Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Kardboard Kops vs. Artist Activists -- Robert Lederman Crusades for Occupiers

Jerry Ashton | Posted 06.01.2012

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Jerry Ashton

Long before a single Zuccotti protestor waving a cardboard sign decorated with protest art was ever arrested, Robert Lederman had been there, done that.

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Saki Knafo

Bloomberg's Budget Cuts Could Cause Thousands Of New York City Parents To Quit Their Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.24.2012

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Thousands of New York City parents said they'd quit their jobs or leave their children home alone if they lost access to childcare and after-school pr...

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Bloomberg's Big Wedding Gift To Quinn

Posted 05.16.2012

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn may have a (controlled?) disagreement over the living wage bill, but that doesn't mea...

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Bloomberg To Grads: Ignore Congress, Think Independently

Posted 05.13.2012

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New York City Major Michael Bloomberg powered past his disappointment after not receiving promised ice cream from Franklin and Marshall College Presid...

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Should Smoking Be Banned In NYC Apartment Buildings?

Posted 05.11.2012

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A majority of New Yorkers want to live in smoke-free apartment buildings, according to a new Quinnipiac poll, but less believe City Hall should outrig...

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Shocking New NYPD Stop And Frisk Data Reveals Racial Disparities

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 05.10.2012

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A report [see below] from the New York Civil Liberties Union reveals in startling new details just how disproportionately the NYPD stops and frisks mi...

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Mayor Bloomberg's Sustainability State of Mind

Steven Cohen | Posted 04.30.2012

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Steven Cohen

Work, create, save, tax, invest and sustain. There is no free lunch and you get what you pay for. That is Mike Bloomberg's sustainability state of mind.

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In My Greenwich Village: The Hudson River Park and the Pipeline

Eileen Stukane | Posted 04.09.2012

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Eileen Stukane

The renovation of the Meatpacking District in my Greenwich Village neighborhood has been inspirational to those of us who live here. In the past five...

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Saki Knafo

Children's Advocates To Bloomberg: Don't Cut Funding For Kids!

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.29.2012

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A coalition of more than 150 New York organizations, ranging from the Police Athletic League to the Children's Aid Society, have signed a letter urgin...

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Bloomberg Thinks Tebow Will Be 'Interesting'

Posted 03.23.2012

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Where will Tim Tebow go to church? Does he really think he can beat out Mark Sanchez for the starting position? Has he really wanted to play for Rex R...

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At Secret Lunch, Obama Asks Bloomberg About His Political Future

Posted 03.12.2012

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Obama had a secret lunch last month, The New York Times reveals, raising speculations surrounding Bloomberg's po...

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Ray Kelly Waves the 9/11 Flag

Dan Collins | Posted 05.05.2012

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Dan Collins

Kelly says some have "short memories as to what happened here in 2001." This is the ultimate diss. When the fight is between the guy who wants to do more to avoid a terror attack and -- it doesn't matter. The guy who wants to stop terrorism always wins.

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Michael Calderone

NY Times Slams Bloomberg Over NYPD Muslim Spying

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.04.2012

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NEW YORK -- The New York Times harshly criticized the NYPD's Muslim surveillance program in a Sunday editorial, while taking particular aim at Mayor ...

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Michael Calderone

NYC Newspapers Defend Spying On Muslims

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.28.2012

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NEW YORK -- Bob McManus, editorial page editor of the New York Post, blasted the Associated Press on Tuesday, suggesting that the news organization ca...

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Bloomberg To Give $250K Of Own Money To Planned Parenthood

Posted 02.02.2012

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Billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged Thursday to give a piece of his own fortune to Planned Parenthood. The sizable donation-- in...

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Staten Island Chuck's Big Prediction

Posted 02.02.2012

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Staten Island Chuck says spring is coming early this year. The groundhog, also known as Charles C. Hogg, did not see his shadow Thursday morning at Th...

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Bill Could Raise Minimum Wage In New York

Posted 01.30.2012

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All that talk about income inequality may be having its effect in Albany. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan ) is proposing a bill to raise ...

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Bloomberg: No Ticker-Tape Parade For Iraq War Vets

AP | Posted 01.28.2012

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NEW YORK -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no city parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections v...

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Eight Years Too Late

Len Levitt | Posted 03.24.2012

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Len Levitt

Ray Kelly's "policing 101 refresher" memo underscores the giant hole in the supposed NYPD successes in lowering crime over the past decade. It indicates that for the past eight years Kelly has refused to tackle a widespread problem.

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Mayors To Make Controversial New Announcement

Posted 01.19.2012

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Working with marriage-equality advocates Freedom to Marry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the heads of several other major American cities will ...

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NYC Takes the Garbage Out

Steven Cohen | Posted 03.18.2012

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Steven Cohen

New York City's leaders have run the numbers and understand that shipping garbage to distant landfills is not only bad for the planet; it's bad for the pocketbook.

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My Response to the State of the City

Jumaane D. Williams | Posted 03.16.2012

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Jumaane D. Williams

A central part of Mayor Bloomberg's speech was on education, an issue where I feel he has largely come up short.

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Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: Let Them Make Games!

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 03.14.2012

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Idit Harel Caperton

Children learn best when they are the designers, builders, navigators, engineering and key operators of their own learning.

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Mayor Bloomberg Picks a Fight with Teachers Union

Dan Collins | Posted 03.13.2012

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Dan Collins

Of course you've never seen a State of the City speech. If the mayor expected you to care about it, he wouldn't do it in the middle of the afternoon. But there is a nice tea-leaf quality to this annual ritual. You can get a sense of what the Big Man really wants us to pay attention to.

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After Eviction, Occupy Protestors Become Nomads

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 03.13.2012

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NEW YORK — It was only a few nights after the Occupy protesters began sleeping in his church sanctuary when the Rev. Bob Brashear realized that ...

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