Obama, Bloomberg in Mysterious Rendezvous

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2007 Barack Obama shared an emptied restaurant and about 45 minutes of conversation with New York mayor and potential presidential bombshell Michael Bloomberg on Friday. A Bloomberg aide implied the meeting was more about sharing ideas than about political aspirations, but at the very least it was a challenge to Hillary Clinton, who would love to have New York and its power brokers all to herself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ignoring the Other Victims of 9/11

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Sep 11, 2007 When the National Guard helicoptered her husband, Mark, to Staten Island to work as a wireless technician setting up a communications network for thousands of emergency workers who were descending upon Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, Jeanmarie DeBiase did not know this would begin the unraveling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NYC Downpour Causes Commuter Chaos

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2007 One of the best things about living in New York City has to be the public transportation -- that is, except for days like Wednesday, when storms pummeled the city, damaging buildings, causing widespread flooding and displacing thousands of commuters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Schwarzenegger, Bloomberg Talk Compromises and Surprises

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2007 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Antonio Villaraigosa (pictured above with USC Annenberg's Dean Geoffrey Cowan) convened at Creative Artists Agency's swank new Beverly Hills HQ Tuesday for a conference on bipartisan politics, and this perhaps scripted meeting of high-wattage minds (and personalities) produced some thought-provoking -- and surprising -- conversations and announcements. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mayors Impatient for Climate Action

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2007 Representatives from 30 major cities around the world are meeting in New York at the invitation of Michael Bloomberg and former President Clinton to discuss methods of combating global warming. Bloomberg said city leaders will have to fill the "void" caused by national governments' failure to act. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hagel Wants to ‘Shake Up’ the Election

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2007 Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel told "Face the Nation" on Sunday that he was "not happy with the Republican Party," and hinted he might make an independent run for president, perhaps with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg by his side. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York Going Green

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2007 Just in time for Earth Day, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to announce on Sunday 127 environmental proposals, including a plan to add a million trees to the city over the next 10 years. With an EPA you have to sue in order to see enforcement, it's no wonder local leaders of all political stripes have increasingly taken on environmental regulation themselves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

E.J. Dionne Jr.: The Risk-Aversion Spiral

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 22, 2006 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving object lessons in being a responsible risk-taker. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: Here We Go Again

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Dec 5, 2006 The recent shooting of an unarmed black man in New York is another chapter in a long and heartbreaking tradition. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NYC Mayor Bloomberg: I’d Allow Same-Sex Marriages

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2006 Landing another left on the right, as the Daily News put it, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg vowed that the city will perform gay marriages, if permitted, and came out strongly against a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriages. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Earth Shifts a Tad at Ground Zero

Blair Golson / Truthdig Apr 26, 2006 New York State officials complete a deal with World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein that will break the development logjam that has plagued the site for almost five years. Why Gov. Pataki didn't invoke eminent domain here a long time ago is a mystery to us. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yahoo Concedes Search Race to Google

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2006 Yahoo's chief financial officer says she'd be happy just to "maintain our market share." | storyEven though it's been "Game Over" in the search wars for quite some time, it's still shocking to hear the No. 2 company be so blatant about it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )