Mayor's nationwide travel has precedents

To the editor:    

Mayor Bill de Blasio is no different from many predecessors who racked up frequent flier mileage traveling around the nation. The late Republican-Liberal Mayor John Lindsay, who served from 1966 to 1973, did the same promoting urban agenda for increased federal aid to cities. Any good CEO of a major company delegates authority to get things done. 

Mayor de Blasio has several hundred City Hall staff, plus commissioners, deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners for various city agencies to represent his interests. The 300,000 municipal employees ably lead by several thousand managers are quite capable of continuing to deliver the critical services which millions of New Yorkers count on while Mr. de Blasio periodically travels around the nation promoting his “Progressive Agenda.” 

Larry Penner