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DoubleJ wrote:he must be givin' money to the right guy!

DoubleJ wrote:

jimlongley wrote:I'm with Charles here, except that I think that by extension of bloomy's own logic, he's intentionally and measureably harming his office and the city if he causes the fines to be assessed.

That's kinda what I was thinking. assess the fines against the city, then charge him as bringing harm against the city.

Liko81 wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I noted that Bloomberg claims he'll be back in the courts. Some federal judge need to hit NYC with a few million dollars in attorney fees and other sanctions for filing frivolous lawsuits, then a $25,000 fine each day it's not paid.

As much as I dislike him, you're not going to affect any change in his behavior by charging his office. He'll just pay the cost out of the budget of something useful to New Yorkers and go on doing exactly what he's doing. Now, charge HIM as the person with the court costs and I guarantee you he'll take notice, but I doubt you can do that since he's "acting in his official capacity as Mayor" and thus protected by his office unless he commits misfeasance or malfeasance in office (failing to perform his duties adequately and properly, or intentionally and measureably harming his office). Both are difficult to prove unless you can prove corruption or blatant incompetence.