It’s the tale of two tickets.
Bill de Blasio declared Saturday that there are two standards when it comes to fixing tickets — one for politicians and their well-connected pals and another for everyone else.
“People have the right to an appeals process if they think a ticket is unfair or arbitrary. It’s appropriate for local officials to help them get that,” de Blasio said at a Park Slope pizzeria.
His comments on ticket-fixing came at a Brooklyn campaign event in response to a question from a Post reporter who asked whether he thought it was fair that cops were indicted for disposing of tickets — while elected ticket-fixers like him get a free pass.
“That’s different than when somebody illegally or inappropriately intervenes with the process. It’s a fine and obvious line,” said the liberal mayoral wannabe, whose primary campaign was based on the notion that New York has been divided into two cities — of haves and have-nots.
The comments are the first by de Blasio, the city’s public advocate, on ticket-fixing since the Village Voice reported Wednesday that the former city councilman helped wriggle at least four of his Brooklyn constituents out of parking tickets and other city fines.
Two years ago, 15 NYPD officers were indicted on more than 1,600 criminal counts for tossing tickets for friends, family and influential New Yorkers.
In some cases, cops were accused of destroying the paper tickets; in others, they were charged with intentionally flubbing cases in traffic court.
As the case unfolded, de Blasio publicly demanded that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly investigate cases in which police allegedly fixed tickets and disposed of drunken-driving and domestic-violence cases.
“We need the facts, and we need them sooner rather than later,” de Blasio fumed during a radio interview.
But when de Blasio was on the council, he saw no problem penning letters to city agencies to get tickets quashed.
Bracha Breiger told The Post that a January 2006 letter from de Blasio helped get her out of a Department of Transportation ticket she got for work her family did on a sidewalk.
“I’m glad he fixed it,” Breiger said.
In a separate case, in June 2005, de Blasio e-mailed the Parking Violations Bureau: “I recognize that double parking is illegal; however, as you know, double parking during street cleaning has long been an accepted practice in New York City,” the Voice reported.
Last week, de Blasio spokesman Dan Levitan said it was “part of his job” to “help people in his community having problems with the city’s bureaucracy.”
But critics contend de Blasio should receive the same scrutiny he demanded for cops.
“He was using his political influence,” said Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association. “Why was he intervening in a situation he was not privy to. He wasn’t a witness. The least that should come of this is DA [Cyrus] Vance should open up an investigation — the same way that was done with the police.”