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Bloomberg threatens to end press conferences

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg threatened to end all press conferences on Thursday after being asked questions about the mayoral race, New York Daily News reports.

"I’m not going to bother with the press conferences. There’s just no reason to do it,” the mayor and Bloomberg News owner said after an announcement about air quality in the city.

“I think it’s very important that we talk to the public and that we answer the press’ questions. But you just gotta restrict the questions to things that are germane to what our administration is doing,” he said.

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Bloomberg told reporters he had not listened to one campaign speech, watched one ad or any of the debates.

“I’ve got to worry about the city and that’s what we’re going to do,” he said, telling reporters: “You just got to stop making every press conference — all you want to do is ask about things you know I’m not going to say."

A reporter asked Bloomberg why he was so angry with the city’s press corps.

“I’m not,” he said, “but there are so many things that are important, and to ask things that I have no knowledge about, or shouldn’t be commenting about is a shame, because the public really does need to know about, for example, the [air quality] announcement today.”

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