Members of the police union followed Mayor Bill de Blasio through Brooklyn Tuesday morning to protest a lack of pay raises.
The Patrolman's Benevolent Association demonstrated outside a coffee shop in Park Slope where the mayor ate breakfast, and then followed him down the block to the Prospect Park YMCA, where he often goes to exercise.
PBA President Pat Lynch says the Mayor has refused to hear officers out.
"Usually we'd sit at a table and have him hear the message in negotiations. He hasn't heard it. So if he's gonna be here at the gym running city government from the gym, that's where we come. We want to go where we can solve problems. If this is the spot, this is where we'll be," Lynch said.
The union is demanding higher pay and better equipment for officers, along with more legislative support from City Hall.
A statement from the mayor's office said, "Our door has always been – and continues to be – open to the PBA to negotiate a long-term contract, as we’ve done with nearly the entire City workforce to date."