Mayor Mike Bloomberg

Cosimo Medici was one of the most powerful men in Renaissance Italy. I believe that Bloomberg models himself after him. Medici thought of himself as a man who worked for the common good like Bloomberg believes he does except "Cosimo's career reflects this aristocratic, elitist tendency. His pose as a simple merchant, his pretense of being no greater than any other citizen, deluded no one. He crushed his enemies and exalted his friends and supporters." (http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth213/Medici_patronage.html) This is Michael Bloomberg who thinks he owns NYC and in this vein crushes his enemies and exalts his rich friends.