By Jill Colvin
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg sees some upsides to the possible end of the world.
Proselytizers predict the world’s destruction is set to kick off Saturday with a round of earthquakes followed by five months of plague, war, famine and misery. Come October the universe will explode in a massive fire ball.
"Official policy from the Sanitation Department and Department of Transportation, if it does end tomorrow, alternate side parking will be suspended," Bloomberg joked on WOR’s John Gambling on his weekly radio show. "Although I think alternate side parking will take on a whole different meaning."
Also, if the world ended Saturday, "it would fix our traffic problems," the mayor said. "I don't think you have to worry about returning library books, parking tickets."
But the mayor said the city was protected from certain doom. Our savior: The Knicks.
"The world cannot end tomorrow. Do you know why?" the mayor asked. "It can’t end until at least until the Knicks win a championship again. So we’ve got a long time to go."
But if the world does end, Bloomberg won’t be in New York to witness it. He’ll be in Oklahoma giving a speech to high-achieving high schools kids — a risk, host Gambling said.
"You're a brave man, considering after the snow storm, to be out of town when the world ends," Gambling quipped.
