NYPD chief bitten by city councilwoman at protest ‘pissed off’ she’s playing victim, says pol’s lying about being choked

The NYPD chief bitten by a city councilwoman during a raucous shelter protest last week in Brooklyn is “pissed off” the pol is making herself out to be the victim, The Post has learned.

“After 31 years on the job, I’ve never been bitten, and I can’t believe someone would just bite another human being,” Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo told a friend after City Councilwoman Susan Zhuang allegedly bit him at a proposed shelter site in Bensonhurst July 24.  “I can’t imagine someone would want to have somebody else’s blood in their mouth.

“The thing that bothers me the most is that she is making out like she’s the victim,'” he said, according to the friend.

The veteran police boss also told friends he “bled a lot, needed an anti-viral cocktail and a tetanus shot.”

Zhuang, a Democrat representing the 43rd district based in Sunset Park, told an ally she bit DiGiacomo because he was choking her.

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But DiGiacomo refutes that claim, saying his arm was on a metal crowd barrier — not on the politician — when he felt her teeth sink into his arm, the friend said.

“The bite mark is on the outside of his arm,” the friend recalled. “So it’s not like someone bit the inside of the arm that was wrapped around them.”

Zhuang’s office has said she was trying to protect an elderly woman who had been knocked to the ground. But police officials said publicly the woman walked up to a traffic barrier and laid down in an act of civil disobedience.

The NYPD called an ambulance for the woman, but before the ambulance arrived the mob began pushing against the barrier, cops said.

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The woman remained at the protest for the remainder of the day, police sources said.

DiGiacomo told his friend he wants an apology.

“People aren’t going to jail for these kinds of crimes anymore,” he told the friend. “But I at least thought there would be an apology or acknowledgement of what happened. But she just keeps doubling down.”

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A police officer with 20 years on the job was angry about the assault at a time when the City Council frequently pits itself against the department.

“When a public official takes that kind of action, it almost condones future attacks,” the veteran seethed. “If this person, of this political stature, felt justified doing that and it gets out, maybe more people will get emboldened.”

The cop believes Zhuang will ultimately get a slap on the wrist.

“Even though it’s an egregious act, it will plead down — nothing will come of it,” he said.

The city’s largest police union also rallied around the deputy chief.

“The facts are that Council member Zhuang was leading a protest where multiple police officers were injured and she bit an NYPD chief,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry said. “There is no excuse or explanation that can change that reality,” he said. “She needs to take responsibility for her actions instead of trying to deflect blame towards our police officers who were just doing their job.”

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