Mayor de Blasio claimed ignorance on Thursday about his well being commissioner telling a prime NYPD chief that she doesn’t “give two rats’ asses” about cops — and mentioned he needed “full particulars” earlier than taking any motion.
“If what's being reported is correct, the commissioner must apologize to the women and men of the NYPD, unquestionably,” de Blasio mentioned of Well being Commissioner Oxiris Barbot throughout his each day coronavirus briefing at Metropolis Corridor.
“I don’t have the complete particulars but, and I would like the complete particulars, for positive,” he added. “I wish to converse to every of them and perceive precisely what occurred.”
Sources conversant in the matter mentioned on Thursday that the NYPD contacted Metropolis Corridor instantly after a March 18 cellphone name throughout which Dr. Barbot informed NYPD Chief of Division Terence Monahan, “I don’t give two rats’ asses about your cops,” in response to his request for 500,000 surgical masks.
The NYPD particularly knowledgeable Metropolis Corridor about Barbot’s comment and she or he known as Monahan and apologized to him a short while later, the sources mentioned.
Barbot — who's going through calls for for her firing from police unions and elected officers — didn’t participate in de Blasio’s teleconference Thursday and hasn’t issued a private assertion since The Submit completely revealed her crass remark.
A spokesman for Barbot has acknowledged “a heated trade between the 2 the place issues had been mentioned out of frustration however no hurt was wished on anybody.”
Barbot was beforehand requested to testify earlier than a Metropolis Council oversight listening to on Friday, however a rep mentioned on Thursday that she wouldn't seem. The rep wouldn't present a motive.
“She’s obtained some critical explaining to do, not solely on her despicable remark directed at our police, however on her previous feedback in February and March that downplayed the seriousness of this pandemic,” mentioned Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens).
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea known as The Submit’s exposé “very disturbing” however mentioned he didn’t “know the context of what was mentioned.”
The NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Affiliation union, in the meantime, sparked controversy tweeting “this bitch has blood on her palms” because it known as for Barbot’s ouster.
De Blasio known as the remark “misogynist” and “completely unacceptable,” and Shea mentioned, “I denounce that,” whereas arguing that requires Barbot’s head had been “somewhat preliminary.”
“Let’s discover out first, earlier than any rash selections, what precisely occurred right here, in the midst of a pandemic,” he mentioned.
The dialog between Barbot and Monahan got here after cops went to a New Jersey warehouse the place the Division of Well being had saved a big stash of ventilators, masks and different gear, sources mentioned.
The NYPD was directed there by the Workplace of Emergency Administration, which distributes provides, sources mentioned.
However cops got solely 50,000 masks, prompting Monahan to name Barbot, sources mentioned.
De Blasio spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein mentioned the mayor had directed that the cops be given 250,000 masks. She didn’t say why his order wasn’t adopted.
Three days later, 500,000 masks had been delivered to the NYPD, Goldstein mentioned.
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