On April 27th, a few hours before news broke
that several of his top aides had been subpoenaed in joint federal and
state investigations into his fundraising practices, Mayor Bill de
Blasio summoned City Hall employees into the bullpen for what one
staffer described as “the most depressing pep talk.”
“He said some of his closest aides have been unfairly targeted, and that
it’s all political with no grounding in truth,” the source said, adding
that de Blasio compared the investigations dogging his own
administration to “how the Clinton administration was treated.”
“He told us that no one is going to thank him for ‘not being dead’ because the homicide rate is down and Vision Zero
is working,” the source recounted. “He said we should put our heads
down and focus on our good work. He told us that the media will never be
on our side.”
To reinforce that final point, scores of City Hall staffers—some of
whom have worked for Mayor de Blasio since he came into office—were
recently asked to sign a confidentiality agreement. Another source who
received the document from their superiors last Thursday said that they
were told that all City Hall staff were expected to sign it immediately.
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Sources: Gothamist and The Empire Report
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