Chang W. Lee/The New York Times The mayor-elect awaits your resume.Want to apply for a job in the Bill de Blasio administration?
It’s easy.
Go to the Transition NYC website. Click “apply for jobs.†Fill out the form.
But you might have to wait a while for a callback.
For the first time in more than a decade, the city’s leadership is turning over.
Thousands of resumes have arrived, via every possible method, at the de Blasio transition office.
“The response has been overwhelming,†the office said in a statement.
A new mayor also means new opportunities for patronage.
Most city jobs are civil service positions.
But City Hall still controls hundreds of upper and mid-level jobs: commissioners, deputy and assistant commissioners, and managers at dozens of agencies.
Democratic politicians, mindful that a Democrat has not occupied City Hall in 20 years, will undoubtedly push preferred candidates.
Mr. de Blasio’s defenders contend that he won the election without much support from the political establishment, and so has relatively few favors to repay.
Nathan Leventhal, the transition chairman for Mayors Bloomberg and Dinkins, said the knocks will come at the door nevertheless.
“There always are people submitting names for political reasons in any administration,†he said.
Here’s what else you need to know for Thursday.
WEATHER
Would you trade warmer temperatures for less sunshine? You have no choice. Near 50, mostly cloudy.
Up ahead: rain likely tomorrow, freeze Saturday night, maybe snow Sunday.
COMMUTE
Subways: Click for latest status.
Rails: Click for L.I.R.R., Metro-North or New Jersey Transit status.
Roads: Click for traffic map or radio report on the 1s.
Alternate-side parking is in effect today and Friday.
COMING UP TODAY
- Mayor Bloomberg makes an announcement at City Hall at 11:30 a.m. (Details to come.)
- The New York Hispanic Clergy Organization prays that Alex Rodriguez beats his steroid suspension, outside the offices of Major League Baseball at 11:30 a.m.
- Why did no one think of this before? The first ever Pro Wrestling Film Festival kicks off in the East Village. [$10]
- The Williamsburg Independent Film Festival gets under way, too. [$13]
- Two benefits for Philippine typhoon victims: the Gin Blossoms (remember “Hey Jealousy�) at Stage 48 in Midtown at 8 p.m. [$25] and a Lou Reed tribute lineup at Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn at 9 p.m. [$10]
- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
IN THE NEWS
- A 34-year-old man was arrested in a string of gropings of preteen girls in Park Slope. [Gothamist]
- Not only did John F. Kennedy once live in the Bronx, so did Lee Harvey Oswald. [New York Times]
- The Upper West Side has the dirtiest air in the city. [DNAinfo]
- Barneys and Macy’s did not show at a City Council hearing on racial profiling of shoppers. [New York Times]
- Happy now? After public outrage at the idea of renaming NY1 “TWC News,†Time Warner has decided to rename it Time Warner Cable News NY1. [Observer]
- A new one-day subway ridership record was set four Thursdays ago: 5,985,311 rides. [New York Times]
- A subway robber has mugged five riders in three days, in Manhattan and Brooklyn. [WABC-TV Eyewitness News]
- Alex Rodriguez walked out of an arbitration hearing on his suspension for steroid use, declaring himself “disgusted with this abusive process.†[New York Times]
- Scoreboard: Pacers roar past Knicks, 103-96 in overtime. Bobcats nip Nets, 95-91. Devils roast Ducks, 4-3 in overtime.
Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.
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