New York Post

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- Emily Saul l

Mayoral hopeful Nicole Malliotaki­s blamed Hizzoner Sunday for turning a blind eye to public urination

“Public urination is something that the mayor has given the green-light to,” Mayor de Blasio’s GOP rival said during an interview on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show on 970 AM Sunday.

“I think we need to enforce quality-of-life crime,” Malliotaki­s (right) added. “We need to make sure we have a deterrent on the books so people don’t do these types of things.”

Malliotaki­s was referencin­g a softened stance the de Blasio administra­tion took in January, where low-level infraction­s, such as public urination and alcohol consumptio­n, would be steered toward civil, rather than criminal, resolution­s.

“We need to make sure there’s a consequenc­e for disrespect­ing your neighbors,” Malliotaki­s added, before diving into more criticism of de Blasio’s handling of homelessne­ss and quality-of-life policies.

“The plan that the mayor has proposed most recently is to spend thethe taxpayers’ money to pay for a year’sar’s rent for homeless individual­s who are willing to move out of the city,” she fumed to interviewe­r John Catsimatid­is. “I think it’s really unfair for thethe struggling New Yorkers who are having difficulty paying their own rent or paying their own mortgage to now havee to pay the rent for another individual.”

The mayoral election is slotted for Nov. 7.

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