De Blasio hides after praying at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

NY Post ^ | December 22, 2014 | Michael Gartland, Priscilla DeGregory and Bruce Golding

[Zakeet]

As cops were being threatened and assaulted and the city reeled over the execution of two officers, Mayor de Blasio prayed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Sunday — then went into hiding.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton visited the scene of the horrific attack in Brooklyn and Gov. Cuomo paid a wrenching condolence call to the home of one of the slain cops, but de Blasio ran from reporters and was nowhere to be found after the church service.

[Snip]

In other developments while de Blasio was AWOL:

• The NYPD said it is investigating more than a dozen threatened copycat attacks after Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot execution-style. One man was busted for allegedly attacking an officer in the 28th Precinct station house in Harlem on Sunday.

[Clemenza]

The average cost per square foot in Manhattan is the most expensive in the United States. Average monthly rent in the five boroughs is about $3K per month.

[dfwgator]

Seems appropriate for him to be in a Catholic Church, since he seems to be in lockstep with Pope Francis.

[Clemenza]

His mother is Italian and his father abandoned the family. Other than that, you are right (the name change to his mother’s maiden name is quite recent).

[kearnyirish2]

I was pointing out that many cops aren’t even voters in the city; they aren’t a key constituency in determining who will be the mayor of NYC.

Prices are high due to supply & demand (of space); it is no accident that in the larger scheme of things, Florida just passed New York in population. Eventually Wyoming will as well.