NEW YORK: PR and public affairs shop SKDKnickerbocker has hired Michael Morey, communications director for US Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), as VP in its New York City office.

Morey will replace Casey Klurfeld, who left the firm earlier this year. The agency does not have a traditional direct reporting structure, but he will oversee eight to 10 staffers in the New York office along with three SVPs and two VPs, said Stefan Friedman, MD of the firm.

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