Occupy Wall Street

Poll: Majority Of New Yorkers Disapprove Of Bloomberg On Occupy Wall Street

David Taintor | December 14, 2011, 2:23PM

New Yorkers apparently aren't thrilled that Mayor Michael Bloomberg approved a middle-of-the-night raid on Occupy Wall Street's Zuccoti Park encampment, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

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Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg: The NYPD Is 'My Own Army'

David Taintor | November 30, 2011, 3:08PM

Being mayor of New York is awesome, Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday during a speech at MIT.

"I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world," Bloomberg said, according to the New York Observer. "I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom's annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have."

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Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Blame Congress For The Mortgage Crisis (VIDEO)

David Taintor | November 1, 2011, 12:30PM

Are you upset? Looking for someone to blame for the mortgage crisis? Blame Congress, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday morning.

Bloomberg at an Association for a Better New York breakfast -- a New York business organization -- was asked his opinion of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests, Capital New York's Azi Paybarah reports. "I hear your complaints," Bloomberg replied, before shifting the conversation to the housing crisis.

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Occupy Wall Street

The Occupy Wall Street Showdown That Only Went Down A Little Bit

Jillian Rayfield | October 14, 2011, 11:23AM

Occupy Wall Street protesters had been gearing up for a confrontation with law enforcement over a planned clean-up in lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park on Friday morning that amounted to an eviction notice. But though there were some arrests made and a few fights with the cops, in the end the protesters were allowed to stay.

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New York

Four Republicans Who Supported NY Gay Marriage Getting A Big Fundraiser

Jillian Rayfield | October 13, 2011, 1:42PM

The four Republican lawmakers in New York who supported the gay marriage law are getting a big cash infusion Thursday night, with a fundraiser in Manhattan that is expected to raise $1.25 million.

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Michael Bloomberg

Discrimination suit against Bloomberg LP tossed

Megan Reback | August 17, 2011, 6:15PM

On Wednesday, a U.S. judge dismissed a class action discrimination suit against Bloomberg LP because of insufficient evidence. The 2007 suit was brought against the privately-held, New York-based media and information services company by the Equal Opportunity Commission. The government agency alleged that between 2002 to 2007 female employees at Bloomberg were demoted and that their pay was cut after they became pregnant.

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Michael Bloomberg

Wedding Bells Will Ring on July 24 in New York City

Megan Reback | July 8, 2011, 1:12PM

New York City will open its clerk's offices on Sunday, July 24, to allow same-sex couples to wed on the first day the state's gay marriage bill goes into effect, officials said this week. Although clerk's offices in the five boroughs are normally closed on weekends, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that for this momentous occasion, they will open.

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Osama Bin Laden

Bloomberg At Ground Zero: 'The Forces Of Freedom And Justice' Have Prevailed

Jillian Rayfield | May 2, 2011, 3:55PM

Michael Bloomberg

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at a press conference Monday afternoon at Ground Zero, in response to the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed. In his remarks, Bloomberg congratulated President Obama and proclaimed that bin Laden's death shows that "the forces of freedom and justice have once again prevailed over those who use terror to pursue tyranny."

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No Labels

No Labels Designer Apologizes For Ripping Off Bipartisan Animals Graphics

Jillian Rayfield | December 14, 2010, 10:08AM

The designer for No Labels, the non-partisan non-profit that launched yesterday in New York, has apologized for lifting the group's bipartisan animal artwork from graphic designer Thomas Porostocky.

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No Labels

Political Insiders Launch 'No Labels' To Support Moderation In Washington

Jillian Rayfield | December 13, 2010, 1:34PM

A group of high-profile Democrats, Republicans, and Independents today launched No Labels, a non-profit that calls itself the "Woodstock of Democracy," touts non-partisanship, and features a bipartisan bison as its official logo.

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Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg: 'No Way' I'm Running For President (VIDEO)

Eric Lach | December 13, 2010, 11:01AM

"No way, no how."

That's what New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told David Gregory on Meet The Press yesterday, when the NBC host pressed him on the possibility of running for President.

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2010 elections

Meg Whitman: Biggest. Self-Financer. Ever.

Eric Kleefeld | September 16, 2010, 8:42AM

Meg Whitman

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, the Republican nominee for governor of California, has now now crossed a historic threshold: As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, she has just put in another $15 million of her own money into the campaign -- bringing her total to $119 million and making her the biggest self-financing candidate ever.

Whitman's $119 million puts her past the previous record-holder, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I), who spent $110 million to be narrowly re-elected to a third term in 2009.

As we've previously noted, Whitman has been vastly out-spending the Democratic nominee, state Attorney General and ex-governor Jerry Brown. For his part, Brown has recently gone on the air with an ad touting his accomplishments from when he was previously governor, from 1975-1983 -- an interesting move to pitch himself as a reliable and steady hand, in an environment that is widely seen as anti-incumbent and anti-establishment.

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Jon Stewart

Bloomberg: Cordoba House Controversy Is All About The Elections (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | August 27, 2010, 10:22AM

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg continued his defense of the Cordoba House Islamic center near Ground Zero on The Daily Show last night, telling Jon Stewart that "there's nothing new" about the planned project. "The difference is we're in election season," Bloomberg said, "and this whole issue I think will go away after the next election."

He added: "This is plain and simple people trying to stir up things to get publicity, and trying to polarize people so that they can get some votes."

Stewart was glad that the Mayor was defending the Cordoba House, because "I would like to build a synagogue -- reform -- in St. Patrick's cathedral."

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Anthony Weiner

Anthony Weiner Breaks Silence On 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Jillian Rayfield | August 6, 2010, 3:44PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

Rep. Anthony Weiner has broken his silence on the controversial Cordoba House Muslim Community Center that will be built a few blocks from Ground Zero, writing a letter to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that says "elected officials should endeavor to stay out of the business of deciding where houses of worship may or may not be."

Weiner does add, however, that "fair questions" should be allowed to be raised.

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