ‐ 6:30 $15 MINIMUM WAGE & PAID PARENTAL LEAVE DECISION MEMO
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Telephone:


None Scheduled

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:05 ‐ 9:30 VOTE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PREP FOR O MAGAZINE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PHONE INTERVIEW W/ KATIE ARNOLD‐RATLIFF, O
MAGAZINE
4:00 ‐ 5:00 MENTAL HEALTH ROLL‐OUT BRIEFING WITH MBDB & DM BUERY

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GETTING GUNS OFF THE STREETS
Location: Call In #

12:45 ‐ 12:55 TAPED INTERVIEW ON THE JOHN CASTIMITIDIS SHOW
Location: Call in #

1:04 ‐ 1:15 LIVE INTERVIEW WITH 880AM REGARDING JOB CREATION FROM NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Location: Call In to Newsroom ‐ Producer is ( Lisa Tschernkowitsch = Lisa T ) and
Anchor is Pat Farnack is the news anchor (female) ‐ BACKUP #

1:22 ‐ 1:30 LIVE INTERVIEW WITH 1010WINS REGARDING JOB CREATION FROM NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Location: Call in Anchor is LARRY KANTER.

2:00 ‐ 3:00 PRIVATE MEETING

3:00 ‐ 4:00 (T) PRIVATE MEETING

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PRIVATE MEETING

5:00 ‐ 5:30 MEETING WITH MAYA WILEY


7:00 ‐ 7:30 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO ‐‐

7:30 ‐ 9:00 DINNER WITH NICK HANAUER

9:00 ‐ 9:30 TRAVEL FROM DINNER TO GRACIE MANSION
Car : MBDB, FLONYC

12:00PM – Council Member Lanceman “Port Authority & Kuwait Airlines”
20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 1:45 MEETING WITH NYS ASSEMBLYMAN RICHARD N. GOTTFRIED
2:00 ‐ 3:45 MAYOR'S FUND CALL TIME
3:45 ‐ 4:30 MEETING WITH NYC COUNCILMAN ANDREW COHEN
4:30 ‐ 5:15 NAMI SPEECH PREP
5:15 ‐ 5:30 CALL WITH QUEENS BP MELINDA R. KATZ
7:30 ‐ 9:00 DINNER WITH NICK HANAUER WITH MBD
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FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 WORKOUT
4:00 ‐ 5:00 MBDB WEEKLY SCHEDULING REVIEW
CALL
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4:30 ‐ 5:00 MEETING WITH RACHEL LAUTER


6:00 ‐ 7:00 MEETING REGARDING SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

12:00–Public Advocate Letitia James “Child Care” 40 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:30 ‐ 8:30 AM WORKOUT
2:00 ‐ 2:15 PM CALL WITH STATEN ISLAND BP JAMES S. ODDO
2:30 ‐ 2:45 PM CALL U.S. SENATOR CHARLES E. SCHUMER

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Telephone:

12:30 ‐ 1:00 TRAVEL FROM 5TH AVENUE (NYC) TO 890 BROADWAY (NYC)

1:00 ‐ 1:30 ROYALS WORLD SERIES BALLET BET
Location: American Ballet Theatre, 890 Broadway, 3rd Floor (btw 18th & 19th Street
Press Contact: Marti Adams
Telephone:

1:30 ‐ 2:00 CALL WITH DEPUTY MAYOR GLEN
Note: YOU call her on her cell ‐

1:30 ‐ 2:00 TRAVEL FROM 890 BROADWAY TO 357 9TH STREET
Car: MBDB

2:30 ‐ 3:30 WORKOUT
Location: 357 9th Street

4:00 ‐ 4:30 TRAVEL FROM 357 9TH STREET TO CITY HALL
Car: MBDB

4:30 ‐ 5:30 $15 MINIMUM WAGE & PAID PARENTAL LEAVE DECISION MEMO
Location: City hall, The Blue Room

5:30 ‐ 7:00 EDUCATION TOWN HALL PREP

Car: MBDB, Kayla Arslanian


10:00 Success Academy “Education Equality” 30 people
11:00 New Yorkers for Vaccine “N.Y. 2015” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
8:30 ‐ 11:30 COMMS PREP

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1:00 ‐ 2:00 MEETING WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF
Location: Bar Toto

2:00 ‐ 4:30 CALL TIME
Location: Bar Toto

4:30 ‐ 5:30 WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL
Call In #
Code #:

Location: Bar Toto

Car: MBDB

7:30 ‐ 9:30


TBD
FLONYC SCHEDULE
8:30 ‐ 9:30 WORKOUT
1:00 ‐ 1:30 MEETING WITH MAYA WILEY AND ROXANNE JOHN
2:30 ‐ 2:45 CALL WITH NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE LETITIA A. "TISH" JAMES
4:30 ‐ 5:30 MBDB WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL
6:30 ‐ 7:45 REMARKS AT THE KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF NEW
YORK 42ND ANNIVERSARY GALA

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1:00 ‐ 2:00 MEETING WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF
Location: Bar Toto

2:00 ‐ 4:30 CALL TIME
Location: Bar Toto

4:30 ‐ 5:30 WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL
Call In #
Code #:

Location: Bar Toto

Car: MBDB

7:30 ‐ 9:30

10am – Stop Mass Incarceration Network “Justice For John Collado” 20 people
FLONYC SCHEDULE
8:30 ‐ 9:30 WORKOUT
1:00 ‐ 1:30 MEETING WITH MAYA WILEY AND ROXANNE JOHN
2:30 ‐ 2:45 CALL WITH NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE LETITIA A. "TISH" JAMES
4:30 ‐ 5:30 MBDB WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL
6:30 ‐ 7:45 REMARKS AT THE KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF NEW
YORK 42ND ANNIVERSARY GALA

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2:30 ‐ 3:30 MEETING REGARDING SCHOOL CLEANING INITIATIVE

3:30 ‐ 4:00 FOLLOW‐UP ON PARENTAL LEAVE BRIEFING


5:30 ‐ 6:00 (T) ATTEND PORTRAIT UNVEILING OF FORMER SPEAKER GIFFORD MILLER
Location: Member's Lounge


6:30 ‐ 7:00 TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO THE MET, 1000 FIFTH AVENUE (AT 82ND STREET)
Car: MBdB

7:00 ‐ 8:00 REMARKS AT THE 20TH ANNUAL MET MUSEUM REAL ESTATE COUNCIL BENEFIT DINNER (DARK
SUIT/BLACK TIE)
Location: The Met, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028

8:00 ‐ 8:15 TRAVEL FROM 82ND STREET TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB

8:15 ‐ 10:15 DINNER WITH FLONYC

9:00 NY/NY 4 Campaign “Support of Housing”
50 people
FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PREP WITH DR. RAJU AND DR. BELKIN ON MATERNAL DEPRESSION (GM)
12:00 ‐ 3:00 WHITESPACE (GM)
3:00 ‐ 3:15 CALL WITH DINA POWELL

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11:00 ‐ 11:30 AM PREP CALL FOR FLUSHING MEADOWS ANNOUNCEMENT
Call In # ‐ Code:

11:30 ‐ 1:30 PM FLUSHING MEADOWS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JULISSA FERERRAS
INCLUDING OFF‐TOPIC
Location: Parking Lot, Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows
Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368
Telephone:
Telephone:

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM TRAVEL FROM FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK TO RANDALL'S ISLAND

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM PREP CALL FOR NYPD ROLL‐CALL EVENT
Call In # Code:

2:00 ‐ 3:30 PM NYPD ROLL‐CALL EVENT WITH PC (INCLUDING ON‐TOPIC PUBLIC SAFETY GAGGLE)
Location: Randall's Island
Site Contact: Avi Fink
Staff Contact: Marti Adams Baker
Telephone:
Telephone:

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM TRAVEL FROM RANDALL'S ISLAND TO CITY HALL
Car: MBDB, Jonathan Viguers


5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING REGARDING SCHOOL CLEANING INITIATIVE


6:30 ‐ 7:15 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO THE MET, 1000 FIFTH AVENUE (AT 82ND STREET)

7:15 ‐ 8:15 PM REMARKS AT THE 20TH ANNUAL MET MUSEUM REAL ESTATE COUNCIL BENEFIT DINNER
Location: The Met, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028
Site Contact: Tom Schuler, Chief Government Affairs Officer, Metropolitan Museum
Telephone:
Telephone:

8:15 ‐ 8:25 PM TRAVEL FROM 82ND STREET TO GRACIE MANSION
11328

8:25 PM

9:00 AM NY/NY 4 Campaign “Support of Housing”
50 people

FLONYC
SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PM PREP WITH DR. RAJU AND DR. BELKIN ON MATERNAL
DEPRESSION (GM)
3:00 ‐ 3:15 PM CALL WITH DINA POWELL
8:15 ‐ 10:15 PM

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1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM (T) IN‐STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH CNN
Location: CNN Studios ‐ Time Warner Center, West 58th between 8th and 9th Avenue

2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CNN TO CITY HALL

2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRIEFING


4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM UBER STRATEGY MEETING

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM WEEKLY HOMELESS MEETING

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH ANDREA AND PHIL

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, Catherine Almonte, Jonathan Viguers

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH NYC COUNCIL MEMBERS
Staff Contact: Veronica Lake
Telephone:

Wednesday, November 18
11:00 am – United Neighbor House “Adult Literacy” 150 people
12:00 pm – Council Member Ferreras “Brooklyn Libraries Announcement” 50 people
FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:30 ‐ 9:45 AM UPDATE CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP ON ROADMAP
INITIATIVES
10:00 ‐ 11:00 AM PREP
10:35 ‐ 10:50 AM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN LEHRER, WNYC
11:30 ‐ 1:00 PM PRESS AVAIL
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP FOR FUNDERS CALL
2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM CONFERENCE CALL WITH MAYOR'S FUND FUNDERS
3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH JILL BOWEN
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM ATTEND NYC COUNCIL MEMBERS DINNER WITH MBDB

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2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM STATE OF THE CITY BRIEFING

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH ROBERT TROELLER

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM WEEKLY MEETING WITH THE POLICE COMMISSIONER


5:30 ‐ 5:45 PM CALL WITH DEP COMMISSIONER EMILY LLOYD REGARDING ASBESTOS AT CO‐OP CITY
Location: YOU Call her on her cell at

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM REMARKS AT PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION CO‐HOSTED WITH SPEAKER MMV
Location: City Hall, Council Chambers

` Telephone:

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 49 WEST 49TH STREET, NEW YORK

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM IN STUDIO INTERVIEW ON HARBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS
Location: NBC Studio, 49 West 49th Street, New York NY 10112

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM TRAVEL FROM NBC TO GRACIE MANSION
Car : MBDB

11:00 AM – Make The Road N.Y. “Municipal I.D.’s” 30 people
12:00 PM – Student Faculty Coalition Against Oppression “Verbal Attacks on Students Faculty” 40 people
FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:30 ‐ 10:30 AM PRIVATE APPOINTMENT
11:20 ‐ 11:30 AM LIVE PHONE INTERVIEW WITH PAT FARNACK, WCBS NEWSRADIO 880
11:30 ‐ 11:45 AM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH MASHABLE
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM (T) ATTEND COUNCIL PUERTO RICAN RECEPTION WITH MBDB

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Location: Bar Toto

5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH EMMA & NATHAN
Location: Bar Toto

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM BAR TOTO TO GRACIE MANSION

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

12:00 PM NY Immigration Coalition “6th Circuit District”
50 people
4:00 PM Council Member Johnson “Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil”
50 people
FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:15 ‐ 11:00 AM WHITESPACE
11:30 ‐ 12:00 PM VISIT THE SCHERMERHORN WITH NYS ASSEMBLYMAN ANDREW HEVESI
1:00 ‐ 1:15 PM ON‐CAMERA INTERVIEW WITH MELISSA RUSSO
1:30 ‐ 3:00 PM PREP FOR MONDAY
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

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5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM (T) TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO BARLEYCORN

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM (T) STOP BY EVENT FOR DAVID CARDENAS AND FAMILY
Location: Barleycorn, 23 Park Place, NYC

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM (T) TRAVEL FROM BARLEYCORN TO GRACIE MANSION

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM (T) MEETING WITH KERRY KENNEDY

8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH DAVID AXELROD


FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:15 ‐ 7:30 AM
12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM MBDB WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL
4:00 ‐ 5:30 PM PREP

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4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH TOM, PHIL, TONY, EMMA, AND DOM

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH RACHEL LAUTER, TONY, AND TOM

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM (T) MEETING WITH GREG BISHOP


7:30 ‐ 8:30 PM MEETING WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER

11:00AM Sierra Club “Climate Change” 50 people
12:00PM Council Member Rodriguez “Food Service Workers Legislation” 50 people
FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:00 ‐ 3:30 PM HOLD FOR EVENT
3:30 ‐ 5:00 PM HOLD FOR INTERVIEWS

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7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM

11:00 AM – American Cancer Society “National Smoke Out” 30 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:35 ‐ 7:15 AM LIVE CNN INTERVIEW WITH MBDB ON MENTAL HEALTH
7:45 ‐ 8:20 AM LIVE NPR INTERVIEW WITH MBDB
9:00 ‐ 10:00 AM MEETING/BREAKFAST WITH DARREN WALKER AND LORIE A. SLUTSKY (GRACIE
MANSION)
1:30 ‐ 3:00 PM LUNCH WITH NICK BALDICK AND MBDB
7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM
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1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD LANDER

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD LANDER

2:15 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP FOR PHONE INTERVIEW WITH LAWRENCE DOWNES

2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH LAWRENCE DOWNES, NY TIMES REGARDING HOUSING
Note: YOU will call

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM $15 MINIMUM WAGE BRIEFING

4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR SHORRIS

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 77TH & COLUMBUS AVENUE

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM ATTEND THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE BALLOON PRESS CONFERENCE WITH TERRY
LUNDGREN AND POLICE COMMISSIONER
Location: Arrive at 77th Street and Columbus Avenue
Note: Remarks given at 77th and Central Park West
Staff Contact: Michael Carey
Telephone: ‐ ‐
Telephone: ‐ ‐
Setup: Outdoors Event; Podium for Press Conference; No Amplified Sound
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 77TH STREET TO GRACIE MANSION

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM CALL WITH CONGRESSMAN ZELDIN REGARDING TRANSPORTATION FUNDS
Note: YOU call Congressman on his cell ‐

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM CALL WITH CONGRESSMAN PETER KING REGARDING TRANSPORTAION FUNDS
Note: YOU call the Congressman on his cell at

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM CALL WITH ANGEL TAVERAS
Note: YOU cal


FLONYC SCHEDULE
No Schedule
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12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO FDR DRIVE
Travel Times: 30 Mins.
Car: MBDB

12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM REMARKS AT DOT RECOGNITION CEREMONY FOR FDR RE‐PAVING CREWS (INCLUDING OFF‐
TOPIC)
Location: FDR DRIVE

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 55 WATERS PLACE TO CITY HALL
Car: MBDB

2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH TOM, TONY, PHIL, DOM, AND EMMA


4:00 ‐ 5:30 PM SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES BRIEFING

5:30 ‐ 7:00 PM MEETING REGARDING HOMELESSNESS

Car: MBDB

7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM

10:00 AM – NYC Park Advocates “Tree Safety” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 6:00 PM PRIVATE TIME

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12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM ON‐TOPIC PREP CALL
Call in #:
Code:

12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM REMARKS AT DOT RECOGNITION CEREMONY FOR FDR RE‐PAVING CREWS (INCLUDING OFF‐
TOPIC)
Location: Dead End of 75th Street and FDR Drive
Telephone:
Telephone:

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM TRAVEL FROM FDR TO CITY HALL

2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH TOM, TONY, PHIL, DOM, AND EMMA


4:00 ‐ 5:30 PM SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES BRIEFING


Car: MBDB

7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH FLONYC

10:00 AM – NYC Park Advocates “Tree Safety” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH MBDB
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7:00 ‐ 7:15 PM REMARKS AT THE RETIREMENT CELEBRATION OF MARK DAVIES, COIB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Location: New York Law School, 185 West Broadway
Staff Contact: Maya Wiley
Telephone:

7:15 ‐ 7:45 PM TRAVEL FROM 185 WEST BROADWAY TO 1125 FIRST AVENUE AND 62ND STREET

7:45 ‐ 8:15 PM ATTEND THE PARK STRATEGIES HOLIDAY PARTY
Location: Merchants NY Cigar Bar, 1125 First Avenue at 62nd Street

8:15 – 8:25 PM TRAVEL FROM PARK STRATEGIES HOLIDAY PARTY TO GRACIE MANSION

No Press Conference Scheduled
FLONYC SCHEDULE
8:10 ‐ 8:30 AM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH JACQUE REID, TOM JOYNER MORNING RADIO
SHOW
8:30 ‐ 10:30 AM PRIVATE TIME
10:45 ‐ 11:15 AM PREP FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
GROUNDBREAKING
12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM ATTEND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
3:00 ‐ 3:45 PM WEEKLY TOUCHBASE WITH ROXANNE JOHN

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Telephone:
Telephone:
Setup: Rectangular shaped table, with approximately 30 people

2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 9 METRO TECH CENTER TO CITY HALL

2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH KATE, ANDREA, AND PHIL

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING REGARDING DOC TASERS

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM WEEKLY POLICE COMMISSIONER MEETING


6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY


8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 45 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA

8:30 ‐ 9:00 PM ROCKEFELLER CENTER TREE LIGHTING
Location: 45 Rockefeller Plaza
Private entrance: 5th Ave & 49th Street

Telephone:
Telephone:
Setup: Hold/Reception: 200
Tree Lightening: About 500,000
Press: Open

9:00 – 9:25 PM TRAVEL FROM ROCKERFELLER PLAZA TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB

12pm – Food & Water Watch “New York State” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:30 ‐ 11:30 AM MEETING WITH LISA FALCONE AND GABRIELLE FIALKOFF
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2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MESSAGE PREP
6:20 ‐ 8:00 PM ATTEND ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE

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11:30 ‐ 12:30 PM TRAVEL FROM LEHMAN COLLEGE TO BAR TOTO
Location: 411 11th Street, Brooklyn
Travel Time: 1 Hr.

12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM PREP WITH WILEY FOR NY MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
Location: YOU call Wiley at

12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM IN‐PERSON INTERVIEW WITH NY MAGAZINE
Location: Bar Toto

1:00 ‐ 6:00 PM CALL TIME
Location: Bar Toto

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM BAR TOTO TO 85‐37 168TH ST, JAMAICA, NY
Location: 85‐37 168th St, Jamaica, NY 11432
Travel Time: 1 Hr.

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM REMARKS AT THE JAMAICA MUSLIM CENTER WITH DR. RAHMAN
Location: 85‐37 168th St, Jamaica, NY 11432
Staff Contact: Marco Carrion
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL TIME

8:00 ‐ 10:00 PM


FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PM (T) MEETING TO DISCUSS GRACIE BOOK
CLUB RECOMMENDATION
12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM MEETING // LUNCH WITH ROXANNE JOHN
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM CALL WITH RUCHAMA BISTRITSKY‐CLAPMAN
1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM CITY HALL ARTS MEETING
8:00 ‐ 10:00 PM

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3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL
Call in #
Code:


5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH JUAN FIGUEROA & FLONYC

7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO
Travel Time: 1 Hr.
Car: MBDB, FLONY, Jonathan Viguers

8:00 ‐ 9:00 PM ATTEND THE HOLIDAY PARTY OF JOE, MIKA, AND WILLIE
Location:
Note: Party begins at 7:00PM

8:30 – 9:30 PM TRAVEL FROM TO GRACIE MANSION
Travel Time: 1 Hr.
Car: MBDB, FLONY, Jonathan Viguers

No scheduled press conference

FLONYC SCHEDULE
5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH JUAN FIGUEROA AND MBDB
8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM ATTEND THE HOLIDAY PARTY OF JOE, MIKA, AND WILLIE WITH MBDB
11368
11369

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 26 BRIDGE STREET TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, FLONYC


FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM ATTEND CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE CLARKE & UNA CLARKE'S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION WITH MBDB
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM
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Code:

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM OFF‐TOPIC PREP CALL
Call in #
Code:

2:00 ‐ 4:00 PM OPIOIDS ANNOUNCEMENT + FAMILY VISIT WITH FLONYC (INCLUDING OFF‐TOPIC)
Location: Staten Island
Telephone:
Site Advance: Andrew Schustek
Telephone:

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM TRAVEL FROM STATEN ISLAND TO CITY HALL
Travel Time: 1 Hr.
Car : MBDB

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM YMI POLICY BRIEFING CALL
Call in #
Code:


6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH KEVIN O'BRIEN

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM (T) ATTEND COCKTAILS OF THE BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION WITH CHAIRMAN SEDDIO &
PRESIDENT ARTHUR L. AIDALA
Location: Brooklyn Marriott

8:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DRINKS WITH REV. SHARPTON

10:00 AM – BRT for NYC Coalition “Woodhaven Bus Transit Line” 30 people
11:00 AM –Council Member Kallos “Bill Introduction” 50 people
12:00 PM– Council Member Lander “Freelancers – Late Payments or Non‐Payments” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:30 ‐ 11:00 AM ATTEND CITY COUNCIL WOMEN’S CAUCUS TO DISCUSS MH ROADMAP (COUNCIL CHAMBER)
11:10 ‐ 1:00 PM PREP FOR ANNOUCENMENT//LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM PREP CALL FOR ANNOUCENMENT WITH MBDB
2:00 ‐ 3:30 PM OPIOID EPIDEMIC ANNOUNCEMENT + FAMILY VISIT WITH MBDB
4:30 ‐ 6:30 PM PRIVATE TIME (GRACIE MANSION)

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5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 357 9TH STREET TO 26 BRIDGE STREET, BROOKLYN
Car : MBDB, Jonathan Viguers

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM ATTEND CONGRESSWOMAN CLARKE &
UNA CLARKE'S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Location: 26 Bridge Street, Brooklyn
Staff Contact: Harold Miller
Telephone:
Telephone:

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 26 BRIDGE STREET TO
GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, FLONYC

7:00 – 9:00 PM

8:00 ‐8:30PM WATCH PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESS THE NATION ON KEEPING AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE


FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM ATTEND CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE CLARKE & UNA CLARKE'S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION WITH MBDB
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM
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Call in #
Code:

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM OFF‐TOPIC PREP CALL
Call in #
Code:

2:00 ‐ 4:00 PM OPIOIDS ANNOUNCEMENT + FAMILY VISIT WITH FLONYC (INCLUDING OFF‐TOPIC)
Location: Staten Island
Telephone:
Site Advance: Javon Coney and Andrew Schustek
Telephone:

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM TRAVEL FROM STATEN ISLAND TO CITY HALL
Travel Time: 1 Hr.

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM YMI POLICY BRIEFING CALL
Call in #
Code:


6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH KEVIN O'BRIEN

6:45 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO BROOKLYN MARRIOTT

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM ATTEND COCKTAILS OF THE BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION WITH CHAIRMAN SEDDIO &
PRESIDENT ARTHUR L. AIDALA
Location: Brooklyn Marriott, 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone:

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM BROOKLYN MARRIOTT TO GRACIE MANSION

8:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DRINKS WITH REV. SHARPTON

10:00 AM – BRT for NYC Coalition “Woodhaven Bus Transit Line” 30 people
11:00 AM – C/M Kallos “Bill Introduction” 50 people
12:00 PM– C/M Lander “Freelancers – Late Payments or Non‐Payments” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:30 ‐ 11:00 AM ATTEND CITY COUNCIL WOMEN’S CAUCUS TO DISCUSS MH ROADMAP (COUNCIL CHAMBER)
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11:10 ‐ 1:00 PM PREP FOR ANNOUCENMENT//LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM PREP CALL FOR ANNOUCENMENT WITH MBDB
2:00 ‐ 3:30 PM OPIOID EPIDEMIC ANNOUNCEMENT + FAMILY VISIT WITH MBDB
4:30 ‐ 6:30 PM PRIVATE TIME (GRACIE MANSION)

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5:30 ‐ 5:45 PM MEETING WITH DI REDMOND

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 43 WEST 24TH STREET
Travel Time: MBDB
Notes: Notes: YOU will meet FLONYC in front of Metropolitan at 6:30pm

6:20 ‐ 6:30 PM CALL WITH DEP COMMISSIONER EMILY LLOYD REGARDING ASBESTOS AT CO‐OP CITY
Location: YOU call Commissioner on her cell at

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM ATTEND COCKTAILS WITH FLONYC FOR THE ANNUAL GALA OF THE NATION INSTITUTE
Location: The Metropolitan Pavillion, 125 West 18th Street
Telephone:

7:00 ‐ 7:10 PM TRAVEL FROM 125 WEST 18TH STREET TO 43 WEST 24TH STREET
Car: MBDB

7:10 ‐ 7:30 PM REMARKS AT RECEPTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER YDANIS RODRIGUEZ
Location: Raymi Restaurant – 43 West 24th Street
Telephone:

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 43 WEST 24TH STREET TO BAR TOTO
Car: MBDB

Location: Bar Toto

Car: MBDB

11:00PM– DART Container Group “Anti Ban of Styrofoam”‐ 30 people
12:00PM –VOCAL NY “Homelessness” ‐50 people
1:00PM – Justice League “Termination of Officer Pantaleo” ‐25 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:40 ‐ 12:00 PM PREP FOR ESSENCE MAGAZINE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM INTERVIEW WITH VANESSA DE LUCA, EDITOR‐IN‐CHIEF OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM WEEKLY TOUCH BASE // LUNCH WITH ROXANNE JOHN
6:30 ‐ 7:15 PM ATTEND THE NATION INSTITUTE 2015 GALA RECEPTION WITH MBDB
7:45 ‐ 8:30 PM CLOSING REMARKS AT TRANSGENDER & GENDER ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
FORUM

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3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM WHITE SPACE
Location: City Hall, The Mayor's


5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 5TH AVENUE & 59TH STREET

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM MENORAH LIGHTING WITH RABBI SHMUEL BUTMAN
Location: 5th Avenue, East corner of 59th Street
Staff Contact: Pinny Ringel
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 59TH STREET TO 233 BROADWAY

6:15 ‐ 6:30 PM CALL WITH HOWARD SHULTZ, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF STARBUCKS
Location: YOU call Howard at

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM REMARKS AT EVENT FOR AM LUIS SEPULVEDA
Location: Offices of Constantinople and Vallone, The Woolworth Building, 233
Broadway
Site Advance: Gabriel Schnake‐Mahl
Telephone:

7:00 ‐ 7:45 PM TRAVEL FROM 233 BROADWAY TO 3371 EASTCHESTER ROAD, BRONX

7:45 ‐ 8:15 PM ATTEND HOLIDAY RECEPTION WITH SPEAKER HEASTIE
Location: Eastwood Manor, 3371 Eastchester Road, Bronx
Telephone:

8:15 ‐ 8:45 PM TRAVEL FROM THE BRONX TO

8:45 ‐ 9:15 PM ATTEND DEB & AL ROKER'S HOLIDAY PARTY
Location:

9:15 ‐ 9:30 PM TRAVEL FROM TO GRACIE MANSION
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10:00AM – Speaker Viverito “Donald Trump” 60 people
11:00AM– Parents for Excellent Schools “Public Education” 40 people
12:00PM – C/M Cornegy “Preferential Rent” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH JUAN FIGUEROA & MBDB
3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING WITH EUNICE KO
5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM CHILDREN HOLIDAY PARTY AT GRACIE MANSION
8:45 ‐ 9:15 PM ATTEND DEB AND AL ROKER HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB

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Attendees: Commissioner Loree Sutton
Telephone:
Telephone:

2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 46TH & 12TH AVENUE TO CITY HALL

2:45 ‐ 3:00 PM CALL WITH PENNY, TOM, AND REGINA RE: GREEK ADVOCACY
Call in #
Code:


4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM WEEKLY MEETING WITH PC

5:15 ‐ 5:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 125 BARCLAY STREET
Car: MBDB, FLONYC, Jonathan Viguers

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM ATTEND THE DC 37 HOLIDAY PARTY WITH FLONYC
Location: 125 Barclay Street
Telephone:
Telephone:

6:00 ‐ 6:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 125 BARLCAY STREET TO 440 PARK AVENUE SOUTH AT 30TH STREET

6:15 ‐ 6:45 PM ATTEND THE RWDSU HOLIDAY PARTY WITH FLONYC
Location: CPK Restaurant, 440 Park Avenue South at 30th Street
Telephone:
Telephone:

6:45 ‐ 7:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 440 PARK AVENUE SOUTH TO GRACIE MANSION

6:45 ‐ 7:00 PM CALL WITH HENRY CISNEROS
Notes: Henry will call YOU on your cell.

7:15 ‐ 7:30 PM REMARKS AT MAYOR KOCH REUNION
Staff Contact: Carla Matero
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Telephone:
Staff Contact: Jonathan Viguers and Catherine Almonte


9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM CALL WITH AIDA ALVEREZ
Notes: YOU Call Aida on her cell at

10:00am – C/M Williams “Construction Safety” 30 people
11:00am – GNY Lecet “Labor Union HPD Reform” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:45 ‐ 12:00 PM PREP CALL FOR ROSIE O'DONNELL WITH DARREN BLOCH
12:00 ‐ 2:00 PM LUNCH WITH ROSIE O'DONNELL
2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH JACKIE BRAY
4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM PREP FOR MORNING JOE WITH ANDREA & ERIN
5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM ATTEND DC 37 HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB
6:15 ‐ 6:45 PM ATTEND RWDSU HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB
7:15 ‐ 7:30 PM ATTEND KOCH ADMINISTRATION REUNION WITH
MBDB

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4:00 ‐ 4:15 PM HOLIDAY GREETING TO STAFF
Location: City Hall, The Bullpen

4:15 ‐ 4:30 PM (T) PREP FOR MEETING WITH NYSE CEO TOM FARLEY

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM (T) MEETING WITH NYSE CEO TOM FARLEY REGARDING THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA'S IN LOWER
MANHATTAN

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM


6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM MAYORS FUND HOLIDAY RECEPTION WITH FLONYC

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO 345 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN
Car: MBDB, FLONYC, Catherine Almonte

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM (T) ATTEND THE NYC&CO. SENIOR EXECUTIVES DINNER
Location: Marco Polo Restaurant, 345 Court Streets, Brooklyn

8:30 ‐ 9:00 PM (T)TRAVEL FROM 345 COURT STREET TO 480 LEXINGTON AVENUE

9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM (T) ATTEND THE SUNSHINE SACHS HOLIDAY PARTY
Location: Vermilion, 480 Lexington Avenue

9:30 ‐ 9:45 PM (T)TRAVEL FROM 480 LEXINGTON AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION

10:00AM – NYC Council Progressive Caucus “Environment Protection Hearings” 40 people
11:00AM – C/M Rosenthal “Minority Women’s Business” 20 people
12:00PM– C/M Cumbo “Minority Women’s Business” 200 people
1:00PM – Islamic Leadership Counsel of N.Y. “Response to Donald Trump Comments on Immigration” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:15 ‐ 11:00 AM WHITESPACE (GRACIE MANSION)
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PM WOMEN'S MAGAZINE AND MOM'S BLOGGERS ROUNDTABLE (GRACIE MANSION)
12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM LUNCH (GRACIE MANSION)
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6:10 ‐ 7:30 PM MAYOR'S FUND HOLIDAY RECEPTION WITH MBDB (GRACIE MANSION)
8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM (T) ATTEND NYC&CO. SENIOR EXECUTIVES DINNER WITH MBDB
9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM ATTEND THE SUNSHINE SACHS HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB

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12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM MEETING WITH RACHEL, TONY, AND TOM


2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY MEETING

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM BUDGET BRIEFING ‐ FINANCIAL PLAN OVERVIEW

4:00 ‐ 4:15 PM HOLIDAY GREETING TO STAFF
Location: City Hall, The Bullpen



5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM


6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM MAYORS FUND HOLIDAY RECEPTION WITH FLONYC
Telephone:

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO 345 COURT STREET, BROOKLYN

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM (T) ATTEND THE NYC&CO. SENIOR EXECUTIVES DINNER
Location: Marco Polo Restaurant, 345 Court Street, Brooklyn

8:30 ‐ 9:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 345 COURT STREET TO 480 LEXINGTON AVENUE

9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM ATTEND THE SUNSHINE SACHS HOLIDAY PARTY
Location: Vermilion, 480 Lexington Avenue

9:30 ‐ 9:45 PM TRAVEL FROM 480 LEXINGTON AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION

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10:00AM – NYC Council Progressive Caucus “Environment Protection Hearings” 40 people
11:00AM – C/M Rosenthal “Minority Women’s Business” 20 people
12:00PM– C/M Cumbo “Minority Women’s Business” 200 people
1:00PM – Islamic Leadership Counsel of N.Y. “Response to Donald Trump Comments on Immigration” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PM WOMEN'S MAGAZINE AND MOM'S BLOGGERS ROUNDTABLE
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM MEETING WITH ROXANNE JOHN
6:10 ‐ 7:30 PM MAYOR'S FUND HOLIDAY RECEPTION WITH MBDB
8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM (T) ATTEND NYC&CO. SENIOR EXECUTIVES DINNER WITH MBDB
9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM ATTEND THE SUNSHINE SACHS HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB

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11395

2:00 ‐ 2:10 PM 10 MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH MELISSA RUSSO
Telephone:

2:15 ‐ 2:25 PM CALL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DRUM

2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY MEETING

3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM SPEECH PREP

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH SPEAKER

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH MMV

6:00 ‐ 6:05 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 52 BROADWAY

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM (T) NYCHSRO/MEDREVIEW HOLIDAY PARTY
Location: India House, 1 Hanover Square

6:05 ‐ 6:20 PM ATTEND THE UFT HOLIDAY PARTY WITH FLONYC
Location: 52 Broadway
Telephone:
Telephone:
Press: Closed

6:20 ‐ 6:45 PM TRAVEL FROM 52 BROADWAY TO GRACIE MANSION

6:45 ‐ 8:00 PM CITY LEADERS HOLIDAY RECEPTION
Telephone:
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Closed

12:00PM – Council Member Cumbo “Kick off of Gun Violence” 15 people
1:00PM– Council Member Drum “Incarceration Women’s on Riker’s Island” 100 people
2:00PM– Council Member Williams “Gun Violence Research” 10 people
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3:00PM – Citizens Defending Libraries “Legislation” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:30 ‐ 11:45 AM PREP FOR NY TIMES WITH ERIN WHITE
11:45 ‐ 12:00 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL KAADZI GHANSAH, NY TIMES ON MENTAL HEALTH
12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM LUNCH//WEEKLY TOUCHBASE W/ ROXANNE JOHN
4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH NYS SENATOR DANIEL SQUADRON
6:05 ‐ 6:20 PM ATTEND THE UFT HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB
6:45 ‐ 8:00 PM ATTEND CITY LEADERS HOLIDAY RECEPTION WITH MBDB
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6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DETAIL HOLIDAY PARTY
Telephone:
Setup: Cocktail reception with speaking program from stage
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Closed
Format:
‐ YOU arrive
‐ YOU, First Lady and Deputy Inspector Harold Redmond are briefed in Blue
Room
‐YOU, First Lady, and Deputy Inspector Redmond approach stage
‐ First Lady gives Welcoming remarks
‐You intro intro Inspector Redmond
‐Inspector Redmond give remarks
‐ YOU and First Lady close program
‐YOU and First Lady mingle
‐YOU and First Lady depart

7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH JUAN FIGUEROA & FLONYC

10:00 PM Council Member Cumbo “Gun Violence” 200 people
11:00 PM Council Member Miller “Displaced Worker Bills” 50 people
12:00 PM Council Member Cabrera “SCRIE Legislation” 50 people
2:00PM Build Up NY “Brooklyn Heights Development” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM DIGITAL INFLUENCERS ROUNDTABLE
2:45 ‐ 3:00 PM CALL WITH FIRST LADY ROSALYNN CARTER
4:40 ‐ 5:00 PM ATTEND AMALGAMATED BANK TOWN HALL HOLIDAY MEETING
5:45 ‐ 6:30 PM ACCEPT AWARD AT HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL OF NEW YORK LEADERSHIP AWARD
RECEPTION
6:50 ‐ 7:30 PM ATTEND DETAIL HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB
7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH JUAN FIGUEROA AND MBDB

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11:15 ‐ 11:45 AM LIVE CALL IN‐INTERVIEW ON THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW REGARDING ABNY SPEECH,
HOMELESSNESS, PRE‐K
Notes: YOU Call ‐ Back‐up Lisa Allison cell
Telephone:

11:50 ‐ 12:00 PM LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW ON THE JOHN GAMBLING SHOW REGARDING ABNY
SPEECH, HOMELESSNESS, PRE‐K
Notes: YOU Call Host Frank Morano at Back Up Cel
Telephone:

12:45 ‐ 1:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 40 BROAD STREET

1:00 ‐ 2:15 PM LUNCH WITH DAVID LICHENSTEIN
Location: Reserve Cut, 40 Broad Street

2:15 ‐ 2:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 40 BROAD STREET TO CITY HALL

2:45 ‐ 3:00 PM CALL WITH VALARIE JARRETT
Notes: YOU Call ‐ Call will be connected

3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM CALL WITH FRITZ SCHWART
Notes: YOU Call

3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM QUADRENNIAL BRIEFING


5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM NON‐CITIZEN VOTING DECISION MEMO

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 811 7TH AVENUE AND 53RD STREET
Note: FLONYC will meet you the Sheraton

7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM ATTEND THE 1199 HOLIDAY PARTY WITH FLONYC
Location: Sheraton NY, 811 7th Avenue and 53rd Street
Telephone:
Advance Contact: Andrew Schustek
Telephone:
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Closed

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM DEPART TO BOSTON
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12:00 AM CHECK‐IN TO MARRIOTT QUINCY HOTEL
Location: 1000 Marriott Drive, Quincy, MA 02169

RON


FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 11:20 AM CALL WITH GEORGE KELLING
11:30 ‐ 12:30 PM STAFF MEETING
1:00 ‐ 2:30 PM STAFF HOLIDAY PARTY LUNCHEON
3:30 ‐ 4:15 PM MEETING WITH DM RICHARD BUERY
4:30 ‐ 6:00 PM PACK FOR TRIP TO BOSTON
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM ATTEND 1199SEIU HOLIDAY PARTY WITH MBDB

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4:00 ‐ 6:30 PM JUDICIAL INTERVIEWS
Location: City Hall, The Mayor's
Office

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM CALL WITH JUDGE MARRERO
Location: YOU Call


7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TPA CALL
Call in#:
Code:

7:30 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER HAROLD ICKES AND JANICE ENRIGHT AND FLONYC

9:30 ‐ 10:30 PM DRINKS WITH PETER RAGONE

1:00PM – New Yorkers for a Vaccine “Free 2015/2016” 40 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:45 ‐ 11:00 AM PREP FOR ESSENCE MAGAZINE INTERVIEW (GRACIE MANSION)
11:00 ‐ 11:30 AM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH VANESSA DE LUCA, EDITOR‐IN‐CHIEF OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE
12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM THRIVENYC LUNCH "THANK YOU" LUNCHEON (GRACIE MANSION)
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MAYOR'S FUND CALL TIME (GRACIE MANSION)
7:30 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH HAROLD ICKES AND JANICE ENRIGHT WITH MBDB (GRACIE
MANSION)

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3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM PREP FOR AARP TELETOWN HALL

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM AARP TELETOWN HALL
Attendees: Vicki Been, Commissioner HBD
Staff Contact: Rick Fromberg
Telephone:
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open, press will be listening in ONLY


4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM WPIX CHRISTMAS SPECIAL WITH MARVIN SCOTT & FLONYC
Telephone:
Setup: 15‐minute, recorded TV sit‐down with Marvin Scott, YOU and FLONYC
Followed by a 10‐minute tour of 1st floor, new artwork (just CMC)
Press: Open

6:00 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER WITH PHIL WALZAK

7:45 ‐ 8:00 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH PETER WARD

8:00 ‐ 9:00 PM MEETING WITH PETER WARD

No Scheduled press conferences

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:10 ‐ 8:00 AM LIVE INTERVIEW WITH GREG KELLY AND ROSANNA SCOTTO, WNYW FOX 5 GOOD DAY NY
10:30 ‐ 11:30 AM MEETING TO DISCUSS 2016 STRATEGIC PLAN
2:10 ‐ 2:30 PM MEETING WITH ERIN
2:30 ‐ 2:50 PM MEETING WITH RYAN
2:50 ‐ 3:10 PM MEETING WITH MASHA
3:10 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING WITH ANDREW
4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM WPIX CHRISTMAS SPECIAL WITH MARVIN SCOTT & MBDB

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No Scheduled press conference

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM LUNCH
7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH LAWRENCE DOWNES & MBDB

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4:00 ‐ 4:15 PM CALL WITH BILL WHITE, FORMER MAYOR OF HOUSTON
Notes: YOU call

4:30 ‐ 4:45 PM CALL WITH MAYOR ANNISE PARKER OF HOUSTON
Notes: YOU call her at



FLONYC SCHEDULE

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11418
11419
11420


FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:00 ‐ 10:00 AM WORKOUT

11421
11422



5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM CALL WITH EMMA, NATHAN, AND TOM
Call in #:
Code:

6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DM CALL TIME WITH KAYLA



FLONYC SCHEDULE

11423
11424
11425
Travel Time: 45.Mins.

8:15 – 9:15 PM DINNER WITH HERMINIA AND FLONYC

11:00 AM – Council Member King “Legalizing Hover Boards in NYC

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM LUNCH//WEEKLY TOUCH BASE WITH ROXANNE JOHN
8:15 ‐ 9:15 PM DINNER WITH HERMINIA PALACIO AND MBDB

11426
11427
Location: City Hall, The Governors Room

4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM MEDIA CLIPS REVIEW WITH RACHEL

4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM BUDGET MEETING

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITI HALL TO TBD

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM CONFERENCE CALL REGARDING PRE‐K TEACHERS
Dial‐In#:
Code:

6:00 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER WITH U.S SENATOR SCHUMER
Location: TBD

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM TBD TO GRACIE MANSION

No scheduled Press Conferences

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 12:00 PM ATTEND FUNERAL FOR NYPD DETECTIVE JOSEPH G. LEMM WITH MBDB
1:00 ‐ 2:30 PM LUNCH WITH KEVIN O'BRIEN & MBDB

11428
11429
Telephone:
Press Contact: Natalie Grybauskas
Telephone:


1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP FOR ANNOUNCMENT

2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM ANNOUNCEMENT
Staff Contact: Andrea Hagelgans
Telephone:

3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM BUDGET BRIEFING REGARDING FINANCIAL PLAN

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM HOMELESS STRATEGY MEETING

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO BAR TOTO

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM (T) CALL WITH PAUL SCHWARTZMAN OF THE WASHINGTON POST

Location: Bar Toto

Car: MBDB

1:00 PM – C/M Rodriguez “Support for Roy McGuire”20 people
2:00PM – C/ M Williams “Gun Violence“ 100 People

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 11:00 AM ATTEND THE MAYOR'S INTERFAITH BREAKFAST WITH
MBDB
1:30 ‐ 1:45 PM CALL
2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM ANNOUCENMENT WITH MBDB
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER

11430
11431

2:00 ‐ 3:30 PM ANNOUNCEMENT
Location: DC 37, 125 Barclay Street
Telephone:

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 125 BARCLAY TO CITY HALL


4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM STATE OF THE CITY BRIEFING

5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM BUDGET BRIEFING REGARDING DOE CAPITAL AND FAIR STUDENT FUNDING

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM MEETING WITH TONY, NISHA, AND DOM RE: SECRETARY JOHNSON


Location: Bar Toto

Car: MBDB

10:00 AM – C/M Rodriguez “Westside Ferry” 20 people
11:00 AM – Public Advocate Letitia James “Day Care Council of NY” 70 people
12:00 PM –NYC Council Stated Meeting – Council Chambers

FLONYC SCHEDULE

11432
11433
11434
11435
11436
11437

Location: Bar Toto

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM TRAVEL FROM BAR TOTO TO

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM
Location:

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM TO 150 EAST 121ST STREET

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM ATTEND CASABE HOUSE 3 KINGS EVENT
Location: 150 East 121st Street
Site Contact: Arnie Segarra
Telephone:
Staff Contact: Roberto Perez
Telephone:

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 150 EAST 121ST STREET TO GRACIE MANSION


FLONYC SCHEDULE
11438
11439
3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 1 VERNON AVENUE TO CITY HALL



5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 272 WYCK OFF STREET, BROOKLYN

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM PREP FOR WYKOFF RESIDENTS FORUM
Location: 272 Wyck off Street, Brooklyn

7:15 ‐ 9:30 PM WYCOFF HOUSES/RESIDENT FORUM
Location: 272 Wykoff Street, Brooklyn
Telephone:
Telephone:

9:30 ‐ 10:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 272 WYKOFF STREET TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, Jonathan Viguers.

10:00 AM – C/M Cumbo “Violence Against Women” 75 people
11:00 AM – NY Iron Workers – Local 46 “Endorsement for Congress” 14 people
12:00 PM – Congressman Jeffries “Criminal Justice” 20 people
1:00 PM – New Guild of NY – “Layoffs at El Diario” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM DINNER

11440
11441
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP FOR CALL WITH SPEAKER MMV
Note: YOU call Emma & JPL (3WAY Call)

2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM CALL WITH SPEAKER MMV
Note: YOU call her cell at

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM PREP CALL FOR SOTS REACT
Call In#:
Code:


5:00 ‐ 7:00 PM PRIVATE MEETING

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

2:00PM – Alliance For Quality Education “Release of Education Report”
50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:30 ‐ 11:00 AM SHIVA VISIT WITH MBDB FOR RABBI YITZCHOK FLEISCHER
11:30 ‐ 2:00 PM BRUNCH WITH MBDB, HAROLD ICKES, AND JANICE ENRIGHT
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

11442
11443
Site Contact: Dan Gross
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 1 VERNON AVENUE TO CITY HALL



6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 272 WYCK OFF STREET, BROOKLYN

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM PREP FOR WYKOFF RESIDENTS FORUM
Location: 272 Wyck off Street, Brooklyn

7:15 ‐ 9:30 PM WYCOFF HOUSES/RESIDENT FORUM
Location: 272 Wykoff Street, Brooklyn
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

9:30 ‐ 10:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 272 WYKOFF STREET TO GRACIE MANSION

10:00 AM – C/M Cumbo “Violence Against Women” 75 people
11:00 AM – NY Iron Workers – Local 46 “Endorsement for Congress” 14 people
12:00 PM – Congressman Jeffries “Criminal Justice” 20 people
1:00 PM – New Guild of NY – “Layoffs at El Diario” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11444
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM DINNER

11445
11446

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM PREP FOR GUNS FAST TRACKING AVAIL

2:00 ‐ 3:30 PM GUNS COURT AVAIL (ON‐TOPIC Q&A)
Staff Contact: Jerika Richardson
Telephone:
Telephone:
Press: Open


4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM QUADRENNIAL BRIEFING


5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM PREP FOR SOTS REACT

6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM BUDGET BRIEFING REGARDING LABOR
Call in #:
Code:

7:30 ‐ 8:30 PM BUDGET BRIEFING RE: HOUSING


9:00 ‐ 10:30 PM WATCH THE STATE OF THE UNION ‐ CNN


FLONYC SCHEDULE
3:00 ‐ 3:15 PM CALL WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF & DARREN BLOCH
4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM CONTENT APPROVALS
9:00 ‐ 10:30 PM WATCH STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ‐ CNN

11447
11448
Location: Conventional Hall ‐ Meeting Room 1
Telephone:

4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM MEETING WITH SPEAKER HEASTIE
Location: Capitol Building ‐ Room 349
Notes: 1:1, then time with Emma Wolfe, Dean Fuleihan, Sherif Soliman
Staff Contact: Emma Wolfe
Telephone:
Telephone:
Press: Closed

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH SENATOR ANDREA STEWART COUSINS
Location: Capitol Building ‐ Room 315
Telephone:
Telephone:

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM (T) MEETING WITH LEADER FLANAGAN
Telephone:
Telephone:
Press: Closed

6:00 ‐ 8:30 PM TRAVEL FROM ALBANY TO GRACIE MANSION
Travel Time: 2 hrs. 30 mins.

11:00 AM – Council Member Levin & Reverend Daughtry” Annual Prayer For NYC” 50 People
12:00PM – Council Member Koo “Korean American Day” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:00 ‐ 9:45 AM WHITESPACE // CHANGE TO GYM CLOTHES
9:45 ‐ 10:30 AM REMARKS AT NYC PARKS FREE SHAPE UP NYC EXPANSION ANNOUNCEMENT
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
5:30 ‐ 6:15 PM DINNER
6:15 ‐ 7:45 PM WATCH PRE‐RECORDED NYS GOVERNOR CUOMO'S STATE OF THE STATE & BUDGET ADDRESS

11449
11450
Telephone:
Telephone:
Setup: Round table with Students, followed by a press conference

1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM TRAVEL 105‐25 HORACE HARDING EXPRESSWAY TO CITY HALL

1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM BUDGET BRIEIFNG RE: FINANCIAL PLAN

2:45 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH STEPHANIE YAZI




5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM SOTC PREP



8:30 ‐ 9:30 PM DRINKS WITH MAYA

9:00 AM We for Environmental Justice “Toxic Chemical Hearings” 30 people
10:00 AM Council Member Rosenthal “Trans‐Pacific Partnership” 30 people
11:00AM Council Member Levine “Anti‐Semitism” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM LUNCH
11451
11452
Press: Open

12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 55‐11 QUEENS BLVD TO CITY HALL

12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM CALL WITH DESIREE PETERKIN BELL
Location: YOU cal

1:00 ‐ 2:00 PM MEETING WITH CM GLADYS CARRION REGARDING ACS BUDGET


3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF AND TOM

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM PREP FOR USCM TRIP
Call In#:
Code:




7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM BUDGET PRESENTATION PREP


10:00 AM – C/M Miller “Grocery Worker’s Retention Act” 30 people
11:00 AM – Committee For Taxi Safety “Transportation Legislation” 300 people
12:00 PM – Community United For Police Reform “ Police Reform” 40 people
1:00 PM – Taxi For All Advocates “Accessible Taxis” 300 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 2:00 PM ROUNDTABLE WITH ASIAN FEDERATION ON THRIVENYC
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM CONTENT APPROVALS//WHITESPACE
3:45 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH DEMETRIUS THORNTON
4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM CITY COUNCIL HEARING TESTIMONY REVIEW
5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM PREP FOR NEON ARTS EVENT
11453
6:00 ‐ 6:45 PM ATTEND NEON ARTS AND ITS CITYWIDE ASSET‐ MAPPING PROJECT
CELEBRATION
7:30 ‐ 8:30 PM DINNER
11454
11455

5:00 ‐ 6:30 PM BUDGET PRESENTATION PREP


Car: MBDB

9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM PACK FOR DC

11:00 AM – Transportation Alternatives “Vision Zero” 50 people
1:00 PM – New Yorkers For Vaccine Free 2016 “No Vaccines” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:15 PM TOWN HALL AT OHEL CHILDREN’S & FAMILY SERVICES ON THRIVENYC
3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM WEEKLY MENTAL HEALTH MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY & DR. BELKIN
4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM CITY COUNCIL HEARING TESTIMONY REVIEW
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

11456
11457
11458

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:45 ‐ 11:15 AM PREP FOR INTERVIEWS WITH ERIN WHITE
11:15 ‐ 11:30 AM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH VALERIE A. CANADY, MANAGING EDITOR OF MENTAL HEALTH
WEEKLY ON THRIVENYC
11:30 ‐ 12:00 PM WHITESPACE//FRESHEN UP
12:00 ‐ 12:15 PM IN‐PERSON INTERVIEW WITH ARLENE MUKOKO, BRONXNET TV ON THRIVENYC
12:15 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MAYOR'S FUND CALL TIME
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER

11459
11460

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING REGARDING ALBANY TESTIMONY OUTLINE



Car: MBDB

7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM

12:00 PM Animal Rights “ASPCA” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:30 ‐ 8:00 AM BREKFAST
12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM MEETING//LUNCH WITH ROXANNE JOHH
8:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER

11461
11462
4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM CALL REGARDING SCHOOL CLEANING INITIATIVE
Call In#:
Code:

No Schedule Press conference

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No Public schedule

11463
11464

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM
11465
11466

7:15 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 15 MAIDEN LANE
Car: MBDB

7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM TPA CALL TIME
Location: 15 Maiden Lane

9:00 ‐ 9:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 15 MAIDEN LANE TO CITY HALL
Car: MBDB

9:15 ‐ 10:15 PM WATCH CNN IOWA DEMOCRATIC TOWN HALL
Location: City Hall

10:15 ‐ 10:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 210 EAST 33RD STREET
Car: MBDB

10:30 ‐ 11:30 PM HOPE COUNT WITH SECRETARY CASTRO (ON‐TOPIC GAGGLE)
Location: PS 116, 210 E 33rd St, New York, NY 10016

11:30 ‐ 12:00 AM TRAVEL TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB

12:00PM – Communities United for Police Reform “ Police Reform” 50 People

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 2:00 PM PREP FOR CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THRIVENYC (GRACIE MANSION)
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

11467
11468



4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING TOWN HALL PREP


6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH AUSTIN FINAN

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM MEETING WITH FAMILY COURT JUDGE JOHN HUNT

7:15 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 15 MAIDEN LANE
Car: MBDB


9:00 ‐ 9:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 15 MAIDEN LANE TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB



FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

11469
11470


9:00 ‐ 9:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 15 MAIDEN LANE TO GRACIE MANSION



FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

11471
11472
Location: Capitol Building, Room 332

3:45 ‐ 4:25 PM MEETING WITH SPEAKER CARL HEASTIE

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH SENATOR STEWART‐COUSINS

5:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM ALBANY TO GRACIE MANSION


10:00 AM – Communities for Change “Housing” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP FOR CITY COUNCIL HEARING WITH STAFF
2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM CGE MEETING WITH MAYA WILEY, SILDA PALERM, AND ROXANNE JOHN

11473
11474

3:45 ‐ 4:15 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 250 WEST 65TH STREET

3:45 ‐ 3:50 PM CALL‐IN INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE MAGAZINE REGARDING VISION ZERO/FAMILIES FOR SAFE
STREETS
Call‐In # TBD

4:00 ‐ 4:15 PM CALL WITH TRACY MAITLAND
Location: YOU call Tracy at

4:15 ‐ 5:00 PM ON SITE PREP
Location: Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, 250 West 65th Street

5:00 ‐ 7:00 PM AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING TOWN HALL WITH CM ROSENTHAL
Location: Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, 250 West 65th Street
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 250 WEST 65TH STREET TO 301 PARK AVENUE

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM REMARKS AT THE ANNUAL MAIMONIDES GALA WITH FLONYC
Location: Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, NY
Press Contact: Ishanee Parikh
Telephone:
Telephone:
Note: FLONYC will meet you in front of the Waldorf Astoria

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 301 PARK AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, FLONYC

9:00 AM – News Guild of NY “Immigrant Media”
11:00 AM – Picture the Homeless “Affordable Housing” 40 people
12:00 PM – Public Advocate Letitia James “Housing” 100 people
1:00 PM – Communities for Change “Housing” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:30 ‐ 10:45 AM PREP FOR MSNBC WITH ERIN WHITE//WHITESPACE
12:15 ‐ 1:15 PM PREP FOR CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THRIVENYC WITH DEPUTY MAYOR RICHARD BUERY & DR.
GARY BELKIN
1:15 ‐ 1:30 PM DEPART CITY HALL EN ROUTE PRIVATE APPOINTMENT
11475
7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM PRESENT AWARD HONORING PAMELA BRIER AT MAIMONIDES 2016 GALA WITH MBDB

11476
11477
11478

9:00 AM – C/M Menchaca “Pedi‐Cab Drivers & Supporters” 100 people
11:00 AM – Community Voices Heard “More Funding for NYCHA” 100 people
12:00 PM – C/M Baron “Intro‐886 Environmental Justice” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM PREP FOR CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THRIVENYC//LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 3:00 PM NYC CITY COUNCIL MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE HEARING ON THRIVENYC
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER
11479
11480
11481
11482
11483
11484
Telephone:
Podium: Yes
Press: Open

9:00PM – 9:30PM TRAVEL FROM LEHMAN COLLEGE TO GRACIE
MANSION

11:00 AM – Historical Horse and Carriage “Legislation” 50 people
12:00 PM – Coalition of Taxi Drivers “Better Treatment from TLC” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:15 ‐ 9:00 PM ATTEND 2016 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
11485
11486
10:00 AM – NYC Council Staff “Fare Pay for Staff” 150 people
11:00 AM – C/M Johnson “Tobacco Free Kids” 25 people
12:00 PM – Public Affairs “In Favor of Horse Carriage” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM THRIVENYC TOWN HALL WITH SENIORS AT DFTA'S SENIOR CENTER
3:20 ‐ 3:30 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH 1010 WINS RE; SATURDAY'S BABY SHOWER KICK‐OFF
3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM MEETING WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF, PAUL GUNTHER, AND ROXANNE JOHN RE; GRACIE
UPDATES
5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM CGE MEETING WITH AZADEH KHALILI, MAYA WILEY, AND ROXANNE JOHN :
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM
11487
11488
10:30 ‐ 11:30 AM REMARKS AT CHILDREN’S CABINET NYC BABY SHOWER KICKOFF ‐ "TALK TO YOUR BABY
CAMPAIGN"
11:50 ‐ 1:00 PM PRIVATE BRUNCH
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER

11489
11490


FLONYC SCHEDULE

11491
11492
11493
11494
Car : MBDB, Catherine Almonte

Call In:
Code:

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH WIN MCCORMACK

5:00 ‐ 6:30 PM DOWN

6:30 ‐ 10:00 PM WATCH THE SUPERBOWL


FLONYC SCHEDULE

11495
11496
11497
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

12:30 ‐ 12:45 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO PS 116, 210 E 33RD STREET
Time: 15 Mins.
Car: MBDB, Jonathan
Viguers

10:00 AM New York Communities for Change “Wages” 25 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 10:30 AM WHITESPACE (CITY HALL)
11:00 ‐ 11:30 AM IN‐STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH HUFFPOST LIVE ON THRIVENYC
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS TOWN HALL ON THRIVENYC
11498
11499


3:15 ‐ 3:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH SPEAKER MMV

3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM MEETING WITH SPEAKER MMV

4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH MIKE MULGREW

Car: MBDB

6:00 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER WITH REV. SHARPTON AND MAGIC JOHNSON & FLONYC

8:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DRINKS WITH MORRIS MISSRY

8:00 AM AARP “Housing” 50 people
9:00 AM DC37 –“Housing” 50 people
10:00 AM Labor Union 32BJ “Housing” 100 people
11:00 AM Hotel Trades Council “Mayor’s Housing Plan” 300 people
12:00 PM SCIU 1199 “Housing” 50 people
1:00 PM UFT “Housing” 50 people
2:00 PM Coalition for Asian American Children and Families “Intro 251 – Invisible No More” 150 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH
2:30 ‐ 2:45 PM PREP FOR INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
2:45 ‐ 3:00 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH IRWINE CLARE, MOVING FORWARD BY IRIE JAM RADIO
4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM STAFF MEETING
6:00 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER WITH REV. AL SHARPTON, MAGIC JOHNSON, & MBDB

11500
11501
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:
Setup: Press Conference
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open

4:00 ‐ 4:10 PM TRAVEL FROM 1PP TO CITY HALL
Travel Time: 10



6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM SCHOOL CLEANING INITITIVE BRIEFING

Car: MBDB

7:30 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH BP GALE BREWER
Setup: One‐on‐one meeting
Press: Closed

9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM CALL WITH WOODY KAPLAN REGARDING TPA
Location: YOU call Woody at

8:00 AM AARP “Housing” 50 people
9:00 AM DC37 “Housing” 50 people
10:00 AM Labor Union 32BJ “Housing” 100 people
11:00 AM Hotel Trades Council “Mayor’s Housing Plan” 300 people
12:00 AM SCIU 1199 “Housing” 50 people
1:00 PM UFT “Housing” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM COFFEE WITH HARRIET FELLOWS
4:30 ‐ 4:50 PM PREP FOR FOXNEWS INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
5:15 ‐ 6:00 PM IN‐PERSON TV INTERVIEW WITH ERNIE ANASTOS, FOXNEWS ON THRIVENYC

11502
11503

3:45 ‐ 4:00 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH ITALIAN PRESIDENT SERGIO MATTARELLA

4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM MEET & GREET WITH ITALIAN PRESIDENT SERGIO MATTARELLA
Site Contact: Penny Abeywardena
Telephone:
Telephone:


4:45 ‐ 5:15 PM MEETING WITH CM VINCENT GENTILE

5:15 ‐ 5:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH ANTHONY WELLS

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH ANTHONY WELLS

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM SPECIAL PERMITS & AIRBNB BRIEFING
Location: City Hall, Governor’s Room

7:00 ‐ 7:15 PM PREP FOR INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS MATHEWS

7:15 ‐ 7:45 PM LIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS MATHEWS
Location: Blue Room

Car: MBDB


9:00 ‐ 10:00 PM WATCH PBS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE


FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 1:15 PM LUNCH
2:00 ‐ 3:15 PM VISIT "LEARNING TO WORK" PROGRAM AT SOUTH BROOKLYN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
11504
4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM MEET & GREET WITH ITALIAN PRESIDENT SERGIO MATTARELLA &
MBDB
4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM BI‐WEEKLY MENTAL HEALTH MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY & DR.
BELKIN
9:00 ‐ 10:00 PM WATCH PBS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE

11505
11506


FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 11:30 AM REMARKS AT DOE'S RESPECT FOR ALL WEEK//NO ONE EATS ALONE NATIONAL DAY EVENT
12:45 ‐ 1:00 PM PREP FOR WABC INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
1:00 ‐ 1:10 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH RITA COSBY, WABC ON THRIVENYC
1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM CALL WITH U.S. JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR
2:15 ‐ 3:15 PM CGE COMMISSIONER LISTENING SESSION WITH MAYA WILEY
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

11507
11508
12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM REMARKS AT CAUCUS WEEKEND LABOR LUNCHEON (CO‐CHAIRS: SENATOR PERALTA AND ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PEOPLES‐STOKES)
Location: Convention Center

2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM MEETING WITH AM LUIS SEPULVEDA
Location: Legislative Office Building, Room 746

2:45 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING WITH SPEAKER HEASTIE

3:45 ‐ 4:15 PM MEETING WITH AM CRESPO

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH ASSEMBLYMAN AUBRY

5:15 ‐ 5:45 PM ATTEND SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE RECEPTION

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM ATTEND THE GEORGE BIDDLE KELLEY EDUCATION RECEPTION (HOSTED BY AM MICHAEL BLAKE,
AM WALTER MOSLEY, AND SN LEROY COMRIE) (IN HONOR OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY)
Location: Renaissance Albany Ballroom, 144 State St, Albany, NY 12207

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM ATTEND THE MWBE NETWORKING RECEPTION
Location: Albany Hilton Ballroom

7:30 – 9:00 PM DEPART FROM ALBANY TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, KNA


FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 11:00 MBDB WEEKLY SCHEDULING REVIEW CALL
11:20 ‐ 11:45 AM REMARKS AT CONGREGATION KOLOT CHAYEINU
12:10 ‐ 12:20 PM REMARKS AT KINGSBORO TEMPLE OF SEVENTH‐DAY ADVENTISTS CHURCH
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM DINNER

11509
11510

4:30 ‐ 4:45 PM CALL WITH ERNIE LOGAN
Note: YOU call Ernie on his cell at

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM DOWN

6:00 ‐ 9:00 PM


FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

11511
11512

FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM REVIEW BLOCK SCHEDULE WITH
MBDB

11513
11514

4:30 ‐ 4:45 PM CALL WITH ERNIE LOGAN
Location: YOU call Ernie on his cell at

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM DOWN

6:00 ‐ 9:00 PM


FLONYC SCHEDULE
6:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

11515
11516

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM MEETING WITH DM GLEN

2:15 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH KUBA BROWN, PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 94, OPERATING ENGINEERS

2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH KUBA BROWN, PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 94, OPERATING ENGINEERS



5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO FT. HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, 8301 SHORE RD., BROOKLYN
Car: MBDB

6:00 ‐ 6:45 PM ON‐SITE PREP FOR “WORKING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS” TOWN HALL IN BAY RIDGE
Location: Ft. Hamilton High School, 8301 Shore Rd., Brooklyn

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM “WORKING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS” TOWN HALL IN BAY RIDGE
Location: Ft. Hamilton High School, 8301 Shore Rd., Brooklyn
Telephone:
Telephone:

9:00 – 9:45 PM TRAVEL FROM TOWN HALL TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB

TBD

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 1:45 PM VISIT NEWBORN HOME VISITING PROGRAM (NHVP) ‐ DHS SHELTER
2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH PUBLIC ADVOCATE
3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE LETITIA JAMES & DR. BELKIN RE; NEED TO INCREASE #
OF PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IN NYC'S HOSPITALS
4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM PREP FOR LEHRER SHOW PHONE INTERVIEW WITH DR. BELKIN
5:30 ‐ 6:15 PM VISIT COMUNILIFE INC. PEER‐TO‐PEER SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM WITH DR. ROSA M. GIL

11517
11518
11519
Car: MBDB, FLONYC

8:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DRINKS WITH BARRY BERKE
Location: Mid Town

9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM TRAVEL FROM TBD TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, FLONYC

11:00 AM – Make The Road NY “Housing” 100 people
12:00 PM – Educators 4 Excellence “School Funding” 25 people
1:00 PM – NY Taxi Workers Alliance “Livable Income” 200 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE

8:30 ‐ 9:30 AM ATTEND MBDB REMARKS AT THE GRAND RE‐OPENING CELEBRATION OF CARNEGIE DELI
10:50 ‐ 11:20 AM LIVE PHONE INTERVIEW ON THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW WITH DR. GARY
BELKIN
11:30 ‐ 11:45 AM PREP FOR JEZEBEL INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
11:45 ‐ 12:00 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH ANNA MERLAN,
JEZEBEL
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH//WEEKLY TOUCHBASE WITH ROXANNE JOHN
3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM ATTEND DKNY FALL 2016 FASHION SHOW
4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM BLACK HISTORY MONTH, JAZZ IMPROVISATION WITH
YOUTH
5:30 ‐ 7:30 PM ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF JOAN L. WASHINGTON WITH
MBDB
8:00 ‐ 8:45 PM DINNER

11520
11521
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 16TH & 3RD TO CITY HALL

2:00 ‐ 2:10 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH SUE CRAIG OF NYT RE: DONALD TRUMP
Location: YOU call
Notes: She is looking for someone to say that plenty of New Yorkers are not Trump fans and
just because he was born here doesn’t mean New Yorkers are going to vote for him.


3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN JEFFRIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN JEFFRIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS RE: HOUSING


5:45 ‐ 6:15 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY ‐ 365 FIFTH AVENUE ‐PROSHANSKY
AUDITORIUM

6:15 ‐ 8:15 PM INCOME INEQUALITY DISCUSSION WITH PAUL KRUGMAN (SOTC AMPLIFICATION & AUDIENCE
Q&A AT END)
Location: The Graduate Center, CUNY ‐ 365 Fifth Avenue ‐ Proshansky Auditorium
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

8:15 ‐ 8:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 365 5TH AVENUE TO NEW YORK HILTON, 1335 6TH AVENUE

8:30 ‐ 9:00 PM REMARKS AT THE ONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN 36TH ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA
Location: New York Hilton, 1335 6th Avenue
Site Contact: Mr. Jomo Bellard
Telephone:
Press Contact: Jerika Richardson
Telephone:
Telephone:

9:00 ‐ 9:15 PM TRAVEL FROM NEW YORK HILTON, 1335 6TH AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION

11522
9:15 ‐ 11:00 PM WATCH MSNBC SANDERS/CLINTON TOWN HALL

10:00 AM – Parents for excellent Public Schools “Safety In Public Schools” 20 people
11:00 AM – Sierra Club “Off Shore Energy Rally” 125 people
12:00 PM – Faith In NY “Housing” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:50 ‐ 11:30 AM IN‐PERSON INTERVIEW WITH TAMRON HALL, MSNBC ON THRIVENYC
1:00 ‐ 2:00 PM CGE COMMISSIONER LISTENING SESSION
5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM DINNER
6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM OPENING REMARKS AT "FOR THE LOVE OF FLINT" COLLECTION DRIVE KICK‐OFF
7:25 ‐ 8:30 PM REMARKS AT AUDRE LORDE'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION & BOOK LAUNCH

11523
11524


12:35 ‐ 12:45 PM 10 MINUTE TAPED RADIO INTERVIEW ON EFFECTIVE RADIO WITH HOST BILL SAMUELS
REGARDING BQX, RETIREMENT, LINKNYC
Notes: YOU Call This is a taped interview

1:00 ‐ 6:20 PM FLEX TIME: MEETINGS & CALL BLOCK
Location: Bar Toto

6:20 ‐ 6:30 PM CALL WITH MARTY SCHEINMAN
Notes: YOU call Marty on his cell at


6:45 ‐ 7:00 PM CALL WITH LES MOONVES, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CEO OF CBS
Notes: YOU call Les at

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH HARRY BELAFONTE, PAMELA FRANK & FLONYC


FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:45 ‐ 12:15 PM MEETING WITH ANDREA HAGELGANS
12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM PRIVATE LUNCH MEETING
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP FOR NBC 4 TV INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
2:30 ‐ 2:45 PM TV INTERVIEW WITH NBC 4 ON FOSTER CARE
INITIATIVE
5:00 ‐ 5:15 PM FLONYC WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL
5:45 ‐ 6:30 PM ATTEND BLACK PORTRAITURE[S] II: IMAGING THE BLACK BODY & RE‐STAGING HISTORIES
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM DINNER WITH HARRY BELAFONTE, PAMELA FRANK, & MBDB

11525
11526

3:00 ‐ 4:30 PM TPA STRATEGY MEETING

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM PREP FOR JUDICIAL INTERVIEWS

5:00 ‐ 8:00 PM JUDICIAL INTERVIEWS (10 CANDIDATES, 7 VACANCIES, 2 CRIMINAL AND 5 INTERIM CIVIL)
Staff Contact: Maya Wiley
Telephone:


FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM INNER CIRCLE PREP CALL WITH MBDB
3:00 ‐ 4:30 PM FYI: MBDB TPA STRATEGY MEETING
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM DINNER

11527
11528

12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM NEWS WITH MONICA

1:00 ‐ 7:00 PM DOWN

1:00 ‐ 1:15 PM CALL WITH STEVE SILBERSTEIN RE: TPA
Note: YOU CALL.

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM


FLONYC SCHEDULE
4:45 ‐ 5:15 PM VISIT GOD'S BATTALION OF PRAYER CHURCH (EAST
FLATBUSH)
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

11529
11530

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH MIKE MULGREW


5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH MAYA


6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM MEETING WITH ARELIS HERNANDEZ

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM MEETING WITH BOB LINN/PREP FOR MEETING WITH ROBERT TROELLER

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM CALL WITH STEVE NISLICK AND WENDY NEU
Dial‐In:
Passcode:

Car : MBDB



FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:15 ‐ 11:15 AM PRIVATE APPOINTMENT BY PHONE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 2:00 PM CGE MEETING (CITY HALL)
2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM STAFF MEETING//PREP (CITY HALL)
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH ART (GRACIE
MANSION)

11531
11532
Telephone:

2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 500 19TH STREET, BROOKLYN TO CITY HALL

2:00 ‐ 2:15 PM CALL WITH EMMA RE: CHRIS LEHANE CALL
Notes: YOU Call Emma on her cell.

2:15 ‐ 2:30 PM CALL WITH CHRIS LEHANE
Notes: YOU call Chris at TBD


3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH MIKE MULGREW


5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH MAYA


6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM MEETING WITH ARELIS HERNANDEZ

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM MEETING WITH BOB LINN/PREP FOR MEETING WITH ROBERT TROELLER

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM CALL WITH STEVE NISLICK AND WENDY NEU
Dial‐In:
Passcode:




FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:15 ‐ 11:15 AM PRIVATE APPOINTMENT BY PHONE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 2:00 PM CGE MEETING
11533
2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM STAFF MEETING//PREP
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM REIMAGINING BLACK HISTORY THROUGH ART
11534
11535
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:
Note: Press Conference is on NYPD CompStat 2.0 & Smartphones Update .

2:00 ‐ 2:10 PM TRAVEL FROM 1PP TO CITY HALL

2:10 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING REGARDING RIKERS


4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM MEET & GREET WITH CHRYSTIA FREELAND, MINISTER OF TRADE OF CANADA
Staff Contact: Penny Abeywardena
Telephone:
Notes: Photo‐op at the end of the meeting. There will NOT be a gift exchange


5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM PREP FOR SENIOR HOUSING TTH
Location: City Hall, The Green Room

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM SENIOR HOUSING TTH
Telephone:


6:15 ‐ 6:30 PM CALL WITH GOVERNOR BROWN
Location: YOU call the Governor on her cell at

6:30 ‐ 8:00 PM EARLY CHILDHOOD MEETING

8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH WILLIAM ZECKENDORF

12:00PM – C/M Crowley “EMS Response Times” 25 people

11536

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
12:30 ‐ 12:45 PM RECORD "HEFORSHE" PSA VIDEO MESSAGE
1:15 ‐ 1:30 PM PREP FOR JEWISH PRESS CONVERSATION
1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM PREP FOR QUARTERLY MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL MEETING
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM QUARTERLY MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL MEETING WITH DM RICHARD BUERY
3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM JEWISH COMMUNITY PRESS CONVERSATION
6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM DINNER
6:30 ‐ 8:00 PM EARLY CHILDHOOD MEETING WITH MBDB

11537
11538
1:30 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH NY TIMES ED BOARD & WRITERS
Location: 620 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor – Board Room

3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 620 EIGHTH AVENUE TO CITY HALL VIA SUBWAY
Subway: MBDB, Jonathan Viguers

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH DM BUERY

4:00 ‐ 4:15 PM 15 MINUTE MEETING REGARDING COMMUNITY & ETHNIC MEDIA

4:15 ‐ 4:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH SPEAKER MELISSA MARK VIVERITO

4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH SPEAKER MELISSA MARK VIVERITO


5:45 ‐ 5:55 PM 10 MINUTE CALL WITH NYS ED COMMISSIONER MARY ELLEN ELIA
Location: YOU call her on her cell at

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM PREP FOR MAYOR'S FUND BUSINESS LEADERS DINNER WITH FLONYC

6:30 ‐ 9:00 PM MAYOR'S FUND BUSINESS LEADERS DINNER WITH FLONYC
Site Contact: Catherine Almonte / Jonathan Viguers
Telephone
Telephone:
Setup: Cocktail reception, followed by seated dinner and Program

9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM MEETING WITH PETER RAGONE

10:00 AM – C/M Rodriguez “Simultaneous Translations for Public Meetings” 20 people
11:00 AM – C/M Williams “Summer Youth Jobs” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:00 ‐ 12:30 PM AFRICAN AMERICAN CLERGY BREAKFAST ON THRIVENYC: HEALING OUR
COMMUNITIES
12:30 ‐ 1:15 PM LUNCH
1:15 ‐ 1:30 PM RECORD HOMELESSNESS VOICE OVER AUDIO
6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM PREP FOR MAYOR'S FUND DINNER WITH MBDB
11539
6:30 ‐ 9:00 PM MAYOR'S FUND BUSINESS LEADERS DINNER WITH MBDB

11540
11541
11542
Telephone:
Telephone:

6:00 ‐ 7:30 PM PLANNING MEETING
Location: Gracie Mansion ‐ Call In:

7:45 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO 230 WEST 56TH STREET, NY Manhattan

8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH FERNANDO MATEO AND JIM FERRARO
Location: 230 West 56th Street, Manhattan, Penthouse

9:00 AM – Parents for Excellent Schools “Public Schools” 20 people
10:00 AM – N.Y. Communities for Change “Education” 25 people
11:00 AM – NY Communities for Change “Housing” 30 people
12:00 PM – Air BNB “Home Sharing” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 11:00 AM PRIVATE APPOINTMENT (6 E. 39TH ST.)
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM CHECK‐IN & BOARDING TIME

11543
11544
11545

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO 25 WEST 18TH STREET

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM REMARKS AT 32BJ SEIU BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION & AWARDS CEREMONY
Location: 25 West 18th Street, 5th Floor
Telephone:
Telephone:
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Closed

7:00 ‐ 7:45 PM TRAVEL FROM 25 WEST 18TH STREET TO HILTON GARDEN INN, 1100 SOUTH AVENUE, STATEN
ISLAND

7:45 ‐ 8:15 PM REMARKS AT AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION LOCAL 726 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Location: 1100 South Avenue, Hilton Garden Inn
Telephone:
Telephone: ‐ ‐
Telephone:
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open

8:15 ‐ 9:00 PM TRAVEL FROM STATEN ISLAND TO GRACIE MANSION


FLONYC SCHEDULE
No Schedule

11546
11547
11548
Location: 45 Wadsworth Ave, Washington Heights, NY 10033
Site Contact: Dan Gross
Telephone:
Telephone:

3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 45 WADSWORTH AVE TO GRACIE MANSION

3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH DM PALACIO



5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO 208‐26TH AVENUE, BAYSIDE

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM ON‐SITE PREP FOR “WORKING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS” TOWN HALL IN BAYSIDE
Location: Self Help Clearview Senior Center, 208‐11 26th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11360

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM “WORKING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS” TOWN HALL IN BAYSIDE
Location: Self Help Clearview Senior Center, 208‐11 26th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11360
Telephone:
Press Contact: Rosemary Boeglin
Telephone:
Telephone:

9:00 ‐ 9:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 208‐11 26TH AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION

12:00pm C/M Landers “Free Lancers” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:15 ‐ 7:40 AM CHECK‐OUT: MARRIOTT SAN JOSE
7:40 ‐ 8:00 AM DEPART MARRIOT SAN JOSE HOTEL EN ROUTE
8:00 ‐ 9:00 AM CHECK‐IN & BOARDING TIME
9:00 ‐ 12:45 PM DEPART SAN JOSE, CA EN ROUTE HONOLULU, HI

11549
11550
11551
11552

1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM ON SITE PREP WITH PC FOR NYPD TRANSIT RADIO AVAIL
Location: NYC Transit Headquarters, 130 Livingston Street, 3rd floor
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM NYPD TRANSIT RADIO'S AVAIL WITH PC (ON TOPIC Q/A)
Location: NYC Transit Headquarters, 130 Livingston Street, 3rd floor
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 130 LIVINGSTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR TO CITY HALL VIA SUBWAY

3:00 ‐ 4:00 PM NON‐CITIZEN VOTING DECISION MEMO

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING REGARDING ALBANY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA & BUDGET

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO JACOB JAVITZ CENTER, 655 W 34TH STREET

5:30 ‐ 7:00 PM REMARKS AT HRC RALLY
Location: Jacob Javitz Center, 655 W 34th Street
Telephone:

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM JACOB JAVITZ CENTER TO GRACIE MANSION

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM CALL REGARDING VIOLENCE /MENTAL HEALTH WITH COMMS
Call In:
Code:

8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM IGA HOUSING DINNER
Site Advance: Viguers Jonathan
Telephone:

11553

10:00 AM C/M Greenfield “F” Line Subway – 40 people
1:00 PM CUNY Student Senate “City Council Budget On Higher Education” 30 people
2:00 PM‐ 32BJ “Labor Rally” 250 People

FLONYC SCHEDULE
No schedule
11554
11555
Code: 278‐803

12:30 ‐ 2:00 PM ST. PATRICK'S DAY AVAIL (ON/OFF TOPIC)
Location: Consulate General of Ireland, 345 Park Ave #1700
Press Contact: Dan Gross
Telephone:
Press Contact: Peter Kadushin
Telephone:
Telephone:
Podium: Yes
Remarks: Prepared
Press: Open

2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 345 PARK AVENUE TO CITY HALL

2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM PREP CALL FOR MEETING WITH GREG FLOYD
Call In:
Code:

2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH GREG FLOYD, TEAMSTERS


3:30 ‐ 3:45 PM LIVE INTERVIEW WITH ANGIE MARTINEZ
Location: YOU call TBD
Attendees: Topics: Pre‐K, waiting for other topics

4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM WEEKLY MEETING WITH THE PC

5:00 ‐ 5:45 PM PREP FOR DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH

5:45 ‐ 6:15 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 733 11TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10019

6:15 ‐ 7:00 PM TAPING OF THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH
Location: 733 11th Avenue, New York

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 733 11TH AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM PREP CALL FOR LABOR TTH REGARDING HOUSING
Call in:
Code:

11556
11557
11558
5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM LIVE INTERVIEW WITH ANGIE MARTINEZ
Notes: You call TBD‐

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM MEETING WITH BRIAN DESPLINTER, SPEECHWRITING
Location: Bar Toto


6:30 ‐ 6:45 PM CALL WITH SPIKE LEE REGARDING INNER CIRCLE
Notes: You call TBD

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

10:00 AM – Parents For Quality Public Education “Safety in Public Schools” 15 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:30 ‐ 8:00 AM DEPART JFK EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL WITH STAFF
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM
11559
11560
6:45 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM GRAICE MANSION TO 30 ROCKEFELLER CENTER ‐ 49 W 49TH STREET, BETWEEN
5TH AVE AND 6TH AVE ‐ STUDIO: 3A
Car: MBDB, Jonathon Viguers

7:00 ‐ 7:00 PM ARRIVE IN STUDIO
Location: 30 Rockefeller Center ‐ 49 W 49th Street, between 5th Ave and 6th Ave ‐
Studio: 3A

7:15 ‐ 7:30 PM LIVE INTERVIEW ON MSNBC’S HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS
Studio: 3A

7:45 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 49 W 49TH STREET TO GRACIE MANSION



FLONYC SCHEDULE

11561
11562
11563
FLONYC
SCHEDULE

7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER
8:00 ‐ 10:00 PM CNN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE (FLINT, MICHIGAN)

11564
11565
11566
10:15 ‐ 11:30 AM REMARKS AT GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS AVAIL WITH MBDB
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM PREP FOR CONNECTIONS TO CARE WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF
12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM HUB MEETING WITH MBDB
1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM PREP FOR PIX 11 INTERVIEW WITH DR. BELKIN & ERIN WHITE
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM LUNCH
2:30 ‐ 2:40 PM PREP FOR INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
2:40 ‐ 2:50 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH POSITIVE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE (CITY HALL)
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM MEETING WITH MBDB

11567
11568
11569
11570


4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH TOM, EMMA AND ARELIS

5:00 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING REGARDING HRA/DHS

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM PREP CALL FOR PFNYC MEETING
Call in:
Code:

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM HOUSING TELE TOWN HALL PREP

7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM HOUSING TELE TOWN HALL
Telephone:
PIN:
Telephone:
Press Contact: Austin Finan
Telephone:

8:00 ‐ 8:15PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO 30 ROCKEFELLER
Studio: 3A

8:30 ‐ 8:45 PM ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES INTERVIEW
Studio: 3A
Notes: Live at 8:30PM

8:45 ‐ 9:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA TO GRACIE MANSION
Location: 30 Mins.
Travel Time: MBDB, Catherine
Almonte

9:00 ‐ 10:00 PM WATCH UNIVISION DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE

11:00 AM Coalition for Asian American Children & Families “15% & Growing Advocacy Day” 100 people
12:00 PM Citizens Committee for Children “Child Care” 100 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM LUNCH WITH MBDB
2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM COMMS PLANNING MEETING WITH MBDB
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER
11571
9:00 ‐ 10:00 PM UNIVISION DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATE
11572
11573
11574
3:15 ‐ 4:15 PM CONVERSATION WITH SCHOOL PARENTS WITH DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY ON THRIVENYC
7:30 ‐ 9:30 PM PLANNING MEETING WITH MBDB

11575
11576
11577

2:15 ‐ 4:00 PM TPAC MEETINGS
Location: NYC Office of Federal Affairs, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW

4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 1301 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW TO WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT
Follow Car: Michael Appleton. Karen Hinton

5:00 ‐ 6:25 PM AMERICAN AIRLINES, FLIGHT AA 2153 FROM DCA TO LGA
Flight: MBDB, Jonathan Viguers, Karen Hinton, Michael Appleton

6:25 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM LGA TO 377 GREENWICH STREET

7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM DINNER EVENT WITH RICHARD BORN
Location: Greenwich Hotel, 377 Greenwich Street

8:30 ‐9:00PM TRAVEL FROM 377 GREENWICH STREET TO GRACIE
MANSION

9:00am – CM Levin “General Welfare Budget Reform” 150 people
10:00am‐ CM Rosenthal “Student Voter Registration” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:00 ‐ 9:30 AM IN‐PERSON INTERVIEW WITH HOT 97 ON CONNECTIONS TO CARE
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM MAYOR'S FUND CALL TIME & UPDATES
2:30 ‐ 2:40 PM AUDIO RECORDING TO CONGRATULATE "BUZZFEED'S ANOTHER ROUND" 1ST ANNIVERSARY
2:45 ‐ 3:15 PM PREP FOR NY TIMES INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
3:15 ‐ 4:00 PM OTR INTERVIEW WITH GINIA BELLAFANTE, NY TIMES
4:10 ‐ 4:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH PUBLIC ADVOCATE WITH DR. BELKIN
4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE LETITIA JAMES & DR. GARY BELKIN RE; INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IN NYC
5:30 ‐ 5:45 PM MEET WITH CLEMENT JAMES JR.

11578
11579
Staff Contact: Andrea Zuniga
Telephone:
Telephone:

2:00 ‐ 2:15 PM TRAVEL TIME FROM 200 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, S.W TO 1301 PENNSYLVANIZ AVENUE, N.W

2:15 ‐ 4:00 PM TPAC MEETINGS
Location: NYC Office of Federal Affairs, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW

4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM CALL WITH SEC. CASTRO
Location: YOU call )

4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 1301 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW TO WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT
Follow Car: Michael Appleton. Karen Hinton

5:00 ‐ 6:25 PM AMERICAN AIRLINES, FLIGHT AA 2153 FROM DCA TO LGA
Flight: MBDB, Jonathan Viguers, Karen Hinton, Michael Appleton

6:25 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM LGA TO 377 GREENWICH STREET

7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM DINNER EVENT WITH RICHARD BORN
Location: Greenwich Hotel, 377 Greenwich Street

8:30 ‐9:00PM TRAVEL FROM 377 GREENWICH STREET TO GRACIE
MANSION

9:00am – CM Levin “General Welfare Budget Reform” 150 people
10:00am‐ CM Rosenthal “Student Voter Registration” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM MAYOR'S FUND CALL TIME & UPDATES
2:30 ‐ 2:40 PM AUDIO RECORDING TO CONGRATULATE "BUZZFEED'S ANOTHER ROUND" 1ST ANNIVERSARY
2:45 ‐ 3:15 PM PREP FOR NY TIMES INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
3:15 ‐ 4:00 PM OTR INTERVIEW WITH GINIA BELLAFANTE, NY TIMES
4:10 ‐ 4:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH PUBLIC ADVOCATE WITH DR. BELKIN
4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE LETITIA JAMES & DR. GARY BELKIN RE; INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IN NYC
5:30 ‐ 5:45 PM MEET WITH CLEMENT JAMES JR.

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Telephone:

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 87 LAFAYETTE ST TO 49 W 49TH STREET

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES INTERVIEW
Studio: 3A

8:30 ‐ 9:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 49 W 49TH STREET (MANHATTAN) TO GRACIE MANSION


FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:15 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH//WEEKLY MEETING WITH ROXANNE
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM CONVERSATION WITH BROOKLY POST‐PARTUM DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP
5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM DINNER
6:45 ‐ 8:45 PM WELCOMING REMARKS AT PREMIERE OF "MAKING A KILLING: GUNS, GREED, AND THE NRA"
BY ROBERT GREENWALD WITH MBDB

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7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM DINNER WITH DAVID BISTRICER
Location: Tevere, 155 East 84th Street, New York, NY


FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:00 ‐ 8:00 AM ATTEND ST. PATRICK'S DAY BREAKFAST RECEPTION
8:30 ‐ 9:30 AM ATTEND ST. PATRICK'S DAY MASS WITH MBDB
9:30 ‐ 10:30 AM ATTEND CARDINAL DOLAN'S BREAKFAST WITH MBDB 11:00 ‐ 11:30 AM MARCH WITH UNIFORMED
OFFICERS & MBDB AT ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE KICK‐OFF
1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM MEETING WITH ABBY WAMBACH & MBDB
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM CGE COMMISSIONER LISTENING SESSION
3:00 ‐ 3:20 PM PREP FOR CITY&STATE INTERVIEWWITH ERIN WHITE
3:20 ‐ 3:30 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH JEFF COLTIN
4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM MARCH WITH LAVENDER & GREEN AT ST. PAT'S PARADE WITH MBDB
6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM FLONYC WEEKLY SPEECHWRITING CALL WITH RYAN DODGE
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

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11:30 – 11:35 PM TRAVEL FROM PARK SLOPE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO 411 11TH Street
Walk : MBDB, Jonathan Viguers

Location: Bar Toto, 411 11TH Street


6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM INNER CIRCLE REVIEW CALL WITH FLONYC
Call In:
Code:

7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM

10:00 AM Families For Excellent Schools “Safety in Public Schools” 50 people
11:00 AM NYC Immigrants “In Memory Of Martin Quiej” 300 people
1:00 PM Public Advocate Letitia James “Ceremony for Staff Member” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 2:00 PM PRIVATE LUNCH WITH GUEST
2:15 ‐ 2:30 PM CALL WITH ELIZABETH A. SACKLER AND ROXANNE JOHN
2:30 ‐ 4:30 PM PROJECT TIME
6:30 ‐ 6:40 PM INNER CIRCLE REVIEW CALL WITH MBDB
7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM

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Telephone:
Telephone:

12:00 ‐ 12:15 PM TRAVEL FROM FIRST CORINTHIAN CHURCH TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB

12:00 ‐ 12:15 PM NEWS WITH PETER

12:30 ‐ 1:30 PM MEETING WITH TOM AND KEVIN

1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM WEEKLY SCHEDULING CALL (GRACIE MANSION)
Call in:
Code:

2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM CALL W. EMMA/NATHAN/TOM
Call In:
Code:

3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM TPAC CALL



FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:20 ‐ 11:45 AM REMARKS AT BROWN MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER

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5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM PREP FOR HOUSING TTH

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM HOUSING TTH

Car: MBDB

7:30 ‐ 8:30 PM DINNER WITH FL

12:00 PM Vocal NY “HIV Funding” 50 people
1:00 PM Congressman Jeffries “Transportation” 10 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:45 ‐ 1:00 PM CALL WITH COMMISSIONER TOMFINKELPEARL
2:00 ‐ 2:15 PM OPENING REMARKS AT FOUNTAIN HOUSE PANEL FORUM WITH DR. GARY BELKIN ON
THRIVENYC
3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM EITC PHONE INTERVIEW (CITY HALL)
3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM PREP FOR AL BAKER INTERVIEW WITH DR. RAJU & DR. BELKIN, & ELIZABETH GLAZER (CITY
HALL)
4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF & PAUL GUNTHER RE; BOOK CLUB (CITY HALL)

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10:30 ‐ 10:45 AM UNIVISION 41 INTERVIEW (RECORDED)
Notes: In person interview with reporter Mariela Salgado
contact: Producer: Bill Tipacti,

10:50 ‐ 11:00 AM NY1 NOTICIAS (RECORDED)
Notes: In person interview with reporter Jaime Zea
Contact: Reporter Jaime Zea,

11:00 ‐ 12:00 PM MEETING WITH TOM AND EMMA

12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM ALBANY CALL TIME
Location: City Hall, Mayor's Office

1:00 ‐ 1:15 PM PHOTO WITH CWA LOCAL 1182
Location: The Blue Photo

1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM ALBANY BUDGET STRATEGY MEETING

2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING REGARDING ACS
Location: Mayor's Office


4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM HHC MEETING


5:45 ‐ 6:10 PM PREP FOR HOUSING TELE‐ TOWN HALL
Location: City Hall, Office of the Mayor

6:10 ‐ 7:00 PM HOUSING TELE‐ TOWN HALL
Telephone:
Press Staff: Austin Finan
Telephone:

Car : MBDB

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM (T) CALL WITH EMMA, NATHAN AND TOM
Call In:
Code:

7:30 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH GERI AND TOM
Location Gracie Mansion

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12:00 PM Vocal NY “HIV Funding” 50 people
1:00 PM Congressman Jeffries “Transportation” 10 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:45 ‐ 1:00 PM CALL WITH COMMISSIONER TOM FINKELPEARL
2:00 ‐ 2:15 PM OPENING REMARKS AT FOUNTAIN HOUSE PANEL FORUM WITH DR. GARY BELKIN ON
THRIVENYC
2:45 ‐ 3:15 PM CONTENT APPROVALS//WHITESPACE
3:15 ‐ 3:30 PM RECORD “THANK YOU” VIDEO MESSAGE FOR “NO EATS ALONE DAY”
3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM PREP FOR AL BAKER INTERVIEW WITH DR. RAJU & DR. BELKIN, & ELIZABETH GLAZER
4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF & PAUL GUNTHER RE; BOOK CLUB
5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM DEPART CITY HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM DINNER

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2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM MEETING WITH RACHEL AND TOM

3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING WITH STEPHANIE YAZGI

3:30 ‐ 4:30 PM ALBANY CALL TIME

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH JONNEL DORIS

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM HOLD FOR HOUSING VOTE HANDSHAKE


5:45 ‐ 6:30 PM
Location:

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM TO CAPITALE, 130 BOWERY STREET

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM REMARKS AT THE CHCF 16TH ANNUAL GALA “A SLICE OF LATIN AMERICA”
Location: Capitale, 130 Bowery Street
Staff Contact: Roberto Perez
Telephone:
Press Contact: Aja Worthy‐ Davis
Telephone:
Telephone:

7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 130 BOWERY STREET TO 1413 3RD AVENUE

8:00 ‐ 10:00 PM DINNER WITH DONALD ZUCKER
Location: Eli's Table at 1413 3rd Avenue

10:00 – 10:10 PM TRAVEL FROM 1413 3RD AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB

9:00 AM C.A.A.A.V. “Asian Communities” 50 people
10:00 AM Students First N.Y. “ Education Reform” 100 people
11:00AM NYC Coalition for Adult Literacy “TBD” 150 people
12:00PM Council Member Constantinides “Environmental Protection” 40 people
1:00PM National Supermarket Associations “WIC Reform” 30 people
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FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM LUNCH
2:00 ‐ 2:25 PM PREP FOR EITC PHONE INTERVIEWS
2:25 ‐ 2:45 PM EITC PHONE INTERVIEWS
2:45 ‐ 3:45 PM BI‐WEEKLY MENTAL HEALTH MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR BUERY & DR. BELKIN
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM LATINO TOWN HALL ON THRIVENYC WITH DR. GARY BELKIN
7:30 ‐ 8:30 PM DINNER

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2:00 ‐ 2:30 PM
Location:

2:30 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING REGARDING ALBANY



5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH LUIS GARDEN ACOSTA

6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM BRIEFING REGARDING NEW ANTI‐TOBACCO PACKAGE

6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH OPT OUT PARENTS


8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH ALEX ABRAMS


FLONYC SCHEDULE
4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM THRIVENYC TOWN HALL ON LATINA SUICIDE PREVENTION WITH REP. NYDIA VELAZQUEZ
5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH ROXANNE JOHN & JACKIE BRAY
6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM ATTEND BRIEFING ON NEW ANTI‐TOBACCO PACKAGE WITH
MBDB
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

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3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM CALL WITH DM BUERY
Location: You call him on his cell


6:00 ‐ 6:30 PM TRAVEL FROM BAR TOTO TO

6:30 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER WITH ARI FRIED & MOSHE INDIG
Location:

Car: MBDB

9:00 AM ‐Rubinstein Communications “DOT Legislation ‐ Public Spaces”
100 people
10:00 AM‐ Change The Stakes & NYC Opt Out “NYS Testing”
20 people
2:00 PM‐United Service Workers Union “Pedestrian Plaza Legislation”
30 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:45 ‐ 11:15 AM REMARKS & RECEIVE AWARD AT DOC WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH RECOGNITION EVENT
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH
3:00 ‐ 3:20 PM PREP FOR PHONE INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
3:20 ‐ 3:30 PM PRE‐TAPE PHONE INTERVIEW WITH REV. AR BERNARD
3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH AYANNA HALL
4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM MEETING WITH ANDREA HAGELGANS & ERIN WHITE
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

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2:30 ‐ 3:00 PM (T) INTERVIEW WITH ALEX BURNS OF THE NY TIMES




5:30 ‐ 6:30 PM ACS BRIEFING

Car : MBDB

6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM CALL WITH MATTHEW HILTZIK
Location: YOU call Matt at

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM PLANNING MEETING

10:00 AM Parents For Quality Public Schools “Safety In Schools” 10 people
2:00 PM Association for Better NY “Voter Turnout” 20 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 3:00 PM NYPD CIT TRAINING OBSERVATION
3:30 ‐ 4:00 PM MEETING WITH TOM, PETER, & KEVIN
4:00 ‐ 4:15 PM PREP FOR PHONE INTERVIEW WITH LIZ DEBOLD
4:15 ‐ 4:20 PM PHONE INTERVIEW WITH MANHATTAN TIMES/BRONX FREE PRESS ON C2C
4:20 ‐ 4:40 PM FLONYC WEEKLY SCHEDULING MEETING WITH STAFF
4:40 ‐ 5:00 PM FLONYC WEEKLY SPEECHWRITING MEETING WITH RYAN DODGE
5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM CONTENT APPROVALS
5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM DEPART CITY HALL EN ROUTE GRACIE MANSION
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM PLANNING MEETING WITH MBDB

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6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM CALL WITH PHIL EDMUNDSON FROM BOSTON – CEO/CO‐FOUNDER OF WILLIAM GALLAGHER
AND ASSOCIATES
Location: Bar Toto ‐ 411 11th Street, Brooklyn

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM


FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 2:00 PM MEETING WITH MICHELLE VILLAGOMEZ
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

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12:00 ‐ 12:45 PM ATTEND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING FOR CLERGY
(QUEENS)
2:40 ‐ 2:50 PM VIDEO MESSAGE: THE ADDICTED BRAIN AND NEW TREATMENT FRONTIERS: SIXTH ANNUAL
ASPEN BRAIN FORUM (CH)
2:50 ‐ 3:00 PM VIDEO MESSAGE: MHA'S 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE "MEDIA, MESSAGING, & MENTAL
HEALTH" (CH)
3:00 ‐ 5:00 PM CHOREOGRAPHED INNER CIRCLE PRACTICE FOR FLONYC ‐ WITHOUT MBDB
(CH)
6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM WEEKLY MEETING WITH ROXANNE JOHN (GM)
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

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10:00 ‐ 10:30 PM WISCONSIN PRIMARY ‐ POLLS CLOSE 9PM ET

11:00 NYC Service “National Service Recognition Day” 150 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH
2:00 ‐ 4:30 PM EVENT IN BROOKLYN
6:30 ‐ 7:30 PM DINNER

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12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM HAM4HAM AND INNER CIRCLE TAPING WITH LIN MANUEL MIRANDA & ANDREW SIFF
Location: Richard Rogers Theatre, 226 W 46th Street, Manhattan
Notes: * YOU will kick off the return of Ham4Ham lottery tomorrow at
approximately 12:30PM.
Broadway's Hamilton reinstated a modified version of its in‐person $10
#Ham4Ham ticket lottery beginning on Wednesday, April 6.

1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 226 WEST 46TH STREET TO CITY HALL

1:30 ‐ 2:30 PM TPA STRATEGY MEETING



4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM PUBLIC HEARING AND BILL SIGNING FOR INTROS. 1068‐A, 554‐A, 993‐A AND 815‐B


5:50 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 52 BROADWAY

6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM ATTEND HILLARY FOR AMERICA VOLUNTEER RALLY
Location: UFT, 52 Broadway

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 52 BROADWAY TO GRACIE MANSION

7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM CALL WITH CUNY CHANCELLOR JAMES MILLIKEN (REGARDING JUDGE DORIS LING‐COHEN)
Location: YOU Call the Chancellor on his cell at



9:00 AM Innocence Project “Wrongful Convictions” 20 people
12:00 PM YAFFED “Education” 10 people
1:00 PM NYC EMT’s “Lost Jobs & Better Pay” 100 people

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FLONYC SCHEDULE
7:00 ‐ 7:30 PM REMARKS & PRESENT AWARD TO JOYCE DINKINS AT THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM EVENT

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Telephone:


3:20 ‐ 3:50 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO LGA MARINE TERMINAL

3:50 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH GEORGE GRESHAM
Location: LGA Marine Terminal Conference Room

5:00 ‐ 5:15 PM CALL WITH JAMES PATCHET ET AL RE: PARKS & TRUMP
Call In:
Code:

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM TRAVEL FROM LGA TO GRACIE MANSION


6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM ATTEND GREEK INDEPENDENCE RECEPTION
Telephone:

7:00 ‐ 7:15 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO THE PIERRE, 5TH AVENUE & 61ST STREET

7:15 ‐ 7:45 PM REMARKS AT THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET COMMISION ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER
Location: The Pierre, 5th Avenue & 61st Street
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

7:45 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 61ST & 5TH AVENUE TO 301 PARK AVENUE

8:00 ‐ 8:30 PM REMARKS AT THE NEW YORK POLICE FOUNDATION 2016 GALA
Location: 301 Park Avenue – The Waldorf Astoria
Site Contact: Susan L. Birnbaum, President and CEO
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

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8:30 ‐ 8:40 PM TRAVEL FROM 301 PARK AVENUE TO 110 EAST 42ND STREET

8:45 ‐ 9:00 PM REMARKS AT THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS 9TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP GALA
Location: Cipriani's, 110 East 42nd Street
Telephone:
Telephone:
Telephone:

9:00 ‐ 9:15 PM TRAVEL FROM 110 EAST 42ND STREET TO GRACIE MANSION
Travel Time:

10:00AM United Spinal Association “Disability Rights” 20 people
12:00PM Food & Water Watch “Jobs & Environment” 50 people
1:00PM UJA Federation “Adult Literacy & Immigrant Service” 200 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:00 ‐ 12:30 PM LUNCH
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH FUND 2016 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON
2:30 ‐ 3:15 PM MEETING WITH SHAUN KING, NY DAILY NEWS
3:15 ‐ 3:30 PM MEETING WITH MASHA GINDLER
3:30 ‐ 3:50 PM WEEKLY SCHEDULING MEETING WITH STAFF
3:50 ‐ 4:15 PM WEEKLY SPEECHWRITING MEETING WITH RYAN DODGE
7:30 ‐ 8:30 PM ATTEND THE 7TH ANNUAL DIANE VON FURSTENBERG AWARDS WITH GABRIELLE FIALKOFF

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1:30 ‐ 1:40 PM CALL WITH DEAN ESSERMAN
Notes: YOU call Dean on his cell at

Location: Bar Toto


7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

11:00AM Families Against Guns 30 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
9:30 ‐ 10:00 AM REMARKS AT UFT & DOE OFFICE OF GUIDANCE AND SCHOOL COUNSELING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT DAY
10:00 ‐ 10:45 AM PREP FOR MSNBC WITH ERIN WHITE
11:30 ‐ 12:15 PM LIVE INTERVIEW ON MSNBC WITH TAMRON HALL
1:00 ‐ 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 ‐ 1:45 PM COMPLETE MAYOR'S FUND PERFORMANCE REVIEW EVALUATION
SURVEY
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM
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6:45 ‐ 7:15 PM TRAVEL FROM GRACIE MANSION TO NEW YORK HILTON, (53RD ST & SIXTH AVENUE), GRAND
BALLROOM (THIRD FLOOR)
Car: MBDB, FLONYC

7:15 ‐ 12:00 AM ATTEND THE 94TH ANNUAL INNER CIRCLE SHOW WITH FLONYC
Location: New York Hilton, (53rd St & Sixth Avenue), Grand Ballroom (Third Floor)
Telephone:
Press Contact: Marti Adams
Telephone:
Notes: **YOU should wear a black suite – black tie and white shirt

12:00 ‐12:30 AM TRAVEL FROM NEW YORK HILTON TO GRACIE MANSION
Car: MBDB, FLONYC


FLONYC SCHEDULE
1:00 ‐ 2:30 PM
7:15 ‐ 11:55 PM ATTEND 94TH ANNUAL INNER CIRCLE SHOW WITH MBDB
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3:30 ‐ 5:30 PM SOFTBALL
Location: Prospect Park ‐ Parade Ground Softball Field 5

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM TRAVEL FROM FIELD 5 TO GRACIE MANSION

Call In:
Code:

7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM


FLONYC SCHEDULE
11:00 ‐ 12:00 PM WORKOUT
7:00 ‐ 9:00 PM

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Telephone:
Telephone:

1:30 ‐ 2:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 455 1ST AVENUE TO 1 PIERREPONT PLAZA, BROOKLYN ‐11th Floor

2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM VISIT HRC CAMPAIGN
Location: 1 Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn ‐11th floor

3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 1 PIERREPONT PLAZA TO CITY HALL


4:15 ‐ 4:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH GARY LABARBERA

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH GARY LABARBERA

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR GLEN

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH PAM KWATRA

6:00 ‐ 6:15 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH GOVERNOR OF TOKYO

6:15 ‐ 6:45 PM MEETING WITH GOVERNOR MASUZOE OF TOKYO
Telephone:


8:00 ‐ 8:15 PM (T) LIVE INTERVIEW WITH MSNBC/ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES


9:00 AM – Speaker Mark‐Viverito “Equal Pay Day” 50 people
12:00PM ‐ C/M Cumbo “Pay/Gender Equity” 100 people
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1:00PM– Justice Committee “Police Reform” 50 people
3:00PM – Neighborhood Families Coalition “Salary Parody” 50 people
4:00PM – Campaign For Children “Summer Camp” 75 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE

1:15 ‐ 2:00 PM MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER CECILE NOEL
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM CGE MEETING WITH MAYA WILEY, AZADEH KHALILI, & ROXANNE JOHN
3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM PREP FOR VICE NEWS INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
3:30 ‐ 4:15 PM BRIEFING ON MENTAL HYGIENE CIVIL COURTS WITH DR. GARY BELKIN
4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH JUDGES CAROLYN E. WADE, PAMELA L. FISHER, & DR. GARY BELKIN RE;
MENTAL HYGIENE CIVIL COURTS
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

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4:15 ‐ 4:30 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH GARY LABARBERA

4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH GARY LABARBERA

5:00 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH DEPUTY MAYOR GLEN

5:30 ‐ 6:00 PM MEETING WITH PAM KWATRA

6:00 ‐ 6:15 PM PREP FOR MEETING WITH GOVERNOR OF TOKYO

6:15 ‐ 6:45 PM MEETING WITH GOVERNOR MASUZOE OF TOKYO
Telephone:


7:15 ‐ 7:45 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 30 ROCKEFELLER CENTER ‐ 49 W 49TH STREET, BETWEEN 5TH AVE
AND 6TH AVENUE

7:45 ‐ 7:45 PM ARRIVE AT STUDIO
Location: 30 Rockefeller Center ‐ 49 W 49th Street, between 5th Ave and 6th Avenue

8:00 ‐ 8:15 PM LIVE INTERVIEW WITH MSNBC/ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES
Location: 30 Rockefeller Center ‐ 49 W 49th Street, between 5th Ave and 6th Avenue


9:00 AM – Speaker Mark‐Viverito “Equal Pay Day” 50 people
12:00PM ‐ C/M Cumbo “Pay/Gender Equity” 100 people
1:00PM– Justice Committee “Police Reform” 50 people
3:00PM – Neighborhood Families Coalition “Salary Parody” 50 people
4:00PM – Campaign For Children “Summer Camp” 75 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE

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1:15 ‐ 2:00 PM MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER CECILE NOEL
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM CGE MEETING WITH MAYA WILEY, AZADEH KHALILI, & ROXANNE JOHN
3:00 ‐ 3:30 PM PREP FOR VICE NEWS INTERVIEW WITH ERIN WHITE
3:30 ‐ 4:15 PM BRIEFING ON MENTAL HYGIENE CIVIL COURTS WITH DR. GARY BELKIN
4:30 ‐ 5:30 PM MEETING WITH JUDGES CAROLYN E. WADE, PAMELA L. FISHER, & DR. GARY BELKIN RE;
MENTAL HYGIENE CIVIL COURTS
7:00 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER

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Car: MBDB, FLONYC


12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM BRIEFING REGARDING EARTH DAY


2:00 ‐ 3:30 PM EXECUTIVE BUDGET OVERVIEW BRIEFING


4:30 ‐ 5:00 PM MEETING WITH TOM & STEPHANIE RE: CITIES FOR ACTION

5:00 ‐ 6:30 PM EXECUTIVE BUDGET OVERVIEW BRIEFING

6:45 ‐ 7:15 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO THE PIERRE, 5TH AVENUE & 61ST STREET

6:45 ‐ 7:15 PM PREP CALL FOR ASK THE MAYOR (NBC)
Call In:
Code:

7:15 ‐ 7:45 PM REMARKS AT JCRC OF NY 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER WITH FLONYC
Location: The Pierre, 2 East 61st Street (Corner 5th Ave)
Site Contact: Marcy Fishman
Telephone:
Staff Contact: Pinny Ringel
Telephone:
Telephone:
Note: FLONYC will meet you at the front of The Pierre
Setup: ‐YOU and the First Lady will be seated at a table in the front. After being
introduced YOU will walk towards the podium from where you will address the gala dinner

7:45 ‐ 8:00 PM TRAVEL FROM THE PIERRE, 5TH AVENUE & 61ST STREET TO 1 EAST 55TH STREET

8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH MR. DILLER/DIANE VON FURSTENBERG & FLONYC
Location: The Polo Bar, 1 East 55th Street, corner of Fifth Avenue and East 55th Street

9:30 ‐ 10:00 PM TRAVEL FROM 1 EAST 55TH STREET TO GRACIE MANSION
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10:00 AM – C/M Crowley “EMS”
11:00 AM – Black Leadership Action Coalition “Against Bag Legislation” 50 people
2:00 PM– C/M Chin “Plastic Bag Legislation” 50 people
3:00 PM – C/M Landers & Cafeteria Coalition “Environment” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH
1:45 ‐ 2:15 PM REMARKS & RECEIVE AWARD AT NAN'S WOMEN LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON (SHERATON
HOTEL)
2:15 ‐ 2:45 PM OPENING REMARKS AT PANEL DISCUSSION ON DIVERSITY IN MENTAL
HEALTH
4:00 ‐ 5:00 PM WEEKLY MEETING WITH ROXANNE JOHN
7:15 ‐ 7:45 PM ATTEND MBDB REMARKS AT JCRC 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
DINNER
8:00 ‐ 9:30 PM DINNER WITH MR. DILLER/DIANE VON FURSTENBERG & MBDB

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Telephone:

10:10 ‐ 10:30 AM TRAVEL FROM PARK SLOPE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 431 6TH AVENUE TO CITY HALL

10:10 ‐ 10:30 AM NEWS WITH MONICA

10:30 ‐ 12:30 PM EXECUTIVE BUDGET BRIEFING







6:30 ‐ 7:00 PM TRAVEL FROM CITY HALL TO 300 CENTRAL PARK WEST

7:00 ‐ 8:30 PM EVENT WITH KEN LERER
Location: 300 Central Park West, New York, NY

8:30 ‐ 9:00 PM TRAVEL 300 CENTRAL PARK WEST TO 811 7TH AVENUE,
METROPOLITAN

9:00 ‐ 11:00 PM ATTEND HILLARY FOR NEW YORK PRIMARY NIGHT PARTY WITH FLONYC
Location: Sheraton New York Times Square, 811 7th Avenue, Metropolitan Ballroom,
2nd Floor
Telephone:

11:00 ‐ 11:30 PM TRAVEL FROM 811 7TH AVENUE TO GRACIE MANSION

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10:00 AM – Students First NYC “Education Reform” 100 people
11:00 AM – C/M Torres “Three Quarter Houses” 50 people

FLONYC SCHEDULE
10:00 ‐ 10:10 AM VOTE WITH MBDB
12:30 ‐ 1:00 PM LUNCH
2:00 ‐ 3:00 PM (T) LIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS HAYES
4:15 ‐ 4:50 PM LIVE INTERVIEW ON MSNBC
7:15 ‐ 8:00 PM DINNER
9:00 ‐ 11:00 PM HRC WITH MBDB

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From: Adams Baker, Marti

Median HHI in the Bx neighborhood that we’re visiting should be $21K

Please use THIS version of the memo.

sent from a mobile device.

sent from a mobile device.

It also allows us to focus on the state legislators as an audience.

This is great thanks.

From: "Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)" <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>

Here’s what I suggested as a rework:

On Friday, the Mayor will travel to Washington, D.C.

On Sep 28, 2015, at 6:43 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB) <SpitalnickA@omb.nyc.gov>

Also fine with me!

Invitations to the candidates to attend Presidential forum - keeping it on the down

On Sep 28, 2015, at 6:52 PM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

Invitation to what? When does it hit?

Follow Me On Twitter @KarenHinton

yes. I talked to him about it when we checked in on saturday too

On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:49 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

From: Geri Prado [mailto:geri@progressiveagenda.us]

Yes. Looping Hayley as well.

On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:46 PM, Salazar-Rodriguez, Prisca <PSalazar-

Are these all meetings the Mayor has agreed to?

NEA (Downtown)- President Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Chief of Staff

SEIU (Downtown/Dupont Circle)- Mary Kay Henry- assist Sarah

UFCW (Downtown)- President Marc Perrone, Angie Almony,

I’m setting up two clutches directly after his speaking engagement at

Hm they didn't reach out.

On Sep 28, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Spitalnick, Amy (OMB)

From: Geri Prado

On Sep 28, 2015, at 9:58 PM, John Del Cecato

I can do 9:30 as well. Let me know what number to call.

Actually no - 930 works better

On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Wait, it is in studio. Are you going to the studio?

On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea <AHagelgans@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Just sent it to your personals

And, there’s no influencing it, right?

Follow Me On Twitter @KarenHinton

Begin forwarded message:

From: Rebecca Katz <rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com>

December issue, closes next week, comes out in mid-Nov. 4pm?

I don't think so - I believe it was put to bed a long time ago

On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Hinton, Karen <KHinton@cityhall.nyc.gov> wrote:

And, there’s no influencing it, right?

Follow Me On Twitter @KarenHinton

From: "'jfdc@akpdmedia. com'" <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

Begin forwarded message:

From: Rebecca Katz <rkatz@hilltoppublicsolutions.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------

December issue, closes next week, comes out in mid-Nov.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Rebecca Katz

Is this for November issue?

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Molly Ball

On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Adams Baker, Marti <MAdams@cityhall.nyc.gov>

Should be there in 25 min

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:50, John Del Cecato <jfdc@akpdmedia.com>

You riding with MBDB?

On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Adams Baker, Marti

Mayor arrives at CNN at 11:30 am

On Sep 29, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Hagelgans, Andrea

we're here. poppy is with us

sent from a mobile device.

On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Hayley Prim