NYC Tech: Who’s Your Daddy?

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🗓️ 18 September 2013

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Mayor Bloomberg likes to take credit for transforming New York City into the second biggest technology economy in the country. Does he deserve it?

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0:00.0	Yo, New York, who's your daddy?
0:03.8	It's New Tech City from WNYC, and yes, you can laugh at me, I'm your host, Manu Samarote.
0:09.0	And we have been trying to figure out who should be thanked for this city's burgeoning
0:13.0	tech scene.
0:14.3	As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's time in office wraps up, a reckoning has been going on in
0:18.7	the media here.
0:20.0	Is it kind of icky that the man in charge wielded his wealth as a political weapon?
0:24.4	How ethically questionable was it that he strong armed the city council into giving him
0:28.8	a third term?
0:30.4	We're not going to get into any of that today, because there is a segment of the population
0:35.0	here who isn't questioning the mayor or his motives.
0:38.7	My name is at Mike Bloomberg, and on behalf of all New Yorkers, it's a pleasure to welcome
0:44.2	Twitter to New York City.
0:45.7	Good morning.
0:46.7	We're at the headquarters of Buzzfeed, one of the world's most popular viral news sites.
0:54.2	Go to an opening for a tech company here, and chances are Mayor Bloomberg will be there
0:58.3	with the scissors cutting the proverbial ribbon.
1:06.7	The relationship between the city's techies and Mike Bloomberg can pretty much be summed
1:10.7	up in one word.
1:12.4	Love fest.
1:13.6	And when they think of the tech scene in New York without the mayor, well, many techies
1:17.8	feel a little hole in their hearts.
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