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On Disability Bill, Mayor Can’t Feel Cops’ Pain

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 11/17/14

The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association wasn’t aiming for subtlety in its full-page New York Post ad Nov. 12 that asked, “How do Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito take care of their ‘moral obligations?’”

Below a photo of the Mayor and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on the left side of the page, the text read, “Central Park Five settlement: $41 million.” The right side of the page depicted an injured cop lying on the ground outside his patrol car and the statement, “Benefits for injured police officers: Nothing.”

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