Mayor Bloomberg Named 'New Yorker of the Year'

NEW YORK -- Daily News is calling Mayor Michael Bloomberg the "New Yorker of the Year.''

In Monday's issue, the editors of the Daily News write that Bloomberg was key in helping to iron-out World Trade Center development.

They also cited his campaign against trans fats, which led to the nation's first ban on the heart-clogging oils.

Under Bloomberg, the editors say, crime continues at historic lows in New York City even as the police department focuses on anti-terrorism.

They also cite Bloomberg's national gun control crusade and his support of development along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfronts.