Rachel Noerdlinger gets boost from former boss Rev. Al Sharpton
With calls for her resignation intensifying, embattled City Hall aide Rachel Noerdlinger received a boost Saturday from her old boss.
The Rev. Al Sharpton came to the defense of his former mouthpiece, slamming reporters while suggesting Noerdlinger was the victim of a witchhunt.
First Lady Chirlane McCrays chief of staff has been hit by a series of damning revelations some stemming from her relationship with a cop-hating ex-con.
If shes judged by her boyfriend, then lets go to City Hall and get the name and background of everybodys boyfriend and girlfriend, Sharpton thundered at a press conference at the National Action Networks Harlem headquarters.
If theyve been around folks that were busted, lets get the name of everybody at City Hall. See whos been around anybody thats been busted, including Room 9 where the reporters are.
The controversy erupted three weeks ago when it was revealed that Noerdlinger was living with Hassaun McFarlan, who has a manslaughter conviction on his record. McFarlan, then 15, shot an 18-year-old man to death during an argument over a jacket in 1993. McFarlan has also been convicted of drug trafficking.
In the latest development, it emerged on Friday that Noerdlinger was riding shotgun with McFarlan in 2011 when he was busted for driving the wrong way in a car that reeked of pot. New Jersey cops arrested McFarlan for marijuana possession after he tossed two bags of marijuana on the drivers seat. Noerdlinger received a violation for allowing her boyfriend to drive her car without a license.
A teenage boy, possibly Noerdlingers son, was in the back seat at the time of the incident.
Mayor de Blasio has stood by Noerdlinger, who makes $170,000 a year and a Department of Investigation probe found no evidence that the highly paid aide intended to deceive City Hall.
At a Manhattan campaign rally Saturday, Gov. Cuomo wouldnt say whether Noerdlinger should get the boot.
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Rachel Noerdlinger gets boost from former boss Rev. Al Sharpton