Topic: Michael Bloomberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York officials said on Sunday police had arrested a man trying to build a pipe bomb with instructions from an al Qaeda magazine which he planned to use against U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.The suspect ...
US officials warned of the threat of a terror strike on the United States reportedly involving bomb-laden trucks ahead of this weekend's 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks."There is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information," the Department of Homeland Security said in ...
Mayor Bloomberg founding fathers did not write the Second Amendment to empower people who wanted to bring down a free state; they wrote it to protect people who could defend the security of a free state. Congress needs to take common sense ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City activated 500 new subway cameras in heavily traveled stations in response to security threats such as the attempted bombing of Times Square, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday.The cameras at the Times Square, Penn Station ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday shot down speculation he might succeed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, saying he would only leave office early if he were totally incapacitated or died.The mayor faced questions about his political ...
NYC mayor, who had term-limit law changed in 2008, reluctant to discuss the issue nowNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared his opposition to term limits when he had the law changed in 2008, but now he's hesitant to get back into the ...
Billionaire Bloomberg spent $109M on 2009 campaign for NYC mayor; opponent Thompson spent $9MMichael Bloomberg spent $109.2 million on his winning bid for a third term as mayor of New York City. That's more than 11 times his Democratic opponent, who lost ...
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to US lawmakers Wednesday to ban the sale of weapons to people on an FBI terror watch list, saying the failed Times Square car bomb underscored a "terror gap.""At a time when the threat of terrorism ...
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wednesday called for more funds to help battle terror attacks on his city, just days after a foiled car bombing in its central Times Square."Since 1990, there have been more than 20 terrorist plots -- or actual ...
New York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance system so sensitive that it will pick up even suspicious behavior.New York is already a heavily policed city, with 35,000 officers and ...