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EMPIRE REPORT

NEW YORK'S FRONT PAGE: www.nyempirereport.com VISIT AGAIN AND AGAIN... BREAKING NEWS UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY... TOP HEADLINES: ASSEMBLY APPROVES DRIVERS LICENSES FOR UNDOCUMENTED... SENATE IN DRIVER'S SEAT... CHOI: CUOMO SHOULD STAND UP... PRECIOUS: 19 DEMS VOTED AGAINST... SPONSORED: NURSES, ELECTED OFFICIALS RALLY AT CITY HALL... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM HEALTHCARE EDUCATION PROJECT: Empire BCBS and other insurers are pushing legislation that attacks hospitals and caregivers. While couched in pro-patient rhetoric, the bill’s real purpose is to pad insurance companies’ profits by bullying hospitals into accepting inadequate payments. The bill falsely claims that it will protect insured patients from out-of-network emergency bills, but NYS law already includes consumer safeguards to ensure patients aren’t hit with huge bills. 1199SEIU & GNYHA urge you reject the Empire bill. HealthcareEducationProject.org LEFT COLUMN: NYTIMES: TITANS OF NY REAL ESTATE SHOCKED BY NEW RENT LAW... SLATTERY: CUOMO OFFERS LITTLE PRAISE FOR RENT BILL... CYNTHIA NIXON: I LOST, BUT THE MOVEMENT WON BIG... NYTIMES: How New Law Will Affect Tenants and Landlords... WSJ: Wealthy, Older Tenants in NYC Get Biggest Boost From Rent Law... CUOZZO: RENT REGS WILL DESTROY NYC HOUSING MARKET... Meek Mill, Van Jones’ Reform Alliance officially joins New Yorkers United for Justice... STATES LOSE FIGHT AGAINST SALT DEDUCTION CAP... 10 ISSUES STILL FACING ALBANY POLITICIANS... Why Sen. Antonacci voted against black, LGBT youth suicide task forces... Mira Sorvino tearfully reveals she was date raped... ASSEMBLY BILL: Fund Kidney Transplants For Undocumented... Dems Urge Tougher Penalties for Black-Market Pot Sales... Senate votes to end gender disparity of employee insurance... WANG: Progressives Against Feminists in Surrogacy Battle... TU: Reformers ask JCOPE Not To Appoint Jokester As Executive Director... Canadian IJC head defends agency amid flooding... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION:  Albany: Say NO to More Lawsuits and Higher Costs. The Legislature is considering bills that would almost certainly encourage more lawsuits, resulting in higher insurance costs. We need your help to speak out against these bills. Tell New York lawmakers to oppose legislation that could dramatically increase litigation volume, court costs, and insurance premiums statewide. RIGHT COLUMN: De Blasio may have jumped the gun about debate status... ERROL LOUIS: Join the integration movement, NY... CUBA GOODING JR. TO TURN HIMSELF INTO NYPD... Strand owner fumes over landmark status: ‘We’re under siege’... NYC to unveil largest rainbow pride flag in city’s history... Chilling Replicas Of 'Children In Cages' Appear On NYC Sidewalks... 18 alleged gang members arrested in Westchester County drug trafficking bust... Black ex-manager claims 1Oak is a hot-bed for racism... ASSEMBLYWOMAN: Why I'm endorsing de Blasio for president.. REPORT: Most renters looking to move to Boston live in NYC... MTA has another serial subway saboteur on its hands... City council proposes overhaul of taxi medallion industry... Nassau County drops claim reassessment formula was 'trade secret'... Suozzi requests Navy, Northrop Grumman negotiate 'payouts' for Bethpage plume... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM BET ON NY:  When the Supreme Court ruled that individual states can legalize sports betting, our neighbors in New Jersey did just that -- and now they’re benefitting from the tax revenue that comes with it!  New Yorkers already bet on sports -- whether across state lines, or with illegal offshore bookies. We need to legalize mobile sports betting and keep that tax revenue right here in New York. Tell Governor Cuomo and the Legislature to Bet on NY! MIDDLE COLUMN: NYTIMES: The Negroni Is 100 Years Old - And the Perfect Cocktail for 2019... STATE TROOPERS ARREST 68 ON DRUG CHARGES AT UPSTATE MUSIC FEST... Family of Missing Mom Jennifer Dulos Releases New Statement... Brother of Barbara Corcoran died in Dominican Republic hotel... NYTIMES: Don Jr. Tells Senate Panel He Hasn't Lied... House panel votes to hold Wilbur Ross in contempt... HUNTER BIDEN Meets South African Woman, Gets Married 10 Days Later... Kayakers overturn, lose crafts in raging Upstate river: DEC Ranger rescues... Albany IDA panel OKs $6.8M in tax breaks for Hyatt hotel... The Best Book Of Summer For You, Based On Your Relationship Status... PAGE SIX: Mary Max's $2M jewelry collection is nowhere to be found... HOUSE PANEL PASSES 9/11 BILL AFTER JON STEWART SHAMING CNN: MSNBC and NY Times at odds over reporters on Maddow... What can be done about abandoned NY cemeteries?... NYC to resume deer vasectomies as it searches for $2.5M contractor... NYTIMES: Poughkeepsie A Postindustrial City Ready for Its Revival... Grange to host panel on Adirondack tick crisis... Mariano Rivera to be honored at Saratoga Race Course during Opening Weekend... MAYOR: 'Ideal' situation is to put dome on Rochester's soccer stadium... Merck subsidiary is expanding in Albany - and hiring... SUNY-ESF student dies from injuries after Syracuse house fire... The media has a big problem: Most people will not pay for online news... Syracuse New Times ceases publication after 50 years... Spitzer, Related bringing senior housing to Hudson Yards... NY Times cuts political cartoons amid anti-Semitism backlash... U.S. death rates from suicides, alcohol and drug overdoses reach all-time high... Nearly 200 dogs rescued from filthy home of Westminster-winning breeder... Upstate Handyman Accused of Chaining Woman in Basement Faces Judge... NY ranks #3 on list of 'Most Fun States' in America... New York Sues To Block Sprint, T-Mobile Merger... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM ALFA: The time is NOW for lawmakers in Albany to pass legislation regulating the consumer legal funding industry. By establishing licensure, transparency, and standards of conduct, we can protect New York consumers and preserve access to this critical resource. Learn more at americanlegalfin.com. EMPIRE REPORT NEW YORK'S FRONT PAGE: www.nyempirereport.com VISIT AGAIN AND AGAIN... BREAKING NEWS UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY... TOP HEADLINES: LIVID JON STEWART BLASTS NO-SHOW POLS AT 9/11 HEARING WATCH: 'YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED' BUFFALO NEWS: CLIMATE PROTECTION ACT WOULD LEAD TO EMISSIONS INCREASE... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM HEALTHCARE EDUCATION PROJECT: Empire BCBS and other insurers are pushing legislation that attacks hospitals and caregivers. While couched in pro-patient rhetoric, the bill’s real purpose is to pad insurance companies’ profits by bullying hospitals into accepting inadequate payments. The bill falsely claims that it will protect insured patients from out-of-network emergency bills, but NYS law already includes consumer safeguards to ensure patients aren’t hit with huge bills. 1199SEIU & GNYHA urge you reject the Empire bill. HealthcareEducationProject.org LEFT COLUMN: ALBANY LEADERS STRIKE DEAL ON RENT REGS... NYTIMES: BLOW TO REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY. ABOLISHES LETTING OWNERS DEREGULATE APARTMENTS. CLOSES LOOPHOLES TO RAISE RENTS. EXPANDS TENANT PROTECTIONS STATEWIDE. ALLOWS CITIES AND TOWNS TO CREATE THEIR OWN REGS... ASTORINO GIVES UP ROLEX AT CENTER OF BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS... Limo's registration suspended, then reinstated just before deadly crash. STATE DOT, DMV MUM... ASSEMBLY DEMS USE TAXPAYER CASH TO DEFEND PAY RAISE... HUFFPO: Gillibrand compares anti-abortion views to racism... IRS Finalizes Regulations Blocking SALT Workaround... HOGAN: Cuomo in spat with 3 female Assembly members... SLATTERY: CUOMO'S VEILED THREAT TO DEMS... State pols advance new bill on gun storage restrictions... Senate passes adoptee birth certificate bill... NY may become first US state to largely decriminalize 'sex work'... CUOMO & JULIANNE MOORE: Cruel bar on rape prosecutions... DEWITT: Bill to legalize gestational surrogacy passes NY Senate... Assemblyman Gratified By Senate Leadership Support, No Decision Yet... AOC lashes out at Axios and Politico co-founder after he calls her 'Trump of the Democratic Party'... AOC DANGLES ENDORSEMENT: Bernie or Elizabeth Warren?... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION:  Albany: Say NO to More Lawsuits and Higher Costs. The Legislature is considering bills that would almost certainly encourage more lawsuits, resulting in higher insurance costs. We need your help to speak out against these bills. Tell New York lawmakers to oppose legislation that could dramatically increase litigation volume, court costs, and insurance premiums statewide. RIGHT COLUMN: Helicopter pilot who crashed on NYC skyscraper shouldn’t have been in the air: FAA... CAROLYN MALONEY: Ban Helicopters Over Manhattan... 9 facts about the NYC housing market that will make you glad you live somewhere else... Man walking dog shot and killed by gunman with rifle in Harlem... 7 LINE FALLING APART IN QUEENS... DATA: Homeless people causing subway chaos... Cuomo defends removal of Michael Lynton from MTA board... MTA to hire ex-federal prosecutor to probe overtime abuse... NYC BANNING CARS ON 14TH STREET... Could Jerry Nadler Be The Next Joe Crowley?... Blunt-smoking son of college admissions cheats spent week in Rikers... Amazon's 2nd NYC Go Store Serves Coffee, Accepts Cash... Residents bash Brooklyn community board for buying $26K SUV... 7 Democrats for Queens DA Debate on NY1... Queens DA candidate Katz scores big with GOP donors... 1199SEIU Backs Katz For Queens DA... NYTIMES: Has SoHo Become One Big Wellness Pop-Up?... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM BET ON NY:  When the Supreme Court ruled that individual states can legalize sports betting, our neighbors in New Jersey did just that -- and now they’re benefitting from the tax revenue that comes with it!  New Yorkers already bet on sports -- whether across state lines, or with illegal offshore bookies. We need to legalize mobile sports betting and keep that tax revenue right here in New York. Tell Governor Cuomo and the Legislature to Bet on NY! MIDDLE COLUMN: NEW YORKERS FLOCK TO PHILADELPHIA... NEW Q-POLL: BIDEN UP 13 POINTS ON TRUMP... NEW Q-POLL: GILLIBRAND, DE BLASIO STEADY AT 0%... Don Jr. to testify TODAY... Giuliani and wife list Palm Beach condo amid nasty divorce... PROSECUTORS REVEAL HIS BLOOD WAS FOUND... THEN HE GETS RELEASED ON BAIL... Girlfriend smiles in court... Bronx Teacher beats up student who owed him money for weed... GOLF DIGEST: TOP 30 GOLF COURSES IN NEW YORK... 3 Rochester drag queens on cover of New York Magazine... How to buy a home, millennial style... Waldorf Astoria's 375 new condos to hit the market this fall... Apparent neo-Nazi group sends letters to North Country businesses... The new CUNY chancellor's first month on the job... 40 Years of Self-Employment Trends in the Adirondacks and Rural America... ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST: Peek Inside 7 Beautifully Restored Historic Hamptons Homes... Saratoga County to give towns, cities $20,000 a year... Joe Giudice hires high-profile Bridgegate attorney for deportation case... Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman gives $14M to Nxivm defense fund... Wing Sauce Ice Cream Now Being Served In Buffalo... Weed arrests target mostly blacks and Hispanics in Albany region... Mr. Cheapskate's guide to Seneca Lake: 10 fun things to do for under $40... City introduces new 'What's Good Rochester' social media campaign... Court officers injured in scuffle with visitor at Manhattan Supreme Court... Real estate magnate claims sister bilked him out of $7M... Oneida Indian Nation looking to fill jobs in new sports betting lounges... IMPORTANT SPONSORED MESSAGE FROM ALFA: The time is NOW for lawmakers in Albany to pass legislation regulating the consumer legal funding industry. By establishing licensure, transparency, and standards of conduct, we can protect New York consumers and preserve access to this critical resource. Learn more at americanlegalfin.com.