New York progressive groups are launching a NeverBloomberg campaign this week, marching to Mike Bloomberg's Upper East Side townhouse Saturday and urging voters to pick anyone but their former mayor for president
, the head of the Queens Democratic party, and state Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes have also expressed their support.
“It’s sad, because I look up to some of them,” Williams said during an anti-Bloomberg press conference, unaffiliated with the march. “They should really be ashamed. I’m embarrassed for them.”in a Bloomberg climate change ad before before he was pressured to take it down — Communities United for Police Reform, and the Center for Popular Democracy are among those planning this weekend's march.
Bloomberg is hoping for a strong showing in Super Tuesday states a few days later. New York’s primary is set for April 28, and aBloomberg running a close second to Sanders in his home state, favored by 21 percent of voters. "As a long-serving mayor of a big and complex city, Mike made New York a better place to live and where an economy could thrive. He created jobs. He turned around a failing school system. He helped to make the city more sustainable, healthier and safer,” said Bloomberg spokesperson Michael Frazier. “Mike acknowledges he got it wrong with stop and frisk. As the mark of a true leader, he apologized and learned from this mistake.
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