NYC lawmakers call for investigation into de Blasio, health officials after COVID czar caught bragging about sex parties during pandemic

New York City lawmakers called for an investigation Friday into ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID Czar — after he was caught bragging on hidden camera about going to a drug-fueled sex party with hundreds of people mid-pandemic.Dr.Jay Varma — who served as a senior health adviser to de Blasio during the pandemic — made the confession in secretly recorded conversations with an undercover operative from conservative podcaster Steven Crowder’s “Mug Club.”A letter sent to Speaker Adrienne Adams, Gale Brewer and Lynn Schulman urged the Democratic council members to grill Varma — who said the clip was “out of context” but did not explicitly deny there were parties — along with de Blasio and then-Health Commissioner Dr.

Dave Chokshi.“Given the profound impact the pandemic has had on our City, we are disgusted by the blatant hypocrisy and recklessness by a public official entrusted with such an enormous responsibility,” the letter said.Council member Robert Holden (D-Queens) also sent a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York City’s Interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon urging a thorough investigation into Varma’s comments about a 200-person drug-fueled sex rave in the basement of a Wall Street bank during the summer of 2020.“We’ve seen accountability when Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government did something similar, and we need that same level of accountability here,” Holden told the Post.Joe Borrelli (R-Staten Island) ripped Varma’s video comments, saying that his “expert opinion caused significant losses to thousands of New Yorkers as businesses shuddered.”“And all while he was playing ‘who’s in my mouth’ and ripping lines like he was at Fyre Festival.

Dr.Varma deserves to get a public spanking, although after a few bumps he may just like that,” Borelli said.Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn) questioned how Varma could be handing down mandates to New Yorkers and called for immediate action.“...