Just a few days ago, Mayor Bloomberg was awarded Foursquare Mayor of the Year at the Shorty Awards, but speaking at a senior center in Flushing yesterday, Bloomberg lost a few points with the youngs. "Today, Snipe is something that lots of seniors all around the country use, not just here in New York," the mayor said, according to Capital New York. Snipe? Did Bloomberg just have a flashback to when that bully Freddy Ferguson made him spend the night in the woods in 4th grade?
Or perhaps the mayor was referring to the chore of wresting a report on the state of the city's 911 response system from City Hall. According to sources the system is slower and less efficient than it was before it underwent a $2.3 billion overhaul. "These agencies are run for the public, not for the people that work there," Bloomberg said. "And temporary reports that we’ve asked to look at things are working documents and you have to get those and get ‘em together and when everything’s clear on what we’ve done and what we have, we’ll be happy to release them.” Bloomberg's spokesman gave us a similar answer yesterday via email.
It turns out that a snipe is actually a cute little bird. Here's a photo of one that we got off Sickipedia.
