text: Having once been on either SEIU's or 1199's payroll appears to be almost a prerequisite for working in the de Blasio administration. Many members of the mayor's inner circle, including de Blasio himself, were once employed by SEIU or 1199. First Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris was an 1199 consultant, and de Blasio's former chief of staff, Laura Santucci, was an 1199 political aide who went on to work for the Democratic National Committee. Emma Wolfe, de Blasio's deputy campaign manager and now director of intergovernmental affairs for New York City, has worked for 1199 and the Working Families Party.