The video consists of a series of clips taken at different bars and restaurants where the staffer candidly shares his takes on the mayor and other city issues.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.A City Hall staffer was fired after a secretly recorded video of him lambasting Mayor Eric Adams and mocking NYPD officers surfaced on Tuesday.
“I don’t know that Eric Adams is capable enough to navigate it,” Baugh said of the mayor’s handling of the city’s migrant crisis in the video released by far-right activist group Project Veritas. But it was Baugh’s comments about NYPD officers and firefighters that led to his ouster, Adams said on Thursday. In one clip, Baugh says he has “no sympathy” for cops and firefighters who were fired from their jobs after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
He later said, "Being a cop is like the cushiest gig in the city. Like, you might get shot, but otherwise it’s very good.”“The first tape, we saw Christopher say disparaging remarks about me. The team came to me and stated, you know what, are we getting rid of him? I said, no!” Adams said at a news conference on Thursday. “People crap on me everyday. You gotta be thick-skinned. But when you have disparaging remarks about first responders, it’s unacceptable. It’s not tolerated.
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