{"id":439953,"date":"2022-04-30T19:57:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T16:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bill-de-blasio-still-gets-nypd-security-despite-pay-refusal\/"},"modified":"2022-04-30T19:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T16:57:22","slug":"bill-de-blasio-still-gets-nypd-security-despite-pay-refusal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-de-blasio-still-gets-nypd-security-despite-pay-refusal\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bill de Blasio still gets NYPD security, despite pay refusal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d8e86d6a95\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-de-blasio-still-gets-nypd-security-despite-pay-refusal\/#%E2%80%9CBill_de_Blasio_still_gets_NYPD_security_despite_pay_refusal%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Bill de Blasio still gets NYPD security, despite pay refusal&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBill_de_Blasio_still_gets_NYPD_security_despite_pay_refusal%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Bill de Blasio still gets NYPD security, despite pay refusal&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He\u2019s still taking New Yorkers for a ride. <\/p>\n<p>Former Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to be chauffeured around town by an NYPD security detail despite refusing to pay taxpayers back nearly $320,000 that city investigators say he owes for misusing the perk while in office, The Post has learned. <\/p>\n<p>Since leaving City Hall four months ago, de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray have had a team of six NYPD detectives and a sergeant assigned to be their personal limousine and security service, police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The cops rotate so that least two are always on call to service the former First Couple from early morning to late at night. <\/p>\n<p>They routinely drive them around town, including to restaurants, Prospect Park for long walks,  and the Park Slope YMCA where de Blasio enjoys working out. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"De Blasio spotted at a hotel in Brooklyn with his security detail on April 28.\" class=\"wp-image-22096322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>De Blasio spotted at a hotel in Brooklyn with his security detail on April 28.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"De Blasio seen with his security detail on April 22.\" class=\"wp-image-22096347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>De Blasio seen with his security detail on April 22.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The security detail has also been a fixture for months at the swanky Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge, where de Blasio and McCray are temporary residing while their Brooklyn home undergoes renovations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe basically has armed chauffeurs taking him to the gym,\u201d quipped a law enforcement source. \u201cIt is ironic since \u2026 he\u2019s responsible for a\u00a0lot of the anti-police rhetoric in the city today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins retained police security at taxpayers\u2019 expense for six months after they left office while Rudy Giuliani and his family retained the perk for a year. After leaving office at the end of 2013, billionaire ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg simply hired members of his NYPD security team who retired as his private bodyguards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The cops rotate so that least two are always on call to service the former First Couple.\" class=\"wp-image-22096328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The cops rotate so that least two are always on call to service the former first couple.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C.Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But critics questioned whether de Blasio should get the same privilege following a scathing Department of Investigation <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/assets\/doi\/press-releases\/2021\/October\/DOI_Report_re_Security_Detail.pdf\">report released last October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The DOI determined de Blasio owes taxpayers $319,794 for wrongfully using \u201cNYPD resources for political purposes\u201d by having his security detail guard him out of state during his failed bid for president \u2013 including to see his beloved Red Sox play in California. DOI also scolded de Blasio for misusing the perk by having cops run errands, including helping his daughter move and\u00a0chauffeuring his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s using them as chauffeurs, and it\u2019s a waste of money and wrong considering his history,\u201d barked former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese, who lost 2017 Democratic mayoral primary to de Blasio.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-2-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cHe\u2019s using them as chauffeurs,&quot; barked former Brooklyn Councilman Sal \" class=\"wp-image-22096334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/de-blasio-security-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cHe\u2019s using them as chauffeurs,\u201d barked former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cConsidering he still owes the city $320,000 for misusing his security detail, there\u2019s no way he should still have security unless there is a serious threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) said he believes the courtesy provided past mayors is over the top and is considering drafting legislation to limit costs to taxpayers. \u201cThese are cops that could be out there protecting the city,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A de Blasio spokesman didn\u2019t return messages, but the ex-mayor has <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ealed a city Conflicts of Interest Board\u2019s ruling that he should repay the city for the alleged misuse of police detail.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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