Relations between Da Mayor and NYPD not so warm and friendly.

"Not over their dead bodies.
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Cops are warning Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa ​Mark-​Viverito to stay away from their funerals should they be ​killed in the line of duty.

The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association distributed a flier to members, blaring: “DON’T LET THEM INSULT YOUR SACRIFICE!” Cops were encouraged to sign and submit the “Don’t Insult My Sacrifice” waiver to ban the cop-bashing pols from their funerals.

“I, as a New York City police officer, request that Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito refrain from attending my funeral services in the event that I am killed in the line of duty,” the waiver states.

“Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito’s consistent refusal to show police officers the support and respect they deserve, I believe that their attendance at the funeral of a fallen New York City police officer is an insult to that officer’s memory and sacrifice.”

Officers can download the form on the PBA’s Web site and drop off a signed copy to their PBA delegates."

Da Mayor meanwhile stated: "This is deeply disappointing,” the mayor and the council speaker said in a joint statement.

“Incendiary rhetoric like this serves only to divide the city, and New Yorkers reject these tactics."

Tone deaf De Blasio doesn't seem to realize it is his own stupidity and lack of support for the NYPD which has led to this.

"Sources say the revolt was sparked by the mayor’s lack of support for the NYPD following the grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer involved in the death of Staten Islander Eric Garner.

De Blasio added fuel to that fire in a press conference about the grand-jury vote where he said he had warned his 17-year-old, mixed-race son, Dante, to be careful around police officers.

“We’ve had to literally train him, as families have all over this city for decades, in how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him,” the mayor said.

PBA President Patrick Lynch reacted to that by accusing the mayor of throwing cops “under the bus.”

http://nypost.com/2014/12/12/cops-to-de-...m-our-funerals/

Meanwhile in another building down the way.

"FDNY Drops Physical Fitness Test Requirement to Boost Female Hire Rate"

"In a somewhat controversial move, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) has dropped the physical test requirement for probationary firefighters. The move was done in part to increase the number of female members in FDNY.

From the New York Post:

The Fire Department has stopped requiring probationary firefighters to pass a job-related physical-skills test before getting hired — a move that critics derided as a lowering of standards.

The move by first-year Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro, which allows probies to fail components of the Functional Skills Training test but still graduate from the Fire Academy, comes amid criticism of the department’s low hiring rate of women.

Out of FNDY's 10,500 firefighters, just 44 are women. Only 57 percent of females pass the physical test, compared to 95 percent of males. The physical test involves, among other things, moving a tire six to eight feet and climbing up a ladder wearing an oxygen tank with a small amount of oxygen."

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinero...e-rate-n1931085

NYers seemed determined to return their city to the garbage pit it was before Giuliani. I wish them the best.

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NYers seemed determined to return their city to the garbage pit it was before Giuliani. I wish them the best.

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The ones that reside on the upper East side are, anyway.

They might say: 'The city is so much more "exciting" nowadays - and it makes for much better cocktail party conversations as we summer in the Hamptons."

Rudy didn't just clean the human debris off the streets, he cleaned the physical garbage too. I remember wandering around sections of the city back in the 80's and it was almost like walking through the contents of Chinese restaurant dumpster it was so bad. Dinkins was easily the worst mayor that city ever had. Probably worse than Comrade DeBlowsio.

Ya beat me to this one, Algernonpj: "Give DeBloweio time; it'll be a real close race." Only thing I dispute about that is De Blasio, due to his rigid ideology, will be worse, much worse.