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Bloomberg: Bring back the old machines or risk mayoral chaos till 2014
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning warned that the Board of Election's voting machine problems may mean New Yorkers won't know who their new mayor is until 2014. More
Bloomberg on Tappan Zee plans and the need for mass transit (and helicopter pads)
The region is not doing enough to prepare for its future, which will depend on moving even more goods and more people in and out of New York City, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. More
Bloomberg, late in his third term, calls for 'a revolution among the voters'
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning said that the only way to get rid of corruption in politics is to have "a revolution among the voters." More
(1)Bloomberg versus John Gambling's climate-change skepticism
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning tried to convince his radio show co-host John Gambling that sea levels are in fact rising. More
(1)Bloomberg calls concerns about Cuomo's gun-control process 'legitimate'
This morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg called complaints about the process by which the governor passed gun control legislation "legitimate." More
(4)Domestic drones and face-recognition technology are 'scary' and inevitable, Bloomberg says
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning described domestic drones as both frightening and inevitable. More
(78)'These guys could work in Mississippi': Bloomberg on the Board of Elections
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning said he doubts the Board of Elections' ability to run this year's mayoral election.
"I don't know how they're gonna get through this," he said. More
Bloomberg makes a bad-old-days argument against the UFT
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning responded forcefully this morning to a UFT attempt to roll back mayoral control of city schools. More
(1)Bloomberg explains January's 'good' unemployment numbers
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning explained the latest unemployment numbers, which breached 9 percent in January. More
Michael Bloomberg agrees with Marissa Mayer on telecommuting
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning said he agreed with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's ban on telecommuting. More
'It's not like your household,' Bloomberg says of the federal government
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning took issue with the premise that United States needed to balance its budget like a household. More
Bloomberg: New York City 'three to ten times more compassionate than the other cities' on homelessness
Rising homelessness notwithstanding, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that New York City is in fact far more compassionate toward the homeless than other major cities. More
(2)Bloomberg wants to loosen pot penalties, not eliminate them
Mayor Michael Bloomberg might be unilaterally lessening the penalties of weed possession in New York City, but he said today he is strongly opposed to its legalization. More
Bloomberg: 'An outright disgrace' for NAACP to oppose big-soda ban
The NAACP and the Hispanic Federation recently joined a beverage industry lawsuit to stop Mayor Michael Bloomberg's big-soda ban, something he described today as "an outright disgrace." More
Dismissing his 'ridiculous' would-be successors, Bloomberg gives another quasi-endorsement to Quinn
Mayor Michael Bloomberg today dismissed the field of politicians vying to replace him this year as "ridiculous," though he did make an exception for his long-time ally, City Council speaker Christine Quinn. More
