Post by Logan on May 7, 2016 7:41:12 GMT -6
Outgoing press secretary got tired of putting up with de Blasio
Mayor de Blasio spokeswoman Karen Hinton is leaving City Hall because she is sick of being undermined — and publicly humiliated — by her boss, sources told The Post
Hinton felt she was unfairly thrown under the bus when de Blasio blamed a New York Times story about the administration stalling construction of a third water tunnel on his team not doing “a good job of explaining something.”
“Being press secretary to de Blasio is a thankless job in the best of situations, without your boss undermining you and your team,” a source said.
In 2015, senior mayoral adviser Phil Walzak publicly recanted a statement Hinton made about Gov. Cuomo’s handling of the Legionnaire’s outbreak, saying her comments didn’t reflect de Blasio’s views.
Read more: nypost.com/2016/05/07/press-secretary-quit-because-she-was-humiliated-by-de-blasio/
Mayor de Blasio spokeswoman Karen Hinton is leaving City Hall because she is sick of being undermined — and publicly humiliated — by her boss, sources told The Post
Hinton felt she was unfairly thrown under the bus when de Blasio blamed a New York Times story about the administration stalling construction of a third water tunnel on his team not doing “a good job of explaining something.”
“Being press secretary to de Blasio is a thankless job in the best of situations, without your boss undermining you and your team,” a source said.
In 2015, senior mayoral adviser Phil Walzak publicly recanted a statement Hinton made about Gov. Cuomo’s handling of the Legionnaire’s outbreak, saying her comments didn’t reflect de Blasio’s views.
Read more: nypost.com/2016/05/07/press-secretary-quit-because-she-was-humiliated-by-de-blasio/