deBlasio plays host at Gracie Mansion open house

[LiberalElite]

http://politicker.com/2014/01/bill-de-blasio-plays-host-at-gracie-open-house/

Mayor Bill de Blasio today played host at Gracie Mansion to several thousand New Yorkers who waited hours in the frigid cold for a quick photo-op with the new mayor.

But Mr. de Blasio, who spent weeks mulling whether he and his family would move into the opulent digs, made clear he was in no rush to decamp from his current Park Slope row house to the Upper East Side.

“We have not set a date yet. It’ll be a little while,” he told reporters between photo-ops when asked about the status of his move. “With all the snowstorms and planes running on the Deegan Expressway, we’ve been kind of busy.”

Nonetheless the open house event drew thousands of enthusiastic attendees who’d scooped up tickets online and waited for hours in the freezing cold–in a line that snaked through Gracie Mansion, out the building, through Carl Schurz Park, and all the way to the East River waterfront–for a chance to tour the official residence and shake hands with the new mayor.

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NYC will email me my photo with Mayor de Blasio in 2 weeks.

[monmouth3]

1. I like his style and hope the family will be happy in Gracie Mansion...n/t

[seveneyes]

2. How much were the tickets?

I saw somewhere they were first come, first served.

[LiberalElite]

3. Yes, first come, first served and FREE

I was on the campaign email list and they sent out invites in mid-December. Just had to click on the link. I assume others not on the email list just logged on to the deBlasio transition website once word got out. http://transition2013.com/gracie/ I read that some tkts were subsequently scalped for $100.00.

They had free hot chocolate and hot cider outside and also a heated tent but for the most part we did have to stand outside in raw,damp, drizzly chilly weather (which could have been a lot worse). I waited about 2-1/2 hours, mostly outdoors but the line continued inside the mansion. When my turn with the mayor came, I craned my head up and said Hi. (He's 6'5" and I'm 5'2&quot As for the "tour" we were on our own - after the photo op the only place to go was outside. My friends and I will go back for one of the scheduled tours in warmer weather. http://www.nyc.gov/html/artcom/html/tours/gracie.shtml

[jehop61]

4. I just read

that Chicago's mayor is vacationing in Indonesia with his family while the City copes with the worst weather in 20 years. Last time that happened, the mayor was defeated in the next election. Rham could take a clue from DeBlasio.

[LiberalElite]

6. Around here -

Rham would be DOOMED in the next election.

[cali]

5. "opulent digs"? what a load of dogshit

[LiberalElite]

7. well, it is a few hundred years old and filled with antiques -

at least downstairs.