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De Blasio’s hiring spree means taxpayer trouble down the line
New York Post
July 14, 2018
We’ve long warned about Mayor de Blasio’s reckless padding of the city workforce, but a new Citizens Budget Commission analysis sets out the cold, hard risks.
By the end of this fiscal year, the report notes, the city-employee head count will hit a record 331,520 — a jump of 34,171 workers, or 11.5 percent, since Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s last fiscal year.
And the extra full-timers come with a hefty price tag: $2.5 billion this year alone. Plus, tack on another half-billion for long-term costs (retiree pensions, health care and other expenses).