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Livestrong Quarterly: Hizzoner Health - Keeping NYC Healthy and Strong
Livestrong.org
LiveStrong Quarterly, the print publication of Lance Armstrong's LiveStrong Foundation, has a cover story in its August edition highlighting Mike's public health initiatives as an example for the Nation.
Editorial: A Monument to Tolerance At Ground Zero
NY Times
The New York Times writes: Mayor Bloomberg noted in his speech that in the United States and in "the freest city in the world," the owners of the building have the right to use their property as a house of worship. "The government has no right whatsoever to deny that right," he said. We agreed with his assessment that the lawsuits being threatened against the mosque should be easily thrown out.
My Commitment to Giving
GivingPledge.org
The reality of great wealth is that you can't spend it and you can’t take it with you. For decades, I've been committed to giving away the vast majority of my wealth to causes that I'm passionate about - and that my children are passionate about.
Op-Ed: Terror Suspects Are Buying Guns, and the FBI Can't Stop Them
HuffingtonPost.com
It's amazing but true: we can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn't have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47. It is time to close the 'Terror Gap' in our gun laws.
Op-Ed: 11 Years After Columbine, It's Time for Congress to Act
HuffingtonPost
11 years after Columbine, the Gun Show Loophole in federal law remains wide open. So, today, the coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns that I co-chair with Mayor Tom Menino of Boston, now more than 500 mayors strong, is proud to join the Columbine and Virginia Tech families' effort by releasing new television ads which are running both nationally and in key states, calling on Congress to finally close the Gun Show Loophole.
Editorial: Mayor Bloomberg’s Island
NY Times
Unnable to carry its share of the costs, the New York State government has ceded responsibility for revitalizing Governors Island to New York City — which is exactly where the responsibility belongs.
Op-Ed: A Last Chance for the Trade Center to Rise Again
NY Times
After years of false starts and broken promises, we have reached a defining moment in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.
Chronicle Of Philanthrophy: 50 Most Generous Americans of 2009
Chronicle Of Philanthropy
While the bad economy slowed the amount wealthy people gave in multimillion-dollar donations to charities, the hard times triggered an outpouring of creative giving.
Op-Ed: Armstrong, Bloomberg: Cutting the Cost of Cancer
Newsweek
Cancer isn't just emotionally devastating. New research shows that the global economic toll is huge. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Op-Ed: Bloomberg, Kean: FBI Needs Gun Data to Prevent Terrorist Attacks
Washington Post
The news from Fort Hood shocked the nation: American soldiers shot on American soil. Thirteen dead and 38 injured. It was almost too terrible to believe. Almost.
At Bloomberg LP, Modest Strategy to Rule the World
NY Times
Bloomberg now has 142 journalists in Washington, 196 in Tokyo and 30 in Paris. It recently opened bureaus in Nigeria, Ghana and Cyprus. It has won numerous journalism awards and has offered some of the shrewdest coverage of the financial crisis over the last couple of years.
NY Daily News Endorses Bloomberg for Mayor 2009
NY Daily News
If you believe that preserving the quality of life, maintaining scandal-free government and pulling the city through tough economic times are more important than expressing anger, get to your polling place and vote for Bloomberg.
NY Post Endorses Bloomberg for Mayor 2009
NY Post
Mike Bloomberg has been a competent -- sometimes brilliant -- steward of a successful city that not so long ago was deemed ungovernable. He has earned four more years.
New York Times Endorses Bloomberg for Mayor 2009
NY Times
The real test of any mayor is how well the city works. In his eight years in office, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has managed to make the unpredictable city of New York work astonishingly well.
Mike Bloomberg Owns This Town
New York Magazine
With shrewdness and luck, an imperious idea of democracy, and plenty of money, the mayor has made himself the only political player in New York who really matters.
Op-Ed: My big parking promises: Mayor Bloomberg serves up a plan for N.Y.C. drivers
NY Daily News
I've always believed that one of government's core responsibilities is finding innovative new ways to cut bureaucratic red tape and make it easier for people to get answers and results - quickly.
In MTV Style, Mayor Urges New Yorkers to Get Out and Volunteer
NY Times
Heeding President Obama’s call for boosting Americans’ engagement in civic service, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Monday a sweeping plan to encourage volunteerism among city residents.
Op-Ed: Bloomberg, Rivera: Healthcare Reform Is Too Important to Fail
HuffingtonPost.com
We need everyone's participation and everyone's good ideas if we are to reform the fragmented system we have today. In our respective roles as Mayor and leader of the nation's largest union of nurses, doctors and healthcare workers, we have worked tirelessly to improve the health care of our city residents and fellow New Yorkers.
Op-Ed: No More Excuses at Ground Zero
Wall Street Journal
Progress on the redevelopment of the World Trade Center has been frustratingly slow, owing in large part to a multilayered governance structure that has undermined accountability from the get-go. The city does not own or control the site, but we do control the streets around it. For those who widen their gaze, the rebirth of Lower Manhattan is impossible to miss.
The Revolutionary
Newsweek
Newsweek Magazine profiles Mayor Bloomberg's impact on New York City, and the nation.
Bloomberg: The CEO Mayor
Business Week
How New York's Mike Bloomberg is creating a new model for public service that places pragmatism before politics
Bloomberg & Schwarzenegger: The New Action Heroes
Time Magazine
Time profiles Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Schwarzenegge's unique approach to non-partisan governing - they're doing big things that Washington has failed to do...
Bloomberg LP is a Prodigious Success and Just Keeps Getting Stronger
Fortune
There's power in that name. The man, Michael Bloomberg, runs New York City and may have even grander ambitions. The company, Bloomberg LP, is a prodigious success and just keeps getting stronger.
Op-Ed: Bloomberg, Jeb Bush: How to Help Our Students
Washington Post
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 sent an enormously important message to politicians and educators across America: Stop making excuses for low student achievement and start holding your schools accountable for results.
Op-Ed: On Immigration, It's Time to Get Real
Wall Street Journal
In every decade there is a critical domestic issue that shapes our political life for decades to come. In the 1960s, it was civil rights; in the 1980s, crime and drugs; and in the 1990s, welfare dependency. Today, it is immigration.
Shanah tovah u'metukah. Wishing you all a sweet and happy new year.
about 20 hours ago
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