Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
Mayor Bloomberg Not a Fan of Plaxico's Actions
By
Jen Chung
Published Dec 1, 2008
Modified Dec 1, 2008
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Jen Chung
Published Dec 1, 2008
Modified Dec 1, 2008
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Photograph of Plaxico Burress being led to Manhattan Criminal Court by David Karp/AP
Mayor Bloomberg had very harsh words for Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who turned himself in to the police today (after shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub on Friday). The mayor took some time out to discuss the matter; the Post has quotes:
"The police only found out about this because of a story on television. The hospital didn't call and the Giants didn't call," he said. "The Giants should have picked up the phone right away as good corporate citizens. I don't care if there's a legal responsibility for them to do it.
"They are a team that is here in this region - I know they're in New Jersey but it's the New York Giants - and they have a responsibility as a team that depends on the public and wants to be a role model for the public.
"So the police certainly didn't have any knowledge in advance and once they found out about it they right away went after it."
Bloomberg added, "I think it is also an outrage the hospital didn't do what they're legally required to do. It's a misdemeanor. It's a chargeable offense," referring to how New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell didn't contact the police to say they were treating a gunshot wound.
"I think that the district attorney should certainly go after the management of this hospital. The lame excuse that they didn't know - this is a world class hospital in a city where we all know what goes on in the streets of our city and we all should be working together to get guns off our streets. There's a reason why hospitals are required by law to immediately call the police department. They didn't and they should make sure that they people who didn't no longer work there and I would question why the management didn't have training in place and didn't discipline them immediately."
TMZ, which has video of Burress in handcuffs, spoke to a source who said the player "looked really, really down ... shellshocked." And his bail was set at $100,000; the grand jury hearing is scheduled for March 31.
Tagged
gun violence
gunshot wound
mayor bloomberg
nightclub shooting
ny giants
plaxico burress
Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
Central Park birders, others remember 63-year-old woman killed in park
People who said they knew her described her as an artist and a familiar presence in the Ramble.
By
Charles Lane
Published Sep 28, 2026 at 7:04 p.m. ET
Dump truck driver hits and kills cyclist on 34th Street in Midtown, NYPD says
It's the latest in a string of hit-and-run deaths in the city in recent months.
By
Liam Quigley
News
Dump truck driver hits and kills cyclist on 34th Street in Midtown, NYPD says
It's the latest in a string of hit-and-run deaths in the city in recent months.
By
Liam Quigley
New ingredient mandated for Latin American kitchen, restaurant plates in NJ
By
Arya Sundaram
A Brooklyn jail cell filled with smoke. The emergency button failed, a lawyer said.
By
Samantha Max
Crews launch tunnel machines to dig first new Hudson River rail tunnels since 1910
By
Michael Sol Warren
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .