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After Cutting NYPD Funding, De Blasio’s Wife Gets $2 Million a Year In Taxpayer Paid ‘Staff’ (cut police by 1 billion)
RedState ^ | August 19, 2020 | Bonchie

Posted on 08/19/2020 10:43:07 AM PDT by sickoflibs

Why does a mayor’s wife need a staff at all, complete with a $70,000 a year videographer? Good question, but apparently that’s the current setup in New York City, which should surprise no one.

The Daily Mail has released some details on Chirlane McCray’s setup and it’s pretty astonishing. Not only does she have 14 people on her “staff,” the taxpayers are on the hook for about $2,000,000 as a result.

Bill de Blasio’s unelected wife has been branded a ‘disgrace’ for having a staff of 14 costing New York City $2 million, including a $70,000 videographer who filmed her baking cookies – while crime soars amid NYPD budget cuts, trash is left to pile up on the streets and 22,000 city workers face job losses.

Chirlane McCray, who is mulling a run for Brooklyn borough president, 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 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.

If you want to know what the communism that de Blasio loves so much looks like, this is it. Those in power enjoy all the perks with none of the cost. Meanwhile, blue collar workers are facing layoffs because the budget of the city has been so badly mismanaged over the years. McCray has a videographer filming her escapades on the backs of the taxes paid by the guy picking up the trash. You couldn’t get a more stark example of how things operate in most communist nations.

Let’s also not forget the fact that de Blasio cut the NYPD budget by $1,000,000,000. Crime has soared, and the once “safest big city in the world” is looking more and more like it did in the 70s and 80s. But instead of trying to keep people safe, de Blasio would rather take cops off the street so his wife can have someone film her baking cookies. Yes, that’s actually a thing that happened. You’d think before cutting police officers from the force or sending city workers home, that making cuts to the staff of an unelected spouse would make more sense.

Meanwhile, de Blasio continues to keep his foot on the neck of his city, refusing to allow many businesses to open as more and more close their doors for good. The city’s financial outlook is bleak and its future prospects are even bleaker.

But none of that matters when those in power have everything they need. They won’t pay the price of bad, non-science based policed. They’ll still have their personal assistants, big salaries, and pensions. It’s the normal people that suffer.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blasio; nyc
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Bill 'let them eat cake' de Blasio.

Unfortunately those left on NYC are the sheep.

1 posted on 08/19/2020 10:43:07 AM PDT by sickoflibs
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I wouldn’t know how to keep all of those people busy!


2 posted on 08/19/2020 10:45:09 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: sickoflibs

NYC needs it’s own Ceaucescu moment with time on those two.


3 posted on 08/19/2020 10:45:15 AM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency)
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To: sickoflibs

Impossible.

The Deblasios are socialists.

They long to join their comrades in the fields pulling turnips at Turnip Commune #34.


4 posted on 08/19/2020 10:46:37 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: sickoflibs

Just keep taking it.


5 posted on 08/19/2020 10:48:33 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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TOO MUCH MONEY IN CHIRLANE MCCRAY'S HANDS - THRIVENYC

I was at a conference at the White House with mental health professionals. Sitting next to me was the head of the NYC Psychiatric Assoc. He told me that less than 10% of the money given for this initiative actually ended up with the people who needed it. He was PISSED and impressed with what the Trump administration was doing in its mental health initiative. This man was not a Republican. I think there will be many professionals from all stripes who will be voting Republican this year.

6 posted on 08/19/2020 10:52:36 AM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: sickoflibs

The security to protect the marxist leaders will not be touched.

The public, on the other hand, is on its own.


7 posted on 08/19/2020 10:54:33 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: sickoflibs

De Blasio’s wife is the brains behind all his stupidity. The whole idea is to get as rich as they can off the Public’s expense until he leaves office next year. What happens to NYC is not their concern. It is the old story...”Follow The Money”.


8 posted on 08/19/2020 10:56:36 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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Vote blue....and if you’re in charge you too can have a staff of 14 to run your household...


9 posted on 08/19/2020 10:57:54 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: sickoflibs

Socialism for thee but none for me.


10 posted on 08/19/2020 11:04:00 AM PDT by Oneanddone
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After Cutting NYPD Funding, De Blasio’s Wife Gets $2 Million a Year In Taxpayer Paid ‘Staff’ (cut police by 1 billion)

Well, democrats talk about creating jobs. DeBlasio is creating jobs, but not for the people at large nor for the ones that count, nor the necessary jobs.

FACT is that, democrats want to create jobs, but only when they control all the jobs created, and all the companies created, and all the industries created.
11 posted on 08/19/2020 11:04:34 AM PDT by adorno
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> I wouldn’t know how to keep all of those people busy! <

Fourteen staffers for a mayor’s wife is a bit much. Maybe she could organize them into seven 2-person bocce teams, and then hold tournaments. Other than that I’m out of ideas.


12 posted on 08/19/2020 11:09:33 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: sickoflibs

14 Friends and family members with high paying do nothing jobs.


13 posted on 08/19/2020 11:12:20 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: everyone

no bail-outs for marxist cities and states EVER!


14 posted on 08/19/2020 11:12:58 AM PDT by lerker
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To: sickoflibs

Traveling to NY?? Might want to look at this first:
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IF YOU’RE ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATES LIVING THERE, WE’VE POSTED A LINK BELOW TO A FILM YOU MIGHT FIND HELPFUL:
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15 posted on 08/19/2020 11:20:26 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES YOU!)
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To: sickoflibs

True socialism!


16 posted on 08/19/2020 11:35:31 AM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: sickoflibs

Well, she needs it for all the important stuff she does.


17 posted on 08/19/2020 12:09:41 PM PDT by Renkluaf
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RE:”Just keep taking it.”

I don't live in NYC

18 posted on 08/19/2020 12:18:00 PM PDT by sickoflibs (BREAKING NEWS: BLM cures COVID-19, it's safe to go out and protest Trump again.)
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To: VastRWCon

Are you a accusing them of nepotism?

How dare you?!?!?!


19 posted on 08/19/2020 12:26:03 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Maybe they can sell all those parks to private investors so they can charge for their use. maybe that will turn out better than the three dollar ferry rides that actually costs thirteen dollars before taxpayer subsides kick in the ten bucks.


20 posted on 08/19/2020 12:56:45 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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