mowotlarx OP t1_iz6gxc2 wrote
Reply to comment by Square_Rabbit65 in NYC comptroller says Adams has ‘exacerbated’ widespread city worker vacancies by mowotlarx
Oh, I know. I. Know.
Which is why I'll always regret Kathryn Garcia not winning. Electeds don't understand how the city works (truly, many of them have no idea how anything works) and often treat staff with contempt. She actually had experience as a real city agency staffer who understood what works and what doesn't. Eric Adams and perpetual elected officials use city workers as pawns, they don't really care about how things work or whether things break when they're term limited out.
Square_Rabbit65 t1_iz6jgai wrote
You're on the right track there.
Having worked for both the legislative and executive branches of government I can attest to the fact that most elected officials have no idea what's going on at a macro scale.
Once confronted with the complexity of intergovernmental affairs and policy issues they realize their campaign promises probably aren't as realistic as they thought them to be.
mowotlarx OP t1_iz6ww1g wrote
>Once confronted with the complexity of intergovernmental affairs
...They pass a local law requiring a Task Force and the creation of a new agency/department that is supposed to wrangle information from every agency that inevitably does a bad job because it's staffed by people who themselves also don't understand how the city works. It's a tale as old as time.
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