De Blasio wants to axe investigation chief for exposing foul-ups: source

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Mayor de Blasio is itching to fire his investigations chief for exposing a slew of administration foul-ups — but hasn’t pulled the trigger because it could prompt a messy and unprecedented public hearing, The Post has learned.

Multiple City Hall sources said Hizzoner has wanted for months to replace Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters — a former friend and ally — who last week revealed that Housing Authority boss Shola Olatoye falsely told the feds that 55,000 apartments had been checked for lead-paint hazards.

That report followed others that ripped the Administration for Children’s Services over the slayings of several kids, and faulted the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services and others for letting a Lower East Side nursing home at 45 Rivington St. get turned into luxury condos.

“It’s no secret around here that the mayor would love to get rid of him,” one source said.

“The problem is Peters won’t go quietly, and the mayor is concerned about a knock-out, drag-out fight that could completely derail his final four years in office.”

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