Gothamist: Bloomberg Wins Reelection, Natch

Publius

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:02:58 -0500

The Mayor has no control over the MTA, and, in fact, barely has any influence over it. Most MTA board members are selected by the governor. Good for New York. I wouldn't trade this version of New York for the Brooklyn I grew up in during the 1970s for anything.

ken

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:32:22 -0500

bloomberg paid about $92 per vote ($66M/723,635 bloomberg voters).

Darius

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:14:22 -0500

Well, now maybe could he be such a nice guy and fix the MTA. Stop harassing bars. Prevent gentrification of Brooklyn. Lower the rents. Get the cops to eat less dough-nuts. Lax the pot arrest policy. And give some of his money to the Libraries. Now wouldn't that be truly a nice gesture for a old rich gentleman. Busy-ness Men and Politicians deal in the currency of power, information, money. No smoking in your home ban is nice, but I'm really looking forward to the friendly soma machine to go with your HD TV converter box. Keep one in you box, I mean apartment. End of rant//

lp

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:46:39 -0500

Thank god this election is over. The overt Bloomberg-love/Ferrer-bashing on this site was starting to get annoying

rev pays

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:30:19 -0500

Great recap and blow by blow commentating. I liked your something something something blah blah blah next four years comment. Did he mention Olympics or new Stadium or will a new pet project occupy his next term. A whole foods for every block, maybe?

josh

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:10:54 -0500

Hey, I have an excuse! I'm in Seattle and I just missed my plane. That sure sucked.