New York City Mayor Bloomberg (2nd L) sits together with the public at Pop Diner restaurant in Queens borough of New York, the US, on May 15, 2009. Bloomberg on Friday had a cup of coffee at the restaurant and then briefed on the current flu epidemic situation of New York City to the media, a day after three public schools in Queens were shut down due to reports of many children with flu-like symptoms. [Xinhua]

New York City Mayor Bloomberg (C) talks to the media outside the Pop Diner restaurant in Queens borough of New York, the US, on May 15, 2009. [Xinhua]