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Bloomberg: Feds Should Make Cities Take Immigrants

Rob Quinn — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:55:00 CDT

America's immigration system is turning away the very workers it needs for economic growth, Michael Bloomberg warned at a panel discussion yesterday. The New York City mayor, pointing to a report showing that other countries are snapping up skilled migrants, argued that states should be allowed to set immigration standards...

Pollster Saves Woman's Life With Well-Timed Call

Kevin Spak — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:06:05 CDT

Who says pollsters aren't good for anything? Not Bobby Berlin. The New York City woman had just gotten a call asking how she felt about Michael Bloomberg when she went into diabetic shock, NBC New York reports. "Something just sounded off," says the pollster, a Marist College student. "It was...

Obama, GOP Blowing Hot Air on Tax Plans

John Johnson — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:19:35 CDT

Mike Bloomberg sounds a little weary of election-year politics as it pertains to the economy. President Obama, for instance, is tacking way left with his populist call to soak the rich. His tax plan "is a political strategy, not an economic one," writes Bloomberg in the Wall Street Journal . "It...

Newark to Probe NYPD Muslim Spying

Kevin Spak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:11:20 CST

When the AP showed Newark Mayor Cory Booker a file detailing the extent to which the NYPD's " Demographics Unit " had spied on his city's Muslims, he was caught off-guard. "Wow," he said. "This raises a number of concerns." Soon after, he said he'd launched an investigation. "We're going to get...

Bloomberg Rips Congress Over Stalled Gun Control Laws

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:54:57 CST

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to know "who has to get killed" for Congress to support gun control laws. Appearing on Meet the Press today, Bloomberg said he has made a gun control ad with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to air during the Super Bowl, Mediaite reports. Then Bloomberg...

Bloomberg Pledges $250K to Planned Parenthood

John Johnson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:19:55 CST

Maybe that controversial decision by the Susan G. Komen foundation will end up helping Planned Parenthood: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today pledged $250,000 of his own money to the group to pay for breast cancer screening after Komen yanked its funds, reports the New York Times . Planned...

New Yorkers Living Longer Than Most of Us

Rob Quinn — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:38:05 CST

A Big Apple a day might help keep the Grim Reaper away: Newborn New Yorkers can now expect to live a lot longer than the average American, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says. At 80.6, the city's life expectancy—which was long well below the national average—is up almost three...

'Al-Qaeda Sympathizer' Busted in NYC Bomb Plot

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:37:56 CST

A suspected lone wolf terrorist has been charged with plotting to kill US soldiers and police with bombs he was building in his Manhattan apartment, according to law enforcement authorities. Jose Pimentel, 27, who goes by the name Muhammad Yusuf, intended to test three bombs in mailboxes before using explosives...

Bloomberg, Cops Underscore Occupiers' Point

Mark Russell — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:18:42 CST

With harsh police crackdowns against Occupy Wall Street protesters around the country, it's enough to make you wonder if Michael Bloomberg and the nation's police chiefs are actually on the side of the protesters, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . Of course they're not really , he writes, but...