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January 22, 2010
New Bronx Homeless Shelter Upheld Despite Lack of Community Hearings
Sandi LuskA Bronx neighborhood lost the latest round in a legal fight against the city's Department of Homeless Services for quietly putting a homeless shelter in a new apartment building. Bronx State Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey D. Wright dismissed a lawsuit against the city agency lodged ... More >>
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February 2, 2010
Quinn-Bloomberg Aide Makes Illegal Campaign Calls, Wins New Six-Figure Job
There were twin verdicts yesterday in the Dialing-for-Dollars probe of Maura Keaney, the multi-tasking former aide to both Council speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Bloomberg's reelection campaign. Mayor Bloomberg's verdict was to immediately give Keaney a new six-figure job at his education ... More >>
Columns
February 23, 2010
The Bloomberg Employment Agency
Amid fiscal woes, jobs for pals (qualified or not)
Voice Choices
March 2, 2010
St. Pats For All
Amid fiscal woes, jobs for pals (qualified or not)
Blogs
March 15, 2010
Humping The Hump, Santa Monica's Whale-Serving Sushi Bar; Jonathan Gold Connection in the Fracas
discoverlosangeles.comThe Hump is actually located on Santa Monica city property, at the Santa Monica Airport. While Santa Monica's whale-slicing restaurant faces fines of $200,000 for itself, and $100,000 for its sushi chef over its admissions that it violated the Federal Marine Mammal Prot ... More >>
Columns
March 16, 2010
Bloomberg: The Movie (At Your Expense)
From L.A. to Bali, city workers film mayor touting himself at your expense
News
April 27, 2010
Education Mayor Bloomberg Called Out
NYC's head has a serious setback on his way to closing schools
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April 29, 2010
Mike Bloomberg Wants To Make Sure No One Ever Again Pulls a Mike Bloomberg
No one wants to read about the city charter. It's too important. Yet, every couple of decades a mayor decides that the city's constitution requires a top-to-bottom rewriting. That's what Mike Bloomberg did in March. He's appointed a 15-member commission and told it to do anything ... More >>
Columns
May 4, 2010
The City's TV Station Is All Bloomberg, All The Time
NYC Media, making Mayor Bloomberg's home movies
Blogs
May 25, 2010
Political Shockers of the Day -- Mike Bloomberg Opposed to "Living Wage" Bill, Daniel Halloran NOT Running for Congress
Halloran, not yet sounding his chargeMayor Bloomberg -- surprise, surprise -- is opposed to the latest City Council move to attach a "living wage" to projects that receive $100,000 or more on the dole from the city. And in other shocking developments, the city council's Heathen decides agains ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, and Brooklyn Councilman Al Vann Butt Heads Over 'NYPD Tapes' Series
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and City Councilman Al Vann had a tense exchange yesterday at City Hall over the fallout stemming from the Village Voice series, "The NYPD Tapes." New York Times police bureau chief Al Baker reports on the clash here. During a City Council budget meeting, Vann, ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Vendors, Mayor's Office Voice Their Opposition to Proposed Anti-Food Truck Bill
jasonlam/FlickrEarlier today, City Council held a hearing to discuss its proposed anti-food truck bill, which if passed would revoke the permit of any food truck driver who racked up three parking tickets during a 12-month period. Miss Softee live-blogged the meeting for Midtown Lunch, and he ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
NYC Media Stonewalls Council on Hiring Questions
Jumaane WilliamsPart of the ritual of every City Council hearing is the "we'll get back to you" response by city officials on the hot seat who are stuck for an answer. That was the steady refrain more than two months ago when the two top officials of NYC Media, the city's TV station (yes, the ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Mike Bloomberg New 'Mighty Whitey' Title Holder at City Hall
Mayor with pal, Uncle Jr. Soprano The Times has taken a long overdue meter-reading of Team Bloomberg's diversity hiring performance and the results are not good. Consider: --Since being elected to a third term last year, of the mayor's nine major appointments -- three deputy mayors and six co ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg's Interns: Perfect Pictures of "Clubby" Nepotism
Gotta love that Freedom of Information Act! The New York Times filed one to get the names of Mayor Bloomberg's interns, and when they got them, they wrote about who they are! And who are they?
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July 21, 2010
Investigative Journalism Doesn't Warrant Printing When it Unearths Nothing
City Council members' requirement to disclose their financial information doesn't mean we need to write about it when nothing is awry. Today the Daily News published an article insinuating that by having outstanding credit card balances, council members are somehow in the wrong, while providi ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Nobody's Good Enough for Mayor Bloomberg to Serve Three Terms, Except for Mayor Bloomberg
Remember that time Michael Bloomberg decided he would override the conventional standards in place to avoid politicians usurping too much power by breaking the two term limit on mayors, and run for a third? As it turns out, Mayor Bloomberg thinks the only person good enough to run for three t ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
City Plans to Save $1M By Slashing Spending on...Paper
In case you were wondering what, exactly, City Hall hemorrhages its money on, the Daily News reports today on an internal memo sent to city workers, announcing that the Bloomberg administration plans to save $1 million by printing double-sided copies and not sending out holiday greeting cards ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Breaking: NYC Dept. of Education Chancellor Joel Klein Steps Down, Replaced by Cathie Black, Former Magazine Exec.
At a press conference today, Joel Klein -- the chancellor of New York City's Department of Education announced that he is stepping down from his position, to be replaced by now-former Hearst chairperson Cathie Black. She is the second chancellor of New York City's Department of Education sinc ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
This Guy Really Doesn't Want Cathie Black To Have That New Job
The backlash against Mayor Bloomberg's new pick for city schools chancellor didn't take long to gather steam. A state senator-elect with ties to the teacher's union is already vying to block Cathie Black, the former Hearst Magazines chairman, from taking the job. He's urging state officials to de ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Cathie Black, Schools Chancellor: Liked by Nobody. (Updated)
Mayor Bloomberg's announcement last week appointing Hearst executive Cathie Black as the city's new schools chancellor drew a lot of skepticism -- and ire -- from critics who think the magazine publisher isn't qualified enough (or...at all) for running the city's public schools. Last week, a stat ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Cathie Black's Appointment Generating More Pushback
Over the weekend, Mayor Bloomberg experienced more pushback against Cathie Black, his choice for Chancellor of Schools. The only real variable in whether or not Bloomberg will get his choice is if State Education Commissioner David Steiner will grant Black a waiver or not, as she lacks the ne ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Sidewalk ATM Crackdown! City Council Fights 'Blight' to Communities
EV GrieveThe City Council has passed a resolution to crackdown on those sidewalk ATMs. Apparently they're illegal, so while you may have to work harder to find your local bank branch next time you're strapped for cash and wandering around the East Village drunk and/or hungry, at least you won't h ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Brooklyn/Manhattan Wars Rage, Buoyed by Snow (UPDATED)
"Bloomberg v. Me" via Sheepshead Bites/Nate BerkeSometimes we dare to dream that we're better than all this, that we can all just get along, despite which borough we live in (unless you live in Staten Island, in which case, intern Myles, are you reading this?). The fact that we're all New Yor ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
In a Blizzard, Do You Know Where Your Mayor Is?
The city's dailies aren't done raking Mayor Bloomberg over the coals for last week's blizzard response. Today, the Daily News wants to know exactly who was in charge during the city's crappy snow clean-up job. Bloomberg may or may not have been vacationing in Bermuda, and several of his ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
As Another Snowstorm Heads for NYC, City Council Flogs City Hall on Blizzard Response
Another blizzard is expected to hit New York this week as the city continues to reel from the post-Christmas snowpocalypse. City council members and agency officials spent several hours in hearings this afternoon, while the mayor's office published its first preliminary report on the clean-up dis ... More >>
News
January 12, 2011
NYC's Computer-System Cash-Dump Disaster
New York City threw away a mountain of cash over a new computer system. Now, finally, someone is going to pay.
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Charles Barron on Black's Ouster: Three Months 'Wasted'
There are few bigger critics of Cathie Black than Councilman Charles Barron, who went so far as to get arrested protesting the school closings she presided over during her brief tenure as Chancellor. Yet Barron is not taking any pleasure or claiming victory with her ouster. We caught up with ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
City Council Rethinks Alternate Side Parking
Having a car in the city can be trying at the least, because not only do you have to navigate the traffic on a daily basis, but even when you're not driving the car you still have to move it to make way for street-cleaning services. Lucky for car owners, life might be getting much sweeter. Ne ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Michael Bloomberg Sued by Reporter Over Cathie Black Freedom of Information Requests
Today, I am suing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Last year, Bloomberg baffled New Yorkers when he appointed publishing executive Cathie Black to be the city's next schools chancellor. Black was an unpopular choice, and for months, responses to her appointment ran the gamut of ridicul ... More >>
News
July 20, 2011
Citizen Bloomberg
How our mayor has given us the business
Columns
August 3, 2011
Bloomberg's Machine Politics
Are city e-mail accounts used by mayor's own political operations?
Columns
August 10, 2011
The Next Mayor? You Don't Care, Do You?
Aside from voter apathy and a weak field, the mayoral race is really shaping up.
Blogs
November 16, 2011
Ydanis Rodriguez, City Council Member, On Being Arrested at Occupy Wall Street
Ydanis Rodriguez, sporting a cut over his eye that he said police gave him at Occupy Wall Street.Ydanis Rodriguez, the City Council member who was arrested near Zuccotti Park two nights ago, gave a press conference at City Hall this morning, his face still showing cuts and scrapes where he sa ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
City Council Planning Lawsuit Over Homeless Shelter Policy
City Council plans to try and stop a new policy from the Mayor's administration that would require homeless people to prove they have nowhere else to go before they can be admitted into a shelter. Council Speaker Christine Quinn described the policy as "cruel and punitive"; the pending suit r ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Mike Bloomberg and Christine Quinn Cut Ribbon for Bronx's First City-Sponsored Business Incubator
Mayor Mike Bloomberg fondly remembers his days as a small business owner and likes to share the joy of successful entrepreneurship with New York City start-ups. This time, in the Bronx. The mayor announced today the first city-sponsored business incubator in the borough, which will be part ... More >>
News
January 11, 2012
100 Most Powerless New Yorkers
A 'power list' for the rest of us
Blogs
January 11, 2012
Mike Bloomberg Walks By Press Conference Criticizing Him as Advocates Applaud Brooklyn Broadway Triangle Court Decision
Mayor Mike Bloomberg awkwardly walked past a press conference on the steps of City Hall this morning as advocates criticized him and called on the city to change its housing plans for Brooklyn's Broadway Triangle. The group of advocates and residents, with the support of two electeds, had ra ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Jumaane Williams and Ydanis Rodriguez Visit Barricade-Free Zuccotti Park, Call on Mayor to Discuss OWS Tomorrow
The barricades that have enclosed Zuccotti for nearly two months since Occupy Wall Street was evicted came down last night after several advocacy groups sent a letter to the city's Department of Buildings challenging the park restrictions. Today, two vocal occupiers in the City Council stoppe ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Religious Leaders and Electeds Protest Mike Bloomberg in the Rain Prior to State of the City
The rain didn't stop a group of religious leaders and elected officials from rallying outside Morris High School in the Bronx today before the mayor's State of the City speech. Around 100 protestors were fenced in a block away from the school chanting under a sea of umbrellas. They had trekke ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
City Looks to Sell Three Lower Manhattan Properties; Scott Stringer Says He Has the Power To Stop It
As part of his State of the City speech yesterday, Mayor Mike Bloomberg -- in a discussion about revenue -- said the city plans to sell three Lower Manhattan properties. It was just a few sentences, but it gave Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer a chance today to remind us all that hi ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Christine Quinn Presents Living Wage Bill Compromise, Pols Are Generally Happy
Some important news in the ongoing living wage battle in New York -- City Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed today a compromise that would require higher wages at city-subsidized developments. Companies subsidized by the city would have to pay employees $10 an hour plus benefits, instea ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Preparing Students for College Is Kind of a New Thing, Education Officials Say
Sam LevinA City Council hearing today brought together key players in city education policy to discuss how to improve the college-readiness of public students. If only everyone could fit in the room. Runnin' Scared begged as crowds of hopeful attendees were shepherded into an additional v ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Helen Rosenthal Fundraises for City Council Bid in a Competitive Upper West Side Race
Sam LevinIt's the most wonderful time of the year -- when aspiring politicians across the city start to discuss their bids for public office and the large amounts of money they've already raised. Runnin' Scared is hoping to catch up with eager pols across the city in upcoming weeks and we tho ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Electeds Protest Mayor's Ban On Religious Institutions Using Public School Space
Sam LevinProtestors earlier this month speaking out against Bloomberg's plan to ban religious institutions from public schoolsThey're back! And a bit louder this time. Elected officials and religious leaders rallied yesterday to protest Mayor Mike Bloomberg's ban on religious institutions u ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Mayor's Budget: No Tax Increases and No Layoffs of Teachers, Police Officers, or Firefighters
Sam LevinElected officials and nonprofit groups rallied this morning before the mayor announced his budget.Announcing the city's annual budget today, Mayor Mike Bloomberg said he would not be increasing taxes and he would not be laying off teachers, police officers, or firefighters. He said i ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Scott Stringer's State of the Borough Address: Reclaim City For Middle and Working Class
Sam LevinIn the land of politics, it's that wonderful time of the year when we opine about the state of things. Last month, President Obama talked about the state of the country, Governor Cuomo discussed the state of New York state, and Mayor Bloomberg chatted about the state of the Big Apple ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Giants Ticker-Tape Parade Tomorrow; Go to Mayor's Twitter Right Now to Grab Ticket
We heard many of you screaming about the Giants on the streets and in bars last night -- but only 500 of you lucky fans will get to celebrate tomorrow afternoon at City Hall. For the rest of you, though, there's a parade! Late last night, the mayor's office announced plans for football festi ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Councilman Jumaane Williams Pressures NYPD, Mayor to Address Police Accountability
Sam LevinCity Councilman Jumaane Williams at a recent rally.Last week, cops chased Ramarley Graham, 18, to the bathroom of his apartment where they shot and killed him. His grandmother was at home at the time and witnessed the shooting. The Bronx teen -- who may have been trying to flush ma ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
It's Christine Quinn's Turn! Mayoral Hopeful Delivers State of City Speech
Sam LevinThis story might sound familiar. A mayoral hopeful gets on stage and delivers a speech about the state of things. The elected official takes the opportunity to set the groundwork for a mayoral campaign -- appealing to future voters through announcements of new initiatives and prior ... More >>
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