New York City ? Just like any other New Yorker, Michael Bloomberg spent a day on jury duty Monday. But unlike the other members of the pool, the billionaire mayor was greeted personally by the judge and attorneys, was asked for his autograph and was sketched by courtroom artists.

Bloomberg, accompanied by his security entourage and press aides, was among a pool of about 125 people summoned to civil court jury duty in State Supreme Court, New York state’s trial-level court.

At midmorning, Bloomberg and some 40 others were called into a courtroom where attorneys waited to pick a jury for a lawsuit filed by a woman whose husband died after years of operating a printing press that attorneys said contained asbestos.

“Good morning, Mr. Mayor,” the judge said. “He’s the same as any other juror, as you will now find out,” she told the courtroom.

The mayor was not selected for a jury Monday. Court officials told him to return to the jury room today to continue serving.

If picked today, Bloomberg would be the second sitting mayor in a row to be part of a jury. His predecessor, Rudy Giuliani, was the foreman on a jury during his second term in 1999.