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BLOOMBERG'S FIRST SIX MONTHS: APPLE'S 'CEO' GETS IT DONE HIS WAY
June 30, 2002 | 4:00amEver since Fiorello La Guardia read comics on the radio, classic New York mayors have acted larger than life by bellowing, "How'm I doin'?" to strangers or gleefully slamming critics...
MIKE: SCHOOLS BOSS TO BE HIRED BY SEPT.
June 29, 2002 | 4:00amThe city's public schools will have a new chancellor at the helm by September, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "The answer is yes. I mean, I hope so. I think so....
BLOOMY BOSSING AROUND AN EXPENSIVE CABINET
June 29, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg isn't the only wealthy occupant of City Hall these days. Several key advisers have racked up millions from shrewd investments or family legacies, according to financial disclosure forms...
AD BUT TRUE: APPLE SEEKS SCHOOL CHIEF VIA CLASSIFIEDS
June 27, 2002 | 4:00amHelp Wanted: Big city in need of new schools chancellor. Candidate must be top-notch manager and skilled politician. Glutton for punishment a plus. An aide to Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday...
BLOOMBERG WILL GRADE SCHOOLS
June 26, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is planning to issue a new report card to let the public know how schools are doing under his watch, including rating them on parent involvement, a top...
LANDLORDS NIX OFFER TO OWN UP TO BRIBES
June 21, 2002 | 4:00amManhattan property owners were recently offered the chance to revive their stalled tax appeals - but only if they revealed whether they had ever bribed an assessor, The Post has...
EX-TOP COP NEW SCHOOL PROBER
June 19, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg named a well-regarded former police commissioner as the new schools investigator yesterday, replacing the late Ed Stancik, whose outspoken, aggressive style defined the job for 12 years. Former...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG PLEDGED YESTERDAY TO SLASH THE SKY-HIGH COST OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
June 19, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg pledged yesterday to slash the sky-high cost of school construction in half - by building cookie-cutter-type schools that look the same in Bay Ridge as they do in...
MIKE TO KIN: BACK OFF - DEFENDS WTC LIAISON AMID HAIL OF CRITICISM[[
June 19, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg strongly defended his liaison to the Sept. 11 victims' family members yesterday, amid criticism from a string of relatives of those killed. Bloomberg spoke as some family-advocacy groups...
'PARTY'-POOPING BLOOMY WANTS NON-PARTISAN VOTING
June 18, 2002 | 4:00amVoters should decide in November whether to toss political parties out of city elections, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday - riling critics who accused him of fast-tracking the controversial change. "When...
CITY NIXES BUS-STRIKE TALKS
June 18, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday refused to get involved in the strike of Queens private bus companies, which has left 116,000 commuters scrambling to find rides. City officials said other transportation options...
MIKE FLOATS PUBLIC-TOILET PLAN
June 15, 2002 | 4:00amFlush with his school-control victory, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday he'd like to tackle another longtime problem: public toilets. "I think it's a great idea," Bloomberg said on his weekly WABC...
MAYOR WANTS JOHN Q. PUBLIC'S IDEAS FOR SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY
June 15, 2002 | 4:00amGot any ideas for how the city should mark the one-year observance of the Sept. 11 attacks? Mayor Bloomberg wants to hear from you. The city has set up a...
MIKE TAKES SCHOOL REINS - VOWS TO FAST-TRACK CHANCELLOR SEARCH
June 13, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg won the right to run New York City's public schools yesterday - and the revved-up mayor said he hopes to have a new chancellor ready to greet kids...
SILVER HITS TAX-FREE DAZE: SAYS STATE FLUBBED PUBLICIZING SALES-LEVY SUSPENSION
June 13, 2002 | 4:00amAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday said there were clearly problems publicizing this week's downtown sales-tax-free holiday - and he hopes officials do a better job so retailers won't ignore the...
PAY HIKE 'RAISES' $446M BUDGET PROBLEM
June 12, 2002 | 4:00amHefty raises in the new teachers contract will cost the city $446 million more in the future than it had planned to spend - even as the budget gaps grow...
W'BURG BRIDGE OPEN
June 11, 2002 | 4:00amThe city reopened the remaining two Manhattan-bound lanes on the crowded Williamsburg Bridge yesterday, completing a $202 million reconstruction more than a month early. Four lanes will now be open...
THOMPSON: MAYOR LOWBALLED NUMBERS
June 8, 2002 | 4:00amNew York City's financial woes are worse than Mayor Bloomberg predicted - with future budget gaps topping $4 billion unless spending slows, Comptroller William Thompson said yesterday. "Deficits facing the...
FDNY FIRES UP BID TO RECRUIT MINORITIES
June 5, 2002 | 4:00amThe Fire Department is launching a $2.7 million campaign to attract more minority and women recruits to boost their paltry ranks in New York's Bravest, officials announced yesterday. Posters emblazoned...
CITY IN VICIOUS RECYCLE - DEM EYES SUIT TO SAVE PROGRAM FROM SCRAPHEAP
June 4, 2002 | 4:00amA city councilman has asked state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to threaten Mayor Bloomberg with a lawsuit so he won't scrap much of the city's recycling program. "I am requesting...