Surely such a depiction would offend our cranky mayor, no?

"I thought it was great,"Bloomberg said. "The only ones [spokesman] Jason Post could come up with who also had their pictures on the cover were President Obama and the Pope, and if I am in that company, boy, I guess I should have a very big smile on my face. I thought it was cute looking in the mirror."

The mayor then launched into Stuart Smalley mode.

"I like what I see in the mirror," he said. "I hope everybody here does. I get up in the morning and I work as hard as I can and my kids have turned out great and I am a lucky enough guy to have made a lot of money and I am giving it all away and making a big difference."