Tag Archives: Michael Bloomberg

Gothamist reports that the mayor’s office shut down yesterday’s vibrator giveaway by Trojan. They were cockblocked! The masses of men and women left unsatisfied after the Bloomberg Administration’s Great Free Vibrator Cockblocking of 2012 are still unfulfilled—but Trojan says they’re trying to get their toy giveaway buzzing again. And City Hall sounds like they are trying to do everything they …

Today NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he would not stand in the way of Chick-Fil-A opening any new franchises here. Presently the chain only has the above “express” counter in the downtown NYU food court. “They’re all friends but I disagree with them really strongly on this one,” Mr. Bloomberg said of his mayoral colleagues. “You can’t have a …

As public hearings and controversy continue over NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed “Big Gulp Ban,” the Department of Health is about to launch a “massive poll” on binge drinking. “Issues to be explored include behavior patterns around unhealthy alcohol consumption and awareness of existing alcohol-related laws and standards,’’ the department told bidders hoping to conduct the poll. The poll, which …

It’s going on right now and insiders predict that the ban will pass despite Big Soda’s massive ad campaign. Famously snarky Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz makes an appearance below in full character.

Earlier today I mentioned that same-sex marriage became legal in New York state exactly one year today. Just hitting my in-box is the below message from Mayor Bloomberg. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta and New York City Clerk Michael McSweeney today announced that one year after the enactment of …

The “grassroots” group New Yorkers For Beverage Choices is firing up their anti-Bloomberg campaign in advance of tomorrow’s “Big Gulp Hearing” by the Department of Health. Gothamist is smirking over the authentic New York City accents in the below radio ad. This week cinema employees are wearing t-shirts bearing the snarky slogan, “I picked out my soda all by myself!”

“Instead of the two people – President Obama and Governor Romney – talking in broad things about (how) they want to make the world a better place, okay, tell us how. And this is a real problem. No matter where you stand on the Second Amendment, no matter where you stand on guns, we have a right to hear from …

Five years ago NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the Department of Health to ban trans fats in all city restaurants. It was the first such edict by any American city. Yesterday a city-funded study reported that the ban is having a dramatic effect on the amount of trans fats consumed by diners. A new analysis of thousands of lunch receipts, …

Because people crammed two and three to a 400sf apartment are living too large, apparently. City officials unveiled a competition Monday to develop a new breed of teensier, tinier “micro-units” even more cramped than what is generally built today. “We’re inviting the private sector to creatively answer this challenge: Come up with innovative models for buildings that offer apartments with …

(Via Gothamist)

As the thermometer teases triple-digits and subway platforms bake at 120+ degrees, Mayor Bloomberg has ordered the opening of the city’s 455 “cooling centers” for those without air conditioning. Last year’s July heat wave killed 31 city residents, mostly seniors. Meanwhile, we’re on a brown-out alert. An excessive heat warning has been issued for New York City and the metropolitan …

The three month public comment period on Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on “large sugared drinks” has commenced. And Starbucks is trying to figure out how, if at all, the pending law might affect them. Officials in City Hall and in Seattle said they were unsure how those rules might affect the Starbucks family of syrupy, milkshake-style coffee drinks, catnip to …

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is backing Bloomberg’s proposed ban on large servings of sugary drinks. “Sugary drinks, like soda, fruit drinks and sweetened teas, are the single largest sources of sugar in the American diet,” Nutter said, according to the text of his speech. “On average, Americans drink 20 ounces of soda a day,” he said, adding that Bloomberg’s proposed …

The astroturf Center For Consumer Freedom today published the above full-page ad in the New York Times. The text: THE NANNY: You Only Thought You Lived In The Land Of The Free. Bye Bye Venti. Nanny Bloomberg has taken his strange obsession with what you eat one step further. He now wants to make it illegal to serve “sugary drinks” …

Bloomberg wants your Big Gulp but he didn’t mind issuing a proclamation recognizing today as National Donut Day.

As part of his latest anti-obesity campaign, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed banning the sale of sugared drinks in quantities larger than 16 ounces. The ban is expected to be rubber-stamped by Bloomberg’s appointed heads of the Health Department. The city’s proposed ban on sugary drinks would apply to service in nearly all restaurants, movie theaters and street food …

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s just-issued budget reveals massive cuts to programs that serve the city’s burgeoning homeless youth population. The $7M annual budget reduction means as many as 160 youth shelter beds will be eliminated. Ali Forney Center founder Carl Siciliano reacts: “These cuts create an even bigger crisis for the LGBT teens who are thrown out of their homes …

In order to fight the mosquito-borne West Nile virus and armed with a recently-tweaked city ordinance, the New York City Health Department is issuing $300 tickets to people with “standing water” on their property. That includes birdbaths. In a city where Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has all but banned smoking and waged war on soda and trans fats, some New …

“If you really intellectually start thinking about it, we protect people from hurting themselves, if they’re trying to jump off a bridge we restrain them. Should you really do it with smoking? We’re not gonna do it with smoking. Our job is to inform people and then let them make decisions based on the risks that they want to take …