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Arthur Aidala calls ousted DOI commissioner Mark Peters a ‘putz’

Mayor Bill de Blasio was right to fire Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters, according to lawyer Arthur Aidala.

“If I was going to use one word to describe Mark Peters, it would be ‘putz,’ ” Aidala said on Joe Piscopo’s radio show on AM 970.

“He’s not a good guy. All he was looking to do was run for higher office.”

Aidala, who has worked for clients investigated by the DOI, said, “Usually, it’s a very clean, white-collar type of office. He was trying to turn it into a political steppingstone. Not too many hearts are breaking.”

Peters claimed in a letter to the City Council on Monday that de Blasio fired him to halt ongoing investigations and intimidate his successor from exposing wrongdoing.