By Erin Durkin and Thomas Tracy
Mayor de Blasio railed against the high-ranking NYPD officers busted
for being “cops on call” for two deep-pocketed mayoral donors on
Thursday.
But he made it clear that none of their shenanigans started under his watch, or under Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.
“These instances began before Commissioner Bratton and I were in
office, and the U.S. Attorney said very affirmatively they had nothing
to do with City Hall, they had nothing to do with me,” de Blasio said
during a press conference in the West Village, where the NYPD outlined
the city’s security plans for Sunday’s Gay Pride March.
On Monday, three high-ranking NYPD officers, along with Brooklyn
businessman Jeremy Reichberg were hit with federal charges that they
traded gifts for favors.
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Source: The New York Daily News and The Empire Report
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