‘I’m the f—ing deputy chief of staff.’ Jersey City aide headed to court after DUI arrest was caught on camera.

A Jersey city official — who repeatedly yelled at cops that he was mayor’s deputy chief of staff in a profanity-filled tirade during his arrest — is scheduled to appear in municipal court this week on driving under the influence charges.

Phillip Orphanidis, who was deputy chief of staff under then-Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, was arrested on Sept. 30 in an incident that was reported at the time by the Jersey City Times, a local news site.

However, his arrest received much wider notice last week when new Jersey City Mayor James Solomon announced Orphanidis had been reassigned to a lesser job in city government…

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