Why Rachel must go: The bleeding wont stop soon
There were three triple shootings in New York City last week, the last at 4 a.m. Sunday in The Bronx, and not one made the top of the news anywhere.
As opposed to the splash Al Sharptons lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, made when he was accused of raping a ranking executive in Al Sharptons civil rights organization.
This, right after a former top Sharpton aide, Rachel Noerdlinger, severely embarrassed the de Blasio administration by getting caught lying on a key city employment form.
See the common thread here? Al Sharpton, Mayor de Blasios police-commissioner-without-portfolio, had a bad week. Thus, by extension, so did Hizzoner.
So, how long before de Blasio comes to understand that hanging with Rev. Al generates unhappy outcomes?
Like the still reverberating laffaire Noerdlinger?
Itll likely be a while yet. Ten months into his incumbency, the mayor still seems impervious to embarrassment. He doesnt get that when mayors speak, people listen. That words matter. That a statement made today might have to be defended tomorrow.
Take Noerdlinger, now chief of staff to First Spouse Chirlane McCray. Having been Sharptons principal aide and chief trouble-shooter, she seemed purpose-built for de Blasio and McCray.
Theyve established a two-track mayoralty: He as ex-officio, she as co-regent vested with power, perks and a staff that requires a $170,000-a-year chief.
By conventional standards, Noerdlinger seems an odd choice for a sensitive job. She comes with a huge downside among other things, a cohabitating boyfriend with a criminal record that includes manslaughter, drug-trafficking and (just last year) attempted vehicular assault on a New Jersey cop.
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Why Rachel must go: The bleeding wont stop soon