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Lincoln Center is an ideal location for the semi annual events, with more outdoor space than was available at Bryant Park and terrific transit access, including the No. 1 subway line, or as it will be called this week: The Fashion Line.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayor Bloomberg Outlines Progress On The Rebuilding of the WTC Site and Creation of National 9/11 Memorial ]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=EE0901BA-C29C-7CA2-F124F5B4AFDCAA0D</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:09:397 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One World Trade Center is currently 36 stories, going up to 106 stories. Tower Number 4 is rising. The demolition of 130 Liberty nearing completion, and construction of the Calatrava designed transit hub is underway. Perhaps most encouraging is the progress of the new 9/11 Memorial &amp; Museum   the spiritual and emotional heart of the site. And I&apos;m happy to confirm that we are on track to open the Memorial in time for next year&apos;s 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayors Against Illegal Guns Releases New Report on Crime and Guns Trafficked Into Mexico Fueling Drug Cartel Violence]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=EDCA29D6-C29C-7CA2-F5F1FD6C2D6AB6B1</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:09:490 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&quot;Illegal guns and their accompanying violence devastate communities across our country, now we know more about how guns purchased here have helped sustain violent drug wars in Mexico,&quot; said coalition co chair and New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. &quot;I hope this report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a wake up call for policy makers   it is too easy for criminals and traffickers to get guns.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein Announce 17,000 new School Seats and Opening of 26 New Locations for Start of 20102011 School Year]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=CEA6E26C-C29C-7CA2-F3FC70B6406040D2</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:09:160 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced the opening of 26 new school locations, adding more than 17,000 new seats for the 2010 11 school year. The new buildings, annexes and leased spaces represent the most new classroom seats to come on line in one year since the School Construction Authority (SCA) was created in 1988, putting the Department of Education on track to add nearly 100,000 new school seats across the City by 2013.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NY Times: NYC&apos;s Recovery is Stronger than Nation&apos;s]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=C86FD75A-C29C-7CA2-F5D872B651534327</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:08:20 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The typical New Yorker is less likely to be unemployed or facing foreclosure or bankruptcy than the average American. Homes in the metropolitan area have held their value better than in most other big cities as more people are moving to the region than deserting it. Tourists continue to flock to the city, filling hotel rooms at the highest rate in the country, and at rising prices.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayor Bloomberg, Chancellor Klein, and UFT President Mulgrew discuss NY&apos;s winning Race To The Top Application]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=B448B948-C29C-7CA2-F1C7BCECE28684FD</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:08:143 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew today celebrated New York State&apos;s selection and award of $700 million in the U.S. Department of Education&apos;s Race to the Top competition. This award will provide between $250 million and $300 million to New York City schools to support the creation of a new teacher evaluation system, develop a more rigorous curriculum and State assessments based on the national Common Core Standards, and expand a range of proven reforms first introduced in New York City.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NY Observer: Bloomberg Knocks &apos;Em Dead on The Daily Show]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=B433CAE2-C29C-7CA2-F7E2391A9AAA58AE</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:08:347 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The New York Observer&apos;s Dan Duray writes: &quot;Mayor Bloomberg appeared on The Daily Show last night, his first visit since 2002, and for the most part had the crowd eating out of his hand.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpEd: A National Conversation, How NYC Must be a Beacon of Tolerance]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=AEA02F1C-C29C-7CA2-F737E95809541638</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:08:973 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&quot;America is beacon of freedom, and no place defends those freedoms more fervently, or has been attacked for those freedoms more ferociously, than New York City, &quot;Mayor Bloomberg wrote in an op ed in the New York Post published Aug. 25, 2010.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Bloomberg&apos;s Remarks at the Annual Ramadan Iftar Dinner at Gracie Mansion]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=A6E94126-C29C-7CA2-F17405EFF4C45816</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:640 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&quot;Islam did not attack the World Trade Center   Al Qaeda did. To implicate all of Islam for the actions of a few who twisted a great religion is unfair and un American&quot; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg&apos;s said tonight at the annual Ramadan Iftar Dinner at Gracie Mansion.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Livestrong Quarterly: Hizzoner Health  Keeping NYC Healthy and Strong]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=81011E10-C29C-7CA2-F72E8E599EE6A6A2</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:193 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[LiveStrong Quarterly, the print publication of Lance Armstrong&apos;s LiveStrong Foundation, has a cover story in its August edition highlighting Mike&apos;s public health initiatives as an example for the Nation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg Endorses Republicans, Democrats Alike]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=9F503D03-C29C-7CA2-FED10817AA61510E</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:08:957 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) has endorsed approximately a dozen candidates around the country this election cycle, splitting his support between high profile Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D Nev.) and lesser known Republicans like incumbent Rep. Pete King (R N.Y.).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record  Number of Visitors Have Come To Governors Island in 2010]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=954FBEFE-C29C-7CA2-F09BD19C4727136A</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:08:113 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With eight weeks remaining in its public access season Governors Island has already surpassed the record 275,000 visitors of 2009. New programs, amenities and the additional free ferry connection from Brooklyn Bridge Park have contributed to the island&apos;s substantial growth.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT: Unemployment Rate Dips Again]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=9514A412-C29C-7CA2-FEBBDC0121DB0F0F</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:08:270 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The city&apos;s unemployment rate, which was 9.5 percent in June, has now declined for seven straight months since peaking at 10.5 percent at the end of 2009. It was slightly lower than the national unemployment rate   9.5 percent in July   as it was in April and May.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC&apos;s Unemployment Rate Drops for Seventh Consecutive Month, Now Below National Average]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=8B7BCAF2-C29C-7CA2-F1A5F035FAAFF683</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:08:740 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the seventh straight month, New York City&apos;s unemployment rate has dropped and now sits once again below the nationwide rate. New York continues to weather the national recession better than most cities, but we know too many New Yorkers continue to struggle to make ends meet.  We have a long way to go to fully restore our economic health, but clearly we are moving in the right direction.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[LA Times: Whipping New York Into Shape]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=7BD648CC-C29C-7CA2-FA9A13E467A6D7E5</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:08:537 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For all the Californians who thought they&apos;d cornered the market on healthy living, meet Michael Bloomberg, the 108th mayor of New York. Since he took charge, the city has pioneered a raft of regulations to get its citizens to be healthier. The mayor&apos;s campaign against death by preventable disease has also spearheaded a national movement.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[President @barackobama evokes President Washington&apos;s reminder that all possess alike liberty]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=6E4CA908-C29C-7CA2-FFD3CB4597299F9F</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:08:617 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Obama&apos;s words tonight evoked President Washington&apos;s own August reminder that &apos;all possess alike liberty.&apos; As I said last week, this proposed mosque and community center in Lower Manhattan is as important a test of the separation of church and state as we may see in our lifetime, and I applaud President Obama&apos;s clarion defense of the freedom of religion.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayors Against Illegal Guns Thanks President Obama and Congress for Increasing Critical Funding for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=6C92505E-C29C-7CA2-F123B09A41908278</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:08:320 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The more than 500 members of the bi partisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, co chaired by NYC Mayor Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, hailed new legislation, signed into law today by President Obama, authorizing $37.5 million in additional funding for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) efforts to secure America&apos;s borders.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC on Track for Record Number of Tourists in 2010]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=62878DDB-C29C-7CA2-F268D259AA879FC7</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:08:233 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Preliminary data show New York is on course to host 47.5 million tourists and visitors this year. That&apos;s half a million more than the record set in 2008 and a 4 percent increase over 2009.  Mayor Bloomberg has set a goal of goal of reaching 50 million visitors by 2012.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg and 39 Other Billionaires Pledge to Give Away Half Their Wealth]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=43A95D44-C29C-7CA2-F44017CBA87308E7</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:08:563 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Forty U.S. billionaires pledged on Wednesday to give away at least 50 percent of their wealth to charity as part of a campaign by investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Among the billionaires joining the campaign are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, entertainment executive Barry Diller, Oracle co founder Larry Ellison, energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, media mogul Ted Turner, David Rockefeller and investor Ronald Perelman.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Bloomberg&apos;s Remarks on the Proposed Mosque and Community Center in Lower Manhattan]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=38F02174-C29C-7CA2-FB24F2BA115AF739</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:08:953 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday Aug. 3, 2010 Mike joined NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and religious leaders from across New York City at an event on Governor&apos;s Island.  Mike spoke about the importance of religious freedom and the great tradition of tolerance and diversity that has characterized New York City since its founding.  &quot;I believe this is as important a test of the separation of church and state as any we may see in our lifetime   and it is critically important that we get it right.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Commitment to Giving]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=3D6604DB-C29C-7CA2-F9E7C08DDD268BDC</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:08:407 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The reality of great wealth is that you can&apos;t spend it and you can&apos;t take it with you. For decades, I&apos;ve been committed to giving away the vast majority of my wealth to causes that I&apos;m passionate about   and that my children are passionate about.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT Editorial: A Monument to Tolerance At Ground Zero]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=3DD8DDF8-C29C-7CA2-FBE366B06286FB84</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:08:110 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The New York Times writes: Mayor Bloomberg noted in his speech that in the United States and in &quot;the freest city in the world,&quot; the owners of the building have the right to use their property as a house of worship. &quot;The government has no right whatsoever to deny that right,&quot; he said. We agreed with his assessment that the lawsuits being threatened against the mosque should be easily thrown out. The local community board has given the Muslim center approval as well.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg on Fox NY:  &quot;The US Needs More Immigrants, Not Fewer&quot; (Video)]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=1E2FBE52-C29C-7CA2-F3786CE8228F0AE1</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:08:713 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an interview on Fox New York, Mike said that The Arizona immigration law is as much evidence as you ever would need to show that the federal government is walking away from their responsibilities to decide who can come to this country, who can stay in this country, who will help this country grow.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress&apos; Failure to Pass 9/11 First Responder Benefits is Outrageous ]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=23DAEBC9-C29C-7CA2-FA860F8F6F65A34C</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:07:180 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The defeat in the US House of Representatives of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act is outrageous, given the long battle we have waged with so many others to secure sustained medical monitoring and treatment for the first responders and survivors of the September 11th attacks.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a Sign of Greater Accountability in NYC Schools, Fewer Teachers Earned Tenure This Year]]></title><link>http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=23719367-C29C-7CA2-FA2041CB07FFBF5E</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:07:853 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More New York City public school teachers were denied tenure this year, the Department of Education said on Thursday, a sign that principals were beginning to heed Chancellor Joel I. Klein&apos;s call that they get rid of ineffective teachers before they earned job protection.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
