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Bloomberg Spent $102 Million to Win 3rd Term by Michael Barbaro - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:32:09 GMT

...An eclectic mix of local Politics, Education, Community Affairs, Environment, History, Birding,Jamaica Bay, Ridgewood Reservoir, Forest Park, and other assorted items of interest...
Source: Lost in the Ozone

Mayor’s Pick for Environment Chief Has Little Experience in Field

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:04:14 GMT

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has said he will remain vastly ambitious in his third term, and is committed to a sweeping environmental agenda.
Source: The New York Times

MARGIN NOTES: Tisch parts ways with Bloomberg on common standards, sort of

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:40:33 GMT

Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch disagreed with Mayor Bloomberg’s education proposals in the most agreeable way possible tonight, saying that the mayor’s call for New York to accept common national curriculum standards doesn’t go far enough.
Source: Gotham Schools

Bloomberg pledges $5B in public works projects won't be hindered by budget cuts

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:48:07 GMT

The city will invest more than $5 billion in public works projects even as the recession necessitates budget cuts elsewhere, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday in a broadcast on 1010 WINS News Radio.
Source: The Real Deal: New York

On Budget Negotiations, Bloomberg Voices Support for Paterson

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:17:00 GMT

NEW YORK, NY November 30, 2009 —With state budget negotiations at a standstill, Governor David Paterson is getting words of support from Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Source: WNYC | New York Public Radio

Dan Brown: The "Achilles Heel" of Education Reform is Slashed by Michael Bloomberg

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:09:59 GMT

"As [Secretary of Education] Arne [Duncan] had said a number of times, 'A state can't enter Race to the Top if it prohibits schools from using student achievement data to evaluate teachers and that's why California just repealed its prohibition on...
Source: Huffington Post

MARGIN NOTES: Could Bloomberg’s test scores-in-tenure push backfire?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:57:20 GMT

Mayor Bloomberg’s directive that principals should use student test scores to determine whether teachers get tenure this year rests on sketchy legal ground, lawyer and Brooklyn College professor David Bloomfield argues in the community section.
Source: Gotham Schools

COMMUNITY: Teacher Tenure Tantrum

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:39:51 GMT

The lame duck is acting like a bantam rooster. Mayor Bloomberg’s fuss-and-feathers over use of student performance data in teacher tenure decisions is a short-lived diversion, like his presidential run during a previous lame duck period.
Source: Gotham Schools

Michael Jackson-Stein: Bloomberg $100 Million For Re-Election?????

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:58:43 GMT

Quoted in 'Resetting the Tables'

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:17:06 GMT

said in The New York Times:

Mayor Bloomberg and Jay-Z might meet on the elevator and step across the courtyard for a drink.

Quoted in 'Hero firefighter honored one year after his death in New Brighton blaze'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:58:54 GMT

Michael Bloomberg said in SILive.com:

You couldn’t really find a better advertisement for the FDNY than Bobby Ryan

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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:21:02 GMT

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg celebrates on a float during the New York Yankees World Series Victory Parade on November 6, 2009 in New York, New York.

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:17:37 GMT

NEW YORK - NOVEMEBER 2: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, (C) walks off the amphibious transport dock ship the soon to be commissioned USS New York after an arrival ceremony on November 2, 2009 in New York City.