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Apr 11, 2023 View in browser   By Joe Anuta and Eleonora Francica Presented by Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson celebrates with supporters on Election Night on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. | AP Photo/Paul Beaty An election nearly 800 miles away could end up having major consequences for New York City. Last week, Chicago elected a new mayor whose views on public safety are out of sync with President Joe Biden’s messaging on crime. And the decision to pick progressive Brandon Johnson over a more conservative Democrat could have implications for Biden’s decision on where to site next year’s Democratic National Convention. Granted, Johnson appears eager to host the quadrennial event. He recently pitched a Chicago DNC to Biden himself during a phone conversation. And even some New York supporters have conceded that the excitement around his win could be a boon to Chicago's chances. But if Johnson’s posture on policing — the word defund was uttered — proves too much for Biden to swallow, it could make New York’s bid look better by comparison. The city, which is also competing with Atlanta, has a few things going for it: The politics of Mayor Eric Adams, especially on criminal justice, so closely align with the Biden brand that he was recently named a top surrogate for the president. Officials have also been pitching the city’s capacity of Midtown hotels and amenities, its union friendliness and, according to the person spearheading the city’s proposal, a focus on accommodating national media outlets with office space at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, nearby where the main event would be held at Madison Square Garden. “This would be a real poetic moment because it would be the 100th anniversary of the Democratic Convention in New York in 1924, which was the convention that came out of the 1918 pandemic,” Frank Carone, the mayor’s former chief of staff and architect of the city’s bid, said in an interview. “To me, missing this moment, from the party’s perspective, would be tragic.” The competition, however, remains stiff. Both Chicago and Atlanta have a crucial ingredient missing from New York City’s pitch: They are blue strongholds in battleground regions that will be key to Democrats’ 2024 strategy. Biden, for example, has already sought to boost the South’s influence on the presidential primary process. Bringing a convention in either location would fire up the party’s base in areas where turnout is paramount. IT’S TUESDAY. Got tips, suggestions or thoughts? Let us know ... 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Hughes: “In a case with possible implications for commercial landlords across the city, a justice in state Supreme Court in Queen County says a property owner shouldn't have emailed a lease to his tenant, a Mobil gas station he was trying to evict, because its contract spelled out using more formal registered mail instead.”   Follow us on Twitter Erin Durkin @erinmdurkin Anna Gronewold @annagronewold   Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook family Playbook  |  Playbook PM  |  California Playbook  |  Florida Playbook  |  Illinois Playbook  |  Massachusetts Playbook  |  New Jersey Playbook  |  New York Playbook  |  Ottawa Playbook  |  Brussels Playbook  |  London Playbook View all our political and policy newsletters Follow us

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