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Michael R. Bloomberg: We Cannot Sit Out the Race for Global Talent

2013-05-22T11:01:29Z

Our federal immigration system is broken, and until we fix it, our economy will continue to suffer and other countries will continue to gain jobs at our expense.

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Steve Siebold: Mayor Bloomberg Gets It Right Over Harvard/Plumber Comments

2013-05-21T14:24:34Z

No doubt that Harvard is consistently ranked as one of the top schools in the nation. There's a certain prestige that comes with saying "Harvard graduate." But to the mayor's point, at what cost should that come?

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Carol Kellermann: The Next Mayor's Biggest Challenge

2013-05-20T15:43:25Z

There would be no way to pay these large sums without sharp tax increases and significant spending cuts. While collective bargaining should not be conducted in public, with the stakes this high, taxpayers should pay attention to how candidates handle their courtship of union members' votes.

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Kurt Loder: Bloomberg 'Is An Awful Guy'

2013-05-17T15:55:25Z

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Audrey Silk: Raising the Cigarette Sales Age to 21: Politics Meets Paternalism

2013-05-13T16:10:09Z

Minors shouldn't smoke. There is a law already on the books that covers this. Sales to minors are illegal. Enforce it and leave the adults alone.

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Jim Luce: World Youth Initiative: Tomorrow's Leaders, Solving Today's Issues

2013-05-11T18:56:36Z

Last fall, teen philanthropist Isaac J. Kassin was awarded our James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation's coveted Luce Leader 2012 Award for his work in phila...

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Sanjay Sanghoee: The Letter From the NRA that You Will Never See

2013-05-10T15:36:21Z

The following piece may seem like comedy but it's really political satire, which basically means it's about serious issues that make Americans so uncomfortable that I need to dress them up in humor just to talk about them.

Read more: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Michael Bloomberg, Assault Weapons, Gun Control, Background Checks, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Comedy News

Tucker Reed: Revise Zoning Code to Boost Public Facilities

2013-05-10T10:15:49Z

Changing zoning rules to encourage developers to include state-of-the-art municipal facilities within their projects, at no or greatly reduced cost to the city, could create new libraries, schools and municipal offices with little impact on the capital budget.

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'Bloomberg' Cupcake Packs 35,800 Calories

2013-05-10T10:40:48Z

If you're opening up a food business in New York City, especially once that specializes in indulgences, chances are you've got Bloomberg on the brain....

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How An Intern Fought Bloomberg Over Cathie Black Emails, And Won

2013-05-07T15:04:50Z

By Sergio Hernandez, Special to ProPublica. In November 2010, I was earning $300 a week for The Village Voice, blogging about unemployed actors w...

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Sean Yazbeck: Gay Marriage Makes Good Business Sense

2013-05-07T11:24:22Z

Gay marriage has advanced not just on rational arguments of equality and common sense, but because it makes good business sense.

Read more: The Apprentice, Mayor Bloomberg, Donald Trump, LGBT Rights, Rick Santorum, Sean Yazbeck, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, New York, Marriage Equality, Business News

WATCH: Glenn Beck Uses 'Nazi Bloomberg' Image To Deliver NRA Speech

2013-05-06T16:03:08Z

During a speech at the NRA convention in Houston this weekend-- the organization's first since the shootings in Aurora and Newtown-- Glenn Beck showed...

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David R. Jones, Esq.: New York City and the Assault on Public Housing

2013-05-01T16:46:29Z

With income inequality in New York greater than anywhere else in the country, I for one would be doing everything to dispense crumbs to the poor, just to show that even though I have my own jet fleet, I still care about the less fortunate. But that's not what's happening.

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Jumaane D. Williams: Public Safety for All?

2013-05-01T14:09:53Z

What the mayor offered New Yorkers Tuesday was a pep rally for his failing proposition that our city has to choose between better policing and safer streets, between saving lives and protecting our Constitutional rights.

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Harry Kresky: Corruption, Democracy and Political Reform

2013-05-01T13:44:42Z

The fight against corruption and the fight to expand democracy go hand and glove. If we do not recognize this, we allow those who seek greater control and less democracy to increase their power and the power of the parties they lead.

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NRA Influence Swayed Gun Vote

2013-05-01T10:16:54Z

By Alan Berlow and Gordon Witkin
May 1, 2013

This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, wh...

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Bing Blasts Bloomberg After Jab About Detroit's Crime

2013-04-30T18:35:04Z

A boastful comment made Tuesday by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg about his city's low crime rate is not being received well by Detroit's Mayor...

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Bloomberg Attacks Stop-And-Frisk Critics

2013-04-30T12:54:35Z

By Nicole Bode and Ben Fractenberg

1 POLICE PLAZA — In a speech brimming with vitriol, Mayor Michael Bloomberg took aim at all who have criticize...

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Key Hurricane Sandy Deadline Puts Lawmakers To The Test

2013-04-30T02:35:31Z

Six months after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, the superstorm recovery situation remains a work in progress.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appeared...

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The Controversial Policy Most New York Mayoral Candidates Hope To Abolish

2013-04-29T16:50:50Z

New York City students may soon be able to use their cell phones in school, as a majority of the New York City mayoral candidates recently vowed to en...

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Alan Singer: What Do the Tests Test?

2013-04-29T12:16:54Z

Rather than waste all this time and money on testing, an alternative is to just throw out the standardized tests and assign students to classes, schools, and colleges, based on their parents' income tax forms. While this may not be fair to students from poorer families, tax revenues would probably rise.

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Steven Cohen: Mike Bloomberg Is Right: We Need to Analyze Our Energy Choices

2013-04-29T10:21:02Z

While I am far less enthusiastic about Mayor Bloomberg's support for nuclear power, I agree that the discussion of nuclear energy needs to be stripped of emotion, and focused on an assessment of costs and benefits.

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House Of Cards Parody Features Kevin Spacey, Michael Bloomberg

2013-04-27T22:30:47Z

This year's White House Correspondents' Dinner opened with one of D.C.'s most notorious politicians -- Rep. Frank Underwood (D-S.C.).

If you don't ...

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Mario Almonte: Lessons Learned From New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Time in Office

2013-04-26T15:50:13Z

Coming to the end of his third term in office, Bloomberg might now call being mayor the toughest job he's ever had, and possibly the most frustrating.

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FBI: Boston Marathon Bombers' Next Target Was Times Square

2013-04-25T14:20:14Z

The brothers who allegedly detonated pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon had rudimentary plans of traveling to New York for an attack on Time...

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