New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused the head of a House of Representatives panel on terrorism of lacking courage on Wednesday for shunning the traditional Times Square New Year’s eve celebration because of security worries.
Bloomberg, appearing on morning television programs Friday, equated showing up for the street party with defying terrorists. Extra precautions, including ones he declined to discuss, were being taken to keep revelers safe, he said. Rep. Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican on the House Select Committee on Homeland Security and chairman of a terrorism subcommittee, said in a television interview on Tuesday that he would not go to Times Square “for anything.” Full Story
