Mayor Bloomberg has met the enemy — and it is the geese.
In his first public comments since his administration called in federal executioners to massacre 290 geese in Prospect Park, the mayor said he has little sympathy for the airplane-engine-destroying feathered fowl.
“[We have] to deal with the fact that geese are a danger to planes and people,” Bloomberg said in Greenpoint on Monday. “If geese were humans, I think you’d know my stance on that.”
He refused to take follow-up questions on the slaughter that still pains thousands of users of Prospect Park, where federal officials rounded up and gassed almost every goose in the park on July 8.
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News analysis: Inside the feds' blood lust for geese
The federal government approach toward geese became “more aggressive” — and more lethal — in the days after the so-called Miracle on the Hudson, resulting in the exclusion of animal experts from the decision-making process and setting the stage for the execution of thousands of waterfowl.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:11 PM EDTNature finds a way! Dozens of new geese defying feds in Prospect Park
Like a fowl Phoenix rising from the ashes of its fallen brethren, at least 37 geese have been spotted swimming on Prospect Park lake — less than a month after the federal government massacred 290 of the popular water birds in a nocturnal operation that shocked the borough.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:11 PM EDT
Flatbush to get 'narrow' minded during arena construction
The area around the new home of the Brooklyn Nets will be anything but a slam dunk for drivers next month as Flatbush Avenue will be narrowed to accommodate construction workers.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:10 PM EDTMuslim group: Sheepshead Bay mosque WILL be built — and it won't be so bad
Backers of the proposed mosque in Sheepshead Bay aren’t letting a few angry neighbors and a bomb threat deter them from seeing their dreams become a reality.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:09 AM EDTCity eyes dollar vans for dead MTA routes
By Gary Buiso
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:08 PM EDTTriple trouble! Man pulls three knives on traffic enforcement agent
Double-parked devil
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:08 PM EDTMarty gives the skinny on weight loss
Brooklyn’s biggest champion is campaigning to be a loser — but he won’t tell if the scale is tipping in his favor.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:08 PM EDTCellblock kings: 18 gangbangers face trial for fire bombs
Call them the kings of clink.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:08 PM EDTLowes and behold!
Mill Basin is now a handy land, thanks to the opening of its new Lowe’s.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:11 AM EDTThis Saturday, a talent show for Coney Island
Coney Island’s got talent.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:10 PM EDTEntrenched warfare
It’s a win-lose situation!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:08 PM EDT
Columnists (top)
Joanna 20 minutes in hell
Joanna P DelBuono
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:10 PM EDTBomb the group hug for terrorists
Next, the American Civil Liberties Union will tell the Islamic world that it’s a poster child for democracy while the Nobel Committee gives it a peace prize.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:14 PM EDTStan mad about Happy Meals
OK, mommies. What do you say when your son seals his lips and doesn’t want to eat? You play “Open the tunnel and here comes the choo-choo.” Right?
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:14 PM EDTEditorials (top)
Who should be 'Mr. Cyclone'?
Coney Island is looking for its first-ever Mr. Cyclone — so as a public service, we’re going to turn over our newspaper’s most-precious real-estate, its Op-Ed page, to give six would-be coaster kings the space to show off their talents. Take it away, boys.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:12 AM EDT
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