Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s job approval rating among New Yorkers has hit its lowest point in six years, with residents conveying widespread anxieties about the city’s economic prospects, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Nearly 70 percent of city residents characterize the economy as being bad. And New Yorkers are chiefly interested in jobs and low-priced goods, even at the expense of neighborhood stores. Residents of the Bronx, for example, favor Wal-Mart’s long-frustrated efforts to establish a store in the city; 79 percent liked the idea.

According to the poll, 45 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mr. Bloomberg’s performance, down nine points since the last Times poll, in October 2010.

Forty-three percent of New Yorkers disapprove of the mayor’s performance.

Mr. Bloomberg’s job approval rating was 43 percent in February 2005.

Martin Lacewell, a poll respondent, said in an follow-up interview, “I think Bloomberg has been in there too long and has lost touch with the changing times.”

“People are losing jobs and can’t afford some of the new policies put in place, like raising parking tickets,” added Mr. Lacewell, 42, a child care specialist who lives in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

The poll numbers suggest that Mr. Bloomberg is significantly less popular than the state’s other leading political figure, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has enjoyed high ratings in several polls during his first year. But the mayor is held in higher esteem than many elected officials across the country, who have watched their approval ratings nose-dive.

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