“We don’t have an acting commissioner at the moment,” said a Cultural Affairs spokesman when asked who was leading the agency, referring all other questions to the mayor’s office.I'm getting a sense my de Blassio tags are going to give my ObamaCare tags a good run for their money. Just saying.
“There’s currently no acting commissioner,” said a spokeswoman for the media office, who said that day-to-day operations, such as issuing permits for TV and movie shoots, hadn’t been affected by the gaps.
One deputy commissioner said many commissioners have been told they won’t be asked to stay on but have been given little to no direction about how long they’ll be needed.
“I cannot tell you how scary it is now. Senior staff at a variety of agencies have no clue what is going on,” the deputy commissioner said.
The deputy also complained about a larger lack of communication between agencies and the new administration. “Emails are not being returned and there is already a strong sense of being rudderless,” said the source.
One now-departed Bloomberg-appointed commissioner also said he’d been surprised the incoming de Blasio administration hadn’t taken him and other agency staffers up on their offers of assistance during the transition before they left.
“It’s pretty surprising,” said the ex-commissioner, disappointed that Mr. de Blasio’s team had not sought his input. “I said, ‘I’ll do whatever I need to be helpful.’ I have all our divisions laid out, a big binder with everything … It’s really good. It’s colorful.”
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
The de Blassio Diaries: “People sort of looking at each other.”
"Two weeks after taking office, Mayor Bill de Blasio has yet to fill a long list of top administration positions, leading to frustrations and confusion in some corners about how long holdover staffers are supposed to stay on."
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Oh no, a crisis at Cultural Affairs!!!
A big binder? Say it isn't full of women.
This is what happens when you put a Sandinista in as Mayor.
But they turned all the carriage horses into dog food so we have that to be happy about.
It's de Blaiso time.
A commie unfamiliar with government operations? Shocking!
At least the criminal element in NYC is going to be well served. Everyone else? Not so much.
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"... there is already a strong sense of being rudderless..."
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What Trooper York said.
Here's the best thing that de Blasio could do to help NYC.
He can just tell the cops: "New rule for stop and frisk, just stop people that look like my kids."
If the Crack Emcee was not at the chiropractor he would say that was racist.
The problem with folks like DeBlasio who have lived their political lives as "the opposition" is that they have absolutely no idea what do with the office they've just got elected to.
If you've ragged on "The Man" all your life, watcha gonna do when you are "The Man"?
Another community organizer.
Trooper York said...
Here's the best thing that de Blasio could do to help NYC.
He can just tell the cops: "New rule for stop and frisk, just stop people that look like my kids."
Krool; truthful, perhaps, but cruel.
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