WATCH: De Blasio Speaks Outside Trump Tower After Meeting With President-Elect

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio met with Donald Trump for 62 minutes Wednesday morning at the president-elect's home in Trump Tower along Fifth Avenue, the site of ongoing protests and a mess of new security measures since Trump was elected, and briefed reporters about their "candid" and "substantive" conversation shortly after outside Trump Tower.

De Blasio said to reporters that he "put his cards out on the table" with the president-elect on issues like discrimination, tax cuts for the wealthy, the economy, the city's infrastructure and the NYPD.

The mayor said he told Trump that the people of NYC were fearful of potential deportations and bigotry against women, LGBT, people of color, Muslims and Jews.

"I told him we were very concerned that we had to show all New Yorkers, including Muslim New Yorkers, that they were welcome, and that exclusionary policies would undermine our ability to create unity," de Blasio said.

The mayor said he told Trump that New Yorkers were extremely concerned about his proposed deportations. De Blasio said he gave the president-elect the perspective that any deportations would create a rift between the NYPD and the communities they serve.

He also said pride in the NYPD and the job they were doing to secure Trump Tower in Midtown was a point of commonality between the two leaders.

The mayor said he knew he and the president-elect had extensive philosophical differences but they had engaged in a productive dialogue.

"I reiterated to the president-elect that I would be open-minded as we continued substantive discussions, but I would also be vigilant and swift to react" if Trump took an action against the interests of New Yorkers.

Now "the ball's in his court," de Blasio said. "People in this city and all over the country are looking to see what he's going to do."

"Clearly there was a lot of give and take, but the proof will be in the pudding."

Around 10:30 a.m., de Blasio announced he was on his way to meet with Trump.

The mayor on Nov. 11 told a packed room of reporters at New York City Hall that he planned to meet with Trump "and try to find common ground."

"I'm going to offer an open hand and hope for the best," de Blasio said.

A day before that press conference, de Blasio called on New Yorkers "to move forward together" into Trump's America "to protect and preserve the city we love, and the values we cherish."

But the mayor this week has taken a harsher tone with the president-elect, encouraging New Yorkers to continue to protest outside Trump Tower.

"We have to recognize that all over this country, the more disruption that’s caused peacefully ... the more it will change the trajectory of things," the mayor said Monday in an interview with Hot 97 radio.

"We need to hold Trump accountable for anything he does that encourages hate and division ... The more extreme he is, the more people fight back, the more it takes away his power," the mayor said.

He added that the highly controversial stop-and-frisk, which was ruled unconstitutional in 2012, and which Trump proposed establishing nationally, would not be reinstated as long as he is mayor.

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Lead image via the NYC Mayor's Office