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The Cornell case and Albany's intoxication loophole

Hochul declined Sunday to call lawmakers back for an emergency session on New York's voluntary-intoxication rape rule, saying it could be taken up early in the 2027 session.

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The Cornell case and Albany's intoxication loophole

Hochul declined Sunday to call lawmakers back for an emergency session on New York's voluntary-intoxication rape rule, saying it could be taken up early in the 2027 session.

Advocates are pressing Gov. Hochul to recall the Legislature to pass Assembly Bill A101, which would stop New York law from treating a victim who chose to drink or take drugs differently from one drugged without consent [1]. The pressure follows the "Cornell 7" lawsuit, in which a woman accuses seven Chi Phi brothers of a 2024 gang rape; Hochul has named Attorney General Letitia James to review the case [1][13]. The Senate has passed the bill repeatedly; it has stalled in the Assembly, where Speaker Carl Heastie has formed a working group, and defense lawyers oppose it [1].

“If the governor were sincere in supporting victims, she could call the legislature back into session today,”

“Here in New York, we’ll work with the legislature. The timing will be resolved, but at minimum, I would say this is something we could easily take up early in the session,”

“simply too vague to be fairly enforced”

By the numbers

• 25states plus Washington, DC protect accusers whose ability to consent was compromised even by voluntary intoxication [1]
• 2018is when the bill to close the loophole began circulating in Albany [1]
• $200 milliona year in state funding goes to Cornell, whose board includes Hochul, Heastie and Andrea Stewart-Cousins as ex-officio trustees [1]

The thread

1. Jun 2022Hochul called an emergency session to pass gun laws after the Supreme Court struck down New York's carry restrictions [1]
2. TodayShe declines to do the same here, five weeks before the Nov. 3 election [1]

WatchWhether Heastie's working group moves A101 before the Legislature returns in January [1].

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Deonte Banks's 98-yard pick-six puts the Giants first in the NFC East

Four plays after a pass-interference call gave Arizona the ball at the 4, Deonte Banks intercepted the last pass of the game and ran it back 98 yards for a 36-24 Giants win.

With 11 seconds left and Arizona facing fourth-and-goal, Banks jumped a Jacoby Brissett slant meant for Michael Wilson at MetLife Stadium [43]. It is the second straight week the Giants won on a last-play interception, and they are 3-1 without Jaxson Dart or Brian Burns [44]. Jameis Winston threw three touchdowns and two interceptions [47].

“I knew I was going to take it. I’ve been calling it all week.”

“I thought you had to touch the guy for it to be pass interference.”

By the numbers

• 9 of 9field goals this season for rookie kicker Dominic Zvada, including a 52-yarder Sunday [44]
• 9tackles, an interception and three passes defensed for No. 5 pick Arvell Reese [44]
• 53.8%of dropbacks blitzed, the highest Giants rate since the start of last season [44]

WatchThe Giants play Washington in Week 5 as 3.5-point road underdogs, possibly against a returning Jayden Daniels [42].

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A Gowanus lottery with $950 studios closes Oct. 26

The Cornice at 224 3rd Avenue in Gowanus is taking NYC Housing Connect applications for 20 of its 63 apartments, with studios from $950 a month.

BlueSky Developers' 11-story building has opened its affordable lottery for households earning 40 to 120 percent of area median income [23]. Housing Connect is the city's portal for these lotteries: you apply once online, and your income and household size decide which units you qualify for [23]. Tenants pay electricity, cooking and hot water, plus heat from a cold-climate split system [23].

By the numbers

• $950a month for three studios at 40% of AMI, for incomes of $39,018 to $54,280 [23]
• $1,798a month for five two-bedrooms at 60% of AMI, for incomes of $75,223 to $109,920 [23]
• $3,985a month for two two-bedrooms at 120% of AMI, for incomes up to $219,840 [23]

WatchApplications must be postmarked or submitted online by Oct. 26, 2026 [23].

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Around the Boroughs

• Brooklyn (Dumbo): Old Fulton Street is now also Patsy and Carol Grimaldi Way, after the couple who served coal-fired pies there from 1990 and came back in 2012 to open Juliana's [37].
• Brooklyn (Downtown): The city is adding two bus boarding islands to the Jay Street busway, on the stretch where cyclists, pedestrians and buses fight for space [25].
• Manhattan (Tribeca): Council Member Chris Marte and Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal want Mayor Mamdani to put a bike lane on Chambers Street [26].
• Manhattan (Midtown): DRA Advisors bought 49% of 1301 Avenue of the Americas, the fully leased 45-story tower valued at $1.3 billion [20].
• Manhattan (Garment District): Casoni, the 81-story, 785-foot tower at Sixth Avenue and West 37th Street, is set to finish by year's end with 311 rentals and condos [21].
• Manhattan (Flatiron): Maison Estelle, a British members-only club, is taking the 30,000-square-foot former Limelight church at 656 Avenue of the Americas [28].
• Citywide: The Partnership for New York City's Steve Fulop called Ken Griffin's $3 billion Carnegie Mellon gift, none of it for the Manhattan campus, "a loss for us" [27].
• Queens: A 23-year-old woman was ejected and killed when a car flipped on the Grand Central Parkway early Sunday; driver Anthony Dickson, 34, is charged with vehicular manslaughter [14].
• Queens (Jamaica): Police are still hunting the stranger who stabbed Sulimon Ferrier, 29, a father of four, to death on Jamaica Avenue as his parents watched [18].
• Citywide: Debra Messing, who backed Andrew Cuomo for mayor, endorsed Republican Bruce Blakeman for governor; the Hochul campaign called him her "‘MAGA all the way’ opponent" [2].
• Manhattan (Garden): The Rangers beat Utah 4-2 for a third straight win, with J.T. Miller scoring his first goal of the season [51].
• Bronx: The Yankees were one-hit in an ALDS Game 1 1-0 loss at Tampa as Drew Rasmussen carried a no-hitter into the eighth [84].
• Long Island: The Islanders opened at home with a 6-0 rout of the Devils, Ilya Sorokin's 30th career shutout [75].
• Citywide: The Jets got their first interception in an NFL-record 1,004 days, from Minkah Fitzpatrick, and still lost 23-12 in Chicago to fall to 1-3 [79].
• Buffalo: Josh Allen set the Bills record with his 88th touchdown from scrimmage, then threw a late interception in a 29-26 loss to New England [60][90].

Worth Doing

• Banned book giveaway: Queens Public Library's Hunters Point branch is handing out free copies of books banned somewhere in the country for Banned Books Week, while supplies last [32].
• Christopher Myers's banned-book tapestries: Two 40-foot tapestries of scenes from books including "Animal Farm" and "The Bluest Eye" hang at Brooklyn Public Library's Central branch, free [32].
• Rangers vs. Islanders: The Rangers host their Long Island rivals Tuesday night at the Garden, the first meeting of the season [51].
• Liberty home playoff game: The Liberty host Atlanta in Game 3 of the semifinals Friday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. [77].
• Good to know: NYRR Open Run holds free weekly runs and walks in 16 neighborhood parks across the city and Jersey City, including St. Mary's Park in the Bronx, where it started [88].

Only in New York

During the Nightfire Candlelight Prayer Service at St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village, a raccoon came off Sixth Avenue, ran past the people outside and in through the front doors. It did not stay for the full program and ran back out [36].