There has been a major brouhaha concerning the way Mayor Michael Bloomberg terminated the service of Stephen Goldsmith, who was New York City’s  Deputy Mayor of Operations.

Upon learning that Goldsmith was arrested in Washington, D.C. and held for two days in jail — allegedly for engaging in domestic violence against his wife, who also allegedly at the time said, “I should have put a bullet through you years ago”  — the mayor conferred with the deputy mayor, subsequently announcing in a press release that Goldsmith was “leaving to pursue private-sector opportunities in infrastructure finance.”

The mayor made no mention of the arrest and domestic violence incident.

Read more of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch’s Op-Ed on how Mayor Bloomberg has handled Goldsmith’s resignation on MetroFocus.