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.
