Mayor de Blasio is the one who ordered the NYPD to turn a blind eye to illegal drunken revelry at overcrowded Brooklyn junkyards before the West Indian Day Parade, as a favor to City Councilman Jumaane Williams, The Post has learned.
A photo posted on Williams’ Twitter page Monday shows the raucous scene at one of the converted lots dubbed “Tiki Village” — where a Post reporter observed cheap booze sold from plywood bars to the clubgoers.
“Because its . . . . CARNIVAL!!” Williams (D-East Flatbush) wrote under the snapshot of a packed crowd.
Sources said Tuesday that Williams personally appealed to de Blasio when cops last month closed three illegal nightclubs at junkyards around Ralph Avenue and Preston Court hosting the illegal open-air nightclubs.
De Blasio issued a directive that was passed down to the commanding officers of the NYPD’s 63rd and 69th precincts, telling cops to allow them to re-open, the sources said.
The organizer of one party at “Tiki Village” told The Post that he attended a three-hour planning meeting at City Hall last week with Williams and other city officials, including NYPD representatives.
Nigel Maloney said he had been planning to protest NYPD heat on Caribbean-community parties — but was instead told to let the good times roll.
“They told us to make sure it’s safe, make sure that your music wasn’t too loud, make sure you have security, make sure that no children are being served alcohol,” Maloney said.
Maloney said his “J’ouvert” party was one of seven weekend events at “Tiki Village,” whose Web page boasts about its “converted open junkyard space” with “rustic and organic beauty.”
Early Monday morning, hordes of highly intoxicated partiers jammed the junkyards and nearby streets. The raucous gatherings led to a near-fatal stabbing with a broken bottle, along with rampant public urination and vomiting.
None of the junkyard parties had licenses or permits to sell booze, the State Liquor Authority said Tuesday.
Maloney said he never applied for any permits — including the “temporary place of assembly” as required by the city — because he was assured that had been taken care of when he rented the space.
The mayor denied Tuesday that City Hall had anything to do with the reopenings.
“No one would ever tell NYPD to back off,” he said. “We all have to enforce the law, we all have to protect public safety.”
Williams on Monday said he called his alleged involvement “a preposterous claim.”
Additional reporting by Amber Jamieson
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