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Poll: NYPD vs. De Blasio, 95% cops call mayor ‘poor’

By Paul Bedard

Published March 15, 2016 10:07pm ET

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Poll: NYPD vs. De Blasio, 95% cops call mayor ‘poor’ — Some police officers, left, turn their backs in a sign of disrespect as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks as others, at right front line, stand at attention, during the funeral of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) | John Minchillo

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s long-shot chance at a vice presidential bid got handcuffed Tuesday when a Washington-based pollster for the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association found that nearly every police officer in the city hates the head of Gotham.

Not only do 95 percent feel the mayor is doing a poor job, but huge numbers believe his policies have made their life much less safe, a feeling felt in may big liberal cities.

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