here's the beef.....Mayor Bill de Blasio vs. NYPD

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4. There's also the fact that the PBA and City are engaged in very adversarial contract negotiations.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/12/8559215/bill-de-blasio-and-making-police-union-nemesis

The mayor's current polling is also not nearly as good as one year ago, and the police issue is arguably responsible for the large drop in his poll numbers.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/new-yorkers-who-like-cops-dont-like-de-blasio/

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2120

In any event, every modern mayor has had major arguments with the police unions, even Giuliani and Bloomberg. To a native New Yorker, it's really not as notable as many believe.