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Marty Markowitz's Three Drivers Are Totally "Necessary"
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Jaya Saxena
Published Mar 27, 2011
Modified Mar 27, 2011
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Jaya Saxena
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People tend to take a lot of liberties when describing things they deem "necessary," so here's a little primer. Food is necessary, demanding filet mignon for dinner every night is not. Shelter is necessary, $7 million dollars just to feel rich is not. The ability to get to where you want to go is necessary, but having three professional chauffeurs on rotating 16-hour shifts is definitely not.
Marty Markowitz's three drivers are paid a total of $177,372 a year, not including overtime, and apparently it's all legal. One of Markowitz's aides says it's necessary because Markowitz is "on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The drivers are with the borough president or working at Borough Hall until the borough president's day is over—often after 10 p.m., then they are required to be on call until their shift is over." However, Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro is a veritable man of the people—he doesn't even have a driver. And has Marty even used that nice bike he got for Christmas?
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