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How Powerful And Connected Is Mayor Bloomberg? Infographic Reveals All
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 7, 2012
Modified May 7, 2012
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Christopher Robbins
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Who would think that the billionaire bard and three-term mayor of New York City, who runs an international media company worth hundreds of billions of dollars and gives away hundreds of millions through various philanthropies is also powerful and well-connected?
Now that the Times is getting into this "power list" thing (albeit a few months late) the paper has this nifty graphic made especially for conspiracy theorists to blow up and glue to the ceiling above their bed. "Stu Loeser is wearing an old-timey hat, which reminds me of the movie Newsies, and some of those kids used bikes, meaning that Sadik-Khan's building more bike lanes, and ohmygod they're in the same SPHERE!"
In all seriousness, the chart is pretty Illuminati illuminating! No mention of his girlfriend Diana Taylor's possible mayoral run, and where's Kermit?
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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