Former De Blasio Aide, Rachel Noerdlinger, Announces New Job At PR Firm
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - Rachel Noerdlinger, the former chief of staff to New York City's first lady, says she's gotten a new job at a public relations firm.
Noerdlinger announced on Twitter Monday that she was hired as a managing director at Mercury Public Affairs. A telephone message seeking comment from the firm was not immediately returned.
Noerdlinger left her $170,000-a-year post as Chirlane McCray's aid in November after a string of damaging disclosures about her personal life, including the arrest of her son on misdemeanor trespassing charges.
Khari Noerdlinger, 17, was arrested on a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge Friday night, the same day as his mother's 44th birthday. According to a criminal complaint, the teen was in an apartment building Friday and couldn't tell authorities who he was there to see. Police said there was a sign that read: "No trespassing, this is a building for tenants and their guests only." They said he had no identification so he was arrested.
The family's attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, told 1010 WINS Khari Noerdlinger was immediately given an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal.
"In six months the case is dismissed, the arrest is sealed as if it never even occurred and obviously it's the best possible outcome to any criminal charge," Lichtman said. "He's not happy with being charged with something, but certainly is happy with the result. The prosecutor came to us with the offer, the case is about as minor as it can be and if not for the fact that his mother is someone in the news this would be a completely nondescript, unimportant case."
"I can handle criticism and scrutiny of me, even when it's mean-spirited — that comes with the territory when you take on the status quo," Noerdlinger said. "But increasingly, my son has been subjected to attacks that have nothing to do with the public interest, and everything to do with derailing this administration. I do not want to be a distraction — the work at hand is far too urgent."
In September, news reports divulged that Noerdlinger's boyfriend pleaded guilty to manslaughter 21 years ago and mocked police as "pigs" on Facebook.
A Department of Investigation probe also found that she omitted key information on her background check.
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