Cops mum on Blaz’s car crash

The NYPD is refusing to voluntarily release an internal accident report on a 2015 car crash covered up by Mayor de Blasio’s security detail.

Police spokesman Phil Walzak has insisted the crash was handled properly though the DMV has no report on file regarding the collision. He confirmed an NYPD report on the accident was filed at the 25th Precinct stationhouse the day of the crash — but declined to share it with the Daily News.

“Please be directed to FOIL,” Walzak said, referring The News to a Freedom of Information Law request that can take months. “Such a document would be subject to redactions in order to protect personal, private information of interested third parties.”

The NYPD routinely shares information on crashes — and much more serious crimes — with the press without a FOIL request.

Any accident involving vehicle damage over $1,000 should be submitted to the DMV. Accident reports filed at that agency are available online instantly for a fee.

“Accident reports have been public in New York since about 1940,” said Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government.

“The law says that the reports are available to ‘interested persons,’ which the courts have long defined as anybody.”

The News exclusively reported that text messages sent among members of de Blasio’s executive protection unit show that its commanding officer, Howard Redmond, ordered the crash be covered up due to “optics.”

Sources said Redmond was concerned about possible headlines that de Blasio was a passenger in a car crash while pushing his Vision Zero initiative for safer streets.

The NYPD has declined to answer a number of questions about the crash, including why a report was not filed with the DMV. De Blasio claimed on Monday he knew nothing about how his own security detail operates.