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Goddamnit! All this time Gothamist thought that we could get to the mayor by emailing him through the city's website, but clearly, we should have just checked the phone book because the phone number at the Mayor's Upper East Side townhouse is very listed! All the papers are buzzing with how the Mayor mentioned that the niece of a constituent called to complain about her aunt's housing situation. The Daily News wrote about the Housing Authority trying to evict 94 year-old Dottie Wollner from her Williamsburg apartment; Wollner has lived in Williams Plaza for 42 years, but switched apartments to take care of her sister and stayed in the sister's apartment after her death. Mayor Bloomberg has made sure Aunt Dottie can stay in her apartment, and isn't too upset with the opportunity to show he's in touch with his public during an election year. The Mayor said she called late, but it turned out the call was only at 10:15PM (the niece, Sheila Powsner, is upset for calling so late, but was surprised when the Mayor actually answered), but now Gothamist wonders if Mayor Bloomberg had his sleeping cap on and his hot water bottle ready. He asks that New Yorkers direct their calls to 311 first. The NY Times notes that the Village Voice published his phone number a few years ago and had their reporter call the number:
Reporter: Hi. Is the mayor there?Gothamist is kind of dying to call and ask "Is your refrigerator running?" but perhaps the next time there's a nutty plot twist on Law & Order (like Serena Southerlyn being gay!), we'll call him, though we'd prefer his IM.
Woman: No, he's not available right now.
Reporter: Where is he?
Woman: He's at his office.
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Do you mean that his number is listed?
I do. I was mixing my metaphors, in the excitement of this news.
Here is the number: 212-772-1081
The WNBC news segment I watched last night said that after years of pestering, an unnamed and unaffiliated person gave up the phone # to the niece and instructed her to call Bloomberg. I hate to be conspiracy minded, but this stinks of a campaign-season stunt. Bloomberg getting a late-night call from a woman trying to prevent her nice old Jewish aunt from being evicted? How come it wasn't some person on Staten Island complaining that her toilet in the projects was backed up? An accessible mayor coming to the rescue of a senior citizen threatened with the loss of her home due to beauracratic red tape sounds like a tailor-made event to humanize a billionaire mayor who's been accused of inaccessibility and an overriding concern with super-scale development projects. I'm calling bull sh*t on this "event."
I agree Dave. All of a sudden the Mayor is concerned? and with an eviction no less? This is a bullshit story that has already been gobbled up.
"867-5309. I've got the number on the wall."
I'm surprised the Mayor answered the phone himself. I'd imagine he'd have a valet who did the heavy lifting at home for him.
Yeah, like Bloomberg answers the phone with the publicly listed number. He's probably got some lackey sitting in the basement of his townhouse fielding those calls. I might be cynical, but if this wasn't a contrived situation, I imagine the Mayor would have whichever city employee who gave out his home number tracked down and sent to Gitmo. Next week: Mayor Mike rescues puppies from burning building while on his regular evening stroll through the Bronx.
Mayor Mike's home phone number is easily found via yahoo and infospace people searches.
Dave, do you mean like these puppies?