A new poll finds Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s approval ratings have slipped slightly.
The Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday found 61 percent of New York City voters approve of the job Bloomberg is doing. While that’s still a high approval rating, it’s his lowest in five years.
It’s down from 67 percent in September, and his lowest since a 60 percent rating in 2005.
Quinnipiac says many Americans are unhappy with incumbents as the economy continues to limp along.
Bloomberg was re-elected to a third term last year by less than five points. That was a much narrower margin than predicted.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,195 New York City registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg has been in a political back-and-forth with Vice President Joe Biden about the cost of providing security during a trial of Sept. 11 suspects.
Biden said Sunday that Bloomberg might have exaggerated how much it would cost to hold the trial in Manhattan.
The mayor has said it could cost $250 million per year of the trial. He said Tuesday his estimate is “reasonable.”
The mayor said no one in the Obama administration had objected to the cost estimates before.
(Source: CBS2 HD)
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Just cut all of those programs that you started Mr. Maya, privatize the MTA,the Health and Hospitals corporation, Coney Island, and so much more and CUT TAXES,and maybe Mr. Maya your poll numbers would be going up.
But, with a New York State Republican party that is running after the liberal vote, we will unfortunately get the same thing again and again.
Maybe it’s related to his endorsing Greenfield!