De Blasio âs legal fees are going to cost taxpayers millions
De Blasio
Nearly 10 months Â­after a federal probe into Mayor  de Blasioâs  fund-raising practices was closed  the city on Friday disclosed that his legal bills will cost taxpayers $2.6 million.
Thatâs what  Hizzonerâs  personal law firm  Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP  is charging to defend the mayor during a yearlong probe by the Manhattan US Attorneyâs Office into whether his campaign donors got special treatment from City Hall.
The probe concluded in March 2017 with no charges filed  even as prosecutors noted that  de Blasio  had âmade or directed inquiries to relevant city agencies on behalf of those donors.â
âI want to affirm I did try to go a different route  â de Blasio  said on WNYC radio in July. âAnd I thought a lot about it and I came to the conclusion it just didnât make sense  that the consistent and appropriate thing is any employee who has not done anything wrong and obviously not as you said â clear  not indicted  etc. â deserves legal representation from the city of New York.â
 De Blasio  still plans to use a legal defense fund to pay for the expenses stemming from that probe  city officials said.
Nearly 10 months Â­after a federal probe into Mayor  de Blasioâs  fund-raising practices was closed  the city on Friday disclosed that his legal bills will cost taxpayers $2.6 million.
Thatâs what  Hizzonerâs  personal law firm  Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP  is charging to defend the mayor during a yearlong probe by the Manhattan US Attorneyâs Office into whether his campaign donors got special treatment from City Hall.
The probe concluded in March 2017 with no charges filed  even as prosecutors noted that  de Blasio  had âmade or directed inquiries to relevant city agencies on behalf of those donors.â
âI want to affirm I did try to go a different route  â de Blasio  said on WNYC radio in July. âAnd I thought a lot about it and I came to the conclusion it just didnât make sense  that the consistent and appropriate thing is any employee who has not done anything wrong and obviously not as you said â clear  not indicted  etc. â deserves legal representation from the city of New York.â
  [TGT]   still plans to use a legal defense fund to pay for the expenses stemming from that probe  city officials said.