As he prepares to leave City Hall after 12 years in office, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is attempting to secure his legacy with a website touting his “extraordinary record of progress,” TPM reports.

Deputy Mayor for Government Affairs and Communications Howard Wolfson announced the website – Progress.MikeBloomberg.com – Monday in a memo sent to “interested parties.” Bloomberg’s website features infographics praising the mayor’s work in six core areas: “Public Safety,” “Green NYC,” “Jobs,” “Neighborhoods,” “Health & City Services” and “Youth.”

Wolfson also said Bloomberg will “visit each of the five boroughs over the next five days to highlight key Administration initiatives and success from throughout the last 12 years. These events will highlight areas like parks, economic development, education, immigration, technology, transportation, infrastructure, livable cities, housing, crime, public health and the arts.”

According to Wolfson, Bloomberg will give his last “major speech” as mayor “on the rise of American cities, the strategies needed to continue urban progress and the threats cities face” Wednesday at the Economic Club of New York.

Mayor Bloomberg thinks Bill de Blasio should be thrilled at the condition of the city he’ll inherit, and his successor’s election was more about New Yorkers just wanting a change — any change, like shifting hemlines — than animosity toward the current administration.

In his one before the last weekly radio interview with WOR radio’s John Gambling, Mayor Bloomberg said Bill de Blasio should be thrilled at the condition of the city he’ll inherit, and his successor’s election was more about New Yorkers just wanting a change than animosity toward the current administration.

“We’re going to turn the city over to The de Blasio Administration in as good shape as we possibly can — crime’s going to be record low, test scores in schools are going to be at record highs, the budget is balanced, the culturals have never been stronger, park system is in unbelievably great shape,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “If I were that administration, I’d have a smile on my face and say, ‘You know, we’ve got a great hand to play and we can take it and go further.’ Some people say, ‘Oh, they’d be better off inheriting big problems,’ but that’s not true.”

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)