September 25, 2009 @ 7:01 pm
Reading List: Bloomberg’s Helicopter Ride, The Mayor Lays Off 300 City Workers
* After touting environmentally friendly policies like painting the roofs of city buildings white to make them more energy efficient, Bloomberg has come under criticism for taking a helicopter flight from New York to New Jersey to attend a U2 concert. Also, the pilot took a test flight there before the mayor came aboard, which means quite a bit of fuel was wasted for the trip.
* Elizabeth Benjamin reports that Bloomberg has launched a negative television ad against Thompson.
* Is Michael Bloomberg a financial wizard? Not if you ask the 300 city workers that were laid off today due to budget cuts, reports The Daily News
* A third set of answers from Joyce Purnick about Bloomberg.
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