From City & State First Read: Henry Berger, a longtime New York City election lawyer, has been hired by the de Blasio administration as special assistant corporation counsel and adviser to the mayor, a position in which he will provide legal counsel to the mayor and staff at City Hall. The hiring reunites the mayor with Berger, who played a key role in ensuring that then-councilman Bill de Blasio had a spot on the 2009 public advocate ballot—although Berger was also responsible for de Blasio being kicked off in the first place. In July of 2009, the Board of Elections initially ruled that de Blasio made an error on the cover sheet for his ballot petitions—listing 131 volumes of petitions when there were really 132. On Good Day New York several days later, de Blasio said, Our lawyer...just did his math wrong, referring to Berger. At the time, Berger stated that in 35 years practicing election law, he had never seen such a case. The Board of Elections eventually voted unanimously to allow de Blasio on the ballot, and he went on to win the public advocates race, using the office as a launching pad for his 2013 run at City Hall.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:40:39 +0000
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