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The new initiative, announced at the Bloomberg CityLab conference in Washington on Wednesday, formalizes a process that CityLab has used for years. As former mayor of New York City, Bloomberg ...
[21] Bloomberg promised Ronald Lauder, who wrote New York City's term limits in 1993 and spent over 4 million dollars of his own money to enable the maximum years a mayor could serve to eight years, [22] a seat on an influential board; [23] he agreed to stay out of future legality issues and sided with Bloomberg in running for a third term. [24]
Bloomberg is in favor of providing tax breaks to big corporations to promote economic growth. As mayor, Bloomberg lobbied the CEO of Goldman Sachs to establish its headquarters across from Ground Zero by promising $1.65 billion in tax breaks. Regarding this deal, Bloomberg stated, "This [New York City] is where the best want to live and work.
As the mayor of New York, Bloomberg established public charter schools, rebuilt urban infrastructure, and supported gun control, public health initiatives, and environmental protections. He also led a rezoning of large areas of the city, which facilitated massive and widespread new commercial and residential construction after the September 11 ...
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2005 New York City mayoral election ← 2001 November 8, 2005 2009 → Nominee Michael Bloomberg Fernando Ferrer Party Republican Democratic Alliance Liberal Independence Working Families [a] Popular vote 753,090 503,219 Percentage 58.4% 39.0% Borough results Bloomberg: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Ferrer: 50–60% Mayor before election Michael Bloomberg Republican Elected Mayor Michael ...
Republican-turned-independent Michael Bloomberg may enter what is expected to be a very crowded Democratic Party field; Laura Ingle reports. Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg eyes 2020 run [Video ...