Detroit's Richard Bernstein To NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Big Gulps Don't Hurt People, Bicycles Do

Richard Bernstein Has A Message For NYC Mayor
Montefiore Hospital President and CEO Steven Safyer, left, talks about large sugary drinks while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks on during a news conference at Lucky's Cafe in New York, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. New Yorkers were still free to gulp from huge sugary drinks Tuesday, after a judge struck down the city's pioneering ban on supersized sodas just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-conscious Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Montefiore Hospital President and CEO Steven Safyer, left, talks about large sugary drinks while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks on during a news conference at Lucky's Cafe in New York, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. New Yorkers were still free to gulp from huge sugary drinks Tuesday, after a judge struck down the city's pioneering ban on supersized sodas just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-conscious Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

DETROIT — Richard Bernstein is taking on New York.

After being struck by a bicyclist early on Aug. 15 while walking in New York City's Central Park, the blind-since-birth 39-year-old says the entire left side of his body was "shattered," his pelvis and femur broken, "major facial injuries" endured.

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