NEW THIS MORNING

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday that he would not answer questions about his mayoral successors or their ideas and scolded the media for laughing, the New York Times writes: http://nyti.ms/SUCbSR   Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. Proposed a bill to allow motorcyclists to park for free across the city since it is hard to affix a muni meter receipt to a motorcycle, the Daily News writes: http://nydn.us/Q4uPfx   The Times welcomes a City Council bill to create an inspector general to strengthen police department oversight, saying it rejects the argument that the NYPD is doing just fine since crime is low: http://nyti.ms/PrsrES * The News slams the United Federation of Teachers for its "lack of leadership" managing a union-run charter school in Brooklyn that is struggling and says students deserve an apology: http://nydn.us/QgXzDY * The News commends police for showing "amazing, even heroic restraint" during confrontations with suspects, based on a study showing that cops rarely fired their guns last year: http://nydn.us/Rlynyf