Put this here because it shows how out of touch the democratic leadership is and really doesn't care about the working class.
De Blasio's wife has a personal staff of 14 people costing NYC 2 million dollars a year
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Chirlane McCray enjoys a core team of eight full-time staff who cost the city a combined $1.1 million in annual salaries, according to her office
Sources told The City she also has at least another six staff who do not feature on the official roster, taking her workforce to 14 with a $2 million price tag
One staffer is a videographer with a salary of $70,000 who was tasked with filming McCray baking ginger snaps for a social media video during lockdown
Another is $150,000-a-year senior adviser Dabash Negash who was recruited in April - one week after de Blasio announced a hiring freeze
New Yorkers voiced outrage on Twitter calling the news 'maddening'
Her 14-strong team comes as her husband warned 22,000 city workers could lose their jobs in the fall due to the toll of the pandemic on the city's budget
De Blasio has already axed $1 billion from the NYPD budget while crime surges
Cuts have also been made to essential public services leaving rubbish piled in the streets and homelessness rife
