In the days after two cops were assassinated in Brooklyn, Mayor de Blasio’s team was looking for lackeys to validate the administration as it faced withering criticism, recently released emails show.
A de Blasio aide reached out to Michael Rabinowitz-Gold at outside consulting firm BerlinRosen the morning of Christmas Eve 2014 looking for so-called “validators” to “help bring down the temp” in the wake of the tragedy, according to emails the city was forced to release to The Post following a lawsuit.
Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were gunned down by a madman trying to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown on Dec. 20. That night, scores of grieving cops turned their backs on de Blasio at the hospital where they were pronounced dead. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said that day, “There’s blood on many hands tonight . . . That blood . . . starts on the steps of City Hall, in the Office of the Mayor.”
The aide told Rabinowitz-Gold that top de Blasio advisor Emma Wolfe was looking for people like Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, to ease tensions.
“Emma asked us to talk to you about Aborn and any other validators out there who might help bring down the temp,” the aide wrote.
Emails show the aide followed up that day to say City Hall was “waiting for news cycle to move on.”
But three days later, police turned their backs on de Blasio at Ramos’ funeral.
De Blasio’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.