New York Post

Officers riled by Viv’s pct. pep talk

- By LARRY CELONA and DANIKA FEARS dfears@nypost.com

Copbashing City Council Speaker Melissa MarkViveri­to demanded that her local precinct boss let her address the roll call Wednesday — and she preached to the officers about community relations, sources told The Post.

Cops at the 23rd Precinct station house — many of whom signed a Patrolmen’s Benevolent Associatio­n’s petition that would ban her and Mayor de Blasio from police funerals — bit their tongues as she spoke to them at around 7 a.m., the sources said.

“I appreciate what you do. I know times are tough right now,” MarkViveri­to told the disinteres­ted group of about 20 officers. “I live in the area [East Harlem]. I have a great relationsh­ip with the 23rd and 25th Precinct and PSA 5,” she insisted.

MarkViveri­to arranged the visit by calling the precinct boss, Deputy Inspector Eric Pagan, on Tuesday night and telling him she was coming to roll call, the sources said.

Pagan, who was scheduled to be off, alerted his supervisor­s and had to come in to show her around, they said.

MarkViveri­to helms a City Council that has introduced bills aimed at handcuffin­g cops, while leading antiNYPD demonstrat­ions.

Her sudden show of support only made the officers angry, knowing, “she’s anticop and she’s made anticop statements in the past,” a source said.

MarkViveri­to was the only one who left the station house happy, tweeting, “Thanx for all you do @NYPD23Pct & for welcoming me to 7AM roll call. & impressed by new live scan technology in pct.”

It was a rare move for MarkViveri­to to speak at a precinct roll call, the sources said.

“It’s very unusual for her to speak to or address the troops,” said a source.

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