Michael Bloomberg

The Public Payroll Always Rises

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New York spends as if the mortgage boom never ended. As the recession hits home, all across America businesses and families are having to make hard decisions about what not to buy this year, or whether they can afford a...

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Issues at intersection of climate change and health impact global well-being

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The American Journal of Preventive Medicine special issue on climate change (November 2008), will be featured at the "Changing Climate... Changing People" conference today in Los Angeles. Leading off the event is Guest Editor...

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NYC announces new, voluntary plan to encourage hybrid taxis

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlined a new, voluntary plan to encourage taxi-fleet owners to use hybrid vehicles after the city's initial plan to dramatically increase taxi fuel-efficiency was struck down by a federal...

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Glossy News - Solving Global Warming Requires Effort of Mythological Proportion

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As if captured in some wicked, morose caricature, this morose caricature has been taken from another site of that wickedly triple-faced impotent-ass-clown Pelosi. "What we are seeking to do is to pull out some stuff from...

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NYC commuter earnings tax to get new life?

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A tax on New York City commuters may be getting new life. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget director told a City Council finance hearing Monday that he and the mayor are eager to lobby again for the tax in Albany, particularly...

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Bloomberg on Randi Weingarten and the New York Education Model

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Michael Bloomberg introduced national teachers union head Randi Weingarten at the National Press Club in D.C. this morning, stressing what he described as a cooperative relationship that should be duplicated elsewhere, and...

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Union Says Bloomberg's Cuts are 'Dirty'

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The service-workers union SEIU 32BJ is going to run this ad against Michael Bloomberg's proposed cuts to school aid, calling it “a dirty way to trim the budget.” It’s set to run in The Chief, a weekly paper that focuses on...

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In Transition: Raymond W. Kelly

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RAYMOND W. KELLY Current job: New York City police commissioner. Credentials: Former Clinton undersecretary of the Treasury and customs commissioner; head of global security for the former Bear Stearns; held every rank in a...

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Quietly, a Sept. 11 memorial begins to take shape

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Of all the right angles that have been built at ground zero in the last three years, of all the places where steel meets steel at 90 degrees, there is no more meaningful angle right now than the one that defines a corner of the...

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Poll: New Yorkers Want to Cut Spending, Somehow

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New Yorkers want state lawmakers to close the budget gap by reducing state spending instead of raising taxes, according to results from a Siena poll released today. “When given a choice of five areas for the state to cut, 23...

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