Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Norwegian Breakaway, the largest-ever ship to port in New York City, was christened Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (credit: CBS 2)

Bloomberg, Cardinal Dolan, Radio City Rockettes Christen Massive Cruise Ship

The 146,000-ton Norwegian Breakaway is 18 stories high and 1,063 feet long, roughly the length of more than four city blocks.

2013/05/08

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (file / credit: Edward Reed)

NYPD: Stop-And-Frisk Stops Down 51 Percent, But Crime Also Way Down

While NYC’s stop-and-frisk program is literally on trial in federal court and is eating up much of the air in the mayoral campaign, word has come down that when cops stopped doing it so much; those committing crimes also stopped doing it so much.

2013/05/07

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is painting a doom-and-gloom picture of what NYC tax rates could look like under the next mayor if wage increases are given to union workers. (Photo: CBS 2)

Bloomberg: Restrictions On NYPD Would ‘Undermine Public Safety’

In his weekly radio address Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted two proposals that he said would “undermine public safety” by placing a yoke on the NYPD.

2013/05/05

Mayor Michael Bloomberg (file / credit: Edward Reed / Mayor's Office)

Bloomberg Was Not Really Denied Pizza Over Sugary Drinks Ban

While the city’s pending ban on super-sized sugary drinks has its share of critics, the story of a Brooklyn eatery denying Mayor Michael Bloomberg a second slice of pizza over it – and starting an obscenity-laden fight – is not true.

2013/05/04

Bloomberg Offers Stunning Prediction Of What Tax Rates Could Be Under Next Mayor

Knowing that many labor leaders have refused to negotiate new contracts in the hope that a new mayor would be friendlier, the man some call “El Bloombito” said wage hikes should be finito.

2013/05/02

Cigarette Display In NYC (Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images News)

Merchants: Raising Minimum Age To Buy Cigarettes Would Devastate Business

Some merchants on Wednesday were protesting against the idea of raising the minimum age to buy cigarettes in New York City, saying it would severely damage their bottom line.

2013/05/01

Anti-stop and frisk button (file/credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)/Mayor Michael Bloomberg (file/credit: Edward Reed/Mayor's Office)

Bloomberg Strongly Defends Stop-And-Frisk As Lawsuit Against Practice Continues

In an address to the NYPD’s top brass at police headquarters, Bloomberg staunchly defended the practice and offered a stinging criticism of legislation to curtail it.

2013/04/30

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (Credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

De Blasio: City Is In Dire Need Of More Affordable Housing

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio on Sunday presented a plan to preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing, thus meeting the city’s demands over the decade to come.

2013/04/28

Bloomberg: Efforts Against Gun Violence In New York Have Vastly Outpaced Nation

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday touted a new report from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which said the city’s reduction in gun violence has vastly outpaced the rest of the nation.

2013/04/28

An E-Bike in New York City (file / via Wikipedia)

Mayor Bloomberg Expected To Sign E-Bike Ban

The bikes are often used by delivery people and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said the new law plugs loopholes and totally bans electric bikes from the streets of New York.

2013/04/26

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) speaks during a news conference as Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly listens at City Hall announcing that the two men accused of carrying out last week's bombing of the Boston Marathon planned an additional bomb attack on New York's Times Square on April 25, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bloomberg: New York City Was Next Target For Boston Bombing Suspects

They weren’t coming to party. The NYPD said Thursday that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were planning to come to New York City to detonate their remaining explosives in Times Square.

2013/04/25

FILE - A nurse teaches a diabetic patient how to draw her own insulin injections. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Study: More Than 10 Percent Of NYC Adults Diagnosed With Diabetes

An estimated 650,000 adult residents city-wide were diagnosed with the disease in 2011, the health department said.

2013/04/25

Servicemen Take In The Big Apple During NYC's Fleet Week

New York City’s ‘Fleet Week’ Canceled Due To Federal Budget Cuts

In a statement, Director of Public Affairs Beth Baker said there will be no Navy ships, sailors or Marines in New York City this year for Fleet Week.

2013/04/24

Rigid Plastics Now Recyclable In New York City

In what Mayor Michael Bloomberg called “good news for the environment,” New Yorkers may recycle all kinds of rigid plastics starting Wednesday.

2013/04/24

MLB All-Star Week Events Announced; Wright Excited To Host Game At Citi Field

Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed Mets star third baseman and team captain David Wright and other fan favorites to City Hall on Wednesday as more details of the Midsummer Classic were unveiled.

2013/04/24

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