PBA boss becomes Times Sq. character

MAYOR DE BLASIO is devoted to ending income equality — but he can’t spare a few dollars for the men and women in blue who put their life on line for the city, the head of the NYPD’s largest police union said Thursday.

As he handed out flyers at the Times Square subway station asking for the public’s support in his push for competitive salaries and better working conditions, Patrick Lynch, the head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, said rank and file officers desperately need a salary boost.

“Mayor de Blasio talks about income inequality, but he refuses to take care of it for his own police department,” Lynch said.

“New York City police officers are the lowest-paid police officers in the country. The more diverse we become, the less paid we are. And that’s just absolutely wrong.”

Standing amid bustling morning rush-hour commuters and tourists, Lynch said the city was in a perfect financial position to help out its cops.

After going through arbitration last year, the PBA was only granted 1% annual raises from 2010 to 2012 — a measly 36-cents-an-hour boost.

The mayor “is saying one thing and doing another,” he said. “Start fixing your own backyard with the New York City police officers that serve this city.”

The union will be going back to the bargaining table with City Hall later this year.