Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg accepts The National Mayoral Leadership Award from The U.S. Conference of Mayors.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced today that the 5,000th graduate from the City’s innovative career development program, Learning To Work, will earn his or her high school diploma by the end of this month.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the New York City unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in March, the lowest since comparable data collection began in 1976, according to the New York State Department of Labor.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the creation of the Mayor’s Office of Industrial and Manufacturing Businesses to support New York City’s industrial sector.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that an estimated 44 million people from around the country and the world visited New York City in 2006.... continue

The city's unemployment rate has now fallen to 4.1%, the lowest it has ever been since recordkeeping began three decades ago. Since this comes at a time when the number of people working in the city is more than 3.6 million, also an all-time high, we know that the good old days were never this good.... continue

New York's astonishing building surge continues apace as projects that long seemed laughably impossible take shape all over town.... continue

New York is experiencing its biggest building boom in many decades. All across the city, projects large and small are renewing neighborhoods and creating jobs at stunning rates. The surge is so large that every sector of construction - from housing to commercial buildings to public works - is growing in all five boroughs, a phenomenon not seen since the 1920s.... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg Delivers the 2006 State Of The City Address "A Blueprint For New York City’s Future."... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today signed Executive Order 71 to increase the use of minority and women-owned businesses in City contracting. The Order directs the City’s Department of Small Business Services (SBS) to establish a goals-based program for City agencies and their prime contractors to increase the pool of minority and women-owned businesses that are employed when government contracts are available.... continue

"Over the last four years, our Administration has created and implemented an overarching vision for Lower Manhattan’s future and we’ve brought downtown back from the effects of September 11th," said Mayor Bloomberg. "We’ve established priorities and along with our partners in State government, we’re making investments that are attracting new businesses downtown and ensuring that the area will have a great future."... continue

New York City’s economy is strong and getting stronger. The city’s unemployment rate is lower than it was before 9/11. During the last quarter, our economy grew faster than the nation’s. Success usually has a way of building on itself...... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg today announced the selection of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. to develop the East River Science Park into the largest commercial bioscience center in New York City.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the selection of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. to develop the East River Science Park into the largest commercial bioscience center in New York City.... continue

"Today — one day short of 42 months after 9/11 — our economy has surged back, and is growing stronger."... continue

Members Representing Contractors, Unions and Developers Will Work To Ensure Development Projects Create Opportunities for All New Yorkers... continue

"From the start, we’ve pursued a strategy with three key elements: Making New York more livable, more economically diverse, and more business-friendly."... continue

"For decades, our city’s fortunes have been intimately tied to the performance of Wall Street, which is so susceptible to steep highs and sudden lows. Our commitment to diversify our economic base liberates us from these potentially dramatic swings. And by investing in other industries – which are not fixed to Manhattan – we’re spreading economic opportunity to the other four boroughs and creating a brighter future for all New Yorkers."... continue

"Today, we are launching a comprehensive industrial policy that involves designing new business zones and creating new incentives to encourage long-term investment in manufacturing, warehousing and other industrial businesses throughout the five boroughs," said Mayor Bloomberg.... continue

The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg’s 2005 State of the City Address as delivered at Hostos Community College in the Bronx.... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2004 State of the City Address.... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2003 State Of The City Address... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today outlined his vision for Lower Manhattan which included proposals for opening the waterfront to the public, increasing affordable housing, and ensuring Lower Manhattan’s future as a leader in the global economy.... continue

The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg’s 2002 State of the City Address.... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Inaugural Speech.... continue