Mayor Bloomberg had a sit-down this afternoon at Gracie Mansion with the black elected leaders of Central Brooklyn – the first meeting of its kind in the wake of the 2009 election, in which former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson came far closer than expected to ousting the (now three-term) billionaire.

I’m told about a dozen electeds who represent an area of the city that Bloomberg did not carry either in 2009 or 2005 (and maybe not 2001, either? Paging Jerry Skurnik…) were present for the get-together of black and Caribbean pols that was organized by Rep. Yvette Clarke and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson.

Also in the room, according to a source familiar with the meeting were: NYC Council members Jumaane Williams, Tish James, Al Vann, and Mathieu Eugene, Assembly members Nick Perry, William Boyland, Jr., and Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Eric Adams and Kevin Parker.

There were three main topics of discussion: Public education and the recent “test score debacle” (as my source put it), the “lack of diversity as it relates to the mayor’s administration” and the FDNY, and MWBE contracts. (Said the source: “The MWBE numbers under Rudoph Giuliani were better than they are under Michael Bloomberg.”)

Also touched on briefly: Stop-and-frisk.

The meeting lasted about an hour-and-half. Several deputy mayors were present. The source called it a “very direct conversation, a candid exchange, that ended with an agreement to move forward with continued dialogue, but no specific agreements.”

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