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Bloomberg: New Yorkers live longer due to health policies
New Yorkers are living longers than Americans overall, and the margin is increasing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, as he praised his administration’s health policies. A New Yorker born in 2010 has a life expectancy of 80.9 years, 2.2 years longer than the national life expectancy of 78.7 years at the…
New York police chief criticizes Obama’s silence on gun violence
New York‘s police chief has hit out at President Barack Obama over his refusal to tackle gun violence, accusing him of uttering “barely a peep” on the issue. NYPD commissioner Raymond Kelly is quoted in the New York Daily News as noting that Chicago is “maybe the city most affected” by gun violence, adding: “The…
Lesbian holds strong lead in New York mayor poll
New York’s city council speaker retains a strong lead ahead of next year’s election to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg — and to become the Big Apple’s first lesbian mayor, a poll Wednesday found. Christine Quinn, 46, has consistently emerged as the frontrunner to replace Bloomberg at the end of his…
New Yorkers love Bloomberg, but not as much as Chris Christie
NEW YORK — Three of four New Yorkers think Mayor Michael Bloomberg is doing a good job on the heels of deadly superstorm Sandy, but they are even bigger fans of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a new poll released Tuesday found. A whopping 89 percent said that Christie —…
New York devastated by storm horror
NEW YORK — New York awoke in shock Tuesday to the devastation of superstorm Sandy, which left at least 10 dead in the city and threatened to leave days of chaos in its wake. Firefighters battled blazes and carried out rescues in flooded houses a day after the storm set…
New Yorkers resist pleas to leave storm risk zones
Police toured flood-threatened districts of New York on Monday almost begging tens of thousands of hurricane refuseniks to move away from a looming mega-storm. With New York at a near standstill ahead of a predicted storm surge of up to 11 feet (3.5 meters) of seawater, police with loud hailers…
Bloomberg remains firm on stop and frisk policy despite march
Thousands of people marched in silence in New York to protest against street checks by police that rights activists say disproportionately target blacks and Hispanics. The demonstration, called by civil rights organizations, began in Harlem and moved south through Manhattan to the residence of Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Manhattan’s posh…
Soda wars fizz in New York after proposed ban
A soda war fizzed in New York on Tuesday as the city health department began to consider a proposal by health-conscious Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban super-sized soft drinks. Bloomberg’s proposal on May 31 triggered a wave of reactions from the media, shop keepers, anti-obesity campaigners and New Yorkers who…
DOJ calls meeting with NYPD over stop-and-frisk
A dozen New York City lawmakers will meet members of Congress and officials from the justice department on Wednesday in the hope of prompting a federal investigation into the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy. The meeting marks the latest development in a series of efforts launched by legal organizations, policy makers,…
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…
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