This week's biggest Winners & Losers

Things looked grim for Bally’s Corporation Chairman Soo Kim and his peers early in the week as it seemed the home rule message needed for the group’s Bronx casino bid might not pass the New York City Council, which would effectively kill the proposal. But Mayor Eric Adams swooped in at the last second and took it off life support. There are still more hurdles for Bally’s, but the bid is, to loosely quote Monty Python, “not dead yet!”

New York moved a step closer to enacting a “right to die” law when the Medical Aid in Dying Act won approval in the state Senate. The passage of the bill, championed by state Sens. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, marks a major milestone in a long-running debate. Since it lacks a residency requirement, the bill could also be a win for terminally ill people in other states.  No word on whether the governor will sign it, though.

The newly minted board of Nassau University Medical Center wasted no time appointing a new leader. Capping a tumultuous year for the hospital, members voted to immediately replace former president and CEO Megan Ryan with Richard Becker – weeks before Ryan had been scheduled to depart. Becker’s certainly got no shortage of experience; he’s a former CEO of several hospitals. Here’s hoping that will be enough to steady the ship.

Officially, state Sen. Jessica Ramos is still a candidate for mayor of New York City. She’ll be on Democratic primary voters’ ballots and everything. But her surprise decision to endorse ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign earlier this month not so surprisingly sent many of her supporters packing and called her progressive cred into question. On the bright side, the move did allow Ramos to succeed at one objective that’s eluded her campaign thus far: Getting people talking about her.

Long Beach City Court Judge Corey E. Klein wound up in People magazine following a bizarre public temper tantrum at a school board meeting over his son not being named valedictorian. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct censured Klein for his wacky tirade – during which he invoked his title and refused to threatened to yell about the issue all night long  – and for helping a professional acquaintance get out of parking tickets. For future judges looking for People fame, we recommend befriending a Kardashian.

Who defends the defenders? Lori Zeno, who helped found the Queens Defenders, stands accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars meant for the public defender organization to splurge on personal luxuries. Those allegedly included a vacation to Bali and a swanky penthouse apartment. It would seem that Zeno is now in need of her own defense attorney – and she probably shouldn’t try to rely on her former colleagues.