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Emails reveal NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio bullies his staffers
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:32 pm
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:32 pm
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Mayor Bill de Blasio is an imperious bully of a boss who threatens his underlings with dire punishment if they fail to meet his demands, emails obtained by The Post reveal.
“What do I need to get you guys to follow a direct order? Do you need to experience consequences?” he threatened in one 2015 diatribe.
“I’m not raising this again: fix it, or I will [have] no choice but to find a way to penalize people. Not my preference, but I won’t have my instructions ignored.”
The emails show de Blasio blowing his top at nearly a dozen aides for failing to make sure phonetic versions of challenging words were included in his speeches and talking points.
“This is literally the 100th time I am reminding you all that phonetic spellings require one syllable to be capitalized to indicate emphasis in pronunciation,” de Blasio wrote in one furious message.
“I have no idea why you guys can’t get it. All of the folks in comms, speechwriting and my personal staff who looked at these remarks — it just takes ONE to catch it.”
A City Hall source said de Blasio’s acid emails smacked of the same personality Hizzoner displays in person.
“He’s condescending and arrogant,” the insider said. “I’ve been in plenty of meetings with him. He’s known to kick staff out of meetings.”
The source blamed de Blasio’s rages on his being a “micro-manager” who has “no confidence” in the people working for him.
“Part of it stems from the fact that he used to be [a political] operative, and he thinks he can outmaneuver his aides,” the source said.
De Blasio fired off his “100 time” email on Jan. 24, 2015, under the subject line “Kehilath Jeshuran” — a misspelled reference to the Upper East Side synagogue Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun.
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“How can it be that none of you noticed the absence with the word Jeshurun. Work on quality control pls. Fix these remarks now pls. Example: pho-NET-ic,” he fumed.
The message was sent directly to Elana Leopold, a mayoral “special assistant” who’s now on leave working for his re-election campaign, and cc’d to aides including Avi Fink, now deputy chief of staff, and Amy Spitalnick, who left City Hall in October to become press secretary for state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
In a follow-up email on Feb. 6, 2015 — with the screaming subject line, “Guys, I’m fed up…” — de Blasio blamed his staff for his verbal stumbles while delivering remarks in Spanish.
“I have raised the problem of inconsistency in providing phonetic pronunciation and in providing clearly delineated Spanish (with emphasis on the proper syllable) many, many times,” he fumed.
“And yet between all of you, you haven’t fix (sic) the problem, which is bluntly unprofessional.”
That message went to staffers including senior adviser Peter Ragone, who left the administration later that month, and Phil Walzak, who was promoted from press secretary to replace Ragone.
A former City Hall staffer described de Blasio’s electronic rants as “par for the type of emails he sent.” The source noted that de Blasio typically laces his messages with biting remarks such as “you are screwing up” and the “ball is in your court.”
A former campaign staffer said the tone of the emails was a pitch-perfect echo of his verbal style in addressing subordinates.
“I used to talk to the guy, and he talked down to me every single time,” the source said. “He would consistently speak to me in a condescending tone that was just offensive.”
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Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:38 pm to Sentrius
He is an arse no doubt. But, his staff sounds incompetent too. Which, if de Blasio hired them, makes him more incompetent than they are.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:41 pm to Sentrius
Seems like a dick, but he's the boss. Work for him or don't.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:42 pm to Sentrius
Listen I don't like BDB but that shite is fricking tame. If you think that's bad you should read up on the Weiner emails and how he talked to his staff or the late Ed Koch Those guys did it publicly too.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:45 pm to Rakim
If some people are stupid enough to put that in emails, just imagine what's said behind closed doors.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:49 pm to Sentrius
I mean, is what I just read really all that bad?
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:53 pm to The Egg
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I mean, is what I just read really all that bad?
They seem to show that he isn't all that bright and he acts like a major a-hole.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 11:59 pm to Sentrius
He's kind of an a-hole
His politics of course are civilization destroying level dogshit
But those people are fricking pussies
His politics of course are civilization destroying level dogshit
But those people are fricking pussies
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:11 am to Sentrius
De Blasio is a world class douchebag.
I wish arse cancer upon him.
I wish arse cancer upon him.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:25 am to Sentrius
He's an a-hole but at least he didn't fire their incompetent asses the 3rd time he had to tell them. No way I would put up with having to tell staff something relatively simple 100 times.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:26 am to Sentrius
What a shock (not)
On the other hand de Blasio keeps begging the police in NYC to stop bullying actual criminals.
On the other hand de Blasio keeps begging the police in NYC to stop bullying actual criminals.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 3:51 am to Sentrius
Someone just needs to hand him a speech with the wrong syllables emphasized and the wrong pronunciations. Make him publicly sound like the idiot he seems to be.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 5:05 am to Sentrius
quote:Hum, I wonder if she is on paid leave while she's working on his campaign? If not being paid by the city, is she still receiving benefits like health and whatnot from the city?
Elana Leopold, a mayoral “special assistant” who’s now on leave working for his re-election campaign
Posted on 8/10/17 at 6:17 am to Sentrius
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“How can it be that none of you noticed the absence with the word Jeshurun. Work on quality control pls. Fix these remarks now pls. Example: pho-NET-ic,” he fumed.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 6:34 am to Rakim
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Listen I don't like BDB but that shite is fricking tame
I guess they never had a boss that started a conversation with, "listen close mother-fricker".
I have.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 6:39 am to Sentrius
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he source blamed de Blasio’s rages on his being a “micro-manager” who has “no confidence” in the people working for him.
Ugh, we've all had bosses like this. That staff has my sympathies.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 6:39 am to goldennugget
I had one talk to me like that. He won't do it again, and I already had a job lined up.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 6:46 am to Sentrius
I would expect much worse coming from a mayor of the largest most powerful city in the nation.
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