November 18, 2008 - Never let it be said that Mayor Bloomberg lacks for big ideas - or for an equally expansive, to say nothing of expanding, executive staff. As The Post's David Seifman reported yesterday, the...more >

By DAPHNE RETTER

November 18, 2008 - WASHINGTON - Members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team impressed Mayor Bloomberg during his visit to the nation's capital yesterday. "They asked all the right...more >

By SALLY GOLDENBERG

November 18, 2008 - City homeowners got some good news yesterday - the check might be in the mail. A top Bloomberg administration official acknowledged for the first time the $400 rebate checks can't be...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

November 17, 2008 - The head count in Mayor Bloomberg's office has swelled to the highest level of his seven-year tenure - prompting him to order a massive cut over the next 19 months, The Post has learned...more >

November 15, 2008 - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday made it clear that he will brook no opposition to his vision for New York, not even from the federal bench. This month, US District Court Judge Paul Crotty deep-sixed...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN and KATI CORNELL

November 15, 2008 - The mayors of three cash-strapped big cities yesterday asked for a cut of the $700 billion rescue package earmarked for financial institutions - a move Mayor Bloomberg said he'd back but...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

November 14, 2008 - City Comptroller Bill Thompson hasn't officially announced his mayoral ambitions, but he is acting as if he'll be a candidate. The Democrat is co-sponsoring a fund-raiser next month for...more >

COUNCIL OK ON WILLETS, LIC

By SALLY GOLDENBERG

November 14, 2008 - The City Council yesterday gave a thumbs-up to a pair of Mayor Bloomberg's pet projects intended to transform Queens industrial areas into sparkling new communities with more than 10,000...more >

HOW THE 'CRISIS' CAN HELP NY

By ADAM BRODSKY

November 14, 2008 - GIVEN all the grim economic and fiscal news, New Yorkers may be tempted to pity Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg for the "difficult" budget choices they're confronting. Here's a...more >

By STEVE CUOZZO

November 13, 2008 - UPPER West Siders should be afraid, very afraid, of the Department of Transportation brainstorm to make their neighborhood more friendly to strollers and bicyclists. The bubble-brained...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

October 31, 2008 - The city plans to buy up to 115 foreclosed homes to stabilize neighborhoods as part of a broader effort to help struggling New Yorkers, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. "We're not...more >

September 30, 2008 - Cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder's decision to back a one-time exception to the city's term-limit law for city pols, perhaps clearing the way to a third term for Mayor Mike, is timely and wise...more >

LIMIT ISSUE IS ACE UP HIS SLEEVE

By DAVID SEIFMAN

August 31, 2008 - THE possibility that Mayor Bloomberg will support an extension of term limits is going to provide him with a stronger hand than ever in his future dealings with the City Council. "They'll...more >

By YOAV GONEN

July 31, 2008 - The city plans to do some tinkering with its trade schools. Mayor Bloomberg announced an overhaul of the city's vocational schools yesterday to make them more academically challenging...more >

$LASHED GROUPS RIP CITY PLAN

By SALLY GOLDENBERG and DAVID SEIFMAN; By SALLY GOLDENBERG and DAVID SEIFMAN

June 30, 2008 - In an unprecedented Sunday meeting that stretched past 11 p.m., the City Council last night passed a new $59.1 billion budget that many members conceded would inflict pain on worthy nonprofits...more >

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May 30, 2008 - Mayor Bloomberg has no use for aides who write tell-alls like the one former White House press secretary Scott McClellan published. "I just hopefully hire people who are a little more...more >

April 30, 2008 - So far, Mayor Mike has skirted any sig nificant involvement in the City Council pork scandal. That may change. The Post's David Seifman reports today that the city Department of Investigation...more >

March 31, 2008 - New Yorkers are wary of congestion pricing - and they found even more reason to be last week. No sooner did a poll show New Yorkers guardedly supporting Mayor Bloomberg's plan to charge $8...more >

February 29, 2008 - Michael Bloomberg is not running for president. The mayor ended months of speculation - most of it instigated by his substantial stable of advisers - with a prominent New York Times column yesterday...more >

BIGWIGS ELBOW FOR ROOM ON PRIVATE JETS

By BRADEN KEIL and CHUCK BENNETT

January 31, 2008 - Super Bowl-bound corporate fat cats may have to suffer the indignity of flying lowly first class, as private jet charters are being snapped up at an unprecedented rate, aviation officials say. "...more >

BLOOMY CONFAB A BIG STEP IN 'RUN FOR PREZ'

By DAVID SEIFMAN in New York and DAPHNE RETTER in Washington

December 31, 2007 - He's frustrated with Washington gridlock and has money to burn - and next week, Mayor Bloomberg will meet with well-connected Democrats and Republicans who could help launch him as an independent...more >

By CHUCK BENNETT

November 29, 2007 - Queens businesses in the way of the mayor's massive redevelopment plan for Willets Point gave nearly $30,000 to a city councilwoman with the authority to block the project, campaign-finance...more >

October 31, 2007 - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday back tracked faster than a private jet to Bermuda on his startling declara tion that retired NYPD Det. James Zadroga - who died after working tirelessly at Ground Zero -...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

September 30, 2007 - WITHOUT fanfare, the Finance Department quietly resolved seven large open audits last year for an astonishing $581 million - more than the entire annual budget of most city agencies. The...more >

August 31, 2007 - THE ISSUE: The accountability of Fire Commissioner Nick Scoppetta for the recent FDNY deaths. In light of Fire Commissioner Nick Scoppetta's continued presence on the city's payroll, it'...more >

July 31, 2007 - It's been five years since Mayor Bloomberg announced the appointment of Joel Klein - a former federal anti-trust prosecutor and corporate CEO - as his new schools chancellor. Five years is a...more >

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and DAVID SEIFMAN

June 30, 2007 - Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, chief proponent of the Bloomberg-for-president movement, has been calling former city employees and political consultants to determine if they'd be interested in...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief

May 31, 2007 - Mayor Bloomberg and City Council leaders are looking to increase the size of his proposed 5 percent property-tax cut to as much as 8.5 percent, The Post has learned. Sources said city officials also...more >

STIRS PREZ-BID RUMOR

By FREDRIC U. DICKER

April 30, 2007 - FURTHER fueling speculation he'll run for president, Mayor Bloomberg has canceled an expected appearance at a major GOP fund-raising dinner featuring White House hopefuls Rudy Giuliani and John...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

March 31, 2007 - It turns out Mayor Bloomberg wasn't just spinning everyone's wheels when he voiced second thoughts recently about signing a bill regulating pedicabs - yesterday he vetoed the legislation...more >

By STEPHANIE GASKELL and FREDRIC U. DICKER

February 28, 2007 - Ushering in a new class of children's caseworkers, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday called on state lawmakers to give them the authority to do criminal-background checks on parents being investigated...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

January 28, 2007 - MAYOR Bloomberg is about to drop a $250,000 bomb on a fiercely contested special election on Long Island that could shape the power structure of the state Senate. The Feb. 6 contest to fill...more >

December 30, 2006 - Food-pantry photo-ops are a holiday cliché for most politicians - and certainly there has been no shortage of such officials around town lately, helping hand out food to poor folks. But surely they...more >

November 30, 2006 - Thank you for bringing clarity and fact to this tragic situation ("Mike's Excess," Bob McManus, PostOpinion, Nov. 29). The rhetoric uttered by the usual suspects does nothing to...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

October 31, 2006 - EXCLUSIVE
In a surprising pullback, Mayor Bloomberg has asked agency heads to draw up plans to scale back spending on announced construction projects, The Post has learned. One source said the...more >

By KENNETH LOVETT

September 30, 2006 - Gov. Pataki is lobbying to have Mayor Bloomberg take over chairmanship of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation - a move aimed at keeping gubernatorial hopeful Eliot Spitzer from fiddling with...more >

GIVES GOP $2M

By KENNETH LOVETT Post Correspondent

August 17, 2006 - ALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg is the soft-money king of New York - having ponied up $2 million to the state GOP, a report due today shows. The billionaire mayor not only has given the largest single...more >