“We don’t believe there’s a willingness on the part of City Hall to solve these problems.”
Lynch also batted away reports that cops were engaging in a work slowdown to register their displeasure with de Blasio.
“Our members are doing their job,” he said in a statement endorsed by the other four police union leaders. “The other solutions will come from the leaders here. We wish there was a leader in City Hall.”
A source told the New York Daily News a high-ranking NYPD official — not Bratton — at the meeting told union heads the tanking arrest numbers would have to go up. If not, there would be repercussions, the official said.
De Blasio was at a school event when Bratton went toe-to-toe with the leaders of the five police unions. He could not be reached for comment after the meeting, but his spokesman Phil Walzak had a statement ready.