de Blasio's friends.

Blas’ strange bedfellows

Mayor de Blasio’s praise for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as a “man of integrity” after Silver was charged with taking $4 million in payoffs and bribes is raising hackles, but bad taste is par for the de Blasio course.

Remember, he sees Al Sharpton as “a blessing for this city” despite Sharpton being a serial tax scofflaw who owes a reported $4.5 million.

“The more people criticize him, the more I want to hang out with him,” de Blasio said.

Maybe the mayor just has a thing for crooks.