Bloomberg: You're "Sick" If You Complain About Tourists

On one hand, Hizzoner supports the tourism industry. On the other hand, he signed off on the bill requiring tour buses to silence their microphones. Which one is it, Mike?

STFU Bloomberg you flaming closeted bundle of sticks. You've got to be an even sicker person to take random internet talk so goddamn seriously.

Bloomy the man c*nt.

Bloomberg using the word "sick"? Fisrt of all, he is the sickest man we ever had to deal with as a mayor.

A couple of years ago, there were complaints about schools in the city that had no air conditioning in the blazing summer and there were cases in which plenty of students (CHILDREN) were being rushed to the ER due to heat complications, and his answer to that basically was, 'too bad'. So no, DOOSHBERG!, you and the robots that actually buy into your bullshit are the sick fucks. He spitefully continues to go against the will of the people and children of NYC.

While all of you media-brainwashed sponge robots keep eating bloomberg's ass and feeding into his fucked up I hate NYers policies.

You piss-heads keep saying tourists are paying our way, really? well explain that to the people who have to die in fires because BLOOMBERG is closing firehouses, explain that to the parents and children who will lose their transportation fare to get their education, explain that to the teachers who are being laid off, explain it to all who are unemployed because BLOOMBERG loves tourists sooooo much that he is laying off firefighters and teachers ect ect, so the countless millions can go to pedestrian plazas.. I work for my money and never has a tourist put a cent in "my" pockets, or any other NYer's pockets.. Dumb fucks!

You robots say Obama hates NYCers? No, Bloomberg hates NYCers. Obama's hates the Bloomberg type, greedy selfish prick (Bloomberg), who is the only one who seems to be geting richer because of tourism

"But other than that, how'm I doin'?"

New Yorkers tend to put up with tourists just as well as other city's people do. Bloomberg's a jerk, a tourist in his own right, for saying otherwise. How about becoming a New Yorker Mr. mayor? You know, like WORK for a living, like the rest of us.

"This is why you have a job and I have a job"

No, you have a job because the citizens of NYC are too complacent to rise up and tell you that a third term as dictator is against the law.

bloomberg you POS there is no one sicker than you. no one that has manipulated policies and regulations to steal so much from the city. your wealth grew from a couple billion to 16 billion during your enforced terms in NY while small businesses and middle class families were destroyed and driven out of NYC. everything in NYC under your term is manipulated to steal and steal more money from the people. go F yourself scumbag thief

Oh no, he did not just dress like that.

Next he'll tell us to stop complaining about the subways, the Mets, the prices at the corner bodega... It's our way of coping, Mr. Mayor. We gripe, bitch, complain, kvetch. It's our version of jumping in a private jet and heading off to our villa in Bermuda for the weekend, capiche?

Michael Bloomberg is the greatest Mayor this city has ever seen.

Commissioner Gordon deserves more credit.

No one is better than Dinkins. Now that guy was a winner.

Sarcasm WIN!!

Greater than Fiorello La Guardia? No way

Both NYer's and tourists are annoying in their own ways.

I don't hate tourists, I just want them to be aware.

its firday

he's in the bahamas or on his private jet heading there

seeya monday

Hey Bloomy, you ARE a fucking tourist with your bullshit accent that never seems to be consistent. Stay on your side of the line or go back to Massachusetts!

That is the problem, Bloomberg makes Tourism, NYC's main industry.

Obviously Mr. Bloomberg has no clue what it's like to have to WALK to work from the SUBWAY station EVERY DAY and deal with sidewalks full of tourists who stand in the middle of foot traffic without regard to anyone but themselves. When the mayor DOES actually WALK on a sidewalk, he's accompanied by bodyguards and an entourage. I'm sorry, Mr. Bloomberg, but you have no idea what it's like to be an every day New Yorker.

But seriously, can we talk about the photo accompanying this article for a minute? What's w/ the socks, Bloomie?

Thank you! He looks like Dr. Livingston.

Pull up your shoes!

John Lindsay he's not! Guess that's the look in Boston.

Yeah, at a certain point, I realized that tourists make a huge difference to NYC financially, and I stopped sneering at them. Now I actually get a slight kick out of exceeding their expectations -- by being courteous, for example. Besides... some of them are cute!

I find that the bulk of my rudeness comes out when dealing with other true NY'ers... I'm almost always pleasant to tourists - When I am in other cities/countries I appreciate a kind word and helping hand so why not give it out whenever I can.

Why is there an assumption that the people clogging up the streets with bad walking etiquette are tourists? It's everyone. The line should be used to separate not toursits from residents but people who can't walk right from people who can (it would just so happen that most tourists - and most everyone - would be in the bad walk lane).

All those people who block the top or bottom of subway staircases, who walk diagonally or zig zag, who - as grown-ups - run and play and push like children, who HAVE children and clog up our streets with them and their accessories (and for many of these people, the children themselves ARE accessories), who let their otherwise innocent dogs crisscross the walking paths...residents. Not just tourists.

+1 agreed agreed. Lots of NYers dont know how to walk. Waddling thugs, gadget jockeys, hand holders, teenagers walking in groups. Tourists only congregate in a few areas and I am sorry if you have to work there.

You're right, but tourists are the greatest offenders. New Yorkers walk with a purpose. We want to get from point A to point B as soon as possible, especially during the rush hours. So it does not please me to have the sidewalk completely blocked by gawking foreigners looking up at the skyline. At least move out of the way of other people.

Then there are those New Yorkers who don't give a fuck who loiter around like they own the sidewalk. GTFO of my way aholes. Same goes for the subway. Wait for people to exit the car before going in. And if you block my exit from the subway car, I WILL push your ass out of my way, but at least I will say excuse me first.

You're right, but tourists are the greatest offenders. New Yorkers walk with a purpose.

A small fraction of the eight million plus residents walk with a purpose and most of them are causing just as many problems by weaving in and out with no regard for anyone else. At least tourists move predictably or are standing still.

Don't even get me started on the subway door blockers and premature boarders. )(!%&!%^!$%&!

it's because he's from fucking massachusetts

Can't wait for term limits to kick in...hey, wait a minute!

...we’re not about to go to say to tourists, "Well, we’re going to clear off some streets just for you.”

What the hell do you call the Times Square pedestrian mall??

The city is waging an all-out war on middle class folks who have the nerve to drive into the city for a show or other reasons. Closing streets, creating "plazas" where cars and buses have run for over 100 years, increasing tolls and parking taxes are just the beginning. Bloomy is still looking to get congestion pricing going, and once that happens, that will be the final straw. I know many people (myself included) who are already foregoing a Manhattan theatre night because they don't want to be treated like a criminal because they drive. You don't want us here? No problem. There are many regional theatres, performing arts centers and concert venues in NJ, PA or CT that we can go to. They'll be happy to have my money, and will even provide me with a nice, big parking space for $5 or so. I'll eat dinner in a restaurant nearby, see a B'way-quality show for less than half the price, and not have to be stressed by NYC at all.

Be careful, very careful, what you ask for. Once the Euro exchange rate evens out (it's very favorable to Europeans now), all those big-bucks German and Italian tourists will stay in Europe on holiday, and all those suburban drivers you're so keen on getting rid of will have gone elsewhere for fun. It's happened before in NYC, especially in Times Square, in the very recent past, and it can and will happen again if Bloomy doesn't stop making middle class drivers the enemy.

"Once the Euro exchange rate evens out"????

Watch the news much? The Euro just hit a 4-year low against the dollar.

At least try to keep up on current events before posting....

And the tourists who are here are not gonna cancel their trip at the last minute, bad exchange or not. Now that the exchange rate is evening out vs the dollar (thanks for the update, J.K. Galbraith), be prepared to see less Europeans on the steet, which was the point of my posting.

That was my first reaction, too.

Wow! I have joked about using a cattle prod on them. I had no idea others think the same thing.

Its a time honored tradition to complain about tourists Mr Mayor. Even though we recognize their importance, we still bitch about them.

Being the Mayor of New York and all, you should know a little bit about how we work.

Right? & if we didn't complain, the tourists would feel CHEATED. You don't want to deprive THEM of the New York Experience do you, Mister Mayor?

Maybe Hizzoner should ride the Staten Island Ferry on a nice, sunny day around 5pm or so. THOUSANDS of tourists grabbing free rides while NYers trying to commute home after working their asses off for 8 or 9 hours get stuck behind some huge-butted Ohioans or slow-moving Italians who think they are taking a walk thru a cornfield while looking up at the sun. Can't tell you how many times I've either missed or came close to missing subway/bus connections because I can't get around a huge group of rubes. But then again, Mr. Mayor couldn't even find SI without his SUV driver and a police escort.