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Billionaire Ken Langone saw Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on the dais at the annual Al Smith dinner, but he charged the real top cop was nowhere to be found.

I dont see the person in charge of the NYPD up here tonight -- Al Sharpton, he cracked in the most pointed zinger at the fund-raiser, which drew a host of city luminaries, including Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo, who subjected themselves to a ribbing to raise cash for Catholic Charities.

Bratton, seated behind the Home Depot founder on the dais full of notables in white ties and tails, took the joke with a hearty laugh.

Sharpton, for his part, was a few blocks away throwing himself a swanky 60th birthday party -- which Cuomo slipped out of the dinner to join for a bit before returning. De Blasio headed for Sharptons bash after the event wrapped up.

Langone also protested that his much-criticized remarks comparing rhetoric on income inequality to Nazi Germany was taken out of context.

I was just saying the world should be wary of German populists -- but enough about Bill de Blasio, he quipped.

De Blasio was roundly mocked for losing his grip on groundhog Staten Island Chuck, a fumble that may have contributed to the animals death a week later.

Having the mayor here tonight means one thing -- the citys groundhogs are safe, said emcee Alfred Smith IV, great-grandson of the dinner's namesake former governor. By the way, this never would have happened to Mayor Bloomberg -- the groundhog wouldnt have fallen far.

Smith then turned his attention to Cuomo, noting, The governor just got back from Afghanistan -- the only place more hostile than Albany."

"By the way, is Rob Astorino here?" he asked of Cuomos badly trailing Republican opponent, who was in fact in the room. "Seriously, I don't know what he looks like."

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Ken Langone zings Bill Bratton, says that Al Sharpton is the top cop