This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Jewish Voice for Peace is currently basking in glory after New York City Comptroller Mark Levine announced he will not reinvest portions of the city’s $325 billion pension fund into Israeli bonds, despite promising to do so on the campaign trail. Levine stated the decision was based purely on financial reasoning but JVP says a major driver of Levine’s decision was its citywide “Break the Bonds NYC” public pressure campaign led by member Danny Kaplowitz.

At long last, horse carriages in New York City will be reined in, much to the delight of NYCLASS executive director Edita Birnkrant. Her organization has lobbied for more than 15 years to end an industry they say is cruel and deadly to horses. The City Council will vote next week on legislation to phase out horse carriages by 2028, and the bill is expected to receive more ayes than “neighs.”

Mayor Mamdani is standing by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, telling reporters he has “no plans to change” to fire her, despite calls from his DSA comrades to do so. Tisch, the Adams administration’s fourth and final NYPD commissioner, kept her job after Mamdani’s election, with the new mayor citing her record on cutting crime and internal corruption. But calls to fire her have grown louder since NYPD officers clashed with protesters last week in the aftermath of an ICE shooting.

Do judges have common sense? New York City Criminal Court Judge Jeffrey Gershuny doesn’t and has now been censured by state judicial conduct officials for “elaborate deception and essentially trying to trick a witness.” The wannabe game show host pulled out his gun in open court and then played switcharoo with a stapler in a bag to see if a testifying police officer could guess what was in the bag. The censure recommends judges learn how to responsibly bring guns to work.

Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado’s failed bid for the top job gave much more to Gov. Kathy Hochul than it took away. According to New York Focus, Hochul’s campaign raised a ton of money to fend off his primary challenge, and then after Delgado dropped out, convinced hundreds of donors to transfer their refunded donations right back to the state Democratic Party. That funneled $2.6 million into the accounts of the state party, which is now spending big on Hochul’s general election campaign.

When reports emerged that longtime Suffolk County Democratic Party Chair Rich Schaffer allegedly offered to pay committee members to vote for him, the feds took notice – and the FBI is now looking into the alleged conduct. It’s all still preliminary, but having the FBI sniffing around can’t be good news for Schaffer. Last time the feds got involved in Suffolk politics, two of his allies – the former district attorney and a top police official  – wound up in prison for corruption.