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Bloomberg Defends Balancing the Budget With School Lunches, Libraries
Mayor Bloomberg at his press conference. In order to keep the city's fiscal house in order in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled new cuts and streams of revenue over the...
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Bill Thompson Criticizes Bloomberg’s Sandy Response
(Photo: Getty) Earlier today, in Howard Beach, a neighborhood still picking up pieces of debris and pumping water out of basements, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new $500 million capital...
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Bloomberg Announces Free Parade Tickets for Sandy Survivors
(Photo: Macys.com) Earlier this morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Macy's announced 5,000 tickets for the city's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade will go to families who have been impacted by Hurricane...
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President Obama Receives Cheers in Staten Island
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One. (Photo: Getty) In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, President Barack Obama toured New Jersey, but, at the request of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, did...
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Mayor Bloomberg Says He’s No Canute the Great
(photo: sealevelrise.info) On his weekly radio show with John Gambling this morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg delved into history to argue massive coastline protection projects are futile, at least in...
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New Yorkers Dig Chris Christie’s Storm Response
(Photo: Getty) Is it the wet fleece? It's not immediately clear, but according to a new Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey, New York City voters gave the highest storm response-marks to New...
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FCC to Look at Improving Cell Service After Future Disasters
(photo: itechbook.net) Senator Chuck Schumer is known for pushing populist issues that may have otherwise flown under the radar, and last weekend, he didn't disappoint. In a letter to the Federal...
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Bill de Blasio: Bloomberg Is ‘No Chris Christie’
(Photo: Getty) Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a likely mayoral candidate in 2013, can now be counted as a firm critic of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's handling of Hurricane Sandy. "You remember the recent...
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Bloomberg Vaguely Threatens Landlords Who Don’t Get the Lights Back On
(Photo: Getty) In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, properties throughout the city's flooded neighborhoods saw critical infrastructure collapse along with everything else in the storm's path. However,...
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Attorney General to Track Sandy Relief Charities
(Photo: Getty) New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is keeping an eye on the assorted charities raising money for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. In a statement released today, Mr. Schneiderman...
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Bloomberg Doesn’t Think ‘People Are Going Be That Inconvenienced’ by the...
2010. (Photo: Getty) Mayor Michael Bloomberg says today's snowstorm won't be as bad as the epic "Snowpocalypse" of 2010. "We don't think that people are going to be that inconvenienced," the mayor said...
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Bloomberg’s Blizzard Plans Include Food, Sleep and His ‘Running Machine’
Lincoln Center earlier today. (Photo: Getty) As Winter Storm Nemo descends upon New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging residents of the five boroughs to "take it easy" and stay indoors...
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