From City Hall:For the past seven months, the 10-member New York City Board of Elections, consisting of five Democrats and five Republicans, has been deadlocked in appointing a $180,000-a-year executive director. No candidate has been able to line up the six votes necessary to win the job, and the board has refused to conduct a public search for the best national talent.
But Queens Republicans have renewed their push for the appointment of former City Councilman Anthony Como, and have struck a tentative deal with Brooklyn Democrats under which party chairman Vito Lopez would back Como, according to two sources with knowledge of the agreement.
Como, a Republican, would be appointed executive director, while a Brooklyn Democrat—most likely current Board of Elections counsel Steve Richman—would be appointed deputy director, the board’s other plum patronage post. Board of Elections rules require that the executive director and deputy director be from different parties.
Como and Richman both declined to comment.
6 comments:
$180,000 a year, there goes more tax revenue down the drain.
What do the executive director and deputy director do, to earn their salaries?
I'm clearly in the wrong racket. Volunteering isn't where the big bucks are. ;)
This guy is nothing but a patronage pork eater.
The Executive Director is basically the Commissioner. He rus and enforces the day to day operations. The 10 Commissioners are there to make important decisions and hand out raises and hrings. The Exec Director runs the show
It didn't bother you when David Dinkins or John Ravitz had the job?
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