Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s State of the City address on Jan. 26 sounded familiar to anyone who paid attention to his re-election campaign. But it is unlikely that the Mayor’s “blueprint for New York’s future” resonated with any of the 800 people packed into the Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Staten Island as much as it Read More
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s State of the City address on Jan. 26 sounded familiar to anyone who paid attention to his re-election campaign. But it is unlikely that the Mayor’s “blueprint for New York’s future” resonated with any of the 800 people packed into the Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Staten Island as much as it Read More
I bang my head against the impermeable object that is Eliot Spitzer for a bit, and wind up with this profile. It’s mostly a look at Spitzer’s personality and his campaign, though he does take a passing whack or two at Tom Suozzi and his “talents.”
Jason talks to Bloomberg policy advisor Ester Read More
Like Cambridge and Hollywood, New York is considered a hotbed of left-wing, blue-state ideology, the place where liberal Democrats come to think big thoughts and discuss big ideas.
But it may be time to put away that hoary cliché. This year’s Mayoral election, like others in the recent past, has shown that New Yorkers Read More
I talk to Chuck Schumer, and try to understand how he became the Democrats’ general in the judge wars. At the bottom of the piece he has some interesting (to me) criticism of the Warren Court.
Jason Horowitz looks at a Mayoral race without ideology, noting that Freddy and Mike are as likely Read More
Bloomberg advisor Ester Fuchs has already lined up her post-election speaking date at Barnard, Tuesday, November 15, 6:30 p.m.
The topic: “The New York City Mayor’s Race: Post-Election Reflections.”
Mike presented another vision speech this afternoon, this time at Columbia University, where, standing between stacks of books and a desk topped with mugs full of yellow pencils, he talked about expanding high school opportunities. Plans include increasing the number of small schools and academically selective schools, one of which is being developed with Columbia. Read More
A small brass plaque in the elevator of 126 East 56th Street announces it: “Bloomberg for Mayor.” So does a seventh-floor wall in the office building–only this time in giant letters stretched 20 feet wide and polished to a silvery shine.
The font is familiar: a simple sans serif, synonymous with the Bloomberg name, ubiquitous Read More
