NYC Mayor Gets Police to Release Brooklyn Pastor Despite Arrest for Two Open Warrants
It's good to be the boss
A politically connected Brooklyn pastor was arrested for a pair of open warrants — but was spared a night in jail after Mayor de Blasio called an NYPD boss to inquire about his close pal .
Hours later, Bishop Orlando Findlayter was yukking it up with Hizzoner at the head table at a Bed-Stuy breakfast Tuesday with guest speaker Rev. Al Sharpton and 200 other pastors.
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Corruption? In NYC?
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