Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has nothing but warm words for Mayor de Blasio, staunchly defending the oft-criticized mayor in a new interview.
“There’s nothing we’ve disagreed on in the months I’ve worked for him,” Bratton tells The New Yorker in this week’s issue, which hits the stands on Monday. “He’s done more for police than any mayor I’ve served in 30 years.”
In the article, Bratton’s deputy commissioner for intelligence, John Miller, contrasts de Blasio’s “collaborative” style with that of former boss Rudy Giuliani.
“Mayor de Blasio is very comfortable conducting an orchestra,” Miller said. “Giuliani was a soloist. He didn’t like any instruments to play too loud.”
Bratton added that the Big Apple’s wealthy “1-percenters have a significant dislike” of de Blasio after Hizzoner prodded them to give more of their income to lower-income citizens.
But “they have a hard time pointing to anything negative he’s done,” Bratton said.