We'll Miss Bloomberg: New York Businesss Titans

At charity balls and board meetings, on putting greens and in telephone conversations, New York's corporate titans are on the hunt: Michael R. Bloomberg will end his reign as mayor in 18 months, and they are desperate to find someone from their ranks to take his place.

The executives searching for Mr. Bloomberg's replacement are considered some of New York's most influential business leaders: Martin Lipton, a founding partner of the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; the financier Steven Rattner; and Jerry I. Speyer, chairman of the developer Tishman Speyer.

They have told colleagues that Mr. Bloomberg's financial independence, his lack of party affiliation and his corporate, by-the-numbers approach to management have created a golden age of New York City government that none of his would-be successors seem poised to reproduce, according to people familiar with the conversations.

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[larry278]

A less staid paper would see that NYC's titans are on a snark hunt to find a Bloomberg like candidate to replace Mayor Mike. Mr Bloomberg is a rarity, a one of a kind. He may be unique.
BTW, didn't have a pro team in some sport called the Titans or am I thinking of a team in Tn?

[brooklyncitizen]

Bloomberg huh? Mixed feelings...nothing is on the verge of catastrophe except for ehrmmm....the rampant development that even threatens Brooklyn (we don't need a stadium in a brownstone neighborhood nor any stinking highrises; Brooklyn should seriously consider seceding) and of course Rattner is looking for another like-minded mayor.

IT's seriously the first time I've considered not living in NYC...it's kind of unbearable these days.....

[LeonFreilich]

FULLTIME ALLTHETIME

The city's grateful business tycoons
Demand another such--
A second Bloomberg who can be
Counted on in a clutch.

Our mayor's always shown himself
Completely at his ease
In dealing with the real estate
Moguls' many pleas.

But why another? Michael Bloomberg's
The perfect corporate investor--
Let's crown him New York's Mayor for Life
(With Donald Trump court jester).

[Mike169]

I wish the "titans" would be so kind as to find the people who must work in New York affordable housing, cheaper and more reliable transportation, and fewer publicly supported athletic stadiums.

[VivaZapata]

Manhattan is over-building. The sidewalks have doggie doo smeared all over them, and the streets are clogged with yellow cab polluters (most often, driving around empty or with one passenger in gas guzzlers). despite claimed test score (a bogus measure if ever there was one) success, the poorer schools are woefully undersupplied and failing. most of the schools are bloated bureaucratically. the cops hate their jobs and get no respect. the firemen are underpaid. city agencies need streamlining. Bloomberg is better than Guiliani or Koch, but his success is marginal. give him credit for greener planning and no smoke, no trans fat laws. most importantly though, stop building in Manhattan and take back the subways from the MTA. I could fix NYC's problems in a year, but I'd have a bullet in my head soon after, so I can't be too hard on any mayor.