The big story late last week was the stunning court ruling on the illegal Stuyvesant Town rent hikes. But you'd never know from the coverage that Bloomberg had praised the original deal cut by landlord Tishman-Speyer (headed by one of his strongest allies). Or that his top aides had scotched a plan to keep Stuy Town affordable. Or that a hefty chunk of the financing for the deal came from Merrill Lynch, the late investment firm that was a top Bloomberg LP client and which the mayor was barred from dealing with under a Conflicts of Interest Board ruling. That story—told here in detail by Wayne Barrett just last month—also died an orphan.
Read tom Robbins village voice story http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-10-27/columns/the-mayor-s-press-pass/
ps from Suzannah B. Troy -- Bill Thompson KOed Mike Bloomberg on Stuy Town in the last debate KOed!!!!!!
Bloomberg has driven the middle class out and he has never spoken up on behalf of one New Yorker or small business being evicted that I am aware us.
