New York Remade: Before and After Bloomberg

In the last 12 years, NYC has been transformed in ways that are wrenching, huge, and intimate. Here's how to wrap your head around Bloomberg's New York.

Dec 27, 2013

Bloomberg and Garbage: A Pile of Unfinished Business

Mayor Bloomberg leaves office having announced a number of innovative recycling initiatives. But it was his administration that cut recycling in the first place.

Dec 18, 2013

Three Questions About Bloomberg

As Bill de Blasio prepares to take the oath of office, we've got three questions for the experts (and you) about the Bloomberg legacy:Did Bloomberg make us healthier? Did he leave you... Dec 12, 2013

Brooke Gladstone: The Progress and Strain of Bloomberg's NY

I’m not equipped to assess the tenure of the mayor because I’m not a political analyst and because the city is so much bigger, so much richer than any mayor. Even Michael Bloomberg.  Oct 11, 2013

Brian Lehrer: Why Mike Bloomberg Surprised Me

Michael Bloomberg won't be remembered as the anti-asthma mayor, as he will the anti-smoking, anti-obesity and anti-murder mayor. But he's done a lot more to fight the disease than I... Oct 10, 2013

Bloomberg Pushed New Yorkers on Health, and Often They Pushed Back

Bloomberg has maintained that it's his job us to make people healthier and safer, and he has frequently declared, “Being mayor is about saying, 'No.'”

Oct 9, 2013

John Schaefer: Brooklyn Migration Defines Bloomberg Era

The Great Brooklyn Migration is, for me, the defining transformation of Bloomberg’s New York. Oct 7, 2013

Stop and Frisk's Rise Threatens Bloomberg's Crime Legacy

You may think that stop and frisk as a political issue has been with us forever. But you'd be wrong.  It's only been two years since the issue has been a mainstream controversy — one ... Oct 7, 2013

NYC Tech: Who’s Your Daddy?

Mayor Bloomberg likes to take credit for transforming New York City into the second biggest technology economy in the country. Does he deserve it?  Sep 18, 2013

Did Bloomberg Make Us Richer?

How do we begin to assess the Bloomberg economic legacy when it comes to personal wealth, and economic prosperity? What do we make of the state of income inequality in New York today as compared to twelve years ago?

Jul 25, 2013