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Bloomberg Assures Christine Quinn He’s Not Into Hillary Clinton for Mayor
Michael Bloomberg got a tad defensive this morning when asked about a report claiming he called Hillary Clinton and encouraged her to run for mayor in 2013, despite his long-assumed allegiance to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. "Why do you think I encouraged Hillary Clinton to run for mayor?" Bloomberg
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Bloomberg Would Rather Endorse Clinton for Mayor, If She'd Only Run
Michael Bloomberg has made no secret about his plans to endorse City Council Speaker Christine Quinn for mayor next year, but the news that he called Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to ask her to jump in the race suggests he's still holding out for a better choice. Or at
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Governor Cuomo Will Travel to Washington to Ask for Hurricane Recovery Money
On Wednesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg went down to Capitol Hill to try to convince Congress to approve billions of dollars in aid for New York City's Hurricane Sandy recovery. The already tough task was made all the more difficult by the absence of Governor Andrew Cuomo, who "prompted a degree
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Mayor Bloomberg Had a Trying Day in Washington
Mayor Michael Bloomberg packed his schedule about as full it could get during his visit to the capital Wednesday, attending eight meetings on Capitol Hill, one with a member of President Barack Obama's Cabinet, and still finding time for a press conference. It wasn't just the busy schedule that made
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Do Not Expect a Hug From Mayor Bloomberg
When President Obama toured Staten Island yesterday, he brought with him oodles of empathy and two big, strong arms for embracing those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The Hugger-in-Chief was joined on the excursion by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who, as reported in the New York Times today, "hung back." The whole
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Power Finally Comes Back to Public Housing After Politicians Kept in the Dark
Two weeks and a day after Hurricane Sandy barreled ashore, pushing much of the Atlantic Ocean with it, electricity has finally started flowing to all the New York City Housing Authority projects affected, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced via Twitter Tuesday night. That's a bit later than Bloomberg's prediction on Friday
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Mayor Says Lights On by Midnight As Con Ed Gets Hopes Up
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg promised at his latest press conference that power would return to most of Manhattan by midnight, some in the newly christened SoPo (south of power) neighborhood started getting calls from Consolidated Edison saying the juice had started flowing. The problem was, it hadn't. Apparently the utility
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Heroism and Hardship: Why Bloomberg Changed His Mind and Endorsed Obama
Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't indulge in much public emoting. Yet he is often moved by the heroism and hardship he sees up close. Bloomberg has had an overload of both extremes in the past four days as the city struggles to recover from Hurricane Sandy. The mayor has also been
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New York Has Become Really Good at Dealing With Emergencies
Near the end of a press conference on Monday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned to look at the city's police and fire commissioners, part of the group of administrators arrayed like a grim-faced chorus behind him. "Our city agencies get tested every day," the mayor said. "The fire department responds a
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Idiots in the Storm: A Roundup of Those Who Just Had to Hang With Sandy
So Hurricane Sandy was really no joke bringing wind, floods, and fire throughout the East Coast. The full devastation brought to the region has yet to be determined. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Michael Bloomberg were serious and direct with how they felt about anyone who tempted Sandy's
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Hurricane Sandy’s Breakout Star: Mayor Bloomberg’s Sign Language Interpreter
As serious as this storm is, Michael Bloomberg's frequent press conferences have also provided New Yorkers a legitimate reason to smile: Her name is Lydia Calas, and she's the mayor's official sign language interpreter, translating live on air as he delivers the latest news on Hurricane Sandy. Unlike Bloomberg's own
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Bloomberg Unimpressed With Obama and the Osama Bin Laden Raid
On the latest cover of The Atlantic, Mayor Michael Bloomberg looms large over (a model of) New York City; inside, he gets to sound off for a national audience about many of the things locals hear him say on a weekly basis. Among the issues he expounds upon and gripes
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Mayor Bloomberg Will Eat Lunch With Four Strangers to Help the Animals
There are probably a lot of things that you would like to ask New York's mayor of nearly eleven years and counting, Michael Bloomberg: Do you have a giant vault of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck? Does it hurt when you dive into it? Has anyone ever drowned? (Also, possibly
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Mayor Bloomberg Is Just Not That Into Either of the Presidential Candidates
With the election only weeks away, Michael Bloomberg — who has been aggressively courted by both President Obama and Mitt Romney — has yet to publicly endorse a candidate. And, while recent remarks indicate that he is not undecided on who will receive his vote, Bloomberg seems to have remained fairly unenthusiastic about his
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Bloomberg Suddenly Thinks Raising Taxes on NYC’s Rich Is ‘Dumb’
Extremely wealthy outgoing mayor Michael Bloomberg believes raising taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers "is about as dumb a policy as I can think of," he said today, according to Capital New York. The crop of mayoral candidates for 2013 have all proposed some version of an increase, including Public
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Mayor Bloomberg Things Midtown Skyscrapers Aren't High Enough
Believe it or not, Michael Bloomberg last mayoral term ends in a year, and he's looking to leave behind something a bit more eye-catching than calorie counts and reasonably sized cups of soda. He's already overseen the steady skyward creep of One World Trade Center, green-lighted high-rise developments on the
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As Bloomberg Gets Richer, New York City’s Income Gap Grows
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is very, very rich. New York City is home to many very poor people. Neither fact is news, of course, but sometimes the juxtaposition comes into especially sharp relief — and provides a preview of a major issue in next year’s battle to succeed Bloomberg. Forbes, in
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Continuing Cost Dispute Delays 9/11 Museum
A dispute between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Andrew Cuomo over who will be responsible for paying operating costs and overseeing the 9/11 Memorial Museum has delayed the museum's opening. It's now unlikely it will be completed by the time construction of 1 World Trade Center concludes in early 2014, reports
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Mayor Bloomberg Says People Stay Homeless Because the Shelters Are So Damn Nice
Michael Bloomberg, man of the people, has an explanation for why the number of homeless people in New York City's shelters has jumped 18 percent so far this year: Hoi polloi have just never seen amenities like these. "We have made our shelter system so much better that, unfortunately, when
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Mayor Bloomberg’s Big Mouth Is Losing Its Filter
City Hall press secretary Stu Loeser will leave Michael Bloomberg without his "attack dog and guardian of his image" for the remainder of term three, the New York Times reports, when he departs the job next month. Despite his self-described "professionally debilitating" last name, Loeser has held the position for
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