Bill de Blasio dismisses critics who think NYC is ‘going to get unsafe’

Mayor de Blasio angrily defended his record on public safety Tuesday morning, dismissing anyone who criticizes him as anti-cop.

“Anyone who bets against the NYPD, anyone who bets the city is going to get unsafe, they don’t know what the hell they’re talking about,” Hizzoner raged in a testy interview on “Good Day New York.”

When show co-host Lori Stokes asked if, “They have equal faith in you,” de Blasio snapped, “Ugh, give me a break!”

He then raged against “loud individuals in police unions” and said he’d like, “more respect for the average officer.”

Ed Mullins, head of the NYPD sergeants union, is under internal investigation for tweeting a declaration of “war” against the mayor.

De Blasio dismissed New Yorkers who say they feel unsafe, by pointing to his decision to bulk up the police force and declining crime.

“I mean come on Lori this isn’t a game. How do you put more than 2,000 more officers on patrol and crime goes down six years in a row and people are trying to do this whole hype about, ‘Ohhh I don’t feel safe.’”

The mayor allowed that “some people don’t feel safe, I want them to feel safe” but suggested they weren’t being serious.

At a Forest Hills, Queens town hall last week one resident told the mayor, “New York City is becoming crime city,” and another said, “Mr. Mayor, I do not feel safe.”

The Big Apple saw an increase in shootings and murders last year, but overall rate of major felony crimes declined.

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