New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio met with leaders from five different police unions Tuesday — but it didn't appear to do anything to mend his relationship with the NYPD.
According to insiders, who spoke with the New York Post, the mayor was unapologetic and often sat in total silence, offering no solutions to repair their tense relationship.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a New York Police Academy graduation ceremony, Monday Dec. 29, 2014, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Nearly 1000 officers were sworn in as tensions between city hall and the NYPD continued following the Dec. 20 shooting deaths of officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The meeting included Commissioner William Bratton and the leaders of the Captains Endowment Association, Lieutenants Benevolent Association, Sergeants Benevolent Association, Detectives' Endowment Association and Patrolmen's Benevolent Assocation.
Sources told the Post that de Blasio said during the meeting he didn't think the anti-NYPD protests which have recently grappled the city had to do with the killing of two officers on Dec. 20.
"I don't see any connection," the mayor said, according to a source's account to the Post.
PBA President Pat Lynch said after the meeting that nothing had been accomplished.
“There were a number of discussions, especially about the safety issues members face. There was no resolve,” he said. “And our thought here today is that actions speak louder than words and time will tell.”
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