New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking City Hall on the road, making his first stop in the city's most Republican borough. Staten Island is decidedly hostile territory for de Blasio. It's the only borough he lost in 2013 and the only borough President Donald Trump won last year. Asked about the timing of this week's pilgrimage, the mayor offered variations of this: "It's just a good idea and sometimes good ideas happen when they happen," said de Blasio, who faces re-election in November. The trip started on an interesting note when Borough President James Oddo, a Republican, started a meeting with the mayor and a team of his commissioners by talking about how bad de Blasio's poll numbers are there. But Oddo said he's interested in more than just criticizing the mayor — he wants to achieve results for Staten Islanders. "What's hard is to have a borough that is center right, to have a mayor that's progressive, and to work and find common ground," said Oddo. Another Republican, mayoral candidate Paul Massey, staged his own press event on Staten Island on Monday. He dismissed de Blasio's visit as pure politics. "We've got a mayor who's coming here, effectively holding a campaign publicity stunt, that by the way is taxpayer funded," said Massey. He was standing on the edge of the New York Harbor in Stapleton. The city had initially proposed a ferry stop there for its new five-borough ferry service, which starts next month. The site is not currently part of the city’s plan. But Republicans aren't de Blasio's only problem on Staten Island. "Some of his behaviors have been a little bit...you know he doesn't show up on time. He does things that give him a bad reputation," said Joanne Klages, a Democrat who lives on Main Street in Tottenville who said she voted for de Blasio in 2013. This week, de Blasio tries to reset his reputation with at least some of Staten Island's population. He announced the expansion of neighborhood policing, he'll hold a town hall, and he's expected to attend community events throughout the week. "You should show up on the places where people agree with you," said de Blasio, "and you should show up in the places where they don't agree with you." He'll be operating out of Staten Island's Boro Hall through Friday.