Mayor Bloomberg formally announces that he will work with the City Council on legislation to add another term to the two-term term limits and, if it passes, he will sign it and run for mayor in 2009....

The Post reports that notable independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg will "likely...create a new third party for his re-election bid next year, while also seeking support from major parties." Ah, that's the opportunist mayor we know, who changed from a Democrat to a Republican in time for the 2001 election and then shed the GOP coat to go beyond partisan politics last year! The Mayor is expected to make his third term announcement at noon today.......

As to be expected, there's divided opinion on Mayor Bloomberg's expected announcement that he will purse a third term as mayor. In one corner, big business is happy. The NY Times reports that "executives like the financier Steven Rattner, the developer Jerry I. Speyer and the media mogul Rupert Murdoch have encouraged him to seek a third term." (Bloomberg also spoke to Murdoch, Mort Zuckerman and Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the three big newspaper publishers in......

Any third term aspirations Mayor Bloomberg has got a vote of confidence from fellow billionaire Ronald Lauder--who funded the previous campaigns to implement term limits. Lauder told the Post, "I've been reading that Mayor Bloomberg might be interested in serving a third term. Because of the unprecedented times, this is welcome news. To me, Mayor Bloomberg's brilliance in the financial sector, particularly Wall Street, would be invaluable." He also said, "If it wasn't for the......

Mayor Mike sure likes to keep people guessing. Yesterday the mayor altered his position on any extension to the term limits law, saying that he would consider a change to the rule that will force him out of office next year if City Council were to send a bill his way. Less than a year ago, the mayor said he thought that the council should be stripped of its ability to extend term limits, which......

What a different five years makes: The NY Times shares some interesting data on how Mayor Bloomberg has convinced low-earning New Yorkers he cares about them. The Times compares data between surveys in 2003, 2004, two in 2005, and 2008 and finds a growing trend that more people earning $30,000 or less believe Mayor Bloomberg "cares about the needs and problems of people like yourself." Back in 2003, only 25% felt like he cared "a......

Since it's been about two months since Mayor Bloomberg said, "I’m not seeking a third term," it's time for third term rumors to pop up again. Today, the NY Times reports the billionaire mayor is considering another run as Mayor or maybe doing something in Albany. A Bloomberg-commissioned poll found respondents do like Bloomberg BUT they don't want term limits lifted - what a conundrum! But they "were receptive to the idea of a Bloomberg......