Bloomberg created bicycle lanes, required chain restaurants to post calorie counts, and pedestrianized much of Times Square. At the national level, Bloomberg has consistently pushed for transitioning the United States' energy mix from fossil fuels to clean energy. [179][180] He has also proposed more stringent financial regulations that include tougher oversight for big banks, a financial transactions tax, and stronger consumer protections. [206][207] In 2015, Bloomberg announced an additional $30 million contribution to the Beyond Coal initiative, matched with another $30million by other donors, to help secure the retirement of half of America's fleet of coal plants by 2017. [251] In 2018, Bloomberg contributed a further gift of $1.8billion to Johns Hopkins, allowing the university to practice need-blind admission and meet the full financial need of admitted students. ", "Bloomberg Vows to Work at Center of Things", "Bloomberg presents a balanced budget, with moving parts", "The mayor's affordable housing optimism", "City will reach 160,000 units of affordable housing by year's end under New Housing Marketplace Plan", "Blocks; Capturing the Spirit of 1776, but With a Different Number", "Young Men's Initiative to Aid Young Black and Latino Males", "Liberal Piety and the Memory of 9/11; The enlightened class can't understand why the public is uneasy about the Ground Zero mosque", "New York's stop-and-frisk trial comes to a close with landmark ruling", "New York's stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutional, judge rules", "Departing Judge Offers Blunt Defense of Ruling in Stop-and-Frisk Case", "Factsheet: The NYPD Muslim Surveillance Program", "Surveillance unit produced no terrorism leads, NYPD says", "The 2001 Elections: Strategy; As Democrats Bicker, Bloomberg Era Begins", "Mike's Wrong, Campaign Fixes Make Sense", "Bloomberg Makes City's Bid For 2004 G.O.P. [104] The Independence Party then paid $750,000 of that money to Republican Party political operative John Haggerty Jr.[105], This prompted an investigation beginning in February 2010 by the office of New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. into possible improprieties. [144][145] Warren continued her attack in the second debate the next week.
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