
De Blasio was busted by a protester who spotted him and his wife strolling through a park 11 miles from their mansion.
WATCH:
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray
confronted by protester in Prospect Park:🚨🚨🚨"Seriously, you guys have a park. You live in the middle of a park. You don’t need to non-essentially travel to Brooklyn. "https://t.co/kyBbD5R1vT pic.twitter.com/c6krYkfvPS
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) April 27, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray didn’t let coronavirus stop them from traveling 11 miles from Manhattan to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park for a leisurely stroll — eliciting outrage from New Yorkers, online video shows.
“Seriously, you guys have a park. You live in the middle of a park. You don’t need to non-essentially travel to Brooklyn,” Twitter user Darren Goldner says, referencing Carl Schurz Park near Gracie Mansion, in a clip posted to Twitter Saturday.
Hizzoner responds, “C’mon guys, give it a break,” as he and the first lady continue to walk away.
“I’m not going to give it a break. This is selfish behavior,” Goldner shouts to the backs of the mayor and McCray. “This is so terribly selfish. You call yourself a progressive, but you chauffeur yourself to Brooklyn. You force people to drive you.”

De Blasio has already addressed previous defiant walks of his as something he needs to do “to be most effective.”
It’s not working.
.@NYCMayor tells @errollouis walking in Prospect Park – an 11-mile drive from his residence in Manhattan – each day during #Covid_19 is something he needs to do "to be most effective."
— Sally Goldenberg (@SallyGold) April 6, 2020
I personally see zero problems with driving to a park and walking through said park. In fact, I think it’s good for your physical and mental health. But I am not a mayor who has enacted fines for violating stay-at-home orders.
Why do politicians always think they are above the law?!
Good on this protester for confronting this tool De Blasio.