Embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's five police unions are cooling off tensions at least until the two NYPD officers who were brutally murdered over the weekend are put to rest. De Blasio has been under heavy fire from the unions serving the NYPD's 35,000 employees for what they have called an anti-police stance from City Hall. But on Monday, hours after visiting the family of the slain, the mayor and police Commissioner Bill Bratton asked for a cease fire from all sides — with no protests or politicking until families and friends can properly mourn and bury officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.
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City Hall and the police unions are cooling off tensions until family members and New Yorkers can mourn and bury officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu
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Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday morning shook hands with the family of Officer Ramos and visited his widow and teenage sons
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Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and first lady Chirlane McCray were also at hand, and later visited the family of Officer Wenjian Liu
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Tensions remain high between the mayor and NYPD over what cops say is an anti-police stance from City Hall
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Dozens of cops turned their backs on de Blasio when he went to the hospital in the aftermath of the shootings
Cops and @placeholder supporters have publicly criticized Mayor de Blasio because he didn't throw his blind support behind police.