Michael R. Bloomberg
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Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg
The state's highest court, in a victory for the Bloomberg administration, narrowly ruled yesterday that the mayor does not have to enforce city laws that he deems to be illegal. The ruling gives Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg a powerful weapon in that he does not have to enforce laws that the City Council passes through mayoral overrides, as it has often done in recent years. In a 4-to-3 ruling, the State Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that the mayor had the authority to refuse to enforce a 2004 law on domestic partner benefits that he said violated state and federal laws.