The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Wasilla's finest may be dominating the headlines today. But by 2012, the country may be sick of base politics and ready for an independent. Mark McKinnon makes the case for Mike Bloomberg in 2012. If Sarah Palin dominates Republican politics for the...
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and manipulation. Which is why, at least to us, the news that the president has invited Mike Bloomberg to tonight's state dinner was certainly no shock-nor was Obama's petty ante treatment of Bill Thompson in the mayoral campaign. At his core, Obama is a pure elitist-and one who has embraced the new Democratic party's conjugal relationship with the fat cats on Wall Street. Mike...
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of their own. The plan is to collaborate with the Independence Party, which just backed Republican Mike Bloomberg , to push what they see as fiscally responsible positions.” A challenge it certainly is, since the WFP has become one large tail wagging NY State's Democratic dog-witness the success locally of John Liu and Bill deBlasio . But the even greater hurdle is to create...
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... redevelopment of the Armory will become the very first project to go down to actual defeat during Mike Bloomberg's mayoral tenure-although the Alliance was involved in another Related comeuppance over the building of a BJs warehouse club on Brush Avenue in 2005. At that time, the developer, bowing to the inevitable, did withdraw its application. As we told the Daily News when the...
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
I didn't vote for him on November 3, but Mike Bloomberg has done the country a service and I wanted to acknowledge it. In stark contrast to his predecessor, the insufferable demagogue Rudy Giuliani, Bloomberg has voiced support for Eric Holder's decision to try KSM and other 9/11 defendants in a civilian court here in New York. One now sees why President Obama endorsed Bill Thompson...
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
As many of you might recall, the Alliance and the folks at Transportation Alternatives, don't always see eye to eye-particularly when it came to the mayor's proposal on congestion pricing . But when it comes to over development, we're all on the same page-as the following commentary from Dr. Ronald Schiffman on the TA web site, Streetsblog , underscores: " When Michael Bloomberg was first...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... -- and it was a remarkably successful one. Arguably, that impact is still being felt, considering Mike Bloomberg would never have become mayor were it not for Giuliani (and the after-effect of 9/11). It's fine for Rudy to settle into an elder statesman role in Empire State politics." Clifton B.: "Senator Giuliani?" The conservative blogger in New Jersey opines : "In...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Layoffs have begun at BusinessWeek, the weekly that is being sold by by McGraw-Hill to Bloomberg L.P., the media giant Mayor Mike Bloomberg founded. Bloomberg is expected to whack up to 130 employees out of a total 400--a staggering 32-percent staff...
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... business of guaranteeing people's wages, and in private development, we shouldn't be," said Bloomberg ." Ah, the sanctity of the private sector is discovered by the mayor-kind of like some lost ancient relic. Because, as we have seen so dramatically in Willets Point, Mike Bloomberg is willing to remove 225 of such private businesses in order to make way for Bloomburgh...
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... on the city: "Related - backed by high-ranking city officials up to and including Mayor Bloomberg - says asking possible tenants to pay employees at least $400 a week for full-time work is a deal-breaker because companies won't agree to rent space if they have to pay $10 an hour. "The city is not in the business of guaranteeing people's wages, and in private development, we shouldn't...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Atlantic Yards Report The New York Observer reports that Assemblyman Richard Brodsky and state Senator Bill Perkins have achieved success in their effort to reform public authorities, with apparently only modest pushback from Mayor Mike Bloomberg and others resisting the changes. ... AY precluded? While it might sound like it would preclude a project like Atlantic Yards, I'm not certain:...
Atlantic Yards Report (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The New York Observer reports that Assemblyman Richard Brodsky and state Senator Bill Perkins have achieved success in their effort to reform public authorities, with apparently only modest pushback from Mayor Mike Bloomberg and others resisting the changes:Brodsky said that the original bill will be signed, and that both legislative houses will pass chapter amendments to ameliorate some...
