By Nina Mandell
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg's approval ratings are falling, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday morning.
But at 61 percent, down from 67 percent last September, they are not exactly something he should be stressed about, experts said.
"For Mayor Mike, 60 is the new 70," Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement. "Incumbents in every state in which we poll are getting hammered by voters frustrated by a bad economy and other issues..."
The poll found that the approval ratings are split among racial and residential lines, with 69 percent of white voters approving of the job the mayor's doing, while only 52 percent of black voters and 56 percent of Hispanic voters responded positively.
Seventy percent of Manhattan residents said they approve of the job that Bloomberg is doing, while the numbers dip to as low as 55 percent in Brooklyn.
Other New York City politicians are faring much worse than Bloomberg. Only 44 percent of respondents approved of the job City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is doing, and even less — 39 percent — give Schools Chancellor Joel Klein the thumbs up.
