New York tabloids may be developing an obsession with Michael Bloomberg's Bermuda sojourns and Tucker's Town home but it appears the general public in the 'city that never sleeps' could not care less.

A recent poll showed that 62 percent of New Yorkers approve of the job Mr. Bloomberg is doing as Mayor, according to an Associated Press story.

And over three-quarters of those polled said it was none of anyone's business where he went on his vacations or weekend trips.

The new mayor has been heavily criticised for leaving the city - often for golf jaunts to Bermuda - and only telling a few key aides where he's bound.

According to a poll conducted by Quinnipiac Polling Institute and released on Wednesday, New Yorkers aren't bothered.

The institute polled 1,038 city voters between March 19 and 25.

"Bon voyage, Mayor Mike! Your neighbours say 4-to-1 that where you spend your down time is none of their business," director Maurice Carroll told AP.

Seventy-nine percent of respondents said they did not care about Mr. Bloomberg's travels and a whopping 86 percent said the media should not follow him when he was on vacation.

Since becoming Mayor in November, journalists have tailed Mr. Bloomberg on a skiing trip to Vail as well as agonising over his Bermuda digs.

The poll results seem to validate Mr. Bloomberg's own no-apologies stance on the matter.

"My personal life is my personal life," he told reporters last month.

The billionaire founder of the financial news and services company Bloomberg LP spent roughly $70 million of his own money to finance his first race for a political career.

His personal fortune is estimated at $4 billion.

Mr. Bloomberg's popularity is highest among white voters at 70 percent but 58 percent of black and Hispanic voters are also in the Mayor's corner.

Only 16 percent of these polled disapprove of the Mr. Bloomberg's performance and 22 percent were undecided.

Respondents could choose three possible answers for each question: approve, disapprove, undecided.

The poll has a margin of error of three percentage points.

According to AP report Mr. Bloomberg took the positive poll results easily in his stride.

"Sometimes you look good. Sometimes you look bad," he is quoted. "In the end you have to go out and do what you think is right."