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Mayor Bloomberg headed to jury duty this morning, with a smile, a number of bodyguards and press aide Stu Loeser. When he showed up to the waiting room for prospective jurors, apparently a woman called a friend and said he was there for the "same foolishness" as everyone else.
Outside the courthouse, the Mayor mused, "It's always more interesting to be on a jury than to just sit there. You wish that we didn't need juries, that there was no crime and no civil suits but the real world is people have to make decisions as to what's right and wrong." And the NY Times' in-house Mayor Mike stalker, Michael Grynbaum (who tracked Bloomberg's SUV-to-subway commute), writes in the CityRoom, "The mayor is being considered, along with 39 others, for a case involving a man who died from a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos."
It's unlikely that Mayor Bloomberg will be selected for a jury, but if he is, he'll be following in Rudy Giuliani's footsteps, who served as a jury foreman during his second term as mayor.
Some notable news stories about NYC jurors: In 2004, one juror claimed a nervous breakdown during a murder trial, a juror hid vodka in his water bottle, a prospective juror was arrested after pleasuring himself in a Brooklyn jury waiting room last summer, and one alternate juror was booted when he expressed concerns about the defendants - a group of "ornery" lesbians - possibly targeting him and his family.
Photographs of Mayor Bloomberg before entering 1 Centre Street for jury duty by Louis Lanzano/AP
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Look at that smile. Bloomberg is so weird.
Civil trials are a joke. Most of them settle right after the jury is seated. They tell you in the juror pamphlets and video in the waiting room that even if this happens you have still performed a vital role because the threat of a trial brings the parties to the table. Seems more like the lawyers are playing brinksmanship and driving up their billable hours.
he looks drunk in those pics. he probably had a shot of vodka before going lol.
Mmmm, "ornery lesbians."
I hate it when ornery lesbians come after my family.
Far be it from me to correct the mayor but juries do not decide "what's right and wrong", juries decide matters of fact based on evidence presented to them.
Jury Duty is only a civil duty if you are making salary and not hourly wages. Otherwise you loose money. Best thing to do is throw away your jury summons until you have to send it back, then show up and say how much you hate the justice system as the judges are all corrupt as well as the police officers.
Actually, we should have computer jurys where compassion does not count.
no juries for civil trials. maybe for criminal trials.
there are most definitely juries for civil trials.
now I know why bloomberg hardly ever smiles,
what a freak.
I served on a civil trial for breach of contract, anyone remember Soho Soda?
I know this is rather cynical, but I can't help but think this jury thing is a convenient distraction from last week's expose about Bloomberg being driven to a subway stop.
If it weren't for the media's short attention span, I'd prefer if the media asked Bloomberg how he can promote his congestion pricing plan when he himself driven 18 blocks to the subway. A case of "Do as I say, not as I do."
Instead, we're distracted with a convenient story about Bloomberg being just like a regular New Yorker. Hardly.