
All hail Comrade Bloomy!
Via NY Post:
At least there weren’t bread lines.
Mayor Bloomberg celebrated the reopening of Red Hook’s Fairway supermarket yesterday — and was presented with a spray-painted portrait that made him look more like a Soviet dictator than the leader of a First World city.
The artwork — painted by the store’s in-house artist, Floyd Simmons — shows a squinting Bloomberg gazing off in the distance with a strong, square jaw.
Fairway CEO Howard Glickberg proudly presented the painting to Hizzoner at the end of a ceremony marking the Brooklyn store’s grand reopening after it was devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
“Floyd’s a very talented artist,” Glickberg explained.
The mayor — who considered the piece with a thoughtful gaze — also said he liked it.
“He really appreciated the gift and the work that went into making it,” said Marc LaVorgna, the mayor’s spokesman.
