Tag: Michael Bloomberg
The New York City public school system is so fucked up that the mayor elected to help fix it can’t effectively pay for it because he can’t raise enough money from private donors. The New York Times reports that the Fund for Public Schools, a nonprofit organization that Mayor Bloomberg transformed into a powerhouse fundraiser […]
A spokesperson for former Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced yesterday that the wholesale buy up of more than 400 .nyc URLs that might relate to the billionaire mogul was probably excessive and they will be returning most of them shortly. Bloomberg found himself in an embarrassing situation when the list of domain names that his lawyers […]
You’ve gotta hand it to former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, he knows his short-comings and he’s determined to beat you to the joke. At some point after the .nyc name became a thing that exists, the billionaire mogul began buying up as many useful — as well as embarrassing –domains related to his name as he could. According […]
Apparently all you need for your video to go viral is to be a sign language interpreter for the mayor of NYC. That’s what happened over the weekend when Jonathan Lamberton was signing for Mayor Bill de Blasio during his press conference about the Ebola patient. Video of Lamberton’s signing soon went viral, similar to […]
The most tragic consequence of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s term ending is that we lost the best Spanish-speaking liaison this city has ever had. Whenever a news event occurred, Bloomberg would appear on the dais, give his briefing, and then quickly read an abbreviated portion in Spanish. It was a perfect cacophony of Boston-New York […]
If Mayor Bloomberg and New York City Housing Authority chair John Rhea get there way, land at eight Manhattan public housing complexes will be leased to developers to build luxury apartments. City Council, along with NYCHA tenants and the Legal Aid Society, is suing in an attempt to block that from happening. The plan would […]
After 11 years of waiting, the moment is finally approaching: Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s three-term reign comes to a close January 1, 2014. To celebrate, we’ve created HowLongUntilBloombergLeaves.com, a single-serving site that counts down the time–to the second–until El Bloombito says adios. Come through, watch as Bloomberg’s time in office drains out of a 17-oz soda […]
Michael Bloomberg’s epic quest to stave off any limits to the NYPD’s power continues. Yesterday, the mayor sued City Council over a recently-passed law that will make it easier for New Yorkers to file a lawsuit against the police department if they feel they were profiled or discriminated against. The bill is one half of […]
It turns out the NYPD’s unwarranted surveillance of New York muslims was worse than anyone initially thought. After 9/11, the department began using a police tool known as a “terrorism enterprise investigation” (TEI) to target entire mosques as potential terrorist groups, allowing the surveillance of any person who attends. According to the AP, TEIs were often […]
Further demonstrating his apparent belief that all low-income New Yorkers should be treated like criminals, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today he believed NYCHA residents should be fingerprinted to gain access to their own homes. The remarks came during his weekly radio appearance on WOR. “What we really should have is fingerprinting to get in. And […]
