Leaving To Spend More Time With My Family

It’s not just a seeming veiled message — there’s something almost meta about the press secretary relying on that old trope:

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press secretary will leave her post next month, the latest sign that the administration is continuing its long struggle to control and disseminate its own message.

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Ms. Hinton confirmed her resignation on Thursday afternoon, which she said was motivated, at least in part, by a desire to spend more time with her daughter, a junior in high school.