DeBlasio pick is experienced tweeder

From Capital New York:

Thanks to his lack of executive experience, de Blasio was widely expected to name a capable administrator to handle city operations, and [Anthony] Shorris would seem to fit the bill.

Shorris served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ed Koch, and de Blasio called him “one of the central architects of the Koch administration’s affordable housing program,” which is thought of as one of the most successful affordable housing programs in city history.

Shorris went on to become Koch’s finance commissioner, and then served as deputy chancellor for operations at the Department of Education in the Giuliani and Bloomberg administration.

In the summer of 2003, Shorris, whom the Daily News described as a “moonlighting school deputy,” resigned his position following reports that he had a second job consulting for Local 1199.

The 1199 gig had the approval of both schools chancellor Joel Klein and the Conflicts of Interest Board. But, as the News noted, “Public reaction…was less forgiving.”

“‘Who needs this shit?’ Shorris said to a colleague when he told him of his pending departure,” reported the News.