City Hall for Sale, Cont’d

It seems Mayor de Blasio not only couldn’t care less about scandals engulfing his administration, he’s also completely clueless about them.

So now the Department of Investigation has begun a review into a former senior city official’s claim that he was fired for resisting Team de Blasio’s heavy-handed efforts to cut a deal for a fat-cat donor.

“I have no clue about how those specific decisions were made or meetings happened,” says the mayor of how his top officials — including top political aide Emma Wolfe — moved heaven and earth to help restaurant owner Harendra Singh, who owed the city a pile of money.

Besides, he claimed — with a completely straight face — there was nothing special going on: “Every day we have community leaders, we have elected officials, we have business leaders come to us with issues.”

Maybe so — but how many non-donors manage to get the mayor’s political fixer and special counsel to repeatedly pull strings for their “issues”? Asked that very question Wednesday, de Blasio wouldn’t (or couldn’t) name a single one.

And how many other “everyday” people can get an entire city team of officials replaced by members of the mayor’s inner circle when talks don’t go their way?

In fact, as The New York Times noted, de Blasio personally “set the wheels of government turning in an extraordinary way” for Singh, who was offered sweetheart deals that he repeatedly rejected.

Indeed, Singh’s politically wired lobbyist, Neal Kwatra, reportedly dismissed one offer by declaring: “This is not good. I guess you didn’t get the memo from City Hall.”

Again, this is just the latest incident of what acting US Attorney Joon Kim — though declining to bring criminal charges — described as a pattern of de Blasio soliciting “donations from individuals who sought official favors ... after which the mayor made or directed” inquiries on their behalf.

Transactional government, pay-to-play — call it what you will. It’s the real “everyday life in government” under Bill de Blasio.