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Around NYC

1. Mayor Eric Adams appoints Randy Mastro as first deputy mayor

Mayor Eric Adams has tapped attorney and former Giuliani aide Randy Mastro to be the city’s new first deputy mayor.

Mastro is succeeding Maria Torres-Springer, who submitted her resignation alongside three other deputy mayors last month after the Justice Department asked a court to dismiss federal corruption charges against Adams.

2. Judge tells Columbia and Barnard to refrain from turning over student disciplinary records for now

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee's demand for student disciplinary records, at least until he holds a hearing next week on a request by Mahmoud Khalil and other students for a temporary restraining order.

Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student arrested and facing deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel, along with other students identified by pseudonyms, filed a lawsuit earlier this month seeking to block the House Committee on Education and the Workforce from obtaining disciplinary records for students involved in demonstrations.

3. Vital City founder on reducing violence in subway

The future of the MTA’s federal funding is in jeopardy after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened earlier this week to withhold money from the subway system unless public safety concerns were addressed, even as the MTA argues crime is already down.

Duffy says he expects the MTA to present concrete plans on how to reduce violence. A new report by the publication Vital City could help, as it provides recommendations on how to better promote safety underground — including establishing a unified governance system and improving responses to those suffering from mental illness.

Elizabeth Glazer, the founder and co-editor of Vital City, joined “Inside City Hall” Thursday night to break down the report.

Around the Nation

1. Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions

2. Parameters of Ukraine-Russia ceasefire still being worked out, State Dept spokesperson suggests

3. The release of a 1961 plan to break up the CIA revives an old conspiracy theory about who killed JFK

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