AP: NYC Mayor defends Wall Street before Obama visit

“The bashing of Wall Street is something that should worry everybody,” [Michael] Bloomberg declared last week.

The Republican-turned-independent mayor’s positions have made him a lone wolf among left-leaning officials in the city. Local lawmakers and others rallied at City Hall on Tuesday in support of financial reform, some holding signs that read “Goldman Suchs.”

Bloomberg plans to attend Obama’s speech at The Cooper Union college Thursday but demurred when asked whether he was concerned about what the president would say.

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