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The Fur Information Council of America is working with Democratic-leaning SKDKnickerbocker to fend off a ban on the sale of new fur garments and accessories in New York City.
Introduced by City Council president & potential mayoral candidate Corey Johnson, the measure would allow the sale of used fur garments and apparel repurposed from older clothing.
Johnson has called the new fur ban the "moral thing to do."
He faces spirited opposition from black pastors and the Hasidic community, which oppose the fur ban on cultural and religious grounds.
New York mayor Bill de Blasio worries about the measure's impact on the city's $400M annual fur business, which employs 1,100 people. NYC is the country's No. 1 fur market.
Los Angeles and San Francisco have passed fur bans. California is considering a statewide measure.
Josh Isay, SDKnick's managing partner and former chief of staff to Senator Chuck Schumer, and Kerri Lyon, managing director & New York PA president, told O'Dwyer's their firm is focused exclusively on the fur action in NYC.
Mark Penn's Stagwell Group owns SKDKnick.
Tricia McLaughlin, the combative spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is leaving her post.
While finding the right solution to a problem is still important, the work that differentiates effective communications leaders is problem-finding—identifying the real risk before it becomes visible, reputational or irreversible.
Orchestra has recruited Deepika Sandhu for the senior VP-legal & crisis communications slot.
Apologies are often seen as a weakness or as proof that a leader has lost control of the narrative. But Donald Trump's failure to apologize after he posted—and then deleted—a video with a racist clip of Barack and Michelle Obama shows how flawed this mindset is.
Tim Allan, communications director for embattled British prime minister Keir Starmer, has quit as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has engulfed Ten Downing Street.
