Sunday, February 15, 2015

No problem for employees living outside NYC

From Capital New York:

Eight members of the de Blasio administration were granted permission last year to skirt residency laws and live outside New York City, according to documents obtained by Capital on Friday from a Freedom of Information request.

By comparison, three waivers were given in 2013 and eight were granted in 2012.

In each letter, agency heads requested the exemptions be granted because the employees could not move for personal reasons, often family-related, but that they either possessed a unique skill or the agency needed to broaden its candidate pool.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

3 NewYork's for de Ballsio, hony.

Anonymous said...

All Police and Fire department members have residency requirements waived. I am not sure about public schools teachers.

Anonymous said...

Police and fire department must live no further than 2 counties from NYC and not NJ

Anonymous said...

They should all be forced to live within the borough in which they work to get a better understanding of the community and its issues - teachers, cops, firefighters and pols!

No exceptions!

Anonymous said...

A tale of two cities. Do as I say, not what I do.

Anonymous said...

De Blasio is a Communist....that's the bottom line.

Anonymous said...

Forget residency requirements. Just make all people who live outside the city ineligible for city tax breaks they get for being a city employee. The problem will fix itself within a few years.

Anonymous said...

They should all be forced to live within the borough in which they work to get a better understanding of the community and its issues - teachers, cops, firefighters and pols!

No exceptions!


And when the cop or firefighter is involuntarily reassigned? Or when the teacher gets excessed? You'd bar them from employment until they sell their house or finish out their lease? You're out of touch with reality.

Anonymous said...

I must have missed something. What tax breaks do i get for being employed by nyc and living here????

Anonymous said...

Would you really want to hire aomeone dumb enough to live in the city if they can get out?

Anonymous said...

Bring back Clean Up Jamaica Now!

Loyal Queens Democratic Hack said...

Yes, but DiBlasio is one of the good guys - he's a Democrat!

What about all those Republicans in the City Council?

They're always opposed to increasing our taxes to pay for teacher salaries and pre-school programs for minorities!!!!

Anonymous said...

Cops who live outside the city have an innate dislike for its citizens. They are paranoid, and will quick draw their weapons on any "suspect" , especially if they are NYC minorities. We need street wise cops, not suburban exiles.

Anonymous said...

Cops who live outside the city have an innate dislike for its citizens. They are paranoid, and will quick draw their weapons on any "suspect" , especially if they are NYC minorities. We need street wise cops, not suburban exiles

Pot, kettle, together at last.

Anonymous said...

Seems draconian that city employees must live in the city. I work for the city and live in a comfortable two-bedroom apartment and I like my neighborhood and this borough, but there's no way that I can afford a house in Queens.

My private-sector friends are, one by one, living the american dream with a backyard and a garden on Long Island. My job keeps me trapped in the city. How is this far, let alone constitutional?

Anonymous said...

Well it is too expensive and too many taxes to pay under de Blasio. Suckers who voted for de Blasio can stay and pay taxes..

Anonymous said...

Anonymous #15: If you can't beat them, join them. I worked for the City for 10 years and got tired of policies that don't make sense, stifle innovation and only reward the connected. So I went private. I encourage you to the same. We as a people get the government we deserve.

Anonymous said...

>> My private-sector friends are, one by one, living the american dream with a backyard and a garden on Long Island. My job keeps me trapped in the city. How is this far, let alone constitutional?

THE ME-TOO ARGUEMENT. Do they get the same benefits, time off, pension???

Anonymous said...

The "vibrant diverse"population of NYC couldn't scrape together enough candidates to fill all the jobs the NYPD, FDNY and schools create.

[i]They should all be forced to live within the borough in which they work to get a better understanding of the community and its issues - teachers, cops, firefighters and pols![/i]

With the exception of Staten Island, NYPD can't even live in the precinct they work in.