The latest edition of City Hall News has a front page article about Mayor Bloomberg being criticized over Cathy Black, the Citytime scandal & the snow.
http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-1737-weathering-the-storm.html
Pushing back against the idea that Mike is being criticized more now than in his first two terms is Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson:
"I don't accept that we were operating in a criticism-free zone," Wolfson said. "A) I don't believe that is an accurate reading of the history, and B) I think it is an unrealistic expectation of life in the biggest city in the world's biggest democracy."
Regarding part B) – is Mr. Wolfson, the former top aide to a former US Senator who is now Secretary of State, aware of a democratic country called India, which has three times the population of the United States?