Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'lameduck'
May 20, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg's annoyed response to a Newsday reporter's question last week (or was it his disdain at a different press conference the week before) has seemingly inspired Diane Cardwell's section A NY Times article, "As Term Wanes, Bloomberg’s Temper Boils Up." Apparently lame duck status coupled with many of his pet projects failing or on the brink of failure, Bloomberg is getting more testy that usual. Or, as Cardwell puts it, he's been more......
Continue Reading "Bloomberg Getting Bloomies in a Bunch More Often"April 14, 2008
Is Mayor Bloomberg tired of being called a lame duck? A source says the billionaire may consider asking that term limits be revised so he could run for a third time. The sources says Bloomberg is "50-50" on that idea, which would involve the City Charter being revised. But past talk--from Rudy Giuliani after September 11--of ending term limits has been unpopular. And mayoral spokesman Stu Loeser said, "The mayor is absolutely not seeking a......
Continue Reading "Four More Years? Third Term Rumors for Bloomberg"
