Mayor Michael Bloomberg is experiencing his lowest approval ratings in five years, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

Only 55 percent of New Yorkers approve of the job Bloomberg is doing . The dip comes after Bloomberg�s controversial appointment of Cathleen Black, a former Hearst Magazines chairwoman with no educational experience, as chancellor of the city�s public schools.

Sixty-four percent of New York City voters believe that a chancellor needs education experience more than management experience, and 51 percent said Black does not have the right background for the job. A staggering 62 percent of voters with children in public schools disapprove of Black�s appointment.

Nearly half of New Yorkers polled � 48 percent � disapprove of the way the third-term mayor is handling the city�s schools, and 63 percent of voters are dissatisfied with the school system in general.

�The City Hall spin machine better shift into high gear. So far, all the negative news stories are murdering Cathleen Black � and not doing Mayor Michael Bloomberg much good, either,� said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement.

The poll was conducted from Nov. 16-21, surveying 1,287 New York City registered voters and has a margin of error of 2.7 percentage points.

Have you checked out�YWN Radio�yet? Click�HERE�to listen!

(Source: Politico)