The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg
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Manzoni, Piero, 338
maple syrup mystery, 151–52
marijuana, 102, 211
Marist Poll, 295
Market Master, see Bloomberg Terminals
Markowitz, Marty, 292–93
Mark-Viverito, Melissa, 281
Masland Carpets and Rugs, 32
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 181, 266, 269, 270
Mastro, Randy, 240
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, 340
Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics (Mayor’s Geek Squad), 157–59, 166
Mayor’s Office of Operations, 161
McBath, Lucy, 367
McCain, John, 248
McDonnell, Robert, 205
McKinsey & Company, 179
McLaughlin, George, 12
McNickle, Chris, 96, 215
Meagher, Gerard, 142–43
Medford, Mass., 11–12, 169
Medford High School, 19–21
Memphis, Tenn., 284
Menchini, Gino, 154, 155
Me Too movement, 88
Merrill Lynch & Co., 53–55, 57, 62–63, 65, 123
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 121
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 116, 224
Mexico, 279
Mexico City, 344–45
Micklethwait, John, 319–21
Microsoft, 118, 172, 271
Mider, Zachary, 319
Midler, Bette, 112, 298
Mid Ocean Club, 96
midterm elections of 2018, 5, 362, 366–67
Miller, Arthur, 121
Miller, Gifford, 141, 241
Miller, Lynden, 241
Miller, Michael, 62, 65–66
Minor, Paul K., 79
Mississippi, 145–46
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 181, 266, 269, 270
Mitchell, John, 174
Mithras, 324
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, 340
Money.net, 50, 329
Monserrate, Hiram, 184
Moriarty, Edmond, 53
Moses, Robert, 223, 258
Moss, Mitchell, 93, 228, 254
Move NY, 262
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 92
MSNBC, 320
Mulgrew, Michael, 182
Mullen, Michael, 356
Municipal Art Society, 230
murder rates, 196, 212
Murdoch, Rupert, 186, 288
Murmuration, 85
Murray, Robert, 352
Museum of Natural History, 250
Museum of Science (Boston), 14–17, 30, 59
Museum of the City of New York, 171
Muslim community, 200
and Islamic center near World Trade Center site, 33, 200–201, 298
My Brother’s Keeper, 281, 299
NAACP, 13, 27, 182
Nadelstern, Eric, 183
National Organization for Women, 80
National Rifle Association (NRA), 7, 188, 197, 202–3, 206, 249, 296, 340, 368
National September 11 Memorial & Museum, 234–37, 298
Nazis, 348–50
New Jersey, 152
New York, 102, 172
New York City, 127, 129–30, 222
blackout of 2003 in, 160–61
blizzard of 2010 in, 162, 301
budget of, 116, 134–35, 140, 225, 239, 249, 264, 283, 296
building and development in, 222–37, 297
business diversification in, 264–65
campaign financing system in, 103–4
Central Park in, 83, 118, 231, 239, 277, 293, 337
CityTime scandal in, 153, 163–66, 300
crime in, see crime
as digital city, 151, 166
High Line in, 223, 238–44, 297
homeless in, see homelessness
housing in, see housing
as laboratory for urban reform, 133
maple syrup smell in, 151–52
911 system in, 152–54, 159–63, 296, 305
parks in, see parks
partisanship in, 286–87
pedestrian plazas in, 256–57, 297
pedestrians in, 253–54
police in, see New York City Police Department
poverty in, see poverty
public health in, see public health issues
Republican National Convention in, 85, 211, 245
rezoning of, 225, 229, 230, 242, 244, 297
rich buyers in, 229–31
schools in, see education and schools
sewers in, 157–58
skyscrapers in, 229–32, 297
stadium plans for, 134, 224, 225, 227–28, 239, 293, 297–98
Stock Exchange in, 134, 224–25, 268
subways in, see subways
taxes in, see taxes
tech companies in, 152, 167, 271, 298
term limits in, 250, 264, 285, 287–92, 294, 295
terrorist attacks in, see terrorist attacks
311 system in, 85, 95, 134, 151–52, 154–57, 159, 215, 292, 296
Times Square in, 199, 223, 256–57, 277
tourism in, 113, 265, 297, 343
transportation in, see transportation
waterfront of, 222, 276, 297
World Trade Center in, see World Trade Center
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 158
New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), 153–55
New York City Department of Investigation, 163, 164
New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), 155
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), 119, 161, 240, 265
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), 300
New York City Police Department (NYPD), 165, 196, 202, 206, 299, 305
CompStat and, 198, 215
Kelly as commissioner of, 8, 33, 116, 196–200, 204, 206, 208–12, 245, 296, 299
911 system and, 152–54, 159–63, 296
stop and frisk policies and, 4, 8, 32, 196–98, 206–12, 299, 339
see also crime
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, 259
New York Daily News, 33, 97, 132, 167, 185, 186, 192, 267, 281, 288
New Yorker, 218
New York Federal Reserve, 60
New-York Historical Society, 98
New York Jets, 227
New York Mets, 134, 224, 225, 298
New York Observer, 368
New York Post, 87, 113, 121, 186, 255, 260, 288, 294, 306, 314
New York Public Interest Research Group, 291
New York Software Industry Association, 153
New York State Board of Regents, 170
New York Stock Exchange, 134, 224–25, 268
New York Times, 7, 9, 41, 42, 64, 67–70, 85, 97, 99, 103, 109, 121, 134, 135–36, 174, 182, 193, 245, 248, 257, 277, 281, 286–87, 297, 303, 312, 314, 316, 317, 320, 339, 343, 353, 357
term limits and, 285, 288–90, 292
New York University (NYU), 175–76, 187, 228, 254, 268
New York Yacht Club, 96
New York Yankees, 134, 224, 225, 252, 297–98
Nicholas II of Russia, 13
Nina’s Dandy, 351
9/11 attacks, see September 11 attacks
911 telephone system, 152–54, 159–63, 296, 305
Norris, Floyd, 64, 69–70
North Carolina, 145–46
Norville, Deborah, 185
Nutter, Michael, 303, 341
NYC Park Advocates, 73
Oak Hill Capital Partners, 226
Obama, Barack, 194, 237, 274, 275, 281, 299, 312, 352, 356, 363
obesity, 145–47, 149, 332, 335, 339
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, 359
oceans, 84, 336
Offit, Morris, 39–40
Ognibene, Tom, 248
Old Town Bar, 142–43
Old Vic, 121
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 239
Olszewski, Mary Ann, 78
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Olympics, 117, 225–28, 239
Onassis, Jackie, 50
Operation House Boat, 276
Oportunidades, 279
Opportunity NYC—Family Rewards, 279–80
Orcutt, Jon, 255
Orlando, Fla., 353
Orman, Suze, 185
O’Rourke, Beto, 361
Orszag, Peter, 312
Ossorio, Sonia, 80
Page, Mark, 246
Pakistan, 200
Paley, Babe, 226
Palin, Sarah, 145
Paris, 239
Paris Agreement, 347–49, 365
Paris to Pittsburgh, 353
parks, 118, 147, 222, 223, 238–39, 276, 279, 296, 297
Central Park, 83, 118, 239, 277, 293, 337
High Line, 223, 238–44, 297
Union Square Park, 118
Parsons, Richard, 278, 287, 289
Partnership for New York City, 113, 133, 288
Pataki, George, 97–98, 108, 146, 176, 232
Patterson, Janel, 240
Paulson, Hank, 263
Pay for Success systems, 219–20
Pearl Harbor attack, 20
Pearlstine, Norman, 307
pedestrian plazas, 256–57, 297
pedestrians, 253–54, 335–36
Peduto, Bill, 348, 353
PEG (program to eliminate the gap), 134
Penn, Mark, 109
Pepsi, 145–47, 149
Perry, Jay, 40, 42, 44, 45
Peters, Mark, 163
Peterson, Peter, 329
Peyton-Jones, Julia, 337–38
Piano, Renzo, 322
Phibro, 45
Phi Kappa Psi, 24–25, 27
Philadelphia, Pa., 284, 299
Philadelphia Inquirer, 316
philanthropy, 85
of Bloomberg, 2–5, 22–23, 30, 59, 82–84, 93–94, 122, 139, 191, 219, 234–35, 289, 304, 306, 331–46, 351, 353, 355, 369
Pinsky, Seth, 265–67
PlaNYC, 222, 256, 298, 350
Polakow-Suransky, Shael, 185
police, see New York City Police Department
Polk Award, 316
Pope, Carl, 350–51, 353
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 233, 235–36
Potomac River Generating Station, 351
poverty, 4, 139, 223, 272–84, 299, 305, 336, 342
among black and Hispanic youths, 274, 280–81
Center for Economic Opportunity and, 279
food stamps and, 274, 279, 300, 342
Opportunity NYC—Family Rewards program and, 279–80
vocabulary and, 341–42
Young Men’s Initiative and, 274, 280–81, 299
see also homelessness
presidential elections:
of 2008, 286–87
of 2016, 352, 356–57, 363
of 2020, 3, 5, 6, 353–54, 355, 357–61, 368
Preska, Loretta, 79–80
Princeton University, 85, 269
prison, see jails
Project Reconnect, 277
property taxes, 135–36, 140, 245–47, 264
rebates on, 246–47
Providence, R.I., 341
Pruitt, Scott, 352
Public Art Fund, 289
Public Authorities Control Board, 227–28
public health issues, 4, 95, 117, 127, 138–50, 284, 296, 332, 350–51
air quality, 149, 256, 296, 298, 339, 350–52
alcohol, 147–48
circumcision, 139, 148, 296
condom use, 143
guns as, 202
life expectancy, 150, 296
obesity, 145–47, 149, 332, 335, 339
restaurant grades, 147, 296
salt, 143–44
smoking, 135, 139–43, 147, 149, 202, 215, 249, 292, 296, 332, 335, 339, 343
soft drinks, 145–47, 149, 339
trans fats, 143, 149, 296
water quality, 149, 224, 299, 339
public safety, see crime; terrorist attacks
Puerto Rican community, 94, 206
Pulitzer Prize, 310, 316, 319
Purdue University, 268
Purnick, Joyce, 34
Quakers, 201
Quartz, 314
Queens Collegiate, 174
Quilted Giraffe, 50–51
Quinn, Christine, 290, 291
Quinn, Robert, 35, 39
Quinnipiac University Poll, 97
Quintana, Jasper Michael Brown, 86
Quotron, 49, 65
Racquet and Tennis Club, 96
Randall’s Island, 73
Randall’s Island Sports Foundation, 73
Rauf, Feisal Abdul, 201
Ravitch, Diane, 188
Ravitch, Richard, 89, 90
Read, Susan P., 146–47
Reagan, Ronald, 49, 360
Recession, Great, 123, 134, 157, 221, 224, 263–64, 283, 290, 296
recycling, 134–35, 298, 341
Refinitiv, 329
Reflecting Absence, 235–37
Regents Exams, 279
Regional Plan Association, 119
Reilly, Rick, 194
Reinking, Ann, 86
religious freedom, 200–201, 286, 350
Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 175
Reuters, 52, 62, 67, 316, 320
Republican National Convention (2004), 85, 211, 245
Republican Party, 92, 94, 97, 105, 111, 115, 135, 221, 232, 249, 329, 362, 365–67
Bloomberg and, 94, 127, 170, 248, 261, 275, 286, 355–56
education and, 169, 170
restaurants:
grease from, 158
letter grades for, 147, 296
salt and, 143–44
trans fats and, 143, 149, 296
Rice, Condoleezza, 33
Richardson, Ben, 316, 317
Riker, Richard, 213–14
Rikers Island, 213–20, 300
Robertson, Julian, 304
Robin Hood Foundation, 85
Robinson, Christopher, 217
Rodriguez, Ydanis, 268
Romans, ancient, 324
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 20, 270
Roosevelt Island, 267–70
Cornell Tech on, 152, 167, 225, 267–71, 298
Rosenfeld, Steven B., 126
Rosenthal, Andrew, 257, 312
Rosenthal, Richard, 42–46, 190
Ross Global Academy, 177
Rubens, Ettie (grandmother), 13
Rubens, Max (grandfather), 13
Rubenstein, Howard J., 289
Rubin, James, 312
Ruhle, Stephanie, 73
Russia, 230, 365
Russianoff, Gene, 291
Sadik-Khan, Janette, 255–58, 343
St. John’s University, 197
St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation, 289
sales tax, 135
Salk, Mary Jane, 121
salmonella, 147
Salomon, William R. “Billy” (“WRS”), 36, 39–40, 45
Salomon Brothers, 35–47, 52, 58, 76, 85, 101, 190
Bloomberg at, 3, 35–47
Bloomberg fired from, 3, 45–47, 48, 190
computers at, 44–45
floor plan at, 38, 66, 72
Phibro’s acquisition of, 45
salt, 143–44
same-sex marriage, 88, 98, 127, 286, 298, 359
Sanders, Bernie, 359
Sandhogs, 86, 224
Santamaria, Anthony, 110–11
Santa Monica, Calif., 342
Scheindlin, Shira, 196, 209–10
Schepps, Dorothy Rubin, 19, 21
Schiro, Dora, 217
Schoen, Doug, 92
schools, see education and schools
Schumer, Charles, 115, 247–48, 252, 254, 258, 268, 295
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 250, 263
Schwarzman, Stephen, 329
Science Applications International Corporation, 163
Scientific American, 1
44, 149
Scoppetta, Nicholas, 115
Seabrook, Norman, 216–19
Second Amendment, 201–2
Secret Service, U.S., 83–84, 199
Secunda, Thomas, 48, 50–51, 53, 54, 57–58, 61, 62, 72, 75, 123, 124, 306
September 11 attacks, 2, 83, 98–100, 104–6, 111–13, 115, 123, 124, 133, 134, 151, 196, 199–201, 232–35, 247, 264, 287, 290, 296, 298
September 11 Memorial & Museum, 234–37, 298
Serpentine Gallery, 306, 337, 360
Seven Deadly Sins gala, 73–74
sewers, 157–58
sex education, 143, 296
Shalala, Donna, 172
Shark, 52
Sharkey, Kathleen, 19–20
Sharon, Ariel, 99
Sharpton, Al, 105, 107, 111
Shartle, Mary Kay, 28
Shaw, Marc, 116–17, 131, 140, 246, 247
Shed, 338
Sheekey, Kevin, 92, 93, 108, 109, 110–11, 114, 263, 287, 348, 350–51, 357–58, 363
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, 194–95
Shipley, David, 312
SHoP Architects, 225, 231
Sierra Club, 350–52
Silicon Alley, 152, 298
Silicon Valley, 266
Sills, Beverly, 337
Silver, Sheldon, 227–28
Silverstein, Larry, 233, 234
Singapore, 321, 365
Sinkers, 59
60 Minutes, 331, 346, 367
skiing, 191
Skorton, David, 269
Skyler, Ed, 109, 114, 140, 145, 202, 287
skyscrapers, 229–32, 297
Smith, Richard, 252
smoking, 135, 139–43, 147, 149, 202, 215, 249, 292, 296, 332, 335, 339, 343
snowstorm of 2010, 162, 301
soft drinks, 145–47, 149, 339
Sommer, Al, 138
Sony Pictures, 344–45
Sorkin, Andrew Ross, 318
Soros, George, 280, 311
Southampton, 194
Spectre, 344–45
Speyer, Jerry, 289
Squier Knapp Dunn Communications, 92, 109
Stanford University, 176, 266, 268–69
Staten Island, 95, 105, 135, 142, 157, 267
Staten Island Children’s Museum, 93
Staten Island Ferry, 251–53
Steel, Robert, 129, 131, 266–67, 269
Steinem, Gloria, 185
Steinhardt, Michael, 285
STEM education, 267
Stevenson, Adlai, 16
Stuyvesant, Peter, 201
subways, 86, 90, 116, 120, 123, 222–24, 253, 254, 256, 259, 262, 297
ads on, 148, 149
Success Academy, 176
sugar and soft drinks, 145–47, 149, 202, 339
Sullenberger, Chesley “Sully,” 216
Sulzberger, Arthur, 288, 312
Supreme Court, U.S., 205–7, 277, 367
Sutton Place, 224
Swayze, John Cameron, 15–16
Symphony Communications Services, 328
Syracuse University, 187
Tammany Hall, 171
Tanzania, 336
taxes, 135, 222, 243, 265, 274, 284, 297, 349, 365, 367
on cigarettes, 135
on millionaires, 358–59