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NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his NYPD-provided security detail like a "concierge service" that drove around his son, staff members and guests even when he was not in the car and helped his daughter move out of her apartment, the city's Department of Investigation said Thursday.
The investigative report also faulted the mayor for failing to reimburse the more than $300,000 his security detail spent on travel outside of New York City during de Blasio's unsuccessful 2019 run for president.
The NYPD inspector in charge of the Executive Protection Unit, Howard Redmond "sought to obstruct" the investigation by refusing to turn over a City Hall-issued phone, trying to destroy his NYPD-issued phone and demonstrating a "lack of candor" during an interview, the report said.
Redmond was referred to the Manhattan District Attorney's office for possible prosecution.
"We are reviewing the referral," a spokesman for Manhattan DA Cy Vance said.
The mayor responded to the DOI report during his daily news conference Thursday, blasting the report as inaccurate, due to a key omission.
"The ultimate decisions on how to align security, on how to protect those chosen by the people to lead, need to be made by the NYPD," de Blasio said. "Anyone who wants to understand those choices, or what the priorities are, or what works, or what's been learned over the years of fighting terrorism, and now the internal violence we are seeing in this country, should turn to the NYPD. Very strangely, the DOI did not do that. They did not turn to the security experts, even though I made abundantly clear who I turn to for guidance. DOI chose not to."
The mayor's spokesperson said in a statement, "Intelligence and security experts should decide how to keep the mayor and his family safe, not civilian investigators. This unprofessional report purports to do the NYPD's job for them, but with none of the relevant expertise - and without even interviewing the official who heads intelligence for the City. As a result, we are left with an inaccurate report, based on illegitimate assumptions and a nave view of the complex security challenges facing elected officials today.
DOI suggests there is wrongdoing with security conducting checks at the Mayor's house. These checks are appropriate, and DOI itself concludes later in the report that these checks may be appropriate
- Detail is provided for the purpose of protection, not for surveillance or to keep and provide records of the protectee
The mayor's office added, "City Hall provided extensive fact checking on the inaccuracies in DOI's draft report and engaged in good faith with DOI throughout the investigation."
Mayor Bill de Blasio treated NYPD security detail like 'concierge service,' DOI report finds
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his NYPD-provided security detail like a "concierge service" that drove around his son, staff members and guests even when he was not in the car and helped his daughter move out of her apartment, the city's Department of Investigation said Thursday.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his NYPD-provided security detail like a "concierge service" that drove around his son, staff members and guests even when he was not in the car and helped his daughter move out of her apartment, the city's Department of Investigation said Thursday.
The investigative report also faulted the mayor for failing to reimburse the more than $300,000 his security detail spent on travel outside of New York City during de Blasio's unsuccessful 2019 run for president.
The NYPD inspector in charge of the Executive Protection Unit, Howard Redmond "sought to obstruct" the investigation by refusing to turn over a City Hall-issued phone, trying to destroy his NYPD-issued phone and demonstrating a "lack of candor" during an interview, the report said.
Redmond was referred to the Manhattan District Attorney's office for possible prosecution.
"We are reviewing the referral," a spokesman for Manhattan DA Cy Vance said.
The mayor responded to the DOI report during his daily news conference Thursday, blasting the report as inaccurate, due to a key omission.
"The ultimate decisions on how to align security, on how to protect those chosen by the people to lead, need to be made by the NYPD," de Blasio said. "Anyone who wants to understand those choices, or what the priorities are, or what works, or what's been learned over the years of fighting terrorism, and now the internal violence we are seeing in this country, should turn to the NYPD. Very strangely, the DOI did not do that. They did not turn to the security experts, even though I made abundantly clear who I turn to for guidance. DOI chose not to."
The mayor's spokesperson said in a statement, "Intelligence and security experts should decide how to keep the mayor and his family safe, not civilian investigators. This unprofessional report purports to do the NYPD's job for them, but with none of the relevant expertise - and without even interviewing the official who heads intelligence for the City. As a result, we are left with an inaccurate report, based on illegitimate assumptions and a nave view of the complex security challenges facing elected officials today.
DOI suggests there is wrongdoing with security conducting checks at the Mayor's house. These checks are appropriate, and DOI itself concludes later in the report that these checks may be appropriate
- Detail is provided for the purpose of protection, not for surveillance or to keep and provide records of the protectee
The mayor's office added, "City Hall provided extensive fact checking on the inaccuracies in DOI's draft report and engaged in good faith with DOI throughout the investigation."
