Bill de Blasio admitted Monday that he has been arrested twice for protesting Washington’s policies towards Central America.
The Democratic mayoral candidate disclosed the arrests in response to a question from The Post about his past run-ins with the law.
When asked for the total number of times he has been arrested “for civil disobedience or anything else” he replied:
“I believe it is four: LICH, Engine 204 and two times in Central-America-related protests in Washington,” he said.
When pressed whether there were any others he said, “Not that I remember.”
LICH is a reference to Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, which de Blasio fought to keep open. He was also arrested battling against firehouse closings in 2003 while on the City Council.
De Blasio didn’t offer a time frame for the Washington arrests.
More than two decades ago, de Blasio traveled to Nicaragua to bring food and medicine to the Sandanistas.
He also honeymooned with wife Chirlane McCray in Cuba in 1991.