Rev. backs Rach
Al: Noerdlinger is witch hunt victim
WITH CALLS for her resignation intensifying, embattled City Hall aide Rachel Noerdlinger received a boost Saturday from her old boss.
The Rev. Al Sharpton came to the defense of his former mouthpiece, slamming reporters while suggesting Noerdlinger was the victim of a witch hunt.
First Lady Chirlane McCray’s s chief of staff has been hit by a series of damning revelations — some stemming from her relationship with a cop-hating ex-con.
“If she’s judged by her boyfriend, d, then let’s go to City Hall and get thehe name and background of everybody’s boyfriend and girlfriend,” ,” Sharpton thundered at a press conference at the National Action Network’s Harlem headquarters.
“If they’ve been around folks that at were busted, let’s get the name of everybody at City Hall. See who’s been around anybody that’s been busted, including Room 9 where the reporters are.”
The controversy erupted three weeks ago when it was revealed that Noerdlinger was living with Hassaun McFarlan, who has a manslaughter conviction on his record. McFarlan, then 15, shot an 18-year-old man to death during an argument over a jacket in 1993. McFarlan has also been convicted of drug trafficking.
In the latest development, it emerged on Friday that Noerdlinger was riding shotgun with McFarlan in 2011 when he was busted for driving the wrong way in a car that reeked of pot. New Jersey cops arrested McFarlan for marijuana possession after he tossed two bags of marijuana on the driver’s seat. Noerdlinger received a violation for allowing her boyfriend to drive her car without a license.
A teenage boy, possibly Noerdlinger’s son, was in the back seat at the time of the incident.
Mayor de Blasio has stood by Noerdlinger, who makes $170,000 a year — and a Department of Investigation probe found no evidence that the highly paid aide intended to deceive City Hall.
At a Manhattan campaign rally Saturday, Gov. Cuomo wouldn’t say whether Noerdlinger should get the boot.
“I have not followed it all that closely,” Cuomo said. “I think it’s best for City Hall that knows all the facts to make that determination.”