Mayor Bloomberg Goes to Brooklyn

Possibly on a Brooklyn-bound F train: Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Mayor's "bullpen-style" offices need some new paint, a new carpet and a few other fixes, so Bloomberg and his staffers are temporarily relocating to work out of the Office of Emergency Management headquarters in Brooklyn on Cadman Plaza East. The Mayor explained, “Somebody’s going to kill themselves with all of the rips in the carpet." Nice to know that he's concerned with personal injury lawsuits against the city from its employees!

The city opened new $50 million OEM offices late last year, the first permanent OEM location since the old one was destroyed on September 11, 2001. Bloomberg said of the move, "It'll, No. 1, show everybody that there is another part of this city, [and] No. 2, it'll show that if we had to evacuate City Hall, we've taken the steps and we've practiced." And the Sun reports:

The mayor said he'd continue taking the subway to work, although he will be in Idaho at the end of next week for the annual conference that investor Herb Allen hosts in Sun Valley for press, business, and, technology titans. When asked whether he was trying to get further away from the City Hall press corps, he said: "Keep in mind it's one subway stop away, so let's not get too carried away with how far we're moving."

Heh! Our guess on the Mayor's route: He'll take the 6 to Bleecker, and then transfer to the F at Bleecker/Broadway-Lafayette to ~~High~~ York Street. If only Mayor Mike were taking a Manhattan-bound F train during rush hour - then he'd know what a crowded subway was like.

This isn't the first time Bloomberg has worked in Brooklyn. During the transit strike, Mayor Bloomberg was camped out at the OEM's temporary offices in Brooklyn.

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By Jen Chung in News on July 5, 2007 10:00 AM

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JMH

Does anyone else find it really amusing how stupendously uncomfortable Bloomberg looks when he tries to do "regular guy" things?

brooklynbee

Do you think Marty Markowitz will be there to greet him, yelling "WELCOME TO BROOKLYN"?!

matukonyc

Nice to know that he's concerned with personal injury lawsuits against the city from its employees!

Employees can't sue employers for personal injury on the job; that's what workers' compensation is for. Visitors to an office, however, can sue.

Dope on the Slope

No. 1, show everybody that there is another part of this city

Thank you, Your Excellency.

I'm sure the 6.6 million city residents who live outside of Manhattan are thrilled.

Jen Chung

Ha! Thanks for calling me on my mistake - I was looking at the map and thinking about his return, which would be the C at High Street, transfer at Fulton for the 4, then another transfer along the way for a 6 uptown.

maevemealone

uh hey, the A/C to High St just happens to be about 5 steps from the front door of the OEM, and it's one stop from Fulton St. So really, he'd take the 4/5 to Bdway/Nassau/Fulton and walk through the open sewer that is that transfer and jump out in 1 1/2 minutes. Oh I might even start going to work on time so I can bump into him on the escalator!

guest

SMH you guys are so anal -_-

JMH

Also, if Bloomberg *could* take the 6 to Bleecker and then the F to High Street, and if it *did* make sense to make that transfer, what would he do on his way home, since you can only make that transfer to/from the *downtown* 6 train?

guest

seriously. I usually give gothamist the benefit of the doubt, but (a) it's the A/C to High Street, which is much further from Cadman Plaza than the 4/5 to Borough Hall, which is one stop from the Brooklyn Bridge stop in Manhattan. I mean, I don't expect Jen to know that but why would she just make up an F train at High Street? Say less, it'll make more sense!