When asked about a recent poll revealing that New Yorkers find him "cold and businesslike," Mayor Bloomberg essentially threw up his hands and said (literally), "I am what I am." While declaring that he's not "big on psychoanalysis," Bloomberg stated, "I'm going to call 'em like I see 'em, and I will say I don't get any sense on the street of people being any less friendly than they've always been." Bloomberg apparently spends so much time on the streets that he also didn't seem shocked that New Yorkers didn't find him "warm and friendly." He said, "I don’t find anything warm and fuzzy about the potential of people losing their jobs, or losing their homes. I don’t find anything warm and fuzzy about city government having to reduce expenses and find alternative revenue sources. That’s the job, and that’s what I’m going to do." But as much as might downplay his cuddly "Mayor Mike" side, Politicker NY finds that his latest full page newspaper ads are quick to show him as a regular guy New Yorkers can sit and share a cup of coffee with.
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