NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said on Tuesday he had no problem with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s call to an official in his department, inquiring about the arrest of Bishop Orlando Findlayter, a political ally. “I had no problem with it whatsoever. None, whatsoever,” Bratton said at the news conference in which de Blasio and city officials announced new traffic-safety measures. It was the first Bratton had spoken publicly about the incident, which came out last week.

“He can call anybody he wants, any time he wants,” Bratton said. “I call my people anytime I want … You need a free flow of communication in government. I have no issue whatsoever with him calling anybody in my staff or his people calling people in my staff.”

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