Posted on 08/19/2020 6:00:45 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Bill de Blasio tried to defend his unelected wife's $1.1million staff on Wednesday after angry New Yorkers labeled it a 'disgrace' when the city is so short on cash and 22,000 jobs are expected to be cut.
Despite not being officially employed by the city government Chirlane McCray, who heads up the city's mental health program ThriveNYC, enjoys a core team of eight full-time staff who cost the city a combined $1.1 million in annual salaries, according to her office.
Sources at the Mayor's Office told The City the mayor's wife, who is mulling a run for Brooklyn borough president, also has at least another six staff who do not feature on the official roster, taking her total workforce to 14 with a hefty price tag of $2 million.
She has worked with a $70,000 videographer who filmed her baking cookies at home, and has a $150,000-a-year senior adviser.
While the mayor's wife has a considerable team, her husband has sounded repeated warnings that a staggering 22,000 workers could lose their jobs in the fall due to the toll the pandemic has taken on the city's budget.
On Wednesday however, de Blasio defended their work, saying it was crucial to mental health and diversity.
'That article (referring to the initial The City story) didn't take into account the work that's being done. This work is about the needs of the people of this city.
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Let the non elites eat cake!
Annnnnd she “lost” 850 ,000 or was it 850 million???Can anyone say the CAYMAN ISLANDS????
My give a damn about NYC is broken. Has been for a few months now.
We can only imagine how much money this left wing elite B$tch has wasted on her ego!
She’s the Emilda Marcos of NYC and her tyrannical husband, Ferdinand DeBlasio
I would not be surprised if a sizeable amount of the “missing funds” went to the coffers of BLM and other radical leftist groups. This is what happened with a lot of our foreign aid via the State Department during the Obama administration.
Still, that is serious money. Taxpayers in NYC should demand real answers since the media has not given them.
Maybe De Blasio can explain what his wife did with all the money that was supposed to go towards mental health, ya know the money she claims she “Lost”
Yep..if De Blasio were a Republican the media would have already tracked the money down
Appalling.
she shows the homeless how to make cookies in their kitchens.....A real contribution to the city
Classic Marxism/Leninism—the “vanguard” eats the cake while everybody else gets the crumbs.
They never found the 1 billion that went missing with Corzine...I guess 800 million in’t bad.
$2,000,000 / 14 = $142,000 per staff member.
A lot of New Yorkers wished they made that much money.
De Bozo and Cuomo have killed NY.
RIP.
850 MILLION.
And she wants more to steal.
Defunding the Police so his Wife can have her entourage
And apologies to the good NYers but everyone else deserves the slum, third world, crime ridden, broke ass, thieving, deserted, garbage lined streets, loss of their jobs, completely destroyed and never to be restored city that they voted in.
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