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Ruby Ridge Book Explores Roots of American Conspiracy Politics at Vromanβs Tonight
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Steven Fulop on Fighting for Business Interests in Zohran Mamdani's New York
Steven Fulop, the new President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, the cityβs leading big business advocacy group, spoke with The New York Editorial Board on the morning of March 19, 2026. Fulop recently began in the role after 12 years as mayor of Jersey City and a 2025 run for governor of New Jersey. He replaced longtime Partnership President/CEO Kathryn Wylde. (photo by Liena Ε½agare) Participating journalists: Nicole Gelinas, Josh Greenman, Alyssa Katz, Ben Max, Akash Mehta, Harry Siegel, Ben Smith, Liena Ε½agare Full Transcript **Ben Max**Good morning. Thanks for being here. So start us off: The people who hired you for this role, what did they make clear were their top priorities for you coming into it, and for the Partnership, and what did you sort-of pitch as the direction you thought things could go? Give us a little of that bifurcation of where the minds met in terms of the priorities and the leadership for the new era. **Steven Fulop**Let me explain to you how I ended up in the job, OK? Thatβs probably a good starting point, because I donβt think anybody initially thought that I was the pick that they coveted or thought that would be an ideal fit for this position. Iβd run for [New Jersey] governor, as you guys know, and I was very deliberate in the lane that I was taking as a candidate for governor. The same candidate when I ran for mayor and city council β it was outside the establishment. It was building on issues, single-issue voters β very, very concentrated on detailed policy. And I thought that if I could build an organization, outside of the typical political organization, of single-issue voters, you could become viable because theyβre passionate people generally, OK? And one is mayor, outside the establishment doing that. You won two races in the country that Obama actually engaged in as president. Rahm Emanuel and Jeremiah Healy, my predecessor, was a ten-year incumbent. So we won based on this structure. Run for governor, kind of in that same model. And I thought at the time that 550,000 people would turn out in the election. That was based on history in a similar election, when Chris Christie left and it was Trumpβs first-year primary, you know, changeover in governor. There was five hundred or four eighty-seven [thousand]. So I thought five-fifty was a bump up. Same numbers Sherrill had, Ras Baraka had. I thought five hundred and fifty thousand people in the election, six candidates running that are viable β two congresspeople, two mayors, senate president, and the teachersβ union president β that if I got to a hundred and thirty thousand votes, single-issue passionate voters, I would get in through the primary with twenty, twenty-five percent, and then put it back together even though I was kind of the outside establishment guy. I think I did everything perfect during that election, OK? With the exception of winning. Which is the big deal. But I miscalculated one thing. And I donβt know in hindsight how I could have changed anything. But I miscalculated that the turnout ended up spiking to eight-fifty, OK? So I said five-fifty. We all said five-fifty. Going into Election Day on Tuesday, and Iβm a pretty pragmatic person. Going into Election Day on Tuesday, if you said, Steve, are you gonna win? I would have told you, we caught them and weβre gonna win, OK? We have more volunteers. I mean, to give you perspective on it: Uber, which is a data company, like, the week before, they wrote a million-dollar check to my super PAC, five hundred [thousand] to Sherrill, five hundred [thousand] to Ciattarelli. Election Day, the New York Times embedded one reporter, photographer for most of the day with only one of us, me. CNN, the day before, me, right? The trend was there. I miscalculated that there was an additional 300,000 people that came out. I saw, similar to here [in New York City], the voter numbers surging early, and I just thought it was a displaced Election-Day voter. I thought you were so excited to vote that you were voting early. I never imagined that there were 300,000 additional people voting. And if you tuned in late, then you would have ultimatelyβ I had the wrong message. My message was, Trenton was broken, these are the things we would fix. And Sherrill, for example, was: Iβm a helicopter pilot to fight Trump, right? Her message was better for that. It was over in five minutes. So why do I tell you that? I was shell-shocked, didnβt really know what happened, and the way this business works is when you lose, your phone goes dead. Nobody calls. Itβs just, thatβs it. Silence. And so, Iβm trying to think about what happened and two weeks after the fact, I get a phone call by this guy. His name is Jim Simpson. He was Christieβs DOT chair, OK? Commissioner. And he worked on the widening of the Pulaski Skyway with me as the mayor of Jersey City. And Christie went after me with Bridgegate, and I was a government witness during Bridgegate. But even when nobody in the Christie administration could talk to me, Jim Simpson was always like, I have this major project going through Hudson County, predominantly Jersey City. Iβm gonna deal with the guy. And he would tell you that Steve was a professional, good guy to deal with. I think thatβs what Jim Simpson would say. I didnβt talk to Jim Simpson for 12 years. I lose the election. Two weeks after, I get a phone call. He leaves a voicemail. Hey, Steve, itβs Jim Simpson. Can you give me a call back? And I was kind of like fuck the world at that point. I didnβt want to call anybody back. And I called Jim Simpson back, and I was like, Hey, Jim. Howβs it going? And he says to me, he says, Look, Iβm very thankful you remember who I am, blah, blah, blah, blah. He said, Look, I had an issue in a warehouse I own in Jersey City. Didnβt know really how to navigate the building department. I figured it out, right? But thanks for calling me back. That was the conversation, OK? And Iβm like, OK, great. You know? Whatever. So the conversation ended. He says, You know, I moved to Pennsylvania, but Iβm sometimes up in New York. If Iβm up there again, why donβt we just get together? I said Sure. I got nothing but time, right? And so he calls again about a week-and-a-half later, says, Iβm gonna be in New York tomorrow. Wanna grab breakfast? Sure. So we meet for breakfast, and he knew nothing about me. When I got there, he was googling me, OK? Like, he knew nothing about my deeds. Heβs like, Oh, you were in the military. Thatβs amazing. Like, it was a weird conversation. And, you know, towards the end of the conversation, he says, What are you gonna do next? And I said, I honestly donβt know. You know, I think maybe this, maybe that. And he says, You know who you should call? I said, No idea. Who, Jim? And he says, I donβt get along with her, he said. I used to be a Rockefeller fellow. I do not get along with her. We do not see eye to eye, but you should call this woman named Kathy Wylde. And I said, I met Kathy, ten years ago once. I donβt know if I would call her, and I donβtβ¦Thatβs a weird conversation, just to call a stranger and ask for help with a job, right? And he says, No, you should figure out how to call her. Weβre gonna figure out how to get you in touch with her again. I gotta think about it. I said, OK. We left. I never thought anything of it. He calls me four days later, and he says, I was giving it some thought. I was googling and I saw sheβs leaving [as President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City]. You should apply for the job. And I said, I donβt know anybody. Itβs a weird dynamic. And he said, We gotta figure it out. You know? Good guy. A couple weeks later, I was going to a conference in Montana, and three years earlier, I had met Rob Speyer at the conference. Spoke to Rob probably twice in my life since then, OK? But, we had a night we sat next to each other at a dinner, had a nice conversation. So I texted him. I said, Are you going to this conference by chance, in a couple weeks? He said, I am going, right? I said, Oh, can I grab you when youβre there for a couple minutes? He said, Sure. I go with my wife. He comes over, says hello. He knew my wife from a couple years ago, pleasantries. I said, Hey, Rob. you know, I texted you, if I could speak to you. He said, Yeah, yeah. Whatβs up? And I was, like, nervous at this point. Iβm, like, sweating. Like, Iβm gonna give a pitch. I said, I see youβre very involved with the Partnership. I think Iβd be killer at that job. And he says, Why? And I gave him a pitch, which Iβll tell you in a second. And he said, Honestly, he said, Steve, thereβs 12 people in the search committee. He says, I couldnβt even help you if I wanted to, nor would I. But what I can do when people ask me is just get in touch with Heidrick & Struggles and, go through the process. I said, Thatβs all I could ask. Itβs fine. So I send him a text two days later with my resume, and I said I was serious about this. Can you connect me to the person? He says, Sure. Heidrick & Struggles would tell you that they did the interview as a courtesy. And that they thought that it was going nowhere, largely because when the search committee, which is a whoβs who of business, outlined who they wanted, they said they wanted somebody from New York City, and they wanted somebody who was not in elected office. So here I am. I would go through these interviews, and I would outline what I thought the Partnership was doing wrong, and how politics has changed, and where I thought the potential was. Largely that the model of shuttle diplomacy, of relationships in the way that it worked 20, 30 years ago, doesnβt work anymore. And today you see, both with Mamdani and Trumpβ The assets that they [Partnership member companies] have are that they have 800,000 employees. They have the ability to communicate at scale, and they have a general centrist message, and none of those things are leveraged in any meaningful way, is what I would outline. And I really believe, and I continue to believe, that if the Partnership is perceived as a voice of very wealthy people and the CEOs, it will no longer exist in five or ten years. And the reason I say that is because one of the assets that people value is this convening component. And itβs a convening component because you have everybody from, you know, the CEO of JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs towards mid-level to low-level CEOs, and they want to be in the room with the next person in that food chain, so to speak. And when people view it as not good use of their time, because itβs not effective, you start seeing deterioration and you no longer get that involvement. And I would explain this to them, and I would say, This is how weβre going to organize employees, and I think is the most effective way to do it. Itβs something that I did as a [mayor] or a candidate when I was running these campaigns, so itβs something I know. And they would ask a lot of questions, and we would go through this model in detail, and they would ask, and they would just move me along in the campaign in, in this situation. And then at the end, probably ten interviews in, the woman from, you know, Heidrick says, You know, I think, you know, as crazy it is, you might land this plane. And I said I knew I was going to land the plane. Butβ **Josh Greenman**Can I ask? So you mentionedβ **Steven Fulop**Sorry to take so much time on that, butβ **Josh Greenman**Three hundred thousand, or I forget the number. **Steven Fulop**Eight hundred thousand. **Josh Greenman**Eight hundred thousand employees. And correct me if any of the assumptions embedded in the question are wrong. But youβre a membership organization, youβre supposed to be speaking for the large employers. **Steven Fulop**Yes. Large employees. Employers and employees. **Josh Greenman**Employers and employees. But you donβt canvas them every time an issue comes up. You described it as centrist. OK. An issue comes up. First of all, how do you, as the head of the Partnership, decide whether to get engaged and involved in that particular issue? And second of all, how do you decide what the posture of the Partnership is, if itβs not predefined? How much of it is your instinct? How much of it is, Let me take the temperature of the employees and the employers first? **Steven Fulop**The honest answer is I think itβs a hybrid. At the last board meeting, I spoke about being more narrow in the things that weβre going to be involved in. I think itβs very important weβre very deliberate and specific on issues that we care about and being less involved in kind of broad things that donβt necessarily touch 250 of the different companies. **Josh Greenman**Even though you made a statement about antisemitism. **Steven Fulop**I made a statement on antisemitism because it touches a lot of our companies, if not all of them, because they have Jewish employees, and theyβre all very invested here. **Ben Smith**Whatβs something that you think the Partnership should get out of? **Steven Fulop**We had a lot of time last year in the fashion industry. I think the fashion industry is important. I donβt know who reads that report ultimately or how you move the needle ultimately on the fashion industry. We did some work very publicly on short-term rentals. Not really sure that thatβs the best place to be spending a lot of time, because I donβt think it pertains to every single person here. I think that there are things that do pertain, quality-of-life issues that touch everybody. How do those things come to light? So I spoke broadly at the executive board meeting about things that I thought were important. They had lots of questions, Why this, that, and I outlined things both in a framework of government and politics: This is what I think. This is where the opportunity is. This is where the vulnerability is, et cetera, and we went through some of that stuff. When weβre working, for example, now, I gotta review it. Weβve been going back and forth on a blueprint of things to change for New York City that I think, or our team thinks, are meaningful, practical, and tangible things that you could change that would impact the budget in a meaningful way. And a normal person would say, Youβre probably right about that. And the politics could be tough for those. So put a litany of, letβs say, 330 of them together. A lot of itβs our teamβs ideas. Some of them are a little bit maybe venturing into a place that the Partnership historically has felt maybe uncomfortable. Those are broader conversations because I donβt yet have 20 years of trust with those people. So I say, Hereβs what Iβm looking to do. Hereβs the reasons why. And we have those conversations with the executive board. **Liena Ε½agare**Does universal childcare fit into that? **Steven Fulop**Universal childcare is a part of it βcauseβ universal childcare is a part of it. Itβs definitely in there. And Iβll tell you this. We polled our employee base because we were curious. Itβs something again that touches, I believe, the affordability crisis. I think Mamdani and Hochul are right on this. It touches everybody who lives here in some way or another. Roughly two-thirds of our employers provide some sort of childcare today. Some is on-site, some is off-site, some is subsidies for low-income, some is subsidies for everybody, some is using a tax credit. And Iβve said this to the mayor before, that our knowledge of this space is vast because we have experience, practical experience on this sort of thing that others donβt have. They may have abstract experience or be ideological in a certain way. We experience it. We can tell you what works and what doesnβt work in the Building Department, what the challenges are in the bureaucracy, what the issues are in accomplishing this in a different way, because a lot of us have tried to provide that, right? So how do we communicate that publicly in a way that makes sense from our objective, which is improving New York, and at the same time in a way thatβs value-added to the mayor or the administration, is kind of where we are. But itβs a hundred-percent part of that blueprint. There is a section on this. **Akash Mehta**Itβs interesting to hear you emphasize that you represent the employees, not just the employers. Are there formal structures that put that into practice? Are there elected board positions from the employee base, or anything like that? **Steven Fulop**What weβre starting to do nowβ So itβs a shift, OK? And what weβre doing now, the short answer is no. What weβre doing now is starting a lot of these town hall-type conversations with the CEOs and me. It is an April, May, June, two, three-year initiative, where weβre talking about civic involvement, the importance of New York, and people can opt to sign up for information from us. So weβre communicating in that way. People will opt in, and then weβll have the ability to better communicate with the employee base with regards to what weβre doing. You know, thereβs no secrets to what Iβm saying. I meanβ **Ben Smith**But you think the opportunity is to mobilize employees? **Steven Fulop**The opportunity is to better communicate because I think thereβs a disconnect between a lot of the things that happen, and how and when we communicate to employees things that may impact them. Because you have all sorts of legalities, and general counsels, obviously, that put obstacles in place on this stuff. And we need to figure out a way, because people are invested here in a meaningful way, so they should have knowledge of this. I donβt believeβ Of course, our employee base is different than working for the Hotel Trade Council or Carpenters [union] or whatever, right? Theyβre monolithic, told to do something, theyβre gonna do it. Employee bases arenβt that. I think thatβs an asset. Having a generally college-educated employee base, if you lay out an issue in a reasonable way, they could make an informed decision whether that works for them or doesnβt work for them. Theβ **Akash Mehta**Wait, the carpenters canβt make an informed decision? **Steven Fulop**I didnβt say they canβt make an informed decision. Iβm gonna say theyβre more monolithic in what they do, and itβs driven by the decision of a leader, specifically in the Carpenters. The Carpenters would say from their executive board, maybe in Washington, maybe in New York, maybe in New Jersey, say, Directionally, we are supporting Ben. And then we support Ben. We donβt have that luxury. Thatβs not the way weβre structured. **Akash Mehta**What does that have to do with them being college-educated? **Steven Fulop**Well, it doesnβt have to. I mean, I think that you donβt have to necessarily be college-educated, itβs a fair question, to weigh something. But I think generally somebody thatβs gone through some sort of rigorous education and training on pragmatic thinking has a better chance because theyβve been educated to think that way. I donβt think itβs a referendum on, you only could understand an issue if youβre college-educated. **Alyssa Katz**But I want to dig in a little more to that when youβre talking about pragmatic thinking, because itβs not an elephant exactly, but the sort-of power in the room is the mayor, whoβs elected with actually a lot of college-educated support. And also based on a sort of different way of looking at pretty much everything in some ways, right? Like aroundβ OK, weβre gonna start with principles, weβll figure out the practicalities later. And also around mobilizing large numbers of people who have interests potentially at odds with capitalism, right? Tenants, people who generally think that money and politics and billionaires are the core problem, or a core problem to address, and on and on. So Iβm interested in your efforts to mobilize people in that light. I mean, are you looking to build a counterforce? How does that factor in? **Steven Fulop**I donβt use a βcounter force.β I donβt think people are generally sympathetic or upset with capitalism or sympathetic to socialism. I view it more as a couple of things were true in the November election. A, you had an alternative to Mamdani that was tremendously flawed. So they had a ceiling. It was an exact situation that happened in Jersey City, where you had a former governor who resigned in disgrace running for mayor, my old seat, same exact outcome. So it wasnβt, it wasnβt a reflection of, everybodyβs sympathetic to socialism. I think elections are choices ultimately, and these are the four choices that you ultimately had. Do I think that people are frustrated and more fiscally liberal than theyβve ever been before? Yeah, absolutely. I think that when people say that I, people say, a twenty-year model ago would say, I am, you know, fiscally conservative and socially liberal, that model has flipped really. People are fiscally liberal because whatβs going on today isnβt working for them. Theyβre not necessarily sympathetic to socialism, but theyβre open to trying things because thereβs an acknowledgement that whatβs happening isnβt working. And we see that too. Weβre not blind to that. So do I think that you can organize a counterweight, was the question? Is that what it is? I donβt know if I would frame it as a counterweight. I think that you need to organize something that has a voice that is relevant in the political atmosphere, definitely. **Josh Greenman**Can you just explain both the number and percentage of people the Partnership represents of employees, versus the employment base of the city as a whole? **Steven Fulop**Yeah, I donβt know theβ **Josh Greenman**Whatβs happened to that over time? Iβm curious, like, is itβ **Steven Fulop**I can get that to you. I donβt know. I donβt know thatβ **Josh Greenman**And then the other is inside the Partnership. What are the constituent companies and groups, andβ¦Are there a couple of companies that have a highly disproportionate share of Partnership members? **Steven Fulop**No. **Josh Greenman**So how broad-based is it? Can you just describe it? **Steven Fulop**I mean, thereβs 350 companies. They range in size fromβ I mean, they would be significant companies, maybe 50 employees, OK, to several thousand employees. But on the executive board, you can see from the site and the broader board, they vary in size and background. Most of the companies you would have some familiarity with. But, they vary in size. **Josh Greenman**How is it determined whether youβre part of the Partnership as a company in New York City? **Steven Fulop**As part of the Partnership, is generally we go through a process of meetings. I meet with them initially, provide them some information. They express that theyβre interested, I express that weβre interested. I take it to the board to make sure that weβre moving in that direction, and then the board validates that. This year weβve had, I mean, a bunch more have joined, and weβve restructured some things so some have left intentionally. Itβs not intentionally, but I guessβ **Nicole Gelinas**Youβre running pretty hard against the two income-tax hike proposals that the mayor ran for office and won on. Do you see the employee base as part of the battle against those tax increases? Would Partnership company employees go up to Albany to make their point known against that? **Steven Fulop**Yeah. But I donβt think youβre gonna have that same sort of advocacy group that the DSA does. Itβs a totally different type of person that would engage, number one. Do I think that a lot of the employees would be opposed to an increased tax structure in New York? I think without clear parameters on what that tax structure looks like, I think the answer is yes. And itβs not only the income taxes that weβre concerned about. So weβll go into that, too. The reality on this is, if you look at it from a reasonable point of view, if you added the income tax, the payroll, the PTET tax, which is one that we care a lot about and weβre concerned about, the corporate tax, the estate tax, and the property taxes: You put all of those together, right? And you said, OK, weβre gonna do them all. And without some structural changes to the budget, you will be at the trough again in three years. And I think a reasonable person whoβs even supportive of, maybe, the highest earners paying more would say, Does it make sense to do this every two or three years, and at what point is there a tripwire? So I think, yeah, the people would be sympathetic. It depends how and what information you provide and how those taxes are. But we donβt have that structure in place yet. I just got started. So weβre just building that stuff out, which Iβve told you, but itβs new days on this. **Nicole Gelinas**So thereβs, thereβs a reasonable person, and then thereβs Albany. Now that the budget isβ **Steven Fulop**No, I gotta be careful βcause I gotta work with people. So I canβt say theyβre unreasonable. **Nicole Gelinas**Now that the budget is just a week-and-a-half away, what do you see as your prospects for stopping those tax hikes? And if you donβt stop them, does that hurt your power early on? **Steven Fulop**No. I donβt think any reasonable person would say that thereβs a structure in place today, after two months of me being there, that is gonna push back against everything in Albany from a political standpoint. I donβt think thatβs a fair thing to say. I donβt think the Partnership leadership think of it that way, and I think that most people wouldnβt think of it that way. I think the governor has been very strong [against tax increases], so thatβs good. That pass-through tax that was put in place when the SALT reduction was eliminated, and now thereβs a proposal to eliminate that, that would be an income tax increase on not only the wealthiest people, it would be an income tax increase on business owners throughout the city. And that is one that weβre keeping track of right now that I think doesnβt get the scrutiny that it deserves. Everybody focuses on the income tax and the corporate tax, which the governor is fairly clear, at least now, that sheβs not supportive of, but weβll see. **Josh Greenman**On the corporate tax, Mamdani has repeatedly said it shouldnβt harm the climate here in New York City because it applies to anyone who does business in the state, not if youβre headquartered here, so it shouldnβt lead to corporate flight of any kind. Is that how you see it? **Steven Fulop**No. So first of all, itβs challenging when itβs depicted as corporate flight, because then it becomes a conversation around, Well, you didnβt leave. You didnβt leave. So I know what I did is OK because you didnβt leave. The reality of how this works is that itβs attrition over time, and decisions on where to scale outside of New York. Thatβs generally how this works. And because the immediacy isnβt there, people donβt view it as, Well, I made this decision, and tomorrow you left. And thatβs a challenge for us, because the argument we lose, even though what weβre saying happens to be true, that people constantly are making decisions to scale [businesses] elsewhere. You see it. You see it. So I think that his argument is flawed, although itβs a political argument ultimately is what heβs making, and I understand that. But if you do change the tax rate as he proposes, you will be one hundred percent higher than New Jersey, right, which is at 11 percent, and you would be at 22 percent, according to the CBC, when you layer in all these other things. So at that point, you start saying, Well, I have the same talent pool that Iβm pulling from here in the New York system. Iβm no longer making the decision to go to Texas or Florida or Tennessee, where itβs a geographic total distance, but at a hundred percent premium to be in New York City, is that worth it, and should I be elsewhere? Your competition is elsewhere at that point in proximity. Thatβs the dangerous thing to what heβs saying. **Ben Smith**Do you think even more broadly, there is just this sense amongβ βcause I think youβre right. You talk to business leaders, and most of the really big businesses in New York donβt care about New York anymore. Theyβre not New York businesses. Theyβre global businesses that happen to be here, and New York taxes are a diminishing share of the thing they worry about. Because theyβre so global now, they donβt have the kind of commitment they did when David Rockefeller was running the Partnership. And I think a lot of them and a lot of people just think, long-term, New York is cooked. Thereβs a flight not to Jersey, but to the Sun Belt β to Houston, to Dallas, to Atlanta, to Miami β thatβs kind of unstoppable at this point. And you see just the growth of those cities demographically. You see it in terms of their businesses. You know, maybe thatβs not this year or next, but I think if you just literally look at the lines on paper of New York, Philadelphia, Bostonβ¦these northeastern cities, versus the Sun Belt. Just feels like an irreversible trend: these places are in decline, these places are rising. This is probably beyond our professional careers even, weβll be fine. But do you think long-term that itβs true, that New York is just sort of irreversibly declining? **Steven Fulop**I think itβs fragile. Thereβs a lot of indicators and pressure to push people away, and there isnβt an easy solution to it. First, letβs just talk about last week. Regardless of what you say about the corporate tax conversation, we could disagree or agree, regardless. You know, your job isnβt to agree or disagree. But using the estate tax that was proposed last week, OK, or two weeks ago, nobody above the age of 60 would live in New York City if that happened to be approved. Period. End of story. You would see flight, because no sane person would do that? Because the tax rates, that youβre not talking about the one percent, youβre talking about somebody who has a $750,000 home or apartment, OK? You know who that is. So you have pressure because of the dialogue thatβs happening there for sure. You definitely have gradual attrition and people moving jobs elsewhere because theyβre more portable. Thereβs no question about that. You have pressure at the bottom because it is very hard for entry-level people to find jobs, and at the same time to find housing. Itβs a true thing here in New York, the pressure. So you have a lot of difficult situations going on and absence of a tough political solution, meaning willing to make decisions that are not popular, you wonβt be able to change the trajectory. And that is only one that the mayor can actually drive, OK? So the property tax reform stuff that de Blasio and Adams both tried to do, itβs necessary. Itβs really necessary, but itβs gotta be driven by the mayor leaning into it, making that a number one priority. Use things like FHEPS, OK? You guys have all written about that. **Ben Smith**I donβt know what that is, sorry. **Steven Fulop**Itβs the rental assistance program, OK? Itβs growing at four percent per month. Itβs a billion-dollar-plus program. Four percent per month! Itβs not sustainable. And if the mayor was sitting here, he would say, Well, I didnβt approve the expansion of the program. Thatβs what he would say. Because I had a conversation with one of his people last night on this, and I said, Yeah, but the expansion would have made it worse. The existing program is four percent per month, right? We need to solve for that. How do you solve for that? That program is a byproduct of the de Blasio administration when Cuomo got rid of the rental assistance program at the state, and so the city inherited that. There isnβt another city in the country that has a similar entitlement program. Itβs not sustainable. That program belongs at the state or at the federal government, but it is a politically tough thing to do. So you gotta be able to make decisions like the property tax reform, that. Those are not easy things to do. But outside of that, your trajectory for the city is very, very dangerous. Itβs a fact, you know? [Note: After this interview occurred but before it was published, the Mamdani administration continued the appeal of a court ruling requiring the city to expand the FHEPS program as dictated in a law passed by the City Council, while the two sides of City Hall negotiate a potential settlement.] **Akash Mehta**Do you broadly agree with Mamdaniβs analysis that Cuomo shafted New York City β that Albany shafted New York City under Cuomo? **Steven Fulop**Honestly, it predates me, so itβs hard for me to kind of give you a fair assessment on that. I would tell you that I was mayor for 12 years in Jersey City, economic backbone for New Jersey. We drive jobs, we drive the statewide economy, we drive every number. Itβs disproportionately housing growth. Everything is Jersey City. And I used to say, We donβt get what we put in. We donβt get that back. Itβs true, OK. I know New Jersey and New York both say to the federal government, you know, they both pay much more to the federal government than what they get back. I mean, this is a narrative that people say. Itβs probably true. Does it get corrected? I donβt know. You know, itβs on the governorβs situation. I have no idea, is the short answer, βcause Iβm not in the weeds on that. **Akash Mehta**One quick question on the tax battle. The Partnership has a [501] C4 that was seeded with $10 million. What are your plans for the group? Are you planning to spend that money on this battle? **Steven Fulop**Umβ¦unclear. And, conversations this week on that. You knowβ **Josh Greenman**Do you run the C4? **Steven Fulop**We hired an executive director this week. There is a willingness, we had a call this week and there is a willingness to spend real money to make sure that New York City stays competitive. So this was literally this week. There was a call. I would tell you that there is a serious appetite there. Itβs literally a ripe conversation thatβs happening in the last 24 hours. Good question, though. **Nicole Gelinas**Large donors proved last year that theyβre very good at spending a lot of money β but it didnβt work. In fact, it may have worked against them. Are you confident that beyond the money, you understand local and state politics well enough that some of these people are actually listening? I mean, is [State Assembly Speaker] Carl Heastie, is [State Senate Majority Leader] Andrea Stewart-Cousins listening to these arguments and saying, We didnβt realize that the potential for attrition in the corporate side was this great. Because the money hasnβt worked before. **Steven Fulop**The short answer is, Iβve been there two months. I doubt at this stage, we donβt have that relationship. I mean, Iβve met everybody. I doubt that I have the standing or credibility with them to make, or the structure in place to make that argument today more compelling than it was made six months ago. Itβs just the reality of the situation. I think that you have two types of people that exist in any political sphere. You have ideologues and opportunistic people, OK, that just think about their next election. Those are the two types only. And absent somebody that has an alternative, the opportunistic person will only always be sympathetic to the ideologue, because they view that as their best route to get reelected because thatβs where the gravity of energy is. **Josh Greenman**What were you? **Steven Fulop**Itβs a good question. I was a hybrid. **Josh Greenman**Oh, the only one. **Steven Fulop**[Laughing] Thatβs right. I was unique. I think that when you look at Albany, you have a growing DSA base for sure. The question that I would have as I get into it is how much of thoseβ the rest of the people that arenβt pure ideologues are there because thereβs not an alternative that they see, can be supportive, and helpful to a pragmatic view. So I donβt know what theyβll listen to β Carl and Andrea β in the next week-and-a-half. I mean, who knows? **Josh Greenman**Should we charge more for street parking? **Steven Fulop**Itβs a good question. I happen to be a supporter of some of those proposals on street safety and better streets. I donβt think itβs a broader position that the Partnership has taken, and I donβt think itβs something, going back to what I said earlier, narrowing view and going back to your question earlier on how we approve things. Iβll tell you that, as I wrote out this idea of a blueprint of things that, pragmatically, that are politically difficult to change that I believe are the right things to do, I included it in there. And going back to what you said and questioned earlier in how we get these things approved, because the nature of what we wrote, you know, once we get it to a place, I will circulate that a little bit more to the executive board and get some more feedback on whether we wanna go down this road at this point or not, or not at this time. So thereβs a process on this stuff. **Ben Max**What are a few other examples? So property tax reform, some streetscape stuff, universal childcare, what else? **Steven Fulop**If you can wait till next week, itβll be better. OK. Likeβ **Josh Greenman**Are you fast enough for the political world? What Iβm saying is, if youβve got to go through that process, and these conversations are happening, the budgetβs gonna be cooked in ten days, are you gonna be behind the curve? **Steven Fulop**I am obsessed with the political world. I mean, I, I lived in thisβ Ben MaxHe means the Partnership. **Josh Greenman**The Partnership. Is the Partnership behind the curve if itβs got to deliberate on all this? **Steven Fulop**Look, I think the answer is yes. The short answer is, I donβt know, right? Like, I donβt know. Iβve not been in long enough to have a gauge on all of this. But my gut tells me yes, because the leadership there is hyper-engaged in New York City and the Partnership, itβs not something where they just kind of parachute in once every three months and think about, kind of the Partnership and whatβs happening in Albany and happening in New York City. They happen to be very engaged here on a regular basis. So I think the short answer is yes. They will be able to turn stuff around relatively quickly, and I feel pretty good about that. Itβs not where I think about obstacles. **Ben Max**So big picture, Iβm still trying to figure out right now: What does the Partnership care about, big picture. I know youβre working on a blueprint. I know youβre rethinking some of this, but is it first and foremost, the business climate and economic growth? **Steven Fulop**Right now, I wouldnβt say this is in perpetuity. I mean, obviously, in this moment in time, itβs competitiveness and the business climate. But when the C4 was launched initially last year, they spent money on one initiative, OK? Spent a couple million dollars on the discovery bill. It had nothing to do with finances, taxes. It had to do with public safety and what they viewed as in the best interest of quality of life. So their interests arenβt necessarily only about taxes. We happen just to be in this fire drill at this moment that I got thrown into, where thereβs a new tax proposal every other day. So trying to deal with that is where we are right now. I think broadly speaking, the place of the Partnership is really wanting to have a relationship where weβre kind of helping bridge the gap between the public and private sector, and helping find solutions. We have a venture fund, a $200 million venture fund, which I donβt think gets the recognition it deserves. Itβs been involved in creating 37,000 jobs, seeding very early-stage New York companies that do a lot of good here. We have a tech lab that partners with DOT, with the Port Authority, with New Jersey Transit, experimenting on technologies to make government more efficient. It is a collaboration that has happened for 15 or 20 years. A lot of companies are a part of that, new companies helping on that on-ramp. It is a unique and special thing. We actually, I think, at the end of this month, have kind of that shark tank at our office where everybody comes in and pitches, and the board of that is like a whoβs who. So, I mean, thereβs a lot of things beyond what you guys see on the C4 and the advocacy and the lobbying sort-of side. **Nicole Gelinas**So on the Transit Tech Lab, some of the ideas that have come out of there have been very good ideas. But more broadly, for the MTA or the state and local government to actually save enough money so that we donβt have what you described with them coming back for new revenue every couple years, you have to confront the unions on some big issues, whether itβs work rules on the construction side, whether itβs two people on every single subway train, whether itβs Department of Education rules that mean they canβt be as flexible as charter schools. Do you see the Partnership taking on the unions in any sense? **Steven Fulop**Going back to the pragmatic that you said, I would use the word pragmatic and then you asked me about kind of a little bit more about that. You brought up the conductors on the trains and the proposals on that. It is very expensive. There isnβt a city in the country that has that structure. If you outline that to an employee of XYZ Corporation, and you said to them, Hereβs the landscape, OK, We need help with XYZ, I would venture to say that they would be sympathetic to our point of view. Thatβs what I was getting at, just to give that to you earlier. You know, the New York Post called me the day that Mamdani entered into theβ he said at the end of a press conference, I wasnβt there, obviously, but he mentioned that he wasnβt gonna do the sweeps of the homeless encampment. And it was probably my second or third day on the job. And the Post called and said, Do you want to comment on this? And I said, Yeah. And I said something critical of him at the time. Prior to doing that, because it was like my second or third day, I did say to some of the people on the team, going back to how nimble the organization is, I said, Hey, I would like to comment on this, OK? Because I think itβs wrong, his approach, and I think heβs gonna have to move off of where he is, ultimately. And some people said, Well, is that really the hill you wanna climb? Is that really that important to us? And I said, It absolutely is. Because, A, heβs wrong on the issue, and B, itβs a quality-of-life issue. Going back to the fact that it ended up being right, he ended up moving on, and you could see it from, like, far away, just based on being a legislator versus an executive and accountability. But I think our job is to call balls and strikes and just be fair about it. So do I thinkβ Let me say it this way better. If you are gonna grow housing, OK, βcause he says itβs a priority. During his election, when he was a candidate, he would tell you if he was sitting here, he would tell you, you look at his CBS, the debates, he would talk about Jersey City and Tokyo, Jersey City and Tokyo as housing growth models. He would tell you that if he was sitting here β he said it on TV multiple times. Now, he followed that about what we did in Jersey City βcause we grew a lot. How are we able to grow? OK, A, you had layers of government here that we do not have there, so you need to clean that up. We upzoned, of course, more aggressively than the City of Yes around transit centers, which you have to do here for sure. And then the third part about it is that if you mandate affordable housing, community givebacks, the union labor, et cetera, et cetera, the projects financially cannot handle that. They donβt pencil out. So what we would generally do is that, on the union labor front, because the people that get squeezed the most were the ones that pressure the building trades better, because their jobs are usually the ones that getβare most competitive, are the less skilled parts of the building trades. So when you build a high-rise building, the electricians, the plumbers, the operating engineers, the ironworkers are generally gonna be union, because itβs a more complicated thing. Carpenters, laborers, painters generally are the ones that have competition from non-union, and thatβs really where it is ultimately. And we would say in Jersey City, on the projects that are important to us, if they were coming to the city for some sort of subsidies or big zoning changes, and it was an important project, we would work with the developer to give the unions a last look to be competitive with the open-shop bid, and some sort of grace between five and ten percent to be competitive. Now, absent that, there is no way to get it built in union labor. So if the mayor continues to be strident that everything is gonna be a hundred percent building trades, youβre never gonna meet the objective of whatever he has a hundred, two hundred thousand units. So I think that our voice is gonna be that you need some practical reforms to these incentives, and practical reforms means that you cannot pay a 30 percent premium for the carpenters. **Nicole Gelinas**So something very simple on that, though. Two people on a train. Would you see yourself making a statement similar to the encampments that, you know, Hey, intuitively, it doesnβt make a lot of sense to leave people in encampments. Intuitively, it doesnβt make a lot of sense to mandate two people on a train. Would you just call up the Post and say that, or thatβs a differentβ **Steven Fulop**I donβt think thatβ I think if you called me and you said to me, What do you think? Iβd probably just answer you, that I think itβs not something that any other city does, and in a financial crisis, you probably gotta be reasonable about that. **Ben Max**This is what you got hired in part for, right? To be out there more and to be a voice pushing back. **Steven Fulop**I think that itβs just my personality. I donβt know if itβs necessarily, itβs just like this isβ Youβd ask me, and I would say it. I wouldnβt go call up the Post and say, Let me-- Carl [Campanile], let me comment on this, right? I wouldnβt do that. Like, thatβs not how I would think about it, right? Iβd be going with my day, and then Carl would say, Do you care to comment on this? Or he would call, and I would just be like, Yeah, I think so and so. And he would say, Is that on the record? And generally, Iβm not gonna say, This is off the record, on anything. I generally just talk. OK? Soβ **Josh Greenman**You talked about incentives, government incentives. I want to talk about literal government incentives, like, Amazon, right? Remember how many years ago, half of Amazonβs HQ2 was gonna be here. **Steven Fulop**Yeah, I remember. We tried to pitch it too. **Josh Greenman**It didnβt happen. You tried to pitch it, too. What do you think of the stateβs current corporate incentives? Do they make sense as currently structured? To try to attract businesses to New York State, to try and attract businesses to New York City, there are various programs. Thereβs been a lot of talk about restructuring those programs to make them more rational, and thereβs a larger question of, should we have this environment in which cities chase corporations by throwing money at them or tax abatements at them, or should there be some kind of compact where cities agree that they donβt do this to each other? **Steven Fulop**Yeah. I generally think β putting on my mayorβs hat β that the structure exists today is a race to zero, and itβs not healthy from the public side. But you cannot unilaterally disarm, is the unfortunate part of the conversation. And so absent governors getting together and having some sort of dΓ©tente where theyβre no longer doing that, I do not see how a state doesnβt participate in this. That said, I think that the competitiveness conversation in New York and New York City is more complicated than just incentives. I think that, you think about other places in the country, where people have mobility to get to, and thereβs opportunity, thereβs more of a deliberate effort to attract beyond just the incentives. Texas reordered their entire court system to replicate Delaware, to make it more friendly for corporations. Theyβre having a Texas stock exchange to have better access to capital markets. Itβs more of a deliberate strategy than just saying, Hey, weβre gonna give incentives. Now, it is not helpfulβ you know, people, absent certainty on communication, they try to interpret a lot of what somebody means or what they say. So, governor or mayor says X, Y, Z in a statement, they try to interpret, what does that ultimately mean? How should I envision that to manifest itself for what Iβm trying to do? And the thing that we are trying to calibrate for, and I say this publicly and privately, is that a lot of the rhetoric out of City Hall, which is consistent tax, tax, tax on any front thatβs possible, whether you make $500,000, whether you have a house thatβs $750,000, whether itβs a pass-through and you have a small business, it creates a very volatile environment. And thatβs the problem ultimately. So I think you need certainty on that. **Josh Greenman**I have one other topic that we havenβt talked about that I just wanna make sure we discuss, which is AI. You represent a lot of employees. And AI is going to be increasingly a large employer, in theory in the city, but itβs also coming for some of those employeesβ jobs, maybe many of those employeesβ jobs. **Ben Smith**And the employers are very excited about it. **Josh Greenman**And some of the employers, the CEOs, are excited about being able to save dollars and innovate in various ways. **Steven Fulop**Well, they donβt communicate that with me, but just go ahead. **Josh Greenman**So how do you, how do you balance those tensions, which are very, very real, among employees who might be excited and employers who might be excited about AI, and those who might say, Holy shit, my job is gonna be gone in 10 years, or five? **Steven Fulop**I think that that isβ I said this, maybe I touched on it a little bit earlier, I think that young people not being able to find jobs and the housing crisis was pressure from the bottom that is one of the most at-risk situations for New York. AI is part of that conversation, potentially β so you have macro environment, why people arenβt hiring, and then AI might be part of that too. You know, though they donβt clarify that with me. They donβt say, Hereβs the reason Iβm doing this or doing that. I do think that one of the biggest risks over the next 12 or 18 months is the AI impact on jobs. I agree. And I donβt think anybody has a good solution, both in the Partnership or in City Hall, yet on that. And in order to kind of figure out how to do that and solve for that, I think that you need to have some sort of broader conversation on implications. I will tell you that one of the things that we outlined in kind of what we were talking about on this blueprint was that, I do think that part of the procurement process for city government services needs to factor in who is training and who is factoring in the AI conversation, and those scores should be appropriately weighted, beneficial for companies that are thinking about training or have a training program as part of it. So weβre trying to think of ways to kinda think about training people and getting people into another space and using the leverage of City Hall to do that. I donβt think thereβs a broad enough plan yet to solve for it. It is the biggest risk for New York, because New York City relies on white-collar jobs disproportionately for its budget. And where AI is coming is directly at the white-collar jobs as opposed to the blue-collar jobs. And so New York City is poised to get hit in a different sort-of way than anybody else. Short answer is, I donβt think anybody has a clear-eyed solution on that. Some of thatβs gotta be set by the mayor, you know, thatβs the truth too. I said earlier in the conversation, we had a roundtable on childcare in December with the mayor. And the mayor, at the end of it, I said to his staff, I said, You know, we outlined some of the inefficiencies and bureaucracies to getting these childcare centers open, which weβre familiar with. I told you earlier. We can help you with that from a technology standpoint, okay? And this goes back to making tough decisions. Youβve seen employee headcount since COVID skyrocket at City Hall. Whole, another conversation. I mean, thatβs a fair thing to say. We said weβd help you with some efficiencies on that from a technology standpoint. And they were nice in their response but there was really no follow-up on that. And, and my point on that is we can only do so much from the Partnership. You need a dance partner in order to dance, right? Like, thatβs really the reality of this. So, I do not know the solution, and I push back. People arenβtβ They donβt, at least they donβt express to me theyβre happy about, you know, not hiring jobs. You know, maybe to you, Ben. But, and AI displacement, I think people are very concerned about it in the Partnership too. **Harry Siegel**You said maybe without some changes, the Partnership wonβt be there in five to ten years. We just did have a big turnout election, that led to an avowedly socialist mayor. Can you just step back and sayβ **Steven Fulop**No, I think the Partnershipβ I think I clarified that on the, that current trajectory of how it positions itself needed to change. So I think thatβs part of the reason weβre here, to make sure itβs relevant for the next ten years, butβ **Harry Siegel**But the business community seems increasingly less relevant to the political direction of the city. The Partnership seems less relevant. This is a bit of an inside conversation. For people who maybe vaguely know what it is or just spot its name in headlines or whatever, what is the point of the Partnership? And frankly, what is the good and utility that the business community brings to the city, if you just want to explain that? **Steven Fulop**What does the Partnership add to the city? **Harry Siegel**Sure. **Steven Fulop**Or the politics shifting left. **Harry Siegel**However you want to take it. **Steven Fulop**I think, forget about the Partnership as an organization for a second. I think the big corporations add a disproportionate amount of philanthropy, revenue, budget help, employee help to the ecosystem here in New York City. If those larger corporations migrate out, you would have a massive budget problem, you would have significant more unemployment, and the amount of philanthropy, which is tens of millions of dollars a year across, which sometimes is underreported or undershared, is a good thing ultimately, helps private institutions or public institutions, culture and arts institutions disproportionately, hospitals disproportionately. So I think that the business community here has a huge impact. The Partnership acts as a conduit from them to the public sector, and has multiple layers to it as I touched on earlier, where we help incubate early companies, facilitate connection to New York City, help advocate for policy change, et cetera, et cetera. **Harry Siegel**Outside of real estate, the business community, as you and Ben [Smith] were talking about, is less and less rooted here, and the problem is sort of a slow trickle to other regions, as opposed to people just pushing out and moving. Lots more people are voting. They seem less interested in the priorities of the business community. Youβre talking about employees as a sort of base for the organization, 800,000 of them. Iβm just trying to understand how business makes itself more relevant. **Steven Fulop**Thatβs a little bit of a process that I touched on earlier, a little bit of the transition that I touched on earlier on why weβre here. I think that people, as you saw in this last election, are struggling, an affordability crisis is real. Thereβs a lot of pressure, whether itβs jobs or housing. I think thatβs all real. And I think that people have become, as I said earlier, fiscally more liberal because whatβs working for them today and not working today has shifted from 10 years ago. So in order to be relevant, we need to be cognizant of that. **Alyssa Katz**People mentioned earlier that antisemitism is a priority for you, fighting it, and you know, I know youβ **Steven Fulop**Itβs a priority for us, yeah. **Alyssa Katz**Yeah, and we had a couple incidents that may have coincided with right when you arrived at the Partnership, right? The most visible one was, you know, this Israeli drone company. **Steven Fulop**Oh, the Israeli drone company, Easy Aerial? Yeah. OK. **Alyssa Katz**Yeah. Whatβs the other one? **Steven Fulop**It was the Park East Synagogue situation. **Alyssa Katz**Oh, right. Well, listen, but Iβm talking purely on the business side. We can talk about it more broadly. But you know, thereβs a company that was in a city-owned property. The city says it was a lease issue but it had been the target of a campaign saying, Well, youβre providing drones to the Israeli military, and we need you out of here. And then sure enough, thatβs exactly what happened. And Iβm just kind of curious about how you are approaching that kind of pressure on Israeli individuals and their businesses to get out of town, basically. How do you address that? **Steven Fulop**I think itβs a new conversation, obviously. We do think that antisemitism is rising, and itβs a significant concern. The BDS conversation and singling out one country to different standards than other countries that the U.S. or the public agrees with or disagrees with, or that has human rights violations or doesnβt have human rights violations, is a totally different conversation that we donβt agree with β singling out a single country. And the reality is that that BDS conversation, building on that, is not acceptable to us. And as you see elected officials more vocal in this space, unfortunately, if that ends up being, I think that is a place youβd definitely see us spend money. **Liena Ε½agare**Do you think Mayor Mamdani is doing a good job, and where would youβ **Steven Fulop**Doing a good job? **Liena Ε½agare**Yeah. Doing a good job in the city andβ **Steven Fulop**I thinkβ Yeah, look, I thinkβ **Liena Ε½agare**Where should he be more careful? **Steven Fulop**I think, I think there isβ The short answer is, itβs been two-and-a-half months, so itβs hard to tell. I think that thereβs a lot of mixed signals between things he says sometimes in smaller meetings versus what he says publicly. I think that, thereβs been some missteps along the way, like for example the real estate tax proposal I thought was a misstep. I think that thereβs been some really encouraging things. How heβs handled the president has been terrific. And I think that the city is in a better place than anybody would have thought post-election with regards to the president as a result of his communication there. I think that he has shown some willingness to move away from an extreme left position that he came in. That transition from a legislator to an executive is a transition, and from being a backbench Assemblyperson to a prominent front and center mayor, that transition is always complicated. Homeless encampments, the library funding, the FHEPS situation, heβs moderated some of those views, which are good. And at the same time, I think sometimes going back to how we interpret things that he puts out there, sometimes heβll put something out that weβll interpret in a way that I β βcause you have no choice but to interpret this stuff β youβre concerned about. You know, like, and Iβve said to them, Look, when American Express announced their headquarters, right? Itβs a big deal. You know, a big American brand establishing a significant presence again here, recommitting. Itβs good for his narrative ultimately, right? You know, that was in the works for some time. Or the Bank of America situation. If you look at the kind of statements that came out as a result of that, they never acknowledged the corporate side. They talked about the building trades. And that signals to us, A, questions about the housing conversation, right? And B, whether you understand the ecosystem that American Express employs thousands of people here, and theyβre hugely involved philanthropically and committed to the city, and what that means. So I would say itβs mixed. **Nicole Gelinas**One thing thatβs been missing from the ecosystem is a person like Dick Ravitch, who passed a...
Scientists Stunned: Colossal Eggs Discovered 3,500 Meters Beneath an Active Volcano
Beneath an active seafloor volcano off Vancouver Island, researchers have documented a congregation of giant eggs at roughly 3,500 meters, a discovery that reframes how life can flourish under extreme conditions. The eggs belong to the Pacific white skate, an elusive deepβsea species adapted to cold, crushing pressure and perpetual darkness. What seemed an unlikely nursery is actually a geothermally warmed refuge, where subtle heat helps embryos survive a marathon incubation. The finding links volcanic energy to a quiet engine of biodiversity, turning a hostile landscape into an incubator. A living volcano, a hidden nursery The seamount long assumed dormant now exhales mineralβrich, shimmering plumes, proof of hydrothermal life at depth. Expedition cameras swept across black basalt and pale bacterial mats, revealing vents that pulse with warmth. That warmth, though modest by human standards, alters the physics of development for coldβadapted embryos. In a realm where metabolism creeps, even a few degrees can mean faster growth and higher survival. The volcano is not only active; it is ecologically formative, drafting a blueprint for a thriving oasis. Giant eggs and a skate built for the abyss The Pacific white skate, Bathyraja spinosissima, is built for the abyss: broad wings, armored spines, and a life history that trades speed for endurance. Females lay outsized, rectangular βmermaidβs purses,β often 46β50 centimeters long, packed with rich yolk to fuel years of growth. In the frigid deep, embryos can require around four years to hatch, a timeline that magnifies every energetic advantage. The scale is strikingβlarge eggs, large adults, and a textbook case of deepβsea gigantism. The volcanoβs gentle heat may literally shave months or years from the wait. Why heat matters at the bottom of the sea Hydrothermal circulation delivers lowβlevel warmth without the turbulence that would scatter fragile eggβcases. Slightly elevated temperatures accelerate enzyme kinetics, nudging development along while keeping embryos within a safe range. Mineralβladen fluids likely shape local microbiomes, which, in turn, can influence biofilms on egg surfaces. The environment acts like a slow, steady incubator, countering the deep seaβs tyrannies of cold and scarcity. For a species with long maturation and few offspring, every incremental boost compounds across generations. An ecosystem sculpted by fire and water Seafloor volcanoes create steep environmental gradients, stitching together hot vents, cool eddies, and mineral gardens into mosaic habitats. Microbes harvest chemical energy, seeding food webs that support crustaceans, fishes, and skates. Cameras documented eggβcases nestled among rocky ledges, near communities nourished by ventβdriven chemistry. These islands of productivity behave like deepβsea oases, sustaining life far beyond the vent orificeβs flickering light. The nurseryβs success underscores how geological forces engineer biological opportunity. βFinding a cradle of life tucked beneath a breathing volcano reminds us that the planetβs harshest places can be profoundly generous.β What the discovery could change The nursery reframes conservation priorities in regions where volcanism quietly underwrites reproduction. Protecting hydrothermal corridors could safeguard entire lifecycles, not just charismatic adults spotted during occasional surveys. It also sharpens questions about how climateβdriven shifts in ocean circulation might influence vent activity, temperature fields, and embryo survival. With methodical mapping, timeβseries cameras, and environmental DNA, scientists can track whether nurseries remain stable or drift with geologic rhythms. Key implications include: Enhanced understanding of deepβsea reproduction at hydrothermal sites. New conservation targets centered on geothermal nurseries. Comparative studies with other volcanic regions, from the GalΓ‘pagos to rift zones. Biotechnological insights from organisms adapted to long, cold development. Better models of how seafloor heat shapes regional biodiversity. Methods behind the revelation Remotely operated vehicles threaded through chimney fields, gathering video, temperatures, and mineral signatures. Highβdefinition imagery captured the distinctive, horned egg cases, their edges dusted with fine volcanic silt. Geochemical profiles mapped how heat and chemicals disperse, outlining the βthermal lanesβ where eggs most cluster. Combined, these datasets reveal a nursery organized by geothermal topography, with eggβcases concentrated in pockets of gentle, sustained warmth. A fragile boon in a changing ocean Deepβsea environments feel remote, yet they intersect with global pressures: mining proposals, cable routes, and shifting oxygen levels. The nurseryβs resilience hinges on stable heat flow, intact substrates, and minimal disturbance from noise or sediment. Safeguarding such places is not just about protecting novelty; it preserves a slow, ancient strategy that lets large, longβlived animals endure in the coldest reaches of the Pacific. Where geology and biology meet, the planetβs deep time still writes living stories. This volcanoβwarmed nursery adds a vital chapter to that story, revealing how subtle thermal gifts can tip the scales toward life in the abyss. With each dive, researchers trace the contours of an unseen world, where fire feeds water, and waterβagainst all oddsβfeeds the future.
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We disagreed on politics. We agreed on wine. That was enough.
At the Virginia Governorβs Cup Gala in Richmond earlier this month, a very dapper gentleman approached me and introduced himself. In his light-colored suit and bowtie, he looked very Southern in a classical sense, the sort of Virginia Gentleman you used to see south of the Rappahannock as recently as my college days. βIβm a longtime reader and fan of your writing, if not your politics,β he said. His comment was the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove, simultaneously conveying praise and disapproval while establishing boundaries. Man, I wish we still discoursed like this instead of shouting bromides and insults to try and βownβ our opponents with a funny meme and a furrowed brow. Subscribe βWell, weβll always have wine to share together,β I said, and thanked him for his kind words. We clinked glasses, exchanged pleasantries about the delicious gold medal-winning wines being poured that evening, and went our separate ways. Our exchange reminded me that more unites us than divides us. Wine brings people together to share a meal and a few hours of joy despite our differences.1 Thatβs why I refer to the wine community β including readers and consumers β rather than the wine industry. Together, we are so much more than production, distribution and sales statistics. A few minutes later the eveningβs awards ceremony began. Applause grew as the 12 winemakers who made the top-scoring wines for the Governorβs Case took the stage, including a loud cheer for Jonathan Wheeler of Trump Winery and his 2018 Blanc de Noir sparkling wine. All the winemakers on stage had reason to be proud, Wheeler perhaps more so. Trump Winery was the only winery to win six gold medals in the competition this year. (Wineries are limited to six entries.) Two of Wheelerβs ciders also won gold medals in a separate competition. When you cover the labels and take the sour taste of politics off your palate, the wines are pretty darn good.2 Then Gov. Abigail Spanberger, newly elected Democrat and Virginiaβs first female governor, was introduced to great applause to announce which of the 12 wines had won the Governorβs Cup. She spoke for a few minutes about the importance of wine to Virginiaβs economy and tourism and the international acclaim Virginia wine has received. Just two weeks earlier, she gave the Democratsβ response to Trumpβs State of the Union speech, but this night wasnβt about politics. That didnβt stop several people in the crowd from speculating on the irony should she have to present the trophy to Trump Winery. In the end, Valley Road Vineyards was displayed on the screen behind Spanberger as the winning winery. Blue Bee Cidery in Richmond took top honors for that category. The crowd cheered a female governor presenting the stateβs highest trophy to a female winemaker and then resumed the eveningβs festivities, united by their mutual love of wine. A whiff of politics couldnβt dim the cheer of celebration and a community united by its love of wine. In Memoriam: Michel Rolland The global wine community lost a giant March 20, with the passing of Michel Rolland. He was 78. Rolland was the original βflying winemaker,β a globe-trotting consultant who helped Bordeaux regain its mojo in the 1970s and then shaped the rise of Napa Valley cult Cabernet as consultant to Simi, Harlan, Newton, Screaming Eagle, Araujo, Dalle Valle and other wineries. He was instrumental in Argentinaβs rise to prominence and even had his own winery, Clos de los Siete, in a partnership with other wine families. Rollandβs career arc paralleled that of Robert Parker, the worldβs most influential critic. Parker championed many of the wines Rolland consulted on, helping build his reputation and demand for his services. It also made him a target for Parkerβs critics. As W. Blake Gray wrote on Wine-Searcher in his excellent tribute to Rolland: Rolland created the type of wines Parker loved: rich body, plenty of fruit, soft tannins. He sometimes faced the accusation of creating a generic international style of red wine, where the great wines he made in Argentina were indistinguishable from the great wines he made in France. Rolland chafed at that critique, as did many of his fans. He was credited with championing green harvesting and leaf pulling, as well as careful selection of grapes in the winery, practices we nearly universally think of today for high-quality winemaking. βMichel was an incredible innovator who changed how wine was made and how grapes were grown,β Napa Valley winemaker Aaron Pott wrote on Facebook. βHis work has transformed the wine trade. He created new ways of looking at wine, tasting wine, evaluating ripeness and quality. β¦ This was not just a man with a βstyleβ that he imposed on vineyards but a man that understood how to make great wine from great sites.β Rolland started his consulting company in 1973 in Libourne, in Bordeaux, with his wife, Dany. Both had graduated the year before from Bordeauxβs Institute dβOenologie. The couple sold their majority share in the business in 2020, according to Wine Spectator. Over his career, Rolland reportedly worked with more than 100 wineries in 20 countries. He even made it to Virginia, where he consulted for Kluge Estate in the mid-2000s. (Kluge Estate is now Trump Winery.) Reader feedback, please! Last week, I did my first WineLine Live! with Dr. Laura Catena of Catena Zapata winery in Argentina. We enjoyed a fascinating discussion about her efforts to preserve the genetic heritage of old vineyards in Mendoza. I conceived of WineLine Live! for paid subscribers, as a thank you for your financial support. And while only a few people joined live, the video now has more views than I have paid subscribers, so I guess thatβs pretty good. Even so, Iβm considering opening future installments to anyone on Substack to reach a broader audience. So my questions to you: Should these be public? And what format do you prefer? Live gives a chat feature with the potential for viewers to interact with me and the guest, while a video post would just be that. Another alternative is a podcast, which would just be audio, without video of my chins. Please let me know in the comments. Leave a comment In the Glass A few wines Iβve enjoyed recently: Bonny Doon Vineyard Take Me to Your Liter, Le Cigare Volant, Red Wine of the Earth. 2023, Central Coast, CA. Blend of Grenache, Syrah Cinsaut and Petite Sirah. Delightful wine with expressive red fruit flavors, casual drinking. Doon lovers of a certain age will remember Randall Grahmβs Big House Red; this is more in that style than his original Le Cigare Volant, modeled after Chateauneuf du Pape. The liter bottle makes it an even better value. I see this online at about $15. Great value. Albert Bichot Bourgogne Pinot Noir Origines 2023. 13% - Textbook pinot noir and an excellent, affordable entry (regional) Burgundy. Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Wines of 2025. $24 at Total Wine & More. Loma Larga Pinot Noir 2021 βCoastal Cool Climate Wineβ, Valle de Casablanca, Chile. An older sample, showing beautifully. Spicy and fruit forward. Iβm seeing widely varied pricing online, from $18-$32. At the lower end, itβs a terrific value. 13.5% Dr. Loosen Riesling Dry 2016, Mosel, Germany. Found this βin the stack.β And it stacked up well, shedding some of its youthful acidity for opulent Riesling character, including a hint of the mineral oil older Riesling often features. A great value, as Iβm seeing it as low as $14 online. 12% abv. Red Tail Ridge Blau Franc Blend 2024, Sans Oak, Finger Lakes. 13.4% abv. The name is a neat portmanteau of Blaufrankisch and Cabernet Franc, thus Blau Franc. The blend is 50-50, no oak involved. The Blau dominates on the palate, with the spicy caraway seed (think New York deli rye bread). The Franc adds body. The result is juicy, energetic and joyful. Sokol Blosser Estate RosΓ© of Pinot Noir 2025, Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon. This first rosΓ© of 2025 was a welcome respite to our cold, snowy winter here in the Mid-Atlantic. Oh man, I needed this! Bright and energetic, exuberant even, it perks up the mood and goes down fast. 13%. Certified B Corp. Ingredient and nutrition labeling, and in a modest way that doesnβt occupy a lot of label space. (Since itβs not required, presumably there are no minimum font size requirements.) More wineries should follow this example. Dave McIntyre's WineLine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Thanks for reading Dave McIntyre's WineLine! This post is public so feel free to share it. Share 1 Some restraint may be required. 2 Especially the bubblies.
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