* New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is slated to push for rent regulations and continued control of city schools in Albany today, but many are not optimistic about contentious bills' fate, The New York Times reports: http://goo.gl/1IkoZ9
* New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will unveil an ethics bill that would prevent state legislators from moonlighting, overhaul campaign finance laws and aid prosecutors taking on corruption, the Daily News reports: http://goo.gl/0Y7vcX
* A judge ruled that former Bronx City Councilman Larry Seabrook must forfeit his public pension benefits to pay an outstanding $418,000 judgment stemming from his 2012 federal corruption conviction, the Times reports: http://goo.gl/KlHOay
* New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said New York City residents are hit with a monthly "invisible fare" of $130 in MTA fees stemming from everything from taxi taxes to subway policing costs, the Post reports: http://goo.gl/4jtw4q
* State Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein will introduce a bill today that would revive a New York City property tax rebate program that ended five years ago, the Daily News reports: http://goo.gl/3sLrVV
* A robocall campaign underway aims to sway about a dozen Assembly members, including Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, to back a bill that would legalize mixed martial arts in the state, the Times Union reports: http://goo.gl/ltJ4oI
* A coalition pushing for stronger tenant laws will urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to stop accepting campaign donations from scandal-linked Glenwood Management and return $1 million in contributions, the Daily News reports: http://goo.gl/oRDdp4
* De Blasio has rebuffed calls for those who receive 421-a tax abatements to pay construction workers a prevailing wage, but he is pushing for that protection for building service employees, the Daily News reports: http://goo.gl/K3Krcx
* De Blasio plans to more than double a program called PROSE, which allows public schools to skirt union rules—such as extending the school day—in a bid to spur innovation, the Post reports: http://goo.gl/Fhstb7
* Homicides are up 15 percent in New York City this year, but de Blasio said the rise in murders appeared to be caused by "sore spots" where gangs and crews are a problem, the Post reports: http://goo.gl/93XSdp
* New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray will return to Italy, attend a conference and give opening remarks on black portraitures, and her trip will be financed by New York University, the Post reports: http://goo.gl/otULvw
* Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Daniel Conviser's ties to Assemblyman Sheldon Silver may have influenced him when he presided over a case accusing a woman of stalking the Yankees manager, the Daily News reports: http://goo.gl/QXlYBt
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