Mayor Bloomberg
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Mayor Bloomberg
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Republican, who has staked a great deal of political capital in this year on trying to persuade the Senate to increase education aid to the city. His aides let it be known that the mayor was thinking of supporting an opponent of one of the city's four Republican senators, Serphin R. Maltese of Queens, if the Senate failed to come up with a major increase in school spending. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Republican, has staked a great deal of political capital this year on trying to persuade the Senate to increase education aid to the city. The mayor is looking for a long-term commitment to aid. Mayor Bloomberg has proposed a $13.1 billion school construction plan, and he wants the state to give the city half the money $6.5 billion during the next five years.