Cringeworthy Photos From de Blasio and Bloomberg’s First Meeting Since the Election

Outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio met at City Hall Wednesday morning for the first time since Tuesday’s election.

You know, the election where de Blasio campaigned against Bloomberg’s proudest achievements — like the rich getting richer while the poor are left behind (a period of economic prosperity, to Bloomberg), and stop-and-frisk (an important crime-reduction tool). De Blasio’s was the same campaign Mayor Bloomberg called “racist,” with shades of “class warfare.”

De Blasio later told reporters it was a “very productive meeting,” but it looked … uncomfortable.

Bloomberg & de Blasio meeting in bullpen. Bloomy talking in hushed voice, seemingly about search for staff pic.twitter.com/cQ62vGvM7r

— Kate Taylor (@katetaylornyt) November 6, 2013

Mayor and Mayor elect discuss staffing in City Hall bullpen pic.twitter.com/SuvuEF88iN

— Melissa Russo (@MelissaRusso4NY) November 6, 2013

Bloomberg and de Blasio at City Hall this morning (TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/p1OkUTWVXW

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) November 6, 2013

.@mikebloomberg and @billdeblasio chatting in the City Hall bullpen pic.twitter.com/EnxDdeNj6v

— Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) November 6, 2013

. @MikeBloomberg and @BilldeBlasio after the press left. pic.twitter.com/ypmSeA5xUt

— howard wolfson (@howiewolf) November 6, 2013

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