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Bloomberg Evens Out
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 5, 2004
Modified Mar 6, 2008
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg celebrated his improved ratings last night by helping christen the new Time Warner Center. Of course, for our mayor, improvement means essentially that as many like him as hate him (44% like to 45% hate). Still, it's a far way from his 31% approval rating last summer (as a Quinnipiac pollstersays, ""Mayor Bloomberg has climbed out of the cellar to just about even on the approval score"), even though, if an election were held today, he'd lose to Mark Green and Fernando Ferrer. The Times also notes that his approval ratings amongst blacks and Hispanics are slipping, and has an interesting look at the way Bloomberg's decisions (such as the property tax) and party dynamics may affect him in 2005. Overall, many people find him "cold and businesslike" but most approve of the way he handles his work (slowly bettering the local economy, continuing declining crime rate, better budget future), which leads to our question of a "jolly but unbusinesslike" would do in the polls.
Additionally, it seems Mayor Bloomberg is going to be low profile during the Republican National Convention, telling WNYC radio, "I'm told the mayor traditionally gives a welcome speech and I would be thrilled to do that. After that, I'm not a particularly political guy. I'll be spending the convention outside with the police to make sure that protesters have the ability to protest, but they don't disrupt the lives of others."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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