By Azi Paybarah in New York City and Jimmy Vielkind in Albany, with Mike Allen in Washington HOW CUOMO AND DE BLASIO WIND IT DOWN -- New York’s Chris Smith: De Blasio would take a short-term political loss by punting on a tax increase for the city’s wealthiest, but his side would be able to claim a big victory for little kids. Cuomo would win by appearing to follow through on his vow to “save” charters and to have held the line on taxes. But is this the first step toward eroding mayoral control of the city’s public schools? goo.gl/LZWFqQ DE BLASIO’S TAX-FREE VICTORY: Bill de Blasio is welcoming news that leaders in the State Senate passed a one-house budget bill with more money for pre-kindergarten and after-school programs than the mayor said was needed. But the budget resolution comes with two major caveats: it won’t come in the form of a tax, which the mayor initially wanted. And second, the Senate is moving to protect charter schools from some of de Blasio’s decision-making, altering the balance of power that Albany had previously given to City Hall. For de Blasio, it’s a victory on his key proposal, coming at a cost he appears willing to accept. QUOTE OF DAY: Bill Bratton: “Let’s get real.” goo.gl/YYH6zA CHELSEA CLINTON, MOVIE PRODUCER -- News’ Adam Edelman: “Of Many,” is “a documentary short about the friendship between an NYU rabbi and imam, lists as its executive producer the former first daughter. … The Tribeca Film Festival, the annual event designed to celebrate the international film community, will host the film’s world premiere at the end of April. “Of Many,” directed by NYU Global Programs Vice Chancellor Linda G. Mills, tells the story of the growing bond between two unlikely friends -- a popular rabbi and a well-liked imam. … Clinton got to know the pair in 2010 when she began working at NYU to assist with international recruitment. “ goo.gl/WHVvTT HARLEM LATEST – “Smoke still strong at explosion site” – AP: “Smoke is still drifting from an explosion that destroyed two buildings in East Harlem. Plumes of white smoke wafted from the site as emergency crews continued early Friday to sift through the debris searching for those still missing. The smoke could be smelled a block away from the explosion site. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday acknowledged there ‘have been a lot of concerns about air quality.’ He said the citys Department of Environmental Protection was monitoring the air at the site and the surrounding blocks. De Blasio called on residents in the area, especially seniors and children, to limit their exposure by staying indoors.” --BLAST INVESTIGATION -- Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Tangel, Derek Kravitz and Cassandra Sweet: “At the center of the investigation is a low-pressure distribution pipe that has remained intact, officials said. A deep crater now exists at the blast site and the pipe is visible, but officials said it was still unclear where the gas leak originated, because New York police and fire crews havent deemed the area safe enough for federal investigators.” goo.gl/bnHNiY --HOW IT PLAYED: Metro, “Con Ed: ‘Very likely’ blast was avoidable” … Post, “GRIM SEARCH: Toll mounts in E. Harlem Blast” … News, “TORN APART: One family’s tragic toll from gas blast” … Times A1, “In 2 Buildings, Lives Entwined as in Bygone” … Newsday, “THE TOLL RISES: At least 8 dead in East Harlem blast – Officials: No history of gas leak reports.” THE TALK OF WALL STREET -- “Lawsky Prepared to Name Individuals at BNP in Crackdown,” by Bloomberg’s Greg Farrell: “New York’s top bank regulator Benjamin Lawsky says he’s prepared to identify individual bankers by name to deter misconduct in the financial sector, starting with a BNP Paribas SA settlement over laundering funds from sanctioned countries including Iran. ‘It’s easy to settle with corporations,’ said the superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services in an interview March 12 at his lower Manhattan office. ‘If you don’t do something about individual conduct, you’re proceeding down the same path. It happens again and again and again.’ “Lawsky’s desire to name individuals echoes public sentiment that bankers haven’t been made accountable enough for the financial crisis. Extracting fines from large institutions -- which are ultimately paid for by shareholders -- hasn’t been enough to deter misconduct. …Frustrated by repeating patterns of transgressive behavior in the financial sector, Lawsky said he wants to increase the consequences for violators by singling out people by name. ‘If it’s not money laundering, it’s tax evasion,’ he said. ‘If it’s not tax evasion, it’s forex manipulation. It’s one thing after another. It makes us wonder, as regulators, what are we doing wrong?’” goo.gl/Lkf58o SPOTTED, at the advance screening of two episodes of the second season of “VICE on HBO” (screening at SVA Theater on West 23rd Street, with after-party at UP/DOWN on West 14th Street): BJ Levin, executive producer of “VICE on HBO”; Eddy Moretti, Vice chief creative officer; Mazdack Rassi, founder/creative director of Milk Studios; Audrey Gelman; Stephen Belber; model Cory Kennedy; Daniel Kessler, guitarist for Interpol; Ben Anderson, host of VICE News; Fazeelat Aslam, host of “VICE On HBO”; Thomas Morton, host of “VICE on HBO”; Tim Pool, host of VICE News; and David Choe, Vice artist and host. BRATTON ON JAYWALKING: ‘GET REAL’ -- Capital’s Dana Rubinstein: The NYPD Commissioner dismissed the uproar over the spike in jaywalking tickets issued recently, saying In a city of 8.5 million people we’ve issued about 300 jaywalking tickets … Let’s get real. After riding the train with Broken WindowS co-author George Kelling, Bratton said The issues of concern are those quality-of-life issues, the acrobats, the aggressive begging, the people manipulating the swipe cards in the turnstiles … We’re going to be having significant focus on those issues.” goo.gl/YYH6zA TALKER -- “$15K Mink Coat Stolen From Womans Chair at Starbucks, Police Say,” by DNAInfo’s Irene Plagianos: “A quick Starbucks stop for some hot chocolate left this Kardashian out in the cold — without her $15,000 mink coat. Janetta Kardashian, who believes she is a distant relative of the famous Kardashian clan, had her $15,000 dark blue mink coat stolen as she sipped hot chocolate and ate a few cookies with her 7-year-old daughter in a Financial District Starbucks … Kardashian, the owner of an online luxury vintage clothing boutique, NY Vintage Club, [said] she placed her favorite fur on the back of her chair during the Feb. 18 snack break at the 195 Broadway Starbucks. When she and her daughter got up to leave at about 4 p.m, after sitting for 20 minutes, the pricey coat was gone.” goo.gl/mbza7y EAT BEAT – “Cronut creator’s new ‘Milk & Cookie Shot’” By Post’s Hailey Eber: “Something big is debuting this week. …The most important new release of the moment is Cronut creator Dominique Ansel’s Milk & Cookie Shot. The Cronut madness hasn’t stopped — the pastry phenomenon that hit last May still draws lines early every morning and sells out well before noon — and Ansel’s latest could be just as big. It’s a chocolate chip cookie shaped into shot glass and filled with vanilla-infused milk; Ansel’s Soho bakery will start selling them Friday afternoon at 3 p.m., limit two per customer.” goo.gl/5Fy4XI --“Myrtle Ave. Restaurant Plans to Serve Margaritas in Patron Bottles,” by DNAInfo’s Janet Upadhye: “This restaurant vows to live up to its name. Leonardo Soler, owner of new Latin cuisine restaurant El Patron located at 474 Myrtle Ave., plans to skip the salt-rimmed glasses and serve his margaritas straight from Patron tequila bottles.” goo.gl/h0dhED GILDED CITY “Diamond Dealers 1055 Park Condo Wants $16.25 Million,” by Curbed’sJeremiah Budin: “This corner duplex in 1055 Park was listed from 2009 to 2010 for various amounts, with a high point of $11.95 million. It eventually sold to diamond dealer Morris Gad for a discounted $5.93 million. The sale closed in 2011 and Gad and his wife brought in interior designer Jennifer Post to unleash her minimalist vision onto the 3,226-square-foot apartment. They were apparently so impressed with her work that they have now put the unit back on the market for $16.25 million.” goo.gl/ZUWtc0 REAL ESTATE -- “Will Smith and family scope out NoHo loft,” By Post’s Jennifer Gould Keil: “Will Smith is back in New York, and once again looking for a home. Earlier this week, he visited a $19,900-a-month penthouse at 640 Broadway, known as 640 NoHo. Smith conspicuously arrived via an Escalade convoy that carried his family and entourage in tow. The crew included Will, wife Jada, daughter Willow, an assistant, a bodyguard and a broker. The penthouse loft features vaulted, 12-foot ceilings and a 1,000-square-foot private roof deck accessed by way of a steel and glass staircase.” goo.gl/gtcR75 REMEMBERING JEFFREY CORZINE -- “Former NJ gov’s son dead in apparent suicide,” by Post’s Jeane MacIntosh: “The son of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine killed himself in a Mexico City hotel … Jeffrey Corzine, 31, was the youngest of Corzine’s three children with ex-wife and childhood sweetheart Joanne Corzine. Sources said he had been depressed recently. … The younger Corzine had a history of substance-abuse problems and had been in and out of rehab … But he had been living in California and working as a drug counselor …He had been living in a sunny, $2.8 million beachfront home in Malibu that his mom — who is remarried — helped him buy.” goo.gl/eakTpw CHARTERS IN ‘JEOPARDY’—Capital’s Jimmy Vielkind: Cuomo said on Thursday that he supports members of the State Senates governing coalition as they include new protections for charter schools in their budget resolution. “They feel they are in jeopardy,” Cuomo, a Democrat, said on “The Capitol Pressroom.” “The rules and the law [are] quite complicated. If a charter school is not given a location, and is not given funding to find a location, then in essence, the charter schools are out of business. Were not going to be in a situation where charter schools stop—not if I have anything to say about it.” goo.gl/FiH4lt -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver smacked back, suggesting charter boosters are billionaires who buy their influence. goo.gl/r0lGJq FINALLY, THE SENATE BUDGET: Released shortly after 5 p.m., the State Senate’s budget resolution provides $540 million a year to fund an expansion of pre-kindergarten and after school programs in a dedicated reserve fund, and commits to eliminate a loathsome formula of education funding cuts within two years. The pre-K funding scheme was immediately embraced by both de Blasio, who had preferred an income tax to pay for the expansion, and Silver, who gave him one. goo.gl/yE7Fus NEW AT CITY HALL: Rebecca Lynch, a district leader who has worked with unions and has deep roots in Queens, was hired by City Hall. More on her hire by the Observer’s Ross Barkan: goo.gl/0jyOTV #UpstateAmerica: Cold weather may prompt a pussy willow shortage, which would be a problem for Buffalo’s Dyngus Day. goo.gl/7VgIoK =================================
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