Mayor Michael R Bloomberg

As his administration faces a firestorm over a video shown to hundreds of police officers that depicted Muslims as extremists, New York Mayor Michael R Bloomberg conceded on Thursday that the episode had damaged relations between the city's Islamic community and the Police Department.

As his administration faces a firestorm over a video shown to hundreds of police officers that depicted Muslims as extremists, New York Mayor Michael R Bloomberg conceded on Thursday that the episode had damaged relations between the city's Islamic community and the Police Department.