Michael Bloomberg

By The Huffington Post News Editors Indeed, spending records from the New York City Campaign Finance Board show that Bloomberg handed over more than two million dollars to Connections Media under the category of "Internet ads." Do the math, and it turns out that out of the whopping $145 that Bloomberg spent to pull each of hi...

By John Petro The good news for all New Yorkers is that Bloomberg will be able to continue to remake the city's streets, to take them back from automobiles and give them to the people. New parks, like the world-class-in-the-making Brooklyn Bridge Park will continue without delay. The mayor's ambitious...

By Joyce Purnick The numbers tell it all. Thompson got just a few more votes than his fellow Democrat, Fernando Ferrer, did four years ago, when Bloomberg won election to his second term by nearly 20 percentage points. Ferrer drew 503,000 votes, while Thompson drew nearly 507,000. Bloomberg? 753,000 last t...

By Andy Ostroy Democrats lost two key elections Tuesday, the gubernatorial races in New Jersey, where Republican Chris Christie defeated incumbent Jon Corzine, and in Virginia, where Bob McDonnell defeated Creigh Deeds in a special election to fill the vacating Tim Kaine's seat.

According to the New York Times, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has successfully landed a third term. Just as the New York Times declared the race, so did NBC. According to NY1, with 22 percent of precincts reporting, Bloomberg has 49 percent to Thompson's 47.66 percent. Stay tuned for election res...

By Pareene You know those idiots who don't know anything about politics but think it sounds smart to say "I am a social liberal and an economic conservative?" Bloomberg is the candidate for them, if they love a liberal nanny state and a conservative religious fervor for the eternal goodness of priva...

By Andrea Chalupa Whoopi Goldberg, wearing black fairy wings, gave opening remarks, "I love me some Mayor Bloomberg, but Bette is cleaning the city." (NYRP has turned 55 vacant lots into community gardens and planted over 250,000 trees on its way to a million by 2017).

By NYC Educator(nyceducator@gmail.com) Mayor-for-life Michael Bloomberg sees privatization as the key to all our woes.   After all, look how well it works in the health insurance field.  Look what it's done for our national economy.  It's kind of like watching the national GOP.  In boom times, they say, we need to cut taxes for the w...

By Alan Singer Is Michael Bloomberg buying votes? You be the judge. According to the New York Times, since Mayor Moneybags has been in office, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Queens each received over seven million dollars in city contracts. In addition, Bl...

By Amrita Rajan Eccentricity has its charms, of course, but woman cannot survive on excitement alone! But thanks to the magical duo of Michael Bloomberg and that other guy who keeps threatening to run for political office again before recalling how much he likes to golf, NYC is now a magical wonderland w...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Bloomberg is not a member of any party but is running on the GOP and Independence Party lines. Polls show him comfortably ahead of his opponent, Democrat William Thompson Jr. Bloomberg enlisted Doug Schoen, an adviser to former President Bill Clinton, to build his database in 2001 and 2005...

By Thomas W. Carroll Under Bloomberg and mayoral control (vs. how it was run under Bill Thompson under the old board of education), the public school system is viewed as a "portfolio" rather than as a centrally run monolith. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's record as an education reformer continues to be a central is...

By Michael Giltz But this album hits the sweet spot in combining her talent and sensibility (future-retro?) in one focused project. That's why everyone from the New York Times and Vanity Fair to the New York Post has taken notice. But that Bloomberg comment is no off-hand joke. McKay is committed to being pol...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the results of a wide-ranging undercover investigation by the City of New York into illegal gun sales. The investigation, which covered seven gun shows in three states, proves on video how easy it is for criminals to buy firearms at gun show...

Said Gore: "Well I think today's event demonstrates among many other things that the issue of solving the climate crisis goes beyond party politics and party labels. And I'm proud to endorse the leadership and the actions the Mayor Bloomberg has been taking for quite a long time on this iss...

By Margaret Steven Soderbergh has confirmed that his next film will star Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his longtime lover. Soderbergh said, "We've already done some costume and wardrobe tests on Michael, and they're very, very, very good..." "I swear to you, Michael amazed me. He crushed...

By charlespaolino MICHAEL BLOOMBERG This measure is of the same stripe and odor as the action taken last year by the New York City Council to alter the law that would have prevented Mayor Michael Bloomberg from running for a third four-year term. Bloomberg, who asked for the change, signed the bill himself wi...

By Hamilton Nolan All the smart/ cowardly politicians bailed on the NYC mayor's race when Mike Bloomberg strongarmed himself back onto the ballot. But there is still a handful of comical challengers to our Mayor-for-life! Below, a guide to the losers. Michael Bloomberg: The guy who will win.

By Michael Henry Adams So we African Americans all know President Barrack Obama was only commenting on such harsh realities when he unexpectedly chimed in. So was Congressman Charles B. Rangel when he stated that even the President needed to be wary in Harlem, because as a black man, he too, could be randomly shot...

By Bill de Blasio The New York City office of Public Advocate is a desperately needed agent of oversight and accountability in New York City. Yet Mayor Michael Bloomberg... The New York City office of Public Advocate is a desperately needed agent of oversight and accountability in New York City. Yet Mayor Mich...

By TheInDecider Grill - Michael Bloomberg Did you hear what this supposed-Democrat said about about Barack Obama at the Republican National Convention? And after Obama leant him his magical popularity pixie dust to help him keep his Senate seat after losing the Democratic primaries in 2006.

By NYC Educator(nyceducator@gmail.com) NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg sees nothing wrong with his flunkies having waited till 5:39 to decide whether or not to close school on Monday. That's not much of a surprise, as Mayor Mike has found little fault with anything his administration has done, and overturns the will of the voters ab...

By Katharine Jose Here's what was cut out of the stimulus bill in the Senate to win the votes of a couple of Republicans. Even the pared-down bill is good to New York. On his radio show, Michael Bloomberg said there will be "'riots in the streets" if mayoral control of schools isn't renewed.

By Azi Paybarah Howard Wolfson: Another distinguished Schumer alumnus, his Democratic credentials are impeccable: Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, New York’s Democratic Party. Doug Schoen: A founding partner in the firm that helped define its most famous clien...

By Azi Paybarah In that speech, Bloomberg showcased the city's immigrant communities, seemingly responding to comments made by Republican Mitt Romney, who dubbed New York City a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants. He also spoke about sweeping crime-fighting measures, and the need for more gre...

By Katharine Jose Gary Ackerman, Ray Kelly and Michael Bloomberg are in Israel today, back tomorrow. Michael Daly defends Caroline Kennedy's eloquence. The Post helpfully draws attention to famous New Yorkers who owe back taxes. Bon Jovi is headlining Hillary Clinton's farewell fund-raiser.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Well, technically he isn’t a Republican any more. He’s a political independent with a foot in both parties, and he just stirred controversy by maneuvering around a legal roadblock to allow himself to seek a third term as New York City’s mayor next year. Perh...

By Eliot Brown Last Thursday, at the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ annual conference, Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped by the Waldorf-Astoria to deliver brief remarks to a ballroom about two-thirds full. Having just finished with a press conference on the fiscal crisis, he targeted his opening joke...

BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday he realizes he has to mend some busted fences after his contentious ... NY allows Bloomberg new mayor bid BBC News Bloomberg Book Is Postponed New York Times

By Caroline Bankoff We learned that Michael Bloomberg and Vera Wang are intimidating enough without costumes. Kelly Killoren Bensimon is not a housewife, she just plays one on TV.  Susan Sarandon voiced her fears about the impending Bloomberg dictatorship. 

Boston Globe By Fred Siegel For the past year, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has been on a perpetual campaign for higher office. He’s toured the country and run ... NYC Mayor Bloomberg Wins Right to Run for Third Term Voice of America BBC News - New York Times

By Kim Stolz Michael Bloomberg has two things on his side. The first is of an existential nature: people are losing homes, jobs, and an altogether sense of stability. Second, this instability has nothing to do with him. Maintaining a strong leader while the federal government makes massive changes to t...

By Pareene All of his advisors advise against a campaign to overturn term limits, because even tho Mayor Mike is quite popular, term limits are even more popular, and seeking to get out them after years of supporting them rubs voters the wrong way. So then who is advising Mike to try this stunt? You will...

By Steve Kornacki But, as with his White House flirtations, there’s every reason to believe that Bloomberg’s interest in the speculated-about scenarios is real. By saying so little about his political future on Sunday, Michael Bloomberg said a lot.

By Katharine Jose Gotham Gazette reports that "only 23 out of 65 Assembly seats and 11 of 35 State Senate seats in New York City are set to have a primary on Sept 9. " The New York Times' editorial board makes a plea to Starbucks to keep its Newark outlet open.

By Katharine Jose In a speech on education he's delivering to the National Urban League this morning, John McCain cites a few examples of programs he thinks work, drawing particular attention to Michael Bloomberg and Joel Klein's work in New York City public schools:

By Katharine Jose A U.S. Air Force major writes in The New York Times that the counterterrorism program Obama talked about in Berlin already exists. David Paterson and the state legislative are headed to a confrontation over the budget, writes The New York Times.

By Observer Staff Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been on a campaign to make sure that the granting of tenure in New York City’s public schools is not the pedagogical equivalent of social promotion—something conferred simply for showing up. His efforts appear to be producing results: The number of teachers d...

 PA - Michael Bloomberg may be on the cusp of a brilliant idea. New York's mayor suggested that Congress simply abandon its proclivity for pork and turn its ...

By Nick Denton Journalists have long pitied those colleagues who suffer under the yoke of Michael Bloomberg henchman Matthew Winkler. A style guide put together by the wire service boss—a program to reeducate journalists by the cultish name of the 'Bloomberg Way'—forbids the use of but and pretty muc...

By Azi Paybarah Simcha Felder, one of Michael Bloomberg’s closest allies in the City Council, and a supporter of congestion pricing said yesterday, "I clearly think I made a mistake on that vote." Felder made the remark during an interview on The Perez Notes, an online radio show based out of La Guardia Co...

By Katharine Jose Barack Obama has stopped talking about Hillary Clinton. One thousand, one hundred people paid money to attend a "Mothers Day Fundraising Reception" with Chelsea and Hillary Clinton in Manhattan. In London, Bloomberg offered advice to the city's new mayor.

By Vincent Rossmeier Michael Bloomberg may not be running for president for the moment, but he isn't staying out of the election altogether. According to an article in the New York Post, on Tuesday the New York City mayor said he suspected "fraud" had distorted the unofficial count of votes in New York's Democr...

Edward Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, discusses the question: Is is too late for a white horse Republican to enter the presidential race, and if not will it be Mayor Michael Bloomberg?

By Katharine Jose And Mike Pride wrote about getting into an off-the record phone call with President Clinton, against his better judgment. Today, Hillary Clinton began her five-day Iowa "blitz." The New York Times is really glad that New Jersey has taken steps towards striking down the death penalty.

By Katharine Jose Rudy Giuliani probably didn't sleep much this weekend, even if he did win the cover of Newsweek. He caught a big break early, when the news came out that the influential mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire would endorse him. On Saturday Mitt Romney went after him on his New York spending recor...

By Jason Horowitz Representatives of the New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News, and The New York Sun were all removed or barred entry. (Later, a Manhattan Institute representative said that Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund and two Economist correspondents, who were all well dressed, le...

By Jason Horowitz At an education-themed event today hosted by the Manhattan Institute featuring Jeb Bush and Michael Bloomberg, something happened. There's probably more to say. But despite the fact that the event was on the mayor's public schedule, and that the Manhattan Institute called around to inv...

NEW YORK New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday switched his party status from Republican to unaffiliated, a move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 race.

NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that the families of two unarmed NYPD volunteers who died trying to stop a gunman are ineligible for police lineofduty death benefits but could qualify for more than 400,000 from other programs.