Our new $150 million initiative will include a new Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, where mayors, city hall staff, and policy experts will come together to collaborate. There will also be expanded programming and resources for new mayors designed to help them hit the ground running, because so much is riding on their shoulders. The center will be a place where mayors will learn not only from each other, but from a wide range of leaders offering their expertise in practice, governance, and research from across Harvard and across disciplines.

The gravest emergency to confront the U.S. in decades has fallen on the watch of a uniquely unfit president. At a time when the world should be looking to the White House for wisdom and leadership, it finds only Donald Trump’s characteristic blend of incompetence and dishonesty.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Network of Support for Mayors Responding to the Public Health Crisis – Leveraging Collaborations with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

I believe that this is a country where anything is possible. And I believe that we have the power to build a future where color and capital are no longer related. That is the future I want to leave my grandchildren – and that is the future that I will work for and build as president.

Remarks as Delivered Washington, DC “Steve, thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. “Let me start with a special thanks to Tom Cochran and his staff for putting this all together. “When I was first elected mayor it was just two months after 9/11, and Tom brought the Conference’s winter meeting to New York. “That really […]

Remarks as Delivered Tysons, Virginia “Laurie thank you so much. I’d like to thank all the elected officials who made time to be here, particularly the Governor who really is doing a great job. I’m a big fan. We stand for a lot of the same things, and you’re actually accomplishing something. “I ran for […]

“Thank you, Reverend Sharpton, and happy King Day everyone. “It’s great to be here with all of you, and let me thank Mayor Bowser for having us. My foundation has been glad to work with Mayor Bowser on some big issues. “I think she’s doing an outstanding job, and isn’t it nice that Washington has […]

Bloomberg Philanthropies selected five cities to receive up to $1 million each as part of the second Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, a program that aims to foster creative collaboration, address civic issues, and support local economies through public art. More than 200 cities submitted proposals addressing a range of pressing issues and social themes […]

In June 2017, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched a $200 million effort called the American Cities Initiative with the goal of funding new ways for city leaders to collaborate with each other and improve their residents’ lives. Making metro-level progress (and collectively) is becoming harder but perhaps more vital. States may preempt local decisions around minimum wage […]

Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new round of its Public Art Challenge. Mayors of U.S. cities with 30,000 residents or more are invited to apply for up to $1 million in funding for temporary public art projects that address important civic issues. Submissions for dynamic works of art across all disciplines will be considered. Proposed […]