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Who Deserves to Be Baseball Mayor of New York?
Tom Scocca · 08/21/13 11:03AMThe New York Times today alerted its readers to the urgent political news that Bill de Blasio, the current maybe co-front-runner for the Democratic mayoral nomination, identifies as a fan of the Boston Red Sox. According to the paper, tradition appears to require that the city's chief executive be a fan of the Yankees. Javier C. Hernandez writes:
Bloomberg Has Lost The New Yorker
J.K. Trotter · 08/20/13 12:09PMThis week, the New Yorker published a long elegy of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 12-year legacy. It’s brutal. Media critic Ken Auletta paints Bloomberg as a jackbooted, power-hungry bruiser: “the biggest plutocrat in a plutocratic capital, a creature of Wall Street who, flagrantly and legally, tapped his limitless bank account to become, and remain, mayor.” Asked about it by reporters—specifically about the part where Auletta describes his secret efforts to line up police commissioner Ray Kelly as a candidate to succeed him as mayor—Bloomberg refused to acknowledge the existence of the piece.
Mayor Bloomberg Bought a Custom $13,000 Copper Bathtub
J.K. Trotter · 08/12/13 03:10PMNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire stop-and-frisk advocate who systemically faked riding the subway, plans to install a $13,300 copper bathtub in his Upper East Side townhouse. Agence France-Presse recently spoke with the coppersmith in northwest France whom Bloomberg personally commissioned to fabricate the metal vessel:
Bloomberg on Stop-and-Frisk: 'I Think We Stop Minorities Too Little'
Cord Jefferson · 06/28/13 11:49AMCord Jefferson · 05/30/13 07:07PM
President Obama Sent Possible Ricin Letter "Similar" to Mayor Mike's
Max Read · 05/30/13 12:31PMRicin-Tainted Letters About Gun Laws Intercepted En Route to Bloomberg
Cord Jefferson · 05/29/13 05:17PMFor the third time in two months, letters tainted with the poison ricin have been intercepted on the way to a public figure. In this case, letters addressed to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg arrived last week at both a Manhattan municipal building and the Washington, D.C., office of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an organization Bloomberg finances and helps lead.
Mayor Bloomberg Vows to 'Fucking Destroy' the Taxi Industry
Nitasha Tiku · 05/23/13 11:01AMThe Boston Bombers Planned to Detonate More Explosives in Times Square
Cord Jefferson · 04/25/13 03:02PMBloomberg Wants to Raise the Smoking Age to 21
Adam Weinstein · 04/22/13 11:10AMArrests Lead to Three-Hour Standoff Between NYPD and Queens Residents
The Oiler · 04/06/13 01:18PMObserver Effect: Jared Kushner's Newspaper Has a Birthday
Adrian Chen and a Gawker correspondent · 03/15/13 02:35PMCongratulations to the NYPD on Its 5 Millionth Stop and Frisk!
Cord Jefferson · 03/14/13 12:27PMJudge Blocks NYC's Soda Ban, Calling It 'Arbitrary and Capricious'
Cord Jefferson · 03/11/13 03:26PMMichael Bloomberg Hates Movie Trailers, Thinks the Media Is Dumbing Itself Down
Taylor Berman · 03/07/13 11:04PMMichael Bloomberg hates sugary drinks (but not coffee), has issues with the homeless, and has a history of making sexist remarks in public. But who cares about that. His most egregious mistake as New York's mayor (and the world's 13th richest person) is admitting to not liking movie trailers, which, as others have correctly noted, are often the best part of trips to the multiplex (especially when you're seeing Les Misérables, as Bloomberg had before this interview with M Magazine).
Michael Bloomberg Says He Never Told a Guy to Check Out a Lady's Ass (But He Totally Did)
Cord Jefferson · 01/31/13 06:04PMEarlier this week we told you about a New York magazine article in which Mayor Michael Bloomberg is quoted as saying "look at the ass on her," referring to a woman at a holiday party. We also told you about the many other times Bloomberg has been accused of sexism throughout his career, including once reportedly telling his employees, "If women wanted to be appreciated for their brains, they'd go to the library instead of to Bloomingdale's."
'I'd Do Her': A Brief History of Michael Bloomberg's Public Sexism
Cord Jefferson · 01/29/13 05:30PMWhen the latest New York magazine cover story on leading New York City mayoral candidate Christine Quinn came out this week, it quoted current Mayor Michael Bloomberg as telling a reporter to "look at the ass on her" while gesturing toward a woman at a holiday party. Elsewhere in the piece, Quinn spoke briefly about the frequent comments the mayor makes about her clothes and appearance:
Mayor Bloomberg to Journalist: 'Look at the Ass On Her'
Cord Jefferson · 01/28/13 10:04AMNew York magazine's latest cover story on Christine Quinn, a leading candidate for the New York City mayorship, is worth reading to better understand the sharp, ambitious, lesbian, Democratic city councilwoman who will likely win the city's top political spot later this year. Aside from all that, however, there's also this one part in which the current New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, tells a bunch of guys at a holiday party to look at some lady's butt.