Despite Poll, Bill de Blasio Expects Bill Bratton’s Popularity to Grow

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Jillian Jorgensen

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s poll numbers took a hit after the death of Eric Garner, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said he expected that to change as people got to know his work better — and put some of the blame for the lackluster numbers on his predecessor.

“I think it’s going to be a process here over the coming months and years to create the kind of relationship between police and community that the community deserves and the police deserve. It has to be a two-way street,” Mr. de Blasio told the Observer at a Manhattan press conference. “It’s going to take real work to do that. When that work is done, I’ll be looking forward to what the poll results are then.”



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