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Analysis says New York’s stop-and-frisk policy isn’t working
An analysis of the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy by DNAinfo.com says that, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s allegations, stopping more people hasn’t prevented an increase in shootings. The number of shooting victims in the city increased between 2009 and 2011, Murray Weiss writes, from 1,727 to 1,821, despite officers…
George Will uses Bloomberg’s soda ban to blast climate change laws
Conservative columnist George Will on Sunday used outrage over New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on large sugary drinks to slam attempts to curb climate change. “That’s modern liberalism: They delight in bossing people around,” Will complained to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “What Bloomberg is saying [is] the government helps…
Jon Stewart mocks Bloomberg’s proposed super-sized soda ban
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Thursday night lampooned a proposal by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to limit super-sized drinks. Under Bloomberg’s proposal, restaurants and places of public entertainment like stadiums would not be allowed to sell of cups of sugary drinks that are over 16 ounces.…
Issa calls Obama admin. ‘the most corrupt government in history’
The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform thinks that the Obama administration is “the most corrupt in history,” and he’s not afraid to say it. Speaking to Bloomberg on Tuesday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) insisted that the president’s political appointees must be held accountable for their…
New York mayor Bloomberg accuses NRA of backing ‘license to murder’
Michael Bloomberg launches nationwide campaign on gun reform and says ‘shoot first’ laws have harmed public safety New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has accused the National Rifle Association of promoting a gun culture at the expense of public safety by backing the so-called “stand-your-ground” laws at the heart of…
WATCH LIVE: Bloomberg addresses ‘State of the City’ after proposing alcohol limits
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday will deliver the 2012 State of the City address. On Wednesday, it was revealed that the Bloomberg’s administration was considering limiting alcohol sales. Watch live video from CNN, broadcast Jan. 12, 2012. …
Mayor Bloomberg calls the NYPD ‘my own army’
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said the New York Police Department was like his own personal military force during a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to PolitickerNY. “I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world,” he said.…
Report: Bailed-out banks earned $13 billion on interest alone
The Federal Reserve kept Congress in the dark about billions in profits generated by big Wall Street firms that used taxpayer dollars to take advantage of below-market interest rates, Bloomberg Markets reported this week. Firms took advantage of the below-market interest rates offered by the Fed amid President George W.…
Occupy Wall Street parties near Bloomberg’s doorstep
A group of Occupy Wall Street protesters left their familiar haunts in Lower Manhattan on Sunday to hold an “Occupy Bloomberg’s Mansion Drum Circle Protest And Love-In Art Show,” located almost — if not quite — on the mayor’s doorstep. The protest and round-the-clock drum circle had originally been planned…
Update on Occupy Wall St. library situation
Updated: The Gothamist has a timeline that shows exactly how long the books went missing, which certainly added to suspicions that they had been maliciously destroyed. Whoops! Mayor Bloomberg's office has come to the realization that tearing down and carting off a 5,000 book library particularly looks bad in a…
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