NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Blake
A top city cop embroiled in a sex scandal at a Queens precinct appears set to take a high-level post with the Nassau County Police — a department already tarnished by seedy shenanigans, sources said yesterday.
Embattled NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Blake, 50, one of the city’s key anti-terror bosses, is telling colleagues that he’s snagged a new job as assistant police commissioner in Nassau, the law-enforcement sources said.
Blake — who was sued by a female cop in Queens last year for alleged sexual harassment — yesterday was officially relieved of his NYPD duties and retired so he could move on to Nassau, one source said.
But Nassau officials refused to confirm Blake’s hiring.
“The police commissioner is interviewing candidates to replace Assistant Commissioner John Quinn,’’ said Brian Nevin, spokesman for Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
“The county has no further comment on candidate during the interview process.’’
NYPD Officer Veronica Schultz has sued Blake — her married boss and then-captain and commander of the 103 Precinct — after he allegedly made sleazy sexual advances toward her while engaging in simultaneous affairs with numerous other women subordinates.
“If the Nassau County Police Department takes him on in a top spot, they’ll have a problem — they’re accepting future litigation. It sends a bad signal because people at the top have to have the utmost integrity.”
The Long Island department is also already grappling with its own share of sex scandals, Sanders noted.
Two cases involve Officer Michael Tedesco, who allegedly had more than 100 trysts with a lover at her home while on the clock, and another officer who is accused of sexually harassing a woman.
“Nassau County already has its own problems as it is,’’ Sanders said. “They’re supposed to be cleaning up their own department, and this would only be adding to their problems.’’
Neither the NYPD nor Blake, a 24-year NYPD veteran who lives in Hempstead, LI, responded to a request for comment.
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