Emily Ngo

Political Reporter at POLITICO New York

@politico political reporter & NY Playbook co-author ➡️ [email protected]

Articles

Cuomo and competency

1 day ago | politico.com | Nick Reisman |Jeff Coltin |Emily Ngo

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running on his managerial competence, despite recent blunders made by his campaign. | KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images TALK TO THE MANAGER: Andrew Cuomo is running on his perceived competence. Someone may want to tell his campaign.
ICE still iced out at Rikers ... for now

2 days ago | politico.com | Joe Anuta |Emily Ngo |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Mayor Eric Adams said he would allow ICE to operate in Rikers Island, but a judge halted all negotiations over the pending facility.
Will the Real ZM Please Stand Up?

6 days ago | politico.com | Emily Ngo |Nick Reisman |Jeff Coltin

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Zellnor Myrie share initials, which is causing confusion among voters. | Jeff Coltin/POLITICO When asked at a mayoral forum who else he’d rank on his ballot, Zohran Mamdani hedged. “I could say ‘you should vote for ZM.’ And there’d be two options,” he said.
Cracks in the Cuomo Wall

1 week ago | politico.com | Emily Ngo |Nick Reisman |Jeff Coltin

With help from Cris Seda ChabrierNEW YORK MINUTE: The Trump administration has referred state Attorney General Letitia James to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution after a federal housing official accused her of mortgage fraud, The New York Post reported Tuesday night.
Cuomo’s REAL estate feelings

1 week ago | politico.com | Jeff Coltin |Janaki Chadha |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo

With help from Cris Seda ChabrierAndrew Cuomo has a harsh assessment of the state’s multi-family housing tax break — the one that came after his tenure as governor, of course. “485-x doesn’t work,” he said in an interview with Playbook Sunday, after his mayoral campaign released its housing plan. It mirrors frustrations from the city’s top developers, who pushed for a new rental housing tax break for years, only to be disappointed by the version they got in Albany last spring.
The Canadian-upstate commerce deep freeze

1 week ago | politico.com | Emily Ngo |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman

Canadian tourism to the United States is plummeting amid rising tensions between both countries. | Jason Redmond/Getty Images Canadian tourists are freezing out the United States over President Donald Trump’s annexation threat, his trade war and border lockups, POLITICO reports in a deep dive. And in northern New York regions reliant on cross-border commerce — including day trips by Canadians for dining and shopping — the dropoff in visitor traffic is a hit to local economies and friendships.
Call to action after scary day for air travel

1 week ago | politico.com | Emily Ngo |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier A plane carrying several House members clipped the wing of another aircraft on Thursday. | Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images A close call involving House members aboard a plane bumped by the wingtip of another aircraft Thursday on a Washington taxiway is intensifying scrutiny into Federal Aviation Administration cuts. Six New York and New Jersey lawmakers were on an American Airlines flight preparing to head from DCA to JFK when they felt their plane shake.
House GOP calls Hochul, Pritzker and Walz to testify on immigration

1 week ago | politico.com | Hailey Fuchs |Emily Ngo
Spano for Cuomo

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Emily Ngo |Nick Reisman |Jeff Coltin

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo attended fundraiser hosted by ormer Republican state senator and prominent lobbyist Nick Spano. | KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images Some political candidates go to Hamptons fundraisers. Andrew Cuomo recently went to Yonkers. The former governor attended a fundraiser last week at the home of Nick Spano, the gregarious former Republican state senator and prominent lobbyist who was sentenced in 2012 to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to a tax evasion charge.
Latest Lawler challenger vows to ‘unf--k our country’

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Emily Ngo |Nick Reisman |Jeff Coltin

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Mike Sacks, a lawyer and former TV reporter, is joining a crowded Democratic primary to unseat Republican Rep. Mike Lawler. | Mike Sacks for Congress New York Minute: Mayor Eric Adams’ administration enacted an executive order late Tuesday allowing federal immigration authorities to open an office on the Rikers Island jail complex, CBS New York first reported.