Michael Bloomberg booed at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Commemoration(3/25/11)

[abstuct1015]

Bloomhoe

[CloeBuckingham]

Recent immigrant? You forgot about Mayor John Lindsay (1966-1973). He called NYC a "fun city" as teachers were sacked without due process, TWU and UFT striked, crime soared, and corporate headquarters fled. Lindsay pitted Blacks against Jews. And what a glorious sanitation strike, with mounds of rubbish ablaze in the streets! Thank him for the municipal income and commuter taxes. Let's not forget his neglect of the Bronx, SI, and Queens in the nor'easter in which 14 died and 68 were injured.

[34thstreetman]

@CloeBuckingham If the low minimum wage workers leave new york, many will be replaced by illegals at sub minimum wage. In many cases such as restaurant workers, that has probably already happened. If NYC is only going to be set up for the rich, it will be a purely corporate city state without real people such as up and coming artists. I don't accept your premise that the rich are supporting the poor in New York. It's the middle class who had their property taxes raised through the roof.

[CloeBuckingham]

@34thstreetman Those people you call middle class are not middle class. They are high proletariat. People tend to overestimate their class by one level.

I see that you are a good Republican who is tired of New York City being an oasis for illegal immigrants.

[CloeBuckingham]

@34thstreetman If you are concerned about illegal aliens in New York, please tell Bloomberg to stop giving them refuge!

[liftguardpullhandle]

Cloe, are you Bloomturd in disguise?

[PirateEyepatch]

@liftguardpullhandle No, probably on his paid staff. There is no hiring freeze in hiring publicists for the great, uncorruptable Bloomturd.

[CloeBuckingham]

@PirateEyepatch So you think it is unimaginable that anyone could like Bloomberg without being paid by him? That's cynical.

[PirateEyepatch]

Fuck you Richie Rich. If you were mayor back then, you'd give the landlord of the shirt factory a raise and position in your cabinet. Go fuck yourself with an overpriced barbed-wire dildo, you pruny old shit. When you finally kick the bucket, won't matter how many billions you got, you'll be just the rest of the deceased: worm food. Again, go fuck yourself. Are you stil taking the train. I hope the conductors purposely catch you between the doors and drag you down the platform!!

[CloeBuckingham]

@PirateEyepatch But isn't everyone worm food when they die?

Bloomberg has done tremendous work to create lasting jobs in NYC by supporting incubators that foster young entrepreneurs. Obama's stimulus is temporary, but Bloomberg will have a legacy for decades to come.

Many New Yorkers have come to know Mayor Bloomberg personally, and he will live on in their hearts and memories.

[TouchingYou]

@CloeBuckingham WHAT? He's literally the MOST HATED MAN IN NYC HISTORY! The conservatives want him in prison and the liberals want him in prison!

[PirateEyepatch]

@TouchingYou I think what CloeBuckingham is saying is that he's the most loved among people that matter -- you know, the billionaires, those with seven mansions around the world, etc. The rest of us working class stiffs don't count in that assessment.

[CloeBuckingham]

@PirateEyepatch No New Yorker has donated more to charity than Mike Bloomberg in the history of the state.

I assume that someone who owns seven mansions is creating jobs for the employees who maintain them.

[Cmsgret]

Hey mayor? Where were you during the Christmas blizzard? Innocent lives were lost including a newborn becuase EMS couldn't get through the unplowed streets. What a crock talking about the lives lost all those years ago. We still don't know what happened 3 months ago. Who's accountable? Glad you were booed. You're a cold blooded man.

[03Dmartin]

@Cmsgret i really want to understand why everyone thinks he's full of shit, i thought this guy was a good politician, really lost, help me out x

[CloeBuckingham]

@03Dmartin Whenever you make changes, there are always some people who benefit more than others, and those who benefit less will complain.

For example, when Bloomberg clears rat-infested slums to make way for middle class housing, the junkies and prostitutes who lived in the slums under rent control will have to move to New Jersey and will whine about their loss of the prestigious NYC address. They will whine about losing cheap housing on the taxpayer's dime.

[TouchingYou]

@CloeBuckingham OKAY... I don't believe for a second that you are a real human. No right winger or left winger believes the propaganda you spew. You are a BLOOMBERG TROLL. Of course, when you're a billionaire hated by EVERYONE (including your own staff) (ex: Wolfson wrote an op-ed piece in the NYTimes about how Bloomturd STOLE 3 elections!) (Bloomberg's OWN CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN (!) CALLED HIM A CROOK! That's unprecedented in human history!) .... you MUST pay people to praise yoU!

[CloeBuckingham]

Those who are widely hated simply can't get elected. And if you think Bloomberg bought his way into office, you're not reading the latest research, cited by Freakonomics. The effects of campaign spending are rather small. Even Bill Thompson has waxed lyrical about Bloomberg's leadership.

[TouchingYou]

BEWARE BLOOMBERG TROLLS. He's so hated, by all sides, that the criminal PAYS people to (falsely) praise him online!

[TouchingYou]

IN FACT... YOU KNOW "CLOE" IS A BLOOMBERG TROLL BECAUSE NO LESS THAN MAYOR BLOOMBERG SAID HE DID NOT KEEP HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES TO CREATE JOBS AND INSTEAD LOST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS FROM NYC! Nice try, Bloomberg troll!

[CloeBuckingham]

New York's economy is doing much better than the rest of the country. Google it!

[dzre2087]

THIS MAYOR killed a lot more people than the Triangle fire did! What a crook!

[CloeBuckingham]

@dzre2087 Care to mention any names? Because if he had, I think he would be in prison.

You're very imaginative, but remember, it's really just your imagination.

[rjdc1991]

Amazing media won't report how New Yorkers really feel about this failure of a mayor. He can expect more of this. It's going to be a long 2 and a half years.

[CloeBuckingham]

@rjdc1991 Bloomberg's doing a great job. This financial crisis was not his fault. You can blame the major political parties. And NYC is doing better than the rest of the country thanks to the steady hand of Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

[TouchingYou]

@CloeBuckingham PLEASE PASS THAT BONG OVER HERE! In fact, no human in recorded history did a worse fiscal job than Bloomberg. EX: name ONE other pol / monster in history who spent $6 BILLION to INCREASE homelessness. EX: Name ANYONE who spent $10 BILLION to destroy education! Did Hitler? Nope. Stalin? Nope. I am an investigative reporter who can list a zillion BLoomberg scandals. WHERE do you get your info from? The billionaire-owned media?

[CloeBuckingham]

So you prefer John Lindsey, who said to a New Yorker, "And you’re a wonderful woman, not like those fat Jewish broads up there"?

In 1972 60% of NYers rated Lindsey as poor, 9% as good, and not one person as excellent.

Historian Fred Siegel called Lindsay the worst 20th C. mayor: "Lindsay wasn't incompetent or foolish or corrupt, but he was actively destructive."

[Suzannahartist]

Your video documentation just became historical because the media has completely blacked out the this historical news of Bloomberg being booed non-stop, heckled in his third term! By the way, The NY Post has suspended my account again stating I am self promoting when in fact I would have posted why are you reporting this story. Flash back rewind: the media silences voices in opposition for bloomberg. Welcome o NYC USA.

[CloeBuckingham]

So now getting boo'ed is news?

Anyone who is changing New York City for the better will get boo'ed.

Through urban renewal, New York's tax base has been improved greatly.

SAIC did not want to implement CityTime. They were sued by the City to do it.

By getting salt off the menu, our caring mayor has improved the life expectancy of the city.

[PirateEyepatch]

@CloeBuckingham Yeah, and he got busted eating salty potato chips at his desk. Again, the rules apply only to the rabble, not to Mayor Moneybags.

[CloeBuckingham]

@PirateEyepatch You mean that our dear mayor cares more for the people than he does for his own heath. Such kindness. :'(

[PirateEyepatch]

@CloeBuckingham By the way, you forgot to call the booers "union thugs, socialists, Marxists, etc. etc." Come on, teabagger, you have to be on your game!!

LMAO at "caring mayor."

[CloeBuckingham]

You seem to be full of assumptions based on no facts at all.

Dubai is boom town. New York City could be a boom town too.

[34thstreetman]

@CloeBuckingham Caring by decimating the middle class?

[CloeBuckingham]

@34thstreetman If your gross household income does not exceed $150K per year, you're not middle class in New York City, because its cost of living is high.

The middle class are the educated professionals who will live in the condominiums that will replace the slums composed of rent-controlled apartments.

Decimate means to randomly select and kill every 10th man. Mayor Bloomberg did not do that.

[34thstreetman]

@CloeBuckingham I define the middle class as the unionized workforce, teachers, police, fireman etc. civil service

many of whom live in the outer boroughs. Remember that huge property tax hike of about 18 percent which affected many homeowners? Look at the layoffs, hiring freezes etc. NYC and even the outer boroughs are heading in a direction that caters to the very high paid people. Who is going to do the slave work that these people rely on if they can't afford to live here?

[CloeBuckingham]

@34thstreetman Teachers are lower middle class, but police and firemen are high proletarian. If you don't know what the classes are in the USA, I would suggest reading Paul Fussell's Class.

The NYPD is certainly a blue color job, because no college degree is required. Mainly the exams are medical and psychological in nature.

Civil service jobs span from university chancellor to district attorney to lifeguard. You really cannot generalise about class with respect to civil servants.

[34thstreetman]

@CloeBuckingham I believe that for the NYPD you need either a two year college degree or military training.

In terms of salary, cops, firemen and teachers are somewhat similar. Right? As someone who actually lives within the 5 boroughs, I am referring to salary and cost of living in terms of class.

[CloeBuckingham]

@34thstreetman Profession is not the only factor in determining a person's class. A Rockefeller could decide to be a janitor. It does not make the person a proletariat.

You ask, "Who is going to do the slave work"? I didn't realise that NYC depended on slavery.

There is such a thing as a labour market. If there is a shortage of labourers in the labour market, salaries will increase to eliminate the shortage. That's how markets work.

The world caters to high paid people and always has.

[34thstreetman]

@CloeBuckingham Where are the low wage workers supposed to live and eat? They are the ones who support the city apparatus. I would like to see you do a minimum wage job in NYC and survive. I am not arguing with you on economics but you have to realize that NYC is a unique place which is why there are a certain amount of rent protections for lower income people who are lucky enough to live in such places. But with all of the condos that have been built, what direction is the city going in?

[CloeBuckingham]

Does anyone ask, "Where are the low wage workers supposed to live and eat in Beverly Hills? In Palm Springs? Or Key West?"

Some cities are expensive (e.g., New York, San Francisco), and other cities are cheap (e.g., Houston, Indianapolis). Nobody has a right to live in an expensive city on another person's dime.

If NYC cannot live without low wage workers, and those workers leave, NYC will just have to pay higher wages. Supply and demand curves determine market price.

[CloeBuckingham]

If it is impossible to survive in NYC on a minimum wage, employers would have to pay more than the minimum wage for people to perform the same jobs. Isn't that just obvious?

[CloeBuckingham]

Bloomberg is an innovator and a great spirit.

"...there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce a new order of things in any state. For the innovator has for enemies all those who derived advantages from the old order of things, whilst those who expect to be benefited by the new institutions will be but lukewarm defenders...." - N. Machiavelli

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - A. Einstein

[34thstreetman]

@CloeBuckingham Without Giuliani, who by the way didn't need a hundred million dollars to win in a heavily democrat town, I really doubt that Bloomberg would have been able to get in. Giuliani was the innovator. Bloomberg was a rich man who came in when it was convenient and used the Republican party to get in when in fact he was a Dem before and then after being elected switched to independent.

[REJECT2013QUINN]

There's no more Level 1 trauma center or full-service hospital in the Village for people to be taken, in the event of another major fire in Lower Manhattan. 100 years ago, the fire rescue ladder only reached up to the sixth floor -- it wasn't enough to rescue the people from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Nowadays, with all of Mayor Bloomberg's firehouse closings, will there be enough engine or ladder companies to respond to a major fire ? What hospital will fire victims be taken to ?

[Suzannahartist]

At the end when he talks about construction safety want to scream! We had record amount of deaths injuries construction related, scaffold deaths even this year and he thinks he can say lies and we will believe it! A friend help up his cel phone for me to hear this speech and he yelled “Why did you close fire houses!” Why do you close fire houes?” in response to bloomberg using the word “safety”! Bloomberg pushed reckless development for his, Burden & Quinn’s pals fueled by Greed & Stupidity!

[CloeBuckingham]

Only a couple dozen people die each year in New York City in construction-related accidents, which is far fewer than in Dubai, which only has a population of only around 2 million as compared to New York's 8 million.

Rather than saying the teacup is half an inch empty, let's say it is two inches full. It's bad manners to fill it to the brim.

Firemen can supplement their income in New York with a part-time modeling career, which is not available to firemen in smaller cities and rural areas.

[CloeBuckingham]

There were only four construction-related deaths in 2010 and only three in 2009. In Dubai in 2004 there were 900 deaths, and there are still orders of magnitude more construction-related deaths in Dubai than NYC. You need to improve your sense of proportion.

[TouchingYou]

@CloeBuckingham WHERE do you get your stats from? The GOVERNMENT? What motive do they have to lie?

[CloeBuckingham]

From the newspapers.

[CloeBuckingham]

Bloomberg is kind.

[Suzannahartist]

Excellent coverage! In contrast the media have blacked out the boos and voices in opposition of Mike Bloomberg like they did before the election helping Mike to barely steal a third term and help many corrupt city council members starting with Christine Quinn a 3rd term!

[CloeBuckingham]

Michael Bloomberg is New York's finest mayor. He is so incorruptible, he won't accept a salary. He is doing his job as philanthropy.