Mayor de Blasio Dishes Out $2M in Raises to Staff, as His Poll Numbers Continue to Sink

 

By Laura Dimon Stephen Rex Brown

Hizzoner cooked up something nice for his entire staff.

Mayor de Blasio doled out raises to 358 of 360 staffers in fiscal year 2016. That came to a total of $2 million, which included a generous $13,000 raise to the executive chef at Gracie Mansion, who now earns $115,000.

Data compiled by the Empire Center also show 56 City Hall staffers — including 35 who got new job titles — received raises of more than 20%.

“(De Blasio) should be spreading the wealth. There are so many families living check to check, and you’re giving employees that already make a nice chunk of change a raise,” said Shaun Williams, 30, a messenger from East New York, Brooklyn. 

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Source: The New York Daily News