Councilman Van Bramer, Speaker Quinn, Brooklyn B.P. Markowitz, Mayor Bloomberg, Rep. Maloney and Manhattan B.P. Stringer. ( photo credit: Spencer Tucker / nyc.gov)

I like how Marty Markowitz appears to be cutting in, at this morning's ribbon-cutting ceremony for East River ferry service, with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Mayor Bloomberg, and Manhattan B.P. Scott Stringer.

Which seems fitting, considering the trial balloon that has been floated recently.