Maybe this is why Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t take a salary.
The billionaire mayor has only two pairs of work shoes, which he has been wearing for 10 years, the New York Post reported Monday.
“The mayor owns only two pairs of work shoes,” Bloomberg spokesman, Stu Loeser, told the Post. “One day he’ll wear one, the next the other — and when they get worn down, he has them resoled.”
One shoe salesman told the Post they both look like a Cole Haan “Dennehy” — a classic Italian leather loafer. The footwear expert said the style retails for around $330.
“A pair of shoes like that could go eighteen to twenty years if you put cream on them, shine them up, resole them every eight to nine months, and depending on how much you perspire, use cedar trees on the inside,” cobbler Jim Rocco, 80, told the Post.
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7 Responses
great story
probably why he is a great mayor!
this smells like a lie
He must own more than 2 pairs of shoes. I cant imagine he shleps a pair of shoes down with him to his home in Bermuda. surely he doesnt wear those shoes on the beach, or to the pool, or when playing tennis or golf or whatever it is he does for recreation.
Seems like the media doesn’t have what to report these days. They called Paladino crazy already. O’Donnell was branded an extremist to make the headlines. And to get the voters to forget about the economy the fished out yet another story. This won’t get Bloomberg to lose his elitist status, neither will it get his liberal candidates he endorsed to win. Last I saw, Toomey was crushing Sestak in the polls…
Z’Chis Y’Gon E’lenu….. / Good Story For M’utza Shabbos Lava Malka… 🙂
apushatayid:
the article says two pair of -WORK- shoes that means shoes he wears to work.He could have 3 or 4 pairs of fancy shoes (what we call shabbos shoes) he can have 3 pair of sneakers 2 pair slippers etc… its still nice to hear that the billionare mayor only has two weekday pairs for the past ten years