Remind Me Again Why We Need Borough Presidents?

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has three full-time drivers:

In an unusual arrangement, the ebullient beep has placed his three drivers on staggered, 16-hour shifts so someone will always be available to wheel him around town between 8 a.m. and midnight, seven days a week.

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Taxpayers pick up the tab of $177,372 a year, not including overtime.

It’s all within the city’s lax rules, since the Conflicts of Interest Board has decided that elected officials with government vehicles can do just about anything they want with them.

One late-night stint last month took Markowitz and driver Robert Macko to the Blue Water Grill in Union Square during Restaurant Week.