All About Bloomberg's Padawan Ed Skyler

Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler gets a big NY Times feature, which kicks off with a tale of Skyler calling the police about a squeegee man in the South Bronx: He "ordered that the man be arrested on the spot and requested a copy of his rap sheet, which, as it happened...listed 50 prior arrests." Skyler is the youngest deputy mayor but "arguably the most powerful, managing the highly visible departments, like Police, Fire, Sanitation and Transportation." He also foiled a mugger in Midtown last month; fellow deputy mayor Kevin Sheekey tells the Times, "Ed is literally Batman. But most of Gotham doesn’t know how much he does as Bruce Wayne because he’s so purposefully inconspicuous." The Dark Knight aside, Skyler is actually a Star Wars buff; his friend said they went to the triology's re-releases on opening night, "We never dressed up in the costumes, but we were a few notches below that." Other fun facts: He told Bloomberg not to put forth the congestion pricing plan or try to overturn term limits.