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July 27, 2012
Michael Bloomberg Slams Barack Obama, Mitt Romney On Gun Policies
Immediately after the Aurora, Colo., shootings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg demanded that Pres. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney address gun violence. And this morning on "The John Gambling Show with Mayor Mike," Bloomberg continued his call to action and went on the attack, lambasting Obama and Romney for ... More >>
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July 20, 2012
Mike Bloomberg on Aurora Shooting: What Are Obama, Romney Going To Do About Guns?
As developments emerge about an Aurora, Colo. shooting that left at least 12 dead and 50 injured, Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- long a staunch advocate of gun control -- has slammed both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for failing to adequately address firearms issues. On the "The John Gambling Show with ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg Compares Living Wage Bill to Communism, Says He'll Sue
Yesterday, we reported that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn lost support from a major business group for a living wage bill that she has been carefully negotiating. That disappointing loss for Quinn, an expected mayoral candidate, doesn't seem to make much of a difference for Mayor Mike Bloom ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Comptroller's Office Clashes with Mayor in Prevailing Wage Policy Shift
A move by Mike Bloomberg to give the mayor regulatory control of nearly 10,000 unionized trade workers would take power away from the comptroller, who is, unsurprisingly, not happy about this policy shift. The mayor said this morning that it's common sense to eliminate a dated and unfair policy t ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
Christine Quinn: City's Parks Dept. Might Want to Take Over Spaces Like Zuccotti Park
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is expected to run for mayor in 2013, spoke out this morning about the resurgence of Occupy Wall Street, suggesting that the city may want to rethink how it oversees public park spaces. Quinn, as Capital noted this morning, has generally been cautious abou ... More >>
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March 9, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg On Muslim Surveillance Critics: 'It's a Made-For-Television Thing'
The loud critics of the New York Police Department's practice of spying on Muslims are speaking out because it's good publicity. That's what Mayor Mike Bloomberg said this morning on his weekly radio show with John Gambling. "You know, it's a made-for-television thing. It gets you publicity. If ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Mike Bloomberg: New Jersey Criticism of NYPD Muslim Spying is 'Ridiculous'
Mayor Mike Bloomberg was on the defense this morning against criticisms thrown at him this week that the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey is arrogant and paranoid. Since the Associated Press came out with reports that the NYPD spied on Muslim student groups at cam ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Mayor Mike Bloomberg on UFT Ad Attacking Him: 'I Didn't See It'
Mayor Mike Bloomberg, on his weekly radio show this morning, said he doesn't watch a lot of television. Well, actually, Mr. Mayor, that is pretty contradictory to some statements you made yesterday next to cast members from Gossip Girl. Get your facts straight, dude! The mayor -- so versed ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Mike Bloomberg: Remember, It Costs Money to Pay A Living Wage
In his weekly radio show, Mayor Mike Bloomberg took the opportunity to remind everyone that he's not the biggest fan of a living wage bill. It's been one of the hot-button political issues this month that put City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in a bit of a pickle. Basically, Quinn, a mayoral hope ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Mike Bloomberg: I'm Not Living in a Fantasy World, Students Are the Priority
After the mayor's State of the City speech yesterday, everyone's been talking about Bloomberg's words on education and teacher evaluation (less so, his mentions of Lady Gaga or Words With Friends). We caught up with a few predictably critical pols yesterday afternoon in the Bronx who all voluntari ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Mike Bloomberg to Cuomo: Don't Bring Us Back to the Bad Old Days Before Food Stamps Fingerprinting
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to go back to the "bad old days" and Mayor Michael Bloomberg won't stand for it. That's what Bloomberg said this morning on his weekly appearance on WOR's "The John Gambling Show," when discussing food stamps policy. This latest governor-mayor showdown concerns Cuomo ... More >>
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December 23, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Disapproves of Low-Riding Pants, Defends Right to Wear Them
On his weekly John Gambling radio show appearance, Mayor Bloomberg touched on the issue of young men wearing their pants hanging down, a topic near and dear to old people everywhere. A caller named Eddie called in to tell the mayor about an incident on the bus in which a young man with low- ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg on OWS Raid: 'We Didn't Keep Anybody From Reporting'
Mayor Bloomberg addressed (again) the NYPD's treatment of press at the Zuccotti Park raid in November during his weekly radio appearance on the John Gambling show this morning. The city has come under heavy criticism for not even allowing credentialed press anywhere near the action that night ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Bloomberg's Patience with Occupy Wall Street Wears Thin as Eviction Rumors Swirl
viaMayor Bloomberg visiting Occupy Wall Street a few weeks ago.Mike Bloomberg has started to publicly lose patience with the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park. Yesterday, he told the Observer that recent reports of crime and sexual assault in the park were "a very high priority" ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Occupy Wall Street "Cleaning": Live Updates from the Standoff
Via Twitter/@LucyKafanovA camped out protester waking up others as police arriveAfter a night of pouring rain with unrelenting thunder and lightening (is Mayor Bloomberg wealthy enough to own one of those Bond-vilain-style weather machines?), the moment of confrontation between the NYPD and ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Does Anyone Really Believe the Postponed "Cleaning" of Zuccotti Park was Brookfield's Decision? [UPDATED]
Our Harry Siegel, who has been in Zuccotti Park since 9:00 PM last night, just phoned in to pose this question: "Does anyone really think this was Brookfield's decision?"
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October 7, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street 'Trying To Destroy the Jobs of Working People'
Mayor Bloomberg fired a warning shot Friday at the city unions who have backed the Occupied Wall Street protests, saying "we're not going to have money to pay our municipal employees" if the financial sector takes a hit and New York's tax take goes down with it.
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September 30, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg: "We'll See" If The City Will Let Occupy Wall Street Continue
New Yorkers need "to help the banks" was Mayor Michael Bloomberg's message to the Occupy Wall Street crowd in his weekly radio appearance on the John Gambling show. "The protesters are protesting against people who make $40-50,000 a year and are struggling to make ends meet. That's the bottom line, ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Michael Bloomberg, Billionaire Mayor, Recommends Staten Island Ferry For a Date
Our venerable mayor has an idea for an oh-so-precious date that seems to come right out of the HowAboutWe playbook (in fact, it does come from the HowAboutWe playbook!). How about we...sit on the Staten Island Ferry and gaze romantically out at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty? That's w ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
Mike Bloomberg: Alternate Side Parking Will Be Suspended if the World Ends
Whether you're sucked up to heaven or not tomorrow, Mayor Bloomberg has your back. Today, he announced that "If the world ends tomorrow, alternate side parking will be suspended." Also! "I don't think you have to worry about returning library books or parking tickets," he told John Gambling o ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
12 More Schools Closed; Crowd Blasts Cathie Black; Mayor Bloomberg Blasts Crowd
In front of a raucous crowd of 2,000 in Brooklyn (see video above), a New York City panel voted early this morning to close 12 more public schools, bringing the week's total carnage to 22. Jeered by the crowd, Mayor Bloomberg's schools chancellor, Cathie Black, held her tongue. On Tuesday, Black h ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Letter Shows Bloomberg Slipped Up on CityTime Scam, Not Through the Cracks
Mayor Bloomberg's "slipped through the cracks" explanation for the massive fraud and cost overruns at the CityTime payroll computerization project was already pretty lame when he gave it. Today it's looking a whole lot lamer. That's because of a tough letter dug out of the cracks of the city ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
More Muslim Hate Crime: Drunk Man Pees on Mosque's Prayer Rugs
Proving the stupidity and downright nastiness of bigots (did we need proof?), an apparently drunk man named Omar Rivera decided to pee on prayer rugs at the Al-Iman Mosque in Astoria last night. Beer bottle in hand, he also allegedly shouted anti-Muslim slurs, called the worshippers terrorist ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Mike Bloomberg Backs BP: Our Mayor Defended Tony Hayward?
Granted, New Yorkers are nowhere near the Gulf Shore, and the oil has yet to make its way up to the Hudson, and even if it did, we wouldn't notice, because the Hudson's gross anyway (not that this should stop you from saving it). But we're affected in plenty of different ways by the BP Oil Sp ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
David Paterson Can't Even Lie to the New York Times Correctly.
There are only so many ways to say "blunder," "mistake," or "fiasco," before you finally get to "out-and-out-fuckup." Which is where we've arrived today.
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February 4, 2010
Cuomo Throws Haymaker at Bankers, Ducks Paterson Jab
State attorney general Andrew Cuomo this morning reached to take the first post-TARP scalp, accusing former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis of pulling a massive fraud on both taxpayers and shareholders. "Egregious and reprehensible" were two of the kinder words Cuomo used in unveiling a civil lawsuit ... More >>
Columns
December 22, 2009
New York's Community-Labor Divide
A nasty split as the Council finally bucks the mayor
Blogs
March 23, 2009
Radio's George Weber Slain
Police found George Weber bound and stabbed to death in his Henry Street apartment Sunday morning. The former newsman for WABC radio, gone freelance since being laid off in February of 2008, was undressed and in his bed; his tub was running, the apartment was ransacked, and there were no signs of ... More >>

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