The NYPD was tight lipped about the mayor’s protection, but when he’s in New York City, like that day in May when threw his hat into the presidential ring, he normally travels with eight to 10 officers. Five or six usually go with him out of town, and when first lady goes along she has her own security detail.
And while de Blasio 2020 paid for hizzoner’s trip, taxpayers paid for the cops. Estimates by The City, a digital news service, put the cost for travel expenses for de Blasio’s NYPD bodyguards since announcing his presidential run, before the blackout, at over $100,000.
A Freedom of Information request was filed with the NYPD, seeking all security costs associated with the campaign hotels, meals, cars logistics and overtime because the city taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for costs associated with the mayor’s monumentally unpopular campaign.
As the mayor said, there are plenty of money.... in the wrong hand.
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