Picture of the Day: The Mayor-Elect and the President

Mayor-Elect of New York City Bill de Blasio met with Israeli President Shimon Peres today.

Both politicians preside over the two areas with the largest concentration of Jewish people in the world – New York City and Israel.

“I had the honor of meeting President Shimon Peres today, and discussing the close ties between New York City and Israel,” said Mayor-Elect de Blasio in his Twitter feed.

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  • MJ

    Well, did you see the sign for the “community barbeque” in the sukkah outside of ULY that read “Welcome Brooklyn D.A. Ken Thompson”? At that time, he still had a general election to run in!