Good Morning, New York! Migrant shelters are set to close across the state, negotiations for the Climate Superfund continue, and disgraced ex-lawmaker Anthony Weiner files to run for City Council District 2. This is your Tammany Times AM Briefing for Wednesday, December 11th, 2024.

WHERE’S ERIC: No public schedule yet.

WHERE’S KATHY: In New York City and Putnam County, making a transportation announcement.

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Hall Monitors

— New York City plans to empty the Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter ahead of Trump’s inauguration. As the only NYC shelter on federal land, activists were concerned that it would allow the President-elect to send in federal agents to deport illegal immigrants living on the site. They also worried that the site could be repurposed as a detention center. (The City)

— Brooklyn lawmakers are calling for a quick fix on the BQE, and are concerned that a permanent fix may not be coming. Current plans for the reconstruction of the road would not begin until 2029, at which point many Brooklyn lawmakers are concerned it will have already failed. Instead, they are requesting a “stabilization plan” to keep the triple-cantilever open and safe for the next 15-20 years. (Gothamist)

— New York City plans to close its upstate migrant shelters, according to a statement released by Eric Adams on Tuesday. These shelters have been operating at budget hotels in Upstate NY since May 2023, including in Albany, Colonie, Newburgh, and Poughkeepsie. In total, 25 hotels across the state will stop housing migrants under teh plan. (Times Union)

Capitol Gains

— Kathy Hochul to issue a governor’s warrant for the extradition of Luigi Mangione from Pennsylvania to New York. His lawyers currently contest this, and Mangione is being held at State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in Huntingdon County, PA. The process could take up to 30 days. (CBS News)

— Kathy Hochul plans to unveil a new detailed immigration policy over the coming days. While the plan has not yet been released, she did say that it includes plans to aggressively prosecute criminals and also protect other migrants who are living in the state, as long as they pay taxes. The full plan will reportedly be released by the beginning of 2025. (State of Politics)

— Negotiations are continuing on the Climate Superfund bill ahead of a December 31st deadline, with Hochul reportedly still negotiating specific chapter amendments. The bill would in part force fossil fuel companies to provide $3 billion a year over 25 years, for a total of $75B, towards the state’s climate change plans. Sponsors of the bill are optimistic, but opponents point out that even if it does pass it is likely to get held up in court. (State of Politics)

— Micron Technology has reached a final deal that will provide them with $6.1 billion to build a chip plant in Central NY and Idaho. The New York plan is part of a $100 billion complex at White Pine Commerce Park in Clay. They plan to break ground in fall 2025. It will employ up to 9,000 people and create an estimate 40,000 spinoff jobs. (Syracuse.com)

Trail Mix

— The Democratic Socialists of America are launching their biggest ever GOTV effort in support of Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. They plan to work 8 locations across four boroughs on Saturday, Dec. 14th. This comes as the DSA scales up support for a slate of co-endorsed Democratic candidates in the 2025 cycle. (X/nycDSA)

— Embattled ex-lawmaker Anthony Weiner has filed to run for City Council in NYC. Weiner exited the City Council in disgrace over a decade ago after it came out that he had sexted a 15 year old girl, a crime he spent 21 months in jail for. (He would later be convicted again for a similar crime, serving a further 18 months in prison.) The move makes District 2 even more competitive, brining the total number of major Democratic candidates to six. (NY Post)

— Half of the claims for matching funds submitted by Mayor Eric Adams have been deemed “invalid” by the city’s Campaign Finance Board, the highest rate of rejection Adams has experienced to date. The announcement comes as the Campaign Finance Board is weighing whether to offer Adams matching funds at all for the 2025 cycle. (Daily News)