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{{quotebox|“I called our mayor, and I just said, ‘you know, things are a little topsy-turvy here at the company, you know, we’d be moving jobs to California and we don’t want to leave New York City.’ And the mayor, extremely busy as he was with so many more important things, dropped a lot of things and got it done for us. The mayor’s there in a big way. The mayor was there in a visual way. And I don’t think Bob [Weinstein] and I would be on this stage if the mayor wasn’t there for us, so thank you mayor.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/07/michael-bloomberg-harvey-weinstein-ties/</ref>}}
{{quotebox|“I called our mayor, and I just said, ‘you know, things are a little topsy-turvy here at the company, you know, we’d be moving jobs to California and we don’t want to leave New York City.’ And the mayor, extremely busy as he was with so many more important things, dropped a lot of things and got it done for us. The mayor’s there in a big way. The mayor was there in a visual way. And I don’t think Bob [Weinstein] and I would be on this stage if the mayor wasn’t there for us, so thank you mayor.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/07/michael-bloomberg-harvey-weinstein-ties/</ref>}}
Weinstein was charged on May 25, 2018 with raping two women in New York. He was charged on Jan. 7, 2020 with sexually assaulting an actress in [[Los Angeles]] on Feb. 17, 2013. More than 80 other women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Weinstein.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/10/27/weinstein-scandal-complete-list-accusers/804663001/</ref> Weinstein is a longtime [[leftwing]] [[activist]] and Democratic mega-donor.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/harvey-weinstein-democrats/index.html</ref>
Weinstein was charged on May 25, 2018 with raping two women in New York. He was charged on Jan. 7, 2020 with sexually assaulting an actress in [[Los Angeles]] on Feb. 17, 2013. More than 80 other women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Weinstein.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/10/27/weinstein-scandal-complete-list-accusers/804663001/</ref> Weinstein is a longtime [[leftwing]] [[activist]] and Democratic mega-donor.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/harvey-weinstein-democrats/index.html</ref>
===CityTime scandal===
The CityTime scandal, which federal Judge George Daniels called “the largest city corruption scandal in decades,” was a 2011 debacle in which digitizing the city’s payroll system resulted in ballooning costs and the conviction of three contractors for bilking the city. Unions had rallied against the system, but Bloomberg, who oversaw and championed the overhaul, pressed on.
As long-time city reporter Bob Hennelly noted on WNYC (6/29/11), even though Bloomberg never faced prosecution in the mess, this was his responsibility.
===Super Tuesday===
===Super Tuesday===