The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg
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Cohen, David, 199
Collins, Gail, 97, 109
Columbia University, 226, 268
Comey, James, 365
Community Service Society of New York, 338
CompStat, 198, 215
computers, 49–50, 65, 134, 153, 306
Bloomberg Terminal, see Bloomberg Terminals
in classrooms, 104
IBM, 49, 53, 55
Internet, 4, 50, 52, 344
New York as digital city, 151, 166
Wall Street and, 3, 49–52
condoms, 143, 296
Conflicts of Interest Board, 122–23, 125–26
congestion pricing, 251, 256, 260–62
Congress, U.S., 203, 232, 368
Conservative Party (UK), 221–22, 244
contractors, CityTime and, 153, 163–66, 300
Cook, Tim, 366
Cooper Union, 268
Coral Beach & Tennis Club, 96
Corcoran, Sean Patrick, 175–76
Cornell Tech, 152, 167, 225, 267–71, 298
Cornell University, 266, 268–71
Coulée verte René-Dumont, 239
Council on Foreign Relations, 96
Crain’s, 101
crime, 8, 95, 116, 158, 196–212, 214, 249, 284, 296
CompStat and, 198, 215
drop in, 211, 212
Giuliani and, 196, 206, 215
manufactured misdemeanors, 211
murder rates, 196, 212
stop and frisk policies and, 4, 8, 32, 196–98, 206–12, 299, 339
see also guns; jails; New York City Police Department; terrorist attacks
Croft, Geoffrey, 73
CSX, 239, 241
Cunningham, Bill, 96, 105–7, 109, 114, 132, 157, 246
Cuomo, Andrew, 8, 270–71, 282, 300
Cuomo, Mario, 197, 271, 291
Curbed NY, 231
Daily Mail, 43, 326
Dalio, Ray, 73
Daniels, George B., 164
Daus, Matthew W., 115
David, Evelyn, 96
David, Joshua, 238, 241
Davis, Hal, 75
de Blasio, Bill, 150, 162–63, 169, 174, 210, 243, 249, 271, 277, 283, 291, 303–5
Bloomberg criticized by, 303–5
de la Renta, Annette, 86
DeMarse, Elisabeth, 102
Democratic National Convention (2000), 74
Democratic National Convention (2016), 363
Democratic Party, 3, 5, 16, 92, 94, 99, 100, 103, 105, 111, 232, 245, 249, 294, 295, 329, 357, 359–62, 467–68
Bloomberg and, 94, 127, 247, 261, 286, 293, 355–57
education and, 169, 182
DePlasco, Joe, 99, 104, 107
Depression, Great, 11, 20, 49, 263, 283, 299
Derbyshire, Ben, 324
diabetes, 149
Diana, Princess, 29
Diller, Barry, 242
Dinkins, David, 98, 105–6, 115, 116, 119, 196, 223, 255
Doctoroff, Dan, 7, 117, 119, 125, 140, 225–28, 234, 239–40, 242, 303, 306, 307, 311–12, 315, 320
Doe Fund, 93, 289
Doherty, John, 115
Dolan family, 227
DoubleClick, 152
Dow Jones & Company, 62, 67, 68, 320
Bloomberg News and, 68
Downey, Morgan, 50, 329
drinking, binge, 147–48
drugs, 199, 342
Duke University, 267
Duperreault, Brian, 360
Duty Free Shoppers Group, 270
Earth Day, 249–50
Economic Development Corporation (EDC), 119, 161, 240, 265
Economist, 319
Edison, Thomas, 49
education and schools, 95, 168–88, 223, 249, 283, 284, 292, 296–97, 301, 336
Black as chancellor of, 185–86, 188, 301
Bloomberg’s market-based approach to, 172–73, 175, 177
Board of Education, 171, 184
budget for, 179
bureaucracy moved to Tweed Courthouse, 171, 177, 179
charter schools, 173, 175–77, 182, 188, 296
computers in classrooms, 104
Department of Education, 117–18
graduation rates, 169, 174, 186–88, 297
innovative approaches to, 177–78, 183
Klein as chancellor of, 117–18, 133, 171–74, 177–80, 182–85, 187, 188
Lord’s Prayer in schools, 17–18
principals, 178–79, 249, 297
school boards, 169
school choice, 173, 175–77, 187
school closings, 173–75, 177, 182, 296
school creation, 175, 182, 186–87, 296
smaller schools, 175, 182, 186–87, 296
teachers, 111, 169–71, 173, 174, 178, 179, 187, 188, 249, 296
test scores, 179–80, 182, 301
unions and, 111, 169, 173, 176, 178–82, 184, 188, 249
Walcott and, 118–19, 186
Eggleston, Verna, 119
Eisen, Harvey, 41, 42, 46, 337
elections:
2018 midterm, 5, 362, 366–67
see also presidential elections
Eliot, George, 325
Elizabeth II, Queen, 306
Ellison, Larry, 311
emergencies, 166
blackout of 2003, 160–61
911 system for, 152–54, 159–63, 296, 305
snow, 162, 301
Emergency Assistance Unit (EAU), 272–74
Emergency Communications Tranformation Program (ECTP), 162
Empire State Building, 231
employment, 223, 264, 274, 275, 279, 280, 283, 293
environmental issues, 135, 249–50, 298, 332, 365
air pollution, 149, 256, 296, 298, 339, 350–52
climate change, 4, 127, 139, 250, 299, 305, 332, 336, 339, 347–54, 359, 362, 368
oceans, 84, 336
PlaNYC and, 222, 256, 298, 350
recycling, 134–35, 298, 341
water quality, 149, 224, 299, 339
Environmental Protection Agency, 352
Ephron, Nora, 185
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 79–80
Equity Equivalent Certificates (EECs), 76
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, 366
Evans, Harold, 268
Everytown for Gun Safety, 340
Facebook, 166
Faris, Iyman, 200
Farley, Thomas, 145–48
Farm Colony, 267
fats:
in diet, 143, 149, 202, 296
in sewers, 157–58
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 7, 79, 365
Federal Aviation Administration, 231
Federal Reserve Board, 57
Fee, Gayle, 30
Feeney, Charles, 270
Feerick, John, 278
Fenwick, Alexius, 124, 306
Ferrer, Fernando, 94, 100, 105, 107, 111, 247, 249
ferry crash, 251–53
Fertitta, George, 343–44
financial crisis and recession of 2008, 123, 134, 157, 221, 224, 263–64, 283, 290, 296
Financial Services Gender-Equality Index, 311
Financial Times, 310, 327
First Baptist Church, 207
Fish, Hamilton, 334
Fish, Stuyvesant, 334
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S., 216
Flowers, Michael, 157–59
Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al., 209–10
Flushing Remonstrance, 201
Focus, 121
food stamps, 274, 279, 300, 342
Forbes, 122, 128, 311, 329, 345, 353, 368
Forbes, Esther, 19
Ford, Rob, 345
Forsythe, Michael, 316–18
Fortune, 70
Foster, Norman, 322–24
Foursquare, 166
Franklin & Marshall College, 83
Fraser, William J., 214
Freedom of Information Act, 182
Freidman, Gene, 260
> Frieden, Tom, 117, 139–45, 148, 149, 256
Frissberg, Zelda Violet, 85, 361
Frissora, Chris, 85, 361
Fuchs, Ester, 93, 130–31, 154
Fuld, Dick, 264
Fund for Public Schools, 179
Gallup, 147
Galotto, John, 24, 25, 27, 28
Gambling, John, 165, 192
Garrison, Sekiko Sakai, 76–78
Garth, David, 93, 106, 108, 109
Gartner, Alan, 93
Garvin, Alexander, 117, 227, 233
Gates, Bill, 139, 172, 331, 366
Gates, Melinda, 331
Gates, The, 83, 293, 337
Gates Foundation, 139
gay marriage, 88, 98, 127, 286, 298, 359
Geek Squad (Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics), 157–59, 166
geese, 216
Gehrig, Adeline, 14
Gehry, Frank, 234
General Electric, 80
Genesis Prize, 305–6
George III of the United Kingdom, 11, 19
Gibbs, Linda, 220, 272–73, 276, 280, 282, 289, 344
Giffords, Gabby, 340
Gill Hearn, Rose, 343–44
Gingrich, Newt, 201
Giuliani, Rudolph, 89, 92–94, 98, 103, 106, 108, 111, 112, 115, 116, 134, 163, 171, 214, 224, 232, 254, 274, 287, 297–98, 300
crime and, 196, 206, 215
elevated railway and, 238–40
schools and, 168–70
Giving Pledge, 331
Glassdoor, 321–22
Glau, Marjorie Stone, 21
Goldberger, Paul, 231
Goldman, Henry, 310
Goldman Sachs, 35–36, 72, 119, 219, 267, 313–14, 318, 328
Goldsmith, Stephen, 162, 301
golf, 85, 96, 121, 189–95, 304
Golf Club of Purchase, 96
Goodfella’s Brick Oven Pizza, 292
Google, 152, 223, 271, 298
Gore, Al, 52, 353
Gore, Willis, 29
Gotbaum, Betsy, 98
Gotbaum, Victor, 98
Gottesman, Jerry, 243
Gould, Stephen Jay, 174
Governors Island, 100, 201, 223, 267, 297, 298
Grabar, Henry, 343
Gracie Mansion, 122, 203, 268, 290
Grauer, Peter, 124, 306, 318
Great Depression, 11, 20, 49, 263, 283, 299
Great Recession, 123, 134, 157, 221, 224, 263–64, 283, 290, 296
Green, Mark, 94, 98–100, 103–9, 111, 115, 117, 232, 293
Greenfield, David, 148
Green New Deal, 359
Gregorian, Vartan, 338–39
Guardian, 86, 324
guns, 98, 127, 197, 201–12, 249, 280, 296, 305, 332, 335, 339–40, 349, 359, 362, 367
Best and, 204–5
dealers of, 204–5
as health issue, 202
iron pipeline and, 204
National Rifle Association and, 7, 188, 197, 202–3, 206, 249, 296, 340, 368
Second Amendment and, 201–2
stop and frisk policies and, 4, 8, 32, 196–98, 206–12, 299, 339
Gurle, David, 328
Gutfreund, John, 36, 40, 43–45, 47
Haberman, Clyde, 287
Halperin, Mark, 320
Hamill, Pete, 129
Hammerman, Robert, 26
Hammond, Robert, 238
Hamptons, 194
Happer, William, 354
Harlem Children’s Zone, 176
Harmonie Club, 96
Harris, Patti, 6, 81–85, 92–93, 109, 114, 117, 118, 131, 287, 334–35, 338, 357–58, 363
Harvard Business School, 85
Bloomberg at, 3, 29–34, 35–37, 44
Bloomberg’s donation to, 30
Harvard Club, 96
Harvard Crimson, 32–33
Harvard University, 197, 269
Bloomberg’s commencement address at, 30, 32–33
Hasidic community, circumcision and, 139, 148, 296
Hayek, Salma, 193
Hayes, Robert, 277–78
health initiatives, see public health issues
Hearn, Rose Gill, 164
Heilemann, John, 320
helicopters, 190
Herchenroeder, karl, 208
Heveski, Alan, 94
Hidalgo, Anne, 348
High Bridge, 118, 223, 297
High Line, 223, 238–44, 297
High School for Community Leadership, 174
Hillside Arts and Letters Academy, 174
Hispanic community, 99, 105–7, 177, 198, 206
manufactured misdemeanors and, 211
poverty among youths in, 274, 280–81
stop and frisk policies and, 4, 8, 32, 197–98, 206–12, 299, 339
Young Men’s Initiative and, 274, 280–81, 299
Hoffmann, Josef, 231
Holloway, Cas, 163, 305
Holman, John, 52
Holocaust, 11
HomeBase, 281
Homeland Security, Department of, 217
homelessness, 4, 93, 177, 272–78, 281–83, 299–300, 305
Advantage program and, 282–83
claiming of, to get federal housing, 282
Coalition for the Homeless, 278
Emergency Assistance Unit and, 272–74
HomeBase program and, 281
innovative approaches to, 276–77, 281–82
one-way travel program and, 276–77
see also housing; poverty
homicides, 196, 212
Hope, Judith, 102–3
Horn, Martin, 214–17
House/Senate Standing Committee of Correspondents, 69
housing, 4, 95, 222, 223, 243, 257, 273, 274, 276, 284, 300
Advantage program and, 282–83
claiming homelessness to qualify for, 282
illegal conversions, 158
see also homelessness
Houston, Tex., 284, 341
Hudson River, 216, 227, 242, 243, 251, 253
Human Resources Administration, 119
Humphrey, Hubert, 92
Hunt, Al, 312
Hunt, Rowland, 77
Hunters Point, 223
Hurricane Sandy, 258, 298–99
IBM, 49, 53, 55
Iglesias, Christina, 322–24
immigration, 12, 192, 295, 349, 359, 365, 368
incarceration, see jails
Inconvenient Truth, An, 353
Independence Party, 108, 286, 356–57
Indianapolis, Ind., 284
Innovative Market Systems, 50, 53, 56–58
becomes Bloomberg LP, 58
creation of, 3–4, 48–49
see also Bloomberg Terminals
Instagram, 204, 205
Institutional Investor, 58, 327
Intel, 54
Interfraternity Council, 25–26, 28, 29
Internet, 4, 50, 52, 344
Iraq War, 211
Israel, 305, 331
Jacobs, Jane, 258
Jacobson, Michael, 215
jails, 214–15, 300
incarceration rates, 208–9, 211, 214, 296
Rikers Island, 213–20, 300
Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences, 174
Jamaica High School, 174
Jazz at Lincoln Center, 289
Jewish Museum, 121
Jews:
anti-Semitism and, 11–13, 18
Bloomberg’s Jewish heritage, 12, 17–18, 24, 148, 286, 305, 345, 348–49
clubs and, 96
Hasidic, circumcision and, 139, 148, 296
jobs, 223, 264, 274, 275, 279, 280, 283, 293
Jobs, Steve, 50
John Jay College, 217
Johnny Tremain (Forbes), 19, 345
Johns Hopkins Hospital, 332
Johns Hopkins University, 121, 137–38, 335
Bloomberg at, 3, 22–30
Bloomberg’s donations to, 22–23, 138, 331, 336–37
Johnson, Boris, 303, 306, 344
Jo
hnson, Robert Wood “Woody,” 227
Jones, David, 338
journalism, 64, 313
Bloomberg News, see Bloomberg News
House/Senate Standing Committee of Correspondents, 69
Winkler’s rules of, 70–71
Justice Department, U.S., 205
Kappa Beta Phi, 96
Kaufman, Henry, 40
Kaye, Judith, 112
Kazakhstan, hackers from, 7
Kelly, Ray, 83, 84
as police commissioner, 8, 33, 116, 196–200, 204, 206, 208–12, 245, 296, 299
Kennedy, John F., 29
Kerik, Bernard, 116
Khan, Sadiq, 322
Kidnapping Club, 213–14
Kim, Jim Yong, 366
King, Gayle, 185
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 23
Kinsley, Michael, 312
KIPP academies, 176
Kissinger, Henry, 50, 366
Klein, Joel, 117–18, 133, 171–74, 177–80, 182–85, 187, 188, 256
Knapp, Bill, 109
Koch, David, 311
Koch, Ed, 93, 115, 118, 119, 183, 223, 268, 287, 291, 292
Koch, Leslie, 297
Kravis, Henry, 289
Krikorian, Raffi, 362
Kroft, Steve, 346
Krueger, Liz, 261–62
Kupferman, Susan, 161
labor unions, see unions
La Côte Basque, 41
Lady Gaga, 194
Lagarde, Christine, 366
La Guardia, Fiorello, 183, 287
LaGuardia Airport, 216
Latin Media and Entertainment Commission, 161
La Tourette Golf Course, 194
Lauder, Estée, 289
Lauder, Leonard, 289–90
Lauder, Ronald, 289–90
Leadership Academy, 178
Lebow, Mark D., 84
Lebowitz, Fran, 285, 291
Lee Hsien Loong, 321
Lehman Brothers, 226, 234, 263–64, 290
Leinweber, David, 49
Leiter, Al, 112
Leventhal, Nathan, 114–15
Levin, Kate, 338, 344
Levy, Gustave, 36
Levy, Richard, 41
Lewis, Michael, 57, 312
Liberty Bonds, 234
Libeskind, Daniel, 232, 234
Lieber, Bob, 266
life expectancy, 150, 296
Lin, Maya, 235
Lincoln Center, 115, 121, 289, 337
Lindsay, John, 93, 115
Lipper, Kenneth, 46
Lisberg, Adam, 185
Liu, John, 164
Loeser, Stu, 104, 293
London, 74, 83, 122, 124, 125, 228, 256, 258, 272, 304, 306, 337, 344
Bloomberg headquarters in, 319, 322–25
Lopez, Jennifer, 161, 194
Lord’s Prayer, 17–18
Los Angeles Times, 307
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, 232
Luntz, Frank, 92
Lyft, 253, 259, 260, 297, 356
Ma, Jack, 366
MacMillan, Duncan, 50, 123
Macron, Emmanuel, 348, 349, 366
Madison Square Garden, 227
Madonia, Peter, 118, 131, 132, 140, 224
Maloney, Carolyn, 270
Mangano, Philip, 275–76
Manhattan College, 197