Patton takes hit on Don gear, not cheap sunglasses

Lynne Patton is in Trump-related trouble again.

The Housing and Urban Development liaison for the city — who is already under investigation for possible ethics violations — was slammed with another complaint Friday accusing her of crossing the good-government line by displaying Trump 2020 campaign merchandise in her government office.

The latest complaint, lobbed by government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, zeroes in on a photo displayed in a profile about Patton (photo) published by New York magazine last month, in which a red “USA” cap can be seen in the background. The hat, which is for sale on President Trump’s official campaign website, has “TRUMP” emblazoned on the back of it.

“Government officials may not use their positions to promote partisan politics and certainly may not display campaign merchandise in the workplace,” CREW’s Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said in a statement accusing Patton of violating the federal Hatch Act prohibiting political activity.

“Yet Lynne Patton and other Trump administration officials continue to violate this law time and time again. While any one of these violations may seem minor, taken together they represent an administration engaged in unprecedented partisan political activity in direct violation of the law.”

Last May, CREW filed its first Hatch Act complaint against Patton, accusing her of using her official HUD Twitter handle to push pro-Trump sentiments.

Patton scoffed at CREW’s latest complaint and claimed it was without merit.

“Honestly, if CREW’s not tweeting about a member of the Trump administration, then it must not be Friday,” Patton told the Daily News while touring a NYCHA development in Brooklyn. “That’s a hat that literally says ‘USA.’ Now I’m very flattered that people associate USA with President Trump because I think that’s very correct, but it’s also the name of our country that we’re living in.”

Patton, 46, said her agency’s ethics office approved the hat.

“So they can take it up with them,” she said.

Patton, who was visiting the Breukelen Houses in Canarsie, resumed her attack on city officials, accusing them of mismanaging NYCHA funds and letting developments deteriorate.

“Where is the money going?” she said. “I know where the money’s going. Last year NYCHA spent $1.5 billion on employee salaries, overtime and employee benefits. That does not fix anybody’s apartment. There needs to be fewer people at 250 Broadway and more people out in the actual developments.”

Patton spent four weeks in February and March recording conditions in NYCHA apartments in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.