8. The way he changed New York City
Besides the financial surplus, Michael Bloomberg made tons of changes in New York City when he was the Mayor. But not everyone likes changes. So, even though some of the changes are actually good (or at least intended to be), some were against them.
For about ten years since 2002, smoking was banned in restaurants, beaches, parks, and other public places in New York City. I think, you can guess who were against this policy.
And back in 2006 to 2008, New York City was probably a safe haven for people who are working on a diet. Bloomberg banned all trans-fats products in city’s restaurants. And in addition to that, he passed a law to mandate restaurants posting the amount of calories of each item on the menu.
One of the most controversial changes is probably the stop and frisk regulation. The NYPD had this policy to randomly stop people on the street. But this “randomness” was questionable since among nearly 700,000 people stopped by the police in one year, more than half of them were black and only nine percent of them were white.
