Mayor Michael Bloomberg has returned to planet Earth. With a white-cheeked gibbon swinging from branch to branch and a Malayan Tapir drooping its head over a muddy puddle behind him at the Bronx Zoo, on Nov. 24, Mr. Bloomberg explained why, after all the talk over the last couple of years about the stratospheric national Read More
Nevermind the Olympian bollocks—New York rocks. Right?
After the city’s Olympic fortunes flagged in the wee hours this morning, a dispirited throng of Olympians, sleepy members of the press corps, and bid junkies were still milling around the Jumbotron screen at Rockefeller Center like so many miserable moths. In an attempt to salvage the Read More
On May 25, Governor George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the rounds in lower Manhattan, announcing an $800 million plate of improvements for downtown neighborhoods, including a waterfront park, money toward a new public school and a Chinatown business-development group.
Democratic Assembly leader Sheldon Silver, who also represents the district, remained in Albany, purportedly Read More
Today we’re looking at the genuinely complex issue of whether private charities closely connected to City Hall constitute a back door to influence. In particular, we’re reporting that some administration critics see Dan Doctoroff standing too close to NYC2012, and that some lobbyists believe donations to the Olympic bid are good for Read More
The centerpiece of the Bloomberg administration’s bid to bring the Olympics to New York in 2012-a stadium and International Broadcast Center on the West Side-appears to be in trouble. With the U.S. Olympic Committee due in town on June 30 to evaluate the city’s bid, the administration’s partners in developing the site are distancing themselves Read More
