Sentences with phrase «agent of the city»
City Hall has revealed in a Nov. 23 court filing that there are now six so - called agents of the city.
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But Lerner said all of the emails being withheld under the «highly problematic» agents of the city designation should be public.
De Blasio refused to release emails from Rosen and four others advisers, dubbing them as «agents of the city whose communications with the mayor «are exempt from disclosure when related solely to City business and not on behalf of any client.»
And in certain circumstances there are folks who are not city employees but are acting as agents of the city,» Wiley said.
The wife of powerhouse PR guru and de Blasio whisperer Jonathan Rosen, one of the infamous «agents of the city» whose communications with City Hall the mayor attempted to shield from the public, has been promoted to a top job at City Hall.
NY1 has won a major court victory in a three - year - long Freedom of Information battle with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Hall, a case that has become known as «Agents of the City.»
The administration argued that the five were «agents of the city», even though there were no agreements of any sort to that effect, and so the Freedom of Information Law did not apply.
Hilltop Public Solutions — a public relations firm run by two of de Blasio's five outside advisers known as «agents of the city» — pitched a top city official on behalf of a client that has since landed more than $ 6 million in city contracts.
The lawsuit requests a permanent injunction from all agents of the City of New York from enforcing 38 RCNY plus court costs and attorney's fees.
Good government groups have called the «agents of the city» designation «fictional» and an attempt by de Blasio to block transparency.
The previous five «agents of the city» are Jonathan Rosen, Nicholas Baldick, Bill Hyers, John Del Cecato and Patrick Gaspard.
De Blasio, however, drew criticism for designating Rosen and other outside consultants as «agents of the city» — an attempt to exempt their communications with City Hall from New York's Freedom of Information Law.
NEW YORK CITY — One of the five men Mayor Bill de Blasio dubbed as an «agent of the city,» whose email conversations he tried to keep private, was heavily involved in policy decisions at City Hall, documents released by the city as the result of a Freedom of Information Law Request and lawsuit show.
The legal filing, in response to a lawsuit from NY1 and the New York Post to reveal de Blasio's communications with the «agents of the city,» says that Gold is a «lawyer with extensive experience in operating political campaigns,» who was hired to lead a public relations effort to promote UPKNYC, the nonprofit de Blasio founded to promote his successful plan to bring universal pre-K to New York City.
NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio said earlier this year that he could count on one hand the number of people who qualify as «agents of the city,» individuals who offer him policy advice but whose communications with City Hall are shielded from public view.
NY1 and the New York Post announced last week that they are suing the de Blasio administration for access to emails between the mayor and outside advisers the city has called «agents of the city» on the grounds that communications between the mayor and non-city employees must be released to the public.
It was in response to a question from reporters about the withholding of those emails with advisers that Ms. Wiley, defending the practice, described the advisers as «agents of the city» — a designation that appeared novel and resulted in days of unfavorable press coverage.
NY1 VIDEO: The city released its latest batch of emails — about 24,000 pages and all — Friday concerning communications between the de Blasio administration and outside advisors known as the «Agents of the City.»
Last week, de Blasio declared that five of his advisers were «agents of the city» and their communications should be shielded from public view.
The city released the emails as the result of a Freedom of Information Law request and lawsuit from media organizations seeking the mayor's communications with his so - called «agents of the city.»
ONE POLICE PLAZA — Mayor Bill de Blasio says he's not running a «shadow government» with his unpaid advisers known as «agents of the city.»
The additional five «agents of the city» are: lawyer Joshua Gold, public relations executives Nicholas Baldick, Bill Hyers and John Del Cecato, and U.S. Ambassador Patrick Gaspard.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has deemed several of his unpaid, outside consultants — Jonathan Rosen, Nicholas Baldick, Bill Hyers, John Del Cecato and Patrick Gaspard — «agents of the city,» defending his decision not to release his email exchanges with them in response to a FOIL request.
De Blasio has come under criticism for his use of political consultants, who he insisted are «agents of the city» when denying a FOIL request for their emails; the ethics agreement would require them to disclose clients.
De Blasio would be forced to publicly release correspondences with his designated «agents of the city» under a bill quietly introduced by Senate Republicans.
The lawsuit filed by NY1 over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's use of «agents of the city» to justify not disclose certain email records is now before a judge.
New York City released its latest batch of emails — about 24,000 pages and all — Friday concerning communications between the de Blasio administration and outside advisors known as the «Agents of the City.»
It was also attended by outside consultants — later dubbed by Wiley to be «agents of the city» — Jonathan Rosen and Nick Baldick.
The de Blasio administration for months resisted disclosing any information about the mayor's interaction with the all - male group, arguing that as «agents of the city,» their communications with City Hall were exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information laws.
Gresham was a member of de Blasio's transition team, and so - called «agent of the city» Patrick Gaspard, one of five close de Blasio advisers whose communications with the mayor his administration has sought to shield from public disclosure, served for nearly a decade as the union's executive vice president for politics and legislation.
Polanco is a gifted speaker who coherently laid out his thoughts on issues including the role of the public advocate, the Oscar Lopez Rivera controversy, abortion, gun rights, Mayor de Blasio and his «agents of the city», crime and his expected race.
Good government groups have called the designation fictional and de Blasio has refused to release the totality of communications with the six men he deemed as «agents of the city.»
Bob Freeman, executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, says de Blasio's «agents of the city» argument being employed to keep emails between the mayor and favored advisors form public view doesn't hold water.
In an advisory opinion issued today, the head of the state agency charged with overseeing open government laws rejected NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's argument that some of his outside advisors were «agents of the city» and therefore exempt from the state's Freedom of Information Law.
Hyers — one of the so - called «agents of the city» with whom de Blasio has refused to release his email communication under the state freedom of information law, promoting a lawsuit — also chaired the Campaign for One New York.
Good government groups have said de Blasio's «agents of the city» designation is a work of fiction which only serves to limit transparency.
MIDTOWN — Mayor Bill de Blasio said efforts to prevent the disciplinary records of police from being released is different than his efforts to prevent the release of email communications with advisers he has dubbed «agents of the city.»
The mayor's legal team had maintained that Rosen — along with four other well - connected private advisors — is «an agent of the city» and that the exchanges are entitled to the same exemption from FOIL as emails between city agencies.
Common Cause on Friday requested that the Conflicts of Interest Board and Campaign Finance Board review the emails between the mayor and his listed «agents of the city.»
The city used the «agents of the city» designation to withhold information from a records request by NY 1 to disclose communications between Rosen and de Blasio.
NEW YORK CITY — Five top advisers to Mayor Bill de Blasio have been named as «agents of the city,» meaning that some of their communications with the mayor are now being shielded from public view.
Hyers is one of the so - called «agents of the city» whose emails de Blasio is fighting to keep private.
Good government groups such as Common Cause New York and Citizens Union said the «agents of the city» assertion only serves to limit transparency.
How else to explain howlers like his claim that the five private consultants he corresponded with over email are «agents of the city,» and that their communications are thus privileged from Freedom of Information Law requests?
The de Blasio administration will be forced to release emails between the mayor and one of his closest private advisers — a so - called «agent of the city» — after a...
Jonathan Rosen, a consultant who's privately advising Mayor de Blasio as an «agent of the city,» gave City Hall a heads - up when one of Rosen's clients was preparing a statement...
Martins campaign spokeswoman Mollie Fullington accused Curran, who has promised to clean up Nassau County corruption, of bringing «Bill de Blasio's corrupt «Agents of the City» into Nassau County.»
BerlinRosen co-founder and principle Jonathan Rosen and AKPD partner John Del Cecato were among those dubbed «agents of the city» by de Blasio when rejecting media requests for emails between City Hall and the two.
Torres told Observer that journalism «is under siege» from both the federal government and City Hall, pointing to the Mayor Bill de Blasio's refusal to release emails between himself and outside advisers he has dubbed «agents of the city» and his alleged attempts to fire the Department of Investigation's (DOI) commissioner.