Barrett called Bloomberg both the best and worst of the five New York City mayors he covered. “Our billionaire mayor will never be tarnished by the traditional pay-to-play and influence-peddling schemes that compromise politicians with ordinary bank accounts. Instead, his defining debacle is a failure of leadership, accountability, and transparency,” Barrett wrote in “Bloomberg’s Biggest Scandal—the Deutsche Bank Fire—Should Be His Downfall. Why Isn’t It?” (Courtesy of the Village Voice, photo illustration courtesy of Ivylise Simones)