enews\capitalnewyork\dec5 By Azi Paybarah in Manhattan, Jimmy Vielkind in Albany and Mike Allen in D.C., with Daniel Lippman CHUCK SCARBOROUGH said on last night’s WNBC 11 o’clock news that the protests could mean “days of chaos to come.” DE BLASIO: RETRAINING COPS WILL LEAD TO CHANGE -- Capital’s Sally Goldenberg: “Officials said the entire 35,000-member department will participate in the three-day training program, beginning with 22,000 patrol officers. The administrations goal is to have those officers retrained by June of next year. ‘It is an opportunity for us to train our police officers in a very different way,’ the NYPDs first deputy commissioner, Benjamin Tucker, said this afternoon at a press conference with Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton. Officers will be taught to refrain from applying force at times. … Mayor Bill de Blasio … said the city will spend $35 million on the program. … ‘The training thats going to happen here in this building will change the future of this city,’ he said. ‘It will have an impact on millions of people.’” -- Times’ Matt Flegenheimer and J. David Goodman: “The police will be taught strategies to control ego and adrenaline and urged to suppress profanity, city officials said. Officers will be exposed to the culture of the communities they are asked to patrol and given new guidance on how to persuade suspects to comply with arrest without the use of force.” goo.gl/2kbMSi --Flashback, July 31, Al Sharpton: “Training is one of the answers, but until police know they will pay, and will pay the same way people in our community and every other community has to pay when they do a crime, it will keep going.” goo.gl/kNGEkf PAY ATTENTION -- News’ Erik Badia and Corky Siemaszko: Ramsey Orta, who videoed the Garner incident, said, “When I went to the grand jury to speak on my behalf, nobody in the grand jury was even paying attention to what I had to say.” He also said: “People were on their phones, people were talking. I feel like they didnt give (Garner) a fair grand jury. He said he testified for 10 minutes. goo.gl/uRY6Wr BRATTON HEDGES ON CHOKEHOLD -- Capital’s Azi Paybarah: Appearing on CNN Thursday morning, New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton said, ‘It appears to be a chokehold—as we understand it, [it] wasn’t.’ … CNN host Chris Cuomo asked Bratton, ‘How could it not be [a chokehold], based on what you’ve seen and I’ve seen,’ as cell phone video of the July 17 encounter between Pantaleo and Garner appeared on the screen. Bratton replied, ‘I’ve been around a long time in this business. What appears to be sometimes may not be what it is.’ goo.gl/AJk2CL N.Y. POST cover, “DANTE’S INFERNO: Policy fury at mayor’s racial smear” by Larry Celona, Kirstan Conley and Bruce Golding: “The NYPD’s rank and file reacted with fury Thursday at being ‘thrown under the bus’ by Mayor de Blasio, who said he and First Lady Chirlane McCray had trained their mixed-race son, Dante, about the ‘dangers’ posed by cops. Pat Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, blasted de Blasio for his inflammatory remarks, which followed Wednesday’s decision by a Staten Island grand jury not to indict cop Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. ... The comments angered cops, with one saying, ‘Did he tell his son to be wary of his police bodyguards, that he should be afraid of them as they pick him up at school and drive him where he needs to go?’” bit.ly/1s1vzFs LATE NIGHT BEST – “‘What the F*ck Are You Talking About?’ Stewart Tears Into Eric Garner Reactions”: “I want to apologize for [Wednesday]. I began the show somewhat overwrought because no one involved in the death of Eric Garner was indicted and I want to apologize because I was wrong. ... But someone was indicted. They got the shooter! ... of the video. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there: photographing crime does not pay.” Video bit.ly/1w4Xs6p INTERVIEW -- “‘It’s Past the Point of No Return’: An NYPD Officer Opens Up About What Went Wrong in the Eric Garner Case,” by New York Magazine’s Sulome Anderson: Q&A with an anonymous NYPD cop, but one “who had been honest with me in the past”): “Nowadays, since Kelly’s Operation Impact, rookies are taught one thing: Write tickets, do searches, make money. They’ll have a quota they have to fill. They’re not supposed to, but they do. ... These rookies don’t understand how to let the small stuff go. ... No, it’s not a race thing. It’s a Ray Kelly thing. ... When I came up as a rookie, you were assigned an older cop who had been around and knew what they were doing. We were taught that you catch more flies with honey. Basically, if you let the small things go — like the guy selling loosies or weed or whatever on the corner — then when the big s*** happens, like homicide or burglary, those are the same guys who will tell you all about it. If they hate you, they won’t tell you s***.” nym.ag/1z0w5tk --“Over 100 arrested as NYC protests rage on,” by Post’s Kirstan Conley, Ben Feuerherd and Georgett Roberts: “Thousands of people protesting the Eric Garner decision flooded into Manhattan Thursday night, with scores being arrested for shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge, West Side Highway and major streets — including teachers-union boss Randi Weingarten. Traffic came to a standstill from Canal Street to the Upper West Side. By the early morning, there had been more than 100 arrests. ‘Go home, a–holes!’ a cabdriver yelled from his window. ‘This city won’t move until we have justice,’ protester Felix Castro said. Cops ceded the bridge without a fight, and gave protesters the run of the city on the second night of marches.” bit.ly/15ScZuZ CUOMO’S GARNER AGENDA: In his first interviews since grappling with a crippling snowstorm in western New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo expressed surprise at the “corrosive” decision by a grand jury not to issue indictments in the Garner case. Speaking first to the Albany bubble and later with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, the Democratic governor weighed in, unspecifically, to the bubbling conversations about race and policing that have erupted after protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and now New York itself. “The justice system has two obligations, in my opinion. One is to actually do justice, and two is to instill a sense of confidence in society that it is doing justice. Short-term, were going to instill confidence by the federal takeover,” Cuomo told Blitzer. “Long-term, what Im looking to do, Wolf, is this is an opportunity to really do a soup-to-nuts comprehensive review of the system. And lets talk about police officer training, and this choke hold, and why did you need so many bodies jumping on an individual to hold him down on a street, on the sidewalk. And diversity, and cameras, and transparency and accountability and the role of the grand jury. Should the DAs be bringing these cases, and roles for special prosecutors. Because this keeps happening, and happening and happening, and its corrosive.” TABS -- News: “GRAND FURY” -- Post: “DANTE’S INFERNO; Police fury at mayor’s racial smear” -- amNY: “ANGER” -- El Diario [translated]: “De Blasio: ‘Time to Change’’ FRONT PAGES -- Times, 1-col above the fold: “Mayor Striving to Back Police and Protesters; Furor Over Chokehold Is Test for de Blasio” -- WSJNY, 4-col above the fold: “De Blasio Draws Praise, Criticism” THE TALK OF WALL STREET -- “Too close to Wall St? The NY Fed’s reputation is under threat,” by FT’s Tom Braithwaite, Gina Chon and Henny Sender: “[R]ecent leaks have again raised questions over whether the New York Fed is too close to the banks and if a more profound overhaul of how the US government oversees the banking system is required. ... [M]ixing with bankers makes some yearn for the bigger pay of the private sector. Staffers often take a job at the New York Fed in the belief that background will help them eventually get hired by Wall Street, according to a former Fed official, though others dispute this suggestion. ... LinkedIn shows at least 40 profiles of people who list the New York Fed and Goldman in their job history. ‘The fact that there is a revolving door should be unsurprising because this does require technical expertise,’ says one former government official. ‘The Wall Street guys are the right guys to be involved because farmers and gas station jockeys don’t have the sophistication.’” on.ft/12roU0g ABOUT LAST NIGHT -- Bloomberg Businessweek’s 85th anniversary party -- pool report: “Michael Bloomberg hosted a gala dinner [Thursday] evening for 300 guests at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to celebrate Bloomberg Businessweek magazines 85th anniversary ... Guests including Henry Kissinger, Nouriel Roubini, George Lucas, Martha Stewart, Anita Dunn, Hilary Rosen, Preet Bhara, Barry Diller, Donna Karan, Hank Paulson, Charlie Rose, Mort Zuckerman, Alex Wagner, Ronan Farrow, Bruce Ratner and Henry Kravis were treated [to] a special musical performance by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (donned in a tight strapless red sequin gown) who sang duets from their album Cheek to Cheek. “Earlier in the evening Mike Bloomberg thanked guests for coming, saying that he knew they all had other places they could have been: ‘Someone approached me with tears in his eyes, saying “Don’t you know I’m missing Peter Pan Live’ on television.” I know, Dr. Kissinger – but that’s why they invented the D-V-R!’ As for the special issue of Bloomberg Businessweek celebrating the 85 most disruptive ideas of the past 85 years, MC Seth Meyers said that he was glad Apple placed one spot ahead of Al-Qaeda on the list. He joked that people can say what they want about Al-Qaeda but it never places unwanted songs onto your iTunes list -- THAT is truly disruptive.” The ranking of the 85 most disruptive ideas: buswk.co/85ideas SIGN OF TIMES – A truck carrying copies of The New York Times overturned in Philadelphia Thursday morning which led to many copies of the paper “spilling out” of the truck, per Philly. New York Magazine’s @intelligencer tweeted: “This @nytimes delivery truck should have taken the buyout” – see a pic: nym.ag/1zoVwDa CHRISTIE CHRONICLES -- “Report Cites Gaps Between Records and Christie’s Comments on Bridge Lane Closings,” by Times’ Kate Zernike: “A long-awaited report by a New Jersey legislative committee says that there is ‘no conclusive evidence’ whether Gov. Chris Christie knew about the controversial lane closings at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 before or as they were happening. But in a detailed chronology, the report argues that the governor had many opportunities to know about the lane closings, the political motive behind them and the involvement of his administration, even as he insisted he knew nothing. Using testimony and records from the governor’s closest allies and staff members, the 136-page report argues that the governor, a Republican, was not telling the truth when he told a news conference almost exactly a year ago that his senior staff members and campaign team had assured him that they had not known about the closings while they were happening.” nyti.ms/1vmOJWi VIDEO – Chris Christie in Calgary, Canada, where a former politician chatting with him tells the governor he should announce for president in Canada. Christie responds: “[you’re] giving me advice to announce for the presidency of my country in a foreign country. As my friend Donald Trump would say, you’re fired. ... Where was the warm welcome from Calgary come from?” bit.ly/1I7R7dL OPEN FOR ENTRIES: the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, which honors the late Robin Toner of The New York Times and has a $5,000 award and is sponsored by the Newhouse School at Syracuse University (with no entry fee). Deadline is Jan. 19, 2015. More info and the entry form: bit.ly/1FRJVAx EAT BEAT -- “Man Steals Lobster and Steak From Whole Foods, Police Say,” by DNAinfo’s Leslie Albrecht: “Officers arrested Michael Parascandola, 50, at the Whole Foods at Third Street and Third Avenue after he shoplifted 10 lobster tails worth $200, three rib-eye steaks valued at $60 and an undisclosed amount of frozen shrimp worth $96 on Nov. 26 about 3:30 p.m. ... A security officer at the gourmet market spotted Parascandola taking the food, along with two Whole Foods Market cooler bags, a hat, a scarf and some gloves ... The total value of the stolen items was more than $435.” dnain.fo/1ArIeXt --“Sip Coffee Paired With Chocolate at a Red Hook Factory,” by DNAinfo’s Nikhita Venugopal: “Calling all chocolate lovers and coffee connoisseurs. Raaka Chocolate is partnering with Irving Farm Coffee Roasters for an evening of tastings that features five samples of chocolate paired with cups of hand-poured single-origin coffee. Five baristas from Irving Farm will serve the pairings on Dec. 13 at Raaka’s 64 Seabring St. factory in Red Hook from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are priced at $12 for unlimited tastings. ... Raaka and Irving Farm will also introduce the duo’s first chocolate collaboration — the ‘Horchata’ bar — which is made with Irving Farm’s Talnamica coffee from El Salvador.” dnain.fo/1ArImWP Tickets: bit.ly/1vTemC2 TOMMY THE CHIMPANZEE NOT A PERSON—Gannett’s Jon Campbell: A mid-level appeals court ruled Thursday that Tommy the Chimpanzee was not actually a human. Tommy’s attorney — Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project —argued that chimpanzees display enough attributes similar to humans to deserve special treatment. Tommy is owned by a Albany-area resident and was seen by an animal rights activist who worried about this treatment. bit.ly/1tT4nZ2 MOVING ON -- Jonathan Davis is leaving State Senator Adriano Espaillat’s office and will announce his “big plans for 2015” sometimes after the holidays, he wrote in an email to colleagues. He also said, “Its been an incredible ride: sparring with dangerous motorcycle gangs, uptown slumlords, shady dentists, anti-immigrant xenophobes, and all kinds of threats from the bad side of the GWB. Plus theres been the occasional political campaign too.” SPEED READ -- “Hedge Fund Execs Spent Big In New York Elections, Now Likely To Reap Their Reward,” by HuffPost’s Paul Blumenthal: “A handful of hedge fund executives aiming to direct more taxpayer money to charter schools pooled their own vast resources to help elect a Republican majority in the New York State Senate last month. They won on election night. Now, it looks like theyll get what they wanted policy-wise. ... Soon after the election, the state Senates Republican leader, Dean Skelos, declared that increasing funds for charter schools and lifting the cap on the number of such schools in New York City and the state would be top agenda items for the next legislative session.” huff.to/15SaKIb -- “Cuomo’s struggle to extend the school day,” by Capital’s Jessica Bakeman: “Governor Andrew Cuomos initiative to increase the amount of time students spend in the classroom has arguably been the least successful of his signature competitive education grant programs, with only six of the states roughly 700 school districts implementing the program. National experts credited Cuomo for making New York only the second state to attempt extending the school day or year, a reform that has been shown to improve students’ academic outcomes, especially in low-income communities. But they argue the Cuomo administration’s handling of the grant program severely hindered district administrators’ ability to successfully launch the complex program.” bit.ly/1vPWGak REAL ESTATE -- Deputy mayor makes Koch connection, by Capital’s Ryan Hutchins: “A top city official talked at length Thursday about parallels between Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan and the one undertaken by the Ed Koch administration in the 1980s, even making a numbers-for-numbers comparison of the two initiates. Speaking at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Koch endeavor, Alicia Glen, the deputy mayor for housing and economic development, said she hoped that in another quarter century, people would look back and think her boss’ program was ‘even bigger and better and more successful than Mayor Koch’s plan.’ “‘We’re talking about a plan that was a little over $5 billion and, I think, at the end of the day, around 180,000 units of affordable housing, over about 14 years,’ Glen said, speaking at the offices of JP Morgan Chase on Madison Avenue. ‘So I know everybody keeps saying, ‘well, is your 200,000 units crazy? Is that number obtainable? How does it compare?’ If you look at what we’re trying to do, I think it’s ambitious, but it’s built on the scale of what the Koch plan really did and, in many respects, we owe a lot of what we’re doing to what the unbelievably talented people in the Koch administration did.’” bit.ly/1zsg8ud --“Fashion Design Hub Will Launch in Sunset Park,” by DNAinfo’s Nikhita Venugopal: “Sunset Park could be New York’s next fashion epicenter.The city is investing $3.5 million in a new fashion design and manufacturing hub that’s taking over 160,000 square feet of a decades-old building in the neighborhood ...The Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles + Wearable Tech is a space for ‘research, design, development and manufacturing resources for New York’s emerging designers and apparel manufactures,’ officials said.” dnain.fo/1vV5soD --“The Barclays effect,” by Capital’s Sarah Laskow: “More than two years after the Barclays Center opened, the neighborhood has undergone a transformation. Before Barclays, more of the shops in the area sold stuff—clothes or furniture or the like. These weren’t the sort of businesses that did well in the Barclays era. On the other hand, the arena employs nearly 2,000 people; approximately 1,600 of them live in Brooklyn, and one-third live in NYCHA developments. The area is still dense and vibrant. There are still old buildings. But in addition to a place where people live, it’s now also place where people go out.” bit.ly/124eJyX --Landmarks Panel Drops Proposal to Trim List, by Times’ Matt A.V. Chaban: “Facing opposition from local politicians and advocacy groups, New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has withdrawn its proposal to remove more than 100 buildings and structures from its oversight… Part of the justification for removing many of the properties is that they already have other forms of protection, said Meenakshi Srinivasan, the commission’s chairwoman. In withdrawing the proposal, she said she wanted to provide more time for people to speak up for certain properties while making clear all would be dealt with sooner rather than later. ‘We remain committed to making the Landmarks Commission more effective and responsive in its work, and clearing a backlog of items,’ Ms. Srinivasan said in a statement.” nyti.ms/1zY69Ne --Brooklyn Worst in U.S. for Home Affordability, by Bloombergs Prashant Gopal: “One in five U.S. housing markets are now less affordable than their historic average as price gains outpace income growth from New York to San Francisco. Of the 475 counties analyzed by RealtyTrac through October, 98 areas weren’t as affordable compared with the average level for the period starting in January 2000, the Irvine, California-based data company said in a report today. Brooklyn, New York, where a resident would need to devote 98 percent of the median income to afford the payment on a median-priced home of $615,000, was the least-affordable market, followed by San Francisco and Manhattan.” bloom.bg/12r855L COFFEE BREAK -- “Talk to People in Iran Through New Lower East Side Exhibit,” by DNAinfo’s Lisha Arino: “A new art exhibition aims to foster conversation by providing a ‘portal’ between the Lower East Side and Tehran, Iran.The exhibit features a pair of custom-designed metal shipping containers — one inside the Lu Magnus Gallery on Hester Street and the other at M-40 Studio in Tehran — where visitors can converse one-on-one with the help of a camera, microphone and the Internet. ... Once they step into the container, they can chat with another gallery-goer across the world for up to 15 minutes, whose image will be projected on an 8-by-8-foot screen along with a translation provided by an on-site translator.” dnain.fo/12FE6Ic
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