New York Daily News

PBA to go hard after Blaz in Big Easy

- BY JILLIAN JORGENSEN Jillian Jorgensen

The Patrolmen's Benevolent Associatio­n will take its anti-de Blasio show on the road yet again — following him to New Orleans to troll him in person, in print and on billboards about their ongoing contract negotiatio­ns.

The union is taking out a full-page ad in Friday's edition of the New Orleans Times-Picayune featuring Mayor de Blasio wearing a Mardis Gras hat and cuddled up in bed, union officials told the News. The same message will be emblazoned on mobile billboards that'll circle the Netroots Nation conference Hizzoner is attending.

“NYC police officers are 365 days out of contract … because Mayor de Blasio has checked out of running NYC and checked into a NEW ORLEANS hotel,” the ads read. “Mayor de Blasio … WAKE UP & DO YOUR JOB! Pay NYC cops fairly NOW!”

The union has employed similar tactics before — it followed de Blasio to Iowa in December, where it demonstrat­ed against him outside a speech he delivered and crashed his hotel. This time, they'll also reach out to attendees of the conference on Twitter with messages about their contract fight.

The PBA, which represents rank-and-file cops, has been without a contract for a year and on Wednesday took to the steps of City Hall to demonstrat­e.

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