New York Daily News

Blaz: I’ll get to judge’s cursing vid

- BY JILLIAN JORGENSEN AND MIKEY LIGHT

Mayor de Blasio still has not reviewed video that shows his top administra­tive judge, Fidel Del Valle, unleashing a profane tirade on a City Hall police officer last month — but he’s been given the gist of it.

“I have not — I’ve gotten an assessment of the video both from the police commission­er and the first deputy mayor. I do intend to see it,” de Blasio said Wednesday at an unrelated news conference in Brooklyn.

Del Valle, the commission­er of the Office of Administra­tive Trials and Hearings, became unhinged when a veteran City Hall cop asked him the reason for his visit as he arrived for an event Nov. 13.

“Listen, Babe, I don’t give a f--k! Do you know who I am?” the hotheaded Del Valle erupted at the female officer, according to a letter by the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Associatio­n. “Who the f--k do you think you are?”

The megalomani­acal meltdown was caught by another officer’s body camera. While de Blasio hasn’t yet seen the footage of the incident, which happened a month ago, Police Commission­er James O’Neill said he reviewed it and found the officers had been profession­al — and Del Valle’s behavior had been “particular­ly egregious.”

“This is a situation that, you know, troubles me and worries me, because we need to show respect,” de Blasio said. “It doesn’t matter what your title is, you have to show respect for police officers and you have to go through whatever security protocols they indicate.”

While he had only gotten the CliffsNote­s version of the video, de Blasio said that based on what he heard about it, “it’s not acceptable to treat a police officer that way, period.”

“No one deserves to be treated that way, particular­ly someone who protects us as a member of the NYPD,” he said.

The PBA has called for Del Valle’s head, but de Blasio said he couldn’t comment further pending an investigat­ion.

“The situation is under review,” de Blasio said.

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