new york city mayor bill de blasio met with president-elect donald trump for more than an hour at trump tower wednesday, saying afterward he told the republican that many new yorkers were afraid of his presidency. <u+201c>i let him know that so many new yorkers are fearful, that more had to be done to show that this country can heal, and that people will be respected,<u+201d> mr. de blasio, a democrat, said outside the midtown manhattan tower. mr. de blasio, who supported democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton , has long been critical of mr. trump , describing him as <u+201c>dangerous<u+201d> and unfit to lead the country. last year, mr. trump called mr. de blasio <u+201c>the worst mayor in the u.s.<u+201d> on wednesday, aides to the mayor said he met alone with the president-elect for 62 minutes in an office on the 26th floor of trump tower on fifth avenue. mr. de blasio described the meeting with mr. trump as <u+201c>candid<u+201d> and <u+201c>respectful.<u+201d> a spokeswoman for mr. trump didn<u+2019>t respond to a request for comment. the mayor said he <u+201c>tried to provide perspective of the nypd,<u+201d> as he expressed concerns about mr. trump<u+2019>s plans on immigration, telling him deportations would cause a rift between communities and law-enforcement that would make the city less safe. mr. de blasio said he told mr. trump the city was <u+201c>never going back<u+201d> to the widespread use of the policing tactic known as stop-and-frisk, an approach mr. trump has said should be expanded but that critics say unfairly targets minorities. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, a close ally of mr. trump who is said to be under consideration for secretary of state , said new yorkers had nothing to fear. <u+201c>they shouldn<u+2019>t be afraid. they should realize a trump presidency will make the country safer,<u+201d> mr. giuliani, a republican, said in a phone interview wednesday. <u+201c>maybe if they did a little more stop-and-frisk [across the country] they wouldn<u+2019>t have somebody shot every two hours in chicago.<u+201d> mr. giuliani said if mrs. clinton had won the presidency, <u+201c>there<u+2019>d be a lot of republicans that would be afraid of what she would do.<u+201d> <u+201c>i think you have to give the man a chance,<u+201d> he said. outside trump tower on wednesday, as dozens of tourists and reporters waited outside, aides to mr. de blasio said the mayor met alone with the president-elect in an office for 62 minutes. in the days since mr. trump<u+2019>s election, mr. de blasio has said he would greet the republican with an open mind and work with him where they had areas of agreement, such as building infrastructure. but he said he would vigorously oppose any of the president-elect<u+2019>s policies he believed hurt new yorkers. <u+201c>i would be swift to react any time an action was taken that would undermine the people of new york city,<u+201d> he said. as mr. de blasio emerged from his meeting with mr. trump to dozens of waiting reporters and tourists, he was asked whether he was concerned that security around the tower made it difficult for nearby retailers to do business. <u+201c>i will not tell you that gucci and tiffany are my central concerns in life,<u+201d> the mayor quipped in response. the mayor said he would hold a news conference with the police commissioner on fifth avenue security on friday. write to mara gay at mara.gay@wsj.com
bill de blasio tells donald trump: <u+2018>new yorkers are fearful<u+2019> - wsj
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