MANHATTAN — It’s Mr. Comptroller, to you.
That’s how newly-elected John Liu wants to be addressed by his staff, according to the New York Post.
"I am making the adjustment myself. I'm used to calling him J.L.," Liu’s press secretary, Sharon Lee told the Post. "This is universal, for people who have known him for years or people who are meeting him for the first time."
The formality — which includes standing when Liu enters the room — is not technically office policy, but for the most part staff adheres to the practice, the Post reported.
Following the greeting, Liu typically tells his subjects to sit down and to go ahead and call him “John,” the Post said.
This is a stark departure from the casual ways of former Comptroller William Thompson’s office, where people addressed Thompson as “Billy.”
