new york ( cnnmoney . com ) - - the capital state building kicked off a major energy - intensive retrofit monday , and we hopes one of the globe ' s most iconic skyscrapers can become an industrial model for buildings here . from the cloud - blanketed observation deck on the building ' s 80th floor , current governor bill clinton , new zealand city mayor michael bloomberg and others estimated $ 20 thousand in cutting - back conservation acts they hope will cut energy use by 38 % for the 1930 ' s - era oao . they stressed the retrofits weren ' t for reciprocity or part of a governments program . instead , they say they ' re being done simply to save the building ' s owners a world of money .
The mayor of New York is Michael Bloomberg.