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As The Atlantic continues its newsroom expansion, editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and executive editor Adrienne LaFrance announced today five new editors and reporters joining the Politics, Culture, and Global teams: Helen Lewis and Tom McTague as staff writers with The Atlantic’s bureau in London; Shirley Li as a staff writer covering culture, based in Los Angeles; and on Politics, John Hendrickson as senior editor in New York and Saahil Desai as associate editor in Washington. “The Atlantic, I am proud to say, is a talent magnet, and these five journalists are all excellent additions to our growing team,” Goldberg said. The five editors and writers will contribute to coverage areas that have been growing markedly in the past 12 months. Earlier this month, Goldberg also announced a restructure of his editorial leadership team, promoting LaFrance to executive editor overseeing all of digital, podcasting, and video; and both Swati Sharma and Sarah Yager to managing editors running day-to-day coverage and editorial operations, respectively. Helen Lewis and Tom McTague join The Atlantic’s bureau in London, where international editor Prashant Rao oversees the site’s coverage of foreign policy, democracy, and global conflict as well as its team of reporters in London, Paris, and Washington. Lewis has been associate editor of the New Statesman, and was previously its deputy editor. At The Atlantic she will continue to focus on some of the biggest issues shaping a changing world—the decline in democracy, the culture wars, toxicity in public discourse, and feminism.

Former Irish professional boxer Christina McMahon believes that promoter politics are preventing Katie Taylor from securing world title bouts with fellow female champions Delfine Persoon and Rose Volante. Bray native Taylor currently holds two world title belts, the IBF and the WBA, while the WBC and WBO are held by Belgian Persoon and Brazillian Volante respectively. Taylor successfully defended her world straps on Saturday night at the iconic Madison Square Garden, defeating Eva Wahlstrom by a unanimous decision, and now she had set her sights on becoming undisputed champion. However, making the fights with the other two champions is proving more difficult than expected with manager Brian Peters revealing that huge money has been offered but they have yet to get a commitment. "Katie is 100 per cent right," said McMahon, speaking on 2fm's Game On. "If you are world champion, step up to the mark. Persoon has been in possession of the WBC belt for over four years and has only lost once in 43 professional fights, a defeat to Zelda Tekin over eight years ago. And McMahon explained that it has been the norm in women's boxing in recent time, where challengers would always travel to fight for the belt, while she also welcomed the spotlight that Taylor is now shining on the women's fight game. The girl that I fought had 54 wins and had never fought outside Mexico, except once and the only time she fought outside Mexico, she lost. "The politics side, the money side of things, let them tell the truth as to why this is happening and why aren’t they fighting outside their own country."

Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former White House aide, has released fresh audio recordings that she claims show she was offered “hush money” by Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. Manigault Newman has already made several serious and provocative accusations about Trump and the White House in her book Unhinged, including that there are recordings of Trump using the N-word. The White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said earlier this week she was unable to guarantee that any such recording did not exist. During an appearance on MSNBC on Thursday, Manigault Newman played excerpts of an apparent phone conversation between her and Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, which Manigault Newman claims was recorded shortly after her dismissal from the White House. However, she noted that if Mangault Newman joined the campaign, everything she would say about Trump would have to be “positive”. Manigault Newman, a former Apprentice contestant who was once the most prominent African American in the Trump administration, told MSNBC she saw the offer as “an attempt to buy my silence, censor me and pay me off – $15,000 a month”. Asked if she saw it as “hush money,” Manigault Newman responded: “Absolutely.” In the course of the conversation, Lara Trump noted “the only thing we have to consider where we’re talking about salary as far as the campaign is concerned is that, as you know, everything is public”. Manigault Newman said that Lara Trump was clear during their phone conversation that the impetus for the phone call came from Donald Trump. She went on: “[I am] absolutely shocked and saddened by her betrayal and violation on a deeply personal level.” Manigault Newman refused to rule out releasing further recordings. “Every single time the Trump people challenge me, I bring the receipts,” she said of the criticism she has received for making the recordings, and making them public.

Madison Square Park officially opened to the public in 1847. Edwin Levick/Archive Photos, via Getty Images The Flatiron Building, completed in 1902, anchors Madison Square Park to the south. Detroit Publishing Company, via Library of Congress One of the early buildings in Madison Square Park was a home for juvenile delinquents. via New York Public Library A view from 1896 of Fifth Avenue at 26th Street, showing Delmonico’s Restaurant. via New York Public Library The first Madison Square Garden, circa 1879-1890. via Museum of the City of New York Interior of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, circa 1895. Brown Brothers, via Museum of the City of New York Stanford White designed the second Madison Square Garden, a Moorish-Venetian-Renaissance-style building. Frank M. Ingalls/The New York Historical Society, via Getty Images The 1913 National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. H.C. White Company, via Library of Congress Madison Square Park, today, with the MetLife Tower, center left. Karsten Moran for The New York Times “Danny’s vision and food have been integral to making Madison Square Park what it is today,” said Keats Myer of the Madison Square Park Conservancy about Danny Meyer, the restaurateur who, in the early aughts, established the original Shake Shack in the park, which drew New Yorkers and tourists to the area once again.

What to watch for this week in New York politics: The week begins with the New York political world fixated on the race for Governor after the Working Families Party endorsed Cynthia Nixon on Saturday. Added attention will come as state legislators return to Albany for three session days this week after the annual post-budget break. ***Do you have events or topics for us to include in an upcoming Week Ahead in New York Politics? e-mail Gotham Gazette editor Ben Max: bmax@gothamgazette.com*** The run of the week in detail: Monday At the City Council on Monday: --The Committees on Health and Parks & Recreation will meet jointly at 10 a.m. to discuss a proposed law “requiring defibrillators at softball fields where youth leagues play.” --The Committee on Justice System will meet at 1 p.m. for an oversight hearing regarding “investigations and prosecutions of low wage theft.” The New York State Legislature will be in session on Monday in Albany, returning from the post-budget recess. At 6:30 p.m. Monday, City Council Member Carlos Menchaca and the Consulate General of Mexico will host a welcome ceremony for new Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza at Sunset Park High School in Brooklyn. The New York State Legislature will be in session on Tuesday in Albany. At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, the New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy will rally at Bronx Borough Hall to protest Mayor de Blasio's “proposed cuts to English and other adult literacy programs in the City Budget.” Wednesday At the City Council on Wednesday: --The Committees on Land Use, Finance, and Education will meet jointly at 10 a.m. for an oversight hearing reviewing the recent Council report “Planning to Learn: The School Building Challenge,” to discuss several proposed laws relating to school sitings and land use for education, and to discuss two resolutions: the first one calling on the state to confer the city with broad design-build authority for all capital projects, and the second calling upon the School Construction Authority “to more clearly communicate to the general public how city residents can submit potential school sites and the guidelines used by the School Construction Authority in considering whether a suggested school site meets the evaluation standards used by the authority.” --The Committee on Economic Development will meet at 10 a.m. for an oversight hearing regarding “modifying helicopter routes to reduce noise over residential neighborhoods,” to discuss a proposed law relating to “an annual helicopter sightseeing plan,” and to discuss a resolution “calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to amend the North Shore helicopter route to extend further west to cover Northeast Queens.” --The Committee on Technology will meet at 1 p.m. for an oversight hearing regarding LinkNYC. Speakers include U.S. At 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Mayor de Blasio will appear at the 2018 Inner Circle Show at the New York Hilton Midtown. *** Have events or topics for us to include in an upcoming Week Ahead in New York Politics?

Twitter What to watch for this week in New York politics: With a new state budget in place, City Council preliminary budget hearings over, and it being the annual April school break, there are limited events scheduled this week. We expect to hear more from Mayor Bill de Blasio about the budget outcomes, as well as other officials, advocates, and others. Governor Cuomo will speak in New York City on Thursday, likely about highlights in the new budget -- see below for details. Cuomo also will participate in at least one election-related event this week. ***Do you have events or topics for us to include in an upcoming Week Ahead in New York Politics? e-mail Gotham Gazette editor Ben Max: bmax@gothamgazette.com*** The run of the week in detail: Monday Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro will launch his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor on Monday. Along with his lunch with Carranza, de Blasio's other public event for Monday is his weekly appearance on NY1's Inside City Hall, during the 7 and 11 p.m. hours. At 2 p.m. Monday, Governor Cuomo will make an announcement at Johnson Community Center in Manhattan. Thursday At 11 a.m. Thursday, Governor Cuomo will speak at an Association for a Better New York event at Cipriani Wall Street. E-mail Gotham Gazette executive editor Ben Max any time: bmax@gothamgazette.com (please use "For Week Ahead" as email subject).

The United Nations general assembly met in New York this week, affording Donald Trump his first opportunity to address the world body as president. He duly gave a bellicose speech in which he said that if provoked, the United States “will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea”. “To a large extent, because of what I witnessed [in France], we may do something like that on 4 July in Washington down Pennsylvania Avenue, if I have your approval,” Trump told Macron. “I don’t know. Trump appeared before the UN general assembly and made eyeballs pop with the line: “If [the US] is forced to defend ourselves or our allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” Trump also suggested that he may yet seek to unravel the Iran nuclear deal, which he called “an embarrassment to the United States”. The White House chief of staff, John Kelly, listened with face planted firmly in palm.