Tag: Michael Bloomberg
As part of a plan to stave off floodwaters in the event of another Sandy-like storm, Michael Bloomberg proposed the building of a new neighborhood, “Seaport City,” on Lower Manhattan’s East Side. Now, he’s moving forward on that plan, requesting proposals from consulting firms on how to make the landfill-built area a reality. The idea […]
We knew this was coming, but still. Amid the hubbub over Carlos Danger and his sexting problem, Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the Community Safety Act, a package of bills that would bring new independent oversight to the NYPD. The legislation passed with a veto-proof majority last month, and Bloomberg vowed a veto immediately, targeting council members […]
It’s no secret that Michael Bloomberg hates the Community Safety Act–the package of bills recently passed by the City Council that would institute an inspector general to oversee the NYPD and expand the definition of police profiling. The mayor vocally opposed the Act in the lead-up to the vote, and promised a veto and individual […]
As you may have heard, this week, City Council passed two bills with the power to drastically increase oversight of the NYPD. The reactions from the public have been polarized across the board, but none was more extreme than that of a caller on John Gambling’s radio show this morning. Michael Bloomberg, a 71-year-old white […]
Michael Bloomberg and Ray Kelly may be upset about yesterday’s City Council decision imposing strict new oversight on the NYPD, but they’re the ones chiefly at fault, say some unusually candid department sources contacted by DNAinfo. According to the current and former high-ranking cops, the mayor’s and police commissioner’s standoffish, arrogant responses to criticism gradually […]
This is getting out of hand. Sparklers, along with all other fireworks, are currently illegal in the state of New York. The Bloomberg administration would like to keep it that way, and is pushing Governor Cuomo to veto a bill that would legalize the novelty devices for a few months a year–even though the bill […]
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement recommending that a court-appointed monitor be put in place to independently oversee the NYPD, should the courts rule against the city in the federal trial over stop-and-frisk. New York City Mayor and police booster number one Michael Bloomberg, unsurprisingly, called this a “terrible idea.” Addressing reporters in […]
According to new data issued by the Bloomberg administration Monday, many more people will be living in high flood-risk areas of New York City in the coming decades. Currently, 398,000 people live in NYC’s 100-year flood plain–the area of the city with a one percent chance of flooding in a given year. Bloomberg’s team expects […]
Last week, Michael Bloomberg called medical cannabis “one of the greatest hoaxes of all time,” ignoring countless scientific studies that have shown the plant’s usefulness in treating everything from cancer to HIV. We figured the mayor could use some brushing up, so we sent a packet of summer reading to his Upper East Side townhouse. […]
Ladies who lunch, beware: the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs has issued notices to 17 restaurants around town, ordering them to close their sidewalk dining areas or comply with zoning laws. “Please be advised you have 100 business days from and including May 1 to complete one of the following options,” said the notice, detailing […]
