Blas basher: Rehire me Beach slap at Christie

A former city official who claims he was fired for complaining about alleged misconduct by the de Blasio administration said Monday he deserves his job back.

“I don’t believe in vengeance . . .I am not looking for a payday either. I am looking for justice . . . [and] justice means they should put me in the same place I was in February [before being fired],” Ricardo Morales, former deputy commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, told NY1.

Morales was responding to remarks made last week by Mayor de Blasio, who said he was fired strictly because of poor job performance.

The mayor also alleged that Morales’ threat to sue the city is sour grapes and a money grab.

Morales has accused the mayor of pressuring him in 2015 to give major de Blasio donor Harendra Singh a break on back rent he owed the city on his Water’s Edge Restaurant in Queens. Rich Calder

New Jersey lawmakers have approved a series of measures in response to last month’s government shutdown and Gov. Chris Christie’s beach trip — including closing down his beach house and opening up public beaches.

The Democratic-led Legislature approved a measure Monday to pay state workers furloughed during the budget dispute. That now goes to the Republican governor’s desk to approve.

The Assembly on Monday also approved two bills created because of the backlash to Christie’s use of the governor’s beach house, which is in a public park that was closed during the three-day shutdown.

One measure would force the beach house to close during a shutdown. A second would keep state parks open during a shutdown.

Christie made international headlines after he was photographed enjoying the empty beach with his family after he ordered the shutdown.