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Hide the Cots! Mayor Threatens The Observer With Building Inspectors at...
Photo by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic. A note to our colleagues: Now may be a good time to stop sleeping in the office. Mayor Michael Bloomberg had The Observer on his mind yesterday at the Friends of the...
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New Yorker Cover Mocks Bloomberg Soda Ban
This week’s New Yorker cover pokes fun at Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on super-sized sodas and other sugary drinks—and the surrounding media frenzy—with a pulpy cover showing two lovers caught in...
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Bye Bye Benepe: Parks Commissioner Bows Out
Benepe: Looking for a new spot in the sun Commissioners’ posts, much like visits to the park, have a flexible but finite timespan. And the end of a mayor’s term looming in the not-too-distant future is...
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Absent the Mayor, Gracie Mansion Still Needs a New Kitchen
Maybe the problem is Jay-Z did not like his eggs? If Gracie Mansion were our friend, we’d lightly slap her face and tell her to snap out of it. “Put down that compact mirror, girl,” we’d chide. “You...
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Mayor Bloomberg Might Be Giving Staten Island a Lift… on a Giant Ferris Wheel
Previous plans for a Governor’s Island ferris wheel. (WSJ) Who doesn’t want a giant ferris wheel in the middle of Staten Island? We’re assuming this is the exact inquiry Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
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Bloomberg Appoints Housing Recovery Director, Giving Displaced Residents a...
Brad Gair, center, in Indiana in 2005. (FEMA) It’s been a week since Hurricane Sandy hit, demolishing houses in Staten Island and the waterfront communities of Brooklyn and Queens. Tensions have been...
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Michael Bloomberg Defends Soda Ban on Grounds That ‘People Are Dying Everyday’
(Photo: Getty) At a brief but emotional press conference this afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the controversial ban on large surgary beverages that a lower court had overturned earlier in...
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We Had the Time of Our Lives: The New York Observer Offers Parting Glimpse of...
Sure, you’ve seen a hundred shots of Katie Holmes celebrating at The New York Observer‘s 25th Anniversary Party by now. If you didn’t know what Rex Reed looked like, now you do. And those pictures of...
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NYPD Stats Show that Brooklyn is Still Bloodiest Borough
Though Brooklyn may seem like a happy hipster haven populated by vintage clothing stores and indie music venues, the borough remains New York’s bloodiest. According to an annual NYPD report released...
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Anthony Weiner Defends His Congressional Record in the Bronx
Anthony Weiner. (Photo: Getty) Today’s front-page New York Times story detailing Anthony Weiner’s lack of congressional accomplishments hadn’t been published yet, but last night, Mr. Weiner suddenly...
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Waste Not
Imagine eight million street-hardened New Yorkers separating scraps of food from their dinner plates and putting them aside to be recycled. Yeah, right. What next? Telling us we can’t light up in a...
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Bloomberg Puts the BLT into LGBT at Annual Pride BBQ
He’s Gay-OK! (Patrick McMullan) Mayor Bloomberg was warmly received last night at his annual lettuce, gay, bacon and tomato (LGBT) barbecue at Gracie Mansion. Well, technically it’s called the Mayor’s...
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Bloomberg Shocked and Boggled by City’s Inability to Fire ‘Heroin Teacher’
Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Photo: Getty) New York City’s efforts to fire what it calls the “heroin teacher” received a setback this week that has Mayor Michael Bloomberg fuming. An arbitrator earlier...
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Mayor Bloomberg Hopes to Score Tickets to the NBA All-Star Game
Mayor Michael Bloomberg at an NBA press conference today. Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t known for his ravenous sports fandom, but the term-limited billionaire really hopes to score a ticket to the NBA...
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Pols Blast Bloomberg During Security Announcement at P.J. Avitto’s Home
Mayor Bill de Blasio with ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Photo: William Alatriste/NYC Council) A trio of Democratic pols lashed out today at the Bloomberg administration during an announcement of 17...
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Stuyvesant Computer Science Teacher Hoping for a Tech Meetup for High School...
Spend much time listening to Silicon Alley types talk about their fair city, and it won’t be before you hear
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Afternoon Bulletin: ‘Zillionaire’ Bloomberg Sets Sights on London and More
Presiding London Mayor Boris Johnson has lent his support after reports that former Mayor Michael Bloomberg was eyeing British politics.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Names Four Cities Winners of Public Art Challenge
Winning cities include: Los Angeles; Spartanburg, South Carolina; Gary, Indiana; and a New York team from of Albany, Schenectady, and Troy.
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Susan Brown Bloomberg Finds a Buyer for Eclectic Noho Pad
Michael Bloomberg's ex Susan Brown Bloomberg has found a buyer for her 41 Bond Street apartment.
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Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones Attended Aretha Franklin’s Surprise...
After rocking for the festive crowd at the annual Brooks Brothers Christmas party at the brand’s massive Madison Avenue flagship on Wednesday night, music man Wynton Marsalis was still in the Christmas...
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