Wednesday, March 14, 2012

New York's City Hall to Move to Brooklyn

NEW YORK - City Hall is moving - across the river. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and 85 staffers are setting up a satellite office in a Brooklyn emergency command center while their usual headquarters in Manhattan gets a facelift.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz made plans to meet Bloomberg at a borough subway on Monday morning, most likely bearing a welcoming gift. Staffers were betting it would be cheesecake, which Brooklynites prize.

"He's been doing a great job, but he's going to do an even better job being in Brooklyn," said Markowitz, who represents a borough home to 2 million people.

The mayor usually works in lower Manhattan, …

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