The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.
New York's famous skyline may be getting a new addition: Wind turbines.
When Merrill Lynch announced last month that it would sell back its long-held stake in financial data provider Bloomberg L.P., chief executive John Thain was praised for moving aggressively to restore the firm's capital position and slim its bloated balance sheet.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a registered independent, talked with CNN's Campbell Brown about America's infrastructure, what scares them most and what can be done about the billion-dollar problem.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking
New York suspended all construction crane activity in the city Friday after a crane collapse on the Upper East Side killed two construction workers.
A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York's Upper East Side, smashing into a high-rise apartment building before crashing more than a dozen stories onto the street below
If you believe the rumors, it's as if Mayor Michael Bloomberg is having a midterm crisis.
The city's buildings commissioner resigned Tuesday, under fire from irate residents and the mayor over a rising number of deadly construction accidents
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that whoever wins the presidency in November, "at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and accomplish something."
The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.
New York's famous skyline may be getting a new addition: Wind turbines.
When Merrill Lynch announced last month that it would sell back its long-held stake in financial data provider Bloomberg L.P., chief executive John Thain was praised for moving aggressively to restore the firm's capital position and slim its bloated balance sheet.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a registered independent, talked with CNN's Campbell Brown about America's infrastructure, what scares them most and what can be done about the billion-dollar problem.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking
New York suspended all construction crane activity in the city Friday after a crane collapse on the Upper East Side killed two construction workers.
A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York's Upper East Side, smashing into a high-rise apartment building before crashing more than a dozen stories onto the street below
If you believe the rumors, it's as if Mayor Michael Bloomberg is having a midterm crisis.
The city's buildings commissioner resigned Tuesday, under fire from irate residents and the mayor over a rising number of deadly construction accidents
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that whoever wins the presidency in November, "at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and accomplish something."
Given Wall Street's meltdown, it comes as no surprise that many normally reasonable people would love to bind and gag the financial industry in red tape.
He was only the warm-up act for Sen. Barack Obama's economic speech in New York on Thursday, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg sparked plenty of speculation by sharing the stage with the Democratic presidential hopeful.
Three people were missing Sunday, a day after a crane collapsed, killing four construction workers on the east side of Midtown Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters.
Letters claiming responsibility for the bombing of a military recruiting station in New York's Times Square arrived in the Washington offices of several members of Congress on Thursday, just hours after the blast, authorities said.
A small but potentially fatal blast in Times Square snarls traffic and has eerie similarities to two previous unsolved attacks
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has publicly flirted with the idea of a run for the White House as an independent, said he will not run for president.
A sweeping new global report, released by the World Health Organization today in New York City, urges governments to get tough on the tobacco epidemic before it's too late
Two veteran political consultants form a committee to convince the billionaire New York City mayor to run for President as a third-party candidate
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will decide by early March whether he will pursue an independent bid for the White House, a source close to the mayor told CNN.
New York City is on course to mark the fewest homicides since records have been kept, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced Wednesday.
The lights of Broadway will shine brightly again after stagehands and producers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday evening, ending a 19-day strike.
The lights of Broadway will shine brightly again after stagehands and producers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday evening, ending a 19-day strike.
Merrill Lynch all but hung a "For Sale" sign today on its 20 percent holding of Bloomberg LP, the financial information company.
Bloomberg L.P., the news and financial services company, was accused by the federal government Thursday of discriminating against women who became pregnant and took maternity leave.
Two firefighters were killed Saturday while battling a blaze at a building just south of New York's ground zero, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, calling it "another cruel blow" to the city.
Strong winds and heavy rainstorms tore through the Big Apple early Wednesday, killing one person and wreaking havoc on the region's transit system and causing delays at two major airports.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a potential independent presidential candidate, pushes for performance-based merit pay for teachers in the nation's public schools
With the cleanup from a deadly steam pipe explosion expected to drag on for days, businesses in the "frozen zone" could lose hundreds of millions of dollars, a business leader said Friday
An explosion rocks New York, sending fear over a city that knows it is a target of terror
The air was declared clean, but the carcinogen asbestos was found in dust and debris hurled into midtown Manhattan by a steam pipe explosion the day before, New York City announced Thursday.
Political junkies are excited and electrified over a potential independent presidential bid by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and for good reason.
Is there popular support for a Michael Bloomberg presidential candidacy? The latest CNN-Opinion Research Corporation poll released Monday has the answer: Yes -- a surprising amount.
The specter of an all-New York November 2008 was raised when Bloomberg, a titular Republican since his 2001 mayoral run, announced last week that he was quitting the GOP to become an independent
There typically aren't a lot of political advertisements in odd years since there aren't any Congressional races and no presidential election. But this odd year is shaping up to be a bit odder than the most.
For all the frenzied speculation, the new independent has plenty of reasons not to make a Presidential bid
As an independent candidate for President, he wouldn't be afavorite. But he could hurt theDemocrats' chances
New York's mayor claims he has no plans to run for President. But his latest party change suggests he's toying with the idea
The New York City Mayor and California's Governor are doing the things that gridlocked Washington won't
The ubiquitous New York City yellow cab is going green.
Expressing dismay over the Republican Party's trajectory, Sen. Chuck Hagel said Sunday that an independent presidential bid would be good for the nation.
It can be frustrating finding a place to play golf in New York City. (Lugging clubs on the subway alone is sometimes half the problem.) So when the iconic island green comes to Manhattan island, you can expect it to draw a crowd.
As an oncoming nor'easter dumped heavy rains along the mid-Atlantic coast, Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged New Yorkers to use mass transit Monday and take other precautions.
After he had been ignominiously fired from a firm he loved, started a financial-information company that almost no one thought had a chance - and then triumphantly watched it change the landscape o...
Police worked Thursday to find out why a gunman wearing a fake beard shot a waiter and two volunteer police officers to death.
New York officials evacuated a number of buildings and shut down some trains after a mysterious gaslike odor was reported Monday.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg met Tuesday with the family of a man shot and killed by police early Saturday in an incident that has sparked community outrage and could lead to a federal investigation.
Construction at the World Trade Center site will continue despite discovery nearby of apparent remains of 9/11 victims, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.
Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Wednesday when the 34-year-old ballplayer's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building in New York, city and baseball team officials said.
Two new candidates from outside the NFL have emerged as the search for the National Football League's next commissioner narrowed to 11 semi-finalists in Detroit earlier this week.
New York's highest court will consider Wednesday whether New York City can grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has asked Time Warner Chairman and CEO Richard Parsons about running for mayor in 2009, according to a published report, but the media conglomerate chief reportedly said he isn't interested.
The Transport Workers Union's executive board voted Tuesday night in favor of a new contract with the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York City, union president Roger Toussaint announced.
Buses and subways in New York City were on the move again early Friday after the city's 33,000 mass transit workers returned to their posts following a three-day strike, although negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority continue.
Stocks looked poised to start higher Tuesday after economic reports pointed to surprising strength in the housing market and little inflationary pressure in the world's largest economy.
A judge ruled a strike by New York transit workers illegal on Tuesday afternoon, while millions of commuters battled their way home in frigid temperatures.
If New York City bus and subway workers strike when their contract expires at 12:01 a.m. ET Friday, there will be "no winners," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said as he described the contingency plan to deal with a possible mass transit shutdown.
A helium-filled balloon taking part in New York's annual Thanksgiving parade hit a lamppost near Times Square on Thursday, causing a light to fall and injure two sisters from Albany, officials said.
You know the classic definition of inflation? "Too much money chasing too few goods." Well, off-year elections provide fertile ground for a different kind of inflation: too many political pundits chasing too few items of significance.
Democrats scored big in Tuesday's off-year elections, keeping their grip on the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, while Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot proposals were soundly rejected in California.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday he and other city officials weren't about to wait until a security threat materialized before acting.
New York City police said Monday they will reduce the increased security measures put in place last week on the city's subways.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday stood by his decision to increase security after information from the FBI revealed a "specific threat" against the city's subway system, despite intelligence officials saying the information was not credible.
New York City's subway system was put under heightened alert Thursday after officials received information from the FBI about a "specific threat," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week answered a phone call at his home from a woman with a housing complaint.
Two makeshift bombs rigged from "novelty-type grenades" exploded in front of a building that houses the British Consulate and other offices early Thursday morning, officials said.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's free art display "The Gates" far surpassed expectations, attracting an estimated 4 million visitors to Central Park and generating $254 million for New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday.
They're the Gates that keep on giving.
A fierce winter storm virtually shut down parts of the Midwest and Northeast on Saturday, causing airlines to cancel about 3,000 flights and stranding 800 passengers in Philadelphia.
When it happens, you might think you're the only one who has been fired or suffered a setback in your career. In reality, you are far from alone -- some of the world's best and brightest have been sacked too.
The reviews are coming in. "Great performance!" "Exceeded all expectations!"
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire with no prior government experience, took over New York City four months after September 11. So far, his CEO mayoralty, if not beloved, has been praised for its efficiency. At City Hall on the eve of the GOP. Convention, Bloomberg spoke with TIME's Amanda Ripley about New Yorkers, anarchists and his first convention.
Thousands of protesters will face thousands of security officials at the Republican National Convention even before the event begins Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Anarchist, terrorist. Train, truck or bus. Whatever the threat, New York's finest say they are prepared.
Throwing a party is not usually the way to take a political stand.
He sits at half a desk in a room filled with desks, the desks crowded with crisp white shirts, the white shirts stuffed with senior officials, all of them chattering and clattering and on occasion ...
At $92.60 per vote, New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg is hardly the top bidder in the recent annals of self-financed political races. And, hey, when you figure the $69 million that he spent is mer...
If you could sit down for a heart-to-heart with any financial pro in the world, whom would you choose? That's the premise behind one of my favorite editorial franchises at MONEY, the Ultimate Inves...
Mike Bloomberg likes the sound of his own name. He plasters it everywhere, from his radio and television stations to the computer terminals that have made him a billionaire. It's even two of the th...
For almost two decades, media moguls have fought a war over who would supply news and data to the desktops of Wall Street. So far, Michael Bloomberg has prevailed. The sharky former general partner...
A new toy arrived in the mail recently, an oddly seductive palm-sized matte black device. Fiddling with the "Fine Tune" dial on this made-in-China portable radio revealed its insidious secret: It r...
By the time you get to the end of Bloomberg by Bloomberg, you may find that you admire Michael Bloomberg almost as much as he admires himself. After all, when Bloomberg was cut loose by Salomon Bro...
On this typically frantic Thursday morning in the Park Avenue office of Bloomberg LP, reporters hack at their computer screens, sending up-to-the-minute business news over the electronic highway to...
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