New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg lent his support in the presidential election to President Barack Obama on Thursday, praising him for the response to superstorm Sandy and noting he was the best equipped to deal with climate change, DPA reported.
"The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast - in lost lives, lost homes and lost business - brought the stakes of Tuesday's presidential election into sharp relief," Bloomberg wrote in an editorial published on his eponymous news service.
The mayor who is registered as independent pointed to two hurricanes, Sandy and Irene, that have hit the city in the past year as a sign that the climate is changing and said elected leaders must take "immediate action."
While Republican challenger Mitt Romney took some steps to address climate change while governor of Massachusetts, he has since reversed course on issues such as establishing a cap and trade system for carbon output, Bloomberg noted.