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Your favorite German Italian is making up new rules.
He's named a few of his advisors as "agents" and claims that his communication with them is exempt from public view.

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2016052...den-from-public

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.

The advisers are the same people who ran de Blasio's campaign for mayor and subsequently ran the nonprofit to push his political agenda that is now being investigated by federal and state authorities. They are not paid by the city but some have received millions from the mayor's nonprofit.

“The Mayor’s counsel has determined that in certain circumstances the five following individuals are considered personal advisors to the Mayor: Jonathan Rosen, Nicholas Baldick, Bill Hyers, John Del Cecato and Patrick Gaspard," de Blasio lawyer Maya Wiley said in a statement.

"As personal advisors to the Mayor, their communications to the Mayor’s Office, along with those of their support staff working at the principal’s direction on those particular matters, are exempt from disclosure when related solely to City business and not on behalf of any client," she added.