Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg Defends Legality Of NYPD Spying On Muslims

David Taintor | February 24, 2012, 2:09PM

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday defended the legality of the NYPD's covert monitoring of Muslims in New York and New Jersey.

"Everything the NYPD has done is legal, it is appropriate, it is constitutional," Bloomberg said on WOR radio.

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Michael Bloomberg

NRA's Fundraising Growing Quickly As They Gear Up To Defeat Obama

Ryan J. Reilly | December 30, 2011, 2:00PM

As the National Rifle Association sets its sights on keeping President Barack Obama from a second term in the White House, a new report finds that the group's fundraising grew twice as fast as its income from membership dues from 2004 to 2010. Bloomberg News reported that the group received $71.1 million in donations last year, up 54 percent from the $46.3 million figure they raised in 2004.

If previous numbers are any indication, election years are pretty crucial for the NRA. Their revenue minus expenses went from $29,923,548 in 2008 -- when the man they called "Gun Ban Obama" was running for president -- to $1,183,523 in 2009, when he actually took office (their total revenue decreased by just over $10 million).

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John Liu

Questions Raised Over John Liu's Fundraising

Josh Petri | October 12, 2011, 9:44AM

The number eight may not turn out to be so lucky for New York City comptroller John Liu.

The New York Times has raised questions about the source and legitimacy about some of the New York mayoral candidate's campaign contributions.

Liu recently announced that he had raised $1 million in the first six months of the year, much of it from donors who gave $800 each--to reflect the number 8, which is lucky in Chinese culture. The massive haul placed Liu firmly in the top tier of candidates looking to replace Michael Bloomberg next year.

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Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street Is Targeting People 'Struggling To Make Ends Meet'

Jillian Rayfield | October 3, 2011, 12:41PM

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

New York City's billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks the Occupy Wall Street protesters shouldn't be fighting Wall Street, because most of those people are "struggling to make ends meet."

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Michael Bloomberg

NYC Deputy Mayor Reportedly Quit After Domestic Abuse Bust

Jillian Rayfield | September 1, 2011, 4:51PM

NYC Deputy Mayor for Special Operations Stephen Goldsmith

New York City's former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith's resignation was reportedly the result of an arrest for domestic abuse, according to the New York Post.

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Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg Flip-Flops On Perp Walks As DSK Case Falls Apart

Jillian Rayfield | July 5, 2011, 6:03PM

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

As the case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears to be falling apart, so is something else really important: Mayor Michael Bloomberg's support for perp walks.

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Michael Bloomberg

NYC Investigation Into AZ Gun Show Finds Dealers Sold Guns Without Background Checks

David Taintor | January 31, 2011, 5:35PM

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday announced the results of an undercover investigation into a gun show in Arizona -- and that those results show just how simple it is to buy a gun there with minimal oversight.

According to the the Gun Show Undercover: Arizona report, undercover investigators successfully bought guns after telling unlicensed dealers, "I probably couldn't pass a background check." The investigation took place January 23 at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Phoenix.

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'Ground Zero Mosque'

Conservative Watchdog Sues NYC Mayor Over Contact With Muslim Groups

Rachel Slajda | December 14, 2010, 9:45AM

Mayor Bloomberg speaks in support of the Park51 project in August 2010

The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch has filed a petition with the New York State Supreme Court demanding that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg release all records of communication with the leader of the future Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan as well as a slew of other Muslim groups.

"Mayor Bloomberg's support for the Ground Zero mosque needs to be fully explored. New Yorkers are going to want to know how closely he's working with the radicals supporting the Ground Zero mosque," the president of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton, said in a press release. "It is troubling that the Mayor's office cannot be bothered to comply with the open records law. What is the Mayor's office hiding?"

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NY-GOV

GOP Aide, Charged With Stealing $1.1M From Bloomberg, Works For NY-GOV Candidate Paladino

Rachel Slajda | June 15, 2010, 8:43AM

NY Republican operative John Haggerty

John Haggerty, a New York Republican political operative who was indicted Monday for allegedly stealing $1.1 million from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign, was hired recently by gubernatorial candidate and TPM favorite Carl Paladino.

Paladino is the Tea Party candidate whose campaign took a beating after revelations that he regularly sent racist and sexually explicit emails to friends. It took so much of a beating, in fact, that delegates at the recent NY GOP convention voted that he not be allowed to speak.

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Michael Bloomberg

Top Bloomberg Aide Indicted For Allegedly Stealing Campaign Funds

Jillian Rayfield | June 14, 2010, 12:16PM

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg

The Manhattan District Attorney's office announced today that John F. Haggerty Jr., a top campaign operative for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has been indicted for allegedly stealing $1 million in campaign funds.

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Times Square

The Failed Times Square Bomb: What Do We Know (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | May 3, 2010, 10:12AM

The bomb squad at work in Times Square, May 1, 2010

At around 6:30 p.m. Saturday night, a green 1993 Nissan Pathfinder driving west on 45th street stopped west of Broadway in New York's Times Square.

T-shirt vendor Lance Orton noticed smoke coming out of the SUV and pointed it out to a police officer. He called backup, the area was evacuated, and the bomb squad came in. While several popping sounds emanated from the SUV, which filled with smoke, the makeshift bomb did not go off.

Here's what we know about the investigation and what happened:

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