Gothamist: Bloomberg Says the City is "Alive with Hope"

anonymass

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:38:19 -0500

"Bloomberg Says the City is "Alive with Hope" (and choking on rich people)

Ghengis

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:26:54 -0500

Census Data, I don't see how New York can be losing "US Residents" if its population is increasing. Of the three factors contributing to the population increase you mention, only illegal immigration doesn't also increase the number of legal US residents.

warren

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:07:22 -0500

i'd suggest that you go back to work, pedestrian, but i'm guessing that you still live in your parents' basement.

pedestrian

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:23:52 -0500

Warren, you really need to hurry up with my latte.

anti wall streeter

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:20:57 -0500

Yeah Jason, an innocent 4-year-old kid shouldn't be subject to illness just because his mom happens to be unmotivated and lazy. Children under 18 should have health insurance across the board, because they're too young to be blamed for not having it.

well?

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:20:53 -0500

And of course here comes Warren, the knee jerk douche that won't discuss issues, only name calls. Do you disupute that once government gets its hands on money it is almost impossible to get it to cut a program?

warren

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:58:31 -0500

wow jason, you have the cold heart of a complete prick. do you work on wall street?

jason

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:13:42 -0500

sorry for the double post... for some reason it didn't seem to take the first comment.... but then 15 minutes later it mysteriously did. LOL

jason

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:52:44 -0500

give me a freakin break, NYC residents pay the absolute highest tax in the nation by a fair margin, yet the actual services provided put us somewhere in the middle of the pack. You can raise taxes to 100% of your salaries (why don't you donate your paycheck if you're not taxed enough) and the system would suck up the cash due to increased inefficiency...period. I don't think he cut enough. The city can do a lot more with a hell of a lot less of my paycheck and as soon as people see cash in the trough the pigs come running (aka unions, wasteful projects, etc.) BTW, to the first comment, I don't understand why people decide to have children when they cant take care of them and expect others to foot the bill. And for that matter, why people decide they should have affordable housing or rent controls on other peoples tab in the most expensive real estate market in the country. I can understand a temporary safety net, but enough of the permanent hand outs... it leads to a permanent underclass and unmotivated people... the rest of us go though the struggle to get an education and career, move where we can afford, make tough decisions, etc.

jason

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:46:09 -0500

give me a break, NYC residents pay the absolute highest tax in the nation by a fair margin, yet the actual services provided put us somewhere in the middle of the pack. You can raise taxes to 100% of your salaries (why don't you donate your paycheck if you're not taxed enough) and the system would suck up the cash due to increased inefficiency...period. I don't think he cut enough. The city can do a lot more with a hell of a lot less of my paycheck and as soon as people see cash in the trough the pigs come running (aka unions, wasteful projects, etc.) BTW, to the first comment, I dont understand why people decide to have children when they cant take care of them and expect others to foot the bill. And for that matter, why people decide they should have affordable housing or rent controls on other peoples tab in the most expensive realestate market in the country. I can understand a temporary safety net, but enough of the permanent hand outs... it leads to a permanent underclass and unmotivated people.

census data

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:46:05 -0500

New York City has a net outflow of US residents: more US citizens and already legal US residents leave the city than arrive. The population increase is coming from immigration, legal and illegal, and or course, births.

census

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:31:16 -0500

Actually New York City is losing Americans. More people depart the city for other parts of the US than come here. The city's population gain comes from immigration.

anomalous

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:49:35 -0500

New York State is losing population, but New York City is growing.

upchuck

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:33:37 -0500

I agree Blike. Lets shut down those hospitals too, as per suggested. And I think it is great that he is giving the 325 dollar tax cut to condo owners, it will keep low end real estate speculation and rising rent prices alive and well in NYC.

Peter

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:31:43 -0500

It looks like Bloomberg didn't see the latest release from the Census Bureau. New York is losing population to other states (out-migration in excess of in-migration) at the highest rate in the country except for post-Katrina Louisiana.

Blike Moomberg

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:13:16 -0500

Broken campaign promise: Bloomberg adopted his competitor's stance to provide health insurance for every child in NYC under the age of 18. Instead of this, he's issuing a billion dollars in tax cuts. Bloomberg didn't keep his promise. About 1.7 million NYC residents are uninsured. many of them are children. But hey, Bloomberg's approval ratings are higher than ever, so who cares about children, right?