Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said that he "cleared the air" with outgoing New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who recently told Playboy Magazine that de Blasio is "full of s---."

In an interview with the men's magazine, Kelly said that Democratic mayoral candidates--and the Mayor-elect in particular--are "absolutely" full of s---. Ray Kelly and the NYPD have an antagonistic relationship with de Blasio, who disapproves of the NYPD's use of controversial stop-and-frisk tactics, saying it unfairly targets minorities. 

Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg have defended stop-and-frisk, insisting that it helped save more than 7,300 lives over the past ten years, the New York Daily News reports.

Despite Kelly's harsh criticism, de Blasio said he resolved his issues with Kelly regarding Kelly's recent comments, according to Gothamist.

"I had a good conversation with him [Kelly], and I have a clear agenda I want to implement," de Blasio told reporters. "It was a good conversation. We cleared the air, and we're moving forward." 

De Blasio added that he believes that Kelly will "work very productively and positively with us" as his administration starts up, led by a new police commissioner. Yet, neither de Blasio nor Kelly would say if apologies were exchanged. 

"I have worked with him for over 20 years, respect him, obviously disagree with him on some core issues," de Blasio said. "I'm certain we're going to have an effective transition." 

One of the former mayoral candidates is on Kelly's side. "Ray Kelly is right to feel betrayed! He was a punching bag for my fellow candidates in the primary, in a disgusting display of pandering," tweeted Sal Albanese, who came in last in the primary.

Another comment Kelly made in the interview with the December issue of the magazine, which hit newsstands Friday, is stirring controversy. Kelly was asked why "some young men of color who have been stopped for no reason may hate your guts." Kelly responded:

"The notion of hatred has been stirred up by a small number of advocacy groups that have done a great job at marketing this concept," Kelly said. "You might read something snarky on Twitter, but I could take you right now to 125th Street in Harlem and young men will stop me for my picture and give me a very favorable and friendly greeting. They understand that we're saving lives in their community, that they're the ones at risk. "

The Daily News tested Kelly's theory by taking a cutout of the Commissioner uptown to see how people respond to it. 

"Ray Kelly is part of a racist, white supremacist system," said Harlem book vendor Gerry Louis. "Stop-and-frisk doesn't make us safer. He continues to criminalize our community."