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On his weekly radio show today Mayor Bloomberg said the police handled the Times Square lamppost guy appropriately before begrudgingly acknowledging just how much free press he got.

Raymond "CI Joe" Velasquez, the 34-year-old man who climbed a lamppost yesterday morning and stopped traffic in Times Square, today was charged with reckless endangerment, trespassing and disorderly conduct.

For no known reason a gentleman stopped traffic in Times Square for nearly two hours today when he climbed atop a lamppost.