An Indian Summer Before The Freeze Sets In

What “all hiring [. . .] frozen for the foreseeable future” actually means:

The hiring freeze that Mayor Bloomberg imposed two months ago hasn’t prevented hundreds of new additions to the city’s enormous payroll.

Since the freeze was announced on Oct. 4 — when the city’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2013 was projected at an oppressive $4.6 billion — mayoral agencies have hired 494 new full timers. The City Council added 19.