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Yes -- that big donation was exactly the thumb GP is talking about. :) It came from / was organized by Bloomberg, who seems to have had a strong preference for
by zamfi 8y ago
Yes -- that big donation was exactly the thumb GP is talking about. :) It came from / was organized by Bloomberg, who seems to have had a strong preference for a NY school.
But there were also other reasons Stanford withdrew, including the weirdness of how real estate works in NYC.
- Alex3917 8y agoAhh that makes sense. Yeah Cornell is fairly incompetent to begin with and they were really doing everything possible to sabotage their own bid, including trying to sue people for promoting their bid on social media, so winning wouldn't have even been a possibility without substantial external help.
- chimeracoder 8y ago> Yes -- that big donation was exactly the thumb GP is talking about. :) It came from / was organized by Bloomberg, who seems to have had a strong preference for a NY school. First, Bloomberg himself didn't choose the winner; he was detached from the competitive process. Bloomberg launched the competition and also later donated money to the winner (Cornell), but those were separate events. Second, Bloomberg himself appeared in a promotional video that was campaigning for Stanford. I don't know where the idea that Bloomberg had a strong preference for an upstate NY school comes from (especially since the other finalist - Columbia University - was already based in New York City).
- zamfi 8y agoRumors and idle speculation of course. As mayor, Bloomberg would have had to keep his opinion obscured anyway...