The workload appears light for the two highly paid aides to First Lady Chirlane McCray.
Roxanne John’s and Jackie Bray’s workdays consist of occasional meetings, “huddles” and “tag-ups,” according to their schedules, obtained by The Post via a Freedom of Information Law request.
McCray, the unpaid head of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York, hired the women to replace chief of staff Rachel Noerdlinger.
Noerdlinger resigned from the $170,000-a-year post in November 2014 after a series of controversies, including her failure to disclose that she was living with an ex-con and her son’s arrest on trespassing charges.
The women replaced Rachel Noerdlinger, who stepped down as her chief of staff after a series of controversies, including her failure to disclose that she was living with an ex-con.
Noerdlinger, a former spokeswoman for the Rev. Al Sharpton, left in November 2014 after her son was arrested on trespassing charges.
McCray, the unpaid head of the nonprofit Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, replaced Noerdlinger — who made $170,000 a year — with John and Bray.
John, also executive director of Gracie Mansion, is paid $200,000 for that job and to act as McCray’s chief of staff. Bray gets $125,000 as a deputy chief of staff.
Both salaries are taxpayer-funded.
A review of six weeks of John’s schedule from her Microsoft Outlook software reveals planning meetings and conference calls with McCray.
On four days between Dec. 19, 2014, and Feb. 2, 2015, schedules show John had only one meeting per day. Two of the meetings were to set McCray’s schedule, which was light on public events during this time.
Although Bray started her job on Dec. 11, 2014, City Hall produced her schedule only for Jan. 14, 2015, to Jan. 30, 2015. Bray did not start using Outlook to plot her schedule until Jan. 14, 2015, according to City Hall.
Mayor de Blasio has referred to his wife as his most important adviser, and she helped him vet staff after his 2013 election. She has recently focused on mental-health issues.
Mayor de Blasio’s office said that John and Bray were involved in crafting McCray’s platform and that not all of their duties were reflected in the schedules.
“Jackie Bray and Roxanne John are valued public servants who work with and for the first lady every day to implement complex initiatives surrounding mental health and childhood development,” a spokesman said.
John accompanied McCray to Florence, Italy, last week on a trip paid for by NYU. McCray gave the opening address at a conference called Black Portraitures II: Imaging the Black Body and Restaging Histories.
