“I’m proud to endorse the leadership and the actions Mayor Bloomberg has been taking for quite a long time on this issue and this is just another example of that,” former Vice President Al Gore told a crowd in Long Island City this afternoon, where the two men had apparently gathered to paint a small white swath on a concrete rooftop.

White rooftops are one of the energy saving environmental initiatives in the Mayor’s PlaNYC.

In a video of the event, Mayor Bloomberg, looking comfortable in a loud orange shirt tucked into his khakis, stood by as Mr. Gore did everything but endorse his campaign for re-election.

“I am a recovering politician,” Gore said. “I’m on about step nine, so I try to stay out of the partisan races, but I’m very proud of Mike Bloomberg’s leadership, I really am. I’m not just saying it.”

Mr. Gore has not, so far, appeared with Bill Thompson.

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