NEWARK — This time, Cory Booker didn't rescue a neighbor from a burning building or a dog left out in the cold.

The Newark mayor's latest good deed involved playing a part when a New York lawyer proposed to his girlfriend, according to a report on BuzzFeed.com.

Israel Burns, who attended law school in Newark from 2009 to 2011, contacted Booker on Twitter and the mayor enthusiastically offered to lend his assistance. After speaking on the phone, Burns and Booker hatched a plan.

Burns wanted to pop the question to his girlfriend, 35-year-old Misha Wright, at the same place they met a year earlier — the annual Asian American Bar Association of New York's annual dinner at Cipriani Wall in Lower Manhattan, the report said.

While at the event Wednesday evening, the lawyer excused himself to go to the bathroom, leaving his cell phone with Wright. At that point, Booker called the phone and told Wright that he met her boyfriend and she should come upstairs to join them, Buzzfeed reported.

Instead, Burns was waiting for his soon-to-be fiancé with two glasses of champagne, a ring, and a poem he wrote, the report said.

Asked why he was willing to help Booker, told Buzzfeed, "You know, I'm a romantic guy and I love to help with surprises."

Israel! Congrats on ur engagement. Thanks 4letting me play a small part in the proposal. May ur love 4 each other ever increase @israelburns — Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) February 28, 2013

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