New York City Hall
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New York City Hall is the center of New York City's municipal government. The mayor's office is in City Hall, the City Council meets there, and press conferences are frequently held on the steps.
The official setting for most mayoral news conferences is in the Blue Room.
City Hall is in Lower Manhattan, on Murray Street between Broadway and Park Row. It faces south to a small, recently renovated park.
When finished in 1812, it was at the north end of the city. The front is marble and granite, the back is sandstone.
On July 23, 2003 at 2:08 p.m., a fatal shooting occurred inside City Hall. Othniel Askew, a political rival of City Councilman James E. Davis, opened fire in the chamber's balcony, killing Davis just minutes after the two had entered City Hall together. Askew was shot and killed by a plainclothes officer who was on the council speaker's security detail. The two did not pass through a metal detector, which is not unusual for elected officials and their guests. As a result of the security breach, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that, effective immediately, he and all other elected officials and their guests must go through the metal detectors.
