From Brooklyn to Queens, from Staten Island to Manhattan, from the Bronx and beyond, New Yorkers are spreading the news that might launch New York City into the most exciting race for the mayor’s office of all time: According to People.com, Times Square’s famous Naked Cowboy is planning on running for mayor against incumbent Mayor Mike!

The Naked Cowboy, aka Robert Burck, is a 38-year-old guy from Ohio who has been playing his guitar and posing for pictures with tourists in NYC for 11 years, qualities that obviously qualify him to be mayor. "No one knows how to do more with less than yours truly, and that's the kind of thinking I plan on sharing with my fellow New Yorkers when you elect me,” he said.

Mr. Naked Cowboy (a slightly more official name to put on the ballot), who plans to announce his candidacy on Wednesday, is going to run a campaign with a platform that will concentrate on “innovation on tax breaks, tourism, gay marriage, transit and homeland security,” and "bringing transparency to a whole new level."  Tony Avella? Bill Thompson? Michael Bloomberg? These names are fading under the huge spotlight of THE NAKED COWBOY. Of course, he still has the crazed panache of Rev. Billy to deal with. New Yorkers, buckle your seat belts.