Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

==== 2013 election ====
{{Main|2013 New York City mayoral election}}

On September 13, 2013, Bloomberg announced that he would not endorse any of the candidates to succeed him.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Michael |last1=Barbaro |first2=Kate |last2=Taylor |title=Bloomberg Decides Not to Endorse a Successor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/nyregion/bloomberg-says-he-will-not-make-endorsement-in-mayoral-race.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 13, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor Bloomberg focused on his legacy as he prepares to leave office |url=https://news.yahoo.com/michael-bloomberg-election-future-231927885.html |first=Holly |last=Bailey |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=November 5, 2013 |access-date=November 6, 2013}}</ref> On his radio show, he stated, "I don't want to do anything that complicates it for the next mayor. And that's one of the reasons I've decided I'm just not going to make an endorsement in the race." He added, "I want to make sure that person is ready to succeed, to take what we've done and build on that."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/nyregion/bloomberg-says-he-will-not-make-endorsement-in-mayoral-race.html|title=Bloomberg Decides Not to Endorse a Successor|first1=Michael|last1=Barbaro|first2=Kate|last2=Taylor|date=September 13, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|url-access=limited}}</ref>

[[File:PM Narendra Modi with Michael Bloomberg.jpg|thumb|Bloomberg with Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in 2015]]
Bloomberg praised ''[[The New York Times]]'' for its endorsement of [[Christine Quinn]] and [[Joe Lhota]] as their favorite candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Conversation: Michael Bloomberg |url=http://nymag.com/news/politics/bloomberg/in-conversation-2013-9/# |first=Chris |last=Smith |work=New York |date=September 7, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Michael Bloomberg: I Won't Endorse Candidate In New York City Mayor Race |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/michael-bloomberg-endorse-no-new-york-city-mayor-race_n_3920428.html |work=The Huffington Post |date=September 13, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013 |first=Christopher |last=Mathias}}</ref> Quinn came in third in the Democratic primary and Lhota won the Republican primary. Bloomberg criticized Democratic mayoral candidate [[Bill de Blasio]]'s campaign methods, which he initially called "racist"; Bloomberg later downplayed and partially retracted those remarks.<ref>{{cite news |last=Louis |first=Errol |title=Bloomberg's 'racist' remark reveals much |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/opinion/louis-bloomberg-de-blasio |publisher=CNN |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name=AtlanticRacist>{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Connor |title=New York Alters Bloomberg 'Racist' Accusation |url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/09/michael-bloomberg-calls-bill-de-blasios-campaign-racist/69157 |work=The Atlantic |date=September 7, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013 |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910023336/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/09/michael-bloomberg-calls-bill-de-blasios-campaign-racist/69157/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On January 1, 2014, de Blasio became New York City's new mayor, succeeding Bloomberg.<ref>{{cite news |last=Deprez |first=Esmé E. |title=Obama Endorses Fellow Democrat De Blasio for New York Mayor |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-23/obama-endorses-fellow-democrat-de-blasio-for-new-york-city-mayor.html |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=October 10, 2013 |date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>