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File- This May 4, 2016, file photo shows New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifying during a state Senate Education Committee hearing on extending mayoral control of city schools in Albany, N.Y. New York's mayor has moved to classify his inner circle of private-sector consultants as agents of the city, a designation shielding their communications from public disclosure. Officials on Friday, May 20, 2016, didn't reveal how the classification was made. The move has sparked outrage from good-governments groups that believe the outside voices act as a shadow government. And it comes as first-term Democrat de Blasio's administration has been besieged by a joint federal and state investigation and a swirling number of scandals that have sunk his approval ratings. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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