Colby Hamilton, Writer, WNYC News
Colby Hamilton is a general assignment reporter. He originally joined WNYC as a political blogger. He's a proud graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
New Yorkers remain down on Bloomberg: Marist poll
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 - 08:00 PM
(Courtesy of the mayor's office)
A NY1-Marist Poll released today showed New York City voters have remained unmoved in their negative feelings on Mayor Bloomberg. Only 39 percent of those polled gave the mayor positive marks, which was virtually unchanged from a similar poll taken in March.
Additionally, even as Bloomberg has made reforming schools a top agenda item, the public remains firmly against his policies--54 percent disapprove of how he's handled the educational system. And this is an improvement: prior to the resignation of his short-lived appointee Cathie Black as head of the school system, 65 percent of voters disapproved.
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I guess he will have to spend another 100 million to improve his ratings.
Before there was the "Oracle at Delphi" there was Count Vampire J. Machiavelli
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