Tonight Bloomberg Celebrates; And Tomorrow?
November 8th, 2005
Mayor Michael Bloomberg celebrated a lopsided victory over challenger Fernando Ferrer in a twenty minute speech just after eleven on election night. The businessman-turned mayor said that four years ago his victory let the world know that New York was “alive, well, and open for business”, adding that tonight’s victory shows that the city is “back in business,” and said he would continue to govern independent of political and special interests.
Bloomberg also praised what he called the “house of labor”, calling municipal workers the “best and bravest people on earth.” He quickly touched on the main points of his campaign, but gave little new information about his plans for a second term.
“Tonight we celebrate,” he said. “tomorrow we go back to work.”
Earlier today, Wonkster highlighted what some are recommending for Bloomberg once he sleeps this victory off. And NY1 pointed out something that the mayor didn’t allude to in his triumphant speech: when he does return to work tomorrow he will have a $4.5 billion budget gap to deal with.
By Joshua Brustein on November 8, 2005, 11:40 pmIn category: Electoral Politics
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