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.
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3 NewYork's for de Ballsio, hony.
All Police and Fire department members have residency requirements waived. I am not sure about public schools teachers.
Police and fire department must live no further than 2 counties from NYC and not NJ
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!
A tale of two cities. Do as I say, not what I do.
De Blasio is a Communist....that's the bottom line.
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.
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.
I must have missed something. What tax breaks do i get for being employed by nyc and living here????
Would you really want to hire aomeone dumb enough to live in the city if they can get out?
Bring back Clean Up Jamaica Now!
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!!!!
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.
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.
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?
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 #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.
>> 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???
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.
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