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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Sep 2, 2014, 07:08 PM Sep 2014

Mayor Bill De Blasio Denies NYPD Was Directed To Back Off In Bronx, Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday categorically denied reports that City Hall ordered the NYPD to back off of policing some trouble spots in the Bronx and Brooklyn over the Labor Day weekend.

The New York Post reported Monday that cops in the 63rd and 69th precincts were ordered to ignore illegal liquor sales inside three Brooklyn junkyards where open-air parties were being thrown.

Citing law enforcement sources, the tabloid reported that the directive is believed to have originated within City Hall at the request of local politicians.

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