Mayor Bloomberg has a knack for drawing criticism and firing up conspiracy theorists. This week, Mr. Stop-And-Frisk suggested that all public housing residents should be fingerprinted to enter their homes, for their own safety.

Bloomberg made the comments on his weekly radio show on Friday, August 16. “The people that live there, most of them, want more police protection . . . if you have strangers walking in the halls of your apartment building, don’t you want somebody to stop and say, ‘Who are you?

He added, “What we really should have is fingerprinting to get in.”

The Mayor’s reps quickly made note that he was just sounding out an idea, not actually hoping to get fingerprint scanners in the projects. Mind you this is the same guy that supported the electronic fingerprinting of food stamp applicants as a means to combat fraud.