![]() Monaco accompanied then-FBI Director James Comey to Capitol Hill in September 2016 to “warn” top congressional leaders in both parties that Russia was up to no good. Working off alleged intelligence collected by CIA Director John Brennan, Haines’ former boss, indicating the Kremlin planned to sabotage America’s election, Rice, Monaco, and Haines “convened meetings in the Situation Room to weigh the mounting evidence of Russian interference and generate options for how to respond,” the Washington Post reported in June 2017. Their sisterhood presumably strengthened during secret huddles in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election. ![]() political history: the Trump-Russia election collusion hoax. Rice’s self-aggrandizing flex notwithstanding, no one tried to “play” the little women off each other to the contrary, Haines and Monaco-Obama’s deputy national security advisor and homeland security advisor, respectively-and Rice played the American people by helping engineer one of the biggest frauds in U.S. Woe unto anyone, especially any male counterpart, who tried to play one of us against another.” Confident in ourselves and each other, we wouldn’t let any outsider perceive, much less exploit, our differences. “Never before, I am sure, had such small packages wielded such national security punch. “In my last two years as NSA, I was extremely fortunate to have the invaluable input, support, and counsel of my sisters, Avril Haines and Lisa Monaco,” Rice explained in her book, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For. Big-deal FiDi cocktail bar The Dead Rabbit is expanding to New Orleans.In her 2019 memoir, Rice, Barack Obama’s final national security advisor, wrote glowingly of the close bond she shared with two other women in Obama’s tight knit circle of confidants. On Tuesday, in a separate criminal case, Gooding was indicted on sexual misconduct charges. In the latest of a string of groping accusations against Cuba Gooding Jr., a Tao Downtown bartender is suing the actor for allegedly pinching her butt inside the club last year. The Hoboken corner once home to legendary rock club Maxwell’s will soon be an Italian restaurant. The Hester Street Fair has its seasonal closing event on Saturday, October 26. Meals on Wheels America will receive $20 from every delivery. There’s also a Waxman-created package with three roast chickens, sides, and ingredients for a vodka drink that can be delivered anywhere in the U.S., for $200 through December 31. It’s a collaboration with vodka company Grey Goose and costs a whopping $195 per person, far more than a single meal at Barbuto would have been or currently is at Waxman’s still-open Jams. On November 13, chef Jonathan Waxman of now-closed Barbuto will cook a dinner at Empire Diner in Chelsea. Steve Cuozzo at the Post checks out the Gotham Bar and Grill under new chef Victoria Blamey, finding that she “seamlessly synthesizes the familiar and the unexpected.” He was “thrilled” at every meal. Mayor Bill de Blasio visited Max Fish last night to promote new initiatives, such as later street cleaning and “no standing” rules after midnight. The city is trying to crackdown on the craziness of Lower East Side nightlife. They were reportedly there for “several hours.” In other news: President Barack Obama, Robert De Niro, and Apple CEO Tim Cook ate together on Monday night at Tribeca French restaurant Yves. Power dinner: Barack Obama, Robert De Niro, and Tim Cook share a meal Any reforms to the system, though, sadly won’t help bring City Bakery back. In it, business owners sign a document that admits wrongdoing in advance if they can’t pay up, they don’t go back to court. Owner Maury Rubin had apparently gotten a “merchant cash advance,” a risky and expensive form of financial help that’s now being investigated in New York as it impacts more and more small businesses. It also had to pay $75,000 to settle a wage lawsuit a staffer had accused the bakery of not properly paying overtime wages. Union Square institution City Bakery closed over the weekend due to financial troubles, and a new report from The City finds that the hot chocolate and pretzel croissant purveyor owed nearly $600,000 to different creditors when it ended its nearly 30 year tenure. City Bakery owed close to $600K before closing
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