Word: bloomberg
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Sources: International Rescue Committee (2); Pew Research Center (4); Bloomberg...
...economy seriously. Its Department of Cultural Affairs has a larger annual budget - $131 million in fiscal 2006 - than the U.S. government's National Endowment for the Arts. The prospect of New York's real estate sector driving out its culture sector has the city worried. Last year Mayor Michael Bloomberg established an office to help nonprofit groups, especially those in the arts, to find affordable space and attract financing. The city's housing agency also set up a $100 million fund to help artists buy the spaces where they live and work...
...city was run by a hard-left political clique whose understanding of capitalism came straight from Marx. (Its leader was "Red" Ken Livingstone; some 25 years on, now mayor, he sings the praises of London's financial-services industry and is pals with New York's plutocratic leader, Michael Bloomberg.) New York almost went bankrupt in 1975; by the early 1980s, its streets were potholed, filthy and dangerous. The city routinely had nearly 2,000 homicides a year. Last year, the number was just 494, the lowest since consistent record-keeping began...
...Bailey and Rafshoon said they have yet to speak with Bloomberg about a run for President. But Bailey assured reporters that Bloomberg had no interest in being a spoiler. Bloomberg, said Bailey, would not run "unless he thinks...
...Draft Bloomberg Committee is offering petitions to supporters online. In addition to raising money for Bloomberg's potential candidacy, the committee will purchase online and print ads to build support for Bloomberg's candidacy...